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The

Mercifull

nzaaz

a

6leffed

mán,

3

i

and

running

over:

See

here the latitude

and

height ofexpreffi

ons

that

can

be,

we account

it

good_

he.afureyvhen

it's heaped

up,

but vvhenit's

heaped

up,

and

prefled

down,

Chit's

more;.

but when

it's

heaped up,

and

prefted downe;

and

then heaped

ùp and running

over

again,

this

is

as

much

as

po.iîbly

can

be

made

:

So

thofe that are

of

merciful

'fpirits,

they

than

have

mercyheaped up, pre

{fed

down, and

running

over

: Surely,

thou

mull

needs

be

a happy man

When

thot

cant±

not be

in

that

condition

in which

thou

ihait

n&t

have

mercy,bur mercy heap-

ed

up,

and running

over

to

fupply thy necel,üty.;

Fourthly,

Bleffed

art thou

becaufe thou haft

the blelling

of

chore

that

are

inmifery

upon

thee,

the

blefling

of

the

poor

is

upon

thee

who

art

thus

mercifull,

thy prayers

are

heard,

and

their.prayers are

for

thee

;

They bleíle

God

for

filch ,a one.

who

bath

done them good

in

their (traits, job 29.1

3

.

The

61ef

fng

of

him

that

was

ready

to

peri fh came

upon

me,

and

I

canfed

the

widdowes

heare

to

ling. for joy.

They

praife

'God

for

then,

and

in

the

Text,

They(hall

obtain

mercy,

this

is a

fingular

pri-

viledge ; were there

no

other

Scripture in

all

the

word

to,,

in

--

courage

us

to

this duty

but this,

That

we

(hall obtain

mercy,

vti

are

ready to

think

that if

we

thew mercy,

we

may

want

our

felves,we (hall come

to beggery,

we (hall come

to

poverty

;

I've.

had

need

to

[tore

up for

our felves,

no

we

íha1l

grow,

Therefore

in r

i

Troy.

25.

The liberall

fout(hall

be

made

fat

,

Here's

a

lirange

exprell^ion,

what

to

gaine

by

liberality

;

we

have

many

proverbs ufed among

us'

that

Both

quite

crofs

Scrip-

ture,

for

we

fay,

we

had

as

good be

out of

the

world

as

out of

the

£a[hion,

and

God

faith

faihion not

your felves

according

to

the

world

:

We

fay,

he

is

too free to be fat;

and

yet

God

faith

here,

The liberal man

(hall

be

made

fat

:

fáith

the Scripture

you

[Mall

have,

mercy,

and

is,

it not

a

fweet thing

to

find

mercy

from

God. In

2

Sam.

22. z6. with

themercifull

he

will

(hew

himfelfe

merciful!, and

therefore

bleffed are the, mercifull for

they [hall obtaine mercy

With

the

froward

God

will

'thew

himfelffroward, according

to

our walking unto

Cod,; we lhall

find

God

walking unto

us,

if

We

walk

contrary

rintó

him, he

will walk

contrary unto

ùs,if

we

'Walk

mercifully towards our

brethren,

God

will walke

mercifully towards

us..

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