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The
merctfUdd
man
a bdeed
man.
Fifthly, All the
good
that
we have,
it
comes from the mer-
cy
of
God,
there
s
not the left good
char
we
in
joy in
any
crea-
ture,
but
it
comes
oiginally
from
Gods
mercy
;
faith
trod,
poor
foul
thou
art of
a
merciful! diipofition
;
art
thou merciful,
daft
thou do good
to
others,
and
froth thy bowels work towards
them that
are
in
niifery,
art
thou in
firaics
thy felt,
here's
my
mercy to help
thee,
here's.
my
mercy
to
pardon
thee
:
It's
very
obférveable,
that
those
that
God intends' to
fave, he doth
fo
work upon them
by his
grace here
as
they (hall be like
him,
There
(hall be
fuch
awokwrought
upon
them,ro
anfwer Gods
will
in
all
things
:
As
to
inflance,
those
that
God
intends
to
!Ave,
they
fhall choofe
him
here
:
as
those whom
he
hash
elec-
ted_unto
glory,
they
(hail
in
time
choofe
him
here,
and
eie
Thole that
God
doth intend
tó
juftLie
by
Jefus
Christ,.
they
(hall juflifie him
and his
wayes
;
Thole
that God
hath
feparated for glory
hereafter,
they (hall
be feparated
from the
wo;
ld here,
;
And thofe
that'God
cloth
intend
to
thewmer-
.;cy
to hereafter,
f
all,be ofmerciful! difpofitions
;
hath
God
given thee
a
mercifull heart; thou
maift affure thy felfe that
-.God
will
ihewmercy
to thee
at
the laft,
bluffed are
the mer-
ciftlltherefore,
for they (halt
have
mercy, they (hall hive
fin
pardoned,they
shall have
their
foules
blelfed
;
this
is
a
blefied
and
a
fruitful( promife, for
-have
not
we
need
of
mercy
in
our
f
raits,
there
is
none
of
us
all
that
in
fOy
the
.crìoft
of
creature'
comforts
hère, but
weftand
in
need
of
mercy our felves,
and
when
we
!hall
come in
any
conditionto'fland
in
need of
mer-
cy, we
maybe
Pure
tye
(hall
have
mercyfrom God,becauî
e
the
'lord
hath wrought in
us
merciful!
difpofitions towards
them
that
a
e
in
rnifery.
Six
hly,
In
this very thing thou haft
a
mighty
incouragement
and
Lip
tó
faith,
for mercy
it
is
thy own, thou mayefl raft
thy
felfe upon
mercy without prefuming
;
Thou
who, haft
a
mer-
cifull loving difpofition
to
the
Saints
in their difIreffe,
'tis
no
prefrming
for
thee
to
call thy
felf
upon
the
mercy
of
Cod
in
thy
(traits
;
when thou
art
about
to beleeve,
what
is
the
:fIum-
bling block
that
lyes
in the
way
?
Saith
fuch
a
poor
foule,
Iháll
fuch
a
wretched creature
as
I
have mercy
from
God
?
will
the
Lord