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The inèrcifull
mari
a
bleed
r,
in,
353
Lord ever
look upon
me
?
Lord,
thou
niayeft anfwer
thus,thou
haft
wrought in me
a
difpofition to
thew
mercy
*-ó
,them
that
are
in
mifery
:
Lord
if
there
be
but
one
drop of
mercy in me
to fhew pity
ro
others,
is
there not
an
idintre
ocean
of
tnercy
in thee, Lord
is
it
not much eafier for
thee
to' thew mercy un
ro
me,
when as
by
that
little
drop of mercy
which
Í
have
thou
haft
gain'd
uponmy
heart to thew mercy
unto
others. Here
is
a
mighty
help
again!!
temptations
and
difcouragemen:s from
closing
with the mercy
of
God
,
fo: that
mercy
which
is
in us,
is
but
a
drop
of
the
fountain that
i
in
God. Our
mercy
if it be
true
and fpiriruall
'(
as
you
have
heard
it
defcrib'd before
)
it
is
but
an
erfed
and
fruit of
the mercy
which
is
in
God
himfelf,
Lord
it
is more
eafie
to thee to
thew
mercy
ro my foul,
then
for
me
to
pity
them that
are in
mifery, Lo-d,- the mifery
that
is in
others requires
more of
us
ro
relieve them,
then for
thy
Majefty
to
relieve
us
;
Lord,
thou ¡halt
part'
with nothing
in
!hewing mercy to nte,thou
art
it-finite in
mercy and thou
part-
eft
with nothing,
but when
We
thewmercy
we
part with
tone-
thing,
though
it
bethat
we
receive
from
God,
and therefore
it
is eafier
with
God
to
chew
mercy.
Laftly, Confider
of
this,
That there
is
nothing holds
men
longer under
bondage.
and
terrours of
confcience
for fin,
then
this very
thing, then
the
ridged difpofilon
that
is
in us
towards
them that
are in
mifery
Therefore ble1ed
are thofe
that
are
mercifull; that
are
of
a
genie
difuofition, for
this
will be
a
fpeciallmeans
to
have
thofe throbbs and
terrours of confcience
that
are inward
iifthe
foul
to
be rernov'd
e
We
are
readyoften
runes
"to
gather
fuch
conclufions
as
there
are,
furely
the Lord
will never
be merciful!
unto
me,
how can
God
chew
mercy o
fuch a
wretch
as-I
am,
fo
ftubborne and
hard
hearted,
I
cannot
ihew
mercy
to
others
that
are in
mifery,I
cannot forgive
them
that
are
in
mifery,
and surely how can
the
Lord forgive me
who
haw
done mo
e
wrong
ro
him
then ever
any
other
hash
done to me,
and
yet I could not forgive
them,
or pafs
by fuch
wrongs my
fen,
well thou that art merciful mayeft think
thus,
Lo
-d
muff
I
have
a
heart ro
forgive
to
feaven
times;- yea
to
fe-
venty times feven,
and
Lord
cant
not
thou
do
more to'
me,
Z
x
mutt,