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Comfort
to
thole
that
are
of
merciful fpirits;
3
S
5
To
make Application
of this
Point.
Firft,
Here
is
abundance
of comfort to
thofe
that
ar'e
ofd
lication,
me
cifull
fidrits,
who
ever
you
are
that are thus
mercful,
pP
where
ever
you
are, (though
1
feare
there
are but few,
Iike
the
gleanings
after
the vintage,
they
Band
but here
and
there
even
in great aílèmblies.) Hearken unto your
comfort,
hash
the
Lord
drawn forth your
hearts
to
melt'
at
the
to:'ro
vs
of the
Saints
abroad, though
you
have had plenty at home,
yet
you
have been
in
bonds
with
them,
and your
comforts
have
not
seen
fo
fweet to
you
as
otherwife
they
would'
have
been,
b-
caufe
the
Church
and
people
of
God
have
been
in
inch-Araks,
you have
been
in
forrow, thouglryou
have
en.oyed peace
and
plenty, this bath taken
away
the
fweet_nets
of
your
Mercies,
know,
if it be thus,
take your
comfort,
First,
Thou
art
eminent
in
that
which
is
-Gods
eminency,
and this
is
'a
great excellency,
and
this
is
the
bell
fervice
thou.
cantl.doe
;
thou
caníl
not
do
a
price
of fervice
more accep-
table to God
then
this thing is.
Thou complainelt
thou
can(}
nor
pray,
thou
art
difquieted
in
thy fpirits, for thy deadneffe
and dulneffe
and
indifpofedneffe of
heart, but
haft
thou
a
met-,
cifull
heart;
know
that
this
is
mot+
acceptable
to
God,
11/[c4:
6, 4,
5.
where withall
[hall
I
come
before the
Lord,
and
boas -my-
Pelf
before
the
high
God,
fullI
come before
him with burnt
of
'e
rir
s, with calves
of
ayear
old,will the
Lord
be plea
fed.
vith
doom-
fonds
of
rams,
or
with
ten
thoufands
of rivers of
oyle,
fee
what
large
proffers they
made
there to
God,
shall
we
come
with
there
?
Shall
Igive
my
firfl
born for my
tranfgref
on,
the Fruit
of
my
body
for
the
9n
of
my
fool
?
No,
fairh
god,
no'ae
of
there,
I
regard them nor, I-require
them
nor,
Oo
ly
to do
'office,
and
to
love
mercy.
Here
ivithall
myelt
thou
,come
.b
f
e
'
,od
wish
boldneffe,it
may
be thou
c
nfl
nor
bring
'
iverr
OC
ode,
thou canft not bringf'uch enlargemenrs,
fuck
exp
°etFov,
iùch
fine
plac'd words, yet
canfl
thou
a
b'dng
à
heart
ivin;
cn
ercy,
huff
thou
but
a
mercifull
heart,
thou
that
which
God
ds'
lights
7.
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r
Secondly,