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Comfort
to
thole
that
are
of
mercifoil fpirits,
Secondly,
This
is a
moll certaine argument of
thy
eleaion_
Unto
mercy who
halla
merciful!
heart,
Ce14:
3,
1.
z.
t3rethre
L,,
as the eleîl
of
god
:.What,
poi
on
bowels
o
f
mercy,
As
the elect
of
God put on
bowels
of
mercy
:
'Tis
mercy that
God
gives
the
meanes
to relieve others, that
God
gives
thee
wherewith
-
all to help them that are
in
diílreffe,
know,
it
ismore to
have
a--
heart
to
thewmercy,then
an
efiate
to
thew mercy;'
fis
a
grea-
ter
mercy
to thee
for
66d
CO
make
thee
Willing
to thew
miler-
cy,t hen
if
thou
had'it
an cUate.
and
not
willing
co
Thew
mercy;.
And therefore
wherein do youaccount
your
riches,
in
having
the
world at will,
in
being in.great places, and
to
do what thou
Wilt,
is
hear thy happinetle,
doll
thou
account
it
thy riches
to
be great
in the world
and to.h ve places
and rule
?
If
this
be
thy
happinefie know
that
thou hall
little
evidence to
thy foule
of
thy
elution,
but
if
thou
wert truly
gracious thou wou1a'il
fay,
Lord,
I
bleífe thee
for my
eílate, for
my
parts,
and richest;
I
but
Lord
I
bleffe
thee
more
for
,a.
heart topitty
them
that
are
in diflretfe,
I
bleffe
thee that
thou haft given nie
a
heart
to:
thew
mercy
to themthat
are
in
mifery, and
I
ble{íe
thee that
I,may be more Serviceable then
others
bymy
ellateto
them.
which
want
fuch
-an
eílate.
I
therefore prize
my ellace becaufe
it
doth
help
me
tobe
more ferviteable
to
God
there
others,
this
is as
Eure
a
fig=
of grace
as.can be
;
Suppofe
God
bath,
given
you
aneftate,
but
withall had
left
you
to
a
penurous co-
vetous
heart,
know
thy &late
had
been
a
curfe
to
thee,. but if
thou
haft
a
large
eílate,
and
a
large heart to do
0.66d with thy
allare, it's
a
good
1
gne
oftrue
grace.
Thirdly,
Thou mayefl with comfort
expe
&.
an
enlarged.
heart
in
prayer.:.
You
complain many
times tbat your
hearts
are
fo
llrarrned
and
dead,
would
you
but
examine, is not
this
the
caufe,you
are
fo
cruel
to
others?
And when
thou cornett
to
any affliclión,,
the
Lord
will:
re
member,
and
remember
what thou
wouldell
have done,,
z
fames 13. Thou wouldetl.pray
better,
the Lord
will accept
of that
defire
of
thine,
to
pray
better.:
1Vlercyrejoycetb.againft
Yudgement;
there's' a Sc ipture
which though
you have often'
read,
you
donor
it
may be well
underfiand,
or
at
teaff-wife
It