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Things
for
unmercifull
men
to c
gilder
of,
351
ic's gone, but
what
goes into
their
own
bellies,
and
is
put
,upon
their
own backs
that's
not
loft, but whatróever
they
give
in
a
way
of mercy
to orhers,they
look upon
it
as
tail
away
;
rids
is an
argt nient of
a
carnall
heart, that
knoweth
nor
the
way
of
God,
diditthou
underfiand
what
is
laid
in
Scripture, thou
tiwouldfl
account
that
effare of thine which thou
giveit out
of
a
.mercifull
heart
for
the reliefe
of
others, the belt part of thy
e-
flare
:
And
fo
others,
when they are
ro
ctye,rhen they think
that they
will give fomrhing
to the poore,
or
to others, but
in
the
meane
time while they live,
all's for
themfelves,
they
can.
not trufl
God
for
any
thing,
and
as
for
tuch
promifes
as
thefe
are,
or
others
in
Scripture,
they are
but
as
dry things unto
them
;
I
(hall
fpeak
to
thefe,
and
tuch
as
have cruel! and
hard
hearts towards others
and are
altogether
Certainly
thou
knowel
not
God,
talk what thou
wilt
ofReligion,
if
thou hail
an
unmercifull
heart towards others,
-thou
art the
man or woman
that
knoweft
not
God
:
I'le
give
you this Scripture for
it,in
Hof.
4..
I.
Becag
je
there
is
no
truth,
nor
mercy,
nor knowledge
of
God rn
the
land
:
Thefe two are
pgut-
together,
-no
mercy,
nor
knowledge
of
God
in
the
land
:
cer-
tainly where
there
is
the
knowledge of
God,
there
will
be
mercy, The
dark,places
of
the earth are
habitations
of
croselty,
faith
the Pfalmift,in dark
fouls
that
know
not
God
are
works
of
.cruelty,
you
may conclude
of anyman that
is
of
a
cruel( difpofi-
don,
a
hard
hearted difpolition,of
a
penurious
fordid difpofiti-
on, of
a
felfiih
difpouition, cervainly
this man,
this
woman
knowes not
God, if
they knew
what
God
were, whattreafures
of
mercy
there
are in
God,
and how
God
delights
in
mercy,
and
that it
is
his
glory fo communicate of his goodnefre
to
his
.
creatures,
it
Were
impo'iible
but their
hearts
would
be
more
communicative.
Secondly,
God
hath
a
great controverfie
againfl
thee
;
thou
faifl
thou
art not bound
to
releive
fuch and
fuch, thou
thinkeil
it
is
no
evill
if
thou
doll not
wrong others
;
but
thy
unmerci-
f
ulneffe is
enough for
to
caufe
the Lord
to
have
a
controverfie
againft thy foul ,
in the forenamed place,
Hof.
4.
i
.
The Lord
-
bath.
controverfie
with the inhabitants ofthe lands
fo,
.what)
ke-
A.
a
a
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