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363

Exhortation

Mercy.

miry have

many

endured

and

that

in

the caufe

of God,

and o-

thers of

the

Saints

of

God

cry for

mercy,

we

have received

mercy our.felves,

it

is

a

time

of Cods

mercy to

us, what

mer-

c

y

do

we hear

of

every

day

almoit,every week, fiill

one tüercy

comes upon

the heels

of

another, this Town turrendred,

aid

this

Army

wholly

routed

and

f

oyled,whereas

we

were

affraid

We

íhould

have lain

au

the..

mercy

of

cruel bloody

Souloiers,

the Lord

hath

delivered

us

from

them,and

lath

magnifyed

his

mercy

in

keeping England

alive, in,keeping this

City

alive,

in

preferving

your familyes,

in preserving

your eftates

fo

much

as

they have

been preserved,

ris

a

time of

mercy, the

bowels

of

Góds mercies

are

fo

inlarged,

fo

yearning

towards

us,

as

calls for

mercy.

to

our

brethren

,

-let's look

round

about

us,

we

fee noshing

but mercy

:

there

are places

that where

ever

they

look

they

fee nothing but

.foot

-ceps

of

Gods

diipleafure,

of

juflice wrath

and

milery. But where

ever

we look

rye

fee

mercy,

when

we

are

here

now,

we can

every one

of

us

look

upon

one

another

as

objects ofGods mercy,that

we

have thefe

liberties

thus

to

exercife

our

(elves,

and

to

joyn thus

publickly

to

call upon

God,

to

pray

to

God,

what mercy

is

here,

and

l

nce

there times

hat

h

not

God

been merciful to

your fouls

in

revealing

his

Gofpel

and

the

glorious things

of

erernall

life

ro

you, when thou

god}

home,

what

cant}

thou fee but mercy

?

Look upon thy

yoak-

fellow,

there's

mercy,

look upon thy.chil-

dren, there's

mercy ;look

upon

thy

table, there's

mercy

;

look

tut

on

thy fervants,

there's

mercy

;

look

into thy

bed,

there's

mercy; look upon every thing

in

thy

houfe,there's

mercy

writ-

ten thereon,

look

urcn

thy own

body,

there'smercy;Take

the

Bible

and

read the eternal

counfels

of

God

concerning

thy

eternall

ellate, there's

mercy,that

a

family

canfall

down

up

on

their

knees and

there

be bleiling

God

for preferving

and

bringing

in all

outward comforts

that

they Land

in

need

of,

Hill

there's

nothing but mercy round about

us,

and what

shall we in

the

midi}

of mercies

be

unmerciful!

?

How

do

all

.

there mercies

call

to.

thee

for mercies

towards

others.

Again,