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174

4nfwer

to

the

pretences.

of

men

be

for your

felves, empty

your felves upon poor

people

that

ly

eveh

upon

the earth.

--

----

--

And

if

the

The

fail

toward

the

South,

or

toward the N_erth, in the

place

i4ero

Ike

'Free

falleth,

tkerc

it-

(hall be,

faith

the

Holy

(Aloft

the

meaning

is

this,

whereas force

may fay,

It

may

be

we

may

jive,

and

give

to

forne

that

are

good,

and

to

force

that

are

naught,

and we

doe

not

know

whether there

will come

good

of what we

give

;

faith

the

holy

Ghoft,

as

where

a

tree

falls

when

it

is

cut

down;

yet ilill it

is

to the

advantage

and bene-

fit

of him

that

ownes

it

,

he

finds

it

when

its fallen

there,

he

can

make ufe

of

it

;

fo you

give fömetimes

to good,

and

fume-

times to bad , yet the fruit of

your

mercy

shall

lie,

and

ou

(hall

find

the benefit of

it

;

or

rather

as

others:thus

;

they

make

the Tree

falling

to

Ggtfifie

the death

of

men

;

Be

mer-

ciful!

while

you

live,

the tree

will fall, and

look how

it

falls

there

it

lies

:

you know

a

tree

when

it

is

cutting

down,

it

will

fall

the

way

that

there

is

moll boughes, and that

way

it

moll

inclines

too

whillt

it

was

Banding,

fo

faith

the

holy

Ghofi,

the

way

that

your hearts

molt

incline

too, that

way you will

fall

if

you have

the

fruits

of

mercy

and

good works,

that

you

are

aboundant that

way, and

your

hearts turning

that

way,

you

will

fall

that

way,and

fo you

will lie and

be found

at the great

day,

according

to

what

the proportion of

your

hearts

and

your

works have

been. Againe,

He that

sbferves

the

winde, (hall

not

five,

and

he

that

regardeth

the

clouds,

(hall

not

rap

;

Mark

the

anfwer

to the

covetous

heart that

would be fcant in

the

works

of

mercy,--I

have

not fit

obje

&s

to

bellow

my

mercy

upon;

he that

cbferves

the

winde (hall

not

fowe

;

If

a

husbandman

ír

all

be looking every day,

and

fee

the

winde in the

clouds,

and thinks

it

will

not be

faire

weather,

and

fo

will not

venture

any

thing,

he

will

never

make

any

work

of

his plowing or

fow-

ing

;

fo

faith

the

holy

Gholl,

be

not too prying

and

obferving

of

thefe

wars

of mercy, whether the

obje

&'be

a

fit

obje6t,

yea or

no

;

it

may

be

I

may, and have

befowne

a

great

deale,

but

have

feene no good come

of it

;

Mark what

follows

in the

the

Eft verfe

;

As

thou

%newsfl

not

what

is

the

way

ofthe

Spi-

rit,

nor

boor

the

bones

doe$raw in the

womb

of her

that

is

with

sirid_a