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