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Motives
to
Phew
mercy.
Maker
: but
he
that
honoureth
him,
hath
mercy
oil`
the
poore,.
For men
to
oppreffe
the
poore, they doe but
reproach
their
Maker
;
As
if
fo
be
that
God
would make
filch
diftance
be-.
tween
man and man, and have
tao
care.
of thofe that
are
in
mi,-
Eery,
you
reproach
God
:-
But
he,thathonourethhim,hathmer-
cy on
the poore. This
is a
great
way
of
honouring
God: r
Pert.
4.
I I
If
an),
man minijler,
let
him
doe
it
out
of
the ability
which.
Cpd
giveth,
that.
God
zn_all
things may
be
Glorified,
through
Je
(tzs
Chrifi
:
IC
is
fpoken.firfl of
the
work
of
the Millinery
in dif-
pencing
the
Word., but
likewife
applyed
in
Generali
to
all
mtniftering
of
the
gifts
and
graces
of God,and
any
good thing
that God
gives
us
:
That
in
all
things
God maybe
Glorified
through
jefus
Chriff.
.
Further,
you
know thofe Scriptures that
tells
you
that God
acco
ants
=it
as
his
owne,
Chrift
accounrs
it
a
:given
to
him,
what's
given
to
a
Difciple
in
the-name
of
a
Difciple,.
and
iii
as
much
as
you gave
ir to there
littleones,you
gave
it
unto
me.
We
find
that
God
ft
ands
fo
much upon
the
works
of
mercy,
that
he
is
willing
to
-
hate,
his
owne
tvorthip to
flay
upon
it
;
If
the matter
lies
thus,that either
I
muff
for-
the time
be without
worship,
or
thofe
in
neceflity
be
without
reliefe,
faith
God
I'le
rather
be without worship then they
{hall
be
without
re-
liefe. That
Scripture
in
the 6
of Ihfea, quoted
diverktimes
by
"Chrift
in
the Gbfpei',
I
will
have
mercy
and
not
facriface,
is a
text
that
all
thät
are acquainted
with Scripture cannot be
igno-
rant of,
Gòdflands
much upon
his
facrifice,but he
(lands
more
upon
mercy
;
Saith
God,
If
both
be
laid in the
ball
mce,
either
a
ficrifice
to
be
offered to
me
,
or
a
work
of mercy unto
this
poor
brother,
if
there
muli but
one
be done,
let
the
work of
Mercy
be done rather
then
facrifice
;
surely i'°s
that
that
Go*
'
prizes
highly
;
The
Lord
is
Content to
be
without
flcri
:ce for
Mercy;
Be
merëifull therefore.
.
By
the
work
of
mercy,'
you
that
are
in
a
mean
Conditión
otherwife, maycome
to
have
as
high
a
reward
as
the moll
e-
minent
Saints
of
God:
In
the
z
o 1flittb:
q:
i v.
faith
Chrift, He
that
receiveth
a
`Prophet in
the
name
of'
a
Prophet,
Peal.'
receive
e
.Propbets
reward
:
and
he.that
receiveth
a
rzghtcorte
man, in
the.