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Motives
to
fhew
mercy.
3g.Ì:
-
the name
of
a righteous man ,
fhall
receive
a
righteous mans
re-
ward.
Be
inercifull to
thofe
that
are.
Gracious,you
may
come
to
have
as
great
a
reward
as
they.
You that are poore men
and
poore women,
will fry, we
can
doe
little
for
God,
we
can
be
im--loyed
but
little
in any
fervice for
God,
we are
weak
but
h
re
s
a
way
how
you
may
come
to
have
the
reward of
the Prophets of God,and the
moil eminent of
the
Saints, by
(hewing
works
of
mercy unto
them.
And that
thefe.
things
may
the rather
f
nke
into
yoíir
hearts,;..
labour
toprinciple
your
hearts
fully in
this,
That it's
a
Getter
thing
to
give
then
to
receive, you know
they
are
the-words of
Chrift;It will
be very hard
to get
this principle tn.o the hearts
of
many
people, That its-
a
more bleflèd thing
to
be inerdfull
to others, then
to
be
rich
to themfelves; yet that's
the'wif.
dome of
Chrift,
Chrift
faith fo, and
did
we
account
ofmercies
to
be'
better then
our
riches,
this
would
be
a
mighty help
to
the
works
of
mercy
;.
There's
many
people think, that
all
they
bellow
in works
of mercy
is
loft
;
No,
he
that giveth
to,
the
poor,
lendeth
to
the
Lord,
and he (hall have
It
agaiile;
It's
better a
great deale then
any
thing
he
cloth
In;oy
;
That that's
given
you
fhould
look upon
as
the
belt
parr
of
your Riches
:.
Tis
a
fpeech
of
an Ancient,
How much
more Glorious
id
it
to
doe good to
many, then
to
dwell
fumptuoafl
y.
_
Secondly,
If
you
would
have
thefe
things take ImpreiTion,
labour
to
make
the
times where you
your felfe
heretofore
have
had
need ofmercy, to be
as
prefent to
you when
you
fee
an
obje& of mercy, think,
was
I
never miferable
my
felfe,
was
I
neveran
objea
of
mercy
my
felfe,
did
I
never fee
need of
mercy
my
felfe.
.
Againe,
It
May
be I
-am
well
-now,.
and
all
well about
me,
may
not
I
be
an
object
of.
mercy
'ere long
;what if
I were
now
ita
that
Condition, that
all
comfort from
all
creatures
left me,
were taken
from
me
that
I
had
before,
what
if it were ío with
me now,
then
I
-would
prize mercy
;
Is
mercy
good
then to
you, and
is
it
not
good
now
:
O
make
thefe
tines
Reaall
to
you
Men
that
have
their
health and are
in
peace
and
profpe-
rtty,