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Motives
to
fhew
mercy.
rity,
they
goe on in
their
bravery
and buffelling, as
if there
should never
be
a
change
;
But
the very
thought of
thy
change
,
and
the
fad
Condition
that
thou
mayeíl
be foone in,
would mightily worke
upon your
bowel's to fhew mercy
to-
wards
others.
Lailly
,
Let
your
eye
affe& your
heart, doe not turne
away
your
eyes
from
them
,
but
loolkg
upon
them.
Lamp
3.
51.
Mine
eye
a
f
feffeth
mine
heart.
It's
a
mighty meanes
to
affe6
the heart,
to
have
the eye
look upon
thole
in mifery
you that
in;oy
all
Comforts ,
looke upon
the
lamentable
objet
that
there
are in
the world, that there
are
in
the
City
;
Lookinto
the
Hoipiralls
among
wounded Souldiers, among thole
that
are mtierabíy poore,
and
let
your eye affe&
your
heart
that
you
may
be mercifull, For
ble1Jed
are
the
mercifull, they fhall
,eótaine
mercy.
We
now
pats
by this point
of
mercifulneßè,
and shall pro
-
ceed to
the
fixt
rule
of happineffe
that here
Chrift
pro
-
pounds.
Ver.
8.
Bleffed
are the pure
in
heart,
for they
fhall
fee
God.
There's
a
good
Connexion
of
thefe
two
;
fome
men
are
willing
to
do good works, and
to
be very
beneficial'
to
others,
having uncleane and
guilty Confciences
of their
owne,
and
think thereby to
flop
the
mouths of
their
Confciences
:
They
are
Confcious
to
themfelves of vile baie wages,
and they
live
in
fome
fecret
haunt
of wickedneffe, and
fo
they think that
if
they be
mercifull
to
others
,
and
doe
fome
good
works, that
will ferve turne
to
flop
their
Confciences.
I am
perfwaded
that
many
flop
their
Confciences with
fuch
things
as
thole are,
But
faith
Chrift, doe not deceive
your felves in
that,
Blef ed
are
the mercifull,
they
fhall
obtaine mercy
;
but
he adds
this too,
Bleffed
are
the pure in
heart;
There
muff
be purity
in
heart,
as
well
as
mercifulneffe
;
There
may
be many
works
ofmercy
done
by
fuch as
are
uncleane and
bale-hearted
;
And
there=
fore
looke
to that,
that
your
hearts
be
clean
and
pure.
Bleffed,