Merry when it is a 13,9214 of the grace of God, of common providence, but I look upon the mercy of God in Chrift,the tender mercies of God in Chriti;A man in a natural way may come to fee and know that God is merciful!, but w hen i am merciful from a fight of Gods mercy tome in Jefus ChOit, and therefore I fliew mercy to others, this is right mercy; in Chritt the beames of Gods mercy are - concen- tred as in a burning glade,, they are all confentred toge- ther in one ; and when they thine through Chrift to my ,_ íoule, then they warme nay heart, the beams of the Sun, when they thine fcatrered up and down in'the ayre, they caufe Tome light, glory and heate, but when they are confentred in a bur- ning glade, then they will be fo hot as to burne ones doodles, fo the bearnes of Gods mercy in common providence, they will heat the hearts of men and move them to natural! prcty, but when our mercy comes from the confentring of the mercy of God to my foule in Jefus Chfrid, as it were the burning- glaffe, then how do they warme and enlarge the heart of a mercifuli man, when he can fet his foule under the beames of Gods mercy contra&ed, and fhining -through the burning glaffe of Jefus (Thrift himfelfe, and when the heart comes to be warmed with mercy thus, then it's agracielus work indeed, and mercy beyond That of a natural! man. :Fifthly, The conf dera:ion of my unworthinefle, I have had mercy, and not only common mercy 'but mercy in Chrift, who arnfo unworthy, and why bath God made any difference be- tween me and others what is it that caufes a difference fo, that fuch a one should be poç:e, and I have an effare,that they are borne of beggars, and I of parenrs that harh leftme a com- fortable eftate,-orifp.oviilence hath coil itfothough born of as good parents as I, yet they aré in mifery, and I in comfort : Many of you may fay you came to the City but with a ftarfe in your hand, and what an eftate bath God railed you to If the grace of mercy works in you the confederation of your un- worthinefle of any thing, that God fhould make a difference betweene you and others out of, Free grace, and from no- thing of your felves, this doth mightily enlarge bowels of mercy. Sixthly,
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