348 The graciou; manner of fFervin3 mercy. do the work of mercy in a lavish way, but confiders wifely of the- podre, and guides his affairs with dicretion. Thirdly, In the exercife of mercy there snuff be much fim pliciry of heart : Rom: z 2..8. He that let him do it with hrnplrcrty, you will fay, what's the meaning, of that ? The meimmng of it i; this. Fir t }, Not to 'have any by and fquint -eyed aims in my gi . ving, but to do it in the fimpliciry of my heart,: without any, by an fiuint-ey'd aimes, and in uimplactty : --- Many are merciful!, they do things that are.good, but they have icuint- ey'd aimes at rhemfelves. Secondly, Simplicity, that is not to be partial' in the way es of my mercy,God would have me to chew mercy to one more then to another, according . as there is reafon, but not to be merciful in a way ofpartìallity,that is,though others [land in as Much need of my mercy as this man doth, and every way de- crves it as well, yet out of private re_fpeas I let the courfe of my mercy run this way rather then the other, this is not to do it out of (tmplicity, La( }ly, We Inull fo Ihew our mercy as that we mua be fuse to tender up that mercy that we (hew to others for ac- ceptation in Jefus Chra( }, to tender it up in Jefus Chrif} that it may be accepted by God, Lord, may fuch a foul.lay, I am unworthy thou ihouldeft thew any mercy to me,: or that thou thouldeft accept of any Mercy that I tender up to thee, this we fee admirably let forth in Nehemiah, who was one of the mer- cifulleft men that ever we read of, yet faith he, Ch:. i t.,. 2.2. Remember me O my God,concerning thisalfo,andfpare me accor- ding to the greatreffe of thy mercy, He was amercifullman, and yet he pleads to be, accepted in mercy for the faylings that paf- fed from him in the (hewing of that mercy, and here in the text, F'leffed are the merciful! for they Jhall obtaine mercy: They fhall obtaine mercy for thofe faylings that- they commit in the fhewing of their mercy --a Thus you fee who this mercifùll man is. We (hall now come to flew that he is a bleffed man ; Pro: 22. 9. He that bath a bowlful' eye fhall be blef ed,for hegivtt 5 ei
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