7he mercifull max a bl. ffèd man. 349 of his bread to the pore : To open unto you the blefledneífe of this mercifull man, take it in there particulars. Firíl, When God wóuld defcribe a man truly godly, he calls him out by this very çhara&er, that he is a mercifull man Pfal: 32.6. For this 'hall every ore that is Godly pray urta thee, in the Originali it is the kind man, Godly mar are cilia by this denomination of kind ones, and fo where ever we have the word Godly and Saints in the old Teílament, it is the fame with that we have in the New Telament, where they are called Godly Saints, and Godly ones, it is the frnie with mercifull men to note thus much, that mercy it is the fa ive Godlinef e,now take rightcoufnet e as I opened it in the former verfefor the `race of San;tifì cat ion, and fo thism:,rci- fulneffe is a part of that San tihcarion, 'tí:; a part of that righ teoufnef e, which I (hewed you was of fuch excellency; in the 37, Pfal: 6. ver: God doth not infante in any pa ntola.: grace but in this of mercy: The mere!' iful man fhall feekhim i ;r a time zvhesrhe may be fsund : and in the i t:2 Pf.. A çoo man ' hezneth favour and lendeth,he will&side his.affaires withdfct'e- tian, and then in the -9. ver: He bath di fperfed, he hark given o the poor, his right eonf<ef]èendureth for ever: Mercy, it is a fpeciall part of rtghteou nefíe, in the 3 of James F7.The Apo- file there defcribing the wifdome that is from above, he faith thus; The n--(dome that is from above,is firfl pare,then peaceable, e çrentle,and eafiete be entreated, fuliof mercy and good fruits; 'Mark the words, it s full of mercy and gentleneffe: Therefore bleífed are there mercifull ones for they are filch as Gód cloth call out to give a charac` er of that they are.Godiy men: Secondly; Bletfed becaufe they have fo much of that which is fo nigh to Cod, and makes God fo excellent and glorious, there is nothing in a Saint is neerer unto God then this ver.y- difpofitionof mercifulneffe, now. God glories in nothing more thenin his mercy, -thi, is- that which God loth exalt himfelfe with all and that he doth glory in,that he is the merciful God, in the 2.5 of E vadns , the mercy feat it was raifed up on high above all, that it might be feen. And in Scripture God,is find -to delight in mercy. Micha: 7. IS. Who is a God like- Pinta thee-z-
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