The mercifsdll matt a bleffed man. tl.ce ? that pardónetb iniquity,ond pafeth by the Iranfgrefon of tie resrrant of his heritage, 1. e retatneth not his anger for ever* becatefe kedelighreth in mercy. It's a very pleating thing for God to delight inhis mercy,anci he is call'd the Father of mer- cy, and a God rich in mercy, a mar: accounts his glory to con- lifts in his riches, if in any thing a man doth efleem himfelfe 'for, it is in his riches, in his wealrh,io Gods riches are his mer- cies, and God glories in his mercies, and when God would [hew unto Mofes his glory, it is in this Mofes he delires to fee the face Of God, and that God would let him fee his To- ry, Exod: 34. 6. how doth the Lord give a demonfifationof his glory ? Thus, The Lord God gracious and merci full,and the chief defigne that God hath in the world, it is to glorifie his mercy, in the i Ephef 6.v: The Lord he delights to glorifie Ms power, his wifdome, and his jultice, but he delights to glorifie his mercy above all. When the power of God is ex- alted, when the wifdome of God is declared, God is glorified, but when mercy is glorified; then God is exalted :.If mercy Make God fo excellent, furely that man muff needs be very happy that hath much of this difpofition in him: and you have feen that the merciful) man he bath much of this difpofition in him, which is by God accounted to be his own glory. Thirdly, You are bleffed,becaufe you are under many pre cious promifes, it werè endleffe to mention all the promifes wherein your blefidnetfe is fen forth, In the i i Pry: 25. ver: 7 he liberali foule[hall be made fat, and he ti at watereth ¡hall be watred alfo himfelfe : Pfal: i i 2. 9. He loath di fperfed, he path given to the paore, his righteoufneffe endsrreth for ever, his horn MI be exalted with honour ; ;z Or: 9.8. which is very remark- able: .4nd God is able to make all grace-abound towards you, that- ye alwafès,having all- fuficiency rn all things; may abound to every good work,e. See how words are heaped up here, to make grace, and all gràta.d all grace to abound, and who is it to ? unto the liberal, the inercifull man; In the 6 Luke 38. Give, and it (hall be given to you : The way for to receive more, it is to give' out of what we have, 'and,God will fo order ir, T hat yoto fhall h'avegeod meafure, repel -down, and fhaken together, and
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