The Mercifull Haan a 6leffed man. and running over: See here the latitude and height of ons that can be, we account it good.riatafure when it's heaped up, but when it's heaped up, and preffed down, that's more;, but when it's heaped up, and prefled dowse; and then heaped up and running over againe, this is as much as po.fibl'y can be made : So thofe that are of merciful 'fpirics, they (hall have mercy heaped up, preffed down, and running ove .. : Surely. thou mull needs be a happy man When thous can not be in that condition in which thoù (halt not have mercy,bur mercy heap- ed up, and running over to fupply thy neceihty., Fourthly, Illeflèd art thou;becaufe thou hall the blefl'ing of thole that are inmifery upon thee, the blerling of the poor is upon thee who art thus mercifull, thy prayers are heard, and their.prayers are for thee ; They bielle God for fuch za one . who hash done themgood in their flraits, l ob 29.13. Thebie( fing of him that was ready ro peri fls came upon me, and I care fed the widdoweshear.etoling for ley. They praif 'God for them, and in the Text, They fhail obtain mercy, this is a fingula: pri_ viledge; were there no other Scripture in all the word to :in- courage us to this duty but this, That we (hall obtain mercy, are ready to think that if we thew mercy, we may want our felves we (hall come to beggery, we (hall come to poverty ; we had need to flare up for our felves, no we fhall grow, Therefore in i r Troy. is. The liberal? foul (hall be made fat , Here's a flrange.expreffion, what to gaine by liberality ; we have many proverbs ufed among us' that doth quite crofs Scrip- ture, for we fay, we had as good be out of the wòrld as out of the fashion, and God faith fashion not your felves according to the world : We fay, he is too free to be fat; and yet God faith here, The liberal man (hall be made fat : faith the Scripture you (hall have mercy, and is. it not a tweet thing to find mercy from God. In 2 Sam, 22. 26. With the mercifull he will thew himfelfe merciful ?, and therefore blet %d are the mercifull for they (hall obtaine mercy : With the fróward God will they himfelf fròward, according to our walking unto God, we (hall find God walking unto us, if we walk contrary unto him, he will walk contrary Unto Us,if we Walk mercifully towards our brethren, God will walke mercifully towards us. Fifths 35y
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