The merciful! max a bleff'ed Lord ever look upon me ? Lord, thou navel} adwer thus,thou haft wrought in me a difpofitiott to thew mercy tó ,them that are in tnilery : Lord if there be but one drop of mercy in me to thew pity to others, is there not an in6nire ocean of mercy in thee, Lord is it not much eafier for thee to thew mercy am to me, when as by that little drop of mercy which Í have thou hail gain'd upon my heart to Chew mercy unto others. Here is a mighty help againil temptations and difcouragemenms from doting with the mercy of God ; fo: that mercy which is in us, is but a drop of the fountain that i; in God. Our mercy if it be true and fpirituall '( as you have heard it'defcrib'd before) it is but an etfeól and fruit of the mercy which is in God himfelf, Lord it is more eafie to thee to thew mercy to my foul, then for me to pity them that are in mifery, Lo!d,-: the mifery that is in others requires more of us ro relieve them, then for thy Majefty to relieve us ; Lord, thou ¡halt part wi:h nothing in (hewing mercy to nse,thou art in finite in mercy and thou part- ell with nothing, but when we thew mercy we part with 'one.- thing, though it bethat we receive from God, and therefore it is caller with God to (hewmercy. Laftly, Confider of this, That there is nothing holds men longer under bondage and terrours of confcience. for fin, then this very thing, then the ridged difpoficion that is in us towards them that are in mifery: Therefore bleed are thofe that are mercifull, that are of a genre difoofition, for this will be a fpeciallmeans to have (hole throbbs and terrours of confcience that are inward itt the foul to be remov'd -: We are ready often times' to gatherfuch conclufions as thefe are, furelythe Lord will never be merciful! unto me, how can God (hew mercy o loch a wretch asI am, fo flubborne and hard hearted, I cannot Thew mercy to others that are in mifery,I cannot forgive them that are' in mifery, and furely how can the Lord fur ,,ive me who h we done mo:e wrong to him then ever any other hah done to me, and yet I could not forgive them, or pals by fuch wrongs my felfe, well thou that art merciful mayell think thus, Lo-d mull I fwe a heart ro forgive to feaven times;- yea to fe- venty times (even, and Lord canfl not thou do more to níe, Z x s,.uft
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