354 The !Mercifull man a bleffed man. 'mitt I forgive till leaventy times leaven times in a day if my brother offend me, atilt not forgive much more, this is a mighty help to faith, and a mighty help to prayer,that the Lord would aleaV mercy to us in our !traits and help in the time of our troubles; Pfal: 1,1 z: 6, 7. Sao'eiy he frail not be maved fir ever.' The way to be ellablithed it is to be of a mer- ciful( spirit, and he fkall not be afraad ofevill -.ydirrs; Let what times come that will come, he ihali not fear them, the dayes ni1y be clouded, and tròubles may grow bigger, but he 111a11 not be Afraid of them, thefe evil tydings thail not affright the merciful man, and that's a famous text that we have in the 5g of ¡fa: 7,R. When lie defcribes the manner of the Fait both in the negative and the affirmative part: he flames what they did in their falfe humiliations, and then he comes to ihew that if they .did 'thus and thus, Then (hall 'thy light breakforth is the mormng,and then 'halt thou call and the Lord (hall `an f wet^' dim 'halt cry, and he fhlll fay, here am L God will fay, :hear- ken,' there's a merciful man cryes, there's one that is now in di&rellfe and cryes tome, I múlt goe downe ánd hearken unto this mans redueft, I muff goe and hear what's the matter, 'tis a- merciful man cryes, come God will fiy,here am I, call upon me, what wouldeil thou have ? it's a merciful! man that :ryes, I muff go and relieve him, God will fay to this foul here I am, and V: t o. The lightof fuch aman ¡ball rife in obfcurit yiand his darkneffe bees the noon day, and ver: a T. The Lord /ball guide thee continually, andfattsfle thy foul in drought, and make far thy banes, and thou (halt be like a watred orden, and l ke a fprarg of water ïvhofe waters faile not : Thou comielaineft of deadnefs and barrennefs of fpirit, this is the rèaion it may be thou profite& no more under the mean, becaufe thou art of a wretched, harfh, cruel difpolition : But for the merciful! they may go untoGod and plead their caufe, and fay, Lord I was merciful! unto my brethren in their &rairs, and my mercy it was in obedience to thy command, and therefore Lord hear me.
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