360 Vnmerçifall hearts are wild .hearts. a4 Prov 21. They defpile look contemptibly upon Ruch as are under them, or in a meaner condition then they : He that defpïf"eth his nergLboisr finneth, hat he that hath mercy n the pore, happy is he Take heed you do not look upon pro: peo- ple as del -piing them,for fo'ris meant of i:oo: ntiighbours, oth by the oppofition, and the ver e'before, he poor is ha, ed e.oen of his own ne,ghbour, but the rich hath many fr, e'-d +, he f- pifeth bis nei hbour fsnneth, finneth with a great, im, bat he that bath mercy on the poor, happy is he, finch an c.ne i ; mean and poor, and thou thinkeft him a mean poor fellow,and fo looped+ delpicably upon him : Take heed of such à diípofition, e,,od will not take it well at thy hands :.r. And others there are that are fo farre from !hewing mercy to thofe that are in mile - rv, as they-rather fpend their elates that they have upon their lofts,, they have more then others, and that which may ferve to relieve the neceffities ofmany poor creatures that would bleche God for their fuperfluities, but their fuperfluities are laid out and fpent u on their lefts, meerly to fatisfie their bellyes, to fatisfie their unclearineff it may be, when as they will not.freely give twelve pence for good ufes, and for relie- ving others, there are pounds fpent upon their filthy unclean- neffe, or upon their backs, and upon vanity in fporring,pl aying, drinking, where is confcience in the mean time, when there are fo many charges ofGod upon you to Thew mercy,and there is fo much fpoken of the excellency of mercy, what 'a bleffed man the mercifull Man is, and thou that haft aia eflate above others improvefi it, and layeft it out onely to fatisfie thy lulls, thou cant+ fin more freely ro:fibly then others can, becaufe thou haft an eflate more fully then they, O thou unwire foul, }row foolifhly dolt thou in-prove thy eflate, -when as thou mighteft lay it out fo as hundreds might be bleffini; God for thee, thou imployetl it only in increaf ng guiltinefie upon thy foul : And others; hough perhaps fò_newhat it is that they will give, yet grudgingly, and only that that is forced from them,,whar they cannot but for &lame give, but there's no freedom, no c heerfulnek- at- all in their diftribution unto .others, and if any thing be given, they think it's nieefly loft, tt s b.
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