The excellency of this grace Qfinercifiillneffe. Agin, Set before you the beauty and excellency of mercy, -and confider of it : Chr; fJ1ome bath an expreliiran about mer- cy, that it is more excellent then to have the gift ;o r aife from the dead, if God fhould give one ability to raise from the dead, it were not a greater good then to have a heart to be merciful' to thole that are in mifery, we need not go to him but to the Scripture,there are the moll excellent things fpoken of it in Scripture, that would make a man admire that any man profefling Godlinels,ihould not have bowels of mercy towards thofe that are in mifery, there befiix notable Scripture expref- fions concerning the excellency of this grace. The firlf is this, .It's call'd the adniiniftratión of fervice, the fervice of God ; 2 Cor: ç. 12. The Minifiry of this Le- mule, there are many hand for your old .Leturgie, and think it a hard cafe that that is taken from them, here you have a Le- turgie that you may keep, and that with the good will of God ,and men to, and be in love with this Leturgie , that is, the works of mercy, it's call'd Gods Leturgie, whereas you ufe to call the Leturgte Divine fervcce: Here s a Divine fervice that you may tender up to God; All of you that have ellates, you may have this Divine fervice: You complain thus one to ano- ther, would we had our Divine fervice again,. you may have this every day, and be as acceptable to God as ever that was certainly and aboundantly_t aòre, and therefore feeing that is . gon, make it up in this Miniflry, in this Leturgie, for lo is the word in the original. The feCotnd commendation of this gr.'c.e, i; this, that it's grace d-(Y:h manifefl the profeifed ft b ;eciioii of men to the Gofpel, and till men coupe to have merciful! hearts towards others, they do not come to have a profeffed fub;ee}i'm to the Gofpel, you are not brought under the ft.bje lion to the Co- fpel in a profellive.way, til.l.your hearts be brought to be mer- ciful towards your Brethren, and that you have in the" fame Scripture, 2 Cor: g; 13. (peaking of the relief of o.:1-ers, and mercy towards others, he calls itthere,7he frofej7ed flb,ecLon to the Gaffel, fo it is inyour Books : -- Thefi :b eaion of ;he profeflion to the Gofpel) fo that would you come and manifeft Bbb a
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