Motives to fbiew mercy. 'Maker : but he that honoured) him, hath mercy oú the poore. For men to oppreffe the poore, they doe but reproach their Maker ; As if fo be that God would make fuch diffance be- tween man and pan, and have too care.of thofe that are in mir fery, you reproach God: But he that honoureìhhim,h,arh mer- cy on the poore. This is a great way of honouring God: i Pet:. 4. i I . If 40 man minij!erjlet him doe it out of the ability which Cpd giveth,that God in all things may be. Glorified, through le J Chrifl : If is fpoken.liril of the work of the Minillery in dif- petacing the Word, but likewife applyed in Generall to alt mmiffering of the gifts and graces of God,and any good thing that God gives us : That in all things God may be 'Glóritied through Jefus Chriff. . Further, y©u:know thofe Scriptures that tells you that God accounts it as his ovvne, Chriff accounrs it a given to him, what's given to a,Difciple in thename of a Difciple, and in as much as you gave it, to thefe little,ones,you gave it unto me. We find that God hands fo much upon the works of mercy, that he is willing to have. his owoe worfhip to flay upon it ; If the matter lies thus,that either I muff for the time be without worfhip, or thofe in necefliry be without reliefe, faith God I'le rather be without worfhip then they flaall be without re- liefe. That Scripture in the 6 of Ihf a, quoted diverktimes by 'Chrilf in the Gofpeí', I will have mercy and not jacrifice, is a text that all that are acquainted with Scripture cannot be igno- rant of, God f }ands much upon his facrifice,but he (lands more upon mercy ; Saith God, If both be laid in the ballance, either a facrihce to be offered tome , or a work of mercy unto this poor brother, if there muff but one be done, ler the work of mercy be done rather_ then facrihce; 1urely Vs that .that Lod, ' prizes highly'; The Lord is Content to be without facri ce for Mercy; Be mercifull therefore. By the work of mercy,' -you that are in a meane. Conditión otherwife, may come to have as high a reward as the moff e- minentSaints of God. In the Io,Math:4i v, faiih`Chrii, F.e that receiveth a `Prophet in the name or. a Prophet, fkal' receive is 'Prophets reward : and he.that roceiveth ä righteous man, in the.
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