Motives to _thew anercy, city, they goe on in their bravery and btiffelling, as if there should never be a change ; But the very thought of thy change , and the fad Condition that thou mayea be footle in, would mightily worke upon your bowells to thew mercy to- wards others. Laf}ly , Let your eye affe&-1 your heart, doe not turne away your eyes from them , but Tooke upon them. Lam. 3 t. Aline eye afeEteth mine heart. It's a mighty meanes to affeó the heart, to have the eye look upon rhofe in mifery : you that in }oy all Comforts , looke upon the lamentable obras that there are in the world, that there are in the City ; Look into the Hofpitalts among wounded Souldiers, among rhofe that are miferably poore, and let your eye affe& your heart that you may be mercifull; For hlef ed are the mercifull, they fyoll ,btaine mercy. We now pafs by this point of mercifulneffe, and lhall pro- ceed to the fixt rule of happineffe that here Chrifí pro- pounds. Ver. 8. Bleffed are the pure in heart, for they fhal! fee God. There's a good Connexion of thefe two ; fome men are willing to do good works, and to be very beneficial( to others, having uncleane and guilty Confciences of their ovine, and think thereby to (top the mouths of their Confciences : They are Confcious to themfelves of vile bale wayes, and they live in fome fecret haunt of ,wickedneffe, and fo they think that if they be mercifull to others , and doe fome good works, that will ferve turne to flop their Confciences. I am perfwaded that many flop their Confciences with fuch things as rhofe are, But faith Chrifl, doe not deceive your felves in that, Bleffed are the mercifull, they ¡hall obtaine mercy ; but he adds this too, Bleffed are the pure in heart; There mull he purity in heart, as well as mercifulnef e ; There may be many works ofmercy done by fuch as are uncleane and bate- hearted ; And there- fore Tooke to that, that your hearts be cleave and pure. Bleffed
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