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39

to

feek

after

the pardon

of

their

fin,

that

you may have

your

comforts

ai,d

enjoyments

in

this

world

in

outward things

Tweet

unto you

;

anti

if

there were

no

other

reafon

to

perl'wade

you

to

leek

alter iúrgivenefs,

this

might

be

enough

,

that you may

have

all

your

outward

mercies

in

mercy

to you

;

you

may

have

an

Eftate;

a

Tweet Yo..\k-

fellow,

and

{weet

Children,

and

all

thou

canft

&fire,

and thefe

are mercies,

but

they are

but

fuch

mercies

as

God

may give

to

thofe

that

are Enemies unto him

;

they

are but

outward

mercies

at

the

belt,

coming not to thee

as

fruits

of the

Covenant,

and

fo

are not

the

fore

mercies

cf

Da

vid

;

nay, not

worthy

to

be

accounted mercies. Confider

but

two things

;

Firft,

TheQuilt

of fin

upon

thy

foul,

isfo

great

an evil,

that

take

all theft things

at

the beft, they

are

but

as

a

grain

of

Sugar

put

into

a

tun of

Gall

;

a

tun

filled up

with

bitter

Gall,

and one

grain

of

Sugar put into it, would not

all

the fweetnefs

of

it

be

fwallowed

up in

the tun

of

Gall

?

fo

were

the

Monarchy

of

the

whole world

made

over to thee

,

yet

if

thy

fin be

unpar-

doped, there

is

fo much

evil in

it,

as

all

that thou

canft en-

joy

is

but

as one

grain

of

Sugar put

into

a

Tun of Gall, the

evil-

of

fin

would fwallow it

all

up.

Secondly,

Thou

knoweft not

what

thou

haft, whether

it

be

out

of

Gods love

or

hatred

;

Nay,

thou haft

rather

caufe

to

conclude,,

it

is

out

of Gods anger

.and

hatred,

than out

of Gods

loue

;

How

can't

thou then

accoùnt.

it

a

mercy,

when

all

the comforts

thou

haft,

may come out

of Gods

infinite

anger

and

hatred to

thee,

rather

than out

of

love

?

therefore

till thou

art

affured

of

par

don, thou

haft

no

mercy,

thou can't

be

affured

of,

is in

mercy

to

thee

.:

This

'hews,

i

.The

great

vanity of

men

and

women

that

lookafter

pardon

of

ftn,but

'eas

only

at

fueh

times.

as God

takes away

all

other comforts

from

them

; as

thus, they

think

to

fatis;ñe

themfelves

with

the

creatures

while

they

can

enjoy them ,

while they

can

go up

and

down amongft

friends,

eat

good

chear,

and have

all

coming

in

;

lout

when

God

takes away

all

thefe,

as

on

a

fick'

bed,

then

they will

cry for

pardon

;

Oh

mercy

Lord

!

oh mercy!

I

am a

wretched

milerable

firmer,

oh mercy

!

Well,

now

you

would

have

mercy,

Why now,:

and not

before?

before

you

had.