PART I. in holy .21fé irons. Again, The holy. Scriptures do frequently fpeak of Campo ion or Mercy, as a very great and cflential Thing in true Religion ; infcs- much that good Men are in Scripture denominated from hence ; and a merciful Man, and a good Man, are equivalent Terms in Scripture Ifai. 57. i. The Righteous perifheth, and no Man layeth it to Heart; and merciful Men are taken away. And the Scripture choofes out this Quality, as that by which, in a peculiar Manner, a righteous Man in decypher'd ; Pfal. 37. 21. The Righteousfheweth Mercy, andgi- veth; and Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth. And Prov. 14.. 3. He that honoureth the Lord, hath Mercy on the Poor. And Col: 3. 12. Put ye on, as the Elea of God, Holy and Beloved, Bowels of Mer- cies, &c. This is one of thofe great Things, by which thofe who are truly Blefled are defcribed by our Saviour, Matth. 5. 7. Bleùd are the Merciful, for they (hall obtain Mercy. And this Chriff alfa fpeaks of, as one of the weightier Matters of the Law, Matth. 23. 23 loounto you Scribes and Pharifees, Hypocrites ; for ye pay Tythe of Mint, and Anil?, and Cummin, andhave omitted the weightier Matters of the Law, judgment, Mercy, and Faith. To the like Purpofe is that, Mich. 6. 8. He bath(hewed thee, O Man, what is good: And what cloth the Lord require of thee, but to do fuJlice, and love Mercy, and walk humbly with thy God 2 And alto that, Hof. 6. 6. For I de= firedMercy, and not Sacrifice. Which feems to have been a Text much delighted in by our Saviour, by his Manner of citing it once and again ;' Matth. 9. 13. and 12. 7. Zeal is alto fpoken of, as a very efhential Part of the Religion of true Saints. 'Tis fpoken of as a greatThing Chriff had in view,in gi- ving himfelf for our Redemption ; Tit. 2. 14. Who gave himfelffor us, that he might redeem usfrom all Iniquity, andpurify unto himfelf a peculiar People, zealous ofgood Forks. And this is fpoken of, as the great Thing wanting in the Luke-warmLaodiceans, Rev. 3:15, 16, y 9. I have mentioned but a few Texts, out of an innumerable Multi- tude, all over the Scripture, which place Religion very much in the Affections. But what has been obferved, may fuf iicient to Thew that they who would deny that much of true Religion lies in the A., fe&ions, and maintain the Contrary, muff throw away what we have been wont to-own for our Bible, and get fume other Rule, by which to judge of the Nature of Religion. 5. The Scriptures do reprefent true Religion, as being fummarily comprehended. in Love, the Chief of. the Affeaions,. and Fountain of all other Affc&ions. So our bleffed Saviour reprefents the Matter, in anfwer to the Laws er, who asked him, which was the great Commandment of the Law, Matth. 22. 17, 38, 39, 4o. 7e/us Paid unto him, Thou (halt love the Lord thy God, with all thy Heart; and with all thy Soul, and with
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