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By the mercy which Saints, that crave and expect mercy ⟨p. 173⟩from God, show, both God that forgiveth them, and Christ, for whose sake God forgiveth them, are most glorified. The Gospel also and their profession thereof, are most graced, and honoured thereby; yea and the mouths of such enemies as watch for occasions to disgrace professors of the Gospel, are stopped. Finally the mutual good of the members of Gods Churches is hereby much promoted.

By the mercy which Saints, that craue and expect mercy ⟨p. 173⟩from God, shew, both God that forgiueth them, and Christ, for whose sake God forgiueth them, are most glorified. The Gospell also and their profession thereof, are most graced, and honoured thereby; yea and the mouthes of such enemies as watch for occasions to disgrace professors of the Gospell, are stopped. Finally the mutuall good of the members of Gods Churches is hereby much promoted.

What great and just cause of complaint is in these respects given,¹ by reason of the tetchy, wrathful, revengeful disposition of many that in profession of Religion are very forward. Of those who in outward profession make their houses Gods Churches by the daily exercises of piety therein,² constantly offering up their morning and evening spiritual sacrifices, who also by frequenting the house of public prayer, the ministry of the Word, the Lords Table, and other services of God, make great show of much piety, have the name of Saints, and seem to expect much mercy from the Lord, of those, I say, there be many who are full of envy, wrath and revenge, very quarrellous and contentious, ready to arrest, to bind to the Peace and good behaviour, to cast into Prison, to commence suites in Law, and enter actions of trespass of defamation, and of other like petty matters upon very sleight occasions. The Prophet foretold the Wolfe should dwell with the Lamb,