126 Honou~ ~lue to tl;e Pcrfon ofChrift; .This is farther decl~red , He/;. 4I 5', I 6. chap. IO. I 9, 20. Herein is the Lord Chrifi confidered not abfolutely with re(pett unto his Divine Perfon, but with refpefr unto his Office, that through him our Ji'aith and Hope might be in God, 1 Pet . r. 20. Wherefore it being our Duty, as hath been proved, to in– vocate the-Name ofChrifl in a particular manner, and this Le· ing the ordinary iolemn wayot'the Worthip of the Clmrch, we may confider on what occafions, and m what feCifonstlus peculiar btvocation of Chrifl, who in his Divine Pt rfon is both our God and our Advocate, is necei1ary for us, and moil accepta~le unto him. . r. Times of great T iflrej{es in Confcience through Tempta· tions and Defertions, are ieafons requiring an Application rnro Chrifi by eJpecial Invocation. Perfons m fuch conditi– ons when their fouls, as the Pjalmijl fpeaks, are overwhelmed in ·them, are continnually folicitous about Compa.Jlion and Deh·verance. Some Relief, fome Refrefhment they often find in Pitty andCompaffionfrom them who eitherhavebeeri in the fame condition themfelves, or by Scripture Light do know the T errm of the Lord in thefe things. When their complaints are defpifed, and their troubles afcribed unto o– ther caufes than what they are really fenfible o( and feel within themfelves, as is commonly done by PhJfitians of no value, it is an Aggravation of their Difirefs and forrow. An~ they greatly value every fincere endeavour for Relief, either by counfel or prayer. .In this fiate and condition the Lord Chrifi iti the Gofpel is propofed as full of tender compa.Jlion, as he alone who is able to relieve them. In that himfelfhath fuffe– red being tempted, he is touched with a feeling of our Infir~ mities, and knows how to have compaffion 'on them that are out oftheway,Heb. 2 I8.Chap.4.I5-Lhap.5 6.So ishealfo,as he alone who is able to fucconr, to relieve and to deliver them. · , · - He
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