1 88 Book IV. ~s h t Ql ~ ____ J.<.-_OO_o_·t_ng m~ -~~_:t~~£5. Chap, 3. ~ea+ God, wherefore tt<m your fouls and ltve ye. 4 From his-;;;::;:cy-;nd ;;~dmef, t~p;~ I{,, H· 7• lmners, Let tile wtek!d forfak!bu way, and the unnghteomman hutbughts, and let htmre turn lento the Lord and he m/1ha'U~ mercy upon htm, and to 011r God fo, be wtll abJSndantl– Hof. r•· 4· pardon. 5 From the freenefs of hts love, I wdl l•ve them[mly and God fo 1 d ? John 3· 16 · world, fo fully,fo fatherly, fo freely, that he ;<ave hu ox!y begott~n Son, &c. an"J'I~,~ gvve unto htm th~t u athtrft of the fountam of the water of life freely. 6. From the ~ev.21, 6. fweetnefs of hJs Name, The Lord, the Lord, merciful and gractom , /Qng-ji1fetmq and Exod.34· 6 ,7· abnndanttngoodncfs andtrmh, k.§epmg.mercy for thoufimds, forgtvmg mzqmty, tran/];te.!Ji– Ifa. 48.18,19. on, and fin, 7·. From the benefits that would follow, 0 that thou hadjf hearkened tu my commandments, then had thypeace been M a river, and thy righteolijfufs M the r'R~ves of the Jett; thy fced alJo.hadbeen tu the fand, and the off-Jpring of thy bowels likethe gravel there. Ezek.J3.61. of. 8. From lm Oath. As I !we, fatth the Lord, I defire not the death of a /inner, but _rather that he jhott!d turn from hu wick!dmfs andlive : 0 l1apy creatures( faith Ter– tll!ltan) fo1· whom God fweares, 0 unbeleeving wretches ifwe will not crufl: God fwear– ~~1:~. ~~-]~·· rng ! 9· From hisexpofl:ularions, 'Turne ye, tl<m ye from JOllY evilwa)'es, for why wilt Il<. 5 • 4 • ye dye 0 houfe of lfrael ? --0my people, what have I done to thee? .mdwherein have Ha. S· 3· I wearied thee? teftifie againftme~--what couldlhfl'VC done more for my vme;'ardthan I have done? wherefore, when l/ook!d that it jho11ld bring ftrrtbgrapes, b;·ought it forth .Mich. 6. '· wild graprs? 10. From h1s appeals, Jndge ;,ow O.yemhab,tants of Judah and {ms{a- /em---and hear0 ye mountains the Lords controverfit: and ye f/rtrag [ottndatirms •f the Deut. 5 _ , 9 • earth, for the Lord hath acontroverfieWtthhu people, andhe wt!l pleadwith Ifrael. r I. from h1s groans, Oh that there were [uchan heart in thcmthatthey wott!d[c.1rme, andk!ep my Dcur. J' · 29 • commtmdmentsalwayes, that it might be well with them, and their children forevrr. And oh th,<t they were wife that they underflood this, that th'y would confider thei>" fatter end. Hof.11.8. 12. From his fo>thnefs togiye men up, How Jhalli givetheeup, Ephr.1im? howjha/1 I deliver thee0 lfrael? how jha/1 1mal?! thee tU Admah ? how jba!II fct thee aJZeboim? my heart is mrned within me, my repentings are k,jndied together. 0 the goodnefs of God! And as God the Father, fo God the Son draws Arguments to win fo uls to hirnfelf, 1 Tim 1 • , 5 , I. Fron:t his coming; it was the very purpofe and ddign of his coming down from • Heaven to receive finners, This is a faithful faying ( fayes Pmtl) and worrhy of ailacceptation, th~t Chrift 'fefi" came into the nwld to fave fimrers. 2. From hisfair demean– . our and behaviour towards finners; this was fo open and notorious, that it was turned Matth. "·19· to hisdifgrace and opprobry, Behold a friend of Pub/i~ans and fimrers: And the Scribes Luke 5 • ,o. and Pirarifees murmured at him, and his Difciples, faying, Why do ye eat and drinlwith Publicans and jinnerJ? 3. From his owning of finners, and anfwering for them in this Luke 5·3',J'· refpect, And Je[m anfirering [aid unto them, they that are whole need not a Phyfitian, but rhey that are fie~ ; I i:ame not to.call therighteotM b~e~ finners to _repent~mc•. 4· From his rejo:ycing at !inners converfion: indeed we never read of Chnfts laughter, and we fel– dom read of Chrifts joy; but when it isat any time recorded, 1t is at th.e con"verflon of a poor foul; he had little elfe to comfort himfelf in, being am~n of fo;rows : but in this·. Lukt: rv. >r. he rejoyced exceedingly, In that hour 'jefru rejoycedin Spirit; Jt was rn that hour when he faw an handfel of the fruit of his Difciples mini!lry, as an e•rnefl of the many thouJohn I '·'S· fands that ll10uld afterwards come in; And I am glad foryour fak$s that IwMnot there (faid Chrifl when Laz.anu was dead:) But why was he_ glad? It follows, to the inten• ye might believe. He rejoyced if any of bis got fa~th, a h~tlemore fatth, more and more faith.· 5. From grief in cafe of !inners nor repenung; Wltnefs hts rears over Jemfalem, . Luke 19. 41, and rhofe fpeeches of his; And when ht ~VM come nMr, he beheldtheCtty. :mdwrpt ov•r 4 2 • it, fay;n$, if thou hadft /wown, even thou at t-.ft in tht; thyd~y thethwgs whtch b:long un– to thy peace; but now they are hid from thint eyes .; Look as ttl5 With a m1n ca~ryrtlg to be buried, his wife weeps, his children weep, hts fnends weep'. fo our S~vwur follows Jenifalemto the grave, and when he can do no more for 1t, he rmgs our thts doleful pa(- Mattr.:J. 17· fing-bell 0 that thouhadf/kz!own, &c. 6. From !liS wrflJes, gr9amngs; 0 {erufolem, rersifale/n, thou that ki_/lej/ the Prophets, and jfoneft them which are fc~t MIO thee, hoJ> of– ten would1havegathered thy children together, even M an hengathers her chtek!ns ""'der her win:~s; and ye wouM1Iot? In this Argume_nr, b:for_e we pafs Jt, ob.(erve we the Teveral . I::_lfages . here's firfl: the groan, Oh! rlm afptratton argues a compaffionate pang of grief . ir'ran to the ve;y heart of Chrift rhat 'lmifa!em bad ne.gle3:ed thm fouls falvau– on, Oh Jmifalem! Sec6ndly, heres an ingemination, or a double c~Umg on Jer~(alem, 0 JerJSfnlem, Jerufalem! the name doubled expreffeth great affechon mthe fpeake~~r~~
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