192. Book IV. Luke '9•4'· ver Lik$ low to thu. Ah poor !inner, fee your Jefus h.anging on the Crofs, droppin out Ius !all blood, breatlung out hiS Iail: breaJh, !lretclllnjl out his dying armes to incir~ cle !inners,. and come,_ Oh come and throw yourfelves mro his bleedingarmes! awa wtth .all prejudtcate opmwns! who lhall fay, Chnlbs not willing to fave !rim, and n:C blafpheme eternal love? [peak truth; corruP.t hearts fpeak truth ; fay not Chrilt is un– willing, bur you arc unwt!hng; I wuu"l,.burye would not. 4· The_ weepings of Chrill if he canno~ prevail. Thus we find him in the Gofpel ex– preffing ,lumfelf, not only Ill words, bur mtears. And when he was come near T. tfl !em, h~. ~e/Jeld the City and wept over it, Luk§ I9. fi. Chrill coming to the Cite;::d feemg ": and forefeemg the defolatton that lhould come upon it, his bowels yearned wtthm h)m towards the people, and be mourned fecrerly within himfelf, q. d. 0 Jeru– falem, _thou halt had many Pmlls to advlfe thee, and many Prophets to inflrut't thee in the wa):s of life, but now thofe days are gone a_nd pall ; nay thegreat Prophet ofthe world IS r,ome to woo thee, but yer thy hearr tS hardened', and thou wilt not receive ~he thing~ bdonging to thy peace, and rberefore I wlll turn my preaching into mourn– mg and: l!ghmg. Oh that thou h~dft fwown, even thou, atlet~ft in thu thy day the things belongmg to thy peace--- an? then !liS heart even ~reaks, and he weeps again, but now 11 re t~ey hrd from thine eyes!_ hnners, fuppofe Chnllllwuld come and weep over you, as he dtd over {erufalem, faymg , 0 ye JinfHl fouls, had but yo11 k._nown, even you in thu your d~y, tlmhmgs belong.ng to yoMr p;ace! and fuppofe that you llwuld fee one tearrrickling down after another, what? Cbnll to weep for you, ·over you? methinks if you had h~arrs of !lone, it lhould melt your hearts; furoly it is no light matter that makes Chrift weep ;, children weep often, but wifemen feldome, ye~ here the wifell of men weeps for them that would not weep for themfelves; Oh Jerufalem, Jemfalcm. . SECT. IV. Of Chrift's rafie yoak._, and light hurthen. ' 3 . Fqr th~ eafinefs of Cbrills yoak, and the lightnef• of Chrif\s burthen, Cbrilt deMat. 11 , , 9 , ltvers 1t m rhefe words, Take my yoak._ upon you and learn of me,-for myyo~k._ i5 3o. Mfic, and my burthen;. light. See the at'tings of Chrirt this year in reference to our fouls health. I· He commiffionares his A-poilles to call finnersin. 2. He llands ready to receive them if they will but come in. 3· He fweetens the way of Chriltianity to them when they are tome in. Many fears and jealoulies are in the hearts of men, of rhe difficulty. aufterity, and feverity of Chrills inflitutions; and therefore to remove that ' objection, he tells them plainly, there is no fuch thing, bur rather clean contrary, For my yoak.._iseajie' and my burthm ulight. . . . . Jo~n. • My y•a/z. ( i. ). my Commandments, fo the Apollle John g1vesthe tnterpretauon,Ht< 1 7 3 ' Commandments arc nor gricvom. My yoak iscajie; ( i.) my commandments are without any inconvenience; the trouble of a yoak is not the weight, but the unealinefs of it, and Chrill [peaks futably, My yoak._ u eajie, and my burthen ( i.) my tnftuunons ; rhe word primarily fignifies the fraight ot balaft of a ll1ip, which curs through_ the waves, as if it .had no bunhen; and without which burrhen there were no fafety m the lhip. ' illo?Tio:~ 1-:r(t~d.' To¥~f~g~t, ~ ferendo, a bunhen which either is-laid upon the fl10ulder, or rather which is put into a lhip, that it m1y g9lleadily ani fafely. My buqhenulight, the yoak of the law was bard, and the burrhe ' of tlttPhanfees was heavy, but Chnlls yoakjs eafie and his burthen is light, .everyway fweet, and pleafam. Chriftian Rcltgron, and the f.Y•flife of tt, are fHil of frmtncfs, eajinefs, andpleafant· ne(s · my J'oa/z.il eajic, andmyburthe•J rs lzght. · Ha. 4 o. 4· The p/ophets prophefying of rhis, fay thus, Every valley fl,al/ be exalted, and every moltntain and hill jhallbe laid low; the croo~d fhall bemade flrarght, and the ro1tgh places plain ; the meani!lg is, that the wayes of Chnft~amry lhould be levelled and made even; and that all lets and impediments llwuld be removed out of the way; thatfo we m1ght have amore eafie and convenient paffage unto Heaven; to the fame purpofe ts that orher If,i.,;) r; prophefie, And an !JI,r;h-way (or caufway) jhallbc there; and a way, a ~aufway,. and a way; ( rhat is, a way caft up) Jfa. 62. IO. and rt.Jhall beca/led the way of holmefs, (or a way for the Saints of God, and not for the w1cked, Ma;th. 7· If The tmcl~~~~ ]h all not pa(s over it b11t it flta/1 be for thofe: (or he Q,all be With them, or bea gw.e ' - unro
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