lLooltmg unto jlefu.s. ~-----~-.-=-I :-lo-o-:k_a_t_t:-h-e-m-:in- d:--o:-f-Cbrill, at his j udgm~ nt,. will, a tie&;;;; fud1 as love, joy, delight, and the reil: ; and efpenally at the compafiwns of J ~fus Chrifi. 0 the dear affections, and compaffions which Chril! had towards the fons of men! this was his errand from Heaven, and while he was upon the earrl1 he was ever acting it, I mean !Jis Luke 4· t8. pitifulnefs, .I mean his affections, and compallion in healing brokfn hearts ; fo the Ffal– Pial.t 47• >· miil:, He healeth tl1e brokfrJ in heart, and bindet/oup their wounds· it is fpoken after the manner 0f a Chirurgion, he had a tender heart towards all broken hearrs. he endea– V?Ured to put all b~oken bones into their native piace agai~; ?or {peak I r'hus only of htm m refpectof Ius office; bur as he was man, he had 111 h11n fuch a mind, that ] 1 e ~ould not but co.mpallionatc_ ~u in mifery; 0 what bowels ! what il:irrings, and boyl- . ~ngs, and wreflltngs of a pamed heart, touched wuh forrow, was ever, upon occafion, Matth: '4· r, tn Jefus Chnil:? perufe thefe texts, and Jefm !Vent forth, and j11w a great multitude,, Mark 6. H· and he WM moved wtth compa!Jion tOlvardsthem, and he healed their Jickc--And ?efus when';: cameMt, {aw muc_h people, and wa; moved wsth compajfion tow"rds them, becaufc Mark 1.~0.4•. th~ere M Jl!Cep not havmg a Jhepherd. ---_A ndth,re came a leper to him, andcyeel– ing down to him, and faying to him, if thou wilt, thou canfl makf me cltmt, and Jefos movedwttlo compajfion, put forthhu hand, and toHchedhim, faying, I will, be thoucle<tn. Mat.rr.J•· --ThenJefosc.<lledhu difciples unto him, and {aid, Ihavecompa!Jiononthe m~tlriwde, And ~or the two blind men that cried out, H ave mercy- on'" 0 Lord, thou [on of Da– Mauh.>o. 34o v.d, 1t IS fatd, that Jefus flood j/i/1, --and he. had compa!Jion on them, and touched Luke •5 >0. their eyrs. And the poor prodigal returning, When he WM yet a great way off, hi& Father Jatv him, and h<tdcomp..[Jion, a11d ran and fell on his neck, tmdkif!id him. Howfweer is this !ail: Inftance! that our fenfe of finful weaknefs, flwuld be forrow and pain to rhe bowels and heart of J efus Chriil:! you that arc Parents of young Children, let me put the cafe; if fome of you /landing in the relation of a Father, flwuld fee his Child fweat, and wrellle under an over-load, till his back were almoft broken, and that you thou! d hear him cry, Oh I am gone, I faint, I fi~lz., I dye; would not your bowels be moved to pity!' and would not your hands be ftretched out to help? or if fome of you ftanding in the relation of a Mother, flwu!d fee your fucking Child fallen into a pits and wreilling with the water, and crying for help, would you not fiir, nor be moved in heart, nor run to deliver the Child from being drowned ? Surely you would, and yet all this pity and compafilon of yours is but as a fhadow of the compaffions and dear affections,that were,and that are in the heart of J efus Chrifi; 0 he had a mind devoid of lin,and therefore ir could not bur be full of pity,mercy,& tender bowels ofcompallion. 2. J look at the grace in Chriil:; 0 he was full of grace, yea, full of all the graces \anr.r.IJ 14. of the Spirit; Abtmdleof Myrrh, is my well-belovedto me:-My Bdovedu unto me ' M a c!Jej!er of camphirt in the vineyards of Engedi: a bundle of Myrrh, and a clufler of camphire denote all the graces of rhe Spirit; as many flowers are bound rogethrr in a nofegay, fo the variety of the graces of the Spirit, concentcr'd in the l1earr of]efus Chrift, ex.gr. Mwh; 21.5. I. In him was meeknefs, He comtth unto tbee meek..: he had a fweet command and Num. "· 3, moderation of his anger ; he was meek as Mofes, nay, though Mofes was .very meek, andvery meek_ above a/1 themen that t•ere etpon the faceof the earth, yet Clmll: s meeknefs exceeded M<fe/s, as rhe body doth exceed the fltadow. . .. 2. In him was humility, l1e faved nottbeworld by his power, but by hts humtltty ; in his incarnation Chrift would be humble· and therefore he was born of a poor Vir– gin, in a commo~ Inn ; in his life, his way o~ranh was a continual lecture of hu!Uility; Job. 13, >· a little before his death he gave fuch an example of humility as never was the like, He pouredtvater into a bafon, and began to walh thedifciples feet. 0 ye Apoil:les, why trem. ble ye not at the wonderful light of this fo great lmmility? Peter, what doft thou? wilt thou ever yield thar this Lord of Majefiy ihould wafl1 thy feet? metlunks Ihear Peter, faying, What Lord, wilt t~•u wajh my feet? art not tho:• the_ Son of the lwmg Cod? the Creator of the world, the beAuty ofthe heavens, the 1aradife of flHgels, the Redeemer of men, the brightnefs of the Fathers glory_? and,f, what _am I, but a 1Yorm; a clod of earth, a mifcrable jinner? andtvtlt thounotwuhftanamg a!lthu wajh my fe;t? leave. _ Lord, 0 leave thu bafe office for thy fervants; lay down thy towel, and put on IKIJ apparel '!_~in; beware that theheavm , or tke Angels of heaven be not ajhamed of 1t, when they jhall fee that by thi,- ceremony thou {et ft them beneath the earth; tab.! heed !raft the daugh– terof King Saul defpifc thee not, when {he jha/1 fee thee g.rded abom rvtth thu to>ve!, after the wmner of a fervant, and jka/1 fay, that jhnvi/1 not t•k! thee for her beloved, and"{'f:}s
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