Book IV. Looking unto :Jefm. Chap. 3 .Sect. 3 In this argument, before we palfe it, cibferve we the feveral pa!fages; hfre's Firft, the groane, Oh! this 'afpiration argues a · compaffionate pange of griefe; it ran to the very heart of Chrift that 'ferufal~m had neglected their fouls falvation, Oh 'feruJtdem ! Secondly, here's an ingtmination, or a double calling on 'ferufo/em, 0 'ferufalem, 'ferufalem! the name doubled exprcffeth great affeCtion in the fpeaker, ilS when David doubfed the name 1 Satll• 1s. 33 • Abfolom, it isfa-id, the King was much msved,_ and fo he cryed, · - 0 my fon Abfolvm, myfon, myJon Abfolom; thtrdly here's the · mon!trous fin wherewith the Lord charges 'frrufa!em, thou that k.jlte.fl the Prophets, and.floneft them which are Jent unto thee ; 'ferufalem was the very Oaughter-houfe of the Prophets, info much thac very few of the Prophets had been murthered elfewhere, and fo comparatively Chrift fpeaks, it cannot be that a Prophet Luke I 3•H· perijh out cf 'ferufalem. Fourthly, here's Chrifts willingneffe to fave 'fmt[alem, which he difcovers. I, In his frequent applica~ tions to it, how often? q. d. noc once, nor twice, nor thrice, but many, and many a time have I come to Jerufolem, and fpoak to 'ferufalem, and woed 'ferufalem, how often? 2. In the aCting. exercifing, and putring.for~h of his will, how often would I have gttthered thy children together ? the will of Chrift was ferious, though not abfotute; I know his divine will abfolutely coofidered could not have been refiftcd; but this was* not his abfolute l "·Tthere ,islvo- will but only a will ofdivine complacency; .and fo he would r.ot mt M aofo uta · h cf/icax decer- haw the death ofany, but that all jhould bve ; or e fpeaks here of neus,& infati- hi-s humane minifterial will (fay fome) and not of his divine : l!ilitcrproduct~r many a Sermon bad he preached, and many an exhortation had effcflum votz- he dropped, and every Sermon, every exhor~ation proclaimed his :: ;0~~~!~:~ willingneJfe, I would,yet: that I would, have gathered thy children t~, revcl~ta, to!,ether. 3. In refemblance of his willingneffe, Chrift would ~pprobJtionis,ez have gathered lerufalJ:ms children, as the hengathers her chick_tns Jimplic~s com- nnder her wings; in the metaphor Chrifts care is admirably difPj:'e111fi' a played. 1. As the hen with her wings covers the unfeathered 1 ;,,~ J~~~a · chickens: 2. As the hen provides fortheirfood, no~ eating her felfe till they are filled. 3. As the hen defends her chtckens from the ravenous birds, fo that to blelod !he will fight in their defence; fo hath Chrifts care been for (erufalem. 1'(o bird (faith Auflin) e.xpref[eth fuch tender lo1Je to her roung ones as the hen r;/oth ; no fowles fo difcover themfelves to be mothers, as hens do ; other birds
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