Book IV. Leoking unto q;eft~~, M 6 their (tck.- And 'fefus when he came out,faw much people, and ar. · 3 4o was moved with compajfion towards them, becaufe they were as foeep Mlr 1 , 40 41 noth11vinga jhephtard.-and there came a leper to hi-m,anJ I l ~nee ling d0W1J fO him, and[.1ying rohim, if thou wilt, thOJ1 Canft mak! me clcane, 11nd [efm moved with compaffion, put forrh his hand, and . touched him, faying, I will,be thou cleane.-Then (e[PA called his M r difcipfe,· unto him,and[aid, I h;;ve compajfion on the multitude. And at. t ' 3:. for the two blind men, that cryed out, have mercy on m 0 Lord thou fonne of David, lt is faid, that 'fefUJ fl8odftill,-- and he had Mmb. 10 • 3~· compajfion on them, ad touched their eyes. And the poore proLuke) 1 . ~01 di gal returning , when he w.uyet a grelift Wfl} off, his Father [aw him, and had compajfion, and ran and(e/1 on hu neck and kjfJed him. How fweet is this!aft infrance! that our fenfe of finful weaknetfe, fhould be forrow and paine to the bowels and heart of Jefus . Chnft! you that are Parents of young children, leeme put the cafe; iffome of you ftanding in the relation of a Father, fhould fee his child fweac, and wrefile under an over-load, till his back were almofi brok~n, and that you fhould h~are him cry, oh I am gone, I faint, I fink., I dye ; would not your bowels be moved to pity? and would not your hands be firetched out to help? or if fome ofyou franding in the relation of a mother, fhould fee your fucking child fallen into a pic, and wrefiling with the water, and crying for belt>, 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 compaffion of yours is but as a lbadow of the compaffions and deare affcetions, that were, and that are in the heart of Jefus Chnfi ;-...0 he bad a minde devoyd of fin, and therefore it could not but be full ofpity, mercy,and tender bowels ofcompaffion. · · 2 . I look at the grace in Chrifi; 0 he wa~ fu ll of grace, yea, full ofall the graces ofthe Spirit; a bundle of myrrhe, is my well~ Cant• r. 13, 14 beloved to me: ·- my btloved is unro me M a chftero of camphirc in the vineyards of Engecli: a bundle of myrrhe- , and a clufier of camphire denote all the graces of the Spirit; as many flowers are bound together in a nofegay , fo the variety of the graces of the ~ pirir , concenter'd in the heart of Jefus Cbrift , tx.g1· . Mmh. 11. 5. I. In him was meekneffe, he cometh unto thee meek_: he had a fweet commaad and moderation of his anger; he was meek as c..Mofes
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