- 7'96 Book.IV:~Part+ Looking unto 1efus~ Cbap.z.'Se6f.6· ·words, fweet foul, why werpeft thou ? whom feefe!ft thou ,,< what wouldft tho11 have that I un give thee? and what doft thou want thllt I cannot give thee i' ifany thing in heavm or earth will maize '-. thee happ], it u all thine own; wouldff thou have pardon? tho~t- . I jh.1!t have it; I fruly forgive thee all the debt; wouldft thou ha-pe mj feife? wh), behold I am tiline, thy friend, thy Lora,<thy hmband, thy head, thy God. Were not thefe thy lords reviving words? were not thefe the melting, healing, ravifbing; q!lickning paffages.ofChrift l)is love? , . - 2. In his appat ition to the ten, [efm ftood in the midft,andflrith Joh ~ 0• 19 · unto them, peacebeuntoyou. Lo here more words of love: in midft of their trouble Chrift £lands in the midft, fpeaking peace to ~heir fouls ; and hath not Chrifi done the like to thee ? haft thou not many and many a time been !apt in troubles, that tnou knewe!l not which way to ·turne tnee ? haft thou not felt the contradiC!:Ions ofmen, raylings of Rabfbeka's '?· and haft thou not fometimes fbut thy doresupon thee for feare offoch ]ewes? and then, even then, hath not Chrifi cbme to thy fpiric with an olive branch ofpeace; faying to thy reftleffe foul peace and be ftilt ? hath he not wrought wonders in the fea of thy reftleffe .thoughts? ,hath he not made a calme.l and more then fo, hath he; not filled thee with joy ana peace in 5cleeving? Mth he 'not fent thee away from thy prayers and complaints with'a piece of heaven in thy foul? fo that thou was forced to c0ndude, furely thu u the peace of God which pafJeth all Hnderfll!nding? . ' ~ · . ;-, In his apparitipn to the 'eleven, J~fus faith to '[homas, re11ch J9h·· 10 •· 17 < hither thy jil$ger, andbeholdmy hands,.11nd reach hither thy h11nd and thrHft it ·into my fide, and be not f11ithlejfe, but bdeeving. 0 fweec condefcending.words .! how:.far? how low . would Jefus fioop to take up fouls? and~ my.foul, are not thefe the very dealtngs ofChrift towards thee? he that called Thomas to -come nearc, harkhow.he calls on thee, come neare poore, trembling, wavering, wrmdringfoui; forne, 'Vifw the Lord thy Sa'O!iour, and 6e not faithlej[e, but beieeving; peace be unto thee,feare ~tot, it u I. He that called on them who paffed by to behold hi& forrow in the day of his humiliation, doth now call on thee to behold his glory in the day of his exaltation; look well upon hi!D, d~fi thou not know him? whybis handsweie;Pierced, his head was piemd, his fide was
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