I TO Satans power to Tempt ; andChrifl's Ioveto, bles to thinkof. And wasnot Chrifi thus tempted ? faits Satan tohim, All this will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down andworfhip me. What ? worfhip the Devil ! Oh f horrid blafphemy ! Blufh, 0 Heavens, and be aftonifhed : All this will I give thee, Ifthou wilt fall down and worfhip me. Oh ! but I am tempted to depair : fometimes ; I confeffe I am able to reade Gods love, and to fay, that God is with me, and I think I can fay, I know that God is with me : but at another time, Oh! how unlike am I unto my felf, and I fay, Mercy is gone, and Chrifiis gone, and hath left me as an orphan. And I pray confider how it was with Chrift in this refpeft ; he went as neer to it as ,could be,without fin. It is Mufculur his Obfervation. In the 16. ofJohn : Behold (fa ies Chriaat the 3 2 . verfe) thehour cometh (fpea.king of his ftiffering hour) Tea, it it now come, when ye pall be fcattered every man from his own,andhal leave me alone: andyet Iam not alone becaufe the Father it withme. (Speaking of his leeringhour) And yet when he was upon the Crofs he faies, Father, My God, my God, why ball thouforfakenme? How diverfe does he feem to be from himfelf ? Sales he, I am not alone, becaufe the Father is with me : And yet when he comes into the hour, My God, my God, why haft _thou forfaken me ? Oh! but I have fuflered as much as ever any did, I have fufferedbythe hand of my temptati- ons, they have been a continual tormenttome, and I have fuffered much from them. Well, but have ye fuffered more thanChrift luffered ? It is Paid in the text, For in that hefuf- feredbeing tempted : What a mighty fufferingwas it, for the glorious Godof Heaven and Earth to, have fuch temptati- ons thrown in upon him ? any one temptation to be lod- ged in hismind, what a rnighty fuffering wasthis Thus you fee howChrift fuffered. And beloved, He fuffered; andwas tempted, that he might ruccouryou that are tempted. Will youqueflion his love then, becaufeofyour temptation, or your own condition ? do ye know what you do ? Suppofe that your Father Ihould leave you agreat Hate, andgiveyou goodEvidences and a cun-
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