and carefor, his People under Temptation. faall bre4 theferpentr bead : it fhall bruife hisheel, the fhall break his head. The pleafure of the Lord fhall profper in his hand. This is the work that is in his hand, to fuccour tempted ones : it fhall profper in his hand. In the 8. Chapter of Matthew, We reade there at the i 6. verfe, That he cariout fpirits with his Word, and healed all that were fick : That it might be fulfilled which was fpokenby Efai. a.1' the Prophet, faying, Himfeiftook our infirmities, andbare, our f ckneger . Eecaufe hetook our infirmities, and bare onr fickneffes, he took himfelfto be engaged for to heal the lickneifes, and difeafes among the people. Beloved ! he hath taken, our infirmities, He hath borne our fps, and therefore he takes hirnfelf engaged alto, for to heal our foul-difeafes, to heal thofe temptations : He is very faith- full. Well, But fuppofe he is faithful : How cloth he fuccour thole that are tempted,in the day and time of their temptation ? (that is the Fourth thing) Hefuccours Before temptation: HefuecoursIn temptation : He, faccours After temptation. Chrifi fuccours tempted fouls Before the temptation, comes 5 fometimes : By a fpecial manifefiation of himfelf,t0 love, and fulnefs to them. When Chrift -him felf was to be tempted, immediately before, the Father Paid from Hea- ven, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleated. And Rs, when Chrift fees that a foul is to go into temptation, he .fpeaks out fromHeaven, and faies, This-is my belovedfervant in whom Iam well?leafed. Sometimes he fuccours Before temptation; By laying in of Gofpel-principles, and Gofpel-difpofitions in the heart. TheLaw is =A, faies the Apofile. As it is weak unto the point ofjufiification, the matter ofjuilification ; fo a legal difpofition is weak as to the matter of refilling temptation: a Gofpeldifpohtion is able to bear it of Chrift fore-fee- ing a temptation, laies in filch a difpofition, & then when it comes, Ch faies the foul, How !hall I be able to dole with all this love of the world, having received fo many love.
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