and care of, his people underTemptation. 335 fuccour you ? and will not you fuccour your felves? Is his heartfull offuccour towardyou ? and won't you own it ? TheLord: rebukeour unbelieE Thirdly, If Jefus Chrift be a fuccouring Chrift : Then 3. let us be fieccouring cbrifii,ms. Shall theLord ,jefus Chrift take a poor tempted foul into his arms? and fhall I thruft 111143 awaywith my hand ? Shall the Lord Chritt take him into his Boconte? and mull I thrill' him out ofthe City) and the place where he dwels ? Shalrehe Lord jefus Chrill car- ry- a poor tempted foul upon hiss Ihoulder, by way of inc . cone ? and ilia]. I carry, him uponmy fboulder as a burden ? Itwas Chrift's Command: See that ye love one another, as I have lovedyou, And how did Chrifi love us ? Fl0 lovedus, and gave- bimfilf for as : loved-us, and was made in the form of a fervant, took our infirmities upon him : he lo- ved us, andwas tempted for us, fuffered being tempted`: And (hall not I bewilling to fuccour thofethat are temp. ted-? You look upon another mans Opinion, or his Pra &ice, or his froward difpolition, and you areoffended at itwhom otherwife you would love, and do account godly: But how do you knowwhether that be not his temptation? that his difpofition, and Opinion, and Practice; how do you knowwhether that be not his temptation that he lies under ? and will you not fuccour him ? Oh !my beloved, Haw contrary are our difpofitions to Chrifts ? Chrift came from Heaven to fuccour thofe that are tempted : andwe call for fire from Heaven againft thole that are tempted. Chriff wouldbearwith much fmoke, for a little fire : and we wil quench a great deal'of fire becaufe of a little fmoke. Oh ! therefore, as youdeuce tobe like unto Jefus Chrift, fbccour the Saints : and ifthere be any thing in their life that does offend you, fay-withyour felves; I but, may be itis atemptaion that .fuck a man lies under ; andChria cattle to fuccour- thofe that are tempted , why thould not II FourthlyilftheLord Jefus Chriftbea fuccouring Chrift ? Then whyjhore2d weyeeldunto ourfins, andtom temptations Though
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