126 I Gracefor Grace) Or the over-flowing:of gob.2. Oh Mat. x 6. 21H 114.4-.27. His own-Natural Relations : Andtherefore faies He to His Mother, Woman, My tioe is notyet come : He does not fay, Mother, My time is not yet come : but Woman. In _Gods Work, He would not know His owne Naturall Relati- ons. IfHe had to deal with man : He had a high efteem ofthe Saints though theywere never ft., low : And He had a aw efieern of the wicked, though they were never fo rich. He did ( again ) foexercifeone Grace, as Hemight ex- ercife another. Hewould Co rejoyce in God, as 1-le might grieve for fin; not His own, but ours : and He did fo grieve for fin., as he might rejoyce in God. He was very Zealous, yet he was Przjettoo Hewas,orife;, and yet he was zealous too. Hewas a Lamb and a Lyon: a Lamb in his ownCaufe and a Lyon in Cods-CauCe. Oh ! that in thefe things you -Would labor tobe like untoHim. It would be infinit : in- deed it would be beyondme,. if1 thould Tingle out all his Graces that were eminent in Him. He was a Heaven of Grace, full of fhining flats. Behold Him in His Doings The only way -for you to be like toHim in your Doing, -is, to beholdHim in His Doings. And fo for His Sufferings.. Yelhall obierve, He would not firffer till Hewas called unto it. Therefore He flood fo precifely uponHis Time : _My time is notyet come. And when He was called unto it, He would not be put out ofHis way. Ifthey call water uponHim, it made Him flame themore ; Get thee behind nre Satan. In all His thee- rings, He had an efpeciaLeye to other mens good : then He went very quietly ; and meekly : As a, Lamb dumbbefore the _1'bearers, p He opened not His mouth. And He was more fenfible(which I praymark) of Gods withdrawing from Him in His ftiferings , than, of all, the pains, dif- grace and mifery that He did undergo. And therefore, when He was upon the Crofs ; faies He, My Ged.,,My God, why hafi thouforfiken me? TheSun did forfake Him, too; the &maid withdraw his light; andyet He does .not, fay, Gh.,)
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