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t6o

Mourne

for

the

affíiEÇion

of

the

Church.

faying,

Hofanna

to

the

Son

of

David,

Blef"ed

is

he

that

cometh

in the name

of

the Lord,Hofanna

in

the

hi

she

ß.

-

The

people

went before Chrifl

magnifying

of

him, and

they tooke off their

garments

and

flrewed them

all along

in the flreetes,and

would

have

(Thrift

goe

upon

them,

as

not thinking

it

fit

that

fuch an

honourable

perfon

as

Jefus Chrift

was,

should

goe

upon the

ground, but goe

upon

their

garments

:

and

they

cryed

out be-

fore him, bleiiéd

is

the

King

that

cometh in

the

name

of

the

Lord,

Hofanna

in

the

highest

;

What

honour had

Jefus

Christ

here

!

But

now

marke,

Chrift

was

not

much taken with the

honourthat_was done

to

his

perfon that

you

thai_I

find

almoff'

in

the

very

next words, and

when he drew

near

he beheld

the

City

and

wept :

He

falls

a

weeping at

that

time

when he is

fo

much honoured

O

tfiis

fhoulf

for

ever teach

us,

that

how

good foever

our own condition

be,

though our Tables be fur

nitlied,

and we have honour and

refpeec

from

others, yet

this

fhould not at

all

hinder our

affections towards

the

miferies

of

our Brethren

;

we

fhould be

in

our weei.ing and

mourning:

condition

even at thofe times when

we have

the

greateft

a-

boundance of

the

comforts of

the world

:

I

befeech you

think

of

this

You

that

are

lifted

up in places,and

y

ou

that

have

means

coming

in,

and have as

great

a

fullnefle

as

ever

you

had,

and

it

may

be

more

then ever

you

had,

yet

at this

time

if

you have

the

Spirit

of

Jesus

Chríftin

you,

that that

you

envoy

in

the

fullneife

of

it

will not

takeaway

your affections

unto the

'for-

row'es

of

your

Brethren.

Ít

is

a

command in

the

t

2

óf

Rom.

that

we

muß

weepe

with them

that

wee,e,

and

mourn

with

them

that

mourre

;

And

in

Heb.

13.

verf. 3.

We

muff

be

even in

bonds

with them

that

are

in

bonds

:

We milt

.

be

affectled

with

their

bonds

as

if

we our felves were in bonds

:

This

Cod

requires

of

us

:

Now

what Ihall

I

fay

of

he

examfles of.

e-

my

and

David,and

others

of

the

Pro,

hers

that did

thus mourn,

of Paul, &c.

It

were endleffe

to

name

^ll

examples

that

we

might

have

in`.cripture

fir

this,

But blefred

^.;e

they

---

There

is a

great deale

of

caufe

that

we

fhould

,íoe

fo.

Why Firfi,

Thofe

that

are

in aff!ic:liins,

they

are men,

inourne for

them

as

they are men, O but they

are

our

Bre-

thren,