t 6o Mourne for the al-flit-lion of the Church. Paying, Hofanna to the Son ofDavid, Bleffed is he that comets in the name of the Lord,Hofanna in the h gheft. The peòple Went before Christ magnifying of him, ana they tooke off their garments and ftrewed them all along in the ftreetes,and would have Christ goe upon them, as not thinking it fit that filch an honourable perfon as Jefus Christ was, should goe upon the ground, but goe upon their garments : and they cryed out be- fore him, blend is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hofauna in the highest ; What honour had Jefus Christ here ! But now marke, Christ was not much taken with the honour that was done to his person, that you than find alined 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 this fhould for ever teach us, that how good foever our own condition be, though our Tables be fur- niched, and we have honour and refpe& 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 thole times when we have the greateft a- boundance of the comforts of the world : I beîeech you think of this you that are lifted up in places,and } ou that have means coming in, and have as great a fullnefie as ever you had, and it may be more then ever you had, yet at this time if you have the Spirit of Jesus aril} in you, that that you ,en'oy in the fullneife of it will not take away your affections unto the 'for- rows of your Brethren. It is a command in the 1 2 of Rom. that we muff weepe with them that weepe, and mostrne with them that :mourre ; And in Heb. 13. verf. 3. We muff be even in fonds with them that are in bonds : W e mutt . be affeeied with their bonds as if we our felves were in bonds : This Cod requires of us : Now what.fhall I fay of : he "exams les of Jere- my and David,and others of :he Pro, bets .hat,did thus mourn, of Paul, &c. It were enddleffe to name ^II examples that we might have ink cripture fír this, But bl_ffed ire they There is a great de le of caufe that we !l:ould do; fo. Why Firft, Tháfe that are in affliaions, they are men, mourn for them as they are men, í but they are our Bre- thren,
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