Rules' to help Pair in the way of hungring, 3 II and cryed to him, f aging, have mercy on me O Lord, thou fm of David, my daughter tr 'rievonfl y vexedwith a' Devil; but he anfwered her not a word, and, his Drfcrples came -and befought him faying, fend her away for Jhe eryetk after us, but he ar fwered and fail, I am not fens, but unto the loft fheepof the houfeoflfra- el, then came file, and worfhippedhim, faying,Lord help me,but he anfwered and faid,it is not meet to take the ch ldrens bread and to cafe it to dogs,& fhe faid,truth Lord,yet the dogs: eat of the crams which fall from their matters table. It is a molt notable Scrip- ture that any we have in the Book of God,to íhew that where the heart is fet upon a thing, it will trample upon all di' cou- ragements:F_or mark,one cannot imaginmore-difcouragmenrs, then this poor woman had at this time in feeking to Chrift. . Fir(}, She comes and ièekes to Christ, and cryes to him, have mercy on me O Lord, but he anfwers not a word. When- thou art bungling and praying to God for grace, if God doe not añfwer thee prefently,thou art all -a -snort and difcouraged, this woman cryes, and Chia anfwers her not a word, this did not-difcourage her,neither let it difcourage thee,though Chrift doth not answer thee prefently upon thy feeking to him. Secondly , There came the Diîciples, and they b sfought Chrift, Send her away for the cryeth after us. The Düci les they fpeak churlishly, fo many poor foules that are feeking after Chria, their friends come and difcourage them, they are churlish towards them, well it may be this hinders thee, but if thy defires he right, this will -not difcourage thee neither, It did not dif. outage this roo-e woman.' Thirdly, Chrift ant,vered, /am not fent l'ut to the bff'beep of the houfe of Ifrael ; faith Chia, what have I to doe with this woman; the is none , of the houfe of Ifael, and I am not fent to her, this was a fearefuli difcouraging anfwer, when that Jeius Chrift thould fay, that he was no: fen- but :o the loft fheep of Ifrael, what should this po -re woman doe now ! Thus it is with many in their feeking after grace ; faith one, it may be I doe not belong to the eleó Uoo of God, I am none of that little number -that Chrift was lent 'for.; Though Chrift did fay thus to her,yet this did not difcou- T t rage
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