Chap. r9. An Expofitionupon the Baákeof J OB. Verf. 20. 29 r cloth he aske for ? not for riches, not for honour, he only asketh pittie. Hence Obferve in Generali. Refire runs out upon thofe things-which are liftable to our wants. 'Tisperfe& happineffe to enjoy all futable good ; and the fupply of any particular good which we .want is part of our happineffe All leufitive delight ariieth from the proportion that is betweene theobjet received, and the organ receiving ; and fo all() doth intelle&wall delight. Every man frameth ( according to his apprehenfion) his Petition to his Rate, & his prayers to his deficiencies. As all delire that which is good fo that good fpecially which is the proper cure oftheir prefent evilis. Pirtle is proper to mifery, and compafli.on to an afflic- ted condition, therefore the common cry of the of ieted is pittie, pittie. He that is hungry,begs for bread, he cryes, Bread, bread. He that is in paine, begs for cafe; and he that is ficke, thinkesnothing worth the having, unlefle he may have health . He that is condemned, begs for pardon, nothing fo welcome tohim as a pardon ; he Both not file for lands, and large inhe- ritances, for a full Table, or coftly apparrell, no , he fuethon- ly forpardon. He that is convinced ofguilt, cryes, Tardon, par- don ; and he that is convinced of his corrupt heart and finfull defilements, cryes, Grace, Grace. Jefus Chrift is therfore alto- gether defireable, becaufe hebath in him a futable fupplyofall ourwants. Ifwe are weake, he is ftrerigth for us ; if we are ignorant, he is wifedome forus ; ifwe are guiltie, he is righ- teoufneffe forus ; ifwe are hungry, he is bread for us ; ifwe are naked, he is clothing for us ; ifwe are in the darke, he is light for us ; if we are dead, he is lifefor us. Chrifi ás all in all ; and he is all toall. He is all by wayof comprehenfion, as having all fulneffe inhim. And he is all in or to all by way of diftribu- tion, as filling all with his fullneffe. In one Chrift we have all that we want orcandelire for good ; He is called the defre of all .Nations, becaufe all Nations fhall delire him, and fhall re- ceive from him the accomp?ifhmentofall their delires. And as all our defires are found in Chhrift, fo that efpecially which yob fo earneftly defired, pittie. For itbehoved him to be made like un- to hisbrethren,that he might be amerciful' highPrieft,even touched ï' pz with
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