2,92 Chap. 19. An Expofitionupon the Book of J OB. Verf. 2 t, with the feeling ofour infirmities, having been inall poynts temp- ted like as we are ouely without fin. Secondly, Obferve from the vehemencyofhis delire. great andpinching of jïitl ions caufe ut to put forthftrong and preng defsres. According to theweight of the burden that grieveth us, is thecry that comes from us ; How doe poore condemned pri- foners cry to their Judges,Have pittieupon u,,have pittieupon us? David in theday ofhis calamities, doubleshis prayer for mer- cy, ( 57.1. ) Be mercifull untome, O Ged,be mercifuti untome,for my foul trufteth in thee, &c.Vnti/l theft calamitiesbe overrpaft.It was not a Tingle calamitie,but a multitude ofsalami- ties which compaffed David, and therefore he compaffeth the Lord about with Petitions. His fpirit beingup in prayer like a bell that rings out, he ['trikes on both fides, Be mercifu /l unto me, 0 god, be mercifuil unto me. Chri(f who in the dayes ofhis flefbwas under ftrong temptations, offered upprayers andfuppli- cations, with fireng crying and tearer, unto him that was able to fave himfrom death, ( Heb. 5.7. ) Thirdly, Obferve Miferie calls forpittie. If man had not made himfelfe miferable, he had not needed the pittie ofGod; And when God cats his people into mifery, that calls for the pittie of man. There is a voyce in fufferings,. though the fufferer be filent ; his wants cry aloud, though he . fay nothing, his wounds and loares petition for him, though he doe not ; and 'tis our duty to aril-suer his petition, though we receive none from him. Simpathy is a worke of that grace which is in us, and the graceof God towards us fhould pro- voke us to the exercife ofit. The Gofpel acquaints us with the pittie ofGod to us, and it preffeth us to pittie one another . Be kinály affeEtionedone towads another; Rejoice with them that re- joyce, weepe with them that weepe, (Rom. 12. 15. ) Againe,,, Heb. 13. 2, 3. )Remember them that are in bonds as boundwith t hem, andthem that flier adverfitie, as beingyourfelves in the bc- dy.Yo remember them that are in bonds,is not a bare aft of remen brance, or onely to thinke that Inch and Inch are in bonds1 to,
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