242 Chap.3o. fin Expofition upon the' Book of J o B. Verf.z5. to be borne Poore but it is a greater aff]i &ion for a man borne or made rich, to become poore. And this poore man is fo much more the objet4of pity then the other; by howmuch to look much i,, more grievous to any man, then tohave little. Wee may fuppofe 7;b was grieved for the poore of both forts, but efpeci- ally for the latter fort ofpoore ; Was not my feule grieved for the poore ? Both branches of this verfe ate, for matter, the farne, or the difference between them is but this, That th`c one demon- ttrates the reallity ofthe other , or is a further teftimony of it. Didnot I weepefor kim that was in trouble ? Was not my foul: grievedfor thepoore ? Hence obferve ; It it a duty to compaffionate others in their air'Flionf. Toweepe for thofe that are inhard dayes, to be grieved for thofe that are pinch's and pin'd wi+.h poverty, is a duty to which we arecallcd under a threefold Co ,fíderation. Firft , As men, beingof the :ell: fame nature,mould and rnt- InhumanK plc- ter with them that are troubled or poore, even nature invites to ne eft humansr f m athize with thofe that are of the fame common nature. cafbur dj cele- S' p miratiba non AHeathen fayd, 'Tie inhumane not togrieve àt humane calami- ingemifcere. ties; A !mall will make a difcovery of fomewhat like this to- Diaum Marls:-wards other beafts how much more fhould man towards Anton. span I Secondly, Wee are tocompaffionate thofe that are poore or in trouble, not only as being in the fame generali nature , but as therefore being our felves lub;eft to the fame fpcciall troubles wherea ith others are troubled, and ro the fame forrows where- with any otherare made forrowfull. The Apoftle gives us this Argument, ( Heb. t 3. r, z, 3. ) Let brotherly love continue; be not f rge:full to entertain: ffrargers, for thereby fcìne have enter- tained Angels unawares. And at the thirdverle, Remember them that are inbonds,ets boundwith them, and them whichflieradver- fity, no beingyour felves alfe in the body* that is,alive in the body, and fo obnoxious to the like íoff rings. What hath fallen upon any man in the body, may fall upon another whileft he' is in the body ; as all men have one common nature, fo in that common nature they may quickly mete with the fame common afBiRi- ons. As the Apottle'comforts and encourageth the Corinthians to
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