Of Eleaion. Win the end ftruckotf, He may be termed aman of temptatio1U, as well as " BooK IV, man of farrows, ~ Yea, and thou art but fo fartempted, as therein to be conformed to him and meerly for that conformity; {o as look upon thy Temptations but only a; his afte,r Sufferings,. Co!off.I : 24, Who uow rejoyce i11 m1 fu.ffori,gs for you, a11d fi/i up that wh1ch" 6ehmd of the ajflil1ions of Chrlfl rn m; fltfh, for hu 6odm fake, which i; hu Ch~trcb. Add to this, That as he bought off all our Temptations at his Death , fo he is meritorioully able, and received ab1lity to fuccmir us when he firft came to Heaven, and fo was habitually enabled, This is a certain Elule, That look whatever thing he purchafed here on Earth, by his futfering, the like he had ability to perform in Heaven; and fo meritorioully is enabled theyeunto, as one that bath deferved it': The difpenfatory power thereof, or power to give that forth, did he receive, when he came to Heaven; yea, it was his firft enter– tainment there, God was honeft to him, and faithful to him, as he had been to God; and gave him not only aD power i11 Heaven and Eartb, by way of meer Commillion to mannage all, as M•tth. 28. 18. as a King bath all Sove– raignty by Law; but he fupplyed him with that, which was compleatly.able to effect what(oever he pleafed: The Holy Ghofi is able to comfort thee in all thy Temptations and Tribulations: You know he is called The Comforter, which is fpoken properly in refped of difcomfort and temptations. Chrifi knew what he did when he promifed to fend him to them, as need 1hould re– quire; as afore his D eath he dio·: For no fooner did Chrifi arrive,or fet his foot in Heaven, but he for us did receive the whole of the Spirit, and all his Corn! forts, and whatroever he was able to do. Thus Acts 2, ~ ~· A11dwithgreat jower gave the Apofl!es witnej! ofthe Re{urrel1io11 of the Lord Je[M, a11d great grace was "P"" them aD. He had bought a.ll the Cordial Succours the Ho!) Ghofi had by him ready prepared for every Malady; he had the whole :lt once given him; for Chrifi, the Head, was made at that once cornpleat: God Anointed him, as in his own Perron, with the Oy! of gtadnefi aoove hu FeOows: So with the whole of that Oyl, which was for ever to be poured forth upon all his Fellows, even upon the whole Church. And what he then received by whole·fale, he pours out and gives forth to every Member of his Church, ·as occafion is, and their need doth require, V¥. Had Chrifi an Ilfue out of all his Temptations, then !halt ihou, be– caufe -he fuffered, tm·ng trmptrd, for thee,and in thy l):ead. In the Wilderncfs he was tempted; and the 'Devil left him, and thegood A1Jgels came a11dmi– nij/rtd unto h1m. "In the Garden he was tempted , and in Agony; the iJfue was, 'tzn..A11g~tcamt and comforted him, and God gav~ him counfel and fup– poh, Luki' 22. And he was heard in what he feared. He6. 5·7· On the CroiS hewasputtoit; My God, myGod, whyhaflthotlforfakenmr: Andhe was heard in what he feareJ, not knowing,by what he felt, unto what he•ght the wrath of God would rife. It i; finijhed (fays he;) that is, This great ilruat is ov·er, and here is an end of all. God delivered him out of all troubles , and he will deliver thee out of all: God del1vers the righteoi/J ortt of aD their trorl6Zts, (fays rhe<Pja!mifl :) Not leaving one which he is not delivered out of. • . Yea., (I fay) thou 1halt muoh more eafilybe heard and delivered than he w.as. It is a !ad thing, and may atfelt any ones heart,to hear the great SaviOur ofthe World complain,as in the next words to thofe juft now mentioned, My God, mj Godj&c:P.jal.22.r,ln the next words,to hear him go on to complain,Omy GotJ! 1cry i11 the day time,6ut that; hearej/110t;and i11 the 11ight feafim lam not Ji!mt. And thcn,to aggravate his grief the more,adds, Verfe4: Our Fathers trt~fltdm thee:ihey ~ru{led,a11d thou didjl deliver thnn; they cr~edtmto thee, and were dtlivered. Thou art more hard and dif!kult to me in my Di!lrelfes, thllD un– to them in theirs. But above all to hnve him then add, Bill 1 am " worm, tmd no.man; whom thou having cafi below the condition of other Men and Saints\ as a Worm is below a Man, rakefi freedo'? to trample on me, fo as A<Ve(on any: Yea, and that yet it was"fo,that for h1s ver~fake-chey all had been heard
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