a Manner of `Chr& .r coming nigh to Man. I i 07 .11111111111 Ordinances, as a King by ena&ing Lawes to his Subje&s,as a Ntarfe drawing forth the brc4s to tier children;as a Friend revealinghimfelfe to his intimate acquaintance; as a Lover wooing, a Bridegroome betiOthing himfelfe unto us but here he came neere by his bodily peeCenee;and coming neer, his bowels yearned. We are ujually moff afeated with the mil eries of our brethren, when we are prefent with them. After his appropiìtquation, as a fecond occafion, enfued his infpe&ion, bee beheld : He beholdeth all things, as God, with the eye of his counfell, in regard of purpofe and pre - ordination ; he fees firft, ad intra, and accordingly he works ad extra; he neither begs nor borrowes knowledge from the creature : He beholdeth all things with the eye of his gene - rail providence, in regard of gubernation, limitation : He beholdeth his children with the eye of fpeciall care and tender affe &ion, powerfull and gracious diCpofition of all to worke for the bell unto them : He beholdeth all things with the eye of his wildome : all the deepe things of God, in regard of revelation ; all the deepe things of men, in re- gard of dete &ion : Here he beheld with the eye of his bo- dy, as man; and wept. The f erious view of other mens mi feries is very forceablet o move our afetIions. The laft thing in this verfe is the exprefliion of his affe&i- on, bee wept ; as God, he was free from all paaion ; as Man, he tooke upon him oar affeEions and infirmities, which Di vines call Miferabiles, as forrow, hunger, thin : ut not thofe which are Deteüabiles, as finne, ficknefre, &c hriIF,as Man, had a fympathy of their miferable condition ; as the holy One of God, he was much troubled to fee their rebeI- lion ; as Mediator, he was grieved to fee his labour to bring them to falvadon fru Irated, and therefore he wept, and did not onely weepe, but upbraid them with their igno- rance and ingratitude, fpcaking, out of the ardency of his affe &ion, in a pathetical) manner to them,lf thou bad(f kn.w ; thou that art the head Citie of Judah, the habitation of God in refpe& of his Temple, a holy City in refpe& of thy pro - feflion the lampe and light of the Church in refpe& of the refidence of the Priefts and Prophets in that place, andyet flee P a kn,w 1_.
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