322 C H R I S T A P H Y S I C I A N. Book It M E T A P I-I 0 R. XX. A Phyfician, when he finds his Patient's Spirits ready to faint, fwoon, and ~ie away, gives him of his choice and high·prepared PARALLEL. XX. ChriO:, when he finds the Soul of a Be– liever under Affiicrion, Loffes, Temptation, Per– fecution, &c. begins to faint, and his Spirit low he gives more of his holy. Spirit;. the Spirit of Fmth IS the ch01ceO: Spmt In this cafe in the Spirits. . . World;. it will not only revive and quicken a dying and doubting ChnO:>an, but will ra1fe to Life fuch as are dead in Sins and Trefpaffes, Eph. ii. I. I had fainted unlefs I believed, PJa!. xxvii. 13. XXI. A Phyfician greatly reXXI. Chriji rejoices crreatly when he fees his joices, to fee his Medicines take Word take place upon th~ Heart of Sinners, and their defired Effect, and work an when Affiicrions, like powerful Potions, cleanfe effectual Cure on his Patient. the Soul from all thofe noxious Humors, that XXII. A Phyfician often vifits hio Patient. XXIII. It behoveth a Phyfician to be faithful to his Patient, to let him know how it is with him, whe– ther better or worfe; if Death is like to enfue, he lets him know it, that he may prepare for it. METAPHOR. I. THE moO: learned Phyficiari in the World may be de– ceived in his J udgmeot about the Caufe and Nature of a DiO:emper, and fo mifs of the Cure. !I. Some Phyficians, through Ignorance or Carelefsnefs, . admi– niO:er very deO:ruct1ve and Ill-pre– pared Medicines, often killing more than they cure. bring Sicknefs and manifold DiO:empers on the Soul, and that his Patient is effeEtually cured. XXII. ChriO: often vilits his poor Patients that O:and in need of his Help. XXIII. ChriO: is very faithful to poor Sinners, he lets them know the worO: of their EO:ate, that Death is like to enfue, if they repent and believe not. Unlefs ye repent, ye }hall all !ikewife perijh, Luke xiii. 3, 5· And unlefs ye believe that I am he, ye foal! die in your Sins, 'John viii. 24. D · I S P A R I T Y. I. CHR!ST cannot be miflaken abollt the Caufe and Nature of any fpiritual Difeafe, be– caufe he is God, and knoweth all Things, yea, the very Thoughts of the Heart, 'l'here is not"' 'Ibought in my Heart; nor a TVord in my 'l'ongue, but thou knowefl it altogether, PJa!. cxxxix. 4· I!. Chrifl. never adminiO:red any improper Me– dicines; all is well and fkilfully prepared, that ChriO: gives forth to his Patients; if the Dofe be hard and unpleafant to take, yet there is no Aloes, nor one Dram of bitter Ingredient in it, more than he fees a Neceffity of. Neither do any mifcarry under his Hand ; for he .wants neither Skill nor Care. So that if a Sinner perifhes, it is for not coming to him, or not taking his Medicines, and not obferving of his Directions. 0 lfrae!, thy Deflrutlion is of thyfe!f, Hoj xiii. 9· Ill. Phyficians come not to the Ill. ChriO: came to us who fent not for him, Sick, until they are fent for; and which made him fay, I am fought ofthem that ajked thoucrh they come not far, yet exnotfor me, and found ofthem thatfought me not, !fa. pect "to be paid for that, be!ides lxv. I. The. Patients feek not firft, come not. fir£1: their PhyGc. to the Phyfic~an, but the Phyfic~an to the Pawent, I am come to feek and to jave that which is loft, Luke xix. 1o. and be!ides he dearly paid all the Charge of his long Journey. JV. Phyficians are mercenary, IV. ChriO:, the fpiritual Phyfician, doth all do all for Hire; fame pay for the freely, without JVfouey, and wzthout Prtce, Ifa. Phyfic (it is to be feared) much lv. 1. We never read of his taking a Penny of more than it is really worth. any of all thofe he cured 111 the Days of h1s Flefh, V. A Phyfician will be fure not to lay out any o.f his own Treafure to cure his Panents, will not be wounded himfdf, to heal others, or part with his own Blood to do it. either of Diftemper of Body or Soul. V. ChriO: made himfelf very poor, and laid out plentifullv his Divine Treafure, that he might cure poor Sinners of all their Maladies. He tbat was rich became poor; and, He was wounded for our 'l'ranfgrejfions, he was bruifed for _our lniqui· ties; by pis Stripes we are healed, Ifa. ln1. 5· We could not live, fuch was our Difeafe, unlefs our Phyfician died ; he therefore poured forth his own Blood, to wan1 and cleanfe our wounded, Sin·f1ck Souls, I Pet. n. 24. VI. ChriO:
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