BotJk II. C i-f R I S T A P H Y S I C I A N. METAPHOR. VI. Earthly l'hyficians cannot raife the Living; their Patients die whiHi they are with them, and oftentimes whilfr they look on them. VII. Phyficians cannot biefs their Phylic, know not how to make it effeCiual to this or that Patient; the whole Succefs of what they give depends upon ano· ther. D IS PAR IT Y. VI. Chrifl cmes not only the Living, but alfo the Dead; he out-does all other Phylicians in this refpect; if he fpeaks the Word, Lazarus, come forth. ']"he Dead jhal! hear the Voice of the Son of God, and they that hear jhall live, John v. 2 5. You bath he quickened, who were dead in 'frrjpa.Jfes and Sins, Eph. ii. r. Vli. Chrifr can make effeCiual all his Medi– cines; he can fay peremptorily, This Soul, this Sicknefs I will heal, and it is immediately done. .ds the Father quhkens them, even fo doth the Son quicken whom he will, John v. 2 I . VIII. Phyficians are not patient VIII. Chrifl, the fpiritual Phylician, is enunder repulfes; they cannot bear clued with infinite Patience under all thofe bafe tO be kept out of door, and flightRepulfes he mee;s with from vile Sinners. ed by the Sick they come to cure. ~'hen he comes to heal, he oftentimes frand3 at their Doors, and knocks, waiting till his Head is wet with Dew, and his Locks with the Drops of the Night, before he can perfuade Sinners to open to him, Cant. v. 2 . other Phylicians will not do fa. IX. Phyficians cannot vifit maIX. Chrill: can vilit Thoufands, yea, Millions ny Patients at one and the fame of Thoufands, if he plcafe, and fpeak to them all Time, who livefar and remote from at one and the fame Moment, though they live each other. Thoufands of Miles afunder. X. Phyficians are fubjeCi to the X. Chrifl: was made like un!o us in all other like Difeafes with their Patients. Things, but not in this; he was without Sin, Heb. ii. 17. though he bore our Sicknelfes, he had none of his own, lfa. liii. He was made Sin for us, that knew no Sin, that we might be madethe Righteoufnefs of God in him, I Pet. ii. 22. 2 Cor. i. 30. XI. The bell Medicines earthly XI. The Medicines Chrifl ·ufes are heavenly; Phyficians ufe, are compounded of his Word and Spirit abide for ever, I Pet. i. 25. earthly and corruptible Ingredients, they never lofe, nor can lofe their Virtue, but and lofe their Virtue by keeping have the like Efficacy they had five thoufand long. Years ago. XII. Phylicians attend the Rich XII. Chrill: takes more care of the Poor than chiefly, few of them mind to vifit of the Rich, he had rather attend upon the Poor; the Poor. fuch his Bowels yearn unto, and helps out of XIII. Phyticians provide not Hofpitals, nor other Accommoda– tions, as Food, N urfes, and other Attendants, for their Patients, at their own Charge. Pity, as he did the Woman that had the Bloody– Flux twelve Years, when all herMoney was gone. XIII. Chrifr is at all the Charge with poor Sinners; he, like the good Samaritan, fets the poor Soul on his own Beafl, brings him to his own Inn or Hofpital, which was his Church, and gives Money to the Hofr to provide all Things necelfary for him, with a Promife he would difcharge the whole Score at lafl, L uke x. 33, 34, 35· XIV. A Phyfician may die himXIV. Chrifl dies no more, Death bath no more felf, and leave his Patient uncured. power over him, fo that he lives to fee every Cure perfeCied that he takes in hand, Ram. vi. 9• C 0 R 0 L L A R I E S. I. THIS lhews us the weak and difrempered State of Mankind by reafon of Sin; that Sin wounds and brings Sicknefs upon the Soul; every Sin a Difeafe. But becaufe this is handled under its proper Head, we lhall not enlarge upon it here. See Metaphors concerning Sin. H. Moreover, we may from hence perceive the great Care, Love, and Goodnefs of God towards miferable and impotent Sinners, that rather thap they fl1ould·die of their Sicknefs, he would fend them his own dear Son to be their Phyfician. III. It
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