Book It c H R I s T COMPARED TO AN H A R T. SIMILE. IV. An Hart or Smg (rai'h Plinl) is the moft gentle and mild Beaft in the World. PARALLEL. IV. Jerus Chrift is meek and humble in Spirit; and may rather be compared to a Hart thaa Naphtali, whom Jacob rays was a Hind let Iooft, giving goodly Words, Gen. xlix. 21. L earn of me, for I am meek, and lowly in Heart; andJ•oujhalljind Refl to your Souls, Matt. xi. 29. V. An Hart is a Creature that V. Jefus Chri£1: hath fo quick and fharp an has a very clear Sight, and a quick Eye, that he can fee into the very Heart of a H earing ; nay, can fee (if Credit Man or Woman. All Things lie naked and open · can be given to Hiftorians *) in to his Eys, Heb. iv. 13. Day and Night are the Night as well as in the Day. alike to him; he fees as well in Darknefs as in o the Light. His Ears are always open to the Prayers of his Saints, he is quick in hearing their Complaints. VI. An Hart is a very loving VI. J efus Chri£1: dearly loveth his People, all Creature to thofe of its Kind, and fincere Chriilians, and is ready to help them, not will help its Fellow, when forced only when they are in the Water, bm in the Fire. to take to a River, one reiling his Whenthoupaffefl tbrougbtheWaters, ! will be with Head upon the L oins of his Fe!- thee, and tbrough the Rivers, theyjhall not overflow low; and if the foremoil tireth, thee: When tbou walkefl through the Fire, thou the hindmoft changeth Place with jhalt 110t be bur11t, mither }hall the Flame kindle him. upon thee, !fa. xliii. 2.-I will help thee, )'ea, 1 VII. An Hart is a very fociable Creature, greatly delights in Com– pany; Multitudes of them will (if they can) be together. Vlll. A n H art is a Creature that is chared exceedingly byDogs; and vexed by Hunters. will uphold thee with the Right-hand of my Righ– teoufizefs, !fa. xli. 10, &c. Vll. J efus Chri!t was very fociable in the Days of his Flefh, he took delight to be amongil poor Sinners, and great Multitudes flocked together to him. My Delight was with the Children of Men, Prov. viii. 31. Vlll. J erus Chri!t was exceedingly chafed, pur– fued, ond hunted by wicked Men, in the Days of his F lefh, (as he is now in his Members.) No fooner was N ews brought of his Birth, but Herod, that Fox, purrued him, (Blood.hound like) to take away his bldfed Life; many D ogs were (I may fay) always at his Heels, hunting him from one Place to another : H e was feldom quiet, or had reil: whillt on Earth; fuch was the Rage of the D evil againfl: him, that old malicious Hunter. IX. The Hart is a very rwift IX. Jerus Chrift (faith Mr, Ainfworth) is ready Beafl:, excellent in leaping, and afto help his Church; he is like an Hart for Swift– cending Mountains: Their Swiftnefs. Some of the common Epithets expreffing nefs doth not only appear upon. the ~~alities of this Creature, are (among!t the the Earth, but alro upon the Wareft) thefe, nimble, fwift, or winged, as if he did ters. David alludes to this, when rather fly than run; now for agility and fwift– he fays, The Lord bath made my nefs none like Chri£1:; he is faid to come leaping Feet like Hinds Feet, Pfal. xviii. over the Mountains, and jkipping over the Hills, 34· 'The lame Man }hall leap that is, over all Impediments that might hinder (raith the Prophet) as an Hart, Good from his People, whether it refpeEt their !fa. xxxv. 6. · Sins and Unworthiners, or the Oppofition of the World, and their and his Adverfaries, who are likened to a Mountain: Who art thou, 0 great Mountain, before Zerubbabel ? And /J1Jery Nlountain and Hill}hall be made low, Zech. iv. 7· X. Diflum eft de Cer·vis, quOd X. So Chrift (pro fuo Ecclejia certami>1a acria acerrimepugna11tprouxoribus,&fua cum Diabolis & Morte fi'.ftinuit) fufl:ained fharp m ·tamina inflituunt in montibus. t Encounters and ConAiEts with the Devils and Sin, -It is faid of Harrs, that they for his Spoure, (the Church,) removing thore fight fiercely for their Females up- Mountains that hid his Grace, and feparated him on the Mountains. from her. XI. An Hind , when fhe has XL J erus Chrifl: lodges the Children under his brought forth her Young, lodges own Pavilion, he hides them in the fecret Place them (ray the Naturalifts t linfome of the Almighty, or under the Wings of his • Topfa\1, p. 9' · t Wolf. Franz. Hi)l. of Animals, p. 66· 4 p .l Topfall otttifGe[ner, p. Jot. Puwer,
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