6 VERS.t. AnExpojititm, with Ndtn dom, propagate his truth, further the glory ofChrifr as Mediator. -. Fourthly, When all is done for Chrifis fake: InChrifr God hath a new claim in you, and ye are bought with his blood, that ye may be his fervants; under the Law the great: argument to obedience was Gods Soverai[Jzty, ·rhus and thus ye tball do, I am the Lord ; as Levit. I!J. 37• and in other plac{'s. Now the argumen~ is Gra– titude, Gods Love, Gods Love in Chrifi, the Love of Chrift con– firainet hm, 'l Cm·. 5. 1 + The Apofile often perfwades by chat motive, Be Gods fen•ants for Chrifis fake. Obflrvat. 5. 5. To the tWelve tribes which ~tre fcattered abrMd.] God looks after his afflicted fervants, he moverh Jam et to write to the flattered tribes : The care of Heaven flourijheth towards you, _ when you wither. A man would have thought thefe had been clriven away fromGods care, when they had been driven away from the Sanauary . Ezek. 1I. 16. TbuJ jtiith the Lord, though I have caft them far off among the Heathen, and have flattered them among the Countries; yet will I be to them tU a little San• Ruary in the places where they come : Though they wanted the ~emple, yet God would be alittle Sa~~au-~,ry. He Jooksafter them to watch their fpiri;s, that he may apply feafonable comforrs, and to watch their adverfaries to prevent them with feafonable orovi– dencc.s. He looketh afcer them to watch the feafons of deliverance, that he maygather her that Wt'A driveH out, Mica.7.6. And make Mal. 3· 17· up hujewels, that feemed to be careleOy fcatcered, and lofl. Obfervat. 6· 6. Gods own· people may be difJ erfed, and driven from their Countries and habitations: God ,hath his our-cafls, he faith to Moab, Pity my out-earls: And theS:hurch complains, Our inhe– ritance i; turned to ftr.;t.ngers, Lam. 5. 2. Chrifi himfelf had not where to lay his head, and the Apofile tells us offome, of whom the . world "W.u not worthy, that they wandred in defarts ,a;admountains, and woods,and caves. Mark,theyWandered ith' woods,('cis Chry~ ch;y[uJl . in foftom's note,) ti,Md, ~ bt~.~ ov1~~ ~'Psu/'ov, the retirement aqd privacy Heb 1 1.~ap. of the wildernefs clid not yeeld them a quiet and fafe abode. So in AUs .8. 4· We rc:ad of the Primitive Beleevers, that they Were fca ttered abroad every where. Many of the children of God in thefe times have been driven from their dwellings; but you fee we haveno reafon to think the cafe ftrange. Obfer7Ntt, 7• 7· To th.e twel~e. ~rik~s \vhich .are fcatter~d abroad.] There was fomethmgmore mthelr fcattermg the[)-ordmary : They were a
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