(Wills Care ofhaChurch. 41111111i.101.111 that ever the world knew, that hee fhould lay downe his life for his llieepe,and fhould lofenothing ofall that was given him , but fbould raife it up at the lafi day. So that nowwant ofcare or companionofChrili towards his Church, would be an argument of unfaith- fulneffe ; Ifhe had not been a merciful! high priefi,nei thercould he have beene faithful' to him that appointed hirnfor he was appointed to bee merciful!, and was by theSpirit ofGod filled with moll tenderaffe&ions, and qualified with an heart fuller ofcompaflion than the lea is of waters, that he might commiferate the difirefles of his people,and take rare of their falvations. Notably doth this CareofChrift the vv it felfe : Firfi, in the apportioning and meafuringforth to every one his due dimenfism, and in the naida of thole infinite occati- ons and exigencies ofhis feverall members in providing filchparticular paffages of his Word as may be there- unto mot+ exa&ly finable ; for this fheweth that his Care reacheth unto particular men. It is the dude of a faithful! bifhop, 400'1191AL rl to make fuch a difference be- tweene men, and fo to divide or difiribute the word aright, as that every one may have the portion which is due unto him : fome are but Lambes in Chrifis flock; young, tender, weake, eafily offended or affrighted; others fbeepe, growne up to more firength and maturi- ty : fome in his garner are but Cummin feede, others Fitches, and Ionic harder come, fome can but beare a I littleRod, others a greater flaffe or flaile, and fome the preffure of a Cart wheele, that which doth but cleanfe fome would batter and breake others into pieces: fome aregreat with yettng, in thepangs ofa loaded con- I` fcience, in the travaile under fome fore afilielion, or in the throwes ofa bitter repentance, as it were in fits of breeding or new forming of Chria in their foule : and thefe hee leadezh with a gentle hand. Others are, as it were, new borne, pail their paines , but yet CL3 very 219 V/IR SE 2. o.11 8. doh 639. Heb.z.q. 31° z foh,zo.15,16. Efai.z8.17,2, 8. Efai4o.u.
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