VERSE 2. Marke Y 6.7. rocatur ex no- mine, ne dee- iaret ex nega- tione. Gregor. fag. Eick.te.6. ChriftsCareof huChurch. ' 100.11INOaom...........sagga.,111110 asmiimemoriaosaass,,M1.11.1.* yonkwas upon the Altar,and then in the mount was the i Lord feene, and his mercy fiepped in betweene the knife and the facrifice. Jacob in great feare of his brother E.. fan, and then comfortedby prevailing with an Angell whichwas flronger than Efisn. Peter in torendiiire Ile for denyin&Chrifl, andhe the firfl man to whomChrin fent newerof his Refurre6tion. Paul in the fhippe vi- fitedby an Angell. Peter in priton delivered by an An- gell. The chtlreffed woman at Chrills Sepulcher corn- \ forted by an Angell. Such as the extremities of the Saints are, fuch is Chrifls care for their deliverances. And this Care is further commended, that it procee- deth folely from the graceandcompaffionofChrift : there is no affection naturally in us to Mire it, there is no vertue in us to deferve it : when we were in our bloud, well _pleated withour owne pollution, bee doubled his goodneffe, and ufed a kinde ofviolenceand importuni- tieof mercy tomakeus live, when we did not feeke of him, when wee did not fo much as aske whether hee were fit to bee fought, when wee were aliens from his Covenant, and {hangers to his name, hee even then multiplied his invitations unto us, /find:beholdmee, be- 1 hold me, unto a people that were not calledk my name. Whenwe were weak!, full of impotencie ; when wee; were full of antipathy ; when we were enemies, full ofobninacie and rebellion when wee carednot for him, but turned our backes, and flopped our cares, and fuffered him to throw away in vain fo many Sermons, fo manySacraments, fo many mercies, fo many affliai- ons upon us; when wecared not for our felves, no man repented, orfisid, what have Idone; even then did hee magnifie his companion towards us; bee cared for us, when we negleaed our felves, and defpited him ; hebe. i flowed his mercy not onely upon the unthankfull, but upon the injurious. But then a little companion istnough for thole that had
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