238 VERSE 2. Hof.2.14,15. Hardt+, a Iohn 6.6o. Matth.z5.2.4. b 101)21.14,15. Mal 344215. c 8.24. d Ier. II.1 0. Aa.7.39. 1,1.144. C elnitnalia qux- darn, neinveni- i ri potfint, vefli- Oa 'lacingcu- bile iffrin con- Ifundunt. Senec. epift.68. 14614©"' twaaS Clem. Alex. f Ga1.1,7. z Pet.3.16. g Ezek.34 i6. Ga1.6.1. Ezek.4712. Chrip Care of hu Church. 11111~... 1106=1... not to their beans, and with bands oflove. As anEagle fluttereth over her young, and fpreadcth abroad her wings, and taketh them and beareth them on her wings: fo doth the Lord in his Gofpel fweetly leadon and inlii- tute the faithful unto arengthand falvation: he dealeth with them as acompanionate nurfe with atender infant, condeicendech to their tirength and capacitie ; when we fiumble,he keepeth us; whenwe fall he raifeth us;when we faint, hee beareth us in his armes ; whenweegrow weary of well-doing, the Gofpell is full ofencourage- ments to hearten us, full of fpirit to reviveusfull ofpro- mifes toeftabli(h us, full of beautie to entice us; when we feeme tobe in a wilderneffe, a maze, where there is no iffue, nor viewofdeliverance, even there he openeth a doore ofhope, andallureth,andfpeaketh comfortably unto us. Thirdly, he beuleth our difiosfes, our corruptions, our back-flidings ; eafily are the bell of us milled out of the right way, drawenand enticed away by our owne lufis, driven away by the temptations of Satan, the frownes or folliesofthe world, pailwith carnallpre- judices againfl the wayes ofGod, as ifthey were a grie- vous, b unprofitablesand c unequal' wars ; apt to take every pretence to flinch away, and (leak from the eye of God; apt to d turne afide into every diverticlewhich acarnal' reafon, and a crooked heart can frame untoit felfe ; for a corrupt heart is like C a Wilde beaft, that lo- veth confufa velfigia,to have intricacies and windings in his holes, itcannot awaywith firait paths, f but loveth towrie and pervert the ruleoflife. In there cafes it is the care and office ofChrifi to ggather that which was fear- tered, to feeke that whichwas loll, to bring again that which was driven away, ,to binde up that which was broken, to firengthen that which was ficke, and to re- (lore by his Spirit of meekneffe thole which are over- taken with a fault; his Gofpell is like the trees of the Sanetuary,
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