thrills Careof Si Church. himfelfe. A father may rnaintaine his childe, but hee cannot fuckle it; a mother maygive it a bred, but Thee cannot ordinarily provide it a portion; a brother can give counfell, but he cannot givehimfelfe unto hisbro- ther : A husbandmay comfort his wife, but it becomes himnot to correaher. There is no degreeoftrereneire that hath power enough toanfwer al the officesof love, but in one pointor other it will bedefeaive : Therefore Chria is let forth unto us ander all relationsof blondand smitie tonote that there cannocafeorcondition of the Churchbe fuppofed, wherein the careofChrianull be impotent or deficient towards it, wherein he isnot able tocorreat, tonourifh, to infirua, to counfell, to com- fort, toprovide for it. Secondly,He is our Companion in fufferings,he him- felfefuffrred and was tempted, and this theApoffie ma- keth a amine groundofhis care towards us, and of our confidence in him : wee have not an high Priefi which cannot be touched with a feelingofour infirmities, but was in all points temptedas weare,onely without finne; and thereforehe is able to fuccour thole that arc temp- ted, and to take compaflion on thole that areout of the way, becaufe he was compalled with fuch infirmities, as were much leffe grievousthan the weight of finne. Thirdly, He is our Head, and fo is One withus in a neerer relation than thatof affinitie,in a relationofVni- tie, for he and hismembers make but one Clore. And beinghead, bee is the feat of Care, and the fountaineof influences into the reef of the body ; all the wifedome, fpirits, fenfes, which are in the head, are there placed as in a Watch-tower, or Councell-chamber, to confult and provide for the goodof the whole ; the eye feeth, thecare heareth, the tongue fpeaketh, the fancie wor- keth, thememory retaineth for the welfareofthe other members, and they have all the fame care onefor an- other. R Fourthly, 241 VERSE 2. 1-16.4.I 5. Heb.z.r7. Hebr.f.z. z Corazias.
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