by an Oath. I 393 unto the executionofhis Office. He was made of a wo- -VERS man, made like untous in all things, finne onely excep- ted ,temptedand affliaedas weare : and fa there are two things which the heart ofa Weever may reit upon in him in anydifcomforts. Firfl, his Sympabie, for befides his efentiallmercy as he is God, there was inhim aneer- cie whichhe learned by being like unto us. Inallthings it behovedhim to bemade like untohis brethren, that bee might bea mercifulland afaithfullhighPrieft,ffeb.2.17. Such was his compaffion towards the hunger of the multitude, Matth. 15. 3 2. becaufe hee himfelfe knew 1 what hunger was, Mattb. 4.2. and fuck was his corn- paffion towards Le forrowes ofMary and Martha, John t 1 .33,35.becaufehehimfelfe was acquainted with griefe,Elay, 5 3.3. and filchwas hiscoaiDafflon towards Teter in that flareof defertion wherein he lay, Lake 22. 61.becaufe he himfelfe knew what it was to be forfaken, Matth. 27.46. And this is the Apolfes affurance that we (hall obtaine mercy and grace to helpe in time of neede ; becaufe bee had a feeling ofour infirmities, and was tempted, u wee are, Heb.4. i 5,16. Secondly, Hie confanguinitie, He is not afhamed tocall us brethren: He is our Goel, our Kinpnan, and therefore our Redeemer lieb.iI.Riith.3.9.4+ e4nd will not repent.] Many things God hath laid, 4 whichhee bath revoked, as the def true-lion of /Vinsve; the death of Ezekiah, and the like ; which implyinga tacite condition,fit in the particular cafes tobe conceal'd upon the varieties of that, God might bee faid either to perfevere, or to repent ; hr.. 8.7, 8.26.13,19. God is ever molt unchangeable in all his wayes, counfels and purpofes, they (land for ever. Nothing can fall out to make God more wife, more merciful!, more provident, more powerfull than hee was before, and therefore no- 1 thingcan make him truely to change his will, or to re- ! pent ofhisformer adtionsor refolutions. There is with I C c 4 him
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