---------------------~--------- Open to me my Si{Jer,&c. ons, to fbew that he bath the 1ove of aJI. Will a SE R. VI. Sifter thut out a Brother, when the Brother comes tovifit her,and doe herall good r: is this unkindneik even in Nature to looke firangdy upon a man that is neare a kin, that comes and faith, open to memy Sifter f If the SHl:er ihould fuut out the Brother, were it not mofi unnaturallr: And is it notmonfirous in Gracer: when our Brother comes for our good, and in pitty to our foules to let him iland withoutdoores~ Remember that Chrift bath the fame affctl:ions, to account us Brothers andSifters now in Heaven, as he had when he was upon the Earth : For after his Refurrettion (faith he to his Difciples) I goe ' Ioh.z.e. 17 ' · to my God~andtoyottr God, tomy Fttther, t~ndtoyorJr F4ther;hecals himfelfc our Brother, having one common Father in Heaven, and one Spirir, and one inheritance, &c. This is a fweet relation, Chri£1: being our Brother, his heart cannot but melt towards us in any affiidion. Iofeph dHfem- Gen.4z. bled awhile out ofpoliticke wifedome, but becaufe he had a Brothers heart toBtnjamin,tberefore at lafi he could not hold, but melted into ,teares, though he made his countenance, as , i though he had not regarded. So our Iofepb now 1 in Heaven, may feemtowithdraw all tokens and fignes of Brotherly love from us, and not to own~us;but it is only infhew,he is our Brother fl:ill, his heart fir£1: or lafi will melt towards his Brethren to their wonderfull comfort, c..My Si- .fter,&c. I M :z. My ~ --~-==-----------·-----=-
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