MyBelorvedis.,hite,&c. themfelves (as the young man in difcontent) SnR.XlV" Chrifi turned them not backe; nayhe loved the appearancff: of goodr.dfe in the young man, and embraced him. He is of fo fweer a nature, that he never· upbraided thole that followed him , with their former fiones ; as Peter with deniall, and the like. He is of fo gracious anature, that I he tooke not notice of petty infirmities in his I Dikip1es, but tds themof the danger of thofe I finnes that' might hurt them, being of fo fweet · a nature,that he will not qumch the fmoaking flax, Ifa.4t. I nor breake thebruifed_reed,his whole life beingno , thingbut adoingof gGod, He didtilt things weU (asth~ Gofpell fpeaks)excellentwell. Now the confideration of what a gr-acious Spiritis in Chrifi, mufi: Aeeds be a Ioadfi:oneof love, and make him beautifulI. Therefore Ber– nardfaithwell,When I thinke ofchrijl ,I thinke at 1 once ofGod.full ofmajefly Andgl~ry)andat theJame ItimeofM11n,full ofmeeknejfe,gentlmejfettndfiveet • \neffe.So let us confider ofChrift as ofthe Nighty 1 GtJd,powerfoll ; and withall confider of him as a 1 gentle and mild manJ that came,riding m~ekly /on an Aife(as theScripture fets him out) Hewas Mat u. for all eomrners , and gave entertainment toall, 8 ll h dh l J Mat.ll·l • come Nnto me A yet at ~tre weary an eavy tZaen) &c.For the mofiweakeandmiferable perfonof all had the fweetdl: entertainment of him, He &ame to foekeandto (ave that whichw~M l'.fl. Let Luk 16.1o. us I fay thinke o£ him both asof thegreat God, and withall as ofameek Man ; the one to efi:ablifh our f0ules, that he isable todoe great matl ' , - re~; \ -------------------------------~~------
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