What Wesley Left Out

~438 words

content (as it were) to doe for 
| them, when hee ſhonld bein full 
| poſſeſſion of it? ( fo great 1s his 
love unts them.) There is ano» 
ther expreſſion of Chrifts like unto 
this, in Lake 12.36,37. which con» 
firms this to be tis meaning here, 
and to be his very heart in heaven. 
At wer. 36. he compares himlelfe 
to a Bridegroome, Who is to goc 
to Heaven unto a wedaing-feaft ; 
who hath ſervants on Earth that 
Frand all thar while here below, as 
withont, waiting for him ; at 
which, becauſe they wait ſo long, 
they may thinke much, Chrift adds, 
Verily I ſay unto you, that when the 
Bridegroome returns (refreſhed with 
wing and gladnefſe)be ſhall pird bim- 
ſelfe, ane rwakt thews (it down to meat ; 
AN 


14 TheHeart of Chriſt in Heaven, 

and will come forth and [ſerve them. 
_— The meaning is not as if that Crit 
ſerved at the latter day , or now in 
heaven, thoſe that ſit dowae there ; 
but onely it isan abundant exprefli- 
on in words, as here,. in arealin- 
ftance-to ſet forth the over-flowing 
love that 1s in his heart, & the tran- | 
{cendent happineſle that we ſhall 
then enjoy, even beyond what can 
be expected by us, (he utters him- 
ſelfe therefore by an unwonted 
thing not heard of , that the Lord 
ſhould ſerve his ſervants, and wait | 
on them that waited for him.) And | 
it is to ſhew his heart to them, and 
what he could be contented to doe 
for them. So that you ſee what his 
heart was before he went to Hea- 
ven, even amidit the thoughts of all 
his glory ; and you ſee what itis 
after hee hath beene in Heaven, 
and greatned with all his glory, 
even content to waſh poore Sin- 
ners feete, and to ſerve them 
that come to him and wait for 
him. 

Now fourthly , what was the 
myſtery of this his wanng their feet? 
Lt was, aStogive theman ram. 

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of mutuall love and humility , ſo Part. 1. 


to ſigmifie his waſhing away their 
jinnes 2 thus ver. 8. and 10, him- 
ſelfe intreprets it. It is true indeed, 
that now he is in Heaven, he can- 
not come to waſh the feet of their 


bodies, but he would fignifie thus 
much thereby , that thoſe ſinners 
that will come to him when in his 
glory, he will waſh away all their 
fins : Hee lovedhs C Tok and gave 
hins[elfe for it, that he might TanBifi 
and cleanſe it with the | waſting of 
water, | that hee might preſent it to 
bimſelfe a glorious (harch, not having 
fpot or wrinkle, &c. Epheſ. 5. 25, 
26,27. 

This Specimen or Declaration of 
his minde, wehave from this

~154 words

come 
again to them: So (hap. 14. v.3. If 
1 goe and prepare a place for you, 1 will 
come again, Which is a meere expreſ- 
ſion of love,for be if he had pleaſed 
he might have ordered 1t to have 


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he Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 


when he is warme (as we ſpeake) 
and in the height and mid(t of his 
glory in Heaven, yet he will for a 
time leave it to come againe unto 
his Spouſe : And what is it for? 
x. Toſce her ; | [will ſee yow again, ] 
&your heart ſhalrejoice.2.Tofetch 
Her ; So Joh. 14. 3. 1 will come again 
and receive you to my ſelfe. He conde- 
ſcends to the very lawes of Bride- 
groomes ; (for notwithſtanding all 
his greatnefle, no lover ſhal put him 
down in any expreſſion of true 
love.) It is the manner of Bride- 
groomes, when they have made all 
ready in their fathers houſe,then to 
come themſelves and fetch their 
Brides, and not to ſend for them by 
others, becauſe it is a time of love. 
Love deſcends better then aſcends ; 
and ſo doth

~115 words

am you may be 
alſo.Thatlaſt part of his ſpeech gives 
the reaſon of it, and withall be- 
wrayes his entire affteion:It is asif 
he had ſaid, the truth is, I cannot 
live 


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live without you ; I ſhall never bee Parr, r, 

quiet till T have you where I am, 

that ſo we may never part againe, 

(that is the reaſon of it.) Heaven 

ſhall not hold me, nor my Fathers 

company , if I have not you with 

me, my heart is ſo ſet upon you:and 

if I have any glory you ſhall have 

part of it. So ver. 19. Becauſe [ live, 

you ſhall live alſo. It is areaſon, and 

it is halfe an oath beſides ; | As1I 

ve) is Gods oath ; | Becanel live] 

ſfayes Chriſt ; He pawnes his life 

upon it, and defires to live uponno 

other tearmes ; | Hee ſhall live to ſee 

hrs ſeed, ©. Eſay 53.7] And yet far- 

ther, the more to exprefle the wor- 

kings and Iongings of his heart af- 

ter them all that while , hee tells 

them, it ſhall notbe long neither 

ere he doth come againe

~217 words

ſpace of abſence whilſt dead 

and in the grave ; but of that after 

| his laſt aſcending, forty dayes af 

ter kis Reſurretion, when he 

ſhould goe away, not tobeſeenon 
| earth 


22 TheHeartofChriſtin Heaven, 

Patt, I, carth agamuntill the day of Jadge- 
" Ment; andyet from that Aiccnſion 
but a litt'e while (laies bc) and you 
ſpall ſee mee againe ; namc.ly at the 
day of Judgement. It is ſaid, Feb. 
10. 37. Tet alittle while and he that | 
ſhall come, will come, and will not | 
fary. The words 1n the Grecke are, 
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A little little as may bee : Though 

long for the time in it ſelfe.,, yet as 
littie while as may de inreſpect of L 

his deſire, witi.on the leaſt delay- 
ing to come : He will ſtay not a 
moment Jonger, then till he hath 
diſpatcht allour buſineſfle there for | 
us. And then the doubling of the 
phraſe, 5 cy 0 per ©& nu, (V/ eniens, Jew |þ 
wit, Conmming he will come) implyes | 
vehemencie of dcfire to come, and | 
that his minde isalwaies upon :t ; 
he 1s ſtill 4 comming ; he can hardly 
be kept away. Thus the Heorew 
phraſe likewiſe ſignifies an urgen- { 
Cle, vehemencie, ajid intenſenefle } 
of ſome a& ; as [| Expefting [ have | 
expelled; Deſiring 1 have deſired; | 
fo [| Coming he will core: ] andas | 
net content with theſe exceliions 
of delut6,he adds over and above all 
| thele, 


antd Sinners on Farth. 


theſe, [ And will not tarry,7] and all Paxt, r. 


to figiahe the infinite ardency 0 
his minde towaids his Ele& here 
below, andto bive all his Ele&in 
heaven about him. He will not ſtay 
a minute longer then needs mult; he 
tarrics onely til{ he hath through- 
out all Ages by his lnoterceſſion 
prepared every room for each Saint, 
that he may entertajne rhem ail at 
once together, and have them all 
about him

~244 words

that 
there is as true a conſunAtion- be- 
tweene me and you, andas truea 
deareneſle of affeAtion in mee to- 
wards you, as is betweene my Fa- 
ther and me; and that it is as im- 


26 The Hertof Chriſt in Heaven, | 
'Patt, I. So that yuu ſhall have my' heart as 


—_— 


poſſible to breake this knot, and te 


take off my heart from you , as my 
Fathers from me, and mine from 
my Father, 

_ And then thirdly , -you-thall be 
ſure, that what he ſayes-of my love 
to-you, is true, for he is the Spirit of. 


truth, (hap.16,ver.13+ as allo Chap: | 


I 4. 


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of him as he 1s a Comforter. ) And 
aS you beleevermg whenT tell you 
ofmy Father, becauſe I:come'from 


| bim,, foyou may beleeve him in all 


that hee ſayes:of mee, and of my 
love: to you, forchee comes from 
Mer oh 2 19936. 41-064 5, 

,; Ay but might they ſap; Will not 
he alſo leave us for a'time; as you 
have done? No.,. fayes Chriſt, 


| Chap. 14.16. The Father ſhall give 
| 70u another if, oneforter, und he ſhall a- 


bide with you for er. :: Chriſt ſpeaks 
itin oppoſition to 'himſelfe:;; Hee 
bimſelfe . had beene a. Comforter 
unto them, but he was now to bee 
abſent, ;but not ſo the-Spirit;' Hee 
ſoall be with you for ever © and as hee 
is now with you, 1o he ſball be in 
Joh, VEL IF. - - 

In the fourth place, if this be

~157 words

in, 
my name,that will ] dee; He tpeaksi i 
of the titne .when be is: gone 'And 
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chews) And tholc yque Prayers (hall 
be-as..cantnuall. tokens: both of 
your hearts towards me,and'my an- 
ſwers ſhall be the like of wine to 
you, Agd becaule, Chriſtbids them 
dirt, (their Letters): their Prayers 


. t0 the Father, only to ſend them in 


his namezabfaby 16.23-and ſo they. 
might perhaps not ſo clearly know 


_ and dilcefn. that his heart was inthe 


anſwer tothem,but his Fathers har, i 
only, therefore he adds twice in the 
14. of Fobn,[ I will d> jt, I will doit. ] 
He ſpeaks like @nc as forward to do 
for them , as his, Father-is or ſhould: 
be;z'and-as defirous to have.them 
know and take notice of his hand 
in it ; And it-is- as if hee -had ſaid, 


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Part, x. evidences

~209 words

in his |- 
name upon-all occaijtons, but he af+ 
fureth them, that he himſelfe will | 
pray for them : and obſerve but the 
manner ofhis telling them'this; it is 
inthe moſt inſintiating, perſwaſive 
expreſſions to convey his heart in 
to them, that men'uſeto utter,when 
they would intimate the deepeſt 
care and purpoſe 'to doe-a- thing, | 
Chap.16.26. «At that day (namely, 
after his Aſcenſion )ye ſhall aske,coc. 
(ayes he) & I ſay nor unto you thas 1 | 
will pray the Father for you; no,not TI. j 
{1 mentioned 1t afere, I will buc |. 
adde this illuſtration to 1t.)It is ſuch: | 
a ſpeech as-men uſe, when they | 
would expreſſe the greateſt reaſon | 
that another hath, to reſt confident | 


and aſſured of their-love : |" I do-wot- | 
love you,no nor 1, It is an exprefling * 
a thing by 1ts contrary , which 1s 
moſt emphaticall. As when we ſay 
of a man, that hath the.greateſt ; 
good turne done him that can be, } 
[ You are ſhrewdly hurt: It is ſuch 
an expreſſion as Paxl uted to the 
Corinthians: I converted yonr fouls 
When you thought not of it; I 
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this wrong. So fayesChrilt here, I 
ſay not that 1 will pray for you, when 
the truth is, that it is the chiefeſt- 
worke that he doth

~204 words

his Diſciples , 
eſpecially Peter, had carryed them- 


flves the moſt unworthily towards | 
kim 1n that interim, that could bee, ; 


and this' then when bet Was per- 
forming tae greateſt a& of Jove to- 
wardstherwt, (aamicly , dying for 
them ) that ever was "{hewne- by 
any. (And by the way, 1oGod of- 
ten orders, $77) When he is in 
__ id with the greateſt mercies for 

arid Dringing about our oreatelt 


OD d, thca we? are meſt of all 
'rning ap-inft him, which hee 


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doth to magnific kislove the more:) Part.:x., K 


| 


You know how they all forſooke 
him, and in the 'mudit of his Agonie 
inthe Garden, (in which hedeſic 
red their company , meerely for 2 
rchefe unto their ſadded fpiriz)they 
. flept and lay like ſo many blocks, 
(utterly ſenilefle of his dolours ) 
which had they -had -any friendly 
ſympathy of,-they could never have 
done; ['( onihtyon not watch with mee 
one howre 7 Then you know, how 
foulely Perer denyed - tim with 
oathes and curſes-; and after that, 
when hee was laid in the grave, 
they are givingup alltheir faith in 
him, We rrnſteds: frewld have beewe 
he (lay two of them) ther ſhould 
have redeemed Iſrael : They queſti- 
-oN, Whether he was the Meſliahor 
'no, Lake 24: 21

~299 words

him for mercy : They cannot de- 
”  firehis comming to them, ſo much 
j as hedelires their comming to him.. 
F Now- what 1s the meaning of 
S * this, that upon their calling upon 
T . himto come, hee ſhould thus call 
S _ uponthem to come? It is in effe&t 
- ' asifhe had plainly uttered himſelfe 
d, thus, I have a heart to come to you, 
e . but I muſt have all you my. Ele&t 
)-. that are to bee on earth, come 
of. to mee firſt: You would have me 
ne > come downe to. you,, but I muſt 
ng: ſtay here, till all that the Father 
p- hath given me, bee come to mee ; 
ont and then you ſhall be fare ,. quick- 
he x ly to have mee w..h you: Here- 
ity, * by expreſſing how much his heart 
he |} | R 4. now | 


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” 56 The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven. 


Part. 1. now long after them. This to bee 
his meaning, 15 evident by the 
words which hee addes, verſe 20. 
He which teſtsfies theſe things (name- 
ly Chriſt ) ſayes, [| Swrely, I core 
guickly. ] And if wee obſerve how 
much by the by (as it were) theſe 
words of Chriſt doe come in, it 
makesthemthe more remarkable to 
ſhew his heart in attering them. 
This-Book was intended meerly as 
a propheſie of the times of the Goſ- 
pelunull his comming; unto which 
period of it, when John had brought 
that Pr-phetique ſtory, hee brings j 
in the Bride,longing for that com- 
ming of Chriſt, ['The*Briae /apes, 
Come. And no ſooner ſayes ſhe ſo, + 
but Chriſt by way of retortion,doth: 
likewiſe ſay, C ome, unto her alſo ; 
yea, It purs the more obſcrvation . 
upon it,that he had uttered the ſame 
words before, Revel. 21. 6. but not- 
withſtanding hee willrepeat them - 
again,and have them to bee his laſt 
words. All which ſhews

~380 words

is his heart, and we ſhal 
finde him of no other minde untill 
tis comming againe. . 

And that you may yet the - 
more conſider them as thns pur- 
poſely . brought in by tim as 
his laſt words, to mike them: 
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58 The Heart of Chriſt in Reaven, 


Part, x, ſticke with us, let me adde another 


obſervation about them, and that 1s 
this, that at another time when hee 
was upon earth,. heein like manner 
fingled& out theſe very words (1 
meane the matter of them) as the 
concluſionand ſhutting up of many 
dayes preaching. Thus. Fohn 7. 37. 
2# the laſt day, that great day of the 
Feaſt, Teſus ſtood and cried, |" 7f any 
man thirſt let him come to mee aud. 
drinke.)] Theſe words were ſpoken 
on the laſt day of the feaſt, after 
which hee was to preach no more: 
at that time, and for a good while 
after unto them :. (and he had prea- 
ched upon allthe former dayes of 
that feaſt, as his manner was) and 
it was | the great day of the Feaſt, 
'whenhe had the greateſt andience: 
and you ſee hee Chooſeth this for 
his laſt ſentence, of that his laſt } 
Sermon then ;: and when he would 
givethem ſomething at parting, as 
a Viaticum,, which hee would have 3 
them carry home with them. to feed 
rpon above all the reſt, theſe arc 
tis words, 7f avy mas thirſt , let him 
Core to me, and. [ arinke: | (which | 
himſclfe interprets to. ve velceving | 
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en him,ver. 38.) and hee fands wp Part. x, © 


to ſpeake this ; yea, hee cryes, ſayes 
the Text, with open mouth, with 
utmoſt vehemency, to the intent 
that all might heare this above all 
fayings elſe. And thus 1n like man- 
ner at this time alſo, when he 1s to 
ſpeake no more, but to hold his 
tongue for ever til the day of judg- 
ment, (nor is to write any more . 
Scriptures) he then ſends his Angel 
to teſtifie theſe to be his laſt words; 
and this, although hee had ſpoken 
them before : It was therefore aſſu- 
redly done, to ſhew his heart in 
them. They were his laſt words 
then, and they ſhall be mine in the 
cloſure of this Diſcourſe, for 
what can there be added. 
to them? 


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which attempted 
to pull it fromthem,were their per- 
ſecutions and oppoſiti-ns from 
without : It appeares alſo becauſe 
his argument here of comforting | 
them ayvainſt theſe infirmities, is | 
drawne from Chriſts example, 7» | 
that hee wat in all things tempted aq 
we are. | 
Yet ſecondly, by [##firmities are i 
meant fins alfo,for ſo in the procefſe 
of this diſcourſe he uſeththe phraſe, 
and makes them tke main objec of 
our High Prieſts pity ; for in the | 
next words, Chap. 5, 2, ſhewing {| 
what 


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what the qualifications of the High Parr, 2. 


Prieſt under the Law were, (who 
were - Lage our great High prieſt) 
he makes this one,. (ſatable to this 
here mentioned) that he was to bee 
one that could have compaſſion on the 
:gnorant, and thoſe that were out of the 
ay ; (that is, upon ſinners, for ſins 
are theſe ignorances and goings a- 
ſtray from God; )- and then addes, 
in that himſelfe was cloathed with in- 
firmittes ; that 1s,with.fins. And al- 
though it is ſaid -here that Chriſt 
was without fin im all, yet he was 
tempted by Satan unto all ſorts of 
ſins, even as weeare. And that by 
[_infirn1ties Jins are mainly here in- 
tended, is yet more evident from 
the remedy propounded

~380 words

theſe their infirmities,now he 
iSin heaven(for of him advanced in- 
to heaven, he here ſpeaks,as appea- 
reth by v.14.)And if the coherence 
with that verſe be obſerved,we {hall 
{ze that he brings in this narration 
of it ſetly, by way of preventing an 
objeAion which might otherwiſe 
ariſe in all mens thoughts from that ? 
high and glorions deſcription : 
which he had given ef himin that | 


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| 14.ver, | We havea great High-prieff, 

| | who #5 paſſed into the beavens,Gc. He | 
knew we would be apt from this | 
pretently to thinke, he may be too | 
great to be an High-prieit for us 

to tranſact our affaires ; and that. 
this greatnefle of his might caul: | 
him to forgetns, orif hedidre- | 
m2mber us, and take. notice of, 
our miſeries, yet being paſſed into | 
the. 


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the Heavens, and fo having caſt Part, 2, 
off the frailties of his fleſh which 
he had here, and having cloa- 
thed his humane nature with fo 
great aglory , that therefore hee 
; cannot now pity us, as hee did 
- When hee dwelt among us here 
below;nor be ſo feelingly affe&ed 
and. touched with our miſeries, as 
to detenderly moved to compal- 
fionare and commiſerate us, ſo he 
15S not now Cable of a feeling of 
griefe,and ſo,not ofa fellow-feeling , 
or /ympathizing with us; his ſtateand 
condition now is-above allſuch af- 
| fetions; which afteions notwith- 
ſtanding are they that ſhould put 
t * himuponhelpingus, heartily and 
1 + Cordially, And for him to be ex- 
t | poſed :o ſach affeions as theſe, 
| were a weaknefle, an infirmi- 
e | tie in himſelfe, which heaven 
is | hath cured tum of. His pow- 
\o | Er and glory Is ſo great that hee 
25 Cannot bee thus touched, even 
at aSthe ANGELS arenot: And 
\{> | he is eAdvanced farre above all 
-e- | Principalities and powers, Ephel. 
of \ I 15: 
to.) This the Apoſtle carefully pre- 
be OCClt- 


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66 TheNHear: of Chriſt in Heaven, 


| Part. 2. occupates; and it is the very obJe- 
Aion which hee takes away. Wee 
have not an High-Prieſt who cannot, 
Fc. Duplex negatio equipollet aff;r- 
mationi ; nay, two negatives doe 
not onely make an affirmative, but | 
afftirme more ſtrongly : they make - 
an affirmation contradi&ory to a 
contrary and oppoſite thought. 
Now

~1,160 words

influence | 
all the three Perſons bave for ever | 
into the heart of the Humane na-| , 


rare of ( brift in heaven. 


" He firſt ſort of Demonſtrations - 
ſhall bee fetcht from all the. 
15 three Perſons, and their ſeverall in-_ 
6 fluence they have 1nto Chrilts heart, 
in heaven, 'to encline it towards! h 
/ us. 
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|  T. That God hath givena perpe- 
| 'tuall command to Chriſt tolove lin- 
'- _Ners 7 2. That therefore his heart 
f continues the ſame for ever. 
For the firſt, God the Father hath 
given feſus(, briſt a ſpecial command to 
love ſinners; 8 hath withall,;»plan- 
ted x mercifull gracious diſpoſition in 
 # by heart towards them.This I mentio 
 .  toargueltt, becauſe itas that which 
Chriſt alledgeth, fohn 6.37. as the 
originall ground of this diſpoſition 
of his,net ro caſt out thoſe that come to 
him : For it us my Father will({aijes he 
- inthe following verſes )rthat / ſhonld 
1 performe that which I came downe from 
” | heaven for, ver,z8. And this Jyes 
; Now {till upon him now he1s In 
"| Heaven, as muchas ever : for his 
will alſo is i{ayes hee, verſe 39. 40.) 
' that I flould raiſe them up at the laſt 
 aay, ſoas it muſt needs continue 
NS * the ſame till then, And compare 
tbe. with this the tenth of Joh», from E 
MT zcrſe fifteenth to the eighteenth, | 
eat; where having diſcourſed before of 
AI. his care and love to his ſheepe, to 
ive bis life for them:, to know 
God 7 | , and 


| 


Oo The Heartof Chriſt in Heaven, 
Part. 2. and owne them, and to bring them 
:nto the fold, &c. he concludes at 
ver. 18. | This con:mmaniment have I 
received from my Father.” It1s his 
will, ſayes the 6. of 7oh», (andifa 
2 {on knowes that a thing is his 
athers mind and will it 1s enough 
to move himtodoe it; much more it 
it be his exprefle command.) And | 
in this 10. of 79h he further ſays, | 
that 1t is the command which he had |, 
received from the Father, A Com-. 
mand is a mans will peremptorily : 
exprefled ; ſo as there mult beea ' 
breach, ifit be not fulfilled : and: 
fuch a command hath God given? 
Chriſt concerning us. Ont of both. 
which places I obſerve three things. 
# to be the matter of this will and 
| command of Gods : Firſt , that 
Chriſt ſhould die for his ſheep ; 
reſpe& to which command,he corn; 
tinued ſo to love them whillt hers 
as to /ay downe his life for thews : f 
Fohn 10.15. but,then be tooke it ut 
againe, and is aſcended into He# 
ven. Therefore thoſe other tw 
things commanded him, doe colt 
cerne him when hee is in glory 
namely to receive all that come ; 


SAY ARM 7 <a SM, a * 


ht 


| 


unto Sinners 0n Earth, — 
bim, which 1s the ſecond; and Part, 2, © 
the third , to looke that he /o/e zone 4 
of thoſe for whom he dyed, but to raiſe 
them up. And for theſe his Fathers 
command lyes as {tri&ly on him, 
now he is in Heaven, as for dying 
for them whilſt he was on earth : 
[_ This command have I received from 
my Father, and this i his will. ] 

And together with this com- 
mand, God did put into his heart 
(as where he commands hee ever 
uſeth to doe ) ſuch an inſtin&. of | 
tranſcendent love towards them, 1 
as ſhall ſo ſtrongly encline him to | 
performe it , that he ſhall need no 
more commands. He bath put ſuch 
a p24 ſuch an eſpeciall love into 
him, as he hath put into the hearts 
of parents towards their own chil- 
dren, more then toall other mens 
children which they ſee: beſides, 
although more beautifull and more 
witty then their owne. And both 
this commandement , and this in- 
clination of love towards them, 
we have at once expreſſed P/al. 
40.8, Where giving the reaſon 
why hee beca.ne cur Mediator , 
and ſacrificed himfelfe , hee not 
..only 


| my 72 . The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven 
| Part. 2. onely fayes, I come to dee thy will 


{Morall Law , 70t to eat the forbidden | 
fruit; ſuch a Law was this hee | 


O God, but allo, Thy law # mm 
2 bowells : Tn which ſpeech, both 
theſe two are mentioned: 

I, That command I mentioned 
is there expreſſed, for it is called 
a Law. 

And ſecondly it was a Law 
wrought into {uitable dt ſþofitions 
in his heart; and tierefore ſaid 
to bee a Law 1n his heart or bo- 
wells. 

You may eaſily conceive what 
Law it was by the ſubjeRk of it, 
his Bowells ; which are {t1]l put for 


the moſt tender affeftions; ((% þ 
Jloſ.3.12. Bowelts of mercy , kinaneſſe, | 
Gc. ) It was no other then that þ 
Law of love, mercy and pitty to þ 


poore (inners, which Ged gave 
him in charge, as he was to bee 
Mediator. It was that ſpeciall 
Law which lay on limas hee was 


the ſecond Adam ; like that which | 


| 


was given to the firſt Adam , Non 
concedexndi, over and above the 


there ſpeakes of : It was the Law 


of his being a4 Mediator and a facri- | 


: fce, 


: 


| 


2 


unto Sinners on Earth, 
fice,(for of that he expreſly ſpeaks, P 
v. 6.7.)over and beſides the Morall 
Law, which was common to him 
with us. The word 1n the origina'l 
1s, [ [n the miadeſt | of my bowels, to 
ſhew it was deeply imgraven : It 
had 1's ſeat in the cen:er;it fate nee- 
reſt, and was moſt inward in his 
heart. 5 Gs 
Yea, and as that ſpeciail Law 
| of not cating the forbidden fruit, 
Was to eAldam, Preceptum Sym- 
{ bolicwm (as Divines call. it) gi- 
| ven over and beſides all the ten 
' Commandements, to bee a tryat, 
! a figne, or /ymbole of his obedi- 
ence to all the reſt ; ſuch was this 
Law given unto Chriſt, the ſecond 
Adam; (o as that God would judge 
of all his other. obedience unto 
himſelfe by this : Yea, it was laid 
on him with that earneſtneſſe by 
God, and ſo commended by him, 
as that if ever Chriſt would. have 
' him tolove him, he ſhould be ſure 
tolove us. Thus in that place fore- 
cited , fohy 10. 17, 18. Chriſt 
comforts himfelfe with this 1n 
* kis obedience, [Therefore doth my 
Father love me :} It is ſpoken in 
relation 


i 


arte 2. 


" -94 The Heartof Chriſt in Heaven, 
Part. 2.:telation unto his fulfilling this his 


command formerly mentioned; and 
ſo withall imports, as if God ſhould 
love Chriſt the better for the love 
he ſhould ſhew to us;it pleaſed him | 
{o well toſee Chriſt love us. And ſo) 
it isas if God when he gave Chriſt. 
that Commandement, ver. 18. had | 
{aid, Sone, as you would have my 
love continue towards you let me |} 
ſee your love towards meſhewne ' 
in being kind to theſe I have given | 
you, whom 1 bave loved with the ſame | 
love wherewith I have loved you ; (as! 
you have it Fohn 17. 23.) As Gad- 
would have us ſhew love unto him, . 
by loving. his children : ſo hee? 
would have Chriſt ajſo ſhew!; 
his love towards him by loving! 
of us. F 
Now for the ſecond Branch of 
this Demonſtration, namely, that

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then in dying for 
them.' And this love to finners be- 
ing ſo commanded & prefſed upon 


him, (as was ſaid) that as he wonld 


-have his Father love him,he ſhould 
love them; and ſo, being urged up=- 
on all that great love that is be=, 
; tween him and his Father ; this zs 
* 1tmuſt- needs work and boile up a 
- firoag love in him unto 'ſinners, 


* ſo likewiſe the moſt conſtant and 


never-decaying love that conld be: 


 Andtbis is argued from the analogy 


S 2 of 


75 
att. 2. 


76 The Heartof Chriſt in Heaven, 


Part. 2. of that principle upon which 


Chriſt urgeth us to love. himlſclfe, 
Johb.15.10.He moveth his Drſciples 
to keep the Commandments he gave. 
ther, anduſeth this argument,| For | 
ſo ſoall yew abide in my love ;} ard: 
backs it with his owne' inſtance, 
{ even 45 I have kept my Fathers com 
mandments, and abide in tis touwe.] : 
Now therefore

~515 words

Chriſt , as being much more 


naturall to him. 

And therefore the ſame Apoltle 
doth make Chriſts. bowells the pat- 
terne of his, Phil. 8.1. Gods my 
witneſſe , how greatly I long after = 

his 


| in the bowells of Jeſus Chriſt. 


4 


phraſe [in the bowels of (hbrift hath 


{according to Interpreters) two 


meanings , and both ſerve to illu- 


Krate that which I intend : Firſt, ' 


[in the bowels of (hriſt Jis taken cau- 


ſally, as if hee meant to ſhew that 
choſe bowels or compaſſions were 
infuſed into him from Chriſt,and ſo 
longed after them with ſuch kind 


of bowels,as Chriſt had wrought in - 


him: and if fo, that Chriſt put ſich 


bowels into him, hath he not them. . 
in himfelfe much -wore? Pax! had 
reaſon to ſay, [ In the bowels of 


{ Sriſt} tor , in this ſenicI am ſure 


he, once, had ſcarce the heart and 


furious and Lion-like a ſpirit had he | 
againſt the Saints,and what havock 
made hee of item, being ready - 
even | 


bowels of a man in him , namely, 
when he was out of Chriſt , bow | 


| 


"ih, 
- 


1 


TY w# TIP 


0 & ev” hh BN "W006 


.- 2 


—w FOO fn JI RAO DPpSRCN no 


#110 Sinners 0n earth. ! 


 eventopull out their bowells? And Part.2. | 


how came Paslby ſuch tender bo- 
wells now towards them? Who 
gave himnow ſuch tender affei- 
ons? Even Jeſus Chrift , it was he 
that of a Lion made him a Lambe. 
If therefore in Par! theſe bowells 
were not naturall, (but the contra- 
ry rather were naturall to him) and 
yet they ſo aboundedin him, and 
that »arsrally,as himſelf ſpeaks;how 
much more mult they needs abound 
1n Chriſt, ro whom they are native. 
and ir-bred? Orelſe ſecondly, [/» 

the bewells, is put for [| 1nſtar] Like 
the bewells, or After the bowells, ac- 
cording to the analogie of the He- 
brew phraſe : and fo then the mea- 
ning were this, Like asthe bowels 
of Jeſus Chriſt doe yerne after you, 
ſo doe mine. [ Bowells)} area Meta» 
phor to ſignife tender and mother- 
ly afteQions and mercies : ſo Luke 
1.78. [Through the tender mercies, 

In the originall it is [ The bowels of 
mercie. | Thus Pan! when hee 
would {1gnific how tender his af- 
fe&ions were, he inſtances in the 
Bowels of J:ſus Chriſt , (he ma- 
king Chy:i} v's vatcerne in this in 


«4 


” $5 Thief Chriſt in Heaven, 


Part. 2. all, [Ze ia (arcs of me, as 1 am of 


Chriſt.) Now how deſirous was 
this great Apoſtleto beget men to 
Chriſt ? He cared not what elſe hee 
loſt,ſo he might wiz ſome: hee conn- 
tednot hu life deare, nay; not his fal- 
vation deare, but wiſht himſelfe ac- 
curſed for his brethren, (who yet 
were the greateſt enemies Chriſt 
then had on earth: ) How glad 
was he when any ſoule. came 
in ? How ſorry when any fell 
off? falling into a new travail ( hee 
knew not how better to expreſſe 
the anxiety of his ſpirit) for the Ga- 
Hatians,till Chrift was formedin them. 
How comforted was he when hee 
heard eng ef the conftancie and 
encreaſe of any of their faith, 1. 
Thef. 3. 6. 7. ana ver/. 8. hee ſayes, 
for now we live, if you ſtand faſt in the 
Lord. Readall his Epiſtles, and 
take the charaQer of tis ſpirit this 
way; & when you have done,look 
up to Chrifts tnman nature in hea- 
Ven,& think with.your ſclves, Sxch 
a 21an 7 ( briſt, Paul warbles out in 
all theſe tzeh ſtrains of affections, 


Efay &3. but the /onrding of Chriſts bowels in 


heaven ina lower key : They are 
| naturall 


bd - g_= i 3 7F LI 


v  v# v5 mn TY ee Fr bp ©S & 3 CD WW. 625 —4 


nnto Sinners 0n Eart, 34 


naturall to Chriſt, they all and infi- Patt. 2. 


nite more are eminent in him. And 
this is the ſecond Demonſtration ta- 
ken from his own naturall diſpofi- 

tion,as Sonne of God. | 
_ A third Demonſtration ſhall bee 
taken from the Third Perſon of the 
Trinity,the holy Ghoſt

~137 words

And that this was the princt- 
pall thing ſignified by this defeen- 
ding of the holy Ghoſj as a Dove 
npon 


'90O TheNeart of Chriſt in Heaven, 
Parr. 2, upon lum, (even chiefly to note out: 


bis meekenefſe, and ſympathizing 
heart with ſinners, wrought in him 
by the holy Ghoſt.) is evident by 


two places, where Chriſt himſelfe 


puts that very intendment on it; 
"The firſt preſently after , inthe 


Sermon that he preached after 


that his having received the holy © : 


Ghoſt, (inthe ſame4 of Luke ) 
where firſt it is-noted ver.1 that hee 


returned from being baptized,ful of 


the Spirit,and ſo was led to be tem- 


pted : then v.14. it is faid that hee 
returned from being tempted 7x the 
power of that Spirit, and after this is. 


explained by himſelf the myſtery of 
tis having received the Spirit in the 
likenefſe of a dove, and this is the 


ſabje& matter of the firſt Text 


which he opened in his firſt Sermon, 
ſingled out by tim on purpoſe , by 
choice, not chance, out of 7/atah , 
which he read to them ,.. (ver.18) 


[ The

~449 words

and by that 

Spirit alſo hath he anointed,or qua- 
lified me with thele gifts and diſpo= - 
ſitions ſuitable to that worke. 
_ . Another place that makes the 
fruit and end of his receiving the 
Spirit then at his baptiſme , to be 
theſe tender diſpoſitions unto ſin- 
ners , is that in Acatrth. 12.18,19, 
&c-. out. of - another place. of 
Iſaiah , | Behold my Beloved, in 
Whom my ſoul ts well pleaſed, I will put- 


my Spirit upon him, and. he frat ſhew 


juage- 


_— + - 


=_ -—_ Ved wo PIES 


ee; cn bake” Wb a RAS CPR" 5. > nei bode Z dt os 


g92 The Heart of Chrift in Heaven, 
P t.3 3 ement do the Genteles,0&c, 2; That 
: oe to. be 8 terrible word, but be 


not afraxi of it; for by [judgement ] 
1s meant even the dofrine of free 


grace and of the Goſpel, that chan- 
geth, and reformes men ; Asin like | 
manner (according to the Hebrew 


phraſe) in ver.20, by judgement is 


meant ihe- worke of Gods grace on. . 
mens. tzearts: when he ſaies [He wil. 
fend farth judgement nntewithory, | be: 
worke of grace being the:counter- 
pane of the Doctrine of grace. And ' 


1n preaching this Dofrine (which 


int ſelfe is good tidings) the Pro-. 
phet ſhewes how he ſhould carry.it 


witha fpirit, anſwerable and ſuit- * | 


able thereunto, even. full of all ; 
meekneſle, ſtilnefle, 6almnefle, and. 
modefily , which he: expreficth by. 
proverbiall fpeeches uſuall in all: 


thoſe times, to.exprefle ſo-muchiby, 


[ He ſoal not firive nor cry neither ſhal 


ary man hear his voice inthe ſtreets: 


that is., he ſhalldeale with all Ril- 
nefſe and meekenefle; without vio- 
lence, or boiſteroufnefſe. obs had 


the voice of a aryer, he wasa man of | 


a ſevere ſpirit;but Chriſt came Piping | 


and danrcing;a melodious fweetne 
| Was 


wo ſinners on Earth. 


was in his miniſtery and ſpirit . and Þ art. 2, 


in the courſe of his miniltetty hee 
went fo tenderly te worke, hawas 
{4 heedfull to broken. foulesy, and 
had ſugh regard to their difcou- 
ragements , that it is ſaid hee would 
net hreakg the bzuiſed reed'> Thatis , 
hee would ſet -hns Reps «Withſach 
heed, as not to tread on a reed i hat 
was broken.in the leaf; or he would 
walke ſo hghtly and fofily , that if 
it lay in his way , though he wer 
aver it, yet he would not have fur- 
ther br#:ifed ;- nor quenched either 
by treading out the /meaking flax , 
( which is cafily done) or with any 
ruſhing motion, have razſed ſo much 
winde as to blow out a Weike of a 
candle, (as ſome tranſlate it) ſmoa= 
king inthe ſocket, which the leaſt 
ſtirring of the aire puffes out. All 
this is to.expreſle the tendernefſe of 
his heart; and this, upon his recet- 
ving the is 58 and eſpecially from 
the time of his baptizing : for then 
(yau know.) theſe words were tor 
gether therewith uttered, | This is 
my: belozed Son. 11 when 1. a: well 
pleaſed Jand they are the fame werds 
alſo, which together Gods. giving 
| m 


HCH. Aral boca ww 


04 The Heartef Chriſt in Heaven, 
'Part. 2, bim the Spirit are joyned in that |; 
40. of Eſa,whence theſe wordsare + 
taker So that he was filled with 
theSpirit, to'that end toratſe upin | 
him ach ſweet affeftions towards ': 


cate. cron den herd eb re dtc Anft9.—c - 


 ” Now. for the ſecond part'that : 
gocsto itiake up this Demonſtratt> + 


on : It is as certaine

~605 words

in him, he 
continues to dwellin us. Therefore 
of him it is faid, (Eſ/ay 11.2.) The 


Spirit of the Lord ſpall [reſt | upon 


bim. Yea, -and in that {tory of the 


holy Ghoſt deſcending upon him at 


bus Baptiſme , itis not only recor- 
= ded, 


| | 


w 
CAC. 7 


ho Dn toe 


= 


CROSS 


| ſame t5he. And further,(as it is inti- 


unto Sinners 0n Earth, 9 I 
ded, that He deſcended on hins , but o= Part, 2: 
ver & above it isadded,ſ Axd abode 
pon him.”] Yea further, to put the 
greater emphaſis upon it, it itwice 
repeated:So /ohn 1.32.1/aw the Syi- 
rit(layes the Evangeliſt) a&ſcending 
from heaven like aDove,(and headds 
this alſo as a further thing obſerved 
by him)[[andit abode xpon him. And 
then againe,ver.33. 1 knew bim not, 
faies he, bt he that ſent me, gave me 
this token'to know him by , 'Upor 
whons thou ſhalt ſee the Spirit deſcen- 


ding , | and remaining on him,”] the 


mated there )he reſted 0 hims,to that 
end , that he might baptize us with 
the holy Ghoſt unto the end of the 
world : | the ſame,lates he, is he that 
baptizeth with the holy Ghoſt, He at 
firſt dc/cends as a Dove, and then «+ 
bides as a Dove for ever upon him; 
and this Dove it ſclfe came from 
Heaven firſt : And therefore cer- 
tainly now that Chriſt kimſclfe is 
- gone to Heaven, he abides and'fits 
upon-hii! much more as.a Dove 
fillthere! Moreover let me adde 
this , that although the Spirit reſted 
.. on him here without meaſure 
| in 


J. 


[ Part. So 


at at ADalitguc 3. oY abtRrutcSooalitll- et - . AS Sodadir. Dt eiins Lad . P 


 Theheartof Chriſt in Heaven, 


cited verſe, » thy Majefty-ride proſe 
perouſly, becauſe of Truth and Meeks | 
eſſe, &8. Therefore Peter fayes, 


in compariſon of us; yet it may be 
fafcly ſaid, that the Spirit in reſpedt | 
of his efteR&s 1n gifts of grace and ' 


- lorg.xelts more abundantly on him * 


1 heaven, then he did on earth, e- : 
ven._in the ſame ſenſe that at his ; 


bapriſme (as waSſaid ) he reſted on | 


F 


him, in! ſuch reſpeAs more abuns | 
dantly then he did before his Bap- | 
tiſne , ducing the time of tus pri- | 
ate life ; Foras whenhe came to 

heaven he was inſtalled King and 

Pricft as it were anew;1n rcſpe&t of | 
2 New execution : {o for the worke | 
tobe done in Heaven, hee was as | 
new anointed wirh this oye of glad- | 
eſſe above his fellowes , (as Pſal.q5. | 
7.) Which place is meant of him 
eſpecially as he 1s in heaven , at 
Gods right hand, in fulneſſe of joy,(as 
P/.16. #lt.itis alſo ſpoken of him: ) 
when alſo it is, that hee goes forth 
in his Majeſty to conqaer , (as ver, F 
of that 45.P/al.) And yet then, | 
Aleekneſſe 1s not far off, Lut is made 
one of his diſpoſitions in this height 
of glory :,So1t followes ignthe fore | 


W_—_ 


Fd 


(As 


: [Lord ] that 1S, hath exalted him as 


{ he was to receive him; therefore it 


[ 


: Apoſtles, and baptized them with 
 him,(aSin that ſecond of the As 


Criſt, that he himſelfe firſt receives 


, tifully downe on the skitts of this 
; our high Prickt, that 1s, on his mem- 


k 


unto Sinners on Earth, = or © 


( Alts 2. 36. ) that That ſame 7eſus Part, 2, 
whom you [| Jewes } have crucified, 
(ard-who was riſen anl aſcended). 
God hath made both Lord and Chriſt : 


King in heaven : and [| Chriſt that 
iS, hath alſo anointed him: (and this 
Oyle 1s no other then the holy 
Ghoſt ) with whom (the ſame Peter 
tels us)he was anointed at his Bap- 
tiſine, Afts 10.38. Yea,and becauſe 
hethen at once received «the Spirit 
in the fuileſt meaſure that for ever 


was that he ſhed him down on his 


we read.) Now jtis a Certain rule, 
that whatſoever wee receive from 


in himſelfe for us. And ſo one rea- 
ſon why this oyleran then ſo plen- 


bers the Apoſtles and Saints, (and 
{o continues to doe unto this day } 
IS, becauſe our high Prieſt and Head: ' 
himſelfe, was then afreſh anointed * 
with it. Therefore ver. 33. of that 
{ſecond of the As, Peter giving an 
| T aC- 


"9 The Heartof Chriſtin Heaven, 
Part, 2

~164 words

but 
one in perſon. And ſevenis a num- 
ber of perfection, and is therefore 
there mentioned,to ſhew,that now 
Chriſt hath the Spirit in the utmoſt 
meaſure that the humane nature is 
capable of. And as his knowledge 
(which is a fruit of the Spirit jſince 
his Aſcention 1s etilarged, (for be- 
fore he knew not when theday of 
Judgement ſhould bee, but now 
when he wrote this booke of the 
Revelation, he did ) fo are his bo- 
wells (I ſpeake of the humanena- 
ture )extended: all the mercies that 
God means to beſtow being now 
actually to run through his hands , 
and his particular notice, and he to 
beſtow them not on Jews only, but 
on Gentiles alſo, who were to be 
convertedafter he went to Heaven. 
And fo hath now an heart adequate 
to Gods own heartin the utmoſt 
extentof ſhewing mercy unto any 
whom God hath intended it uuto. 
TE-3 A 


[160 The Heartof Chriſt in Heaven, ; 


Part. 2» Andthis 1s the third Demonſtra- 
tion from the Spirits dwelling in 
him; wherein you may helpe

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Chriſt ,(as 
ver. 12.) And theſerelations are 
they that do move Chriſt to cotinue 
his love unto us. Fe/ws knowing that 
he was to depart out of this world, ha- 
*ing loved hu owne who were in the 
worla, hee loved them unto the end, 
?oh. x3. 1. And the reaſon thereof 
1S put upon his relation to them; 
they were /5 owne, and his own by 
vertue of all relations whatſfo- 
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ever, his owne Brethren, his owne Part. 2. 
| Spouſe, his. owne fleſh ; and the 


yery world will love its owne (as him- 
ſelfe ſpeaks) much more will hee 
himſelfe love his owne. He that 
provides not for his owne family, ss 
worſe then an Infidel, (layes the 
Apoſtle.) Now though Chriſt bee 
in heaven, yet his people are his fa- 
mily fi]! : they are retainers to him, 
though they be on earth ; and this, 
as truly as thoſe that ſtand about 


his perſon, now he is in his glory. 


Sothat ſpeech evidently declares, 
[Of whom the whole family in heaven 
and earth -15 named they all toge- 
ther make up but one and the ſame 
family to him as their Lord. Chriſt 
15 both the founder , the ſubjet?, 
and the moſt perfe&t exemplar and 
paterne tous,of all

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and bone of his bone, Epheſ.5.30. | 
and therefore as Eſther ſaid, 1o (aid 
Chriſt, How can I endure to ſee the e- 
vill that befalls my people ? If a huf- 
band bath a wife that is mean, and 
he become a King,1it. were his glory 
and not tys [ſhame to advance her; 
yea ,. it were his ſhame to negle&t 
t er :.eſpecially if when the betroth- 
n.cnt. was firſt made, (he was then 
rich and glorious, and a Kings 
darghter, but lince thi, tajne in- 
to xoverty;and miſery. Now Chriſts 
| Sroulz, 


"he 


unto Shnners on earth. 


Spouſe, though now ſhe be faln in- Part,2. 


to ſin and miſery, yet when ſhe was 
firſt given to Chrilt by God the Fa- 
ther , (who from all eternity made 
the match) ſhee was lookt upon 
as all glorious. For in eleRion, at 
firſt, both Chriſt and we wereby 
God conſidered inthatglory which 
he meanes to bring him and us unto 
at laſt ; that being firſt in Gods i»- 
tention, Which 15 laſt in execxtion, 
For God at the beginning doth 
looke at the end of his works, and 
at what he meanes to makethem. 
And ſo, he then primitively inten- 
ding to make us thus glorious as we 
ſhall be, he brought and preſented 
vs to his Sonne in that glaſle of his 
Decrees , under that face of glory 
wherewith at laſt hee meant to 
endow us. He ſhewed us to him as 
apparelled with all thoſe jewels of 
grace and glory which wee ſhall 
weare in Heaven; he did this then, 
even as he brought Eveunto Adam, 
whoſe marriage was in all the type 
of this: ſo that as this was the firſt 
Idea that God took us up inand that 
we appeared in before him, fo alſo 
wherein hee preſented us then to 


Chriſt, 


109 


"110 The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, : 
Part. 2. Chriſt, and {as it were) faid, fuch a 


wife will I give thee. And as. ſuch 
did the ſecond Perſon marry ns;and 
undertook to bring us to that eſtate. 
And that God ordaines us thus to 
fall into fin & miſery, was but to 1l- 
litrate the ſtory of Chriſts love, & 
thervy to render this our Lover and 
Husband the more glorious 1n his 
loveto us,and to make this primitive 
condition whereunto God meant a- 
g4into bring us,the more eminent- 
Iy iaftrious. And therfore we being 
married unto him, when we were 
thus glorious in Gods firlt intention, 
although in his decrees about the 
execution ofthis, or the bringing us 
to this glory,we fall into meanneſle 
' & miſery before we attain to it, yet 
the marriage {till holds; Chriſt took 
us torun theſame fortune with us,8& 
that we ſhould dothe like with him, 
And hence it was, that we being 
faln into ſin,and ſo our fleſh become 
frail and [ubjett to infirnftics,' hat he 
therfore took part of the ſame,ns Heb. 
2.13- And an{werably on the other 
fide, he being now advanced to the 
glory ordained for him,he can never 
reft till he hath reſtored us to that 
beauty 


unto Sinners 08 Earth. 


beauty wherin at firſt we were pre- Patt. 2. 


ſented to h1,& till he hath purged 
and cleanſed us, that ſo he may preſent 
ws to himſelfe a gloricus Church, (as 
youhaveit, Eph.5.26,27.)even ſuch 
aS in Gods firſt intention we were 
ſhewn to him to become ; having 
that native and originall beauty, 8& 
poſſeſſing that eſtate wherein hee 
looked upon us, when he firſt took 
liking to us, and married us. This is 
argued there from this very relation 
of his being our husband, v. 25.26. 
And therefore though Chriſt bee

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cleave the more unto them. 
A cauſe , or a perſon that a man 
hath ſuffered much for, according 
to the proportion of his ſufferings, 
is ones love and zeale thereunto; 
for theſe doe lay a ſtrong engage- 
ment upon a man : becauſe other- 


wiſe he loſ=th the thankes and hang 
O® 


The Heart Chrif in Heaven, 


Part. 2. honour of all that is already done 


and paſt by him. Have you /#fferca 
ſo many things in vaine? ſayes the A» 
poſtle to the Galatians , (hap. 3.4. 
where he makes a motive and an 
incitement of it , that ſeeing they 
had endured ſo much for Chriſt,and 
the profeſſion of him, they would 
not now loſe al for want of doing a 
little more. And doth not the ſame 
diſpoſition remaine in Chriſt? 'Eſpe- 
cially ſeeing the hard worke is 0- 
ver and diſpatcht which he was to 
doe on earth ; and that which now 
remains for him to doin Heaven, 
is far more ſweet and full of glory, 
and as the reaping #n joy, of what he 
had here ſowne in teares. If his love 
was ſo great, as to hold out the en- 
during ſo much, thea now when 
that brunt is over,and his love 1s be- 
come a tried love, will it not conti= 
nue? If when tried in adverſity, 
(and that is the ſureſt and ſtrongeſt 
love) and inthe greateſt adverſity 
that ever was ; if it then held, will 
1t not ſtill doe (fo in his proſperity 
much more? Did kis heart ſticke 
to us, and by ns 1n the greateſt 
temptation that ever was; and will 
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unto Sinners on Earth, 
his glorious and proſperous eſtate 
take it of,or abate his love unto us? 
Certainly no : [ 7eſ#s the [ame to 
day, yefterday , and for ever. ] Heb. 
13-8. When he

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and fit him for that of- 
fce ; as Gods appointment d1d ou:- 

VY--43 


wardly ' 


126 The Heantof Chiiſt in Heaven, 

Part, 2, wardly and externally, as Ter/e 4. 
hath it. And the word [tw dupS ] : 

| that can or 1 able?) imports an in- 

ward faculty, a ſpuit, a diſpoſition, . 

a heart that knowes how to bee 
compoſlionate. An it is the ſame) 

« word that the Apoſtle had before * 
uſed to exprefle Chriſts heart by, 

ern in the words of the Text,» 

[wa nor op ru24 8 | that IS, [ Who 

can be toutht with a feeling of our m- 
firmities, And he had alſo uſed it of .. 
him afore that, in the point of mer- - 

cy, Chap. 2, 18.1 [ Swamy &C. |: 
[ he 5 able]to ſuccour, which 1s not; ' 
meant cf any externall power, 
(whichwe uſually call ab:/1ty) but ; 
of an internall tonch in his wall; 
Hee hath an heart able to forgive, i 
and to afford help. 'E 
_ Now therefore if this be ſo efſer-, - 

ti2]l a property to an high Prieſt, 
as ſuch

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and will accordingly afford his. 
wv and help, and 5f it ce great, he 
114763 2 grea' fellorw-feeling of it - for 
he isa great high Prieſt : Thy miſer) 
can never exceed his wercy. The 
word here uſed comes from pee, 
a meaſure, and m9: to ſuffer. And 
that ic is the Apoſtles ſcope to holi 
this forthin this word, 1s evident 
by what follows: for he on purpoſ: 
makes mention of thoſe ſeveral de 
grees, propertions, and rankes of 
fingecs under the old Law, who 
were capable of mercy and cont; 
paſſion, who can have. compaſſion, 
(fayes hee) oz the[ ignorant ] am 
on them that are["out of the way.) In, 
the old Law you may read of fe4 
verall degrees and kinds of _—_— 
Vis 


unto Sinntys on earth, 129 


' © for which God appointed or mea- Part, >, 
- ſured out differing and. proportio- 


of nable ſacrifices. So for fins of igno- 
08 rance there was one kinde of ſacri-_ 


fice, Levit. 4. 9.2. 5. and another 
\:  forſins againſt knowledge, or luch as 
his lH SES... 

were wittingly committed, {h, 6. 


- ver. 2. 3- Compared with 2.6, Now 
_ when any ſinner came to the High- 

prieſt to make atonement for him, 
*' the Priclt was wiſely to conſider the 
- kind and the proportion of his fin ; 


co As whetherit were a fin of meer ig- 

NT norance,or whether it were againit 
../ knowledge, & accordingly he was 
he to 7 Apr a ſacrifice,and to mc- 
& diate for him: And fo he did us :5- 


— TAIHaTr, pity him according fo meaſure, 
ole or according to reaſon or diſcreti- 
ent 


c on (as1n the margent it js varied. ) 
of  Andtherfore the Apoſtle here men- 
tions both rhe rgnorant , (that is, 


of thoſe that ſinne out of meere igno- 
ſho rance) and them that are gone out of 
mn; the way, namely,by wilfu!l and wit- 


ting iniquity. And o by this proper- 
an ty that was to bein the High-pricſt, 
I, goth he here ſet forth Chriſt. As the | 
[ec meaſure of any mar's need and di- 
y fireficis from fin and miſcry, accor- 
| oy VF dingly 


130 __ Theheart of Chriſt in Heaven, 
Parc. 2; dingly is he affeted

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him. 


- 


And as we have fins of ſeveral {izes;. : 


accordingly hath hee-mercies, and 


puts forth a mediation proporttio». 


na-le z whether they bee 1gno- 


rances, or ſinnes of daily incurſion, 


or elſe {innes more groſſe and.pre- 
{\1mptuous. And therefore let net- 


ther of them difcomage any from 
commingunto Chriſt for grace and. 


ercy. 
So that (for the cloſure of this) 
tere js both the qualification diſpo- 


!ing him for this office, a merciful - 


compeſſionateneſſe ; and here are the 


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- ” we - 


cnds of this otnice, even to deale . 
mercifully with all ſorts of ſinners, 
according #0 the proportion, and mea- * 


of 


Corolaries z which make up the de- 
monſtration in. hand, as. the con- 
clufion : 1. That he 1s go Jonger 
tit for this place , then he contt- 
aucs to be of a. gracions diſpoli- 


:10n , and one that gar have come | 
24;/.04, 2. That hee can no longer | 


,e faithjall in the. diſcharpe- of 
'$.© 9:HCe, {according to the ends 

THOR W3S appotited ) then 
| hos 


7 OO PI, "— 


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mre of their finnes and miſerjes. : 
Frem each of which doe ariſe theſc- 


\ 


"#nto. Sinners 61 Earth, © 


he ſhews all grace and mercy unto Part, >, 


them that comeunto his throne of. 
grace for it. 

And that is the ſecond thing 
which I at firſt propounded ; that. 
this office did lay a duty upon him to 
have compaſſion ; And it neceſſarily 
follows from the former. An4 an- 
{werably to confirme this, wee. 
have both theſe two brought to our 
hands in one place together , (and 
which 1s a parallel lace to this laſt 
interpreted) it is Heb. 2. 17. [ That 
he might be a mereifull and a faithful 
High-Pricſt, &c. ] Hee 1s at once 
here ſaid to bee hoth merciful! and 

faithful: og both are attributed to 
him, in reſpe& of this High- Prieſts 
office, faithful [High-pricſt ] and 
that, as it iS to be executed 1n 1ea- 
ven, after the dayes of his fleſh. 
ended. For the Apoſtle giving. 
the reaſon of it, and ſhewing what 
it is that fits tym to bee ſuch a3 
High-prielt, 2d; Jes. VEre 18S. [. In t hat 
hin;{elfe [ hath ] ſuſferes : ] tothe: It 
relates to th ;C iime after lus ſifte- 
rings ende:!, Now ia that he 1sf 1d 
tO bef ze -iGullJehis relates ti) that 
interuali dijpofition of his heart, 
(before 


4s « Hh 6 he Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 


V5.2, before ſpoken of ) qualifying him 


for this office; and in that he 1s ſaid 
tobe [ faithfull,) that reſpeds his 
execution of it ; he is faithful in the 
diſcharge of the duty which that 
place layes on him

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Chriſt , we have at 
once implyed, in that which imme- 
diately follows in the beginning of _ 
the 3.( hap.ver.3.Who was(ſayes the 
Apoſtle, going on to ſpeake of 
Chriſt) /a!rbfull re him that appointed 
tin, as loſes alſo was faithfull in all 
bx houſe: we have the ſame thing as 
expreſly ſpoken in that forequoted . 
place, Heb.5, (inthe next wordsto 
thoſe we even now opened),ver.3. | 
Ana by reaſon nereof (| he 0409t to offer © 
for fins. J—— bc 1, eakes 1t of Chriſts 
Type, 


#010 Sinners 0ncarth. 


Type, the High-prieſt, (as the for- Part. 2, 


mer allo he had done.) But thereb 
to ſhew that it is Chriſts duty alſo 


' to mediate for all that come to him, 


Hee ought to doe it, Now then to 
enforce this conſideration, for 
the helpe of our faith herein ; If 
this othce doth by Gods appoint- 
ment thus binde him to it, andif 
it bee the duty of his place , then 
certainly he will performe it moſt 
exaRly, for elſe he doth not do his 
duty. And our comfort may de,that 
his faithfulneſſe lies in being mer- 
Cifull ; therefore (you ſee) they are 
both here joyned together. Every 
' one is to doe the proper duty of his 
place, and exatly to ſee to that. 
And therefore the Apoſtle, Rom. 
12, exhorting to the diſcharge of 
the duties of each office in' the 
Church, ver.7. he fayes, Let him that 
bath a Miniſtry committed to him, 
wait on his Miniſtry ; and among 
others) if his place of miniſtration 
be to ſhew mercy, (as ver,8.) (which 
was an vthce in the Church, up- . 
on which lyed the care of the 
prore and ficke) he 1870 doe it with 
cheerfulneſſe, And ſo ſayes Chriſt of 
"5.7 >... 3. 


134 The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 
Part.2, himſclfe, £/ay 61. 1,2, The Spirit of 
the Lord ts upon me, t9 bind up the bre- 
ken hearted, to epen the priſon doores to 
them that are bound, (to viſite and | 
relieve them) and to preach good ti. | 
dings to the meeke. Such kind of ſouls | 

are they that hee hath the charge 
of. Hee is the great ſhepheard and 
Biſhop of ſoules, 1 Pet. 2. lt. and the . 
feke , and the broken, they are his | 
fheep , his charge, his Dioceſe, as * 
Ezekiel hath it, Chap. 34. 16. And 
totend ſuch as theſe, . he looks for ' 
ever upon 1t as his duty, as his own 
expreflion upon the like occafi- | 
on importeth, in Fohn 10.16, Other 
feeep 1 have (ayes Chriſt) them: [ 
[ft bring, &c. Obſerve how he 
puts a [uw 07 ]Jan{ 7 muſt] upon jÞ 
it ; looking at it as his duty, itrictly | 
laid upon him by his place of be- | 
ing a Shepheard. And the proper | 
duty of his place being rs ſew mercy, | 
j 


he doth it with cheerefulneſſe, (as the 
Apoſtle ſpeaks: ) For Mercy makes 
one doe. what they doe, with 
cheerfulnefſe. And Chriſt, as hee 
1s the B:fgop, ſo the 4:<« 13, the 
Deacon allo , ( for hee bearcs 


all offices to his Church ) as of 
the 


bod tn 


unto Sinners on earth. 


the circumciſion , ſo of the wncir- Part, 2; 


camciſion alſo ; ſo heis called, Rom. 
15.8. And theſe offices of High- 
Prieſt, Shepheard, Biſhop, &c. hee. 
hath {till in Heaven ; fer he contr-. 
ues a Prieſt for ever, . Hebrewes 
- 34s 
n Now therefore

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is the eſtabliſher of it. | 
Firſt, .it is the fomder of it ; For | 
the reaſon why God did ſet him 
up in that place, was, becauſe hee 
had more grace and mercy in his : 
heart, then all the creatures had, or } 
j<ould bee capable of. All Favou- 

[ rites are uſually raiſed for ſome- | 
thing that is eminent in them,either | 
beauty, pleaſantneſle of wit, State- | 
Policic, or the like. Now if you ask 

what 


unto Sinneys 02 Earth. 


what moved God to advance-Part, 2, 


Chriſt to this high Throne , it was 
his grace : So P/al.q5.3. [ Grace] 
i poured into thy tips, (and ſo dwells 
much more 1n his heart ) - | There 


fore God hath bleſſed thee : ((o it fol- 


lowes:) namely, with all thoſe 
glories in Heaven(which are Gods 
bleſſings to his Sen.) 

And then ſecondly, Grace is the 
#pholder of this Throhe's ſo ver.4. of 
the aforeſaid P/al:45. Tn thy Maje- 
fy -—proſper thou ; ag well becauſe 


of meekeneſſe , as of righteouſneſſe , 


and alſo becauſe of Zr#th; thatis, 
the word of truth, the Goſpell of 
our ſalvation , (as Paul exegetical- 
ly expoundeth it Epheſ.1.13.)Theſe 
arethe pillars and ſapporters of his 
Throne and Majeſty : And there 
are two of them, you ſee, that are of 
grace, (meekneſſe , and the Goſpell of 
our ſalvation ) unto one of juſtice or 
righteouſreſſe; and yet that one 1s 
for us too, And theſe eſtabliſh 
Chriſts Throne : So it followes, 
verſe 6. Thy Throne, O God, u for e- 
ver andever : And you know who 
applies this unto Chriſt , Heb.1.8. 


Feare not then , when as m— 
ap- 


he Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 


Part, 2 dupports his Zkajeſty and Grace his 


Throxe; and when as he holds his 
place y4 ſhewing theſe. And thus 
much from that office that is laid 
upon Chriſt as he is a Prief.. 


' . A 4. engagement,which added 


to the former, may mightily. helpe 
our faith in this, is, his own #ntereſt ; 

bothin that our ſalvation is the pur- 
Chaſe of his bloud, and-alſfo that his 
owne joy,comfort,happineſle, and 
glory are encreaſed and enlarged 

by his ſhewing grace and mercy , 

in pardoning, relieving , and com- 

forting his members here on earth , 

under all theirinfirmities. So that , 

beſides the 'obligation of an othice 

undertakenby him for us , there is 
the addition of a mighty intereſt of 
his own, coincident therewith,. to 
fixe his heart unto faithfulxeſſe for 
us, 1n 21l that doe concerne us. Wee 
ſee that Advocates and Atturneyes 
who plead. for others, althongh 
that they have no ſhare 1a the eſtate 
for which they. plead , no title to, 
or intereſt therein; yet when they 
have undertaken a Clients cauſe, 
C if honeſt) how diligent will they 
be to promote and catry it for that 
their 


—Y 4 reed ns a. Sts. ae wb yan——— —— vg on oa 


unto Sinners 0n Earth, 


their Client; ſimply becauſe it is Part, 2, © 


their othce, and the duty of their 
place; and yet they have but a very 
{mall Fee given them , in compari- 
fon of that eſtate which oft-times 
they follow ſuit abont': How much 
more would their djligenee bee 


whetted, ifthe Lands and Eſtates 


they ſae for, were their owne, or a 


purchaſe of: theirs-for their wives 


joynture , or childrens portions? 
Now ſuchis the pardoning of our 
ſins, the ſalvation of our foules,and 
the comforting of our hearts unto 
Chriſt ; theſe are the purchaſe of 


 Chriſts blood, and whilſt he is ex- 
_ erciſed in promoving theſe, he doth 


good to his own child and Spouſe, 
&c.which is in effet a doing good 
unto himſelfe. Yea, to doe theſe , 
oringethin to -himfſelfe more com- 
fort and glory , then it procures to 
them. And therefore the Apoſtle 
in the beginning of the following 
Chapter . (namely, Heb.3. ayes » 
that Chriſt: is engaged to Faith- 
fulneffe in the execution of his 
Office, not as a meere ſervant 
onely, who is betruſted by his Ma- 
ſter, but as an Wer , who bath an 


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139 


zv 


e heart of Chriſt in Heavey, 


Part. 2. intereſt 'of poſſeſſion in the things 


committed to his care , and a reve- 
nue from theſe : So ver. 5. Moſes 
verily, faies he, was faithful as a ſer» 
wart in Gods houſe; but Chriſt 4s 4 
Sox over hu owne houſe, (that is, as 
an Heire of all) whoſe haaſe (or fa- 
mily) .arewe, ((aics the Apoſtle, ) 
ver.6, If a Phyfitiar for his fee will 


 þefaithtull, although he be a ftran- 


ger; much more will he be 1o if hee 
be Facher to the Patient, (ſo as his 
owne life and comfort ate bound 
Ap in that of the childs ) or when 
much of his eſtate and commings 
in are from the life of the party un- 
to whom he miniſters phyſicke : In 
ſuch a caſe they ſhall bee ſure to 
want for no care and coſt, and to 
lacke no Cordialls that will com- 


fort them, no means that will cure | 


them, and keep them healthfull,and 
no fit diet that may nouriſh and 
ſtrengthen them. As the care of that 
Prince of the Eunuchs , in the firft 
of Daniel , was, to have thoſe chil- 
dren committed to his charge to 
eat and drinke of the beft , becauſe 
that on their looks and good liking 
his place depended : Now ſo God. 


hath | 


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unto $inners 03 earth. 


hath ordered it, even for an everla- 
ſting obligation of Chiiſts heart un- 
to us , that his grving grace, mer- 
cy, and comfort to us, 15

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heart his care 
and love rvnto tis children here be- 
low,to water an1 refreſh them every 
moment, as ( Eſay ſpeaks,(ap.37.3:) 
Forin thus putting forth acts of 
grace and favour, and in doing 
good unto them, he doth but good 
uato himſelfe, which is the ſu- 
reſt engagement in the world. 
And therefore. the Apoſtle ex- 
horts men to love their wives, 
upon this ground, that in fo 
doivg, they love themſelves: 
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f CEphrſe5 25, So ought men tolove their Parr 2. 
wives, a their 999i bodies : : He that lus 
 weth bis wife Lveth imjelje: ) lottrick 
. andneere is that relation. Now the 
iame doth hold true of Chriſt 1a t js 
.  Jovinghis Church. And therefore in 
 _ rheſameplace, the love of Chriſt un- 
ro his Clurch is held forth as the par- 
_ - rernandexemplar of ours, fo ver.25. 
+ F Even a Chriſt alſo loved the Cherch. | 
Andfout may well be arpucd thence 
by conparing the one ſpeech with 
; the ocher, that Chriſt in loving his 
" | Church, doth bur love himileite ; "and 
hen , the more love and Prace he 
ſhews unto the Members of that his 
Bdy, the more he thews ſove unto 
Limiclfc, And :ccordingly It 18 flur= 
ter added there, ver, 27. that be daily 
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| fins we) 'hat hem 2bt reſent; it to | bins 
bY 1:1f] a 8/3208 Church, ot bawang ſpot 
| | or reikle.ehe . Obierve, it 1s 0 | bir - 
_ feife..| So that ailihus hedorh tor his 


* þ members isfor him.Ulle, astirujv, yea 
* | mor: fuly thin for them ard 1:15 
> | iharcof glayy cur cfiheirs is greater 
? | ithenthcl;s, by how much the © 


. of the calle } is ergarcr then the 


146 


Par yr, 2. ctic&. And thus indeed the Scrip= 


cure ſpeaks of 1t : as, whilſt ic calls the 

Saints the glory of Chriſt: So 2 Cor. 6, 
23s o_ Chriſt, in John 17. 13. and 
Cr .22,23. layes, tharthe is alorified 3 in 
rang And Pſal, 45. where Chriſt is 
fer forth as Solomon inall his royalty 
and maJelly ; yet ver, Il, he is ſaid 
great'y ta-deſire or delight in the beauty 
of his Queen; thar is, the graces of the 


| Saincs; and that nor with an ordinary 


d-lipar, bur he greath deſires z his de- 
ſrc is encreaſed asher beauty i is: For 
Liar is there brought in as a motive 
unto her to be more holy and confor- 
med utiro him , 70 encline ber eare, and 
forfe he ber F athers bouſe, ver.10, | So] 
fall the King greatly deſire thy beauty. 
Chritt hath a beaticy thar plcaſeth 
him, as well as we have,though of an» 


other kinde ; and thercfore ccaſerh 


not ili he bath got outevery ſpot and 
wrink{ out of his Spoulcs face, {as we 
heard rhe Apoltile ſpeake even row) 
| t0 pc) (ent ber glorious unto bimjelje; 
£ratis, deliphitull and pleating in his 
LYC. And luitably unto this (to con- 
arme us vet more in it ) Chriitinthar 
&crman which was his folemne fare- 

vil! dciore bis going to ilaven, at- 


{ures 


The Heart of Chriſt zn Heaven, ; 
i 


As. COD CODES OO” — 


upto Singers 08 Earth, 


fares his Diſciples chat his heart Part, 2. 


would b= ſo farre frum being weaned 
from them, thet his Joy would {till be 
in them,to {ce them proſper and bring 
forth fruit ; ſo Fobn 15. 9, 10, 1t. 
where his [cope isto allure them of 
the continuance of his love unto them 
when heſhould begone fo ver. g,10- 
As my Father hath loved me , ſo bave TI 
loved you : Continue in my love, &c. As 
if he had ſaid, Feare nor you my love, 
nor the continuance of ir in my abs 
fence; but look you to doe your duty, 
&c. And to give them aſſurance of 
this, he furiher tels them, thar even 
when he is1n heaven, in the great<{t 
fulnes of pleaſure at Gods right hand, 
yereven then his joy will be an themand 
intheir well doing ; ſover. 11, T hee 
rings bave 1 ſpoken unto you that my joy 
may remapie in you's and that your joy 
my be jill, He ſpears juſt like a Far 
ther thar 1s taking bis leave of hrs 
children, and comforting them at his 
departure , and giving them good 
couniel], ro take good courſes when 
he is gone from them, to keep bis Com- 
mandements, and to fove one another; 
ſover,to, & 12. and backs it with thts 
motive, fo ſhall my joy remain in 1:2, 
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Tie Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 


2, (itisas Fathers uſe to ipeake ) and ir 


w:li be tor your goud roo, your joy 
will be al:;o fall. To open which words 
a )itile, the word | remaine } uſed cone 
ccrnivg their abiding iz bis tos ie, and 
M18; iy aliding in them, is uied ih re- 
$:regce to the continuing of both 
:thele rowards them in Heaven. And 


when Chrilt tayes, That my joy may 


remain it you , It 18 as it he had ſaid, 
that T may even in Heaven have cauſe 
torejoyce in you, when I ſhall heare 


and know of you that ycu agree and ' 


ar2 loving each ro other, and ] keepe 
my Command: ments. The joy whi ich 
he ther calls His jy, | My | gop,, is 

not to be unacrltood OzZjectrve , of 
T beir joy in Him, as the object of 1t; 
bur Swvjeftive, of the joy that (hot: 4 
be in himiclfe, and which he ſhould 


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na\icinthem. So Auzrftine long lince | 


Ioterpreced it : ©x0072m ( fayes he) 
eft illud gaudium E © br iſti [ 722 71: bur) ol; 
guodille > gn-tur g, rt dere [ der:o! oy ? | 
whatis Chrilis joy 7, Eurt that 
which ke vouchfaterh to ! kave of an! 
for ns ? Anditisevident by this, that 
Gih-rwite if it were their joy which 
hc meant inthat firit ſentence , then 
6324: ofche; that foilowes, | And your 
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Joy ſhall be fall | werea Tautologie, Pix, >, 


He ipeakes therefore of his J»y ard 
theirs, as of two Gti Arhiings : and 
both together were the greatclt mo» 
tives that con'd be given © encor- 
raze and quicken bis Diſcin'es in 0+ 
bed: nce. Now tike an elimite of 
Chriſt hent heroin, from t1109 twy 
holy Ap« fits, Parlund Toby; who 
werc {ſmaller re'erbiunces of his im 
Chrift. What '{nex: to imincdiace 
communion with Ghriftt him!cHt. 3

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be underſtood by us, and 
alſo how ſuch affeAions come to be 
letinto his hearr, and therein to work 
theſe bowels of compaſſion unto us. 
This in the beginnihg of the Secoud 
Part | propounded to be handled, as 
being neceſſzry both for the opening 
and clearing the words of the Texr, 
(which mai::ly hold forth this) as 2l- 
ſo for the clearing of thething ic ſ-ltc, 
the point in hand. For {as I there 
ſh2wed) theſe words come in by way 
of pre-occupation or prevention of 
an obj.&ion, as if his ſiaie now in 
heaven were not capable of fuch aife- 
tions as ſhould tenderly move him 
ro pity and commileration, he being 
now glorified both In foul and body. 
Whick chought, becauſe it was apt 
to ariſz in all mens minds,the Apoſtle 

berefore fore-{t3lls it, borh by aftir- 
ming the contrary, | We havenet an 
E i7h-pricft that cannot be tomond, of | 
nat 


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unto Sinners on Earth. 


that is, he both car be, (or, is capable 


of ic) and likewiſe zs couched , not- 
withitanding all his glory; 28 alſo 
by annexing the reaſon of it, or ſhew- 
ing the way how it c« mes to paſſe, in 
that 77 all points be was tempted like as 
we ares 

Now in handling and opening 
theſe, which 1s a matter full of difh- 
culy ) I ſhall withall warinefſepro- 
ceed ro the c1\covery of what manger 
ofaft.Aton in Chriit thisis, and thar 
Gy theſe ſteps and degrees. 

1, This affcCtion of compaſſion, or 
h's being toucyoed with the feeling of oxy 
om firmities, is not wholly to be undcre 
ſtood in a mcraphorica! 1 or a fimili- 
trncinary ſenſe, as thoſe ſpe _—_ Wn 
of God in the Q!d Tejtement are ro 
be underſtood , when bowe!s ar Come 
paſtion are attribrted unro him, and 
his vors!s are {aid co be rowled rogeiher; 
Or as wacnasititisfaid of God, thar 
he reperted , and was effiifiea im ab bis 
dcoptes © fliffivns, AN which expretſt- 
CNS WEFe ipoken of God, (as we all 
know'\but .:1 21C rly V4" a Fam T6 SHAY 

after the r2.3nmer of men ; 19 to convey 
and repreſent to our 7 appr: henfions, 
Dy what aftcCtions ute to bs in pas 
rents 


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The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 
rents or friends in ſuci} and ſuch cates, 
(whar provoke them unto ſuch and 
iuch aftions,) which likeeffects pro- 
cecd from God rowards us when he 
ſces us in ciſtre{ſs, And 1o they are 
ſpoken rather per modum EffecTus, then 
Hfetis, rather by way of like Efec? 
whieh God produceth, then by way 
of fuch Affc&ion in Gods heart, 
which is not capable v*any ſuch paſſi- 
ons as theſe are. Now towards the 
right und-rftanding of this, rhe ficlt 
thing which Tafirne 1s, t-ar{barcly) 
in fuch a ne asctl is, that Which is 


here ſpoken of Chrilt, 1s not to be une | 


derfiood; and my reaion for it is 
grounded upon th.cle two things put 
togerher:; þirit, thar this aff. Ction 
of lis rowards us tore ſpoicen ot, is 
manifeſtly meant of ws bumane nature, 
and not of his Godhead onely, for 1t 
i3 ſpoken of that nature wherein he 
once was texipted as we naw are, $09 
exp:cſ}v in the next words, whici 
can be m-ant of no 0:her then his hu- 
mane nature. | 

And Sccondly , That thofe kindz 


of expreiſions which were ufcd of 


God before the Aſſumprtan of our 
nature, onely in a way of metaphor 
and 


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and funilicuce after the manner of men) Part, 3, 


ſhould in no further or morercall and 
proper ſcenic be ipoken of Chriſt and 
his humane nature now alſumed, and 
when he is a man as truly and propere 
ly as we are, I cannot imaginez when 
I contider and remember thar which 
T Jaſt iniitted cn, that one end of 
Chrilis taking an humane nature, 
was, ihat he n:ight be a | mercifsll | 
High-Prieft farecer ; in ſuch a war, as 
ke being Gud al ne, could not have 
been. I conte1]c I have often wondr<d 
art ac expreition there ute d , Heb. 2. 


. .Heto:he the fred of Abrabum, tht be 


might be made a merciſn!Hiniorieft-wya 
at the firſt reaving founied, as if God 
had bces made more mercitull by ta» 
king our nainre. Pit this ſolved the 
woncer, that this aſſumption added a 
new way of Gods bcing merciful] : 
By m-ares of which 1 may now be 
ſaid, (f-:r the comforc and relicte of 
our faith) that God is truly and really 
merciiul!, 42min, And ihe conſ{t- 
deration of t!.js contriou:es this to the 
clearing of the thing in hand, that 
whereas God of imicife was fo blet> 
ſed andperiet, thar his ble fI-dneffe 
could not kave becn t..ucted with _ 
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Part. 3 leail feeling of our infirmities ; nei. 
ther

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of | 
it were in Chriſt fuiftilled. And this 

iS the firit ſtep cowards the under- 

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ſtanding of whar is here (aid of Chriſt Parr. 3 


raken from this compariſon with tlie 
like attributed unco God himſelfe. 
Affſecond and further ſtep to ler in 
our underſtanding to the apprehen- 
fion of this, is by the like further com- 
arion to be made with the Angels, 
ard thoſe affe&ions of love and pitty 
that are certainly found in them. In 
compariſon of which, theſe affeCtions 
in Chriſts humane nature (though 
glorified) muſt needs be far more like 
ro ours , even more tender, and more 


humane: For in thar Feb. 2. ir is ex- 


prelly ſaid , He therefore tooke not the 
nature of the Angels , that be might be a 
mercifull High-Prieft» Part of the in- 
rendment of thoſe words is to ſh:w 
and give the reaſcn, not onely why he 
rook our rature anacr fraile fleth, 
(though that the Apoſtie mentions, 
ver.1 4.) but why an humanenature 
for the ſubſtance cf ir, and nor the rfa= 
tarc of Angels: Becauſe in his atfe- 
etions cf mercy he wculd for ever 
come neerer tous, and have ſuch at- 
{cCtions, and of the ſame kind with 
ours. Whereas orberwiſe in othcr re- 
ſrefts, an Angel would have becn an 
higier & more glorious High-Prieſt 
then a man, Now 


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Parr. 3. 


KNow the Angels being fellow ſer- 
varts Withus, ( as the Angel called 
himle'tc, Rev,22,2. ) they Lave affe- 
Ctuns ti wards us more aflimilatel 
Fato our:s,t hw (God haths ana fo are 
more capable ot ſuch imprcfijons 
from our mif:rics, then God 1s, Al- 
though they be Spirar, yer they par. 
take of ſumething znalopicall, OI Ce 
{-mbling aud anſw ering, to thoſe af- 
fecrions of pity, g1 ttc, &c. which are 
inus. Andindecd, lo tar as rheſe af- 


f. &ions are ſcaced in our foules, and 


not drencht in the pattions of thz bo- 
dy, (unto which our ſoulcs are united) 
they arethe very fame kinde of affc- 
Gions in vs, that are in thcm. H-nce 


the ſme laſts that are in men, arc ſaid 


ro be in devuy, Johi: 8, 44. and there- 
fore the dets's alſo are laid ro ſczr ard 
tremble, &c. A ndfo(oppolitely the 
ſame aff-Ctions that are in men, fo 
farre as they are ſpirituall,ard che ſpi- 
ric or (oule isth- fear of of: em, they 
muſt ceeds be found in the yood An- 
gels. - Pur Chriſt having an humane 
Nature , the ſame for ſubſtance thar 
oursSis,, corſitting buith of ſoule and 
budy, although through glory made 


ſprratuall, yer not become a Spirit, (A 


S part 


The Heart of Chriſt in Heaven, 


NC 
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S pirit hath not fleſh nd bonzs, aye fee Par 


me have, fayes Chrilt ut himſelte, after 
his Reiurreion, Luke 24.39.) chere- 
fore he muſt necds have affeCtions to- 
wards us yet, more like tothe of 


ours thenthoſe are which the Angels 


have. So thin by theſe rwo ſteps we 
have gained theſe two things, That 
even 19 Chriits humane nature. 
(though gloriticd) affetions of pity 
and compatlion arcirue and reall and 
nor metaphorically ateributed tohim 
as they are unro Gud z and alio more 
neere and like unco ours here, rFcn 
thoſe inthe Angels arc ; even affcti- 
onS proper tO mins nature, and tru 


ly humane. And theſe he thould i-ave 


had,alchuugh this tno-ancnacuretiad 
from the very firſt afſuuvpcion ct ir 
been as vlurious as it is now In hea- 
ven, 

Burnow thirdly, addinis(6irthes) 
that Gud io ordere.: 1: 5 thar betore 
Chriit {Feuld cloathe tis his humane 
nature wi. h that gory he hath in hea» 
vei, and put thig glory upon ir, he 
ſzould brit rake it as cloathed

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come to ſtir up ſuch kind- 
ly affeftions of pity and compaſſion 


in him,it is not hard co conceive from 
' What hath now been faid, and frum 


what the Text doth further hint un- 
bo Us, 

I. The underſtanding and know. 
ledge of chat humane nature hath nc- 
rice and cogniſance of all the occur- 
rences that befall his nxembers here. 
And for this the Text is cleare: For 
the Apoſtle ſpeakes this for our en- 


' couragement , That Chriſt ze teucht 


with the feeling of our mfirmities; wHzh 


. could not be a reliefe unto us, itir 


ſtppoſed nt this, that he particularly 
aud diſtinMly knew thern; And if nor 


 allaswell as Gme, we ſhould want 


reliefe in all, as not knowing which 
he knew, and which not. And che A- 
poftle affirmes this of his tumane na- 
ture, (as was [:1d) for heſpeaks of 
that nature that vas terpted here Ce 
low. And thewfore the Limbe tht 
was ſlaine, and io the man Chriſt Jeſwur, 
is Reved. 5. 6. faid to have ſeven eve, 
as well as ſever þ-rnes ; which ſeven 
eyes 


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any other man was, or ſhall be. Parr, 


3, 


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Parc. 3 


The Heart of Chriſt in H edven, | 


_ eyes are the ſeven Spirits ſent forth into; 


all ike earth. His eyes of Providence 


( chrough his annointing with the. 


Holy Ghoſt ) are in all corners of the: 


world,and view all che things thar are” 


dune under the Sun; in like manner 


he is there {aid to have ſever hornes for 
power, as ſeven eyes tor knowledpes 


and buth are defined ro be ſever, ty 
ſhew the perfe&ion of both ; in theic| 
Extent, reaching unto all things: $0 
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As God ſaid to the Ifraclires 
when they ſhould be poſſeſſed of Ca. 


aan their own land , Exe. 23.9, Te 


_ _ 


q 


k: ow the hearts of ftrangers, ſecing je. 


were ſlrargers,&c. and therefore doth | 


command them to pitty ſtrangers,and; 
touſe rhem well upon that motive.: 
So may itbefaidot CHRIST, that. 
he doth know the hearts of bis chi/aren | 
in miſcry, ſeeing hinife!fe was once 


under the like, Or as the Apoſtle cx} 
horisthe Hcbrewes, Heb. 13. 3. Kt} 


member them that are in bonds, as bourd 
withihmm, audihemthat ſuffer adcer- 
ſay, as being jour ſelves [inthe b.dj,\j 
and (vo ereyou dye, may come to ſut- 
tecrite like, £0 Chriſt, the head of the 
body, (which is the foun aire of all 
{ni and feeling in the body ) doth] 


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rem n.ber them thar are b-und and} 


in adverſity, having himſclte bene] 


once. 


unto Sinners 02 Earth. 


ance in the bady ; and fo he experi- Par 
mentally compaſſtonares them. And 
this is-a further thing then the tor- 


NT mer; Wehave gained this further, 
* | Thar Chriit har\ nor onely ſuch aff 
| tions as arz r-a!l and proper ro an 
| humanenarnre , bur ſach af.&ions 
© aszreftirredupin him, from EX JC= 
lt riince of the like by him=lfe once 
tated inatrateraturelike unth 01:5 
oy | And ihus mnch tor che w ty <; I LIettin;s 
| 12 alt our mieries lfito Chriits hearc 
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- low-fecling, and {ympathie , or ſeffe- 


The Heart of Criſt 71 Heaven, 


6. II. 


A mere particular diſquifitios , What' 
manner of affe&ion this is : The 
Seat thereof , whether in bu ſpirit, or| 
ſoule onely , or the whole humane nas. 
ture, Some Cantions add:d. 


j 
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| 


p Lt concerning this AffeRion ir| | 
3 Melfe of pity and compaſſion, fel. 


ring with, (asthe Text calls 1t) which | 
is the produ&, reſulc, or thing pro- < 
duced in his heart by theſe; there fill | 
remaines another thing more particus } 
larly ro be inquired into ; namely, 
What manner of affe&ion this 1s. For | 
that ſuch an affection is ſtirred up in 
him, beſides and beyond a bare aQ of | 
knowledge , or remembrance how | 
once it was with himfelfe., is evident 
by whac wefi d in the Text. The A- 
poſtle ſayes, not onely that he remem- 
bers how himſelfc was tempred with | 
the like infirmities thac we are, 
(thou zh that be neceſſarily ſuppoſed) 
bur char he is ſtruck and zorcbt with | 
the feeling of our infirmities; to the pro- 
* ducing 


unto Sinners 02 Earth, 


brance doth but ſubſerve. And he rels 
us, Chriſt is be, and his heart is ca- 
pable of thus being couckt. And the 
word [ovurSfou] is adeep word, ſig- 
nitying to ſuffer with us, uncill we are 
relieved. And this aff-&ion thus ftir- 
red up,is it which mov<th him ſo cor- 
dially to help us. 


» Now concerning this affeQion, (as 
here thus exprefſed:) how far it ex- 


tends

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in heaven? (if this Poſition be allayed 
with tho'e due cautions and conſide- 
rations which preſently I ſhaii an- 
nexe) For, if for fubitance the ſame 
f:ſþ and blood, and animall fpirits re- 


main and ave their ule;{for though 


Chriſt in Luke 2 4. 29. meritioned og- 
ly his having fleſþ and borer atror his 
reſurreaicn, unto Thomas and the 

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rits are included in that fleſh, for it is 


fe&ions alſo? and thule nor ſtirring 
onely and meerly in the ſoule, bur 
working in the bedy allo, unto 


which rthar ſoule is jJ»yned , and 


ſo rematuing really humane aff. &i- 
ons? The uſe of blood and fpirits is, 
as tonourifh, ( which end 1s now cea- 
ſed ) ſoro affc& the heart and bowels 
by their motion to and fro, when the 
ſoule is afft-&ed. And why this uſe of 
them ſhuuld not remaane, ſand ifnot 


' Cerovitala, living fi:ſh, and therefore 
hach Blood and Spirits that fluw and 
move 1n it,) then why nor the ſame afo 


OO adi eſt 212 Heaven, BY 
T. Part. 3 other Diſciples , becauſe theſe two as | 
'2 Jone were ro be the objeC& of his ! 


Touch and Feeling; yet Blood and Spi- | 


this, we can conceive no Other) l. 


know nor. Neither why this aff: &i= 
on ſhould be' onely reſtrained to his 
ſpirit or ſoule , and his corporeall 
powers not be ſuppoled ro communt- 
cate and partake inth.m Thar {o, as 
he isatrue man , and the ſame man 
that he was, both in body as wcll as 


10 ſoulc, (for cle ithad nur becna true -- 


Relturr<Cion) fo he hath ſtill the very 
ſame true humane affeions in them 
buth : and ſuch, as whereof the body 
18 


o is the ſeac (and inſtrument) as well as 
S ; 


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the ſfoule. And ſeeing this whole man 
both body and ſoule was tempred, 
and that ( asthe Texc layes ) heis 
touched with & feeling in that nature 
which is tempred , it muſt therefore 
be inthe wholz man, both body and 
ſoule, Thercfore when as we read of 
the wrath of the Lambe, as Rewel, 6,16, 
(namely, againſt his enemies) as here 
of his piry aud compaſſion ( rowards 
his frier:ds and members ) why ſhould 
this beactribured onely to his Deity, 
(which 1s nor capable oi wra- b) or to 
his ſoale and ſpirit onely? And why 
may it not b« chought he is truly an- 


' . gry asa man, in his whole man, aud 


ſo wich ſuch a wrath as bis body is afe 
feted with, as well as that he is 
wrathfull in his ſoule onely; fccing he 
bath caken up our whole natur-, on 
purpoſe to (ubſerve his Divine nature 
In all the exc curiovs of it? 


Bur now, how farre (1n our appre- , 


henfions of this) we are to cut off che 
weakn<fſ: and trailty of ſuch affeCi- 


ons as inthe day.s of his fleth was in . 
them, and how cxaGly to difference | 


thoſe which Chriſt had here, and 


thole which he hath in heaven, chere- 
il 


Part..3. * 


wy he F eart of Chriſt in Heaven, , by 
- - Part, -Þ inlyes the cificulty, and] can pcake | 


bur lile ur to ic. 

Yer firſt, this we may lay down as 
an undoubred Maxime , That fo far, 
or in whar ſenſe his Body it ſc!fe is 
made ſpiritnoJ, (as it is called, 1 Core 
15. 44. ) ſofar, andin that ſenſe all 
ſuch aff. &ions as thus working in his 
Body, are made pritual; and that in 
an oppcſition to rhat fic ſh'y andfrafle 
way of their working hcre. Pur ther, 


as his Body 1s ma''e irstrrall, not Spi> .. 


rit , ( ſpiritual m reſpe& ot power, 
and likeneſſe to a Spitir, nut in re- 
ſpe& of ſubſtance or nature) fo theſe 
affeftions of pity and com paſlion dce 
work noton]y in his Spir:t or Sc, ule, 
bur in his Bedy too, as th: ir feat and 
Inſtrument, though in a more ſpirit 
all way of working, and more |'ke 
to har of Spirits, then tho'e in a fic{h» 
ly frail bed #r>. They arc not whol- 
Iy ſptricuall in iis {cnictiat the ſoule 
15 the (vie ſubject fitem, and ihar ir 
drawes up al uh Wokings Into It 
felfe: fo ihar that ſhow's be the Cife- 
rice between his affeQipnsnow,and 
inthe Caycs of his fleſh, Men are not 
to conceive, at if his body were tur- 
ncd into ſuch a ſucktince as the Sin 
is 


»” GN dtd yams Wm we 


unto Stnners 0 Earth. 
is of, for the ſoule ( asthrough a caſe 
of glaſſe ) ro ſhine gloriouſly inonlys 
but further ic is united tothe ſoule, ro 
be afted by it, (though inimediarely) 
for the ſoule to produce operations 
mit. And its called priuwal, not 
thar it reraines not a body , but be- 
cauſcic remaincs not ſuch abedy; bur 
3s ſo framed ro the foule, that both it 
ſelfe ard al] the eperations of a!l the 
powers 1n ir, are immediately and cn- 


- nrely at the arbitrary i»perium and 


dominion of the ſoule ; and that, as 
the fou'c is pleaſedto uſe it, and to 
fray ir and move it, ever as 12 niedi- 
ately ard asnimbly ( and with ut a- 
ny cl-g or impediment ) as an Angell 
moves i: fclfe, or as the ſoule aGteth ir 
ſelfe. So that this may perhanys b2 one 
difference, thar thiſe affeGions, fo 


"'faras nike body of Chrilt , doe nor 


aff, & his ſoule, ( as here they did, 
though as then under the command 
of Grace and Reaſon, to keep.their 


motions from being 1nordinate or 


finfu!l ) but further , 1he fonle berny 
now to tron; for them, doth at its 
own arbitrement raiſe them, and as 
entircly and immediately ſtir them as 


itdoth ic ſelle, 


Hence 


Part. 3 | 


F Part. 3 


b 
*I1 


rift in Heaven, | 


Hence 2. theſe affeQions of pity 
and fympathie ſo ſtirred up by him- 
ſelie, though they m.ve his bowels, 
and aff & his bodily hear: as they did 
here yer they doe nor afflit and per» 
turbehim in the leaſt, nor become 
they a bur.hen anda load unco his ſpi- 
rit, fo as to make him ſorrowfull- or 
beavy, (as inthis lite here his pity un» 
to Lizarw made him, and as his dis 
Airciſes at laſt, tha: made him ſorrow- 


full unto death, ) So char, as in their 


riſe, fo in their cfe&, they urterly 
diftfegfrom whac they were here be- 
low. And rhe reaion of this is, be- 
cauſe his Body, and the blood and 
ſpirirs chereot , ( che inftruments of 
affeQing him) are now altoz.cther 
impaſlible ; namely in chis ſenſe; that 
they are nor capable of the leaſt 


alteration tending ro any hurt what»: 


ever: Andſo, hisb dy isnot fubj<& 
to any rricfe, nor his ſpirits co any 
waſte, decay, or « xpence. They may, 
and d-je {ubſ. rv< the ſoule in its affe= 
Ci. ns,as they did whiiſt he was here; 


* bur this, meerly by a locall motion, 


moving to and fro 'n the veynes and 
arteries, to affef the heart an | bow- 
els, withour the leaſt diminucion or 

; impaire 


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unto S102e75 03 Ea rio 


Impaireto themſelves , or derr1ment 
tohim. And thus it comes to paſſe, 
thar rhough this Blood and fpirics 
doe ſtir up the ſame affe&ions in his 
heai t and bowels, which herethey did, 
yet not (as ihen) with the leaft percur- 
barion in himſclte, vr ji:couvenicnce 
unto himſclie ; Bur