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enemy_n	army_n	raise_v	siege_n	1,147	5	9.1227	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77355	The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mysterie of the saints comfort and holinesse, opened and applyed from Christs priestly office. II. Satans power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulnesse required in every condition.	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Yates, John, d. ca. 1660.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.; Adderley, William.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4445; Thomason E471_1; ESTC R6919	182,218	262

excels all the High-Priests that ever were As for other High-Priests they did not take an Oath when they came into their office but he swears Other High-Priests had sins themselves to offer for but he Holy and Seperate from sinners Other High-Priests dyed and did not continue so for ever but he liveth for ever to make intercession Other High-Priests offered not Themselves but he offered up Himself He was a King and a Priest they were not They indeed entered into the Holy of Holiest but it was Earthy he is gone into the Holy of Holiest and that is Heavenly They were but Types of him Shadows if a shadow fall upon a dirty ground it cannot make it dry but the Sun can and yet notwithstanding these other High-Priests the Apostle saith of them Being compast about with infirmities they could have compassion on those that are ignorant and out of the way They men of Infirmities sinners They in the time of the Law How much more is Jesus Christ able to succour who is so transcendent an High-Priest and excelling all others that ever went before him I 'le say nothing of the great Power that he hath with the Father or in his own hands The Keyes of hell and death He is able by Conquest for to succour you that are tempted he is able by Conquest for to raise the Siege that is laid against our souls he hath beaten through the Enemy As now if a Town be beleaguer'd straightly besieged by an Enemy and the Enemy abroad in the Field having an army in the Field if any will come to raise the Siege they must fight through the Army they must beat through the Army before they can raise the Siege Never a tempted sould but is thus besieged with temptation closely begirt and the Devils were abroad in the field were the Masters of the field till Christ came and no man nor Angel was able to beat through but Jesus Christ beat up the Quarters all along beat through the Enemy cast out Devils all along overcame Paul by being tempted overcame temptation So by his dying he overcame death and by taking our infirmities upon him he overcame our infirmities and by being subject to the Law he overcame the Law and the curse of the Law and so by being tempted he overcame temptation and having beaten the Enemy out of the field he is now able to raise the Siege he is absolutely able to raise the Siege which none else is able to do He is able to save to the uttermost We shall not need to stand long on this But you will say We will grant Christ is able to succour tempted souls but is he willing Yes He is infinitly willing to succour poor tempted souls Our great succour lies in Reconciliation with God the Father as by comparing these two verses together doth appear God the father hath set him forth to be a propitiation it was the will of God the Father that Jesus Christ should come and make propitiation it was his will Now look into the 40. Psalm and see what Christ saith concerning the will of the Father verse the 7. Loe I come in the volum of the book it is written of me I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy Law is within my heart Some books reade it Thy Law is within my bowels thy Law is within my heart 't is in my desires Yea not only saith he in my desires but in the Gospel we reade it With desiring have I desired to eat this Pass-over before he suffered Desiring have I desired And saith he I have a baptisme to be baptizeds with and I am straitened till it be accomplish't I can have no rest till it be done I am straitened till it be accomplished Yea not only so but saith he here in this Psalm I delight to do thy will 't is the will of God he should make propitiation and so succour I delight to do thy will And in the 8. of the Proverbs My delights are with the sons of men some reade it All my delight but 't is in the plural number When God laid the foundations of the earth my delights were with the sons of men A high and a great expression Surely Jesus Christ cannot but be willing to succour tempted ones when his delights are with the sons of men Again A man must needs be willing to do that which he is willing to suffer much for to be at much cost and pains for David was willing to build the Temple because he laid out so much by way of preparation And Araunah was willing to have a sacrifice because he gave up his threshing-flowr it appear'd he was willing And now when Jesus Christ is content to suffer so much that he may make a propitiation for sinners and reconciliation with the Father and so succour it argues that he is very willing Besides A man is willing to have that done which he is much troubled for if it be not done You know when Christ came to Jerusalem he wept saies the text and he wept He came a succouring and they would not be succoured How often would I have gathered thee as an hen gathers her chickens under her wings and thou wouldst not A Hen is a succouring creature Christ came a succouring came to gather them as a Hen. A Hen sits upon the eggs and hatcheth with the warmth of her body So doth Christ do with the warmth of his love A Hen sits till the feathers be off her own body makes her own body naked for to hatch up And so did Christ When the chicken is hatch't she succours it and covers it under her wings and when the chicken can run abroad let the hen find but a grain of corn she clucks and cals the chicken to her to have part of it And so did Christ And when danger comes the Kite comes she cals the chicken under her wings again to succour it So does Christ When he saies thus he came to gather them as a Hen gathers her chickens under her wings he came to succour them but they would not be succour'd see how he takes it the text saies He wept he wept he was much troubled Wise men don't use to weep before company children will but those that are very wise if they will weep they weep in private Jesus Christ that was the wisdom of the Father fals a weeping and all because they would not be succour'd Surely then Jesus Christ is very willing to succour poor sinners And beloved this was his love and this was his compassion in the day of his infirmity how great is it now in the day of his glory Again It argues that he is very willing to succour poor tempted souls because he was so willing to cure diseased bodies when he was upon the earth he was willing to cure them So willing as though it did cost a miracle yet he would do it So willing that though they did not know him as he