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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91012	Compassionate Christ. A small treatise, setting forth the tendernesse of Christ towards the bruised and broken in spirit. / By H. Prime. Minister of the Gospell.	Prime, H.	1645 (1645)	Wing P3459; Thomason E1201_3; ESTC R208768	5,835	22

in parables to win his followers At his first Sermon Matth. 5. What tender droppings of the Word of Grace from his lips beginning with blessings Blessed are the poor in Spirit meek hungering pronouncing blessings unto the beginnings of grace poverty of spirit hungring and thirsting little more than privations preceding habits of grace or else preparations unto grace and so along treating of divine providence by arguments taken from Lillyes and Sparrows as they were able to heare So that as Luke sayes all were affected with his ministry all bare him witnesse as wondering at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth Luke 4.22 7. So his discipline gentle discipline Matth. 11.30 My yoke is easie burthen light easie to the spirit though not to the flesh or hard at first putting on though gentle and light afterwards and this is the yoke of obedience to Gods Commands whose Commands are not grievous Besides Christ hath drawn in this yoke himselfe he learned obedience by the things he suffered and so must all his all is not done at first Peter James John c. were a long time learning conformity to this yoke 8. He is tenderly carryed towards his when they are well and in health Joh. 11. How familiarly conversing with Lazarus Mary Martha eating sitting talking at times with them how pleasant is the company of a wise grave godly loving friend to us 9 Much more when they are sicke and ill how readily doe they come to tell Christ of Lazarus sicknesse Lord he whom thou lovest is sick Who but Christ to them who are sick For this he is compared unto the good Samaritan Luke 10. who came to and comforted and tooke care for the future of the poor bruised and broken travellers good When Priest nor Levite neither did nor durst come neer him the Priest especially Ne Cadaveris contactu pollueretur Beza How speedy in rising from the grave to comfort his perplexed Disciples Peter especially that had both crazed his conscience and lost his office by his deniall Go tell my disciples and Peter And so to Thomas Bring hither thy finger c. and to Mary weeping at the Sepulcher 10 Last of all and most of all to his when they die as Joh. 11. Our friend Lazarus sleepeth weeping groaning in Spirit all the Saints dye in Christs armes Into thy hands I commend my spirit So Stephen So Luther Thee onely O Christ have I known have I loved trusted served Into thy hands I commend my spirit Reasons of the point 1. The neare relation between Christ and his Hee is our elder brother our kinsman our flesh and blood which he took into fellowship with the God-head that he might compassionate our estate See Heb. 2.14 15. The best nature in heaven and the best nature on earth united in one person 2. He was a bruised reed himself from his infancy to his death Herod sought to crush him in his cradle See his bruisings in all the Evangelists Esay 53.3.5 vers 3. He was free from sin which made him so compassionate towards all his especially Sin hardens the heart Lest your hearts be hardned through c. Self-love pride covetousnesse bring a callosity upon the heart 4. He is full of grace and thereby sufficiently qualified for this office Note Esay 61.1 2 3. Having the fulnesse of the holy Spirit he was made fit to accommodate himself to the comfort of every distressed case if the heart were broken his office was to bind it up if in captivity he was to proclaime liberty 5. Whither should the Saints go in their difficult cases if Christ had no bowels refuge may utterly fail See Esay 63.15 16. Abram is ignorant of us Psalm 44.17 18 19. So Paul left and forsaken of all though not of God 2 Tim. 1.15 2 Tim. 4.16 17. 6. If Christ were not thus tenderly affected God would have none to serve him seeing the righteous fall seven times a day And therefore David speaks of him as of a loving Master that will not alwayes chide but hath the pity of a Father Psal 103.7 8.13 14. God is very careful not to discourage his bruised reeds naturally Christ is thought an hard Master as that servant falsely said I knew that thou wert an aushere man but nothing so he was a foolish slothfull servant and was glad of such an excuse to put off Christs service but the Saints upon triall find it otherwise being sorry they knew him and his service no sooner not willing to change it for another Whiter shall we go thou hast the words of eternall life Application followes 1. Admire the wisdom and goodnesse of God that hath set such a one over his houshold so wise so compassionate our lot might have been under bondage all our dayes and to have had such over us as would have rent our flesh with Scorpions and puld out our heart out of our bodies and after all have been sent to hell The Lord might have set Lions and Tygers over us but he governes his by the Lambe Behold the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world Eliakim in this was a type of Christ Esay 22.21 22 23 24. this is for our holy admiration 2. Admire the excellency of our Redeemer What is thy beloved above other beloveds My beloved is white and ruddy the chiefest of ten thousand none so wise as he none so gracious so mercifull so compassionate to his poor afflicted bruised reeds As their Prophet resolves all their doubts Clearing all the Cases out of Scriptures As their King subduing all their lusts confounding all their enemies maintaining all their liberties As their Priest pardoning all their sins perfuming mending all their prayers with his Odors bringing them into favour with God 3. It shewes their vilenesse that sinne against so tender a Saviour those principally that first despise his Word and Ordinances secondly that refuse his Government We will not have this man to reigne over us 4. See what great dissimilitude there is betwixt Christ and men men in place set over others where shall wee find Christs bowels in many mens bosomes Where is become the spirit of Elisha when others would have had the Armies slain His word was Set bread and water before them and send them to their master 5. Christ herein is a patterne to all Governours Masters Ministers Parents c. 6. Here is comfort to all bruised reeds from their relation they have to Christ Their case is exceeding comfortable though much afflicted It is better to be a bruised reed then a broken gilded gawdy Idoll Jer. 22. God calleth Coniah 2 Broken Idoll a vessell in which is no honour though a great man and such is all sinfull greatnesse when under judgement What more deformed despised a thing than a broken Idoll Wicked men that must be adored as Idols for their honours greatnesse riches learning parts in the day of their visitation and destruction comming as a Whirle-wind from God most miserable forlorne and despised is their condition Such was Coniah's case and Sauls 7. Be exhorted to seek to Christ all you that are his though much afflicted and tossed Psal 132. Lord remember c. In all thy breakings and bruisings seek to him for bruisings may come like waves very thick There are the devils bruisings the worlds bruisings and Christs bruisings The devils bruisings are the bruisings of sinne The worlds are the bruisings of sufferings losses and crosses Christs bruisings are the bruisings of repentance and godly sorrow for sinne in all have recourse to Christ The devils bruisings are the bruisings of sinne such were Davids and Peters bruisings Psal 51. Psal 32. Luke 19. both sifted and both bruised The worlds bruisings are the bruises of losses and crosses such were Jobs bruisings in his Children Cattell houses c. Christs bruisings are the bruisings of godly sorrow and repentance for sinne Such were Marics Luke 7. Such the Prodigals such the Publicans Thou mayest pray and yet be bruised and yet thou must pray still Thou mayest heare and yet be bruised as there and yet thou must heare still Thou mayest come to the Sacrament and yet be bruised and yet thou must come to the Sacrament still wait upon Christ 8. Is he tenderly affected towards thee then carry thy selfe respectively towards him Take heed thou sin not presumptuously against mercy tender mercy If he do not break thee take heed that thou do not grieve him When God sent his Angell in mercy before Israel his warning was Take heed thou provoke him not Exod. 23.21 22. So Exod. 34.7 Keeping mercy for thousands forgiving c. but by no meanes clearing the guilty If we run upon the Score with so gracious a God who shall cleare it This was the Aggravation of David's sin it was against Gods great kindnesse 2 Sam. 12. God takes it unkindly when men forget his benefits which David prayes against Psal 103.3 9. This is for comfort to these bruised reeds Is Christ so tender Then shall they want nothing good for them 1. No Compassion Lament 3.23 his Compassions faile not Sun may faile of light and Moon and Stars and the waters of the great deep may be dried up friends may faile you yea life it selfe but Gods Compassions in Christ faile not 2. They shall not want Instruction God will teach the humble Psalm 25.80 Esay 50.4 3. Not Correction A thing which no Son can be without Hebr. 12. Amos 3.2 Jer. 46.28 4. Not Protection Matth. 12.2 He will not break them saith Matthew here but he will blesse them be their bulwark strong tower fortresse rock Psal 18.1 5. Not Direction 1 Sam. 2.9 Hee keepeth the feet c. He guideth and directeth them in their way even then when they tread upon the Lion and Adder and walk in the middest of snares 6. Not Consolations They may want Corne and Wine but the light of Gods countenance putteth joy into their hearts Psal 4.6 7. verses FINIS