Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

And as God the Father, so God the Son draws Arguments to win souls to himself, 1. From his coming; it was the very purpose and design of his coming down from Heaven to receive sinners,¹ This is a faithful saying (says Paul) and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 2. From his fair demeanour and behaviour towards sinners; this was so open and notorious, that it was turned to his disgrace and opprobry,² Behold a friend of Publicans and sinners: And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured at him,³ and his Disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with Publicans and Sinners? 3. From his owning of sinners, and answering for them in this respect,⁴ And Jesus answering said unto them, they that are whole need not a Physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous but Sinners to repentance. 4. From his rejoicing at sinners conversion: indeed we never read of Christs Laughter, and we seldom read of Christs joy; but when it is at any time recorded, it is at the Conversion of a poor soul; he had little else to comfort himself in, being a man of sorrows: but in this he rejoiced exceedingly,⁵ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit; it was in that hour when he saw an handsel of the fruit of his Disciples Ministry, as an earnest of the many thousands that should afterwards come in;⁶ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there (said Christ when Lazarus was dead:) But why was he glad? It follows, to the intent ye might believe. He rejoiced if any of his got faith, a little more faith, more and more faith.⁷ 5. From grief in case of sinners not repenting; witness his tears over Jerusalem, and those speeches of his; And when he was come near, he beheld the City, and wept over it, saying, if thou hadst known, even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace; but now they are hid from thine eyes? Look as it is with a man carrying to be buried, his wife weeps, his children weep, his friends weep, so our Saviour follows Jerusalem to the grave, and when he can do no more for it, he rings out this doleful passing-bell,