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Thirdly, The Fathers giving of them to Him to save them, declares unto us that he is, and will be gentle and patient towards them under all their provocations and miscarriages. It is not to be imagined, the trials and provocations that the Son of God hath all along ⟨p. 28⟩had with these people that have been given to him to save them: indeed he is said to be a tried stone, for he has been tried, not only by the devil, guilt of sin, death, and the curse of the Law, but also by his peoples ignorance, unruliness falls, into sin, and declining to errors, in life, in Doctrine. Were we but capable of seeing how this Lord Jesus has been tried, even by this people, ever since there was one of them in the world, we should be amazed at his Patience and gentle Carriages to them. It is said indeed, the Lord is very pitiful, slow to anger, and of great mercy: and indeed, if he had not so been, he could never have endured their manners, as he has done from Adam hitherto. Therefore is his pity and bowels towards his Church, preferred above the pity and bowels of a mother towards her Child. Can a woman forget her sucking Child, that she should not have Compassion on the Son of her Womb? yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, saith the Lord, Isa. 49. 15.

Thirdly, The Fathers giving of them to Him to save them, declares unto us that he is, and will be gentle and patient towards them under all their provocations and miscarriages. It is not to be imagined, the tryals and provocations that the Son of God hath all along ⟨p. 28⟩had with these people that have been given to him to save them: indeed he is said to be a tryed stone, for he has been tryed, not only by the devil, guilt of sin, death, and the curse of the Law, but also by his peoples ignorance, unruliness falls, into sin, and declining to errors, in life, in Doctrine. Were we but capable of seeing how this Lord Jesus has been tryed, even by this people, ever since there was one of them in the world, we should be amazed at his Patience and gentle Carriages to them. It is said indeed, the Lord is very pitiful, slow to anger, and of great mercy: and indeed, if he had not so been, he could never have indured their manners, as he has done from Adam hitherto. Therefore is his pitty and bowels towards his Church, preferred above the pitty and bowels of a mother towards her Child. Can a woman forget her sucking Child, that she should not have Compassion on the Son of her Womb? yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, saith the Lord,