A39227:77
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 5
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CAP. V.
The Return of Jesus Christ out of Egypt into Israel the Church of God.
The Return of Iesus Christ out of Egypt into Israel the Church of God.
Though Gods dearest children may be banished out of the Church into the world, yet they have no quiet and rest to continue there. Godly hearts long for the enjoyment of Gods presence in his instituted worship. They can ••nd no rest in their souls, so long as they are at a distance from the visible presence of God. David is a lively Type of all this, that Jesus the Son of David suffered. Psal. 84. per totum. is a very lively description of the frame of Davids heart, in the time of his banishment and flight: and hereby is set forth with what frame of heart Jesus as Mediator, and his parents were exercised, in the mournful time of their residence in Egypt, all which time, is a part of the suffering times of Jesus Christ in this world, whereby he sanctified such a condition, to his servants, when he shall so try them. O what longing desires were in their godly hearts to leave that dead world, lying in Egyptian darkness, and to come into the light of the Lord, in the Land of Israel, Psal. 84.2. My Soul longeth yea even fainteth for the Courts of my God: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. But they were commanded to tarry till the Angel should bring them word, and call them to return. Math. 2.13, Be thou there till I bring thee word. They were commanded to attend to divine direction in all their motions. It was a great help to their holy hearts, to be and stay in that dark land, because God sent them thither: it was also a great help to them in patient waiting for deliverance, because they had a promise that deliverance should come: For these words [till I come] express a purpose in the heart of the Lord to come, who never faileth to accomplish all his purposes of love to his children: and it is a promise to tell him when it will be fitting and safe for their return.