Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Now all the sufferings of the Saints in this world, wherein their Head and Husband exerciseth pity, tenderness, care, and compassion towards them are of two sorts, or may be referred to two heads. 1. Temptations. 2. Afflictions. §. 15

Now all the sufferings of the Saints in this world, wherein their Head and Husband exerciseth pitty, tendernesse, care, and compassion towards them are of two sorts, or may be referred to two heads. 1. Temptations. 2. Afflictions. §. 15

1. Temptations, (under which head, I comprise sin also, whereto they tend) as in, from, and by their own Infirmities, as also from their Adversaries without. The frame of the heart of Christ, and his deportment towards them in this condition you have Heb. 4. 15. We have not an high Priest which cannot be touched with our infirmities. We have not such an one, as cannot. The two negations do vehemently affirm, that we have such an high Priest as can be, or is touched; the word, touched, comes exceedingly short of expressing the original word; It is ¹[Greek or Hebrew] to suffer together. We have saith the Apostle such an high priest as can, and consequently doth suffer with us, endure our infirmities. And in what respect he suffers with us, in regard of our infirmities, or hath a fellow-feeling with us in them, he declares in the next words, for he was tempted like unto us v. 16 It is as our ^minfirmities, our Temptations, spiritual weakness; therein, in particular hath he a compassionate Sympathy and fellow-feeling with us. Whatever be our infirmities so far as they are our temptations, he doth suffer with us, under them & compassionates us. Hence at the last ⁿday he saith I was hungry &c. There are