A57963:157
Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself
Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soul-suffering, his loveliness in his death, and the efficacy thereof in which some cases of soul-trouble in week believers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soule-suffering, his lovelynesse in his death, and the efficacie thereof in which some cases of soule-trouble in weeke beleevers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.
London: printed by J.D. for Andrew Crooke, 1647
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4. No thing doth more aloud cry the softness and baseness of our nature, then our impatience under sad dispensations,1 when we are positively resolved upon this, that God loveth us; yet because of a cloud over our Sun, and one scruple of Gall in our joy, to lodge a new opinion, that Christ is changed in another God, and that his love doth plot, and contrive our destruction, argueth a weak, and soon shaken Faith. It speaketh lightness of love to Christ, that it's loosed at the root, with the scratch of a pin; he hides himself, and you say, oh, it's not Christ, but some other like him; for Christ would not so go, and come. Well rooted friendship can scarce suffer you to believe so much of a brother, or a companion. But when ye thus mis-judge Christ, we may gather, if he should appear in the garments of vengeance, as he doth to the damned; it's to be feared, this would drink up our faith and love, if Christ were not more gracious, then we are constant; Lord, lead us not into temptation.
4. No thing doth more allowd cry the softnesse and baseness of our nature, then our impatiencie under sad dispensations,1 when we are positively resolved upon this, that God loveth us; yet because of a cloud over our Sunne, and one scruple of Gall in our joy, to lodge a new opinion, that Christ is changed in another God, and that his love doth plot, and contrive our destruction, argueth a weake, and soone shaken Faith. It speaketh lightnesse of love to Christ, that it's loosed at the root, with the scratch of a pinne; hee hides himselfe, and you say, oh, it's not Christ, but some other like him; for Christ would not so goe, and come. Well rooted friendship can scarse suffer you to beleeve so much of a brother, or a companion. But when ye thus mis-judge Christ, wee may gather, if he should appeare in the garments of vengeance, as he doth to the damned; it's to be feared, this would drinke up our faith and love, if Christ were not more gracious, then we are constant; Lord, leade us not into temptation.
- 1Misjudging a•gue•• softness of nature and weakness of judgmens.