The Godly Man's Picture

2. Will not Christ break a bruised reed?¹ See then the gracious disposition of Jesus Christ, he is full of clemency, and sympathy; though he may bruise the soul for sin, he will not break it: The Chirurgeon may lance the body and make it bleed, but he will bind up the wound; as Christ hath beams of Majesty, so bowels of mercy: Christ gives the Lyon in his Scutcheon, and the Lamb; the Lyon, in respect of his fierceness to the wicked, Psal. 50. 22. And the Lamb, in respect of his mildness to his people; his name is Jesus, a Saviour, and his office is an healer, Mal. 4. 2. Christ made a plaster of his own blood to heal a broken ^†heart: Christ is the quintessence of love? One saith, if the sweetness of all flowers were in one flower, how sweet would that flower be? How full of Mercy is Christ, in whom all mercy meets? Christ hath a skilful hand, and a tender heart: He will not break a bruised reed.

2. Will not Christ break a bruised reed?¹ See then the gracious disposition of Jesus Christ, he is full of clemency, and sympathy; though he may bruise the soul for sin, he will not break it: The Chyrurgion may lance the body and make it bleed, but he will bind up the wound; as Christ hath beams of Majesty, so bowels of mercy: Christ gives the Lyon in his Scutchion, and the Lamb; the Lyon, in respect of his fierceness to the wicked, Psal. 50. 22. And the Lamb, in respect of his mildness to his people; his name is Iesus, a Saviour, and his office is an healer, Mal. 4. 2. Christ made a plaister of his own bloud to heal a broken ^†heart: Christ is the quintessence of love? One saith, if the sweetness of all flowers were in one flower, how sweet would that flower be? How full of Mercy is Christ, in whom all mercy meets? Christ hath a skilful hand, and a tender heart: He will not break a bruised reed.