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A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of June, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemn and public humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinity at St. Andrews.A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of Iune, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemne and publique humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinitie at St. Andrews.
London: printed by R.C. for Andrew Crook, 1645
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Secondly, Christ our redeemer, whose we are, being bought with a price, is a mass of love, he hath a heart very hospital to lodge all our infirmities; when he saw his people, as touching the condition of their soul, like sheep without a shepherd, [Greek or Hebrew], he was bowelled with compassion toward them: Isaiah 40. when the Prophet speaketh of his power and his ruling arm, he also prophecieth of his meekness and bowels of compassion to weak ones; there be three sorts of persons in the Church that he shall handle tenderly. 1. The simple but gracious, and for these, Vers. 11. he shall feed his fl•cke like a shepherd; he hath the heart of a shepherd who tendereth and careth for the flock. 2. There be young ones, babes in Christ, and of these it is said, he shall gather the Lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, two excellent sweet expressions, he shall not throw his club at the Lambs, nor be froward and cruel to them, but in lieu of a club, he shall gather them with his arm. 3. And as for the young and weak that have not legs, he shall carry these in his bosom; the bosom of Christ is a seat of love and tenderness of bowels. 4. There be some in the Church that want not their infirmities and sins, and have legs, and a little strength, yet the tenderness of the bowels of compassion must yield them, some Christian condescension and accommodation, and they must not be forced and driven roughly, Christs Spirit is a spirit of accommodation, Sir Isle make you in despite ⟨p. 31⟩of your teeth, is not for these, and therefore it is said, he shall gently lead those that are with young, so Isaiah 42. 2. Jesus Christ shall not cry nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets, Christ hath not the art of railing, shouting and thundering against the meek of the flock. Yea Christ rideth and triumpheth in meekness, Zach. 9. 9. his horse he rideth on, is meekness, Psal. 45. 4. it is spoken to him, Ride prosperously upon truth and meekness, and Psal. 147. 6. This Lord lifteth up the meek, and Psal. 76. 9. be will save all the meek of the earth: Christs heart is King Solomons Chariot, the pillars of it is, (