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 is meek and lowly of heart, Mat. xi. 29. He will do that himself which he requires of his creatures; viz. hear with infirmities, Rom. xv. 1. Not pleasing himself, nor standing upon points of law, ver, 2 ; he will restore with the spirit of meekness, Gal. vi; and bear: thy burdens, ver. 2. He will forgive not only till sevpn times, hut spyenfy times seven, Matt, xviii. 21,22 I put the faith of the apostles to it to believe this, Luke, x-vii. 4,5 because we are hard to forgive, we think Christ is hard.

We see sin great, we think Christ doth so, and measure; infinite love with our line, infinite merits with our sins, which is the great pride and blasphemy, Ps. ciii. 11, 12; Is. X. 15. Hear what he saith: I have found a ransom Job. xxxiii.24; in him I am well pleased, Mat.iii.18. God will have nothing else; nothing else will do thee good, or satisfy conscience, but Christ who satisfied the Father. God doth all upon the account of Christ. Thy deserts are hell, wrath, rejection. Christ’s deserts are life, pardon, and acceptance. He will not only shew thee one, but he will give thee the other. It is Christ’s own glory and happiness to pardon. Consider, whilst Christ was upon the earth he was more among publicans and sinners, than among scribes and pharisees, his professed adversaries, for they were righteous ones: it is not as thou imaginest, that his state in glory makes him neglected, scornful to poor sinners; No. He hath the same heart now in heaven; he is good, and changeth not; he is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world, John, i. 20. He went through all thy temptations, dejections, sorrows, desertions, rejections, Matt. iv. 3 to 12 and 26; Mark, xv. 24; Luke, xxii. 44 ; Matt. xxiv. 38. And he hath drawn the bitterness of the cup, and