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 he came not till he came of his own  to his beloved family. Jesus doth prevent us with his manifold. Before he was desired, he came into world; he called his apostles, before  came unto him; and before he was, he came into this poor house.—O happy house, that entertained such a guuſtguest [sic]! and thrice happy inhabitants, to such a guest would vouchsafe to ! When he came unto the ſwiniſh Gadarenes, they desired him to depart out of their coasts; preferring their ſwine their Saviour, Luke viii. But this family gladly received him into their ; preferred their God before their, and their ſouls' health before their  wealth. They received him into houses, who had not a house of his  to put his head into, Matth. viii. 16. Wherein their hospitality is commended, ſhall most certainly be rewarded at  most dreadful day! Matth. xxv. For with these, and ſuch-like works of mercy, Lord ſhall answer the ſentence of, which is to be denounced againſt  wicked, that never exercised these works of mercy.

Let us therefore learn by their example be harbourers, and given to hospitality, which is ſo often commended to us in the