Discourses on the miracles and parables of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ .. . fufferine Jefus, who, O -J when overwhelmed with the burden of yfins, when exceeding forrowful, forrowfuleven unto death, on that laft night whichhe fpent on earth, thus tenderly and ear-neftly requeued you all, left this as his laftand dying command—Do THIS in remem*kfance of ME / if this word cf fuch a Lord, and 186 The Paralytic cured. and fuch a Saviour, who hath the keys ofdeath as well as of life, who can deftroy inhell, as well as fave in heaven, if this canhave no effedr. upon you, cannot perfuade
Discourses on the miracles and parables of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ .. . fufferine Jefus, who, O -J when overwhelmed with the burden of yfins, when exceeding forrowful, forrowfuleven unto death, on that laft night whichhe fpent on earth, thus tenderly and ear-neftly requeued you all, left this as his laftand dying command—Do THIS in remem*kfance of ME / if this word cf fuch a Lord, and 186 The Paralytic cured. and fuch a Saviour, who hath the keys ofdeath as well as of life, who can deftroy inhell, as well as fave in heaven, if this canhave no effedr. upon you, cannot perfuadeyou to leave fin, to forfake the love of theworld, and to come with humble faith andrepentance, acknowledging yourfelves lefsthan the lean: of all his mercies, —certain Iam, no words of mine can in the leaft pre-vail s but I will not ceafe to entreat ourcompanionate high-prieft on your behalf:Oh may he hear and grant my petitions :and make his own Words effe&ual to yourhappy remembrance of him here, that,-foyou may be all remembred of him, whenhe cometh in his glory ! & The The Paralytic cured* PART II. St. Luke v. 21. And the Scribes and the Pkarifees beganto reafon faying, Who is this which fpeakethblajphemies ? Who can forgive fins, but Godalone ? ^BOOO* H E two principal doctrines,W T W which we gather from this great^v ,v^v ,^K miracle wrought by our Lord,are, lft, That all natural evils, of whateverfort or kind, are the effects and punishmentsof fin; and, 2dly, That Chrifi is the divine Lord andSaviour, able to forgive fin, and fo to re-move its punifhments, as he abundantlyproved himfdf by the prefent inftance, which 188 The Paralytic cured, which I come now, in order, to con* fider. The captious Scribes and Pharifees, wholike too many modern hearers, fat to hearour Lord with no intent to receive his di-vine word into their hearts, and to take hiseafy yoke upon them, — but merely to findfome occalion of blame and cenfure, andto lay fuch hold of his words, that t
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