yet he died our death, that we might
live his life; he ſuffered our hell, that
we might enjoy his heaven. Oh! how
infinitely did he love us! He endured
the foreſt pains, that we might enjoy
the ſweeteſt pleaſures. The scripture
tells us, that he came leaping; he came
with ſuch a good will; he came leaping;
as you know when a man goes
leaping, you may know that it was
with a good-will: he came leaping and
ſkipping, Cant. ii. 8. 'He came leaping
upon the mountains, and ſkipping
upon the hills.' “ Leaping," faith
Gregory, how ſo! “ Why," faith he,
"from the throne to the womb, from
the womb to the cradle, from the
cradle to the croſs, and from thence
to the throne again; this was his
leap." Oh! ſirs, oh! ſirs, how much
did this Jeſus ſuffer for poor believers!
he was hanged upon the croſs on
Mount Calvary, that he might ſit on
the throne in Mount Sion.
3. Uſe. Secondly. By way of exhoration; Iſt, To ſinners, to unbelievers, to graceleſs perſons, I have a few words to ſay. Oh! ſirs, oh! ſirs, methinks I cannot but do towards you as Chriſt
