thy bed, and go to thy houfe. And im mediately he arofe, and took up the bed whereon he lay, and went forth before them all; and departed to his own houfe glorifying God. But, when the multi tude faw it they marvail'd, and were all amaz'd; and magnified God who had given fuch power to men: and were filled with fear, faying, we have feen ftrange things to day, we never faw it on this fashion.

Refp. Behold, dear Lord, to Thee we come, and open before Thee all our infirmities: our minds are fick of the Palfie, and our faculties benum'd with a dead flugg nefs; we are apt to cenfure the good works of others, but flow to do any our felves. Heal us, O Thou Heavenly Phyfician! whofe mercy both cures the fick, and pardons the penitent. Omake us quickly rife from the fins wherein we have lyen too long, and ftrengthen us to! conquer our corrupted nature; that we may walk towards Thee our Eternal home, and praife Thy name for ever. *Heal us, 0

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After thefe things, Jefus went forth again by the Sea fide, and all the multihtude reforted to Him: and He taught them. And, as He paffed by, He faw a Publican, named Levi, fitting at the reLoceipt of Cuftom; who was called alfo Matthew and He faid to him, Follow Me. And he left all, rofe, up, and followed Him. And Levi made Him a great Feaft in his own houfe; and it came to pals that, as JESUS fat at meat, many 2211 Publicans and Sinners came and fat down together with JESUS and His Difciples; for, there were many, who alfo follow'd Him. And, when the Scribes and Pbazy rifes faw Him eat with Publicans and Sinners, they murmuring faid to His Difciples, Why does your Master, and why Om do you eat aud drink with Publicans and finners? when JESUS heard that, Ho anfwering faid to them, They who are well need not the Phyfician, but they ter who are fick. But, go and learn what this means, I will have Mercy and not Sacrifice: for, I am not come to call the Juft, but Sinners to Repentance.

Refp. So fweetly efficacious is Thy Grad O Lord, that immediately it draws i to Thee's fo kindly condefrending is T clemency, that Thou prefently embrace us when we come: I will have Mere and not Sacrifice; for, I came not tota the Juft, but Sinners to Repentan Lord, we confefs our fins, we confe our need of Thy mercies: but, our hope great Thou wilt pardon us; while bear Thee fo gracionfly remember Th ancient promifes, and fo powerfully urg them in favour of us finners. have

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the peice that was taken out of it agrees not with the old. And, no man puts new Wine into old Bottles; elfe the new Wine will break the Bottles, and it felf befpilt, and the Bottles loft: but new Wine muft be put into new Bottles, and both are preferv d. No man alfo,having drunk old Wine, ftraightway defires news for, he fays, the old is better." Relp. When Thou art prefent with us, O Thou Heavenly Spouse of our Souls! when Thou art pleas'd to stay and dwell in our hearts, how strangely doft Thou fill them with joy and fweetness! Whatever happens, we cannot be fad while Thou art with us, nor merry if Thou lesveft us. Infufe thy holy love into our hearts, O Lord, and make us faithfully bold it fast for ever; that we loofe not not our felves by neglecting Thy Grace, but preferve them both to Eternal Life. *Whatever happens

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befought Him that He would come in His houfe; For, he had one only Daug ter, about twelve years of Age, and lay a dying. And He befought Hime neftly, faying, My Daughter lyes at 1 point of death: but, come Thou a lay Thy Hands on her that she may heal'd, and the fhall live. And JES went with Him, and His Difciples an much people follow'd Him: But, ask went, the multitude throng'd Hin and behold, a certain woman who w difeas'd with an Iffüe of Blood twel years, and had fuffer'd many things many Phyficians, and fpent all that the had upon them, and was not any thin better; but rather grew worfe: Whe The heard of JESUS, the came in t prefs behind, and toucht the hem of H Garment; for, the faid within her fel If I may but touch His Garment Ifhil be whole. And ftraightway the four tain of her Blood was dry'd up, and th felt in her Body that he was heard o that Malady. And JESUS, immed ately knowing in Himfelf the virtue that phoceeded from Him, turn'd Him about in the throng, and faid, Who toucht.

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