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a human misery - It was compassion for pun
-ishing sinners which made him leave the world
of glory, to suffer the ignominy & miseries
of this lower world - the same principle that
led him to shed tears over Jerusalem led him
to mourn with his friends on this occasion
This is fully proved in the 33 Verse When he there
-fore saw Mary
weeping & the Jews also weep which came with her the original means that
he troubled or afflicted himself that is he gave
way to the feelings of his heart

Observe too that it is said in this verse
that the sorrow of the Jews affected him as well
as the sorrow of Mary - When Jesus & they
also weeping etc - Now we have no reason to
suppose that these Jews were either believers
- We may infer therefore that the compassion of
Christ is as extensive as human misery
that while the sorrows of his Church & people
touch his heart so deeply he can & does feel

for the sorrows [following words obscured] - What
encouragement is this for the afflicted sinner
hath a source of consolation & hope - What that
cannot feel persuaded that I am one of the
renewed people of God - Yet if my heart is broken
with a godly sorrow for sin; if I feel a desire
take the burthen of my grief to Christ - let
not my consciousness of guilt keep me back
from a throne of grace let not my sin be the
curse of my restraining prayer but rather
let them be motived to excite diligence
he who once wept on earth has still a
tender as ever he will be sure
to pity me & will not withold pardon & peace
Another cause for the tears of Jesus was the loss of
a friend. The brother of Mary & Martha was not a
stranger to Jes but one who was peculiarly
dear to him - So Jes tells us that Jes loved
& during the whole of this transaction
we clearly perceive the truth of this assertion