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  CHRIST
  by J.C. Ryle
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"Now as he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, If you
had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make
for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will
come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you,
surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your
children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one
stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your
visitation. Then he went into the temple and began to drive out those
who bought and sold in it, saying to them, It is written, My house is a
house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves." (Luke 19.41-45)

We learn, firstly, how great is the tenderness and compassion of Christ
toward sinners. We are told that when he came near Jerusalem for the
last time, "He beheld the city and wept over it." He knew well the
character of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Their cruelty, their self-
righteousness, their stubbornness, their obstinate prejudice against the
truth, their pride of heart were not hidden from him. He knew well what
they were going to do to himself within a very few days. His unjust
judgment, his delivery to the Gentiles, his suffering, his crucifixion,
were all spread out distinctly before his mind\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/christ/
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