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of his paſſion and death,” myght have been ſatisfaR; 

| and enough for the expiation and reconcilement of ten thou 
worlds; but now1 am anſwered, that all thoſe inſtances of holi- 
neſſe, and-all thoſe kinds of vertues, and all thoſe degreesof 
paſſion, ' and all that effuſion of his blood, was partly onthis 
account, that he might becomean example tous, that he niighe 
ſhineto all the ages and generations of the world, and ſo be a 
guiding ſtar, and a pillar offireto them in their joarny towards 
heaven, O my foul, how doth this call on thee to conforme to 
Chriſt > what ? that a ſmaller expence ſhould be enough tothy 
juſtification, and yet that the whole magazine ſhould not pro- 
. © cure thy ſanctification? that @t aleſſer ſumme of obedience 
God might have pardoned thy (inne, and yet at a preater ſumme 
thou wilt not ſo much as imitate his holineſſe? in a darke night 
ifan ignis farum g0 before thee, thou art ſo amuzed. with that 
C little flame, that thou art apt to follow it, andloſe thy ſelfe, and 
wilt thou not follow the glortes of the Sun of righteouſneſſe, who 
by {o many inſtances calls upon thee, and who will guide thee 
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Chriſt (as cre arpues) becauſe hv the firſt NN he Rom. 8, 2.9; 


brethree , the firſt in ev kind is propoynded as a patterne 
ofthe feſt, 00% Chriſtis the firſt-borne, Chriſt is the head of all 
the predeftinate, 8s the firſt-borne was wont to bethe headin-all 
families. © The old {aying's, regs ad exemplar, Sc, 4 very . 'de- 
formity honour, if it were. inimication 
of the Prince; iris ſtoried of Nero, that having 4 rneck, there 
wasfuch an ambirion in men to follow the court; that ic became 
rs ore > ond thoſe rimes, to hold their necks awry, 
King of Saints be mnch more imitated 


by tsGVines 2 Chriſt is the bead of the” body, the brginaing, the Col. 1,16» 


from the dead, tn all things he hath the prebeminence , and . 
the —— hae, that which is firſt, and beſt in any kinde,”” 
1s "the Prle, and mcaſnre of all the reſt. Why fuch is 
Ghtitt , todd vgr? ter him be the guide of ourlife, .and of gur 


Chiriſ doth not. only give us an example, but he 
rity, ſuccour,” and afiſt us by its eaſineſs, complacency, 
portion to us. Some fweetly obſerye, that (hriits pie: 
( whietr we molt imitate) was even, conſtant, unblamable, cs mply- 
ing with civil ſociety , without any affrightment of preceaent, or with- 
ont any prodigious inſtances of ations, greater than the imitaticn f 
men, Weare ngtcommanded to imitate a life, whoſe [tory tells 
us of extaſies in prayer, of abſtractions of ſenſes, of extraordina- 
faſtings to the weakning of our ſpirits, and diſabling of all 
animal operations ; no, no., but a life of juſtice, and temperance, 
and chaſtity, and piety, and charity, and devotion , ſuch a life as 
without which humane. ſociery cannot be conleryed ; — Andit 
is very remarkable, thac beſides the eaſineſſe of his imitation, 
there isa vertue and efficacy irf the life of Chriſt ; a merit, and 
imperrationinthe ſeyeral paſſages of Chriſts life, to work out our 
imitation- of him, In the Bohemian hiſtory izis reported that 
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Winctſleaw their King,one winters night going to his deygtionio. 
a"remote Church, _ his ſervant. Podavivus who waited on his-- 
Maſter ,and endeavoured to imitate his Maſters piety, he beganto 
faint through the violence of the, ſnow, .andcold, at lat-the 
King conimanded him, to follow him, and to ſer his feet. in che 
ſame footſteps which his feet ſhould marke,and ſet down for him, - 
the ſeryant did ſo, and preſently he fancied, . or found a cure , . 
thus Chriſt deales with us; it may be we think our way to heaven 
is troubleſome, obſcure, and fuli of objection , well ſaith Chriſt, 
but marke my footſteps, come on, and ou, gat A have ſtood, and. 


Jon ſpall finde. the yertue of my example will make all;{moath, , and 


eaſie ;, you ſhall finde the comferts of my company, nou ſhall feele the 
wertue and influence of a [ale on 1% | I 
4. Becauſe Chriſt in his Word hath commanded us. to follow 


Math, 11. 29. his ſteps : /earne of me, for Tam meek and lowly in heart : and ye 


call me Maſter, and Lord' and ye ſay well, for ſo 1am, if 1 then your 
anothers feet, for 1 have given you an example, that ye ſhould do as 
I have done to you. — put on therefore bowels of mercies, kindneſſe, 
humbleneſſe of mind,meekneſſe, long-[uſfecing, farbearing one anther, 
and forgiving one another, if any mau have 4 quarrel apginſt any. 
and as he which hath 
called you ts holy, ſo be ye holy in all manner of converſation , becauſe 
it written, be ye holy, for I am wa againſt this, ſome 
obje&t, how can we be holy a&Chriſt is holy ? firſt, the thing is 
impoſſible, and ſecondly, it we could, there would be no need of 
Chriſt. But 1 anfwer to thefirſt , the thing if rightly underſtood, 
isnot impoſſible, we are commanded tobe holy as Chrift is holy, 
not in reſpe& of equality, asif our holineſſe muſt be of the ſame 
compaſle with the holineſſe of Chriſt ; but in reſpe& ot quality, 
our holineſſe muſt be of the ſame ſtampe, andtruth, as the holj- 
neſſe of Chriſt ; as when the Apoſtle ſaith, rhat we muſt love iÞ 
neighbonr, as our ſelfe , the meaning is not that our love to our 
neighbour ſhould be Mathematically equal to the love of our 
ſelfe, for the law doth allow of degrees in love, according to the 


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others; 'it muſt be of the ſelfe ſame nature; astrue, as real, as "( 
cordial, -as ſincere, _as (6lid as that ro ourſelves ; we maſt love  - 
our neighbour, as oxr ſelves (3. ) unfaignedly, 8nd without diflimu: 1 
lation. — Againe, anſwer, to the ſecond, ' Chrilt is needfu] nor. 
withſtanding our utmoſt holineſſe intwo reſpets, 4, Becaule - 
we cannot come to full and perfe& holinefſe, and fo his grace is 
requilireto pardon and cover our failings 2.' Becauſe that which 
we doattaine unto, it is not of, or from'ourſelyes, and ſo his 
ſpiritis requiſite to ſtrengthen us unto his ſervice. We muſt be 
holy as Chrilt is huly, yer ſtill we muſt look at the holinefſe of 
Chriſt, as the ſun, and roote, and fountaine; and chat our holi- 
neſſe is but as a beame of that ſun, but asa branch of that root, 
but as'a ſtreame of that fountaine. _ ne. Ws 
: -For the third, how we muſt conforme to this life? Tan- 
wer; 
1, Let usframe to our. ſelves ſome Idea of Chriſt, let us ſet 
before us the life of Chriſt in the whole, and all the parts of it, as 
we findeit recorded in Gods book. "It would bea large picture 
 ifT ſhoulddraw it to the full, but for a taſt I ſhall give it in 
few lines. Now then _ alide the conſideration of 
Chriſt as God, or as. Mediatour, or as head of his 
Church. — 
I, Tlook at themindeof Chriſt, at his judgement, will;affeRi- 
ons ; ſuch as love; joy, delight, and the reſt, and eſpecially at 
the compaſſions of Jeſus Chriſt, O the deare affeRions,. and 
.compaſſions which Chriſt had towards the ſonnes of men ! this 
was his etrand from heaven, and while he was upon the earth he Luke ,, 18. 
was ever aCing it, I meane his pitifulneſſe, I meane his affe&ions, 
and compaſſion in healing broken hearts , fo the Plalmiſt, he heal- pg , 47: 36" 
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after the manner of a Chirurgion, he had a tender heart towards 
all broken hearts; he endeavoured to pur all broken bones into 
their native place againe , nor ſpeak 1 thus only of him-inreſpet 
of his office ;, but as he was man, he had in him ſuch « nd, that 
he could not but compaſſionate all in miſery ; O what bowels-/ « 
what ſtirr ngs, and boylings, and wreſtlings of a pained heart, 
rouched with ſorrow, was ever, upon occaſion, in Jeſus Chriſt FR 
- peruſe theſe texts, and eſs went forth, and ſaw a great multi- 
tude, and he was moved with compaſſion towards them, and he healed Math rq 14, 
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= - Was moved with confeſſes towards them, becanfe they were as ſheep © 
WE. Yar, 14d, dt _ ſhepheard, —— and there came a leper to hims, and 
: - kneeling down to him, and ſaying to him, if thou wilt, thon canſt make 
me cheane, and Feſus moved with compaſſion, put forth his hand, a#d 
rouched him, ſaying, 1 will,be thou cleane, — T hen 7eſu called ir 
| diſciples wnto him,and ſaid, Thave compaſſion on the maltit#de. And 
Mar: 15-33 fort &two blind men, that cryed out, have mercy on us O Lord 
-, trhou ſameof David, itis ſaid, that fel food ftill; =— and he had 
= Math, 20:34: oop0.2 fon on them, aud touched, their eyes. And the poore pro- 
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; tim, and bad compaſſion, and ran and fell on his neck and kiſſed hin. 
How ſweetis this laſt inſtance | that our ſenſe of finful weakiieſſe, 
ſhould be ſorrow and'paine to the bowels and heart | of Jeſus 
Chriſt ! you that are Parents 6f young children, ler me put the 
. caſe, if ſome of you ſtanding in the relation of a Father,” ſhonld 
ſee hischild ſwear, and wreſtle ucder an over-load, till his back 
werealmoſt broken, atid that you ſhould hearchim cry, 0h 1 am 
gone, 1 faint, I ſink, [dje;, would notyour bowels be moved to 
pity ? and would not your hands be, ſtretched out ro help? orif 
ſome of you ſtandingin the relation of'a mother, ſhould ſee-your 
ſucking child fallen into a pit, and wreſtling with the water,” and 
crying for hetp, would you not ſtir, nor be movedin hearc, nor 
run to deliver the child from being drowned? Surely you would, 
and yet all this pity and compaſſion of yours is but as # ſhadow 
of the compaſlions and deare affeQtions, that were, and that are- 
in the heart of Jeſus Chriſt, O he had a minde devoyd of fin; and 
therefore it. could not bur be full of pity, mercy,and tender bowels 
of compaſlion. © 
2. Tlookat the grace inChriſt , O he was full of grace,” yea, 
full ofall the graces ofthe Spirit, a banale of myrrhe, is my well- 
Cant 1,13,14 beloved to me: — my beloved is unto me as acl: ſter of camphire in 
the vinejards of Engedi : a bundle of myrrhe, anda cluſter of 
camphire denote all che graces of the Spirit , as many flowers are 
hound together. in a nolegay , lo the varietyof the graces 
, of the *pirir , concenter'd in the heart of Jeſus- Chriſt, 
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but b [ap iolley , ia-hisincaroation, Chriſt would be hymble ; 
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tbe diſciples fret. - © ye Apolites, why tremble ye not at the won- 

derfi it of this {o- great humility ? #ezer, what. dot thou 
. wilt choyever yceld that this Lord, of Majeſty fbould waſh thy 
feet > methioks | heare Peter, ſaying, whet Lord, wilt thow waſh 
” fer ? art not theuthe Soune of the {iing God ? the C reatour of 
"* world, the beauty of the beavens, the Paradiſe of Anzels, the 
Redeemer of men, the brightneſſe of the Fathers glory? and 1, what 
am 1,but a worme, a clodof earth, a muſerable ſinner ? and wilt thou 
notwithſtanding all this waſh my feet ? leave Lord, O leave this baſe 
office for thy ſervants ,, lay drwn thy towel, and put cnthy apparel 


againe ; beware that the heavens, or the Angels of heaven te not . 


aſhamed of it, when they ſhall ſee that by this ceremony thou [erſt them 
beneath the earth , take beed leaſt the daughter of King Saml defÞiſe 
thee wot, when ſpe ſhall ſee thee girded about with this towel after 
the manner of a ſervant, and ſhall ſay, \ that ſhe will not take thee for 
her beloved, and much leſſe ftrher God, whom ſhe ſeeth to attend 


upon ſo baſe an office. Thus may1 imagine Peter to beſpeak his * 


Maſter, but he little knew what glory lay hidinthis humility of 
Chriſt , it was for us,and our example; an humble Chrift,co make 
humble Chriftians 


- 3. In him was patience ; Owhenl think of Chriſts laboursin 


preaching , wearineſle in travelling, watchfulneſſe in praying, 
tearesin compaſtionating, and then 1 adde to all theſe his ſub- 
miſſion of Spirit, notwithſtanding all the affronts, injuries, and 
exprobrations of men, how ſhou!ldI but cry out; 0 the patience 
of ( hriſs ! the Apoſtle tells us that when be was reviled, be reviled 


not againe, when he ſuffered, he threatn:d not, but committed himſelf * Pet. z. 2}, 


to him that juadgeth righteouſty, I havealready given a touch 
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ſibly 1 can think of, a bundle. of myrrhe'4« my beloved 
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© 3, I lookat the converſation of Chriſt in word and deed ; for 
his words,they were gracious. Not an idle word eyer came out 


Marth, x2. 36, ofthe lips of Chriſt , himſelfe tells us that of every idle word we 


muſt give an account, © then how free was Chriſt of every idle 
word? he knew the times and ſeaſons when to ſpeak, and when 
to befilent ; he weig 

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filence, and a time to ſpeak, ſaid Solomon, when he returned apaine 
to his wiſedome, and hence we read that ſometimes Jeſus bein 
accuſed ,he held his peace ,, and when he was accuſed of the chief 
Prieſts and Elders he anſwered nothing , bat other whiles he 
powres out whole cataraRts of holy inſtructions, he takes occa- 
lion of vines, of ſtones, of water, and ſheep, to ſpeak a word in 
ſeaſon ; heis ſtill diſcourſing of the matters of the Kingdome of 
heaven; and he ſpeaks ſuch words as give grace unto all the 
hearers round bout him , ſo for his deeds and ations they were 
full of grace and goodnefle , the Apoſtle Peter gives him this 
character (which 1 look upon as a little deſcriptionof Chriſts 
life) who went about ding good; it was his meat and drink to do 
all the good he could ,, it was as natural to him to do good, as it 
is for a fountaine to ſtreame out, he was holy and heavenly, un- 
ſpotted every way ; O the ſweet converſation of Chriſt ! how 
humbly carries he it amongſt men? how benignly "towards his 
diſciples ?*how pitiful was he towards the poore ? to whom (as 
weread) he made himſelfe moR like, he became poore, that we might 
be made rich, hedeſpiſed, or abhorred none, no not the very 
leapers, that were eſchewed of all , he flattered not the rich and 
honourable , he was moſt free from thecares of the world , his 
preſcriptions were, care not for the things of the morrow ; and in 
himſelfe he was never anxious of bodily needs, above all, he was 
Moſt ſolicitous of ſaving fouls. — much more I might adde, ifT . 
ſhould go over the -particulars in the Goſpel , but by theſe 
few- expreſiions of Je'us Chriſt we may conceive of all the 


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_-Chrifſt will not owh tne, unleſſe he ſee bis image written upon me, 
what will become bf my poore ſoul ? why Chrift was meek, and 
hamble, -and in ſpiries Chriſt was holy, and heavenly, 
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examine my own heart according to this original; I finde natu- 
rally a meer antipathy, a contrariety, I am as oppoſite to Chriſt 
1. For my thoughts, within I am full of 


pride, and malice ; Iam full of the ſpirit of the world; [what i 
_ there in my heart but aworld of paſlions, rebllor, dgpeſſ, 
and deadneſſe of ſpirit to good ? and, 2. If the 'fo 
muddy, can1 expect clearefireams ? what words are theſe, that 
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word, but how many idle, evil, finful words come dayly flowing 
from my lips? owt of the abundance of the month the heart fpeaketh; 
and if 1 may gueſle at my heart by my words, where was my heart 
. this Sabbath, and the other Sabbath, when my diſcourſe was all 
on-my calling, or on the world, or it may be on my luſts, or on 
my Dalilahs, on my right-hand-ſins, or on my right-eye-ſins ? 
and, 3. WhataGctions are theſe ſo frequently performed by me? 
if I muſt reade my ſtate by my converſation, whoſe image and 
ſuperſcriptisn i this ? thelaſt oath I ſware, the laſt blaſphemy T 
belched "2 the laſt at of drunkenneſle, idolatry,adultery I com- 
mitted, (or iftheſeſins are not fir to be named) the laſt piece of 
wrong I did my neighbour, - the laſt pranke of pride I played on 
this ſtage of the world, the laſt expence' of time when I did no 
ood in the world, neither to my ſelfe nor others, the laſt omiſ- 
Fon of good, as well as commillion of evil; O my ſoul, whoſe 
image is this? is it the image of Chrift, or of Sathan ? if che 
worlt ſcholar in the ſchoole ſhould write thus untowardly after 
his copy, would he not beaſhamed > if in my heart and life I ob. 
ferve'ſo many blots, and ftaines, ſo great inconformity, and 
dixfimilitude to the life of Chriſt, how ſhould I but lye in the 
- duſt? Owois me ! what a vaſt diſproportion is betwixt Chriſts 
life and mine > why thus O my ſoul, ſhouldft thou humble thy 
ſelfe; each morning, each prayer, each meditation,_ each ſelfe- 


exknination, ſhouldſt thou fetch new , freſh, clear , particular 
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cauſes, occafiqns, qr nie om as thus, ke 
evenneſle, gravity, graciouſneſle, uniformity, holineffe, ſpiritu- 
alities, divineneſſe, beavenlinefſe of Jeſus Chriſt, loe there the 
fragrant zeale, deare love, tender pity, conſtant induftry, un- 
wearied paines, patience, admirable ſelfe-denial, contempr of the 
world in Jeſus Chriſt; loe there thoſe many, yea continual de- 
vout, divine breathings of ſoul after God his Fathers glory, atter 
the ſpiritual and immortal good of the precious ſouls of his re- 
deemed ones; Oh all the admirable meeknefle, mercifulneſſe, 
clemency, charity, with alt other excellent temperature; - rare 
compoluyre,. wonderful order of his bleſſed ſout ! O the ſweet 
expreſſions, gracious converſation 1 Oh the glorious ſhine, 
bleſſed luftre of his divine ſoul ! Oh the ſweet countenance, 'fa- 
cred diſcourſe, raviſhing demenour, winning deportment of Jeſus 
Chriſt / and now I refle& upon my lelfe, oh alas ! Ohthe total, 
wide, vaſt, utter difference, diſtance, diſproportion of mine 
therefrom ! I ſhould punQtually anſwer, perfectly reſemble, ac- 
curately imitate exactly conforme to this life of Chrift, but ah my 
unevenneſſe, lightneſs, vanity / Ah my rudeneſſe, groſeneſle, 
deformity, odiouſneſle, ſteightneſſe, contempribleneſſe, execra- 
bleneſſe ! ah my ſenſuality, bruitiſhneſs , deviliſhneſs ! how 
clearly are theſe, and all other my enormities diſcovered, difcerf- 
ed, made evident,, and plaine by the bleſſed and holy life of Jeſus ? 


- fo true is that. rule, \\contraria juxta4 ſe poſita pagis 'tlu- 


Ceſcant. F 

4a Let us quicken, provoke, and incenſe our ſluggiſh, droufie 
ſouls to conforme to Chriſt. If we will but ſtrictly obſerve our 
hearts, we ſhall finde them very backward to this duty, and 
therefore let-us call upon our ſouls as David did, Bleſſe rhe Lord 
O my ſonl, and let all that *s within me bleſſe his holy Name , let 
us work upon our ſouls by reaſoning with our own hearts, asif 
we diſcourſed with them thus, O my heart, or O my ſoul, if inthe 
deep councels of eternity this was Gods great deligne to make 
his Sonre like thee, that thou alſo mightelt be like his Sonne, how 
then ſhouldeſt thou but endeayour to conforme ? and what fayes 
the Apoſtle > for whom he did foreknow, he alſo did predeftinate, to 
be cexformed to the image of his Sonne : this wasone of his great 
purpoſes from eternity ; this law God fet down, before he made 
the world, that I ſhould conforme to his Son., and what, Ofmy 
| ſoul, 


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that which is uſed to nt'of 
in or uch a#were able tb bring Upathit fe d-nor 
Chriſt beentelervelto agree anHeavich **Of 


Bbbb 3 Das, ' this 


| Luk. 22.44 


, It was fone git ſAngaive 


Job. 1.14. 
Luk, 24+ t1. 


EEE ETE 
2. For his ſweat, Lake only relates it, And bis ſweat was 45 it . 
SY reat drops of blood fallin down to the ground. In the words 


I aclymax, - 1. Hw ſweat was 4s 51 were we Þ Et 
mins, qd bnpbiies input Wo weotk 
ſpeech coal} a vehe: 


an 
A bps bicterly wy mo 


fda he begin of the nk 


of the Church 


nets; re it ear ſenſe, and beleeve it. was truely, and 
pr = a bloody ſwears noris.che lay <a 
e 


4 it were: drops of bled; 
hol Meade that ſcat uu limilitude, or hy- 
has $A he Wy 


rather have expreſſed i if, as it were drops af 
water, en 44 it were ro Heng * Beers fi all know \weat is more 
Jike TOM | we is 8 ſica NTP FAIR 
Kew ot alwaiey eng very 


s\ . ACCQT co the mes *, thus we ef 37 Fep 
| > bags glery As bt ring fo the  puly begotten $ onve of the Father <= 
and their mords Jars Jo them as it mere idle tales, and they bes, 
lieved them nat+,. Thewords, in the Original 5,4: &, are the 
Year Was A 


* red gore- 
bony foe 


fame ; bere. is, Pig yer -this-clymax,.. big! 
5 I 


port "ws, AE: of water, 


Ps, 


”< « ; lid evi 4 1 2.46 - 
food i ſwear ge orpn ny R 
FEE "Y or Oe avg "3 


the Zy. iY 
Fifſue - *uguſt 114. de 


ah tp i was not, iecoull not be rin pale Gait ©fvis. AMej.c 24. 
- them grwmes, others globe; of blood; che drops were 
| fo great asifthey had ftarred through his to olttan 


 fireams and rivers his croſlſe, 


_ . 5, Hereis yet another clymax, {thu ” graardtops of 
| blood did not onl ate ; but d eden 
down ſo faſt, avif oy avif chey had 0 cut of molt 4 a wounds , 


Taree reas of blood ale down to the ground, here's 
— plans drops and thoſe fo ny, fo 
plemteous,as thatthey went apparel,and all, tream- 

ing downto the ; now wasit that his garments were * 4 
dyedwith crimſon-red; that ofthe Prophet though ſpoken in p 
another ſenſe, yetio ſome reſpe& ma de applyed to this, where... : 
fore

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of Iſrael ; yea, than all choſe rivers that waters th gar- 
I ens ating of i 
1\8 may informe us weight 
that thus preſſeth Chriſt under it till he ſweat and ; when 
the firſt X47 had committed the firſt fin, this was-che-penalt 
is the ſweat of thy face ſonlt thou eat thy bread; bait now the v4 
cond Adam takes upon him all the fins of all believers in the Gem 319% + 
" world, he ſweats not only in his face, but in all his body; O ther 

how was that face diskgured, LE 
drop$not of a watry ſweat, but ſeein other 
men, that when they are diſquicted with feare or griefe, Nee | 


Fs: Hor 
> happy garden h 


Uſe. 


aerng EIT Log t 


rod, ws) Pilate; no . no Phitiſees 
whi ima no ſouldiersto Hommred) 


- nor ſpeareto'” 


"VEE 


a. 98.206 


{fin frrs tipor? theliere of 
Feat! 6# irony: wheri one was 
7 Mc py diſciples, then: all chetfinsof 


ET 1s How; 
U EETLT 

es of _ IE < wt 
bl code of lodd 

i) nd Jn hci 68 his vol? 

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FN OY oe Uhr Js eres fibes 


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a Re robe owe Nog, 


CET TERS + 


a 


Elieoodle times ſay, behold, wh 
which hah even Tor << 1 ur bke wiping Y | e Job-32. 19 5 
he Ln 
butit barſt pr Ars vw nemb £'a f in 
ood wi very aw Tar thas eye KI ifs 
precious, and of ſufficient valueto ſave a world, 
iy hr blood which was not forc't by whips, or 
cha re, is to be had in ſinguler honour; as the myrrhe, $ 
that by inciſion of the tree flows ours ery precious, et that (74 
which drops out of its-own accord, is accounted as the firſt and "7 
choyce ; and as the balſome which way ſoeverit come, is ſweet ; 
| * yetthatwhich fallsof its own accord, is held the moſt pure and 
og io by alludes that. A t 


| 
ant | ; '- 
fuef wk vaperavi; as the ol avg pea 6 not 
cut, Potato as if Chriſt ſhauld haye ſaid,  withontany 
lancing, cutring, wag out of meer .loye I poured oue my = 
| blood upon the eatth , this.is certaine , at this time, no manner 
of violence was offered him in body; 'no man touched him or 
came neer him, in a cold night (for they were faine to pate a 
firewirhin dores) Iving abroad inthe ayre, and upon cold earth 
he caſts himſelfe into a ſweat of blood, ſurely loveis hot, be had 
/a fire in his breſt chat melts him into-this bloody ſweat, 0 WOns 
derful Tove ! | 3 
3. This may informe us of the deſigne of Chriſt - in' theſe very. | 
ſufferings ; Chrift weeps (faith Bernard) not only 4 in his eyes, but , 
yo af his members, that with the teares of biz body height web 
| nd purific bis body which is the ('hurch ; or Chriſt ws bloo 
tharks might give usa ſigne of the enemiesrvine , Fwy A. 
Gekpeſſe is as a criſis, or promifing Ggne, that nature with "ne 
Ccce er 


[ | 
api Ecclus24.1g. 


B:rn Sernain 
dom, palm, 


9: 013 357 RR "SECT. 6, | | Fo 4 


of fl ON vgs a bac and leading 


By thre het 


and tafts tn < IEF 
bids then flvep aw now, as beep, ie of if they could 


forQan now was neate; but withal be 
Mat.26,45,46 bore nk and the Sin o ds, Bebold the 


the hands of 
funers y Meter #s be Fg, Fes he nba wap. duth berg 
wie. it might 7nd he undertook his Tuff wich 
ch6yce and free ele@tion, ' he not only refuſed ro fly, bur 
nn Wore co rife, that they mi ghe WI pea Louie or 

they come with /0r4, ' and fhaves.; tas John adds, jy 
rndret ard torchtr, and ( PM going £3 them, 


F . Mut. We weare wwto Zeſws to bh » him) they took, him, bad «nd led 
Joh.18, him away to Anyas 


Job. 18. 123136 In this period (hall obſerve. Tadas treaſon. 2. 
Chriſts apprehenſion. 3.  Chriſts binding, 4. Chriſts lead. 
_ eAmas, one of the chiefe Prieſts; as to tis. fir 


| x. Judas 


Eee 


of is bread, fit at his table, and todi 


if his tradition be true, vered 
fr ah, wif big bp pwr, 1-440 ory ger yr 
mother of a Pn next to Peter hoyotrred hi 
he mA, PE ring, ing 
| woe monary and his almne 
S-, , Oh rv 1p pu 


and [ un $4 pedibiu'\ quam 
we ; in bis pſec ply=d few "The Evangelift gives 
the reaſon ofthis might have thebetcer opportunity to 
kiſle bim , this was Lo ſigne te gave the rout, whom ſoever It 
ſoall kiſſe, thet it he, lay by ” on bins

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he begins war with a kiſſe, 


ee fot ? behold a multitude, 


| % were well for the world (farch Chr yfotome ] eſpecially for the Up. 


there were na more Perfidions, treacherous er ſous init befpaes him. Solus ſic peg» 
fſelfe. But oh ! how full is the world of ſuch miſcreants> there ©**- Caryle 
was never yet ag Abel, bur "cheep a C4480 munther hum, never 
yet a Moſs, bot ht batt Pomrer and? 7unjbrer roxefilt bing never 
yer a Foſeph, but he had unkind brochersto envy him ; never yer 
. a Sawpſos, bur he had a Palileh20 betray) him zimever yer a 
Ds but he had an 4chirophe/ ro hurt him, never yet a Pas, 
but:there was At A/rxander to do him myobevil Nay 4£ is well 
ifjn every aſſembly we meet not witliaf az/as,? an givill affaires 
how, many are there that live arid mate gaineby lying, ſmear:ng, 
cheating, cozentn "g, ſelling __ Chrit, - aad theic-own ſouls for 
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theſe go their way; thus be permits himlelfe to be raken; 
but. not his diſciples. . . 

And now they bave his leave, oh with what fierce antferuet 
countenances, with what, menacing and threatning looks, with 


what mates and ſpightful minds do they invade & aſſault our 
Say ur ? they incompaſſetum.round;rhen they lay their wicked 

violent hands upon him ;-.in the Original, Eni&nnoy ſignifies 
a > ond raking. Oneſpeaks the manner of his apprehenſionin 
theſe words * Some of - them lay bold on his garments, others.on the 
hayre of his head , ſome pluckt Gow by the beard, others truck, bim 
with their i impioas fiſts, and being enraged that with a word he had 
throws them bathwards on the + 262. they therefore throw him un 


his back, and baſely tread him oa their darty feet. Another 
Author 


_ a. a. a... 


all propre EEEY boſfe 
cy: hand regen thus, * | 
him to the ' roi rhey ki ic y 
poco the hayre beth off bis head = ropdhs Of ey 
pa ves finde Scriptures full, IG Neve + 
trong bulls of Baſhan have beſet me ronud, thiy ga; 
with their months, as nity, and Arps f-can ci 
Weareapt tocty.out on 7x4.zs, and the Jewes, a think, gm © 
Oh if pars york their ſtead we ſhould never have e thus, ol. guy 
butfay aſide'a while thoſe inftrumen:s, and look wear” 
ciple cauſe ,- had not we an hand in all theſeaRings * did not we 
conſpire his death andap in re it? Ob my 
fins my ſins! theſe were the band, the. captaine, [and the 
officers; nfm hm the maltitude, a muſtitade-indeed, if I ſhould 
tell them, I mighe cell a thouſand, and yet not cell one ofa thou- 
ſand ; theſe were the ſouldiers that beſet him round, the Ns 
char compaſſed him about, the —_ Lyons that 
him with their mouths, O my hearr,why ſhouldfſt c duties oy 
againſt the Jews, when 'thou find'lt the traytor, and the whole 
rout of officers-in'thy ſeife ? Oh that thou wouldeſt turne the 
edpe ofthy dereſtationinto its right ſtreame and channel ! Oh 
that thou wouldeſt -remember thy own wajer, and all thy doings, 
wheyein' thin haſt bees defiled, and that + thou wouldſt hk Exk,10,43; 
thy ſelf in thy own Pebt for all the evils that thow "haſt com- "ISA 
mitted +. 
3. For Chriſts binding

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than-with iron fetters, his ove 


for the 


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chaines, dark. 5.3,4- and fomeare of opinion 


en- 

raged againſt Peter, as they were agsint Chriſt, and yer'they laid 
ogy og Cchaines, ad 6. + or I think- they _—_ ſo 
enraged againſt Pa»/,as they were againſt Jeſus, and yet the chicf 
{ aptain took him and commanded bim to be bound with two chaines, 
And that NG, be theit dealing with Chriſt, Z-d: by-bis 
councel ſcemsto ſpeak, hold him faft. — tekginm, andilcad him 
away ſafely, q 4. make him fare that he eſcape net out of your 
hands, he-hath deceived you often, and therefore chaine bim with 
anironchaine that will be fure &o hold. I cannot paſſe this with- 
out ſome'wordto--our ſelves. 5 

.-Chriſt undergoes this reſtraint that all \ forts-of. perſteution 
might.-be fanifiedto:us byhis fulception. Againe, 'Ghriſtwas 


Was 


Ss. & a 


and there if we finde him, we mult rake him, la bold on him by 
the hands of faith,and got let him go, but lead him ately unti 
we have brought him into our mothers houſe, into the aſſemblies 
of his people: or if you will until we have bronght him 
into our- fouls, where he may ſup withus, and we with 
him. 


| away to Anna

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the' fourth watch of the ni bt, elſewhere it is 
\ calfed the morning watch, which concinueth till the morn- 


ing. 


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| WITS TT PRI ww 


$yhe dges The perfidioi ml » The ſentence 
p ET Tote ious denyal of _ perjured Perey. 
6,.The ſhameful deluſion, and abuſes of the baſe atten- 


dan : "REO RY 
py, the captious examination of .the-high Ti vgh Joh«18,19, 
but ; 


the 

Prieſt then a:ked Feſus of his diftiples, and of his doit ne. / ""h; 
his diſciples ; what the 10ns-. Were it is not expreſſed, 
probably they might be ſuch as theſe, how diſciples he had ? 
and where they were ?. and what was become 9 16 09s ? why he ſhould 
take upon him to he better guarded. than others of greater place and 
calling? whether i4 aid not ſavour of - ſedition and Earbavce of the 
ſtate, to lead about ſuch a crew of diſciples, and fellowers after him ? 
and what was the reaſon of their flight,. whether it were 'not a token 
of their gudtineſſe, of ſome diſorder, or of, riotous praftiſes? it is not 
for me to peak how many quires the high Prieſt might make to 
tempt Fay but certainly be was ſifted to the bran, examined to 
the fall of all ſuch circumſtances as either might trap Chriſt, or 
in the leaſt degree advance and belp forward his condemnation ; 
to this queſtion concerning his diſcipies our Saviour anſwered 
nothing... alas be knew the frailty of his followers, he might 
have ſaid, for my diſciples you ſee exe. hath betrayed me, and another 
will anone forſweare me, he flajes but for the crowing of the ceck... 

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back, -and walked no more wit 
lay tothe twelve, will ye alſo 


Sh onneof the i 
- Joh.6 67,68, 1 Coun 1 
Sad fairh'Þ or why 
fate upon 
hem, who now 


food inrtheir places, a 
2. Heacked\ 


long prattiſe 


bring in 


1 [aid nothing,why a-keft #04 me, ack them-which heard me what 1 
ſaid mnnto therm, behold they know what Iſaid? 9.4. Tappealeto 
the teſtimony of the very enemies - themſelves, thou 
ſuſpeteſt me to be a ſeditiousperfon, ' and one that plots miſ- 
chiefe agaiaſt the $Scate in fectet , I rell chee trach, 7 /peak, norhing 

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« ” they kitow 1 


7-8; omen: have cqanſpeeſſed the jaw 


| , fir: hs fd gre ori rang ret er 
pets whic ePeſu* his hand 
wereſt Prie + thir hojylaoe witch Job-1.94. | 
au to be the T4210 hr rage of = 
which muck of the celeſtial glo I gory dochevnſt; har fc _ 
which ma ſtare dif wor "ke infants/ata bright 


beaine, 'was gow ſiren by #buſe ark in 91am. or of a 
Junge: and howſoeverthe afſembly was tull, yer not one a- 
them all reproved lie fat, or'ſpake aword for Chriſt * F 
.1n this bins rx heightried, becauſe the blow was ſaid 'Þ 
raya alchu an Tdumeas flave ; it was he whoſe ,, , 
wb 2-N8, cut off by Perer, and cured by Chrill, and thus he re. in eb on. 32.. 
hue? him for his miracte.— amongſt all the ſufferings of Chriſt 
one would think this were burlitrle; - when 7 look into 
Scriptures, I is chus , be yiverh his choeks;to 
bin that; miteth him, he h. Thus Micah "Ne: 2 
'of Chriſt, they 5 balm or Ige of Iſrael with ared 
pen the check there Was ih of ſhame; the Apoſtle Mica.s r. 
layesit down as 4 g), pe fiffering and reproach, 5f « man ſmite 
Jou on the fact, more Agra (faith Chryſofteme) thas * Corc11.20. 
robe ſmitten on » the -heck: the diverſe reading of the word ſpeaks ©*7/- bem.82. 
it oat farther, he froke him with a rod, or he ſtroke bim with the 0 _ 
palme of his hate,” Swe P4431T UL . the word 3 10 wet, fay fome MC, 2am &f cr nm 
refers.to his ſtrikiog wich 4 rod, or club, or ſhooe; or -pantoffle; 4m ſpgnificar, 
or as others,"it refers to bis ſtriking with the palme of his hand , £#- ©ri. Sacy, 
of therwo, the palme of his hand 1s judged more diſgraceful; 
thaneither rod, or ſhooe ; and thereforei , the text we tranſlate 
it. ' with the pabme of the hand he track. at 7eſns, (4. Y with open « 
hiaod, wich his hand ® ſtretched ont. ( 2 —— 
The antients commenting on 'this cuffe ;, tet the Frag be mz. Tdem., 
afraid (faith one) and let the — tremble at Chrifts patience, * C ws 2 oe 
D and ©" 199.6, 18, 


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”” Augtn, Tra, htwicould\ gow containe your hands, - 
| 4 itz, at God? win if pron fy (ſait 


6.” poi > ae && ay peas 


is ej Til far 


fon of an earthly Sovernigne, 


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. of EY ? how _ me o ie * pon te che woe 
2 lifted up againſt the ac al dogs 
[hf not'o men,bur the | ws, walter 
- Bey, $erm.de leftial powers aboye adc bn 


8 his hand that ſirwck,. Chriſt was « . AS pkg "tron > wy i. 
| ne, Germ de Vincenting affirmes, tharhy one blow Chriſt was felled?s the 
Lido, te vits and Lodovicys adds, that led gaſhcd out oo, month, and rbax the 
\*Edvifth mpreſſenefthe varere Jong ers bd ney on Chriſt check, with 4 
need ſay a9 more 0 this; wot La 


a word,that canſi not 
up the leaſt and RY , 
O proud man ! Oim Al how art thou ſo ſuddenly 
mored at the leaſt indignity, when-thou ſeeſt thy Saviour quietly 
ſuffer great affronts ? come learne

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blaſpheme and curſe, O let wot ws-be bigh-winded bat Rom. 11.20, . 


feare, | ; 


HL RL 
TS 


m__— 


x | Plal.n 14.8. 


4. planxit, Idem, 
. b, d 


of d " 
it _ TE von felghak 
was ſoftned, and he droped 
of Chfiſts look, it 2ar»cthe oy 04 ſtanding water, andthe flint 
y 


into 4 fountmn of waters. — ,let us not _ repentance, 
but ather be inthe uſe, and praRiſe, and exerciſe of 1t;-i8 nor 


looked-upo 
teares continually. Such is the yertye 


"here a Goſpel preſident. * Clement an dntietc 


3 4 * Flevit quidem 1ante lachri- | writer, of whom Paxl makes mentian, Phile 4-3. 
ls ew ber expreſſeth Perererepentance to have been ſogreat, 
baberes, 


that im bis cheeks he made ( as it were) furrowt, in 


""M-f quos quaſ oy __— which as in cerraine channels his teares run down , 
®” > macjnr defluedant: Chem. text tells us be eps bitterly; and (lement! adds, 
ies galli cantum antfe- that while he lived, as often as ke heard a ctch row, 
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my bed to ſmimme, 1 water my conch with my tearer, 
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conch, becauſe there moſt eſpecial! uy he had offended God : . 

was on his bed that hecommitted adultry, andit was in bis 


couch, that he deſigned and ſubſcribed with | his own hand, that 
"Oriah muſt dye, -and hence is it that he waters his bed and couch 
with his teares., the very fight of his bed aid conch brings. his ſin 


into his remembrance, as the very bearing of the crowing ofu 
cock ever after awakened. Peter to his task of teares that re- 
Port ance us 4 Gujpes diy, we have ſpokeelſewhere, O take heed of 

ecrying it /.as we are often (inning, fs let us often repent, it con- 
cernsus neere to. be frequent in this duty of bewailing fin, and 
turning to God, 

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they minde earthly things, bt our converſation (ai che Apo. NET" 
file) i ix heaven, our converſation (5. ) the aime,.. and ſcope of 
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many* reaſons are given in for this, as hs LC | 
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y of need, if we during our time 
his rime ſtop his mouth, and (hut up ace. - | 
we ſhall receive no refreſhment, no inſtruction, no pardon, no 
falvation.” . 5. Becauſe Chriſt was reſolved to' be obedient to 
his Fathers ordinance, he was reſolyed to ſubmit to the doome of 
death with patience and ſilence, for tliis purpoſe he came into 
the world, that he might ſuffer in our ſtead; and for our ſins, and 
therefore.he would @>t pleade his own-cauſe, nor defend his own 
innocencyin any kindey be knew that we were guilty, though 
himſelfe was not. ' * 


3. This ſilence they __ for ſimplicity, and fo 1. They 
deſpiſed him , and 2. ' They diſmilt him ; and Herod with his 
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with a white, glittering, gorgeous rayment : the word aauress, 
ſignifies gorgeous, bright, refþlendent, ſuch as Nobles and Kings 
uſed to-weare : the Latins ſometimes render it þ/exdidam veſtem, 
and ſometimes candidam, or albzm wveſicm, we tranſlate it A 
gorgeous robe, and the antients call it a white robe, in imitation 
whereof the baptiſed - were wont to put on a white renee 
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. muth to declare his excellency, ' or. innocency, as his folly, 
$ certainly he-accountedhimfor no other wag Ao 


'an4deot, & paſſing ſimple man. - The Philoſophers (fayes 
. Tertulliqn) drew bim in their ny attyred by Herod, like. 4 


ire, but neverin a ny ogher colour ; and 


ether dentdbaniaby divine pro 


butto leave theſe myſteries, the 


faole, with long aſſes eares, bis —_ off, and a book in his 
band, &-c. Oh'marvellous madneſle:! oh the lirange miſtakes 
of men ! in hislife time they accomnt feſus. 


.of -whtce 
mealie ro the Byte ERS 


ſad be chated i white robes , mn men Rey 4.4. 
in faith Jaw- 
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onde com twreass wage that Cheri Grould racher have been.” 
a$arinnocett, - then condemned as a malefactor, —— 


{urten, « &: LIC IP. 


wine, 4 companion of fnuners : a'blaſp , @ſorcerer, aud one thet lack. 5 "9. 
caſt out "devils th Belztbub. Prince of devids: ea; and one Mas. in 24 
that himſelfe was with a devil: And now: towards his Joh 8.48. 


death he is bound as a thiefe, he is truck in the houſe of Caiphas 
as an arrogant and ſaucy fellow, heesaccuſed before the Sanke. 
drim of blaſphemy, beis brought before Pilate as a malefactor, 
a mover of n, a ſeducer, a rebel, and as one that aſpired to 
the” Kiagdome;” he is tranfmitted unto Herod as a Jugler to 
ſhow tricks; and now in the cloſe of all he isaccounted of Herod 
and hismen of war asafoole, an ideor, a bruit, not having the 
underſtanding ofa man, But ſoft Herod; is Chriſt therefore a 
foole, becauſe he is filent? "and artthon wiſe, hecauſe of thy many 
words, andmany. queſtions > Solomon @ wiler tar than Herod, 


is'ofanother minde : ix rhe multi:ade of words there wanteth met Proy.no.1g, 
' fin, but he that refraineth hu lips ts wiſe. \Againe, he that bath 


knowledge fparnh hu words, and a man of underfbandi isof 4 _ 

ſpvrit ; oven a foolr when be holdetls bis Peace is i wiſe : 

ho that ſontterh his lips i efteemed a man of waderſtanding. % 
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never knew Chriſtians in better heart, than when 
they were ſtiled by the name of puritans, precifians , hyprorites, 
formalifts, or the like. 

2. Letus not judge of men andeheir worth by their outfide- 

_—_— wiſdome may be, andoften is clad in theitvate of a 
foole. arly bottles oft-times hold rich wines, ſo poore 
robes Go ion many precious ſoules, in right judge- 
ment we ſhould look only to the minde, and ſoul, uf inſide of a 


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b- ) 4 oe jrokamg and blind, pr f rei a 
at the condeſcention of Chriſt: who for our 
Fre 65g from heayen' to reach us wiſdome ; ,and for us 
who were poles indeed, was content tobe accountedy ole 


himſelfe, yea, andif need had been, would have 
have ſaid with David, 1 will yet be more vile than thus, and Vl x S4m.6. 22; 


be baſe in my own be. 1 know this do&rine is an offence to 
es To Bom oacktin(s mate the ks --/ ary. op> bye AN it 23. 


he Greeks voliſbneſſe. ' To tell nararal men (ſuch as Herod, and 
war) 6h this ſame Jeſs hom chey mock, and ſer 
TIS Son of God, 'and Saviout of the world; they 
e, it i plainly evident, that wor many wiſe men after 
the fleſh, not many aro tht ary noble are'calltd; but God hath " Cort 26,37 
calledthe fooliſh rhin the warids to confound the wiſe ; why this '&+ 25» 
is the fruit of condeſcention, har the wfakrf of wr 
wiſdome it (e}fe

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words, and miſuſed his Prophets; untill the wrath"of and 16, 
the Lord aroſe againſt bis people, 44 was 10 remedy. Cas 
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foole >"what ?- hou that ſpeakeſt mer) wort, ps © 
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deme ir ſelfe Fovthargghis Las | 
ve#br)and yet by Hered and unCourentearetona arcs ; 
and derided asa meere ſimplemans-: ne”. > 

2 They diſmiſt him j-uchis - hey ſent him away s- 
gaine to P3/ate, ro all rhewformer deriſion th added this, char. 
now he warexpoled n cor tothe boyesofche tree, Hud 
would not becontent yh. ene adder ſhould fer . 


garment, to be 
. ſcornedb the people; to- Ghooed ib Meertons And 
now was the of Chriſt, / was a w—_— ro all my 
\. FOR _ their Jong all way: 

Ofthis let us makeſome Was theeternal Word of God, | 
and the uncreated wiſdome of the Father reputed a foole? no 
wonder if we- (uffer thouſands of reproaches; we are _ 
[peftacle unto the world, and 19 Angels, and to men , we art: 
fer-Chriſts ſake, faith the Apoſtle. we are made as the 
tbe world, and ave the \ off-/couting "of all ''things anty "this day, 
Chriftians muſt weare the badge and livery of Jeſus Chriſt; we 
cannot expe to fare better than our. Maſter,- why then ſhould 
wedeſpond ? I never knew Chriſtians in beter heart, than when 
they were ſtiled by the name of puritans, precifians , hyprovites, 
formalifts, or thelike.) © 

2. Let us not judge of men and their worth by their outfide- 
pnnyy wiſdome may be,. andoften is clad -in thebate ofa 
foole. beggarly battles oft-times hold rich wines, ſo poore 
xo an rr. ometimes many precious ſoules , in right j 
ment we ſhould look only'to the minde, and ſoul, and inſide of a 
© © man; yea;t0the hidden manof the heart : \and for OO _ 


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and miſerable, and poore, and Hind, and =” ad 
CT admire at the condeſcentionof Chriſt:+who form "520 
ſakes.came down from heayen' to reach us wiſdome , and for us | +7 
who were {poles \ indeed, Las to”be accounteda foole © 
himiſelfe; yea, and if need , would have beeq.readyto | IS 
have ſaid wich David; I'll yet jy more vile than this, and will * Sim. 6.ur; | 
be baſe in my own ſig be. 1 know this do&rine is an offence to 
erntifed' is wnte the Jewera ps. and uno 1 Cor.t 23, 
the he Greeks voliſoneſſe. | To tell natural men (ſuch as _ and 
his men of war) that this ſame Jefis whom they mock, and ſer 
þ oem = Ir aren of God, 'and Saviout of the wy they 
©; it is plainly evident, that nor many wilt men after 
the fleſh, not many mighty, not mary noble are called; but God hath  Cor.x.26,27 
called the fooliſh things of the world to confound the wiſe ; why chis '=+ 25» 
is the fruit of condeſcention, the foolifbne fe feof dy 
wiſdome it (eife -was content to be counted : 
Pew 570mm the foaliftthings 5 of the work might be wile co- 
vation. 
4: Let us ſearch whether Herod and his men do not keep 
rendevouz in our hearts, do not we fer' Chriſt at naught 7: do 
not we motk bim, and aray him in a gor robe? whatſoever 
weds to one ofthe leaſt of his Saints, hetells us that we doic 
to himſelfe, Afar. 25 40, 35. and haye we notdealt thas with 
his Saints ? have we not dealt thps with his Miniſters ? when. 
Eliſha was - going up to Bethel, there came little children owt of 2 King, 24238. 
the (ity, and mecked bim, and [aid unto him, go wp thon bald-head, 
go up thou bald-brad. A reproach of ba/d-head, rount-head, 
given tos faithful E5fe, or Miniſter of Chriſt, proclaimes you 
as badas thoſe little children, yea, as bad as Herod, and his men 
of war ; ſuch Herod: were a little before the deſtru&ion of Peru-- 
ſalem, "ſome there were then that mocked the meſſengers of God, ,, Chron, F54 
and deffiſed his words, and niſuſed his Prophets, untilltke wrath'of and 16, 
the —_ _ againſt bis people, b. "24 Was 10 remedy. Oaks 
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thatiCyod will-bat have.Jeſus Chriſt, yolimerd 00/mare,: yer do 
pot. many of you ſay: in: your/hearts, as Pilate here, what ſhall 7 
do with Jeſus that. is called A Cbrif ?- or asthe devils ſaid elſewhere, 
what have we to do-with thee Feſns thou Sonof God ? nay, hath not 
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his Fathervy 0 gd Eolecties both ALF 'G ſiffering 
andaffroats; he endured thefhame'of nakedneffe "at the xim 
his ſcourging ; ſee here a naked Chriſt, and therein' ee 
mercyof Chriſt to us; he found us like the good Samaritas 
when we were ftripped,. and wounded, and left halfe dead; and- 
that we might be covered, he quietly ſuffered | himſelfe to be 
diveſted of his own robes , he took'on him the ſtate of ſinnin 
Adam, and became naked, that we might firſt be cloathed yic 
righreonſneſſe, and then” with immortality '; *. oh Ini 
- leſſed uſe may we make 'of the very nakedneſſe of 

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AA es | EY ves, and rogues were uſed to 
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of fourty ſtripes ; when Paw! was thus uſed, he tells us, Sith the 
ewes five times receive WF fury Jripe er ſave one. Thes Pale 
fayesthey would not exceed that a r, leſt Pax/ ſhould have * ©9324: 
become infamous, and ever after uncapable of publike office, 
and hoping they might have regained him , they would not 
brand him with that. note of infamy. O then if one ſtripe 
above fourty was ſoinfamons among(t the Jews, what ſhame, 
what infamy was this, when ſo many ſcores, hundreds, 8 thou- 
ſands of ſtripes ( as ſome reckon them) were laid on Jeſns Chriſt > 
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FP Ie and br ſed for our iniquities, the chaſtiſement of 'our pravt-was liid: 
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manded not ta exceed in, —— And thetruth'is if the whole 
band of ſouldiers were the whippers of Chrift (as {dme would” 
hayeit), 1 cannot ſee” but his ſtripes might be more 'than-f6; 
when the,ſon of an1/-ae//ti5 woman blaſphemed God, the 
Levi:.24414. Lordſaid toc Moſer, bring forth him that hath' curſed without the” 
campr;and let all that bee bim lay their hands upon bis head, and 
= 4 Fongrrgrie ſtone. him, now' Chriſt had- faid before all 
: band, that he was+he Son of God, which they called! blafphe- 
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eh againſt her, andto bring an evil reportupan her, as 4vto 
way « the Gentiles ye ſhall not go, and into-the City! of the $«- 
maritans ye ſhall mt enter , and it 1s not meet to take the childrtuy 
bread, and tocaft it unto dips. And now he is accuſed before the 
Blders, now he is whipt and chaftifed, and commanded'by his 
Father to take Her to his wife andnot to put her away all his 
dayes. I know there is much unlikegeſſe in this myſtery, for 
Chriſt was,not whipr for calling the ©horch adulterous, thatin- 
deed was chaſt , but he was whipt to preſent” the Chnrch as a 


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loved the Church. and gave himſelf for it;——that be might pre- 
ſent it to himſelfe a glorious Church, not having fpat, or wrink{e,or 
ax) ſuch thing, but that it ſhould be holy aud without blemiſh, this 


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her, and pave occaſions of ſpeech againſt her, and brought an - 
evil name upon her undeſervedly. , thatthen rhe Z]ters of the Deutias; 


City ſhowld rake that man and chaſtiſe him, —— and ſpe ſhogld be it q 


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upon him ſurer, and to imprintir deeper, till | 
as ſome think it pierced his very skull. 2. Nor was it only paine, We 
but ſhame; when 7o:ha7: put out his parable to the men of _ 
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but the olive-rree ſaid untotherm, ſhoxld T leave my fatnefſe, where. '* "5: | 
with by me they honowred God and man, and go tobe promoted over. 

the trees *- And the trees ſaid nnto the fig-tree, come thou and reigne 

over ts, but the fig-tree ſaid unto them, ſhould ] forſake my ſweet- 

neſſe, and my good fruit, aud go to be promoted owey the trees ? then 

ſaid the trees anto the vine, come thou and reigne over us, and the 

wine ſaid nnto them, ſhould 1 leave my wine, which cleareth God 

and man, and go to be promoted over the | trees > then ſaid all the 

trees wnro the bramble, come thou, and reigneovey 4 ;- and the 
bramble ſaid unto the trees, 'if in truth ye ano me King over 

you, then come, and put your traſt in my ſhadow, and"if net, les fire 

come ont of the bramble ;* #nd devour the Cedars of Lebanon. As 
Porhans put out this parable in ſcorne of Abimelech, ſo the ſoul- 
diersin ſcorne put on Chrifts head this bramble crown, 9. d. 

come, thay ſayſt, thou art King of Fews, and therefore wee le make 

thee acrown of bramble, King of trees, by which meansthey pro- 

teſt againſt Chriſt as a feigned TT 5 7s as if he were no hit- 
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or given up to pleaſures. 
6.. eArevery bird [6 rfeeb wpon the thorwes im the orchard, fo let us 
draw.neare, *and nuke: our nefts in theſe bleſſed buſhes ; let us 
abandon-all the colours of other Captaines, as the world, fleſh, 
and devil, andiet us. keep cloſe to the royal ſtandard of our 
Kihg ;- under theſe thornes we | may . finde ſhelter again(t 
aft our enewvies ; from theſe thornes 'we .niay., andoubted- 
ly gather grapes , even a yintage of mages joy. and 
pladneſle. 


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almoſt unto death, they had moſt cruelly divided 
thoſe azure channels of his yt blood, they had cloathed 
him with purple, crowned him with thornes ,. and now th 
bring him out by the hayre ofthe head (ſay ſome) and expoſe 
him tothe publike view of the {cornful company, 'Pi/ate crying 
unto them, Mebelathy may, 4, 4; Brbold a coore,. filly, miſerable, 
diſtreſſed wan ;, behold I ſay, net your King, to provoke you- againſt 
hims, nor yet the Sow of God, which you ſay he makes himſclfe tobe , 
but behold the man, a mean man, a worme and n0 man; behold bow 
hefſtands disfigured with weunds, behold him weltring and panting, 
ind crimſon river of his own gore blood ,, and let this Tafficient Jea 
more thes ſufficient paniſhment ſuffice to ſatisfie your rage, what 
wonld you hawe more? if it be for malice that you are ſo vidlent a- 
gainſt him, bebold how miſerable he is, if for feare, beheld how con- = 
temptible he ts: As for any fault whereby he ſhonld deſerve his 
death, 1 finde no fault in him, he va Lamb without ſpot, a deve 
without gall; O come and behold this man, Ican finde no fault in : 
him. [A DoRorsaffirme that whiles P:/ate cryed out behs/4 
the man, bis ſervants lifted up the purple robe, that ſo all mighe 
ſee his torne, and bloody, and macerated body , he'Tuppoſed his 
words could not ſo move their hearts, as Chriſts wounds, and 
therefore ſad he, behold he man ; * - he-had aid againe, /-:h, 
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him and view. him well, i: he not well payd for calling himſelfe 
Kinzof the Jewes ? now ſte bimſtript, and whipt, aud crowned 
with thornes, and ſceprer*d with areede, anoynted with ſpertle, and 
cloathed with purple ; what would you more ? FE 
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1udgement ſeate, ina place that u called the pavement, 
hed of ſtones, but in the Hebrew Gabbatba , — This 
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innocent of _the blood of thus. juſt perſon, ſee ye Mat,27.24- 


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: tike, And Pilate gave ſentence, that it ſhowld be a4 they required : 
Luk.23424,25« and then he delivered Fe{m to their will. Here's a ſentence indeed, 
: a defivery of Jeſus not to his own, but to hjisenemics liberty , to 
- the boundleſſe bonds, and all the poſlible tortntes of their ' own 
' wills, and wifbes. Ounjuſt ſentence !” Give me wit over 16 the wil 
Plal. 27.12. of my adverſaries, cryes David; the will of malice is an endleſſe 
_wheele, it catgs tothow long it ſpins out paine, ' and therefore 
they cryed crucifie him,” crwcifie him, Tet him be cracified. Amen, 
(fayes Pilate) do what you pleaſe, rracifie bim, and crucifie him as 
. often as you will, it ſhall be as you require, Lo now T deliver himsto 

your own wil. © 5 TP 
We eannot ſhake this tree without ſome fruit ; ' from" this 
3 fight of Chriſt , and ſentence of Pi/are, we may learne ſome 

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if 
we will but hearken wh "ol .voyee: of Pile, bebild rhe 
than. | #0 21.4 C19 ou Fas cir] gy; 
2. From the Fgpnbe i Pilate: that Chi ft fonld bt 
4s the Pews requirey, We: thay fear ichie: fulneſſe.o (Owe 
heatcs,in making ſelftheetd, and aime of our particukarcattings/ 


Pilate as] dge ſhould have glorifted God iy'doing julticeynbut W/, tn 
wit baaresrhe Jews'cry , if thou' lf him gop = d b4 


eſars friend, he then looks to himſelfe, and his own, int 
Ju ges cat havetheir endsfn the very place 6f.5adivatire t ca 
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Hips roman engage todd, and Jeſonio deliver. 

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; went on the next -houre will ſpeak ; onl 

hearts to heare devoatly, and to confler nb mg what 

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ſeveral paſſages, As 1..Their taking off therobe, andcloath- 
jog him againe with his own. rayment. 2,, Their leading him 


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about his neck, ch they led him out ofthe Rm +. 
\ Catvrry, and that all along the way, ' mulrirudes' attended him, 4; 
oh mg tt ſen Fo CT 
ofhis death; namely that 7e/#s Chriſt wits 4 ſeducer, blaſphemer a; *® 
negromancer , a teacher of falſe doltriner,  ſayi | 
' that be was the Meſſias , yy of fart, yn hve of | 
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him, him, firſt iſe him with it as a berider, 
erin, ci him, withit asa croſſe; thoſe ſhoulders which . 
pgoahmy mare "battered with whips before, are now a- 
Fete for tel of hiscroſſe 'As a true [/aac 
he bears the wood for the: e of himſelfe, or Uriaklike, he 
carries with him-the very-inftrument of his « own ſaddeath. O 
the cruelty of this paſſage! they had ſcarce left him ſo much 
blood or firength as tocarry himſelfe, and muſt he now beare his 
"heavy crofle ? yes, till he faint and linke, ſolong be muſt beare 
it, and longer too, © did they nor feare that 3 Id-dye with 
leffe ſhame and fmart than —_ intended” him : which to pre- | 
vent they conftrained ene Simon & Cyrencan tdbree ii croſſe after Mae.17. 44: 
him. How truely do they here againe ſwallow the Camme!, and Mars, a, 4 es 
ſtraineat'a gnat ? the croſſe was a Roman death, and ſo one of 
their abominations, hence they themſelves would not touch 
this tree of infamy, leſt they ſhould have been defiled, but to 
tonchthe Lords anoynted, to crucitie the Lord of glory, they 
make no ſcruple at at}, bur why muſt another beare the croſle, 
but to conſigne this duty unto man, that 'we muſt enter into a 
fellowſhip of Chrilts ſufferings ? if any man will. come after me, 
let him deny himſelfe, and take *up hs croſſe and follow me. —— and 
therefore Chriſt hath ſuffered for us, leaving us an example that we 
ſhould fellow hu ſteps. 
p 4. Hecomforted the women, who followed weeping after 
him ashe wentalong. And there followed him a+ great eempany Luk. 23. 17,28 
of propleiand of women, which alſo bewailed and lamented him ;, bat 


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would if it benor rhys, woene _ 
Pilates, if a were bur 
rather condemne Chrift than your Live ofermice ene at 
3 ſuch would be the cry, ler Chriſt be cracified, ſeife 
advanced. 

Much more might be ſaid, but the houre firikes againe , 
Pilate is now riſen, the Court diſſolved, and Jeſus is deliver- 
ed into the hands of the - Jews for 'execution. : How that 

; went on the next-houre will ſpeak ; only God har mg. 
hearts to heare devoatly, and to conſider wry. + Largym 
Jeſus the great Saviour of the world hath ſuffered 
you. 

SECT. 6, 
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of 
their cruelty and envy. Theophilatt yo Jn, that the 
vinegar mingled wii was poyſonous and deadly, and there- rhcop5i. in 
fore when Chril Wy LY a be would not Kink "chooſ nETa- PTY 
ther the death of thecroſſe, to which he was delſtinated by his 
Father, than any poyſonous death. | 
Ah brethren, are not we apt” tothink hardly of che Jews for +, /a 
- giving Chriſt ſo bitter a potion at'hus time of death > and yer lic- 
tle do we thick that when we (fin we do as much. See but how 
God himſelfe compares the (ins of. the wicked Jews to very 
poyſon, for their wine i of the wine of Sodome, and of the fields of xy ent. 32,32 
Gomorah, their grapes are grapes of gall, their cluſters are bitter, 11, , 
their wine is the poyſon of Dragons, and thr cruel wvenome of 
Aſpes.- bn this reſpet we may think as hardly 'of our 
ſelves as of the Jewes, becauſe ſo oftas we ſin againſt God we 
do as much as mingſe ranke poyſon, and bring it to Jeſus Chriſt 
to drink. 
6. T hey cracified him, (i.) they faſtened. bim on the crofſe, Mas 27. 35+ 
and then lift him up. A great queſtion ,there is amorgſt the 
learned, whether Chriſt was faſtened on the croſle after it was 
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erected, or whiles it was lying'on the ground? I would not rake. 
too much into theſe nicities, only more probable it is that he was 
faſtenedto it whilesit lay flat.on the ground, andthen as Moſes 
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then ftrip they off bis gore+glened charhes, and with them queſtion- 
te pts lf bs mangled in and fleſh us if "rwore wat ws; 
to.crncifie him as a thiefe, unleſſe they {4 him to0.44 6 oſt ; then 
ſtretch they him ont as another Iſaac on bus own barthen, the crofſe ; 
that ſo they might take meaſure of the holes, 'and though the print of 
bis blood on it gave them his true length, yet how ſtrifily do "pp he 
it ing then the truth? thereby at. once both to crucefie ad 
him.? that he was thus ſftretcht, and rackt upan bis troſſe, _ David 
gives more then probable intimation, 1 may tell all es; And 
apaine, all my bones are out of joynt ; which otberwiſe how could it 
# well be as by ſuch a violent Bricching god” #fliriin ? no re 4 
ſeems they had made him a living anatomy ; nor was it ju the leſſe 
ſenſible, Bly parts of bis body that they drive theſe their, larger ren 
ters, where ght "muſt bang ; but in the hand: and” 


rton bus whole wei gh FF. Foes 
eet, the mo gray d conſequently the moſt ſenſible fleſhy parts of 
My other, Lay anal tio efulh they dl oro 
too by that of David, they digged my hands and my feet, they made 
wide holes liks that of a ſpade, as if they had been digging in ſome” 
ditch: the boyfrous and unuſual. greatueſſe of theſe nay les we bave 
from- venerable antiquity , Confian nine rhe great is ſaid to have 
made of them bothan helmet and a bridle. — How ſhould I write on, 
but that my teares ſhould bI:t out what Twrite, when'it « no other 
then he that is thus wſed who hath blotted out that hand-writing of or- 
dinances, that was againſt me ? - 


But the houre goes on and this is the great buſineſſe ofthe 
worlds redemption, of which'T would ſpeak a little more; by 
this time we may imagine Chriſt nai ed to the croſſe, and his 
croſſe fixed in the ground which with its fall into the place of its 
ation. gave infinite torture hy ſo violent a concufſion of the bo. 
dy of our Lord. That I meane to obſerve of chis crucifying of 

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be will takeaway nonethatare temporal; Chriſt came notanto 
the worldto be Ceſars; or Pilates ,,or- Herods ſueceſſour,, butif 
- they had belceved, © to have- been. cheir Saviour./--Lookthrough 
the Chronides of hislife;-and we finde him-ſo farfrom. a King, 
that be was che meaneſt ſeryant--of all men ;.,where was he borze 
but at Berb/ekemalictle City? where did' Che. ſhepheards- finde 
himbut in a poore cottage? -who-were :his diſciples. but a-deale - 
of fiſhermen'?. who his companions; but publicans and-ſtnners 2 
- is he hungry ? where ſtandsHis table but on plaine ground ? what. 
arc his daintigs but bread anda, few fiſhes? where is his lodging 
-but.at the ſterne of aſhip ?-here's 8 cm Jv wang cicher pre- 
ſence-chamber, or bed-chamber, rhe foxes have holes, and the birds 
of the ayre have ne#ts, but the Sen of man bath not whereon to lay: liz 
head: Come; feare not Pi/are the lofle of thy diadem ;- it. may 
be the people would ſometimes havemade him a King, but ſee 
how he flyesfrom'it ; my Kingdiane is 112 of this world, (aith Jeſus, 
Oh that Lcould bur contemne the world as Ghriſt did-!. Oh that 
firſt: and above ail!-T could ſeek the Kingdome of God and his 
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the paſſion of Chriſt to themor- 
tifying of hisſin, yea letall turne mourners, letall.bow-their 
heads, and ady to give up the ghottfor the Name'of Chriſt, 
And tet-not Chriſt be buryed Sthoad a Sermon neither, gn let 
the tex#be this, che good x pure iveth bu life for the ſheep; ard 

in the end of the Sermon (whether it be in uſeor no) let the 
Preacher rake occaſion to ſpeak a word or two inthe praiſe of 


N Cant. 5. 20. 16 Chriſt; let binvſay with the Spouſe, chat be was the chirfeſt ameng 


ten 1 huuſands, that he was alrogerher lovely , that being God a- 
boveall gods; he became, man beneath all men, that when be 
ſpake he began ordinarily with verily, verily, I ſay unto you , 
that hewas an holy man, thathenever ſinned in all his life nei- 
ther in'thouglit, word, or deed ,, rhatbeing endowed with che 
'er of miracles, he lovingly employedir curing the lame, 


; and linde, and deafe, and dumbe, in caſting out.devils, in heal- 


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chem, ilar rom, of life, Coſmery off | 
When the Sermon is done, and the buriabis. 
mournergo home, and begin an life / in imiainof Jo 
Chriſt. © my foul thatthouw thus Gs 
imitate, that fo thy meditation 
thy imitation real,, T meane that thy fb 

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F Of defring 7eſwne4n that reſpett. 


c Ft us defere after Feſms, carryi on the work ofour al 
i nero death. Jeſus rn toa ſinner js 
the chiefgbje& of deſire, but JeſilyChriſtas the chief 
piece of rhat objeR. Humbigd foulslookafters and 
they finde it chiefly in Chriſt crucified ; gronpanin are ſo many 
'Cryes after bathings in Chriſt; blood, and hyding in Chriftt righte= 
ouſneſſe, aftive and paſſive.” Indeed nothing doth ſo coole and 
refreſh, aparched, dry, and thirſty fouls

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life, ſo Chriſt 
gave himſelf ay7iavager , a ranſome, or counterprice, ſubmitting 


him- 


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" The.Sichniajy tell us that Cirifts ſufferings and deatti were 
not for fatisfation to God, but in reſbrengeco'us; thar we might 
beleeve the truth of his doQtrine copfirmed and ſealed ( as they 
*ay ) by-his death, and'that we yeeldobedierce to God 
according to the patteune that he ha tet before us;8& that ſo be- 
leeving and obeying,we might obtaine remiſſion of ſins andeter- 
nal life. 
Bur the Scriprure goes higher; ig that mutual compa& nd 
agreement betwixt God and Chriſt, we oor God. the Father 
brig. er and rage ſabmicring ro this ſatisfaRtion. x, TheFa- 
er inpettl harging the finnes of his Ele& upori Jeſus 
| yn Fry: Las on him the iniquity of #s all ; not the 16.53. 36. 
linnes themſelves, not theevil.inthem,, or fault of them, but ; 
the che gm mlt and penalty belonging to them; this God laid upon 
ne, and charged ic upon him, he chargedic as a creditor 
dee, h. the debr upon the. ſutety , requiring ſatisfaion. 
riſt undertook it; . be war oppreſſed, and he was afflited, or ver 7, 

we of re tranſlate , s: Was exatted, and he anſwered; { s.) God 

the 'Father required ſatisfationfor ſine, and Jeſus Chriſt as 

our ſurety anſwered-in our behalf, be hare the ſinneg of many, be ..._., 
bare chem asa Porter that bears the bngdey for another which * 
himſelf 1s not able to-ftand-under ; e them by undergoing 
the punifhment which was due for them-, he bare chem as our 
Surety , ſubmirting himſelf uns rhe penalty which we had de- 
ſerved? and by that means he made ſatisfaRiotito. the juſtice of 
God. Surely Chrilts death was not only for confirmation of his 
do&rine, but for fatisfaQtion to God. 

4. Thereis in it not onely

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2, True mortification is general - cot only-one fin,” but all 
hor on iogmoarqh 5 nee Asdeath isunto the mem- 
ders the body, tortification unto che members. of fin ; 
now ben fanchrapon 'metutber, it tewves toclite inany 


_ one 


, evil concupiſcence, ail coveronſarſſe ERS Calot yy 
that have their angereſt in Chriſts death, 


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Geapaiom within, vr alt foctlen-deightein Ki 


| delightsin fing:oe-off 
or backwardnefſe to good things by reaſon 'of &anight 
isan _— pitch than any man can touch in this preſent z 
1 ive, thelawof members willbe working./#nd we 
ſhall indercauſecnough to complaine of a\body -06tleath ; only 
ifwhen'thieſs| morions 4arit ariſe, we preſently \endeavour $6. 
quenchthem, torejet them, rodcteſt ther; - and tw» calitghem 
awaytfrom ns, theroin is:true mortification; and thus far we. muſt 
IND altfam:” SES! | 
5 'Vrye anordivication is not  rrithout «ts preſent, xombats, 
thoaghaviaftur cooquor, many utinie corruptiontms break our, 
ad luft may be ſtrong and violcat ; but this viakeotala@t as only 


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the fleſs;, if thy band offend thee, cat 
Mar.y.19,z0, thee ck i che in this reſpe&t this 
death um& wich its likeneſs tothe deatbrof Chrilt; it 
idattended with agonies;andrſoul-conflicts both before,arid after 
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gras, _ of the ſpirit, even we our ſelves ane within 
our aur 


for the ageption, towit the redemption of our Row 5.23. 
groanes of mortified Saints, Saints dyin 

aud ingrained 

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men, whole ſouls being 
do 4 
Jag groaned, when 


rea diſſolution: and thus 
yh Wau Fher 1 am, who ſhall 


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they are not 
pra by this, becauſe there 
were no pangs in many T9" vine = -y 64a isa difference be. 
twixt death and ſleep, there are pangs in the one, but not in the 
other, O my ſoul examine, what pa gs were there in thy death 
_— in ? what agonies, what ſoul conflicts haſt thou felt > what 
mpunction of "ny whataffliQion of Tpirit, haſt thou endur- 
od for fin ? whot trouble baſt thou had to finde [uchalaw in 
thy member: rebe ling againſt the law in thy mind, and bringing thee Rom, 7.23, 
into captivity ta the law of ſin? why ſurely thou art not. ſo mor- 
tified as to be freed wholly from the power of fin; it may be it 
doth not. rule ia thee as a Prince, yet certainly ts re over 
thee, it oft-times. carries thee contrary bent of thy re- 
generate mind, um ar 4ik would(t do, ya 


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fl: "ſachs Gefire rs furdeifcvin” 

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a1! whe ſhall deliver we, & c. 
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” Heb, 12.4- _ ehave not refiſted: _ Lg wing agdinſt ſin. How 
wreftle in'the up prayers and ſup. 


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of our -mortification* will appeare . by theſe 
| . Growing mortification hath its chiefeſt conflicts in ſpiri- 
toal tufts. Ac firſt we mortifie groſler evils, ſuch as oaths, 
drunkenneffe, uncleanneſſe, woridly-mindedoeſle, or the like

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degrees till it. be finally, and fully de- 


tro 
- nan for dire&tions; now for the encouragements of our faith 4 
to beleevein Chriſts death, conſider. — 
x; The fulneſſe of this objec, Chriſt crucified; there is 2. | 
tranſcendent alſufficiency inthe death of + in a ſafe ſenſe 
«& containes in it wwver/a/ rodenption ; it is ſufficient for the 
miemption of cvery tank the _ Nana ORiual the of 
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men retpectiyery ins ond ; "every -10-0ne way or 
other haththefi TE EIS bitn; but 
ehixfruſt is riot of ns kite for/ ':7: 'Sonnefruit iq common te 
man, astheecarthly b which infidels enjoy, maybe 
the fruirsof Chrifts death; * 2 Other fruitis commonito 
i  thembers of the-viſible Church:, 2s, to becalled by the 
Word, to crijoy the ordinidnces, to liveunder the 'to 
partake of forme graces that come from Chriſt. 2 Other frui 
ono oma mph apr nur of God, ax faith anfeigned regene- 
of fin, adoption, &c. And yer this ſruit is uni- 
EET: gt Saints, whether Jews or Gentiles : in which 
Rem. 8.56; Apoſtle, b Jared rex ohguoees: but delivered 
hc — wry PA he pave bimſelfe a ranſome far all, <— 
\ {mn - S/ 5; G—__ _ alli 4 was" s; rhathe' mel bave 
s - mercy upon all, — an yy the righteouſneſſe oxe, the free ; 
my" wr four all men unto juſtification of life , = df rafted Shin. 
. Heb.3,9. all men, or diſtriburively, for every man. All whictvcextsare 
| y "interpreted by. Caiphat ; he propheſied that Feſws ſhould 
Job 11, 5$1,F+- by Sr Natioy ; and not fob rhar Nariononly; but that. alfo be 
{4 vather moos in orie the childrin of God, that were ſcattered - 
«broad. And thus fol brings in he foure beatts, and and 
twenty 


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wade borh one, and hath broken aY41 
tween ws "that height r Wu hwro Oat in one body rover 
e 'Ol encou nt is this for they to beleeve thy . 
partinthedeath of Chrift ? % 
2. Confider the worth, the excellency of his flotious objet, *% 
Chrift crucified. There is an infinitie of worth in the deathof - S - 


Chriſt ; and chisariſerh, Eye Gppiey Zn, 
n 


was God-man; the dearh 6f A ngels a a if put © 
could nor have amounted to the exceſfency of Chriſts ; 
ſtand amazedatt TL happideſſe , O beleever, thou haſt = by 
thy loſſe, chon h 


caricbed with, "ke looks for no ,  yex there ob - 
berrer, 2. This worth isnor only in reſpeR of the di 
the perſon, butalſo'in reſpe& of the price offered, 
theblood of Chriſt, one drop whereof is of more pa Rr he 
- thouſands of gold and filver. It wasthis b/ood that pyrchaſtd the AR: 29.287 
whole Church of God, which a chonſand worlds of wealth coufd 
never have done. 3. This worth is not only in refpe of the 
_ pctſon and price neither; but alſo in reſpe of the manner of the | 
| oblation, Chriſt muſt dye on the crofſe as it was determined ; *P*t.1. 18; 
the price in it ſelfe, 'is not enough, unleſſeit be ordered and 
portioned according to the will of him, whois to beſatisfied 
ifa man ſhould give for'a ca prive riſoner an infinite farhme of 
money, ſafficient in it ſe{fe to redeeme a thonſand, yer if not 
according to ſuch a way as the conquerogr- preſcribet 'f not 
according to the condition, it could not be called a ſatisfaction; 
now 


uſps are apt'to complaine, 
ra "that have been iu Wine in 


ont i filthineſſe of fin in making a 
then, andcloſewith Chriſt t upon this encouragement 


ity, an =; 7h in this ON of Th, TI Er4- 


hey dare not approach. to that 

TD os "ite . BE; vhs 
Whereasin the ifch 

A a full view of it) -they.-mi blo Rk Chr; la ny e this 

fiate : ; Asforinſtance, ſuppoſethy Gin the greateſt (iffimagin- 

able, except that againſt the holy Ghoſt ,. art thou a er? 

-haſt thou. Poly error wav in the Hoes f by eds why ſee 

now how Chrift for thy was eftecm the Jewes, a mur- 

therer, axd worſe.chan a murtherer, Barabba: is preferred before 

| , Barabbas is releaſed, and Jeſus is murthered, yea his 

llood is ſhed ,. to waſh: away. thy blood-ſhed: art. thou a 

Sorcerer, a Negromancer?. isthy ſin the fin of <Aanaſch, of 

2 Ch: 00.33+6.- whom itis ſaid, that he wed inchantments, and witchcraft , and 

+ dealt with familiar ſpirit, and with wizard c: why, ſee now how 

Jeſus Chriſt for thy ſake was eſteemed of the. Jewes asanim- 

31 poſter, aninchanter , for ſo ſGme ſay, that he got the Name of 

Th God, and ſowed itin his thigh, and by yertue thereof he wrought 

all his miracles ; and they commonly reported of him chat he 

hada devil, and that he caſt ont devils. through  Belzebub Prince 

q Semi » Art thou a blaſphemer ? | haſt thou joyned, with oo 


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you ſee now the brazgyo ſerpent lifted up, you (ee are a Th 
object is before you, O warp /,O look up wnto feſms | 
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ſhall be willing in the an thy power , PA phy teave the! 


tobribes, and therefore thou leavelt thy ſin ; thus Judas came 
in with his thirty pieces offilver, and caft thew dewnin the Temple 
art the high Priefts feet, but no thanks to 7udas, forthey were too 


fora rimeaQsrhe part of a peat, 4p bor im to py 
A r his ſin, as m 


ſoall ds lick thy blood, even thine , or it may be thereisin cheea 
feare 0 


cauſe they love their lives better, they ſee plainly that either they 
muſt part with them, or periſh with them. ..Now-in theſe caſcs 
thy leaviog offſin, beares no ſimilitude with the death of Chrif, 
for his death was voluntary; andtrue mortification isa voluntary 


ation, / 
But may there not be fome reluQtancy in this work betwixt 
the fleſh and the ſpirit ?\ and if ſo, isit then voluntary? Jan: 


 :twer. -— 


Yes, ſuch a reluQancy we findein the humane nature of Chriſt 
concerning thecup, that it might paſſe from him, and yet hisdeath 
was a true voluntary death. An aQtionis ſaid.to be voluntary, 
or involuntary according to the ſuperiour faculties of the ſoul and 
not-according to the interiour , if the reaſonable part be conp- 
fenting, the aRion-may | be called voluncary,' though there be 
ſomereluRancy in the ſenſitive apperit 


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nerate, and a 
willing (1-meane adviſedly bond 
ferl; e inward man ) hong i may cup ſome 
y inthe fleſh, in the unregenerate part, yet this is ſaid to 
bea true voluntaryat. So then in Sith the mind, [my felfe ſerve | 
the law of God, but with my fleſh the law of fon. —/ delight the Rom.7. 25; 
lew of God after the iward mas , but Tſee anathir law in my meth: *2:23- 
bers, warring againſt the law of my minde ; Paul was dead to fin, 
to the inward man, the regenerate part, though he 
. found a reluRtancy - in hisourward members ; and therefore his- 
death to fin carryed with it the reſemblance of the death of 
nn it was a vohantary death. 
bh. x. Chrifts dent wave violen death be dyed or naruealy, 
| violently , was put to death in the was brought as 4 1 Per, 3.18, 
lambe to the ughter. [Spied woes » at Fogy I: bY 
in reſpe& of us, bur violent in reſpeR of lin , and herein is the 
life (as I may ſay) ofthis death : Oh whena manlayes violent 
hands on hisfins

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when he pulls up 
thoſe weedes before they wither in them elves, thisis true mor- 
tification + manyhaveleft their ſins who never mortified them ; 
ſo the agetadulterer hath left his luſt, becauſe his tom op dead: 
and hence it' isthat [ate reportunce' im an > 29) "mp *% /eldome 
fond true © alas he dyesnort co fing bur bisfin dyes to lum, I wilt 
not Tay but God  maycalt at the-eleventh-houre, though ide 
very ſeldome, bur in that caſe ' you had needto be jeaious over: 
your ſelves with a godly jealoufie; what ? do you finde ſomE 
{ins within you to bedead that were ſometimes alive ? O be in- 
nifitive, impannel a jury, call a coroners inqueſt upon your own 
fouls, inquire how'they camEby 'their deaths; whether they 
a violentor a natural death > ſearch what wounds they 
_ received, and whether they were deadly wounds, yea or no? 
enquire what weapon it wasthat flew them, whether the ſwotd 
of the Spirit, char two edged ſword, the Word of God? what 
purpoſes, what reſolutions have been! taken up, and levelled a- 
| wage we >? what prayers and teares- have been ſpent upon 
*if you finde not theſe ſignes, you may given your virdic, 
that they dyed not a viglent, but a natural death, And- here's 2 
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| ahh - whilt the evil pr oa nor the years draw wget 
» Hh ale fo, Ihaveso pleaſure is them, Dhaded | 
ng than or your luſts /- let chem* nor live till-£0- ; now. 
forth” in the fight and al OR 
Ties apts mortifie them-- "white 
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22-oty of ' finne-- een -Chriſt, dyed- a 
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. So isourmortificationa | 5. centh -49 ionor, gut, 
th/allat,qoce, -bur, by le end arte; 244 
looked upon a560e maine. Meorence berwixt jnſtification and 


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from the guilt of ſinne, yer'nor ſa. rom the pawer oft; fine 
Jp honcieg though.it hath not akogethera dominion over vs, 


Rom 7.37. mis no more Tthat do tt;but fin tharawelleth in-me , like a rebelli-. 


ous renant, it keeps poſſefſion indeſpightof the owner, tiltthe 
bouſe be pulled down over his bead; - Trueindeed, the bod of 
finin a regenerate ſoul hath! received it'sdeath-wound, | 
that reſpeit way befſaid ro-bedead, bur itis not quie da, f 
ſilt ir ſtirrech and moyeth, dying but 'by degrees, what 
faith of the renewing of the new man, wemayſay of the 

of the old-man, - the inward man is renewed day by dey ; and 


2 + Cor. 4,16. Me old nan irdeltedyeddey by day : oras Paxlfaidof hin felfe: 


-in reſpeR of his afiictions,” we may fay ofa Chriſtian in reſpe& 


L Cor, 15. 31- Of hisfins, 7 dye day{y,” thereisnorrthe-moſt ſanRified ſoul upon 


earth, but ir hath ſome remaindersof corruption left in it, which 
God in his wiſe providence permitcs for-the trying , exerciſh ing, 
and humbling ot our ſouls, and for the making his owne rich 
grace, inrenewing and multihtiog pardons, ſo-much the more 
glorious. 

And here isa ground of goafolation.to a drooping anddejeR- 
ed foul ;” ſuch a onecryes out; a/as 1 feel the ſtirring and vigeurous 


 Grn25 22, ating? of fir, and 1 am afraid my fin 1s net mortified;, 45s Rebekah 


faid when foe felt the children ab ety withs ber, if it be ſh, why 


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ſo oor as be was ownahg. | 
ſathecourſe with' the body officichboche 
of Chriſt 1 baſtthou a | 
x0 cu cole? halt how br urea rf 7797 nos 

accuſed .it' by wa con» 
feflion, condemneditin palſiog the Gralti_es of eternal condem... 
rarion-up6n chy felfe for ir, and faſtened into thi crofſe 7inde- 
evxrtinida of it, in ſectingupogthe 


u « ſerious and unfeigned re to) ule; 4-5 pong 
Rs ing and kitlio ar | diſhearrened,it. ma 
nr bn ne Krughng nh cbesg and fo wn ; 
a crucified man dv cycofche law, andinghtac. = * 


count of allen that ie bi im, bei dendrany y ſoisthe: 

body of fir whenitis; thus crucified hg 

ſtir, yet upon a Goſpel-account, andin Gods eſtimation, it,isno 

betcer than dead,” and it ſhall certainly dye;/itſhaildecay, - 4nd 
languiſh, and dye moreand more , is not the promiſe expreſle ? 

' he that bath begun the geod work, he will perfeb#.it to We day of Feſus Phil.1's 
Chrift. Ofthis Pax! was confident in te of his Plalippiens, 
and of- this |let/al} crue © beleevers. reſt confidence. 0 whe of 


themlelves. - Thus far we: ſee -wherein: we - muſt rme 
ro 'Chniſt, Pra, in- his, ſufferings, in his 


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exemplary cauſe, He ſuffered for us; leaving ns 4x 
example that we ſbuuld fellow hu flepsg be qa or us - leaving us 3 Pet-2-22, 
_ amexample chat wethould dye toi, | as hedyedFfar finne ; we 
«may in-many particulars ( belides thole] havenamed) a 

dreion, a nalogy, and likeneſlebetwixt Chriſts death and 
- Rrrr 3 ours; 


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 hacpil>ſhe-dyed; *20-note \ that. we ſhould 'vever give 0- 
b -omigia8 tipo it bath. any life, or uprking 


-"5.yH 5 ela, 5 pot colomie by eo 
Moran wer ren games potty 
a paſſive only being like, but a 


_ rongnyry Garage. ag vertueourof our ſelyes, 
poſtle elſewtrere incerprets, chat / may kyow him, —— 


je or Mi/bfoni 5 bring wade conformeble upto his 
by ayomerom of wy Die, an%g22-terlo..: 


But howthen ifthepowerof ie attributed to men? 
as; s which are mpos #be rerch,——— And 


1 they a6 ad Chriſte have cracified the fleſh. 


F anſwer, there is # ewofold motification,the one hobirual.che 
other practical ; the: former conliſts--in a:change;) of chebeare, 


- turningthe bent and: inclination of the heatx froth all manor 


fin, newthisisrhe only:and immediate. work of the / Spirit of 
grace, breathing and working where it __ the latter conſiſts 


- the exerciſe or paniaget of that inward inthe aQing 
of that principle in ng temptations, | inordi- 
nate luſts, in Canes againſt {1 nfl and- pe ag , now 


ehisis the work of a repenetate perſon, himſelfe cooperating with 
the Spirit of God, ns « rational. inſtrument with the principal 
agent ;- and therefore the Apoſtle. joynes both:together, if ye 
throught the /Þirir 6 muy the, deeds of the bedy Je ſeal 
hve. 
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a moving cauſe, as all obje&s are; for 
ob jeQs have an actraftive power. Achas, ſaw-.the wedge of 
gold, and then coverediit, David law Berhjbebah, and then de- 
fired:her.  'As the brazen ſerpent mow thoſe who were bic- 
ten by the hery ſerpent, #a#94yam m fides, meerty by being 
looke&vupon; lo Ghrit crucified doth beale an, beget grace, 
encourage 


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eaſily beſet us, and letues run wth patſente the race that's, ferh 
W; eling unte Jeſu the Authou? and finiſhty of ou faith: The - 
Apoſtle was to encourage the Hebrews t6 hold orfthewelk 
profeſſion of faith in Chriſt ," and to that parpoſthe ers he 
them two ſights to keep them from fainting, t.' <A#hudr of its 
veſſes, the Saints in heaven; on which loade when he had Rayed 4 
heir eyes a While, and made them fir for a clearer objethe 
| 60 the cloude, and preſents the Sn of righreoufneſſe, Chrifi 
himſelfe ,. and he wills them #9257, ro taene their. eyes From it to 
bim, looking wnto Feſws, g. d. this ſight is enough to'maeke you 
runthe race, and not to faint, why, Jeſus is gone before you,and 
will you oot follow him? 0 look untoeſis, and the very fight of 
him will draw you after him ; Chriſt crucified hath an atcraRtive | 
ower, And 1, if The