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           Davies
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Martis
           xxiiij
           die
           Aprilis
           ,
           1677
           ,
           
             Annoque
             Regis
          
           Caroli
           Secundi
           Angliae
           ,
           &c.
           
             vicesimo
             nono
          
           .
        
         
           THis
           Court
           doth
           earnestly
           desire
           Dr.
           Barrow
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           the
           Guild-Hall
           Chappel
           on
           
             Good
             Friday
          
           last
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             Wagstaffe
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           UPON
           THE
           PASSION
           OF
           OUR
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           PREACHED
           At
           Guild-Hall
           Chappel
           on
           
             Good
             Friday
          
           ,
           the
           13th
           day
           of
           April
           ,
           1677.
           
           By
           ISAAC
           BARROW
           D.D.
           late
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Master
           of
           Trinity-Colledge
           in
           Cambridge
           .
        
         
           
             Sacramentum
             salutis
             humanae
             non
             licet
             tacere
             ,
             etiamsi
             nequeat
             explicari
             ,
          
           
             P.
             Leo
             I.
             Serm.
             de
             Pass
             .
             7.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           three
           Pidgeons
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           ,
           MDCLXXVII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           UPON
           THE
           Passion
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           
             Phil.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             —
             And
             being
             found
             in
             fashion
             as
             a
             man
             ,
             he
             humbled
             himself
             ,
             and
             became
             obedient
             unto
             death
             ,
             even
             the
             death
             of
             the
             cross
             .
          
        
         
           WHen
           ,
           
           in
           consequence
           of
           the
           original
           apostacy
           from
           God
           ,
           which
           did
           banish
           us
           from
           Paradise
           ;
           and
           by
           continued
           rebellions
           against
           him
           ,
           inevitable
           to
           our
           corrupt
           and
           impotent
           nature
           ,
           mankind
           had
           forfeited
           the
           amity
           of
           God
           (
           the
           chief
           of
           all
           goods
           ,
           
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           happiness
           )
           and
           had
           incurred
           his
           displeasure
           (
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           evils
           ,
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           misery
           :
           )
        
         
           When
           poor
           man
           ,
           
           having
           deserted
           his
           natural
           Lord
           and
           Protector
           ,
           
             other
             Lords
             had
             got
             dominion
             over
             him
             ,
          
           
           so
           that
           he
           was
           captivated
           by
           the
           foul
           ,
           malicious
           ,
           cruel
           Spirits
           ,
           
           and
           
           enslaved
           to
           his
           own
           vain
           mind
           ,
           to
           vile
           lusts
           ,
           to
           wild
           passions
           :
        
         
           When
           ,
           
           according
           to
           an
           eternal
           rule
           of
           justice
           ,
           that
           sin
           deserveth
           punishment
           ,
           
           and
           by
           an
           express
           Law
           ,
           wherein
           death
           was
           enacted
           to
           the
           transgressors
           of
           Gods
           command
           ,
           the
           root
           of
           our
           stock
           ,
           
           and
           consequentially
           all
           its
           branches
           stood
           adjudged
           to
           utter
           destruction
           :
        
         
           When
           ,
           
           according
           to
           St.
           Paul's
           expressions
           ,
           
             all
             the
             World
             was
             become
             guilty
             before
             God
          
           (
           or
           subjected
           to
           Gods
           Judgment
           ;
           
             all
             men
          
           (
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           )
           
             were
             under
             sin
             ,
             under
             condemnation
             ,
             under
             the
             curse
             ;
             all
             men
             were
             concluded
             into
             disobedience
             ,
          
           and
           
             shut
             up
             together
          
           (
           as
           close
           Prisoners
           )
           
             under
             sin
             ;
             all
             men
             had
             sinned
             ,
             and
             come
             short
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ;
             Death
             had
             passed
             over
             all
             ,
             because
             all
             had
             sinned
          
           :
        
         
           When
           ,
           for
           us
           ,
           being
           plunged
           into
           so
           wretched
           a
           condition
           ,
           no
           visible
           remedy
           did
           appear
           ,
           no
           possible
           redress
           could
           be
           obtained
           here
           below
           ;
           for
           what
           means
           could
           we
           have
           of
           recovering
           Gods
           favour
           ,
           who
           were
           apt
           perpetually
           to
           contract
           new
           ,
           debts
           and
           guilts
           ,
           but
           not
           able
           to
           discharge
           any
           old
           scores
           ?
           what
           capacity
           of
           mind
           or
           will
           had
           we
           to
           entertain
           mercy
           ,
           who
           were
           no
           less
           stubbornly
           perverse
           and
           obdurate
           in
           our
           crimes
           ,
           than
           ignorant
           or
           infirm
           ?
           How
           could
           we
           be
           reconciled
           unto
           Heaven
           ,
           who
           had
           an
           innate
           antipathy
           to
           God
           and
           goodness
           ;
           [
           sin
           (
           according
           to
           our
           natural
           state
           ,
           and
           secluding
           evangelical
           grace
           )
           reigning
           ,
           
           
             in
             our
             mortal
             bodies
             ;
             no
             good
             thing
             dwelling
             in
             us
          
           ;
           there
           being
           a
           predominant
           
             law
             in
             our
             members
             ,
             warring
             against
             the
             law
             of
             our
             mind
             ,
             and
             bringing
             us
             into
             captivity
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             the
             law
             of
             sin
          
           ;
           a
           main
           ingredient
           of
           our
           
             old
             man
          
           ,
           being
           a
           
             carnal
             mind
          
           ,
           which
           is
           
             enmity
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             cannot
             submit
             to
             his
             law
          
           ;
           we
           being
           
             alienated
             from
             the
             life
             of
             God
             by
             the
             blindness
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
          
           and
           
             enemies
             in
             our
             minds
             by
             wicked
             works
             ?
          
           How
           could
           we
           revive
           to
           any
           good
           hope
           ,
           
           who
           were
           
             dead
             in
             trespasses
             and
             sins
          
           ,
           God
           having
           withdrawn
           his
           quickning
           Spirit
           ?
           How
           at
           least
           could
           we
           for
           one
           moment
           stand
           upright
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           upon
           the
           
           natural
           terms
           ,
           excluding
           all
           sin
           ,
           and
           exacting
           perfect
           obedience
           ?
           
        
         
           When
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           our
           forlorn
           and
           desperate
           case
           ,
           then
           almighty
           God
           out
           of
           his
           infinite
           goodness
           was
           pleased
           to
           look
           upon
           us
           (
           as
           he
           sometime
           did
           upon
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             lying
             polluted
             in
             her
             blood
          
           )
           with
           an
           eye
           of
           pity
           and
           mercy
           ,
           
           so
           as
           graciously
           to
           design
           a
           redemption
           for
           us
           out
           of
           all
           that
           woful
           distress
           :
           And
           no
           sooner
           by
           his
           incomprehensible
           wisdom
           did
           he
           fore-see
           we
           should
           lose
           our selves
           ,
           
           than
           by
           his
           immense
           grace
           he
           did
           conclude
           to
           restore
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           could
           this
           happy
           design
           well
           be
           compassed
           ?
           how
           ,
           in
           consistence
           with
           the
           glory
           ,
           with
           the
           justice
           ,
           with
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           could
           such
           enemies
           be
           reconciled
           ,
           such
           offenders
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           such
           wretches
           be
           saved
           ?
           Would
           the
           omnipotent
           Majesty
           so
           affronted
           ,
           design
           to
           treat
           with
           his
           rebels
           immediately
           ,
           without
           an
           intercessour
           or
           advocate
           ?
           Would
           the
           sovereign
           governour
           of
           the
           world
           suffer
           thus
           notoriously
           his
           right
           to
           be
           violated
           ,
           his
           authority
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           his
           honour
           to
           be
           trampled
           on
           ,
           without
           some
           notable
           vindication
           or
           satisfaction
           ?
           Would
           the
           great
           Patron
           of
           justice
           relax
           the
           terms
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           ever
           permit
           a
           gross
           breach
           thereof
           to
           pass
           with
           impunity
           ?
           
           Would
           the
           immutable
           God
           of
           truth
           expose
           his
           veracity
           ,
           or
           his
           constancy
           to
           suspicion
           ,
           by
           so
           reversing
           that
           peremptory
           sentence
           of
           death
           upon
           sinners
           ,
           
           that
           it
           should
           not
           in
           a
           sort
           eminently
           be
           accomplished
           ?
           Would
           the
           most
           righteous
           and
           most
           holy
           God
           let
           slip
           an
           opportunity
           so
           advantageous
           for
           demonstrating
           his
           perfect
           love
           of
           innocence
           ,
           and
           abhorrence
           of
           iniquity
           ?
           Could
           we
           therefore
           well
           be
           cleared
           from
           our
           guilt
           without
           an
           expiation
           ,
           or
           re-instated
           in
           freedom
           without
           a
           ransome
           ,
           or
           exempted
           from
           condemnation
           without
           some
           punishment
           ?
        
         
           No
           ;
           God
           was
           so
           pleased
           to
           prosecute
           his
           designs
           of
           goodness
           and
           mercy
           ;
           as
           thereby
           no
           wise
           to
           impair
           or
           obscure
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           advance
           and
           illustrate
           the
           glories
           of
           his
           sovereign
           dignity
           ,
           of
           his
           severe
           justice
           ,
           of
           his
           immaculate
           
           holiness
           ,
           of
           his
           unchangeable
           steddiness
           in
           word
           and
           purpose
           :
           He
           accordingly
           would
           be
           sued
           to
           for
           peace
           and
           mercy
           ;
           nor
           would
           he
           grant
           them
           absolutely
           ,
           without
           due
           compensations
           for
           the
           wrongs
           he
           had
           sustained
           ;
           yet
           so
           ,
           that
           his
           goodness
           did
           find
           us
           a
           mediatour
           ,
           and
           furnish
           us
           with
           means
           to
           satisfie
           him
           :
           He
           would
           not
           condescend
           to
           a
           simple
           remission
           of
           our
           debts
           ;
           yet
           so
           ,
           that
           ,
           saving
           his
           right
           and
           honour
           ,
           he
           did
           stoop
           lower
           for
           an
           effectual
           abolition
           of
           them
           :
           He
           would
           make
           good
           his
           word
           not
           to
           let
           our
           trespasses
           go
           unpunished
           ;
           yet
           so
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           punishment
           we
           might
           receive
           advantage
           :
           He
           would
           manifest
           his
           detestation
           of
           wickedness
           in
           a
           way
           more
           illustrious
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           persecuted
           it
           down
           to
           Hell
           ,
           and
           irreversibly
           doomed
           it
           to
           endless
           torment
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           might
           these
           things
           be
           effected
           ?
           where
           was
           there
           a
           mediatour
           proper
           and
           worthy
           to
           intercede
           for
           us
           ?
           Who
           could
           presume
           to
           sollicit
           and
           plead
           in
           our
           behalf
           ?
           Who
           should
           dare
           to
           put
           himself
           between
           God
           and
           us
           ,
           or
           offer
           to
           skreen
           mankind
           from
           the
           Divine
           wrath
           and
           vengeance
           ?
           Who
           had
           so
           great
           an
           interest
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           to
           ingratiate
           such
           a
           brood
           of
           apostate
           enemies
           thereto
           ?
           Who
           could
           assume
           the
           confidence
           to
           propose
           terms
           of
           reconciliation
           ,
           or
           to
           agitate
           a
           new
           covenant
           ,
           wherewith
           God
           might
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           whereby
           we
           might
           be
           saved
           ?
           Where
           ,
           in
           heaven
           or
           earth
           ,
           could
           there
           be
           found
           a
           Priest
           sit
           to
           atone
           for
           sins
           so
           vastly
           numerous
           ,
           so
           extremely
           hoinous
           ?
           And
           whence
           should
           a
           sacrifice
           be
           taken
           ,
           of
           value
           sufficient
           to
           expiate
           for
           so
           manifold
           enormities
           ,
           committed
           against
           the
           infinite
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           
           Who
           could
           
             find
             out
             the
             everlasting
             redemption
          
           of
           innumerable
           souls
           ,
           or
           lay
           down
           a
           competent
           ransom
           for
           them
           all
           ;
           not
           to
           say
           ,
           could
           also
           purchase
           for
           them
           eternal
           life
           and
           bliss
           ?
        
         
           These
           are
           Questions
           which
           would
           puzzle
           all
           the
           wit
           of
           man
           ,
           yea
           ,
           would
           gravel
           all
           the
           wisdom
           of
           Angels
           to
           resolve
           ;
           for
           plain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           no
           creature
           on
           earth
           ;
           
           none
           in
           heaven
           ,
           could
           well
           undertake
           or
           perform
           this
           work
           .
        
         
           Where
           on
           earth
           ,
           among
           the
           degenerate
           sons
           of
           Adam
           ,
           could
           be
           found
           
             such
             an
             High
             Priest
             ,
             as
             became
             us
             ;
             holy
             ,
             harmless
             ,
             undefiled
             ,
             separate
             from
             sinners
             ?
          
           
           and
           ,
           how
           could
           a
           man
           ,
           however
           innocent
           and
           pure
           as
           a
           Seraphin
           ,
           so
           perform
           his
           duty
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           more
           than
           merit
           or
           satisfie
           for
           himself
           ?
           how
           many
           lives
           could
           the
           life
           of
           one
           man
           serve
           to
           ransome
           ;
           seeing
           that
           it
           is
           asserted
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           richest
           among
           men
           ,
           
           that
           
             None
             of
             them
             can
             by
             any
             means
             redeem
             his
             brother
             ,
             or
             give
             to
             God
             a
             ransome
             for
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           how
           could
           available
           help
           in
           this
           case
           be
           expected
           from
           any
           of
           the
           angelical
           Host
           ;
           seeing
           (
           beside
           their
           being
           in
           nature
           different
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           thence
           improper
           to
           merit
           or
           satisfie
           for
           us
           ;
           beside
           their
           comparative
           meanness
           ,
           and
           infinite
           distance
           from
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           )
           they
           are
           but
           out
           fellow-servants
           ,
           and
           have
           obligations
           to
           discharge
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           solvent
           for
           more
           than
           for
           their
           own
           debts
           of
           gratitude
           and
           service
           to
           their
           infinitely
           bountiful
           Creatour
           ;
           they
           also
           themselves
           needing
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           preserve
           them
           by
           his
           grace
           in
           their
           happy
           state
           ?
        
         
           Indeed
           no
           creature
           might
           aspire
           to
           so
           august
           an
           honour
           ,
           none
           could
           atchieve
           so
           marvellous
           a
           work
           ,
           as
           to
           redeem
           from
           infinite
           guilt
           and
           misery
           the
           noblest
           part
           of
           all
           the
           visible
           Creation
           ;
           none
           could
           presume
           to
           invade
           that
           high
           prerogative
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           attempt
           to
           infringe
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           reiterated
           Proclamation
           ;
           
           
             I
             ,
             even
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             beside
             me
             there
             is
             no
             Saviour
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           seeing
           that
           a
           supereminent
           dignity
           of
           person
           was
           required
           in
           our
           Mediatour
           ,
           and
           that
           an
           immense
           value
           was
           to
           be
           presented
           for
           our
           ransome
           ;
           seeing
           that
           
             God
             saw
             there
             was
             no
             man
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             wondred
          
           (
           or
           took
           special
           notice
           )
           
             that
             there
             was
             no
             intercessor
          
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           
             his
             arm
          
           alone
           that
           could
           
             bring
             salvation
          
           ;
           none
           beside
           God
           himself
           could
           intermeddle
           therein
           .
        
         
         
           But
           how
           could
           God
           undertake
           the
           business
           ?
           could
           he
           become
           a
           suitor
           or
           intercessor
           to
           his
           offended
           self
           ?
           could
           he
           present
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           or
           disburse
           a
           satisfaction
           to
           his
           own
           justice
           ?
           Could
           God
           alone
           contract
           and
           stipulate
           with
           God
           in
           our
           behalf
           ?
           No
           ,
           surely
           Man
           also
           must
           concur
           in
           the
           transaction
           ;
           some
           amends
           must
           issue
           from
           him
           ,
           somewhat
           must
           be
           paid
           out
           of
           our
           stock
           ;
           humane
           will
           and
           consent
           must
           be
           interposed
           to
           ratifie
           a
           firm
           covenant
           with
           us
           ,
           inducing
           obligation
           on
           our
           part
           ;
           It
           was
           decent
           and
           expedient
           ,
           that
           as
           man
           by
           wilful
           transgression
           and
           presumptuous
           self-pleasing
           had
           so
           highly
           offended
           ,
           injured
           ,
           and
           dishonoured
           his
           Maker
           ,
           so
           man
           also
           by
           willing
           obedience
           ,
           and
           patient
           submission
           to
           Gods
           pleasure
           should
           greatly
           content
           ,
           right
           ,
           and
           glorifie
           him
           .
        
         
           
           Here
           then
           did
           lye
           the
           stress
           ;
           This
           was
           the
           knot
           which
           only
           divine
           wisdom
           could
           loose
           ;
           And
           so
           indeed
           it
           did
           in
           a
           most
           effectual
           and
           admirable
           way
           ;
           for
           in
           correspondence
           to
           all
           the
           exigencies
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           
           (
           that
           God
           and
           man
           both
           might
           act
           their
           parts
           in
           saving
           us
           )
           the
           Blessed
           eternal
           Word
           ,
           the
           onely
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           good
           will
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           did
           vouchsafe
           to
           intercede
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           undertake
           our
           redemption
           ;
           
           in
           order
           thereto
           voluntarily
           being
           sent
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           assuming
           humane
           flesh
           ,
           subjecting
           himself
           to
           all
           the
           infirmities
           of
           our
           frail
           nature
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           worst
           inconveniencies
           of
           our
           low
           condition
           ;
           therein
           meriting
           Gods
           favour
           to
           us
           ,
           
           by
           a
           perfect
           obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           and
           satisfying
           Gods
           justice
           by
           a
           most
           patient
           endurance
           of
           pains
           in
           our
           behalf
           ;
           in
           completion
           of
           all
           willingly
           laying
           down
           his
           life
           for
           the
           ransom
           of
           our
           souls
           ,
           and
           pouring
           forth
           his
           blood
           in
           sacrifice
           for
           our
           sins
           .
        
         
           
           This
           is
           that
           great
           and
           wonderful
           
             mystery
             of
             godliness
          
           (
           or
           of
           our
           Holy
           Religion
           )
           the
           which
           St.
           Paul
           here
           doth
           express
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           concerning
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           ;
           
             Who
             being
             in
             the
             form
             of
             God
             ,
             thought
             it
             no
             robbery
             to
             be
             equal
             with
             God
             ,
             but
             made
             himself
             of
             no
             reputation
             ,
             and
             took
             upon
             
             him
             the
             form
             of
             a
             servant
             ,
             and
             was
             made
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             men
             ;
             And
             being
             found
             in
             fashion
             as
             a
             man
             ,
             he
             humbled
             himself
             ,
             and
             became
             obedient
             unto
             death
             ,
             even
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Cross.
             
          
        
         
           In
           which
           words
           are
           contained
           divers
           points
           very
           observable
           ;
           but
           seeing
           the
           time
           will
           not
           allow
           me
           to
           treat
           on
           them
           in
           any
           measure
           as
           they
           deserve
           ;
           I
           shall
           (
           waving
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           insist
           but
           upon
           one
           particular
           ,
           couched
           in
           the
           last
           words
           ,
           
             Even
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ;
           
           which
           by
           a
           special
           emphasis
           do
           excite
           us
           to
           consider
           the
           manner
           of
           that
           Holy
           Passion
           ,
           which
           we
           now
           commemorate
           ;
           the
           contemplation
           whereof
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           most
           seasonable
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           ever
           very
           profitable
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           Passion
           we
           may
           consider
           divers
           notable
           adjuncts
           ;
           namely
           these
           ,
           1.
           
           It
           s
           being
           in
           appearance
           criminal
           .
           2.
           
           It
           s
           being
           most
           bitter
           and
           painful
           .
           3.
           
           It
           s
           being
           most
           ignominious
           and
           shameful
           .
           4.
           
           It
           s
           peculiar
           advantageousness
           to
           the
           designs
           of
           our
           Lord
           in
           suffering
           .
           5.
           
           It
           s
           practical
           efficacy
           .
        
         
           I.
           We
           may
           consider
           our
           Lords
           suffering
           as
           Criminal
           ;
           
           or
           as
           in
           semblance
           being
           an
           execution
           of
           justice
           upon
           him
           .
           He
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           foretold
           of
           him
           )
           
             was
             numbred
             among
             the
             transgressors
          
           ;
           
           and
           God
           (
           saith
           St.
           Paul
           )
           
             made
             him
             sin
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             knew
             no
             sin
          
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           ordered
           him
           to
           be
           treated
           as
           a
           most
           sinful
           or
           criminous
           person
           ,
           who
           in
           himself
           was
           perfectly
           innocent
           ,
           and
           void
           of
           the
           least
           inclination
           to
           offend
           .
        
         
           So
           in
           effect
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           impeached
           of
           the
           highest
           crimes
           ;
           as
           a
           violatour
           of
           the
           Divine
           Laws
           in
           divers
           instances
           ,
           
           as
           a
           designer
           to
           subvert
           their
           religion
           and
           temple
           ,
           as
           an
           impostor
           deluding
           and
           seducing
           the
           people
           ;
           as
           a
           blasphemer
           ,
           assuming
           to
           himself
           the
           properties
           and
           prerogatives
           of
           God
           ;
           as
           a
           seditious
           and
           rebellious
           person
           ,
           
             perverting
             the
             nation
          
           ,
           
           inhibiting
           payments
           of
           tribute
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           usurping
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           styling
           himself
           
             Christ
             a
             King
          
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           a
           malefector
           ,
           or
           one
           guilty
           of
           enormous
           
           offences
           ;
           so
           his
           persecutors
           avowed
           to
           
             Pilate
             ,
             If
          
           ,
           said
           they
           ,
           
           
             he
             were
             not
             a
             malefactor
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             have
             delivered
             him
             up
             unto
             thee
          
           ;
           As
           such
           he
           was
           represented
           and
           arraigned
           ;
           as
           such
           ,
           although
           by
           a
           sentence
           wrested
           by
           malicious
           importunity
           ,
           against
           the
           will
           and
           conscience
           of
           the
           Judge
           ,
           he
           was
           condemned
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           suffered
           death
           .
        
         
           Now
           whereas
           any
           death
           or
           passion
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           as
           being
           in
           it self
           immensely
           valuable
           ,
           and
           most
           precious
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           sufficient
           toward
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           his
           general
           designs
           (
           the
           appeasing
           Gods
           wrath
           ,
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           the
           expiation
           of
           our
           guilt
           )
           it
           may
           be
           inquired
           why
           God
           should
           thus
           expose
           him
           ,
           
           or
           why
           he
           should
           chuse
           to
           suffer
           under
           this
           odious
           and
           ugly
           character
           ;
           which
           inquiry
           is
           the
           more
           considerable
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           especially
           this
           circumstance
           which
           crosseth
           the
           fleshly
           sense
           ,
           and
           worldly
           prejudices
           of
           men
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           rendred
           the
           Gospel
           offensive
           to
           the
           superstitious
           Jews
           ,
           and
           despicable
           to
           conceited
           Gentiles
           ;
           
           for
           so
           Tryphon
           in
           
             Justin
             M.
          
           although
           from
           conviction
           by
           testimonies
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           he
           did
           admit
           the
           Messias
           was
           to
           suffer
           hardly
           ,
           yet
           that
           it
           should
           be
           in
           this
           accursed
           manner
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           digest
           ;
           so
           the
           great
           adversaries
           of
           Christianity
           (
           
             Celsus
             ,
             Porphyrie
             ,
             Julian
          
           ,
           )
           did
           with
           most
           contempt
           urge
           this
           exception
           against
           it
           ;
           
           So
           S.
           Paul
           did
           observe
           ,
           that
           *
           
             Christ
             crucified
             was
             unto
             the
             Jews
             a
             stumbling-block
             ,
             and
             unto
             the
             Greeks
             foolishness
          
           ;
           wherefore
           to
           avoid
           those
           scandals
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           better
           admire
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           in
           this
           dispensation
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           assign
           some
           reasons
           intimated
           in
           H.
           Scriptrue
           ,
           or
           bearing
           conformity
           to
           its
           Doctrine
           ,
           why
           it
           was
           thus
           ordered
           :
           such
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           our
           Saviour
           freely
           did
           undertake
           a
           life
           of
           greatest
           meanness
           and
           hardship
           ,
           so
           upon
           the
           like
           accompts
           he
           might
           be
           pleased
           to
           undergo
           a
           death
           most
           loathsom
           and
           uncomfortable
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           to
           mans
           nature
           (
           especially
           to
           the
           best
           natures
           ,
           in
           which
           modesty
           and
           ingenuity
           
           do
           survive
           )
           more
           abominable
           than
           such
           a
           death
           ;
           God
           for
           good
           purposes
           hath
           planted
           in
           our
           constitution
           a
           quick
           sense
           of
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           disgraces
           that
           which
           proceedeth
           from
           an
           imputation
           of
           crimes
           is
           most
           pungent
           ;
           and
           being
           conscious
           of
           our
           innocence
           doth
           heighten
           the
           smart
           ;
           and
           to
           reflect
           upon
           our selves
           dying
           under
           it
           ,
           leaving
           the
           World
           with
           an
           indelible
           stain
           upon
           our
           name
           and
           memory
           ,
           is
           yet
           more
           grievous
           ;
           even
           to
           languish
           by
           degrees
           ,
           enduring
           the
           torments
           of
           a
           long
           ,
           however
           sharp
           disease
           ,
           would
           to
           an
           honest
           mind
           seem
           more
           eligible
           ,
           than
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           being
           reputed
           and
           handled
           as
           a
           villain
           ,
           to
           find
           a
           quick
           and
           easie
           dispatch
           .
        
         
           Of
           which
           humane
           resentment
           may
           we
           not
           observe
           a
           touch
           in
           that
           expostulation
           ,
           
           
             Be
             ye
             come
             out
             as
             against
             a
             thief
             with
             swords
             and
             staves
             ?
          
           If
           as
           a
           man
           he
           did
           not
           like
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           as
           a
           thief
           ,
           yet
           willingly
           did
           he
           chuse
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           other
           most
           distastful
           things
           ,
           pertaining
           to
           our
           nature
           ,
           (
           
             the
             likeness
             of
             man
          
           )
           and
           incident
           to
           that
           low
           condition
           ,
           (
           
             the
             form
             of
             a
             servant
          
           )
           into
           which
           he
           did
           put
           himself
           ;
           such
           as
           were
           to
           endure
           penury
           and
           to
           fare
           hardly
           ,
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           envied
           ,
           hated
           ,
           reproached
           through
           all
           his
           course
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           said
           by
           a
           Pagan
           Philosopher
           ,
           
           that
           
             no
             man
             doth
             express
             such
             a
             respect
             and
             devotion
             to
             virtue
             ,
             as
             doth
             he
             ,
             who
             forfeiteth
             the
             repute
             of
             being
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             not
             lose
             the
             conscience
             of
             being
             such
          
           ;
           this
           our
           Lord
           willingly
           made
           his
           case
           ,
           being
           content
           not
           only
           to
           expose
           his
           life
           ,
           but
           to
           prostitute
           his
           fame
           ,
           for
           the
           interests
           of
           goodness
           .
        
         
           Had
           he
           died
           otherwise
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           seemed
           to
           purchase
           our
           welfare
           at
           a
           somewhat
           easie
           rate
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           been
           so
           complete
           a
           sufferer
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           tasted
           the
           worst
           that
           man
           is
           lyable
           to
           endure
           ;
           there
           had
           been
           a
           comfort
           in
           seeming
           innocent
           ,
           detracting
           from
           the
           perfection
           of
           his
           sufferance
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           therefore
           he
           often
           was
           in
           hazard
           of
           death
           ,
           
           both
           from
           the
           clandestine
           machinations
           ,
           and
           the
           outragious
           
           violences
           of
           those
           who
           maligned
           him
           ,
           he
           did
           industriously
           shun
           a
           death
           so
           plausible
           ,
           and
           honourable
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speak
           ;
           it
           being
           not
           so
           disgraceful
           to
           fall
           by
           private
           malice
           ,
           or
           by
           sudden
           rage
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           solemn
           deliberate
           proceeding
           of
           men
           in
           publick
           authority
           and
           principal
           credit
           :
        
         
           Accordingly
           this
           kind
           of
           death
           did
           not
           fall
           upon
           him
           by
           surprize
           ,
           
           or
           by
           chance
           ;
           but
           he
           did
           
             from
             the
             beginning
          
           fore-see
           it
           ;
           He
           plainly
           with
           satisfaction
           did
           aim
           at
           it
           ;
           He
           (
           as
           it
           is
           related
           in
           the
           Gospels
           )
           did
           
             shew
             his
          
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           incumbent
           on
           him
           by
           Gods
           appointment
           and
           his
           own
           choice
           ;
           that
           
             he
             ought
          
           (
           't
           is
           said
           )
           
             to
             suffer
             many
             things
          
           ,
           
           
             to
             be
             rejected
             by
             the
             chief
             Priests
             ,
             Elders
             ,
             and
             Scribes
             ,
             to
             be
             vilified
             by
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             delivered
             up
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ;
             to
             be
             mocked
             ,
             and
             scourged
             ,
             and
             crucified
             ,
          
           as
           a
           flagitious
           slave
           .
           Thus
           would
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           conformity
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           voluntary
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           consummation
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           suffer
           in
           his
           body
           by
           sore
           wounds
           and
           bruises
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           soul
           by
           doleful
           agonies
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           name
           also
           and
           reputation
           by
           the
           foulest
           scandals
           ;
           undergoing
           as
           well
           all
           the
           infamy
           as
           the
           infirmity
           ,
           which
           did
           belong
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           might
           befall
           us
           ;
           thus
           meaning
           by
           all
           means
           thoroughly
           to
           express
           his
           charity
           ,
           and
           exercise
           his
           compassion
           toward
           us
           ;
           thus
           advancing
           his
           merit
           ,
           and
           discharging
           the
           utmost
           satisfaction
           in
           our
           behalf
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Death
           passing
           on
           him
           as
           a
           malefactour
           by
           publick
           sentence
           ,
           did
           best
           sute
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           his
           undertaking
           ,
           was
           most
           congruous
           to
           his
           intent
           ,
           did
           most
           aptly
           represent
           what
           he
           was
           doing
           ,
           and
           imply
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           performance
           :
           for
           We
           all
           are
           guilty
           in
           a
           most
           high
           degree
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           very
           notorious
           ;
           the
           foulest
           shame
           together
           with
           the
           sharpest
           pain
           is
           due
           to
           us
           for
           affronting
           our
           glorious
           Maker
           ,
           we
           deserve
           an
           open
           condemnation
           and
           exemplary
           punishment
           ;
           wherefore
           he
           undertaking
           in
           our
           stead
           to
           bear
           all
           ,
           and
           fully
           to
           satisfie
           for
           us
           ,
           was
           pleased
           to
           undergo
           the
           like
           Judgment
           and
           usage
           ;
           being
           termed
           ,
           
           being
           treated
           as
           we
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           in
           quality
           of
           an
           heinous
           malefactour
           ,
           as
           we
           in
           truth
           are
           .
           What
           we
           had
           really
           acted
           in
           dishonouring
           and
           usurping
           upon
           God
           ,
           in
           disordering
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           perverting
           others
           ,
           that
           was
           imputed
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           punishment
           due
           to
           that
           guilt
           was
           inflicted
           on
           him
           :
           
           
             All
             we
             like
             sheep
             have
             gone
             astray
             ,
             we
             have
             turned
             every
             one
             to
             his
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             laid
             on
             him
             the
             iniquities
             of
             us
             all
          
           ;
           he
           therefore
           did
           not
           only
           sustain
           an
           equivalent
           pain
           for
           us
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           sort
           did
           bear
           an
           equal
           blame
           with
           us
           ,
           before
           God
           and
           man.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Seeing
           
             by
             the
             determinate
             counsel
             of
             God
          
           it
           was
           appointed
           ,
           
           that
           our
           Lord
           should
           die
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           natural
           but
           violent
           way
           ,
           so
           as
           perfectly
           to
           satisfie
           Gods
           justice
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           his
           honour
           ,
           to
           evidence
           both
           his
           indignation
           against
           sin
           ,
           and
           willingness
           to
           be
           appeased
           ;
           it
           was
           most
           fit
           that
           affair
           should
           be
           transacted
           in
           a
           way
           ,
           wherein
           Gods
           right
           is
           most
           nearly
           concerned
           ,
           and
           his
           providence
           most
           plainly
           discernible
           ;
           wherein
           it
           should
           be
           most
           apparent
           that
           God
           did
           exact
           and
           inflict
           the
           punishment
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           did
           freely
           yield
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           submissively
           undergo
           it
           ,
           upon
           those
           very
           accompts
           :
           
           
             All
             judgment
          
           (
           as
           Moses
           of
           old
           did
           say
           )
           
             is
             Gods
          
           ,
           or
           is
           administred
           by
           authority
           derived
           from
           him
           ,
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           for
           his
           interest
           ;
           all
           Magistrates
           being
           his
           Officers
           ,
           and
           instruments
           ,
           whereby
           he
           governeth
           and
           ordereth
           the
           world
           ,
           his
           natural
           Kingdom
           ;
           whence
           that
           which
           is
           acted
           in
           way
           of
           formal
           judgement
           by
           persons
           in
           authority
           ,
           God
           himself
           may
           be
           deemed
           in
           a
           more
           special
           and
           immediate
           manner
           to
           execute
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           done
           by
           his
           commission
           ,
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           on
           his
           behalf
           ,
           with
           his
           peculiar
           superintendance
           :
           It
           was
           therefore
           in
           our
           Lord
           a
           signal
           act
           of
           deference
           to
           Gods
           authority
           and
           justice
           ,
           becoming
           the
           person
           sustained
           by
           him
           of
           our
           Mediatour
           and
           proxy
           ,
           to
           undergo
           such
           a
           judgement
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           punishment
           ;
           whereby
           he
           received
           a
           doom
           as
           it
           were
           from
           Gods
           own
           mouth
           ,
           uttered
           by
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           bare
           the
           stroke
           of
           justice
           from
           Gods
           
           hand
           ,
           represented
           by
           his
           instruments
           :
           
           whence
           very
           seasonably
           and
           patiently
           did
           he
           reply
           to
           
             Pilate
             ,
             Thou
             hadst
             no
             power
             over
             me
          
           (
           or
           against
           me
           )
           
             except
             it
             were
             given
             thee
             from
             above
             ,
          
           implying
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           regard
           to
           the
           originally
           Supreme
           authority
           of
           God
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           particular
           appointment
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           did
           then
           frankly
           subject
           himself
           to
           those
           inferiour
           powers
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           proper
           ministers
           of
           divine
           justice
           :
           Had
           he
           suffered
           in
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           by
           the
           private
           malice
           or
           passion
           of
           men
           ,
           Gods
           special
           providence
           in
           that
           case
           had
           been
           less
           visible
           ,
           and
           our
           Lords
           obedience
           not
           so
           remarkable
           :
           And
           if
           he
           must
           dy
           by
           publick
           hands
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           as
           a
           criminal
           ,
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           guilt
           and
           demerit
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           a
           formal
           process
           ,
           how
           full
           soever
           of
           mockery
           and
           outrage
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           testimonies
           produced
           ,
           how
           void
           soever
           of
           truth
           or
           probability
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           a
           sentence
           pronounced
           ,
           although
           most
           corrupt
           and
           injurious
           ;
           for
           no
           man
           is
           in
           this
           way
           persecuted
           ,
           without
           colour
           of
           desert
           ;
           otherwise
           it
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           publick
           authority
           ,
           and
           become
           lawless
           violence
           ;
           the
           prosecutor
           then
           would
           put
           off
           the
           face
           of
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           appear
           as
           a
           cut-throat
           ,
           or
           a
           robber
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           fine
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           hardly
           with
           such
           advantage
           ,
           in
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           could
           have
           displayed
           all
           kinds
           of
           vertue
           and
           goodness
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           edification
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           the
           furtherance
           of
           our
           salvation
           .
        
         
           The
           judgement
           Hall
           with
           all
           the
           passages
           leading
           him
           thither
           ,
           and
           thence
           to
           execution
           ,
           attended
           with
           guards
           of
           souldiers
           ,
           amidst
           the
           crouds
           and
           clamours
           of
           people
           ,
           were
           as
           so
           many
           theaters
           ,
           on
           which
           he
           had
           opportune
           convenience
           ,
           in
           the
           full
           eye
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           act
           divers
           parts
           of
           sublimest
           vertue
           ;
           to
           express
           his
           insuperable
           constancy
           in
           attesting
           truth
           ,
           
           and
           maintaining
           a
           good
           conscience
           ;
           his
           meekness
           in
           calmly
           bearing
           the
           greatest
           wrongs
           ;
           his
           patience
           in
           contentedly
           enduring
           the
           saddest
           adversities
           ;
           his
           entire
           resignation
           to
           the
           will
           and
           providence
           
           of
           God
           ;
           his
           peaceable
           submission
           to
           the
           law
           and
           power
           of
           man
           ;
           his
           admirable
           charity
           in
           pitying
           ,
           in
           excusing
           ,
           in
           obliging
           those
           by
           his
           good
           wishes
           and
           earnest
           prayers
           for
           their
           pardon
           ,
           who
           in
           a
           manner
           so
           injurious
           ,
           so
           despiteful
           ,
           so
           cruel
           ,
           did
           persecute
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           in
           gladly
           suffering
           all
           this
           from
           their
           hands
           for
           their
           salvation
           ;
           his
           unshakeable
           faith
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           unalterable
           love
           toward
           him
           ,
           under
           so
           fierce
           a
           trial
           ,
           so
           dreadful
           a
           temptation
           :
           All
           these
           excellent
           vertues
           and
           graces
           by
           the
           matter
           being
           thus
           ordered
           ,
           in
           a
           degree
           most
           eminent
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           very
           conspicuous
           were
           demonstrated
           ,
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           Gods
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           commendation
           of
           his
           truth
           ;
           for
           the
           settlement
           of
           our
           faith
           and
           hope
           ;
           for
           an
           instruction
           and
           an
           encouragement
           to
           us
           of
           good
           practice
           in
           those
           highest
           instances
           of
           vertue
           .
        
         
           [
           It
           is
           a
           passable
           notion
           among
           the
           most
           eminent
           Pagan
           Sages
           ,
           that
           no
           very
           exemplary
           vertue
           can
           well
           appear
           otherwise
           then
           in
           notable
           misfortune
           ;
           
           whence
           't
           is
           said
           in
           Plato
           ,
           that
           to
           approve
           a
           man
           heartily
           righteous
           ,
           
           
             he
             must
             be
             scourged
             ,
             tortured
             ,
             bound
             ,
             have
             his
             two
             eyes
             burnt
             out
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             close
             having
             suffered
             all
             evils
             ,
             must
             be
             impailed
             ,
          
           or
           crucified
           :
           And
           ,
           
           
             it
             was
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           Seneca
           )
           
             the
             cup
             of
             poyson
             ,
             which
             made
          
           Socrates
           
             a
             great
             man
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             which
             out
             of
             prison
             did
             transferr
             him
             to
             heaven
             ,
          
           or
           did
           procure
           to
           him
           that
           lofty
           esteem
           ;
           
           affording
           him
           opportunity
           to
           signalize
           his
           constancy
           ,
           his
           equanimity
           ,
           his
           unconcernedness
           for
           this
           world
           and
           life
           ;
           And
           ,
           
           
             The
             vertue
          
           (
           saith
           he
           again
           )
           
             and
             the
             innocence
             of
          
           Rutilius
           
             would
             have
             lien
             hid
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
          
           (
           by
           condemnation
           and
           exile
           )
           
             received
             injury
             ;
             while
             it
             was
             violated
             ,
             it
             brightly
             shone
             forth
          
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           said
           this
           of
           others
           ,
           was
           himself
           in
           nothing
           so
           illustrious
           ,
           as
           in
           handsomly
           entertaining
           that
           death
           ,
           to
           
           which
           he
           was
           by
           the
           bloody
           tyrant
           adjudged
           :
           And
           generally
           the
           most
           honourable
           persons
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           posterity
           for
           gallant
           worth
           ,
           
           to
           this
           very
           end
           (
           as
           such
           Philosophers
           teach
           )
           were
           by
           divine
           providence
           delivered
           up
           to
           suffer
           opprobrious
           condemnations
           and
           punishments
           by
           the
           ingrateful
           malignity
           of
           their
           times
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           in
           consistence
           with
           their
           own
           wisdom
           and
           experience
           ,
           could
           not
           reasonably
           scorn
           that
           cross
           ,
           which
           our
           good
           Lord
           (
           did
           not
           only
           as
           did
           their
           best
           Worthies
           by
           forcible
           accidental
           constraint
           undergo
           ,
           but
           )
           advisedly
           by
           free
           choice
           did
           undertake
           ,
           to
           recommend
           the
           most
           excellent
           vertues
           to
           imitation
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           the
           most
           noble
           designs
           that
           could
           be
           ,
           by
           its
           influence
           :
           ]
           So
           great
           reason
           there
           was
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           should
           thus
           suffer
           as
           a
           criminal
           .
        
         
           
           II.
           We
           may
           consider
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           kind
           his
           suffering
           was
           most
           bitter
           and
           painful
           .
           Easily
           we
           may
           imagine
           what
           acerbity
           of
           pain
           must
           be
           endured
           by
           our
           Lord
           ,
           in
           his
           tender
           limbs
           being
           stretched
           forth
           ,
           racked
           ,
           and
           tentered
           ,
           and
           continuing
           for
           a
           good
           time
           in
           such
           a
           posture
           ;
           by
           the
           
             piercing
             his
             hands
             and
             his
             feet
             ,
          
           parts
           very
           nervous
           and
           exquisitely
           sensible
           ,
           with
           sharp
           nails
           (
           so
           that
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           
           
             the
             iron
             entred
             into
             his
             Soul
          
           )
           by
           abiding
           exposed
           to
           the
           injuries
           of
           the
           Sun
           scorching
           ,
           the
           wind
           beating
           ,
           the
           weather
           searching
           his
           grievous
           wounds
           and
           sores
           :
           Such
           a
           pain
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           stupifying
           ,
           no
           transient
           pain
           ,
           but
           one
           both
           very
           acute
           ,
           and
           lingring
           ;
           for
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           he
           together
           with
           his
           fellow-sufferers
           had
           both
           presence
           of
           mind
           and
           time
           to
           discourse
           ;
           
           Even
           six
           long
           hours
           did
           he
           remain
           under
           such
           torture
           ,
           sustaining
           in
           each
           moment
           of
           them
           beyond
           the
           pangs
           of
           an
           ordinary
           death
           :
           But
           as
           the
           case
           was
           so
           hard
           and
           sad
           ,
           so
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           was
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           fruit
           answerably
           good
           ;
           Our
           Saviour
           did
           embrace
           such
           a
           passion
           ,
           that
           in
           being
           thus
           content
           to
           endure
           the
           most
           intolerable
           smarts
           for
           us
           ,
           he
           might
           demonstrate
           
           the
           vehemence
           of
           his
           love
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           signifie
           the
           heinousness
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           which
           deserved
           that
           from
           such
           a
           person
           so
           heavy
           punishment
           should
           be
           exacted
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           appear
           to
           yield
           a
           valuable
           compensation
           for
           those
           pains
           ,
           which
           we
           should
           have
           suffered
           ;
           that
           he
           thoroughly
           might
           exemplifie
           the
           hardest
           duties
           of
           obedience
           and
           patience
           .
        
         
           III.
           This
           manner
           of
           suffering
           was
           (
           as
           most
           sharp
           and
           
           afflictive
           ,
           so
           )
           most
           vile
           and
           shameful
           ;
           being
           proper
           to
           the
           basest
           condition
           of
           the
           worst
           men
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           of
           a
           free
           man
           ,
           however
           nocent
           and
           guilty
           .
           
           It
           was
           
             servile
             supplicium
          
           ,
           a
           punishment
           never
           by
           the
           Romans
           ,
           under
           whose
           law
           our
           Lord
           suffered
           ,
           legally
           inflicted
           upon
           free
           men
           ,
           but
           upon
           slaves
           only
           ;
           that
           is
           upon
           people
           ,
           scarce
           regarded
           as
           men
           ,
           having
           in
           a
           sort
           ,
           forfeited
           or
           lost
           themselves
           ;
           And
           among
           the
           Jews
           that
           execution
           ,
           which
           most
           approached
           thereto
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           agreed
           with
           it
           (
           for
           their
           Law
           did
           not
           allow
           any
           so
           inhumane
           punishment
           )
           hanging
           up
           the
           dead
           bodies
           of
           some
           that
           had
           been
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           was
           held
           most
           infamous
           and
           execrable
           ;
           
           for
           Cursed
           ,
           said
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             is
             every
             one
             that
             hangeth
             upon
             a
             tree
          
           ;
           cursed
           ,
           that
           is
           devoted
           to
           reproach
           and
           malediction
           ;
           
             accursed
             by
             God
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           that
           is
           seeming
           to
           be
           rejected
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           special
           order
           exposed
           to
           affliction
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           course
           of
           things
           ,
           to
           be
           set
           on
           high
           ,
           and
           for
           continuance
           of
           time
           to
           be
           objected
           to
           the
           view
           of
           all
           that
           pass
           by
           ,
           in
           that
           calamitous
           posture
           ,
           doth
           infuse
           bad
           suspicion
           ,
           doth
           provoke
           censure
           ,
           doth
           invite
           contempt
           and
           scorn
           ,
           doth
           naturally
           draw
           forth
           language
           of
           derision
           ,
           despight
           and
           detestation
           ,
           especially
           from
           the
           inconsiderate
           ,
           hard
           hearted
           ,
           and
           rude
           vulgar
           ,
           which
           commonly
           doth
           think
           ,
           speak
           ,
           and
           deal
           according
           to
           event
           and
           appearance
           ;
           (
           —
           
             Sequitur
             fortunam
             semper
             ,
             &
             odit
             Damnatos
          
           —
           )
           Whence
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             to
             be
             made
             a
             gazing
             stock
             ,
          
           
           or
           an
           object
           of
           reproach
           to
           the
           multitude
           ,
           is
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
           mentioned
           as
           an
           aggravation
           of
           the
           hardships
           endured
           by
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           .
           And
           thus
           in
           extremity
           did
           it
           befall
           our
           Lord
           ;
           
           for
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           did
           in
           that
           condition
           mock
           ,
           jeer
           ,
           and
           revile
           him
           ;
           drawing
           up
           their
           noses
           ,
           abusing
           him
           by
           scurrilous
           gestures
           ,
           letting
           out
           their
           virulent
           and
           wanton
           tongues
           against
           him
           ;
           so
           as
           to
           verifie
           that
           prediction
           ,
           
             I
             am
             a
             reproach
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             despised
             of
             the
             people
          
           ;
           
           
             all
             they
             that
             see
             me
             laugh
             me
             to
             scorn
             ;
             they
             shoot
             out
             the
             lip
             ,
             they
             shake
             the
             head
             ,
             saying
             ,
             He
             trusted
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             let
             him
             deliver
             him
             ,
             seeing
             he
             delighted
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           The
           same
           persons
           ,
           who
           formerly
           had
           admired
           his
           glorious
           works
           ,
           
           who
           had
           been
           ravished
           with
           his
           excellent
           discourses
           ,
           who
           had
           followed
           and
           favoured
           him
           so
           earnestly
           ,
           who
           had
           blessed
           and
           magnified
           him
           ,
           (
           
             for
             he
          
           ,
           saith
           S.
           
             Luke
             ,
             taught
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             being
             glorified
             by
             all
          
           )
           even
           those
           very
           persons
           did
           then
           behold
           him
           with
           pitiless
           contempt
           and
           despight
           ;
           In
           correspondence
           to
           that
           prophesie
           ,
           
             they
             look
             and
             stare
             upon
             me
             ,
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             the
             people
             stood
             gazing
          
           on
           him
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           scornful
           manner
           ;
           venting
           contemptuous
           and
           spiteful
           reproaches
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           reported
           in
           the
           Evangelical
           Story
           .
        
         
           Thus
           did
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           
             endure
             the
             cross
             ,
             despising
             the
             shame
          
           ;
           
           despising
           the
           shame
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           simply
           disregarding
           it
           ,
           or
           (
           with
           a
           Stoical
           haughtiness
           ,
           with
           a
           Cynical
           immodesty
           ,
           with
           a
           stupid
           carelesness
           )
           slighting
           it
           as
           no
           evil
           ;
           but
           not
           eschewing
           it
           ,
           or
           not
           rating
           it
           for
           so
           great
           an
           evil
           ,
           that
           to
           decline
           it
           he
           would
           neglect
           the
           prosecution
           of
           his
           great
           and
           glorious
           designs
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           innate
           to
           man
           an
           aversation
           and
           abhorrency
           from
           disgraceful
           abuse
           ,
           no
           less
           strong
           ,
           then
           are
           the
           like
           antipathies
           to
           pain
           ;
           
           whence
           
             cruel
             mockings
             and
             scourgings
          
           are
           coupled
           as
           ingredients
           of
           the
           sore
           persecutions
           sustained
           by
           Gods
           faithful
           Martyrs
           ;
           And
           generally
           men
           with
           more
           readiness
           will
           embrace
           ,
           with
           more
           contentedness
           will
           endure
           the
           cruelty
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           
           pain
           not
           so
           smartly
           affecting
           the
           lower
           sense
           ,
           as
           being
           insolently
           contemned
           doth
           grate
           upon
           the
           fancy
           ,
           and
           wound
           even
           the
           mind
           it self
           ;
           
           for
           
             the
             wounds
          
           of
           infamy
           do
           (
           as
           the
           wise
           man
           telleth
           us
           )
           
             go
             down
             into
             the
             innermost
             parts
             of
             the
             belly
             ,
          
           reaching
           the
           very
           heart
           ,
           and
           touching
           the
           soul
           to
           the
           quick
           .
        
         
           We
           therefore
           need
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           our
           Saviour
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           endowed
           with
           humane
           passions
           ,
           was
           sensible
           of
           this
           natural
           evil
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           indignities
           did
           add
           somewhat
           of
           loathsomness
           to
           his
           cup
           of
           affliction
           ;
           especially
           considering
           ,
           that
           his
           great
           charity
           disposed
           him
           to
           grieve
           ,
           observing
           men
           to
           act
           so
           indecently
           ,
           so
           unworthily
           ,
           so
           unjustly
           toward
           him
           ;
           yet
           in
           consideration
           of
           the
           glory
           that
           would
           thence
           accrue
           to
           God
           ,
           of
           the
           benefit
           that
           would
           redound
           to
           us
           ,
           of
           the
           
             joy
             that
             was
             set
             before
             him
             ,
          
           
           when
           
             he
             should
             see
             of
             the
             travel
             of
             his
             soul
             and
             be
             satisfied
             ,
          
           
           he
           most
           willingly
           did
           accept
           ,
           and
           most
           gladly
           did
           comport
           with
           it
           .
           He
           
             became
             a
             curse
             for
             us
          
           ,
           
           exposed
           to
           malediction
           and
           reviling
           ;
           
           He
           
             endured
             the
             contradiction
          
           (
           or
           obloquy
           )
           
             of
             sinful
             men
          
           ;
           He
           was
           
             despised
             ,
             rejected
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             dis-esteemed
             of
             men
          
           ;
           He
           in
           common
           apprehension
           was
           deserted
           by
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             We
             did
             esteem
             him
             stricken
             ,
             smitten
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             afflicted
          
           ;
           himself
           even
           seeming
           to
           concur
           in
           that
           opinion
           ;
           So
           was
           he
           made
           
             a
             curse
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           teacheth
           ,
           
           
             might
             be
             redeemed
             from
             the
             curse
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           exemplary
           punishment
           ,
           due
           to
           our
           transgressions
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           with
           the
           displeasure
           of
           God
           appearing
           therein
           ,
           and
           the
           disgrace
           before
           the
           world
           attending
           it
           :
           He
           chose
           thus
           
             to
             make
             himself
             of
             no
             reputation
             ,
          
           vouchsafing
           to
           be
           dealt
           with
           as
           a
           wretched
           slave
           ,
           and
           a
           wicked
           miscreant
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           be
           exempted
           not
           only
           from
           the
           torment
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           the
           ignominy
           which
           we
           had
           merited
           ;
           that
           together
           with
           our
           life
           ,
           our
           safety
           ,
           our
           liberty
           ,
           we
           might
           even
           recover
           that
           honour
           which
           we
           had
           forfeited
           and
           imbezled
           .
        
         
         
           But
           lest
           any
           should
           be
           tempted
           not
           sufficiently
           to
           value
           these
           sufferances
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           as
           not
           so
           rare
           ,
           but
           that
           other
           men
           have
           tasted
           the
           like
           ;
           lest
           any
           should
           presume
           to
           compare
           them
           with
           afflictions
           incident
           to
           other
           persons
           ,
           
           as
           Celsus
           did
           compare
           them
           with
           those
           of
           Anaxarchus
           and
           Epictetus
           ;
           it
           is
           requisite
           to
           consider
           some
           remarkable
           particulars
           about
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           then
           consider
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           infinite
           dignity
           of
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           the
           perfect
           innocency
           of
           his
           life
           did
           enhance
           the
           price
           of
           his
           sufferings
           ;
           but
           some
           endowments
           peculiar
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           some
           circumstances
           adhering
           to
           his
           design
           ,
           did
           much
           augment
           their
           force
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           not
           only
           according
           to
           the
           frame
           and
           temper
           of
           humane
           nature
           sensibly
           touched
           with
           the
           pain
           ,
           the
           shame
           ,
           the
           whole
           combination
           of
           disasters
           ,
           apparently
           waiting
           on
           his
           passion
           ;
           as
           God
           (
           when
           he
           did
           insert
           sense
           and
           passion
           into
           our
           nature
           ,
           ordering
           objects
           to
           affect
           them
           )
           did
           intend
           we
           should
           be
           ,
           and
           as
           other
           men
           in
           like
           circumstances
           would
           have
           been
           ;
           but
           in
           many
           respects
           beyond
           that
           ordinary
           rate
           ;
           so
           that
           no
           man
           ,
           we
           may
           suppose
           ,
           could
           have
           felt
           such
           grief
           from
           them
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           no
           man
           ever
           hath
           been
           sensible
           of
           any
           thing
           comparable
           to
           what
           he
           did
           endure
           ;
           that
           passage
           being
           truly
           applicable
           to
           him
           ,
           
           
             Behold
             and
             see
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             sorrow
             like
             to
             my
             sorrow
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             unto
             me
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Lord
             hath
             afflicted
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             fierce
             anger
          
           ;
           as
           that
           unparallel'd
           
             sweating
             out
             great
             lumps
             of
             blood
          
           may
           argue
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           terms
           expressing
           his
           resentments
           do
           intimate
           ;
           for
           in
           respect
           of
           present
           evils
           he
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
           
             My
             soul
             is
             exceedingly
             sorrowful
             to
             death
          
           ;
           
           he
           is
           said
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             to
             be
             in
             great
             anguish
          
           and
           anxiety
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           an
           agony
           or
           pang
           of
           sorrow
           ;
           In
           regard
           to
           mischiefs
           which
           he
           saw
           coming
           on
           ,
           he
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             disturb'd
             in
             spirit
          
           ,
           
           and
           to
           be
           
             sore
             amazed
          
           ,
           or
           dismayed
           at
           them
           ;
           To
           such
           an
           exceeding
           height
           did
           the
           sense
           of
           incumbent
           evils
           ,
           and
           the
           prospect
           of
           impendent
           calamities
           ,
           the
           apprehension
           of
           his
           case
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           
           reflection
           on
           our
           condition
           ,
           skrew
           up
           his
           affections
           .
        
         
           And
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           burthen
           ,
           even
           the
           weight
           of
           all
           the
           sins
           (
           the
           numberless
           most
           heinous
           sins
           and
           abominations
           )
           that
           ever
           were
           committed
           by
           mankind
           ,
           by
           appropriation
           of
           them
           to
           himself
           ,
           lying
           on
           his
           shoulders
           ,
           he
           should
           feel
           it
           heavy
           ,
           or
           seem
           to
           crouch
           and
           groan
           under
           it
           ;
           that
           in
           the
           mystical
           Psalm
           ,
           
           applied
           by
           the
           Apostle
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Innumerable
             evils
             have
             compassed
             me
             about
             ,
             mine
             iniquities
             have
             taken
             hold
             upon
             me
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             look
             up
          
           ;
           
           
             they
             are
             more
             than
             the
             hairs
             of
             my
             head
             ,
             and
             my
             heart
             faileth
             me
             .
          
           The
           sight
           of
           Gods
           indignation
           so
           dreadfully
           flaming
           out
           against
           sin
           ,
           might
           well
           astonish
           and
           terrifie
           him
           :
           To
           stand
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           before
           the
           mouth
           of
           hell
           belching
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           in
           his
           face
           ;
           to
           lye
           down
           in
           the
           hottest
           furnace
           of
           divine
           vengeance
           ;
           to
           quench
           with
           his
           own
           heart-blood
           the
           wrath
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           infernal
           fire
           (
           as
           he
           did
           in
           regard
           to
           those
           who
           will
           not
           re-kindle
           them
           to
           themselves
           )
           might
           well
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           man
           beget
           unconceivable
           and
           unexpressible
           pressures
           of
           affliction
           .
           When
           such
           a
           Father
           (
           so
           infinitely
           good
           and
           kind
           to
           him
           ,
           whom
           he
           so
           dearly
           and
           perfectly
           loved
           )
           did
           hide
           his
           face
           from
           him
           ,
           did
           frown
           on
           him
           ,
           how
           could
           he
           otherwise
           than
           be
           mightily
           troubled
           ?
           Is
           it
           strange
           that
           so
           hearty
           a
           love
           ,
           so
           tender
           a
           pity
           ,
           contemplating
           our
           sinfulness
           ,
           and
           experimenting
           our
           wretchedness
           ,
           should
           be
           deeply
           touched
           ?
           To
           see
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           so
           plainly
           ,
           to
           feel
           so
           thoroughly
           the
           horrible
           blindness
           ,
           the
           folly
           ,
           the
           infidelity
           ,
           the
           imbecillity
           ,
           the
           ingratitude
           ,
           the
           incorrigibility
           ;
           the
           strange
           perverseness
           ,
           perfidiousness
           ,
           malice
           ,
           and
           cruelty
           of
           mankind
           in
           so
           many
           instances
           (
           in
           the
           treason
           of
           Judas
           ,
           in
           the
           denial
           of
           Peter
           ,
           in
           the
           desertion
           of
           all
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           in
           the
           spite
           and
           rage
           of
           the
           persecutors
           ,
           in
           the
           falshood
           of
           the
           witnesses
           ,
           in
           the
           abuses
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           compliance
           of
           Pilate
           ,
           in
           a
           general
           conspiracy
           of
           friends
           and
           foes
           to
           sin
           )
           all
           these
           surrounding
           him
           ,
           all
           invading
           him
           ,
           all
           discharging
           themselves
           upon
           him
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           astone
           a
           
           mind
           so
           pure
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           wound
           a
           heart
           so
           tender
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           charity
           ?
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           any
           of
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           fondly
           do
           pretend
           unto
           ,
           or
           vainly
           do
           glory
           in
           a
           sullen
           apathy
           ,
           or
           a
           stubborn
           contempt
           of
           the
           evils
           incident
           to
           our
           nature
           and
           state
           ,
           would
           in
           such
           a
           case
           have
           been
           utterly
           dejected
           ;
           The
           most
           resolved
           Philosopher
           would
           have
           been
           dashed
           into
           confusion
           at
           the
           sight
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           crushed
           into
           desperation
           under
           the
           sense
           of
           those
           evils
           which
           did
           assault
           Him.
           
        
         
           With
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           causes
           ,
           the
           goodness
           of
           his
           constitution
           did
           conspire
           to
           encrease
           his
           sufferings
           ;
           for
           surely
           as
           his
           complexion
           was
           most
           pure
           and
           delicate
           ,
           his
           spirit
           most
           vivid
           and
           apprehensive
           ,
           his
           affections
           most
           pliant
           and
           tractable
           ;
           so
           accordingly
           would
           the
           impressions
           upon
           him
           be
           most
           sensible
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           pains
           which
           he
           felt
           (
           in
           body
           or
           soul
           )
           most
           afflictive
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           in
           like
           cases
           are
           not
           alike
           moved
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           tremble
           at
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           Gods
           displeasure
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           affrighted
           with
           the
           sense
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           with
           sad
           horrour
           resent
           our
           danger
           and
           our
           misery
           ,
           doth
           arise
           from
           that
           we
           have
           very
           glimmering
           and
           faint
           conceptions
           of
           those
           matters
           ;
           or
           that
           they
           do
           not
           in
           so
           clear
           and
           lively
           a
           manner
           strike
           our
           fancy
           (
           not
           appearing
           in
           their
           true
           nature
           and
           proper
           shape
           ,
           so
           heinous
           and
           so
           hideous
           as
           they
           really
           are
           ,
           in
           themselves
           and
           in
           their
           consequences
           )
           ;
           or
           because
           we
           have
           but
           weak
           perswasions
           about
           them
           ;
           or
           because
           we
           do
           but
           slightly
           consider
           them
           ;
           or
           from
           that
           our
           hearts
           are
           very
           hard
           and
           callous
           ,
           our
           affections
           very
           cold
           and
           dull
           ,
           so
           that
           nothing
           of
           this
           nature
           (
           nothing
           beside
           gross
           material
           affairs
           )
           can
           mollifie
           or
           melt
           them
           ;
           Or
           for
           that
           we
           have
           in
           us
           small
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           slender
           regard
           to
           our
           own
           welfare
           ;
           in
           fine
           ,
           for
           that
           in
           spiritual
           matters
           we
           are
           neither
           so
           wise
           ,
           so
           sober
           ,
           so
           serious
           ,
           nor
           so
           good
           or
           ingenuous
           in
           any
           reasonable
           measure
           ,
           as
           we
           should
           be
           :
           But
           
           our
           Saviour
           in
           all
           those
           respects
           was
           otherwise
           disposed
           ;
           He
           most
           evidently
           discerned
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           grievousness
           of
           sin
           ,
           the
           wretchedness
           of
           man
           ,
           most
           truly
           ,
           most
           fully
           ,
           most
           strongly
           represented
           to
           his
           mind
           ;
           He
           most
           firmly
           believed
           ,
           yea
           most
           certainly
           knew
           ,
           whatever
           Gods
           law
           had
           declared
           about
           them
           ;
           He
           did
           exactly
           consider
           and
           weigh
           them
           ;
           His
           heart
           was
           most
           soft
           and
           sensible
           ,
           his
           affections
           were
           most
           quick
           and
           excitable
           by
           their
           due
           objects
           ;
           He
           was
           full
           of
           dutiful
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           most
           ardently
           desirous
           of
           our
           good
           ,
           bearing
           a
           more
           than
           fraternal
           good
           will
           towards
           us
           :
           whence
           't
           is
           not
           so
           marvellous
           that
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           a
           transcendently
           wise
           and
           good
           man
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           vehemently
           affected
           by
           those
           occurrences
           ,
           that
           his
           imagination
           was
           so
           troubled
           ,
           and
           his
           passions
           so
           stirred
           by
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           thence
           did
           suffer
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           degree
           unconceivable
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           ejaculation
           in
           the
           Greek
           Liturgies
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             By
             thy
             unknown
             sufferings
             ,
             O
             Christ
             ,
             have
             mercy
             on
             us
             .
          
           But
           farther
           ,
        
         
           IV.
           We
           may
           consider
           ,
           that
           this
           way
           of
           suffering
           had
           in
           
           it
           some
           particular
           advantages
           ,
           conducing
           to
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           our
           Lords
           principal
           designs
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           being
           very
           notorious
           ,
           and
           lasting
           a
           competent
           time
           were
           good
           advantages
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           had
           been
           privately
           made
           away
           ,
           or
           suddenly
           dispatched
           ,
           no
           such
           great
           notice
           would
           have
           been
           taken
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           would
           the
           matter
           of
           fact
           have
           been
           so
           fully
           proved
           ,
           to
           the
           confirmation
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           and
           conviction
           of
           infidelity
           :
           Nor
           had
           that
           his
           excellent
           deportment
           under
           such
           bitter
           affliction
           (
           his
           most
           divine
           patience
           ,
           meekness
           and
           charity
           )
           so
           illustriously
           shone
           forth
           .
           Wherefore
           to
           prevent
           all
           exceptions
           ,
           and
           excuses
           of
           unbelief
           (
           together
           with
           other
           collateral
           good
           purposes
           )
           divine
           providence
           did
           so
           manage
           the
           business
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           so
           also
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           should
           be
           most
           conspicuously
           remarkable
           :
           
           
             I
             spake
             freely
             to
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             in
             secret
             have
             I
             done
             nothing
             ,
          
           said
           he
           of
           himself
           ;
           
           and
           
             These
             things
          
           (
           said
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           to
           King
           Agrippa
           )
           
             were
             not
             done
             in
             a
             corner
          
           ;
           such
           were
           the
           proceedings
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           not
           close
           or
           clancular
           ,
           but
           frank
           and
           open
           ;
           not
           presently
           hushed
           up
           ,
           but
           leisurely
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           men
           might
           have
           the
           advantage
           to
           observe
           and
           examine
           them
           ;
           And
           as
           he
           lived
           ,
           so
           he
           dyed
           most
           publickly
           and
           visibly
           ;
           the
           world
           being
           witness
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           so
           prepared
           to
           believe
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           thence
           disposed
           to
           embrace
           his
           doctrine
           ;
           according
           to
           what
           he
           did
           foretell
           ,
           
           
             I
             being
             lifted
             up
             from
             the
             earth
             shall
             draw
             all
             men
             to
             me
          
           ;
           for
           he
           drew
           all
           men
           by
           so
           obvious
           a
           death
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           
           he
           drew
           all
           well-disposed
           persons
           from
           the
           wondrous
           consequences
           of
           it
           to
           believe
           on
           him
           :
           
           And
           as
           (
           said
           he
           again
           )
           
             Moses
             did
             exalt
             the
             serpent
             in
             the
             wilderness
             ,
             so
             must
             the
             son
             of
             man
             be
             exalted
          
           ;
           As
           the
           elevation
           of
           that
           mysterious
           serpent
           did
           render
           it
           visible
           ,
           and
           did
           attract
           the
           eyes
           of
           people
           toward
           it
           ;
           
           whereby
           ,
           Gods
           power
           invisibly
           accompanying
           that
           Sacramental
           performance
           ,
           they
           were
           cured
           of
           those
           mortiferous
           stings
           which
           they
           had
           received
           :
           so
           our
           Lord
           being
           mounted
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           allured
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           to
           behold
           him
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           to
           close
           with
           him
           ;
           whereby
           ,
           the
           heavenly
           virtue
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           cooperating
           ,
           they
           become
           saved
           from
           those
           destructive
           sins
           ,
           which
           from
           the
           Devils
           serpentine
           instigations
           they
           had
           incurred
           .
        
         
           Another
           advantage
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           suffering
           was
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           the
           nature
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           intend
           to
           erect
           was
           evidently
           signified
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           not
           such
           as
           the
           carnal
           people
           did
           expect
           ,
           an
           external
           ,
           earthly
           ,
           temporal
           kingdom
           ,
           consisting
           in
           domination
           over
           the
           bodies
           and
           estates
           of
           men
           ,
           dignified
           by
           outward
           wealth
           and
           splendour
           ,
           managed
           by
           worldly
           power
           and
           policy
           ,
           promoted
           by
           forcible
           compulsion
           and
           terrour
           of
           Arms
           ,
           affording
           the
           advantages
           of
           safety
           ,
           quiet
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           
           here
           ;
           But
           a
           kingdom
           purely
           spiritual
           ,
           celestial
           ,
           eternal
           ;
           consisting
           in
           the
           governance
           of
           mens
           hearts
           and
           minds
           ,
           adorned
           with
           endowments
           of
           wisdom
           and
           virtue
           ;
           administred
           by
           the
           conduct
           and
           grace
           of
           Gods
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           upheld
           and
           propagated
           by
           meek
           instruction
           ,
           by
           virtuous
           example
           ,
           by
           hearty
           devotion
           ,
           and
           humble
           patience
           ;
           rewarding
           its
           loyal
           subjects
           with
           spiritual
           joys
           and
           consolations
           now
           ,
           with
           heavenly
           rest
           and
           bliss
           hereafter
           ;
           No
           other
           kingdom
           could
           he
           presume
           to
           design
           ,
           who
           submitted
           to
           this
           dolorous
           and
           disgraceful
           way
           of
           suffering
           ;
           No
           other
           exploits
           could
           he
           pretend
           to
           atchieve
           by
           expiring
           on
           a
           cross
           ;
           No
           other
           way
           could
           he
           rule
           ,
           who
           gave
           himself
           to
           be
           managed
           by
           the
           will
           of
           his
           adversaries
           ;
           No
           other
           benefits
           would
           this
           forlorn
           case
           allow
           him
           to
           dispense
           ;
           so
           that
           well
           might
           he
           then
           assert
           ,
           
           
             My
             kingdom
             is
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           going
           in
           this
           signal
           way
           to
           demonstrate
           that
           important
           truth
           .
        
         
           
           It
           was
           also
           a
           most
           convenient
           touch-stone
           to
           prove
           the
           genuine
           disposition
           and
           worth
           of
           men
           ;
           so
           as
           to
           discriminate
           those
           wise
           ,
           sober
           ,
           ingenuous
           ,
           sincere
           ,
           generous
           souls
           ,
           who
           could
           discern
           true
           goodness
           through
           so
           dark
           a
           cloud
           ,
           who
           could
           love
           it
           though
           so
           ill-favouredly
           disfigured
           ,
           who
           could
           embrace
           and
           avow
           it
           ,
           notwithstanding
           so
           terrible
           disadvantages
           ;
           it
           served
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           those
           blessed
           ones
           ,
           
           who
           would
           not
           be
           
             offended
             in
             him
          
           ,
           
           or
           by
           
             the
             scandal
             of
             the
             cross
          
           be
           discouraged
           from
           adhering
           to
           him
           ,
           from
           the
           crew
           of
           blind
           ,
           vain
           ,
           perverse
           ,
           haughty
           people
           ,
           who
           being
           scandalized
           at
           his
           adversity
           ,
           would
           contemn
           and
           reject
           him
           .
        
         
           Another
           considerable
           advantage
           was
           this
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           Gods
           special
           providence
           was
           discovered
           ,
           
           and
           his
           glory
           illustrated
           in
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           for
           how
           could
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           a
           person
           of
           so
           low
           parentage
           ,
           of
           so
           mean
           garb
           ,
           of
           so
           poor
           condition
           ,
           who
           underwent
           so
           lamentable
           and
           despicable
           a
           kind
           of
           death
           ,
           falling
           under
           the
           pride
           and
           spite
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           so
           easily
           should
           gain
           
           so
           general
           an
           opinion
           in
           the
           world
           (
           even
           among
           the
           best
           ,
           the
           wisest
           ,
           the
           greatest
           persons
           )
           of
           being
           
             the
             Lord
             of
             life
             and
             glory
          
           ;
           how
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           could
           it
           happen
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           miracle
           could
           be
           effected
           without
           Gods
           aid
           and
           special
           concurrence
           ?
           That
           King
           Herod
           ,
           who
           from
           a
           long
           reign
           in
           flourishing
           state
           with
           prosperous
           success
           in
           his
           enterprises
           ,
           did
           attain
           the
           name
           of
           Great
           ;
           or
           that
           Vespasian
           ,
           who
           triumphantly
           did
           ascend
           the
           Imperial
           throne
           ,
           should
           either
           of
           them
           by
           a
           few
           admirers
           of
           worldly
           vanity
           ,
           seriously
           be
           held
           ,
           or
           in
           flattery
           be
           call'd
           the
           Messias
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           strange
           ;
           but
           that
           one
           who
           was
           trampled
           on
           so
           miserably
           ,
           and
           treated
           as
           a
           wretched
           caitiff
           ,
           should
           instantly
           conquer
           innumerable
           hearts
           ,
           and
           from
           such
           a
           depth
           of
           extreme
           adversity
           should
           be
           advanced
           to
           the
           sublimest
           pitch
           of
           glory
           ;
           
           that
           
             the
             stone
             ,
             which
             the
             builders
          
           with
           so
           much
           scorn
           
             did
             refuse
          
           ,
           should
           
             become
             the
             head
             stone
             of
             the
             corner
             ,
             this
          
           (
           with
           good
           assurance
           we
           may
           say
           )
           
             was
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvellous
             in
             our
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
           
           Hereby
           indeed
           
             the
             excellency
             of
             divine
             power
          
           and
           wisdom
           was
           much
           glorified
           ;
           by
           so
           impotent
           ,
           so
           improbable
           ,
           so
           implausible
           means
           accomplishing
           so
           great
           effects
           ;
           subduing
           the
           world
           to
           obedience
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           active
           valour
           of
           an
           illustrious
           Hero
           ,
           but
           through
           the
           patient
           submission
           of
           a
           poor
           ,
           abused
           ,
           and
           oppressed
           person
           ;
           restoring
           mankind
           to
           life
           and
           happiness
           by
           the
           sorrowful
           death
           of
           a
           crucified
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           
           V.
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           consideration
           of
           our
           Lords
           suffering
           in
           this
           manner
           is
           very
           useful
           in
           application
           to
           our
           practice
           :
           No
           point
           is
           more
           fruitful
           of
           wholsome
           instruction
           ,
           none
           is
           more
           forcible
           to
           kindle
           devout
           affections
           ,
           none
           can
           afford
           more
           efficacious
           inducements
           and
           incentives
           to
           a
           pious
           life
           ;
           for
           what
           virtue
           will
           not
           a
           serious
           meditation
           on
           the
           cross
           be
           apt
           to
           breed
           and
           to
           cherish
           ;
           to
           what
           duty
           will
           it
           not
           engage
           and
           excite
           us
           ?
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Are
           we
           not
           hence
           infinitely
           obliged
           with
           most
           humble
           affection
           and
           hearty
           gratitude
           to
           adore
           each
           person
           of
           the
           B.
           Trinity
           ?
        
         
           That
           God
           the
           Father
           should
           design
           such
           a
           redemption
           for
           us
           ;
           
             not
             sparing
             his
             own
             Son
             (
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             love
             ,
          
           
           dear
           to
           him
           as
           himself
           )
           but
           
             delivering
             him
             up
             for
             us
          
           ,
           to
           be
           thus
           dealt
           with
           for
           our
           sake
           ;
           That
           God
           would
           endure
           to
           see
           his
           son
           in
           so
           pittiful
           a
           condition
           ,
           to
           hear
           him
           groaning
           under
           so
           grievous
           pressures
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           be
           so
           horribly
           abused
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           us
           ,
           who
           deserved
           nothing
           from
           him
           ,
           who
           had
           demerited
           so
           much
           against
           him
           ;
           for
           us
           ,
           who
           were
           no
           friends
           to
           him
           ,
           (
           for
           
             even
             when
             we
             were
             enemies
          
           ,
           
           
             we
             were
             reconciled
             to
             God
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             son
          
           ;
           )
           who
           were
           not
           any
           waies
           commendable
           for
           goodness
           ,
           or
           righteousness
           ;
           (
           for
           
             Christ
             did
             suffer
             for
             sinners
             ,
             the
             just
             for
             the
             unjust
          
           ;
           
           and
           
             God
             commended
             his
             love
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             while
             we
             were
             sinful
             ,
             Christ
             died
             for
             us
          
           ;
           )
           that
           God
           thus
           should
           
             love
             us
             ,
             sending
             his
             son
             to
             be
             a
             propitiation
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
          
           in
           so
           dismal
           a
           way
           of
           suffering
           ,
           how
           stupendious
           is
           that
           goodness
           ,
           how
           vast
           an
           obligation
           doth
           it
           lay
           upon
           us
           to
           reciprocal
           affection
           ?
           If
           we
           do
           owe
           all
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           our
           Maker
           ,
           from
           whose
           undeserved
           bounty
           we
           did
           receive
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           how
           much
           farther
           do
           we
           stand
           indebted
           to
           him
           as
           the
           author
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           from
           whose
           ill-deserved
           mercy
           we
           receive
           a
           new
           being
           ,
           and
           better
           state
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           a
           way
           far
           more
           obliging
           ;
           for
           God
           created
           us
           with
           a
           word
           ,
           without
           more
           cost
           or
           trouble
           ;
           but
           to
           redeem
           us
           stood
           him
           in
           huge
           expences
           and
           pains
           ;
           no
           less
           than
           the
           debasing
           his
           only
           son
           to
           our
           frailty
           ,
           the
           exposing
           him
           to
           more
           than
           our
           misery
           ;
           the
           withdrawing
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           restraining
           his
           bowels
           from
           his
           best
           beloved
           :
           If
           a
           Jew
           then
           were
           commanded
           by
           law
           ,
           if
           a
           Gentile
           were
           obliged
           by
           nature
           ,
           to
           
             love
             God
             with
             all
             his
             heart
             and
             all
             his
             soul
             ,
          
           what
           affection
           doth
           a
           Christian
           ,
           under
           the
           law
           and
           duty
           of
           Grace
           ,
           owe
           unto
           him
           ?
           by
           what
           computation
           can
           we
           reckon
           that
           debt
           ?
           what
           faculties
           have
           we
           sufficient
           to
           
           discharge
           it
           ?
           what
           finite
           heart
           can
           hold
           an
           affection
           commensurate
           to
           such
           an
           obligation
           ?
        
         
           And
           how
           can
           it
           otherwise
           than
           inflame
           our
           heart
           with
           love
           toward
           the
           Blessed
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           
           that
           merely
           out
           of
           charitable
           pity
           toward
           us
           ,
           he
           purposely
           came
           down
           from
           heaven
           ,
           and
           took
           our
           flesh
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           therein
           undergo
           those
           extreme
           acerbities
           of
           pain
           ,
           and
           those
           most
           ugly
           indignities
           of
           shame
           for
           us
           ?
           
           
             Greater
             love
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             hath
             no
             man
             than
             this
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             lay
             down
             his
             life
             for
             his
             friends
          
           ;
           But
           that
           God
           should
           lay
           down
           his
           life
           ,
           should
           pour
           forth
           his
           bloud
           ,
           should
           be
           aspersed
           with
           the
           worst
           crimes
           ,
           and
           cloathed
           with
           foulest
           shame
           ,
           should
           be
           executed
           on
           a
           cross
           as
           a
           malefactour
           and
           a
           slave
           ,
           for
           his
           enemies
           and
           rebellious
           traitors
           ,
           what
           imagination
           can
           devise
           any
           expression
           of
           charity
           or
           friendship
           comparable
           to
           this
           ?
           Wherefore
           if
           love
           naturally
           be
           productive
           of
           love
           ,
           if
           friendship
           justly
           meriteth
           a
           correspondence
           in
           good
           will
           ,
           what
           effect
           should
           the
           consideration
           of
           so
           ineffable
           a
           love
           ,
           of
           so
           unparallel'd
           friendship
           have
           upon
           us
           ?
        
         
           How
           can
           any
           serious
           reflection
           on
           this
           event
           fail
           to
           work
           hearty
           gratitude
           in
           us
           toward
           our
           good
           Lord
           ?
           For
           put
           case
           any
           person
           for
           our
           sake
           (
           that
           he
           might
           rescue
           us
           from
           the
           greatest
           mischiefs
           ,
           and
           purchase
           for
           us
           the
           highest
           benefits
           )
           willingly
           should
           deprive
           himself
           of
           all
           his
           estate
           (
           and
           that
           a
           very
           large
           one
           )
           of
           his
           honour
           (
           and
           that
           a
           very
           high
           one
           )
           of
           his
           ease
           and
           pleasure
           (
           and
           those
           the
           most
           perfect
           and
           assured
           that
           could
           be
           ;
           )
           that
           he
           should
           expose
           himself
           to
           the
           greatest
           hazards
           ,
           should
           endure
           the
           sorest
           pains
           ,
           and
           most
           disgraceful
           ignominies
           ;
           should
           prostitute
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           in
           most
           hideous
           manner
           lose
           it
           ,
           to
           those
           ends
           for
           our
           sake
           ;
           Should
           we
           not
           then
           apprehend
           and
           confess
           our selves
           monstrously
           ingrateful
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           not
           most
           deeply
           resent
           such
           kindness
           ,
           if
           upon
           all
           occasions
           we
           did
           not
           express
           our
           thankfulness
           for
           it
           ;
           if
           we
           did
           not
           ever
           readily
           yield
           all
           the
           
           acknowledgment
           and
           all
           the
           requital
           we
           were
           able
           ?
           The
           case
           in
           regard
           to
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           is
           like
           in
           kind
           ,
           but
           in
           degree
           whatever
           we
           can
           suppose
           doth
           infinitely
           fall
           below
           the
           performances
           for
           us
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           stooped
           from
           the
           top
           of
           heaven
           ,
           who
           laid
           aside
           the
           Majesty
           and
           the
           felicitie
           of
           God
           for
           the
           infamies
           and
           the
           dolours
           of
           a
           cross
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           redeem
           us
           from
           the
           torments
           of
           hell
           ,
           and
           instate
           us
           in
           the
           joys
           of
           Paradise
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           obligations
           of
           gratitude
           to
           him
           are
           unexpressibly
           great
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           with
           any
           face
           deny
           our selves
           to
           be
           most
           basely
           unworthy
           ,
           if
           the
           effects
           in
           our
           heart
           and
           life
           be
           not
           answerable
           .
        
         
           Nor
           should
           we
           forget
           ,
           that
           also
           upon
           this
           account
           we
           do
           owe
           great
           love
           and
           thanks
           to
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           who
           as
           he
           did
           originally
           conspire
           in
           the
           wonderful
           project
           of
           our
           redemption
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           executively
           by
           miraculous
           operation
           conduct
           our
           Saviour
           into
           his
           fleshly
           tabernacle
           ,
           
           as
           he
           did
           by
           unmeasurable
           communications
           of
           divine
           virtue
           assist
           his
           humanity
           through
           all
           the
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           so
           in
           this
           juncture
           he
           did
           inspire
           him
           with
           charity
           more
           than
           humane
           ,
           and
           did
           support
           him
           to
           undergo
           those
           pressures
           with
           invincible
           patience
           ;
           and
           so
           did
           sanctifie
           all
           this
           Sacerdotal
           performance
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           affirm
           ,
           
           
             did
             through
             the
             eternal
             Spirit
             offer
             himself
             without
             spot
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           surer
           ground
           can
           there
           be
           of
           faith
           in
           God
           ,
           
           what
           stronger
           encouragement
           of
           hope
           ,
           than
           is
           suggested
           by
           this
           consideration
           ?
           
           for
           if
           God
           stedfastly
           did
           hold
           his
           purpose
           ,
           and
           faithfully
           did
           accomplish
           his
           word
           in
           an
           instance
           so
           distastful
           to
           his
           own
           heart
           and
           bowels
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           ever
           suspect
           his
           constancy
           and
           fidelity
           in
           any
           case
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           distrust
           the
           completion
           of
           any
           divine
           promise
           ?
        
         
           
             If
             God
             spared
             not
             his
             own
             Son
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             delivered
             him
             up
             for
             us
             ,
          
           to
           the
           suffering
           of
           so
           contumelious
           affliction
           ,
           how
           can
           
           we
           any
           wayes
           be
           diffident
           of
           his
           bounty
           ,
           or
           despair
           of
           his
           mercy
           ?
           how
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           argue
           )
           
             shall
             he
             not
             also
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             ?
          
        
         
           If
           ever
           we
           be
           tempted
           to
           doubt
           of
           Gods
           goodness
           ,
           will
           not
           this
           experiment
           thereof
           convince
           and
           satisfie
           us
           ?
           for
           what
           higher
           kindness
           could
           God
           express
           ,
           what
           lower
           condescension
           could
           he
           vouchsafe
           ,
           by
           what
           pledge
           could
           he
           more
           clearly
           or
           surely
           testifie
           his
           willingness
           and
           his
           delight
           to
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           than
           by
           thus
           ordering
           his
           dearest
           Son
           to
           undergo
           such
           miseries
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
           If
           the
           greatness
           of
           our
           sins
           discourageth
           us
           from
           entertaining
           comfortable
           hopes
           of
           mercy
           ,
           will
           it
           not
           rear
           our
           hearts
           to
           consider
           that
           such
           a
           punishment
           hath
           been
           inflicted
           to
           expiate
           them
           ,
           which
           might
           content
           the
           most
           rigorous
           severity
           ;
           that
           such
           a
           price
           is
           laid
           down
           
             to
             redeem
             us
             from
             the
             curse
             ,
          
           
           which
           richly
           may
           suffice
           to
           discharge
           it
           ;
           that
           such
           a
           sacrifice
           hath
           been
           offered
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           avowed
           for
           most
           available
           ,
           
           and
           acceptable
           to
           himself
           ?
           so
           that
           now
           what
           can
           Justice
           exact
           more
           from
           us
           ?
           what
           have
           we
           farther
           to
           do
           ,
           than
           with
           a
           penitent
           and
           thankful
           heart
           to
           embrace
           the
           mercy
           purchased
           for
           us
           ?
           
           
             Who
             is
             he
             that
             condemneth
          
           ,
           seeing
           
             Christ
             hath
             died
          
           ,
           and
           
             hath
             his
             own
             self
             born
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             own
             body
             on
             the
             tree
             ?
          
           Whatever
           the
           wounds
           of
           our
           conscience
           be
           ,
           is
           not
           
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             cross
          
           ,
           tempered
           with
           our
           hearty
           repentance
           ,
           and
           applied
           by
           a
           lively
           faith
           ,
           a
           sovereign
           balsam
           ,
           of
           virtue
           sufficient
           to
           cure
           them
           ;
           and
           may
           we
           not
           
             by
             his
             stripes
             be
             healed
          
           ?
           
           Have
           we
           not
           abundant
           reason
           with
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             to
             joy
             in
             God
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             by
             whom
             we
             have
             received
             the
             atonement
             ?
          
           Is
           it
           not
           to
           depretiate
           the
           worth
           ,
           to
           disparage
           the
           efficacy
           of
           our
           Lords
           passion
           ,
           any
           ways
           to
           despair
           of
           mercy
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           disconsolate
           for
           guilt
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           cross
           were
           not
           enough
           worthy
           to
           compensate
           for
           our
           unworthiness
           ,
           or
           our
           Saviours
           patience
           could
           not
           balance
           our
           disobedience
           ?
        
         
         
           3.
           
           It
           indeed
           may
           yield
           great
           joy
           ,
           and
           sprightly
           consolation
           
           to
           us
           to
           contemplate
           our
           Lord
           upon
           the
           cross
           ,
           exercising
           his
           immense
           charity
           toward
           us
           ,
           transacting
           all
           the
           work
           of
           our
           redemption
           ,
           defeating
           all
           the
           enemies
           ,
           and
           evacuating
           all
           the
           obstacles
           of
           our
           salvation
           .
        
         
           May
           we
           not
           delectably
           consider
           him
           as
           there
           stretching
           forth
           his
           arms
           of
           kindness
           ,
           
           with
           them
           to
           embrace
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           all
           mankind
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           his
           protection
           ?
           as
           there
           spreading
           out
           his
           hands
           ,
           with
           them
           earnestly
           inviting
           and
           intreating
           us
           to
           accept
           the
           overtures
           of
           grace
           ,
           procured
           by
           him
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
           Is
           it
           not
           sweet
           and
           satisfactory
           to
           view
           our
           great
           High-Priest
           on
           that
           high
           altar
           offering
           up
           his
           own
           pure
           flesh
           ,
           and
           pouring
           out
           his
           pretious
           blood
           ,
           as
           an
           universal
           complete
           sacrifice
           ,
           propitiatory
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           mankind
           ?
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           goodly
           object
           to
           behold
           humility
           and
           patience
           so
           gloriously
           rearing
           themselves
           above
           all
           worldly
           ,
           all
           infernal
           pride
           and
           insolence
           ;
           by
           the
           cross
           ascending
           unto
           the
           celestial
           throne
           of
           dignity
           and
           Majesty
           superlative
           ?
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           pleasant
           to
           contemplate
           our
           Lord
           there
           standing
           erect
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           a
           resolute
           sufferer
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           noble
           conquerour
           ,
           where
           
             having
             spoiled
             principalities
             and
             powers
          
           ,
           
           
             he
             made
             a
             solemn
             shew
             triumphing
             over
             them
             ?
          
           Did
           ever
           any
           Conquerour
           loftily
           seated
           in
           his
           triumphal
           chariot
           yield
           a
           spectacle
           so
           gallant
           and
           magnificent
           ?
           was
           ever
           tree
           adorned
           with
           trophees
           so
           pompous
           and
           splendid
           ?
        
         
           To
           the
           exteriour
           view
           and
           carnal
           sense
           of
           men
           our
           Lord
           was
           then
           indeed
           exposed
           to
           scorn
           and
           shame
           ;
           but
           to
           spiritual
           and
           sincere
           discerning
           ,
           all
           his
           and
           our
           enemies
           did
           there
           hang
           up
           as
           objects
           of
           contempt
           ,
           utterly
           overthrown
           and
           undone
           .
        
         
           There
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           strong
           and
           sturdy
           one
           ,
           
           did
           hang
           up
           bound
           in
           chains
           ,
           disarmed
           and
           rifled
           ,
           quite
           baffled
           and
           confounded
           ,
           mankind
           being
           rescued
           from
           his
           tyrannick
           power
           .
        
         
         
           There
           the
           world
           with
           its
           vain
           pomps
           ,
           its
           counterfeit
           beauties
           ,
           its
           bewitching
           pleasures
           ,
           it
           s
           fondly
           admired
           excellencies
           ,
           
           did
           hang
           up
           all
           defaced
           and
           disparaged
           ;
           as
           it
           appeared
           to
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           for
           God
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             glory
             save
             in
             the
             cross
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             world
             is
             crucified
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             unto
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           There
           in
           a
           most
           lively
           representation
           ,
           and
           most
           admirable
           pattern
           was
           exhibited
           
             the
             mortification
             of
             our
             flesh
             with
             its
             affections
             and
             lusts
             ,
          
           
           and
           our
           
             old
             man
             was
             crucified
             ,
             that
             the
             body
             of
             sin
             might
             be
             destroyed
             .
          
        
         
           There
           our
           sins
           ,
           
           being
           (
           as
           St.
           Peter
           telleth
           us
           )
           
             carried
             up
             by
             him
             unto
             the
             gibbet
             ,
          
           did
           hang
           as
           marks
           of
           his
           victorious
           prowess
           ,
           
           as
           malefactors
           by
           him
           
             condemned
             in
             the
             flesh
          
           ,
           as
           objects
           of
           our
           horrour
           and
           hatred
           .
        
         
           There
           death
           it self
           hung
           gasping
           ,
           
           with
           its
           sting
           pulled
           out
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           terrours
           quelled
           ;
           his
           death
           having
           prevented
           ours
           ,
           and
           induced
           immortality
           .
        
         
           There
           all
           wrath
           ,
           enmity
           ,
           strife
           (
           the
           banes
           of
           comfortable
           life
           )
           did
           hang
           
             abolished
             in
             his
             flesh
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             slain
             upon
             the
             cross
             ,
             by
             the
             blood
             whereof
             he
             made
             peace
             ,
             and
             reconciled
             all
             things
             in
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
          
        
         
           There
           manifold
           yokes
           of
           bondage
           ,
           instruments
           of
           vexation
           ,
           
           and
           principles
           of
           variance
           ;
           even
           all
           
             the
             hand-writing
             of
             ordinances
             that
             was
             against
             us
             ,
          
           did
           hang
           up
           cancelled
           and
           
             nailed
             to
             the
             cross
          
           .
        
         
           So
           much
           sweet
           comfort
           by
           spiritual
           consideration
           may
           be
           extracted
           from
           this
           event
           ,
           which
           in
           appearance
           was
           most
           doleful
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           the
           most
           happy
           that
           ever
           by
           providence
           was
           dispensed
           to
           the
           world
           .
           Farther
           ,
        
         
           
           4.
           
           This
           consideration
           is
           most
           useful
           to
           render
           us
           very
           humble
           and
           sensible
           of
           our
           weakness
           ,
           our
           vileness
           ,
           our
           wretchedness
           :
           for
           how
           low
           was
           that
           our
           fall
           ,
           from
           which
           we
           could
           not
           be
           raised
           without
           such
           a
           depression
           of
           Gods
           only
           Son
           ?
           how
           great
           is
           that
           impotency
           ,
           which
           did
           need
           such
           a
           succour
           to
           relieve
           it
           ?
           how
           abominable
           must
           be
           
           that
           iniquity
           ,
           which
           might
           not
           be
           expiated
           without
           so
           costly
           a
           sacrifice
           ?
           how
           deplorable
           is
           that
           misery
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           removed
           without
           commutation
           of
           so
           strange
           a
           suffering
           ?
           Would
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           have
           so
           emptied
           ,
           
           and
           abased
           himself
           for
           nothing
           ?
           would
           he
           have
           endured
           such
           pains
           and
           ignominies
           for
           a
           trifle
           ?
           No
           surely
           ,
           if
           our
           guilt
           had
           been
           slight
           ,
           if
           our
           case
           had
           been
           tolerable
           ,
           the
           divine
           wisdom
           would
           have
           chose
           a
           more
           cheap
           and
           easie
           remedy
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           madness
           for
           us
           to
           be
           conceited
           of
           any
           worth
           in
           our selves
           ,
           to
           confide
           in
           any
           merit
           of
           our
           works
           ,
           to
           glory
           in
           any
           thing
           belonging
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           fancy
           our selves
           brave
           ,
           fine
           ,
           happy
           persons
           ,
           worthy
           of
           great
           respect
           and
           esteem
           ;
           whenas
           our
           unworthiness
           ,
           our
           demerit
           ,
           our
           forlorn
           estate
           did
           extort
           from
           the
           most
           gracious
           God
           a
           displeasure
           needing
           such
           a
           reconciliation
           ,
           did
           impose
           upon
           the
           most
           glorious
           Son
           of
           God
           a
           necessity
           to
           undergo
           such
           a
           punishment
           in
           our
           behalf
           ?
        
         
           How
           can
           we
           reasonably
           pretend
           to
           any
           honour
           ,
           or
           justly
           assume
           any
           regard
           to
           our selves
           ,
           whenas
           the
           first-born
           of
           heaven
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             of
             glory
          
           ,
           partaker
           of
           divine
           Majesty
           ,
           was
           fain
           to
           
             make
             himself
             of
             no
             reputation
          
           ,
           to
           put
           himself
           into
           
             the
             garb
             of
             a
             servant
          
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           imputation
           of
           a
           malefactor
           ,
           to
           bear
           such
           disgrace
           and
           infamy
           in
           our
           room
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           the
           confusion
           due
           to
           us
           ?
        
         
           What
           more
           palpable
           confutation
           can
           there
           be
           of
           humane
           vanity
           and
           arrogance
           ,
           of
           all
           lofty
           imaginations
           ,
           
           all
           presumptuous
           confidences
           ,
           all
           turgid
           humours
           ,
           all
           fond
           self-pleasings
           and
           self-admirings
           ,
           than
           is
           that
           tragical
           cross
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           ,
           our
           foul
           deformity
           ,
           our
           pitiful
           meanness
           ,
           our
           helpless
           infirmity
           ,
           our
           sad
           wofulness
           are
           so
           plainly
           represented
           ?
        
         
           Well
           surely
           may
           we
           say
           with
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           
           
             Let
             man
             now
             at
             length
             blush
             to
             be
             proud
             ,
             for
             whom
             God
             is
             made
             so
             humble
          
           ;
           [
           And
           since
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           add
           )
           
             this
             great
             disease
             of
             soul
             
             did
             bring
             down
             the
             Almighty
             Physician
             from
             heaven
             ,
          
           
           
             did
             humble
             him
             to
             the
             form
             of
             a
             servant
             ,
             did
             subject
             him
             to
             contumelies
             ,
             did
             suspend
             him
             on
             a
             cross
             ,
             that
             this
             tumour
             by
             virtue
             of
             so
             great
             a
             medicine
             might
             be
             cured
          
           ;
           ]
           may
           not
           he
           well
           be
           presumed
           incurable
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           cured
           of
           his
           pride
           by
           this
           medicine
           ;
           
           in
           whom
           neither
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           not
           the
           force
           of
           such
           an
           example
           can
           work
           humility
           ?
        
         
           
           5.
           
           But
           farther
           ,
           while
           this
           contemplation
           doth
           breed
           sober
           humility
           ,
           it
           also
           should
           preserve
           us
           from
           base
           abjectness
           of
           mind
           ;
           for
           it
           doth
           evidently
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           Gods
           infallible
           judgment
           we
           are
           very
           considerable
           ,
           that
           our
           souls
           are
           capable
           of
           high
           regard
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           great
           pity
           we
           should
           be
           lost
           and
           abandoned
           to
           ruine
           ;
           
           for
           surely
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           much
           esteemed
           and
           respected
           us
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           for
           our
           sakes
           have
           so
           debased
           himself
           ,
           or
           deigned
           to
           endure
           so
           much
           for
           our
           recovery
           ;
           Divine
           Justice
           would
           not
           have
           exacted
           or
           accepted
           such
           a
           ransome
           for
           our
           souls
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           of
           little
           worth
           :
           
           We
           should
           not
           therefore
           slight
           our selves
           ,
           nor
           demean
           our selves
           like
           sorry
           contemptible
           wretches
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           deserved
           no
           consideration
           ,
           no
           pity
           from
           our selves
           ;
           as
           if
           we
           thought
           our
           souls
           not
           worth
           saving
           ,
           
           which
           yet
           our
           Lord
           thought
           good
           to
           purchase
           at
           so
           dear
           a
           rate
           :
           By
           so
           despising
           or
           disregarding
           our selves
           ,
           do
           we
           not
           condemn
           the
           sentiments
           ,
           do
           we
           not
           vilifie
           the
           sufferings
           of
           our
           Lord
           ;
           so
           with
           a
           pitiful
           meanness
           of
           spirit
           joyning
           the
           most
           unworthy
           injustice
           and
           ingratitude
           ?
           Again
           ,
        
         
           
           6.
           
           How
           can
           we
           reflect
           upon
           this
           event
           without
           extreme
           displeasure
           against
           ,
           and
           hearty
           detestation
           of
           our
           
           sins
           ?
           those
           sins
           which
           indeed
           did
           bring
           such
           tortures
           and
           such
           disgraces
           upon
           our
           blessed
           Redeemer
           ?
           Judas
           ,
           the
           wretch
           who
           betrayed
           him
           ;
           the
           Jewish
           Priests
           who
           did
           accuse
           and
           prosecute
           him
           ;
           the
           wicked
           rout
           ,
           which
           did
           abusively
           insult
           over
           him
           ;
           those
           cruel
           hands
           that
           smote
           him
           ,
           those
           pitiless
           hearts
           that
           scorn'd
           him
           ,
           those
           poysonous
           tongues
           that
           mocked
           him
           ,
           and
           reviled
           him
           ;
           all
           those
           who
           were
           the
           instruments
           and
           abetters
           of
           his
           affliction
           ,
           how
           do
           we
           loath
           and
           abhorr
           them
           ,
           how
           do
           we
           detest
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           execrate
           their
           memories
           !
           But
           how
           much
           greater
           reason
           have
           we
           to
           abominate
           our
           sins
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           true
           ,
           the
           principal
           actors
           of
           all
           that
           woful
           tragedy
           :
           
           
             He
             was
             delivered
             for
             our
             offences
             ,
          
           they
           were
           indeed
           the
           traitours
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Judas
           delivered
           him
           up
           ,
           
             He
             that
             knew
             no
             sin
          
           ,
           
           
             was
             made
             sin
             for
             us
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           was
           accused
           ,
           was
           condemned
           ,
           was
           executed
           as
           a
           sinner
           for
           us
           ;
           it
           was
           therefore
           we
           ,
           who
           by
           our
           sins
           did
           impeach
           him
           ,
           the
           spiteful
           Priests
           were
           but
           our
           advocates
           ;
           we
           by
           them
           did
           adjudge
           and
           sentence
           him
           ;
           Pilate
           was
           but
           drawn
           in
           against
           his
           will
           and
           conscience
           ,
           to
           be
           our
           spokes-man
           in
           that
           behalf
           ;
           We
           by
           them
           did
           inflict
           that
           horrid
           punishment
           on
           him
           ,
           the
           Roman
           executioners
           were
           but
           our
           representatives
           therein
           ;
           
             He
             became
             a
             curse
             for
             us
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           the
           mockery
           ,
           derision
           ,
           
           and
           contumely
           he
           endured
           ,
           did
           proceed
           from
           us
           ;
           the
           silly
           people
           were
           but
           properties
           acting
           our
           parts
           ;
           our
           sins
           were
           they
           that
           cryed
           out
           Crucifige
           (
           
             Crucify
             him
             ,
             crucify
             him
          
           )
           with
           clamours
           more
           loud
           and
           more
           importunate
           than
           did
           all
           the
           Jewish
           rabble
           ;
           it
           was
           they
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           borrowed
           throats
           of
           that
           base
           people
           did
           so
           outragiously
           persecute
           him
           :
           
           
             He
             was
             wounded
             for
             our
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             bruised
             for
             our
             iniquities
          
           ;
           it
           was
           they
           which
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           fierce
           souldiers
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           rude
           populacy
           ,
           as
           by
           senseless
           engines
           ,
           did
           buffet
           and
           scourge
           him
           ;
           they
           by
           the
           nails
           and
           thorns
           did
           pierce
           his
           flesh
           ,
           and
           rend
           his
           Sacred
           body
           ;
           upon
           them
           therefore
           
           it
           is
           most
           just
           and
           fit
           that
           we
           should
           turn
           our
           hatred
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           discharge
           our
           indignation
           .
        
         
           
           7.
           
           And
           what
           in
           reason
           can
           be
           more
           powerful
           toward
           working
           penitential
           sorrow
           and
           remorse
           ,
           than
           reflection
           upon
           such
           horrible
           effects
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           our
           sins
           ?
           how
           can
           we
           forbear
           earnestly
           to
           grieve
           ,
           considering
           our selves
           by
           them
           to
           have
           been
           the
           perfidious
           betrayers
           ,
           the
           unjust
           slanderers
           ,
           the
           cruel
           persecutors
           ,
           and
           barbarous
           murtherers
           of
           a
           person
           so
           innocent
           and
           lovely
           ,
           so
           good
           and
           benign
           ,
           so
           great
           and
           glorious
           ;
           of
           Gods
           own
           dear
           Son
           ,
           of
           our
           best
           Friend
           ,
           of
           our
           most
           gracious
           Redeemer
           ?
        
         
           
           8.
           
           If
           ingenuity
           will
           not
           operate
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           hereby
           melt
           us
           into
           contrition
           ,
           yet
           surely
           this
           consideration
           must
           needs
           affect
           us
           with
           a
           religious
           fear
           ;
           
           for
           can
           we
           otherwise
           than
           tremble
           to
           think
           upon
           the
           heinous
           guilt
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           upon
           the
           dreadful
           fierceness
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           against
           them
           ,
           upon
           the
           impartial
           severity
           of
           divine
           judgment
           for
           them
           ,
           all
           so
           manifestly
           discovered
           ,
           all
           so
           livelily
           set
           forth
           in
           this
           dismal
           spectacle
           ?
           If
           the
           view
           of
           an
           ordinary
           execution
           is
           apt
           to
           beget
           in
           us
           some
           terrour
           ,
           some
           dread
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           some
           reverence
           toward
           authority
           ,
           what
           awful
           impressions
           should
           this
           singular
           example
           of
           divine
           justice
           work
           upon
           us
           ?
        
         
           How
           greatly
           we
           should
           be
           moved
           thereby
           ,
           what
           affections
           it
           should
           raise
           in
           us
           ,
           we
           may
           even
           learn
           from
           the
           most
           inanimate
           creatures
           ;
           for
           the
           whole
           world
           did
           seem
           affected
           thereat
           vvith
           horrour
           and
           confusion
           ;
           the
           frame
           of
           things
           vvas
           discomposed
           and
           disturbed
           ;
           all
           nature
           did
           feel
           a
           kind
           of
           compassion
           and
           compunction
           for
           it
           ;
           The
           Sun
           (
           as
           from
           aversion
           and
           shame
           )
           did
           hide
           his
           face
           ,
           leaving
           the
           vvorld
           covered
           for
           three
           hours
           vvith
           mournful
           blackness
           ;
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           earth
           did
           yern
           and
           quake
           ;
           the
           rocks
           did
           split
           ,
           the
           veil
           
           of
           the
           Temple
           was
           rent
           ,
           the
           graves
           did
           open
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           dead
           bodies
           were
           roused
           up
           ;
           And
           can
           we
           then
           (
           who
           are
           the
           most
           concerned
           in
           the
           event
           )
           be
           more
           stupid
           than
           the
           earth
           ,
           more
           obdurate
           than
           rocks
           ,
           more
           drowsie
           than
           interr'd
           carcases
           ,
           the
           most
           insensible
           and
           immoveable
           things
           in
           nature
           ?
           But
           farther
           ,
        
         
           9.
           
           How
           can
           the
           meditation
           on
           this
           event
           do
           otherwise
           than
           hugely
           deterr
           us
           from
           all
           wilful
           disobedience
           and
           commission
           of
           sin
           ?
           for
           how
           thereby
           can
           we
           violate
           such
           engagements
           ,
           and
           thwart
           such
           an
           example
           of
           obedience
           ?
           how
           thereby
           can
           we
           abuse
           so
           wonderful
           goodness
           ,
           and
           disoblige
           so
           transcendent
           charity
           ?
           how
           thereby
           can
           we
           reject
           that
           gentle
           dominion
           over
           us
           ,
           
           which
           our
           Redeemer
           did
           so
           dearly
           purchase
           ,
           or
           renounce
           
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             us
          
           at
           so
           high
           a
           rate
           ?
           with
           what
           heart
           can
           we
           bring
           up
           on
           the
           stage
           ,
           and
           act
           over
           that
           direful
           tragedy
           ,
           renewing
           all
           that
           pain
           and
           all
           that
           disgrace
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           teacheth
           that
           we
           do
           by
           Apostacy
           ,
           
           
             crucifying
             to
             our selves
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             afresh
             ,
             and
             putting
             him
             to
             an
             open
             shame
             ?
          
           Can
           we
           without
           horrour
           
             tread
             under
             foot
             the
             son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             count
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             covenant
             an
             unholy
             thing
          
           (
           as
           the
           same
           divine
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           all
           wilful
           transgressors
           do
           )
           vilifying
           that
           most
           sacred
           and
           pretious
           bloud
           ,
           so
           freely
           shed
           for
           the
           demonstration
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           ratification
           of
           his
           gracious
           intentions
           toward
           us
           ;
           as
           a
           thing
           of
           no
           speci_al
           worth
           or
           consideration
           ;
           
           despising
           all
           his
           so
           kind
           and
           painful
           endeavours
           for
           our
           salvation
           ,
           defeating
           his
           most
           charitable
           purposes
           ,
           and
           earnest
           desires
           for
           our
           welfare
           ;
           rendring
           all
           his
           so
           bitter
           and
           loathsome
           sufferings
           in
           regard
           to
           us
           utterly
           vain
           and
           fruitless
           ;
           yea
           indeed
           very
           hurtful
           and
           pernicious
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           cross
           doe
           not
           save
           us
           from
           our
           sins
           ,
           it
           will
           much
           aggravate
           their
           guilt
           ,
           and
           augment
           their
           punishment
           ;
           bringing
           a
           severer
           condemnation
           ,
           and
           a
           sadder
           ruine
           on
           us
           .
           Again
           ,
        
         
         
           10.
           
           This
           consideration
           affordeth
           very
           strong
           engagements
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           charity
           towards
           our
           neighbour
           :
           For
           what
           heart
           can
           be
           so
           hard
           ,
           that
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           cross
           cannot
           mollisie
           into
           a
           charitable
           and
           compassionate
           sense
           ?
           can
           we
           forbear
           to
           love
           those
           ,
           toward
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           did
           bear
           so
           tender
           affection
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           sustain
           so
           woful
           tortures
           and
           indignities
           ?
           Shall
           we
           not
           in
           obedience
           to
           his
           most
           urgent
           commands
           ,
           in
           conformity
           to
           his
           most
           notable
           example
           ,
           in
           grateful
           return
           to
           him
           for
           his
           benefits
           ,
           who
           thus
           did
           gladly
           suffer
           for
           us
           ,
           discharge
           this
           most
           sweet
           and
           easie
           duty
           towards
           his
           beloved
           friends
           ?
           Shall
           we
           not
           be
           willing
           by
           parting
           with
           a
           little
           superfluous
           stuff
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           our
           poor
           brother
           ,
           to
           requite
           and
           gratifie
           him
           ,
           
           who
           to
           succour
           us
           in
           our
           distress
           most
           bountifully
           did
           part
           with
           his
           wealth
           ,
           with
           his
           glory
           ,
           with
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           with
           his
           life
           it self
           ?
           Shall
           we
           not
           meekly
           comport
           with
           an
           infirmity
           ,
           
           not
           bear
           a
           petty
           neglect
           ,
           not
           forgive
           a
           small
           injury
           to
           our
           brother
           ,
           whenas
           our
           Lord
           did
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           from
           us
           bear
           a
           cross
           ,
           to
           procure
           remission
           for
           our
           innumerable
           most
           heinous
           affronts
           and
           offences
           against
           Almighty
           God
           ?
           Can
           a
           heart
           void
           of
           mercy
           and
           pity
           with
           any
           reason
           or
           modesty
           pretend
           to
           the
           mercies
           and
           compassions
           of
           the
           cross
           ?
           Can
           we
           hope
           ,
           that
           
             God
             for
             Christs
             sake
          
           will
           pardon
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           for
           Christs
           sake
           will
           not
           forgive
           our
           neighbour
           ?
        
         
           Can
           we
           hear
           our
           Lord
           saying
           to
           us
           ,
           
           
             This
             is
             my
             command
             that
             ye
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             loved
             you
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             Hereby
             shall
             all
             men
             know
             that
             ye
             are
             my
             disciples
             ,
             if
             ye
             love
             one
             another
             ?
          
           
           Can
           we
           hear
           S.
           Paul
           exhorting
           ,
           
             Walk
             in
             love
             ,
             as
             Christ
             also
             hath
             loved
             us
             ,
             and
             hath
             given
             himself
             for
             us
             ,
             an
             offering
             and
             a
             sacrifice
             to
             God
             for
             a
             sweet-smelling
             savour
          
           ;
           and
           
             We
             that
             are
             strong
             ought
             to
             bear
             the
             infirmities
             of
             the
             weak
          
           —
           
           
             for
             even
             Christ
             pleased
             not
             himself
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             The
             reproaches
             of
             them
             that
             reproached
             thee
             ,
             fell
             on
             me
             ?
          
           Can
           we
           attend
           to
           S.
           John's
           arguing
           ,
           
             Beloved
             ,
             
             if
             God
             so
             loved
             us
             ,
             then
             ought
             we
             also
             to
             love
             one
             another
             ;
             Hereby
             we
             perceive
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             because
             he
             laid
             down
             his
             life
             for
             us
             ;
             wherefore
             we
             ought
             to
             lay
             down
             our
             lives
             for
             the
             brethren
             ?
          
        
         
           Can
           we
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           consider
           such
           precepts
           ,
           and
           such
           discourses
           ,
           without
           effectually
           being
           disposed
           to
           comply
           with
           them
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           our
           crucified
           Saviour
           ;
           all
           whose
           life
           was
           nothing
           else
           but
           one
           continual
           recommendation
           and
           enforcement
           of
           this
           duty
           ;
           but
           his
           death
           especially
           was
           a
           pattern
           most
           obliging
           ,
           most
           incentive
           thereto
           ?
           This
           use
           of
           the
           point
           is
           the
           more
           to
           be
           regarded
           ,
           because
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           apply
           it
           hereto
           ,
           our
           text
           coming
           in
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ;
           for
           having
           pathetically
           exhorted
           the
           Philippians
           to
           all
           kinds
           of
           charity
           and
           humble
           condescension
           ,
           he
           subjoyneth
           ,
           
             Let
             this
             mind
             be
             in
             you
             which
             was
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             being
             in
             the
             form
             of
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           11.
           
           But
           farthermore
           ,
           What
           can
           be
           more
           operative
           
           than
           this
           point
           ,
           toward
           breeding
           a
           disregard
           of
           this
           world
           with
           all
           its
           deceitful
           vanities
           ,
           and
           mischievous
           delights
           ;
           toward
           reconciling
           our
           minds
           to
           the
           worst
           condition
           ,
           into
           which
           it
           can
           bring
           us
           ;
           toward
           supporting
           our
           hearts
           under
           the
           heaviest
           pressures
           of
           affliction
           which
           it
           can
           lay
           upon
           us
           ?
           for
           can
           we
           reasonably
           expect
           ,
           can
           we
           eagerly
           affect
           ,
           can
           we
           ardently
           desire
           great
           prosperity
           ,
           whenas
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           our
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           did
           only
           taste
           such
           adversity
           ?
           How
           can
           we
           refuse
           ,
           in
           submission
           to
           Gods
           pleasure
           ,
           contentedly
           to
           bear
           a
           slight
           grievance
           ,
           whenas
           our
           Saviour
           gladly
           did
           bear
           a
           cross
           ,
           infinitely
           more
           distasteful
           to
           carnal
           will
           and
           sense
           ,
           than
           any
           that
           can
           befall
           us
           ?
           Who
           now
           can
           admire
           those
           splendid
           trifles
           ,
           which
           our
           Lord
           never
           did
           regard
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           which
           at
           his
           death
           only
           did
           serve
           to
           mock
           and
           abuse
           him
           ?
           Who
           can
           relish
           those
           sordid
           pleasures
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           living
           did
           not
           vouchsafe
           to
           taste
           ,
           
           and
           the
           contraries
           whereof
           he
           dying
           chose
           to
           feel
           in
           all
           extremity
           ?
           Who
           can
           disdain
           or
           despise
           a
           state
           of
           sorrow
           and
           disgrace
           ,
           which
           he
           by
           voluntary
           susception
           of
           it
           ,
           hath
           so
           dignified
           and
           graced
           ?
           by
           which
           we
           so
           near
           resemble
           and
           become
           conformable
           to
           him
           ;
           
           by
           which
           we
           concur
           and
           partake
           with
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           by
           which
           in
           some
           cases
           we
           may
           promote
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           sort
           complete
           his
           designs
           ,
           
             filling
             up
          
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           speaketh
           ,
           
             that
             which
             is
             behind
             of
             the
             afflictions
             of
             Christ
             in
             our
             flesh
             ?
          
        
         
           Who
           now
           can
           hugely
           prefer
           being
           esteemed
           ,
           approved
           ,
           favoured
           ,
           commended
           by
           men
           before
           infamy
           ,
           reproach
           ,
           derision
           ,
           and
           persecution
           from
           them
           ,
           especially
           when
           these
           do
           follow
           conscientious
           adherence
           to
           righteousness
           ?
           
           Who
           can
           be
           very
           ambitious
           of
           worldly
           honour
           or
           repute
           ,
           covetous
           of
           wealth
           ,
           or
           greedy
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           who
           doth
           observe
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           chusing
           rather
           to
           hang
           upon
           a
           cross
           ,
           than
           to
           sit
           upon
           a
           throne
           ;
           inviting
           the
           clamours
           of
           scorn
           and
           spite
           rather
           than
           acclamations
           of
           blessing
           and
           praise
           ;
           devesting
           himself
           of
           all
           secular
           power
           ,
           pomp
           ,
           plenty
           ,
           conveniencies
           and
           solaces
           ;
           embracing
           the
           garb
           of
           a
           slave
           ,
           and
           the
           repute
           of
           a
           malefactour
           ,
           before
           the
           dignity
           and
           respect
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           which
           were
           his
           due
           ,
           which
           he
           most
           easily
           could
           have
           obtained
           ?
        
         
           
           Can
           we
           imagine
           it
           a
           very
           happy
           thing
           to
           be
           high
           and
           prosperous
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           to
           swim
           in
           affluence
           and
           pleasure
           ?
           Can
           we
           take
           it
           for
           a
           misery
           to
           be
           mean
           and
           low
           ,
           to
           conflict
           with
           some
           wants
           and
           streights
           here
           ;
           seeing
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           happiness
           did
           himself
           purposely
           condescend
           to
           so
           forlorn
           a
           state
           ,
           and
           was
           pleased
           to
           become
           so
           deep
           a
           sufferer
           ?
           If
           with
           devout
           eyes
           of
           our
           mind
           we
           do
           behold
           our
           Lord
           ,
           hanging
           naked
           upon
           a
           gibbet
           ,
           besmeared
           all
           over
           with
           streams
           of
           his
           own
           bloud
           ,
           groaning
           under
           smart
           anguish
           of
           pain
           ,
           encompassed
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           disgraceful
           abuses
           ,
           yielding
           (
           as
           it
           was
           foretold
           of
           him
           )
           
             his
             back
             to
             the
             smiters
          
           ,
           
           
           
             and
             his
             cheeks
             to
             them
             who
             plucked
             off
             the
             hair
             ,
             hiding
             not
             his
             face
             from
             shame
             and
             spitting
             ,
          
           will
           not
           the
           imagination
           of
           such
           a
           spectacle
           dim
           the
           lustre
           of
           all
           earthly
           grandeurs
           and
           beauties
           ,
           damp
           the
           sense
           of
           all
           carnal
           delights
           and
           satisfactions
           ,
           quash
           all
           that
           extravagant
           glee
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           find
           in
           any
           wild
           frolicks
           ,
           or
           riotous
           merriments
           ?
           will
           it
           not
           stain
           all
           our
           pride
           ,
           and
           check
           our
           wantonness
           ?
           will
           it
           not
           dispose
           our
           minds
           to
           be
           sober
           ,
           placing
           our
           happiness
           in
           things
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           seeking
           our
           content
           in
           matters
           of
           higher
           importance
           ;
           preferring
           obedience
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           before
           complyance
           with
           the
           fancies
           and
           desires
           of
           men
           ?
           according
           to
           that
           precept
           of
           S
           Peter
           ,
           
           
             For
             as
             much
             then
             as
             Christ
             hath
             suffered
             for
             us
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             arm
             your selves
             likewise
             with
             the
             same
             mind
             —
             so
             as
             no
             longer
             to
             live
             the
             remaining
             time
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             to
             the
             lusts
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           12.
           
           This
           indeed
           will
           instruct
           and
           incline
           us
           cheerfully
           to
           submit
           unto
           Gods
           will
           ,
           and
           gladly
           to
           accept
           from
           his
           hand
           whatever
           he
           disposeth
           ,
           however
           grievous
           and
           afflictive
           to
           our
           natural
           will
           ;
           this
           point
           suggesting
           great
           commendation
           of
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           strong
           consolation
           under
           them
           .
           For
           if
           such
           hardship
           was
           to
           our
           Lord
           himself
           a
           school
           of
           duty
           ,
           
           he
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           )
           
             learning
             obedience
             from
             what
             he
             suffered
          
           ;
           if
           it
           was
           to
           him
           a
           fit
           mean
           of
           perfection
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           again
           imply
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
           that
           
             it
             became
             God
             to
             perfect
             the
             captain
             of
             our
             salvation
             by
             suffering
          
           ;
           If
           it
           was
           an
           attractive
           of
           the
           divine
           favour
           even
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           those
           words
           import
           ,
           
             Therefore
             the
             Father
             loveth
             me
             ,
             because
             I
             lay
             down
             my
             life
          
           ;
           
           If
           it
           was
           to
           him
           a
           step
           toward
           glory
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           ,
           
             Was
             not
             Christ
             to
             suffer
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             enter
             into
             his
             glory
             ?
          
           
           Yea
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           a
           ground
           of
           conferring
           on
           him
           a
           sublime
           pitch
           of
           dignity
           above
           all
           creatures
           ,
           
           
             God
             for
             this
             obedience
             having
             exalted
             him
             ,
             and
             given
             him
             a
             name
             above
             all
             
             names
          
           ;
           
           
             We
             seeing
             Jesus
             for
             the
             suffering
             of
             death
             crowned
             with
             glory
             and
             honour
          
           ;
           the
           heavenly
           society
           in
           the
           Revelations
           with
           one
           voice
           crying
           out
           ,
           
           
             Worthy
             is
             the
             Lamb
             that
             was
             slain
             (
             who
             redeemed
             us
             to
             God
             by
             his
             bloud
             )
             to
             receive
             power
             ,
             and
             riches
             ,
             and
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             strength
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             glory
             ,
             and
             blessing
          
           ;
           If
           affliction
           did
           minister
           such
           advantages
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           by
           our
           conformity
           to
           him
           in
           undergoing
           it
           ,
           
           (
           with
           like
           equanimity
           ,
           humility
           ,
           and
           patience
           )
           it
           may
           afford
           the
           like
           to
           us
           ,
           what
           reason
           is
           there
           that
           we
           should
           any
           wise
           be
           discomposed
           at
           it
           ,
           or
           disconsolate
           under
           it
           ?
           much
           greater
           reason
           surely
           there
           is
           ,
           that
           with
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Holy
           Apostles
           we
           should
           rejoyce
           ,
           boast
           ,
           and
           exult
           in
           our
           tribulations
           ;
           far
           more
           cause
           we
           have
           with
           them
           to
           esteem
           it
           a
           favour
           ,
           a
           priviledge
           ,
           an
           ornament
           ,
           a
           felicity
           to
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           displeased
           and
           discontented
           therewith
           .
        
         
           To
           do
           thus
           is
           a
           duty
           incumbent
           on
           us
           as
           Christians
           ,
           
           for
           He
           ,
           saith
           our
           Master
           ,
           
             that
             doth
             not
             take
             up
             his
             cross
             and
             follow
             me
             ,
          
           
           
             is
             not
             worthy
             of
             me
             ;
             He
             that
             doth
             not
             carry
             his
             cross
             ,
             and
             go
             after
             me
             ,
             cannot
             be
             my
             disciple
             :
          
           *
           He
           that
           doth
           not
           willingly
           take
           the
           cross
           when
           it
           is
           presented
           to
           him
           by
           Gods
           hand
           ;
           he
           that
           doth
           not
           contentedly
           bear
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           by
           providence
           imposed
           on
           him
           ,
           is
           no
           wise
           worthy
           of
           the
           honour
           to
           wait
           on
           Christ
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           capable
           to
           be
           reckoned
           among
           the
           disciples
           of
           our
           heavenly
           Master
           :
           He
           is
           
             not
             worthy
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           as
           not
           having
           the
           courage
           ,
           the
           constancy
           ,
           the
           sincerity
           of
           a
           Christian
           ;
           or
           of
           one
           pretending
           to
           such
           great
           benefits
           ,
           such
           high
           priviledges
           ,
           such
           excellent
           rewards
           as
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           doth
           propose
           ;
           He
           cannot
           be
           Christs
           disciple
           ,
           shewing
           such
           an
           incapacity
           to
           learn
           those
           needful
           lessons
           of
           humility
           and
           patience
           dictated
           by
           him
           ,
           declaring
           such
           an
           indisposition
           to
           transcribe
           those
           Copies
           of
           submission
           to
           the
           divine
           will
           ,
           self-denial
           ,
           and
           self-resignation
           ,
           
           so
           fairly
           set
           him
           by
           the
           instruction
           and
           example
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           Christ
           (
           saith
           S.
           Peter
           )
           
             suffered
             for
             us
          
           ,
           
           
             leaving
             us
             an
             example
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             follow
             his
             steps
             .
          
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           willing
           susception
           ,
           and
           the
           cheerful
           sustenance
           
           of
           the
           cross
           is
           indeed
           the
           express
           condition
           ,
           and
           the
           peculiar
           character
           of
           our
           Christianity
           ;
           in
           signification
           whereof
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           from
           most
           ancient
           times
           a
           constant
           usage
           to
           mark
           those
           who
           enter
           into
           it
           with
           the
           figure
           of
           it
           :
           The
           cross
           ,
           as
           the
           Instrument
           by
           which
           our
           peace
           with
           God
           was
           wrought
           ,
           as
           the
           stage
           whereon
           our
           Lord
           did
           act
           the
           last
           part
           of
           his
           marvellous
           obedience
           ,
           consummating
           our
           redemption
           ;
           as
           the
           field
           wherein
           the
           Captain
           of
           our
           Salvation
           did
           atchieve
           his
           noble
           victories
           ,
           
           and
           erect
           his
           glorious
           trophees
           over
           all
           the
           enemies
           thereof
           ,
           was
           well
           assumed
           to
           be
           the
           badge
           of
           our
           profession
           ,
           the
           ensign
           of
           our
           spiritual
           warfare
           ,
           the
           pledge
           of
           our
           constant
           adherence
           to
           our
           crucified
           Saviour
           ;
           in
           relation
           to
           whom
           our
           chief
           hope
           is
           grounded
           ,
           our
           great
           joy
           and
           sole
           glory
           doth
           consist
           ,
           for
           
             God
             forbid
          
           ,
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           
           
             that
             I
             should
             glory
             save
             in
             the
             cross
             of
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           14.
           
           Let
           it
           be
           
             to
             the
             Jews
             a
             scandal
          
           ,
           or
           offensive
           to
           
           their
           fancy
           ,
           
           prepossessed
           with
           expectations
           of
           a
           Messias
           flourishing
           in
           secular
           pomp
           and
           prosperity
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           
             folly
             to
             the
             Greeks
          
           ,
           or
           seem
           absurd
           to
           men
           puff'd
           up
           and
           corrupted
           in
           mind
           with
           fleshly
           notions
           and
           maximes
           of
           worldly
           craft
           ,
           disposing
           them
           to
           value
           nothing
           which
           is
           not
           grateful
           to
           present
           sense
           or
           fancy
           ;
           that
           God
           should
           put
           his
           own
           most
           beloved
           Son
           into
           so
           very
           sad
           and
           despicable
           a
           condition
           ;
           that
           salvation
           from
           death
           and
           misery
           should
           be
           procured
           by
           so
           miserable
           a
           death
           ;
           that
           eternal
           joy
           ,
           glory
           ,
           
           and
           happiness
           should
           issue
           from
           these
           fountains
           of
           sorrow
           and
           shame
           ;
           that
           a
           person
           in
           external
           semblance
           devoted
           
           to
           so
           opprobrious
           usage
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           Lord
           and
           Redeemer
           of
           mankind
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           Judge
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           Let
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           doctrine
           be
           scandalous
           and
           distastful
           to
           some
           persons
           tainted
           with
           prejudice
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           strange
           and
           incredible
           to
           others
           blinded
           with
           self-conceit
           ;
           let
           all
           the
           inconsiderate
           ,
           all
           the
           proud
           ,
           all
           the
           profane
           part
           of
           mankind
           openly
           with
           their
           mouth
           ,
           or
           closely
           in
           heart
           ,
           slight
           and
           reject
           it
           ;
           yet
           to
           us
           it
           must
           appear
           grateful
           and
           joyous
           ;
           to
           us
           it
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             a
             faithful
          
           and
           most
           credible
           proposition
           ,
           
           
             worthy
             of
             all
             acceptation
             ,
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             came
             into
             the
             world
             to
             save
             sinners
             ,
          
           in
           this
           way
           of
           suffering
           for
           them
           ;
           To
           us
           ,
           who
           discern
           by
           a
           clearer
           light
           ,
           and
           are
           endowed
           with
           a
           purer
           sense
           ,
           kindled
           by
           the
           divine
           spirit
           ;
           from
           whence
           we
           may
           with
           comfortable
           satisfaction
           of
           mind
           apprehend
           and
           taste
           ,
           that
           God
           could
           not
           in
           a
           higher
           measure
           ,
           or
           fitter
           manner
           illustrate
           his
           glorious
           attributes
           of
           goodness
           and
           Justice
           ;
           his
           infinite
           grace
           and
           mercy
           toward
           his
           poor
           creatures
           ;
           his
           holy
           displeasure
           against
           wickedness
           ;
           his
           impartial
           severity
           in
           punishing
           iniquity
           and
           impiety
           ,
           or
           in
           vindicating
           his
           own
           sacred
           honour
           and
           authority
           ;
           than
           by
           thus
           ordering
           his
           onely
           Son
           ,
           cloathed
           with
           our
           nature
           ,
           to
           suffer
           for
           us
           ;
           that
           also
           true
           virtue
           and
           goodness
           ,
           could
           not
           otherwise
           be
           taught
           ,
           be
           exemplified
           ,
           be
           commended
           and
           impressed
           with
           greater
           advantage
           .
        
         
           Since
           thereby
           indeed
           a
           charity
           and
           humanity
           so
           unparallel'd
           (
           far
           transcending
           theirs
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           celebrated
           for
           devoting
           their
           lives
           out
           of
           love
           to
           their
           country
           ▪
           or
           kindness
           to
           their
           friends
           )
           a
           meekness
           so
           incomparable
           ,
           a
           resolution
           so
           invincible
           ,
           a
           patience
           so
           heroical
           ,
           were
           manifested
           for
           the
           instruction
           and
           direction
           of
           men
           ;
           Since
           never
           were
           the
           vices
           and
           the
           vanities
           of
           the
           world
           (
           so
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           mankind
           )
           so
           remarkably
           discountenanced
           ;
           Since
           never
           any
           suffering
           could
           pretend
           to
           so
           worthy
           and
           beneficial
           
           effects
           ,
           the
           expiation
           of
           the
           whole
           worlds
           sins
           ,
           
           and
           reconciliation
           of
           mankind
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           which
           no
           other
           performance
           ,
           no
           other
           sacrifice
           did
           ever
           aim
           to
           procure
           ;
           since
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           no
           virtue
           had
           ever
           so
           glorious
           rewards
           ,
           as
           sovereign
           dignity
           to
           him
           that
           exercised
           it
           ,
           and
           eternal
           happiness
           to
           those
           who
           imitate
           it
           ;
           Since
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           be
           such
           excellent
           uses
           and
           fruits
           of
           the
           Cross
           born
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           we
           can
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           be
           offended
           at
           it
           ,
           or
           ashamed
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           with
           all
           reason
           heartily
           should
           approve
           ,
           and
           humbly
           adore
           the
           deep
           wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           other
           his
           glorious
           attributes
           displayed
           therein
           ;
           to
           whom
           therefore
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           due
           ,
           let
           us
           devoutly
           render
           all
           glory
           and
           praise
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           
             Unto
             him
             that
             loved
             us
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             washed
             us
             from
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             bloud
             ;
             and
             hath
             made
             us
             Kings
             and
             Priests
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Father
             ,
             to
             him
             be
             glory
             and
             dominion
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             Blessing
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             glory
             ,
             and
             power
             ,
          
           
           
             be
             unto
             him
             that
             sitteth
             upon
             the
             throne
             ,
             and
             unto
             the
             Lamb
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A31083-e330
           
             
               Cyril
               .
               c.
               Jul.
            
             8.
             (
             p.
             278.
             )
             9.
             (
             p.
             303.
             )
          
           
             Joh.
             3.36
             .
             Col.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             Iren.
             3.33
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             ●s
             .
             26.13
             .
          
           
             Iren.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             4.7
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Iren.
             5.16
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Rom.
             3.19
             .
             Rom.
             3.9
             .
             Ro.
             5.16
             ,
             18.
             
             Gal.
             3.10
             .
             Rom.
             11.32
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Gal.
             3.22
             .
             Rom.
             3.23
             .
             Rom.
             5.22
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             6.12
             ,
             14.20
             ,
             22.
             
             Rom.
             7.18
             ,
             5.
             
             Rom.
             7.23
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             6.6
             .
             Col.
             3.9
             .
             Eph.
             4.22
             .
             Rom.
             8.7
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eph.
             4.18
             .
             Col.
             1.21
             .
             Rom.
             5.10
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.5
             .
             Rom.
             6.13
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             143.2
             .
             Exod.
             34.7
             .
          
           
             Ezik.
             16.6
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.4
             ,
             9
             ,
             11
             ,
             3.11
             .
             2
             Tim.
             1.9
             .
             1
             Pet.
             1.20
             .
             Rev.
             13.8
             .
             Rom.
             16.25
             .
             Tit.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             
               Athan.
               de
               I●carn
            
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Heb.
             9.12
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             7.26
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             49.7
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             43
             ,
             11.45.21
             .
             Hos.
             13
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Is.
             59
             ,
             16.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             LXX
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.8
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             1.78
             .
             Eph.
             1.5
             .
             Tit.
             3.4
             .
             Rom.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.4
             .
             Joh.
             6.38
             .
             Heb.
             10.7
             .
             Job
             .
             1.4
             .
             Heb.
             5
             ,
             2.4
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.6
             .
          
           
             
               Conslit
               .
               Apost
            
             .
             8.12
             .
             1
             Tim.
             2.6
             .
             Tit.
             2.14
             .
             Heb.
             9
             ,
             15.2
             ,
             9.
             
             Col.
             1
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.16
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Is.
             53.12
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             5
             ,
             18
             .
             1●
             ,
             30.7
             ,
             12.
             
             Mat.
             26
             ,
             61.27
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             23.2
             .
             Mat.
             27.63
             .
             
               Const.
               Apo.
            
             5.14
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             18.30
             .
          
           
             
               Cur
               si
               Deus
               fuit
               ,
               &
               mori
               voluit
               ,
               non
               saltem
               honesto
               aliquo
               mortis
               genere
               affectus
               est
               ?
               &c.
            
             Lact.
             4.26
             .
          
           
             
               Just.
               M.
               Hal.
            
             p.
             317.
             
          
           
             
               Orig.
               c.
               c●ls
            
             .
             2.
             p.
             83.7
             .
             p.
             368.
             
             Aug.
             de
             Civ
             .
             D.
             10.28
             .
             
               Cyril
               .
               c.
               Jul.
            
             6.
             p.
             194.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             1.23
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             22
             ,
             52.
             
             Matt.
             26.55
             .
          
           
             Nemo
             mihi
             videtur
             pluris
             aestimare
             virtutem
             ,
             nemo
             illi
             magis
             esse
             devotus
             ,
             quàm
             qui
             boni
             viri
             famam
             perdidit
             ,
             nè
             conscientiam
             perderet
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             81.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             5.18.8.37
             ,
             40
             ,
             59.7.1
             ,
             19
             ,
             25.10.32
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             6.64
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             16.21
             .
             Luc.
             9.22
             .
             Marc.
             6.12
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             53.6
             .
          
           
             Act.
             2.23
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             19.11
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             Joh.
             18.37
             .
             1
             Tim.
             6.13
             .
          
           
             Magnum
             exemplum
             nisi
             mala
             fortuna
             non
             invenit
             .
             
               Sen.
               de
               Prov.
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Plat.
               de
               Rep.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             594.
             
          
           
             Cicuta
             magnum
             Socratem
             fecit
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             Calix
             venenatus
             ,
             qni
             Socratem
             transtulit
             è
             carcere
             in
             coelum
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             67.
             
          
           
             Aequalis
             suit
             in
             tanta
             inaequalitate
             fortunae
             ,
             &c.
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             104.
             
          
           
             Rutilii
             innocentia
             ac
             virtus
             lateret
             ,
             nisi
             accepisset
             injuriam
             ,
             dum
             violatur
             effulsit
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             79.
             
          
           
             
               Sen.
               de
               Provid
            
             .
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             
               &c.
               Plut.
               de
               Stoic
               .
               Contr.
               cp
               .
            
             1931.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             105.18
             .
          
           
             Marc.
             15.25
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Quod
             etiam
             homine
             libero
             quamvis
             nocente
             videatur
             indignum
             .
             Lact.
             4.26
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             21.23
             .
             Gal.
             3.16
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Chrys.
               Tom.
            
             6.
             
             Or.
             61.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.33
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Luc.
             23.35
             ,
             36.
             
             Matt.
             27.38
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             22.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             9.33
             .
             21.9
             .
             12.23
             .
             Luk.
             4.15
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             22.17
             .
             Luk.
             23.35
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.2
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.36
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             18
             ,
             8.12
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.2
             .
          
           
             Is.
             53.11
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.13
             .
          
           
             Is.
             53.3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             
               Orig.
               c.
               Cels.
            
             7.
             (
             p.
             368.
             )
          
           
             Lam.
             1.22
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             26.37
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             22.44
             .
             Joh.
             13
             ,
             21.12
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             14.33
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.5
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             40
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             18.20
             .
          
           
             Act.
             26.26
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             12.32
             .
          
           
             (
             Iren.
             2.26
             .
             )
          
           
             Joh.
             13.14
             .
          
           
             Iren.
             4.5
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             18.36
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             2.35
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             11.6
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.11
             .
             1
             Pet.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             1
             
             Cor.
             1.33
             .
          
           
             Chrys.
             Tom.
             6
             ,
             Orat.
             61.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             118.22
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.7
             .
             1
             Cor.
             1.27
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.32
             .
             Col.
             1.13
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             5.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.18
             .
             Rom.
             5.6
             .
             1
             Cor.
             5.19
             .
             Rom.
             5.8
             .
             1
             Joh.
             4.10
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             3
             ,
             19.5.2
             ,
             25.
             
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
             Apoc.
             1.5
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15.13
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             —
          
           
             Joh.
             3.34
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.14
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.20
             .
             Eph.
             1.
             —
             Luc.
             1.
             —
          
           
             Rom.
             8.32
             .
          
           
             
               Quis
               de
               se
               desperet
               ,
               pro
               quo
               tam
               humilis
               esse
               voluit
               filius
               Dei
               ?
            
             Aug.
             de
             Ag.
             Chr.c.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.2
             .
             1
             Pet.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.34
             .
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.24
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.24
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             9.11
             .
          
           
             
               Extendit
               in
               passione
               manus
               suas
               ,
               &c.
            
             Last
             .
             4.26
             .
             Is.
             65.2
             .
          
           
             (
             Lev.
             9.22
             .
             2
             Chr.
             4.1
             .
             )
             Chrys.
             Tom.
             6.
             
             Or.
             82.
             
             P.
             Leo
             1.
             
             Ep
             ,
             83.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Mat.
             12.29
             .
             Luc.
             11.22
             .
             Heb.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.14
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             2
             ,
             2●
             .
             5
             ,
             24.
             
             Col.
             3.5
             .
             Rom.
             8.13
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.24
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.3
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.54
             .
             2
             Tim.
             1.10
             .
             Heb.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Col.
             1.10
             .
             Eph.
             2.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Phil.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10.5
             .
          
           
             Jam
             tandem
             erubeseat
             homo
             esse
             superbus
             ,
             propter
             quem
             factus
             est
             humilis
             Deus
             .
             Aug.
             in
             Ps.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iste
             ingens
             morbus
             omnipotentem
             medicum
             de
             coelo
             deduxit
             ,
             usque
             ad
             formam
             servi
             humiliavit
             ,
             contumeliis
             egit
             ,
             ligno
             suspendit
             ,
             ut
             per
             salutem
             tantae
             medicinae
             curetur
             hic
             tumor
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Quae
             superbia
             sanari
             potest
             ,
             si
             humilitate
             filii
             Dei
             non
             sanatur
             ?
             
               Aug.
               de
               Agone
               Chr.
            
             cap.
             11.
             
          
           
             Aut
             verò
             pro
             minimo
             haber
             Deus
             hominem
             ,
             propter
             quem
             mori
             voluit
             filium
             suum
             ?
             Aug.
             in
             Ps.
             148.
             
          
           
             Si
             vobis
             ex
             terrena
             fragilitate
             viles
             estis
             ,
             ex
             pretio
             vestro
             vos
             aestimate
             .
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Acts
             13.46
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             4.25
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             Is.
             53.5
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             119.120
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             2.14
             .
             1
             Pet.
             1.18
             .
             Rom.
             14.9
             .
             2
             Cor.
             5
             15.
             2
             
             Pet.
             2.1
             .
             1
             Cor.
             6.20
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             6.6
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.26
             ,
             29.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.32
             .
             Col.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15
             ,
             12.13
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.2
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             15.1
             .
             —
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             4
             ,
             11.3
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.17
             .
             Phil.
             3.10
             .
             Apoc.
             1.9
             .
             1
             Pet.
             4.13
             .
             Colos.
             1.24
             .
          
           
             
               Cogitemus
               crucem
               ejus
               ,
               &
               divitias
               lutum
               esse
               putabimus
               .
            
             Hier.
             ad
             Nepot
             .
             Epist.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Quis
               beatam
               vitam
               esse
               arbitretur
               in
               iis
               ,
               quae
               contemnenda
               esse
               docuit
               filius
               Dei
               ?
            
             Aug.
             de
             Ag.
             Chr.
             cap.
             11.
             
          
           
             Is.
             50.6
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.1
             ,
             2.
             
             Graec.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Heb.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             10.17
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             24.26
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.9
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             2.9
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             5.12
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             (
             Rom.
             5.3
             .
             Col.
             1.24
             .
             Mat.
             5.12
             .
             Luc.
             6.23
             .
             Phil.
             1.29
             .
             Act.
             5.41
             .
             Jam.
             1.2
             .
             Heb.
             10.34
             .
             1
             Pet.
             1.7
             .
             Heb.
             12.2
             .
             —
             1
             Cor.
             1.4
             .
             —
             )
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             3.3
             .
             Rom.
             8.29
             .
             Act.
             14.22
             .
             2
             Tim.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             14
             ,
             27.9
             ,
             23.
             
             Mat.
             10
             ,
             38.16
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             *
             Greg.
             Naz.
             Orat.
             38.
             (
             p.
             623.
             )
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             1
             Pet.
             2.21
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Const.
             Apost
             .
             8.12
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.14
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.23
             .
          
           
             (
             
               Orig.
               in
               Cels.
            
             2.
             p.
             79.
             )
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.15
             .
             2
             Tim.
             2.11
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             2.2
             .
             2
             Cor.
             5.19
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             1.5
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             5.13
             .