1lltgl)t tsurgatorp. 447 s. And yrt if this Apojfles ieave him, what fay we tb MttrJ his mother, and other his friends? Thefe indeed wait on him, feeing, fighmg, wathng, weepmg, but alas! what do thefc rears but increafe his forrowes? might he not jualy fay wn)l !'~ut, What mean ye to weep a.'Jd to brealvny hrart? Acts 21. 1 3· Pity, and of all other femmt.ne ptty, It IS Arl• 21. 13. the poorell, helplefs falvc of mifery ;. but howfoever it w<1S to others,. thts was fo far from any Calve to him, as 'tis one of h1s greatelt, tendererl: fares about htm: Daughters vf Jemfa!cm, )Vccp not for me but w.cp f?ry~ur feLves,andyour chtldren .O fee the wonder Luke 'J· 2!. ofcompaflion which he bears to others 111 hts paflion; he hath more care of the women that follow him weeping,than on hts own mahgled fc!f,that reels along famtmg & bleed· ing even unto death:the tears that drop from their eyes is more to him,than all the blood Luke 23 28 , in his veins· and therefore carcleffe (as It were) ofhts own facred perfon,he wrm abo1tt his bleffed bleeding face to the weq~ing women, affording them look~ and words too of compaflion,of confolation,weep not for me,but weep for· yonrfelvcs,and your chddren : But 0 blcffed Saviour! didrl: thou flow unto us in !howers of blood, and may not we drop a tear for all thofe purple fireams of thine? yes, Lord, thou doefl: not here forbid us weeping, only thou turneH: the fl:ream of our tears the right way ; that is to fay, home wards into our own bofomes, pointing us to our fins, the true£1: caufe of thy fuffcrrings. But as for comfort to our Saviour, whence (trow ye) may it.come? if we compaffe ~. the earth, rhe Gentiles, Jewcs, his D>fl'iples, Ap,jfles, Mary his own Mother, and aiL o· therpis f riends,the y are bnt as Jobs mifcrable comforters a/l;but let usg• "Pinto heaven;& there ( if anywhcre)be hiscmifortersindeed: alas! what ,·omforters? If you imagine John t6, 2. the Angels, it is true they could attend him in the Defert, and comfort him in the Garden; but when he came to the main act of our Redemption, not an A '1gel mufl: be feen how, not feen? no, they ·murl: not fo much as look thr~ugh the windows of heaven to give him any cafe at all; nor indeed were ii to any purpofe if they lhould; for who can lift up, where the Lord will earl: down? 0 ye bleffed Angels! how is it that your HaUelujahs ceafe? that your fongs which you warbled at his birth, arc finrlhed at his de1th? that your glorious company, which are the delight of happy fouls, is denycd to him who is the Lord and Maker both of you and them? why, thus it murl: be for your fakes : 1 am full of heavincj[e (faid our Saviour in his type) and 1 Lo•k.;d for fame to tak; pisy, hM there was none : tmd f or comforters, hut I f•und none Pfal. 69. 20. p[,j 6 9 . 2 .,, J\nd yet if the Angels be no comforters, he hath a Father in Heavtn that is nearer to him: I and my Father are one (faith our Saviour) and, and, It is 1 , my Fnther that hono11reth me, John 8. 34· l eis my Father that loveth me, John 10. John 1. H· 17. It is my Father that dweLLeth in me. John If. 10. and howfoever others forfake me John Io. 30, rmd Leave me done, (as himfelfproclaims it).,Yet I am noutlone, bettuifcthe Father is with john 10 • 17· me, John 16. 32· Is it fo, ( fweet Saviour) whence then was that forrowful complaint J~~n 1 ~' 10• of thi~c, My Cod, my God, why haft thou forfak;n me? Leo it is that firll: reconciled it n 1 • 32 ' and all antiquity allo:v of it;The ~nion was not dif!olved, bu: the bea'!'"· the i'!fluenc; !;'~;!'i~t~f/~~ was rejlramed; Affechoneprjfrt>£ (fatth*Srma) he was ever umted to'lus father, becaufc nimcm {e.l /•b· he ever loved, trufl:ed,. and glorified him; ~ut AjfeCfione cvmmqdi, that delight ever Jraxir vifioncrn emergent from that dtvtne vtfion, was for a ttme fufpendcd, and therefore was it that Scotur 4· /enr. his body drooped, his foul fainted, he being even as a fcorched Heath, grounded with- ~{p4~ ~.;;pr ont any drop of dew of the divine comfort on it. · argum• . Yet bc1tthat his Father n_ow for_fakes him, will he forfake hinifcif? 0 yes! he burns 1!. tn the fiery furnace of nffitcbon, Without all manner of refrclhing · and this was it that was figured in the Law by thofe two Goats offered for the fins of 'the people, wherefore the one was the Scape-goat, and the other wns the Offering, the Scape-goat departed away, and was fent rnto the Wrlderne!Je, but her companion was left alone in th~ ~orments, and n1.1de a Sin·offcring for the people : even fo was this Sacrifice of Godman, man-God, ble!fed for ever, the humanity was offered, but the divinity efcaped; lhe lmmanzty fuffercd for the fins of the world, but the divinity departed away in the mtdrl: otfuffermgs, and left her fifl:er and companion all alone in the torment!.': thus he purged hzmfeif, hrmfclf oncly mhis humanity, no other with him, all other left him; the Rcr 26 10 , Genules, ']ewes, Difcrples, ApoJ11cs, Mary his Mother, and God his Father, nay he him• • ' [elf" bemwcd ofhrmfclf, the humanity of his divinity, if not in refped: of the11nidn, yet as touchmg the confolat•on, When he had by himfeif] (in his humane nature, wi,hout any conforter) purged our fins. · , Thus farre yo11 have feea Chri!l: dri11k the Gup.ofhis bitter pains, pure and witholit ) .J... miXture .
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