Chap. 1. Sect v JLookmg unto 'JjefttS'. Book IV. Jews call rhe eleventh, and the la_ft hour of the day) he was buried by .Jofeph 6f A rima• thea and NicodemP.&, - So that m rhisround of our n:.rur~l day, y_oufee th~ .w~nde~ful rranfaction of Chrift'sfuffer!ngs.. I _lhall take them m order, and begmwrrh.lus fufferings in that night before htscruCJfymg. An~ {efu; f~•d.unto hu Difc.plu, all ye Mat.•qr. Jhall br ojfendedbeca.,(e of me thu mght : and he fatd unto 1em, that thu day, even m Mark. , 6, 301 eh 1 j night, before the Cock_crow tw•ce, thou jhalt deny me thnce. ' r LSE c T. II. Of the Brook_ over whith Chrift pa(fed. THe firfl palfage of that Night, was Chrifl's going over the Brook Cedron, t~ tlte Gardenof Gethfemane. When [efu;hadfpok;nthefewords, he went forth witli"hu Difciples over the Brook_ Cedron, where w.ua Garden, into which he entred, and hu Difeih 1 Jo n tS. ,, Pe-;~ rh is paffage obferve we thefe Particulars. I. The River over which they pa!fed. 2 . Tl<e Garden into which they entred. 3. The Prayer he there made, and the dolours and agonies he there fuffered. I. He and his Difciples wear over the BrookCedrorr. So it was called (fay fome) from rhe fame Cedars that grew all along the Baoks; or (fay orhers) from the darknefs of rhe Valley, fo ICadcr lignifies darknefs ; and this was done to fulfil a Prophelie . He jha/1 drink_ of the Brook_ in the way •• By the Brook or Torrent'. we may underftand Pfal. i1o. 7; myllically the wrath of God, and the rage of men; the very af!!tchons whtch lilefel Jefus Chrill:: and by his drinlzjng of the Brook_, we may under!land Chrifl: enduring afflictions, or (asothers) hb enduring many afflictions, and. not a. few. r. That ajjliBions areunderflood by waters, wefindttveryfrequently m Scnptures; Theforrows Pfal.tS, 4 , of death compajfed me, and the floods of Belial made me afraid.-Deep ca/letb umo deep, Pfal. 4>. 7• at thenoife of the water-fpouts, all thy waves and thy billolVS are gone over me,--· And, Pfal.69. r. Save me,O God,for the 1vaters arecome in unto my foul; and, if it had not been the Lord who Pfai,l24·1•4.1'i WM on our ftde,-then the waters hadovenvhelmed u;, the .ftream had gone over our foul, thm the prond w.•tcrs had gone over our foul. 2. As waters lignifie afflictions, fo Chrifl: drinking of thofe waters, it lignifie.> Chrifl's [ujferinj£ of ajjliBions; or as others, it lig_nifies Chrifl's jiiffering of many ajJI.ifli– ons. Tlms we hnd together rwo words wtrh relauon thereunto , are )'e able,io drink of the mp (faith Chrifl) that I foal/drink_ of, and to be baptiud with the Baptifm that I am M . . , baptiz..ed with? He that drinketh, bath the water in him, and he that is baptized, dipped, at; 10 ' ,,, or plunged, harh the water about him fo, it notes the variety or univerfaliry of afflictions which Chrifl fuffered; it was within him, and it was about him, he was every way afflicted, Nor to fpeak yet of rhofe fufferings, which yet we are nor come to fpeak unto. we find herein the way, betwixtthe City and the Garden, that Chrifl: went over the B~ook Cedron; in the night he wades .through cold waters on bare feet · and as he wade> through them, he drinks of them,he doth not lip,bntdrink; he jhatt'drink_ of the Brook_ "' the way. I know_f~me_would not have this Prophefie accompli/hed rill afore Chrill:'s apprehenfton, when 1t Is fatd that the rude rout brought him again to Jerufa!em, ovet the Brook Cedron ; and then he drunk of rhe Brook . bur I find no mention of this Brook in Scripture a_r fuch a rime; only now in thu way: I find thele palfages. r. His Conference wtth In; Dtfctples as rhey go along. 2. The Difciples reply upon his Conference. · 3· His dolorous paffage over the Brook, betokening the very wrath of God. I· In the way * he bath a ferious conference with his difciples: fo the Evangelifl: 1 and*Vid• ..llrot. whentheyh~dfurJt anhymne, they went out towards the meJtnt of Olives, and then faith {e- '"locum. . flu /Into them, allyeJl~all be offended becaufe.of me this 11ight; for it u writterr, I will [mite Mat,t 6 ·1o,1 6 the Jhepberd, ~nd the jheep of the jloc~Jha/1 be fcattercd abroad. Chrift now begins the fto- . ry of Ius Paffion; the jhepherd Jh•ll be fmitten; and he prove; it from Gods Decree, and from the Prophefie of the Pr~pher, Zech. J 3. 7 Awakt, 0 Sword, againft my fhep- . herd• and agsmfl the man that u my fellow,--Smite the jhepherd', and the jheep Zech. 13• ~· ]ball be fcatrcred abroad. . God the Father i; here brought in, as drawing and wherung Ius Sword, and callmg upon it, ro~o. execution againfl: Jefus Chrift; God the K k z · · Father
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