342 Book IV. 1Looking unto 'jjefus. Chap 1. Secr.2. J{a. H lo. Father had an h~nd in the fufferings; It pleafed the LoYd to bruife him, he bath pm him to grief.- I will [mite the Jheph~rd, faith God ; It was not a naked permillion, but a politive decree, and actUJI P.ro.vidence of God that Chrill lliOuld fuffer ; the plot was long lince drawn, and lay lud mGods bofam, till he was pleafed by the actions of men ro copy it ou~, and to give t.he wo~;ld adraught of it. This was not a thing of yefler– day; no, no; God fpeot his_eternal thoughts about It; the Story was long lince writPM~ 4 0 , s. ten in Zecharie's Book, and In the Volume of Gods Book· Chrift was ordained to be a Alls 2. >;· Lamb tlain from the beginning of the world; him bei~g delivered by the determinate council and fore-k!;owledge •flSod, ye havetak,n (faith Peter) andbywicksdhands have a 8 crucified and jlain: the enemies of C~rifl:, though they oroke Commands, yet they A '4 '1>2 'fulfilled Decrees. .Againft thy holy Child Jefos whom thou haft annointed, both Herod, and Pontill< Pi/ate, with the Gentiles, and people of Jfrael weregathered together, for to do whatfo.wer thy hand andthy councel determined before to be done, The Story of Chrifl's foffermgs was long fince taken up, and refolved on in the Councils of Heaven. and D0\\1 in the way the only begotten Son which lay in the bofo"' of hu FAther, reveals thi~ fto. ry; he tells his Difciples, It invritten, it is written, I will {mite the Jhepherd, tWd the Jheep of the jl.ck..Jhall be fcattered. 2. The Difciples hearing this difcovery of the Jbepherd beingfmitten, and the r>Cep be; ing fcattered, they are amazed ; what /hall Chrill die? and lhall we like cowards rua away, and leave him alone in the combat ? Peter, who feems boldell, he fpeaks firft; Though all men jhallbe ojfended becaufeof thee, yet will I never be offended. Oralhpre– fumption! It appears in thefe particulars ;-- r. Peter prtftrs himfelf befo.re the refl, as if all the other Difciples had been weak, and he only ftrong; though all jhould be offendtd, yet will not I. 2, Peter contradicts Chrifl:'s great difcovery of his Fathers great delign from all eternity, with a few bragging words ;· q. d. what though Zechary bath faid it, and God hath decrfed it, yet on my part, I will never do it;. Though I p,oulddiewith thee, I will not deny thee. 3· Peter inhis boa[! never mentions God's help, or God's allifl:ance; whereas in relation tO future promifes, and future purpofes, fa'... 4· if, the Apofiles Rule is . J'e ought 11 fay , if the Lord will, we fl.all live, and do thu, and tht!t: So Peter lhould have faid, by God's ajfij/Ance I will npt be offended; by the Lord'; help, I will not deny thee; if the Lord will, I will do thu and that; I will live with thee, and die with thee, rather than I will deny thee; bur we find no fuch word in all the Story ; and therefore Chrill takes him off his bottoms in the M•t·l 6 ·l{· lirll place; Verily I (ay unto thee Peter, that thi• night before the Cock_ crow twi<e, thou fl~alt deny me thrice : Oh no, faith Peter ; he will not off his prefumptl:lous confidence; tho~tgh I {h011lddiewith thee, I will 'not deny· thee; likswife aljo faidall hi; Difciples. .Bur I mull: not dwell on thefe paffages. 3. His dolorous paffage over the Brook fucceeds; He went forth with hu Difciple; over the Brook_ Cedron; I never read of this Brook Cedron, but fome way or other it points at the fufferings of our Saviour; I /hall inllance in fome places. r. WhenDa-- "S>m.1;.13. vid lledfrom.Abfelonout of (erufalem, it is faid that all the Country wept with a loud voice, and allthe people paffed over; the King al(o him(elf pa[fedover the .Brook.. Ce~ron.towards the way of the wildernefs. In this llory we lind David palling over thts Brook Crdron with bare he11d andbare feet; and he and all l1is men >veeping M they went up by the .A(cent of M?unt Olivet; I cannot t~ink .bur in this, Kin~ ~avid was a type of KingJefus; Chrtf!:, as another David, wnhhts Souldiers or DifCiples, goe~outofJ:rtlf~lem, bare-bead and bare-foot (as this type feems to fpeak) what ~eepmg was m the way, I cannot tell ; but probably f~dnefs was in the hearts both of hu~ and his Dtf– ciples ; whofe conference was of llymg, fu~enng, dymg the motl ~nevous death that ever was. all the difference that I find betwtxt the type and antttype m this palfage, is, in that .Davtd Red from the face of .Abfolom, but Chrifl: goes OUt of rmefale"?, not to llie from 1 udM , or the Jews , but rather to commit himfelf into their hands. I1Iin,,,36,J 7 , 2. When Solomon confined Shimei to his Houfeic lmif'alem, faying, Dwell there, 'and go not forth thence rmy whither · for it Jball be, that on the day thot< goejl out, and paffift over the Brook._Cedron, tho~t {h.Jt /wow for certain that tho~t jhalt furely die. Nowt_w~ of the fervanrs of Shimei runnmg away from ]urn, he follows af1er them, and patl!nb over this BrookCedro 11 , it became his death ; why, here was a type of Jefus Chrill:; we were thi>fe fugitive fervanrs that run away from God; an<L to fetch us home, .Jefus goes over the brookCedron; r~ther th~n he ~m lo[e hts ~ervams, he wtll lo[e his 11~i
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