ILoolttng unto jjeftt.S'. Chap1. Se&-.4; will qf 'G<ld. Some think this the moft fervent prayer that ever Chri!1 made on earth. _ If idopJJllble, 0! If itba pojfible, letthu Crtppa[s frtJm me: And I ·~hink it\vas tht ••· -·! : great'eft d~.c(idion and fubmi.ffion to the,will of God, that ever was found upon rhe earrh;:·fM·w.hethtr the Cup ,mtght pafs o.r nor p~fs, he leaves it to his.liarher; ne~·crthclifs,' not aN iWII, but lii'tlliluwilt, q. d. Though in this Cup are many Ingredients it . islufh'IXI, ·aryd hath i~>l~ many dr.egs, and l know I mufr ddnk, and fuck ont the v;ry < .- .• • ll!ll'lo!l.dreg/ yet whether 1t !hall pafs from me mthat Own tilne, or continue with me a ~~ i;:";' '.'. long-longtime, I leaVf'it -tO thy will:.· Ifee inrefpe&of my humanity, there Is in me tlelh 'arM -!>loud, 0 I I atn frail and weak·'; I cannot but fear the wrath of God, ,and the{efute I pray th!ts ehndUy to tnyO?d; 0, my Father, if it be po!Jible, let thi; CiJp pa[s from me, nevenbelefs, not a< Iwifl,.. ffitt"' tho11 w!lt. Rut what was there in the Cup, that made Chri!l: pray thus earne!l:ly that it miohr pafsfromhim? Ianfwer, -- b r. Thegreatpainthat hemufr endure; thebuffetings, whippings, ' bleedinos, cru– cifyi~ ; a!! the torments from fir!l: to !aft ~hroughout all his body: why all th~fe nuw came mto hts nund, and all thefe were put Into the Cup of which he muft drink. . 2. 1 he great fhame that he mu!1 unde~go, this was more than pain: as a go•dname ft'iretur thanprecunu OJ>7tment, and lovi}(g fav•Hr better th11n ftlver and Gold· fo is ffi~a-~rclterpnni!1Jm~~lt!to the mind; ,than any rorrure can be to the lleth.' No\v ca'fli\!i~l:ff'lii'fffiottghr!; his ·apprehe.ndirtg, ·binding, judging, fcorning, reviling, con– dbnni!ig;' :i.rid 'Oh what a bloudy blulh comes into the face of Chri{l:, whilft in the cup he fees tbefe ~ngrediems! ·:c;l·;fl\l:'neg!Hi: o'f men, nbtwith!1anding both his pain and thame: I look upon this :!Sa'grdt~rcur to rite heart of Chrift tHan both the former: when he confidered, that :lllieir alt!is ft'Jt!'etings and reproaches, few would regard, 0 this was a bitter Ingredient : Dllttlta!ly men delire, it tqey C'lnnotbe delivered, yet ro 'be pitied; it is a kind of eafe ~ro6nd'foireregard ambng the Sons of men; it Jhews that they win, us well, and rha~ tbey*'mllll g\veustafe if the)' could; but Oh when it comes to this, that a poor wretch is arul,er many fu1ferings, 'all\i great lhame, and rhat he finds none fo much as to regard 211 cbis, iiGWverilyitisantJeavy cafe; andhencewasChriit'sComplaim : Have )'C n• !'.anL r: ''· regud, 0 all ye that pafs by the way ? C•nfider, and behold, if eve-r there were jorrow lik,e ~'!:Y_J'.wrdil>, wbic'b w.u tb,ne unto me, wherewithth~ Lord bath ajJ/i{ied me in the dayes 8{ bisfre!ite ;yngh:'., Cb~ifi tilmplains not of the tharp pains he endured, but he complains of this, 'Ha#'jt -noregkrJ? Hecries not out, Oh deliver me and Jave me; but Ob g,nfoler i.liJ tt'gar4me; q. d. All t~t I fuffer I amcomemed with, I regard it not; on- . ly chis'troub!tsme, that you will not regard: why it i~ for you that I endure all this; :mddo . you fo ieok upon it, as if it nothing at all concerned you? Suppofe a PriiK.e i!tould'{lay-fome mighty price to redeem a tlave from death, and the llave IIIOuld grow fo defperate, :Is afr~r the price paid_, to throw bimfelf upon his death, yea with all the fl:re!lgth and might be !lath, to offer a death upon his very Redeemer, would not.this ttonble? Why , thus it was ; Chrifr is willing to redeem us with his own ~recto~s b!oud, but nefaw many to pafs by without any regard, yea ready to trample lm preci– ous-blond under.their feet, and t~ acco11nt the bloud•f the Covenant a; an unholy thiag : He~. •c. •9· Oh th!S' wis another Spear in the heart of Chrift , or a bitter Ingredient in this en:: 1J~ Guilt of fill :ovhich he \vas now to undergo; ~tpon him WIU la!d the iniquity of I(a. n-6. tUtill. Ail the !ins of all Believers in the world from the fir!l Creauon, to the ]aft Judgment, werelaidonhim: Oh what a weight was this !_ .surely one fin islikea Talent "f Lead ; Oh then what were fo many thoufands of_ mtl~1ons? The very earth it felf groans under the weight of fin until this day. D;wtd cned our, that hu tmqmPfal. ,s; 4· tiuwere aburden too heavy for him to bear: Nay, God lumfelfcomplams, Behold, I a':' 1\lliOt. >. '3- prejfed m 1 dcr you, a; aCart;. prej[ed that u full •f JI!Caves. Now then, no wonder 1f Chtiabeaiitrg all the fins of Jews and Gentiles, bond and free, cry out, MySo11iu heavy; forlln was heavy on his fouL---In that I fay: all the fins ?fall Belteve:s were laid oh Chrift under!1and ·me foberly; my meanmg 1s not that Beheverslins were fo laid on Chr!!l:, a; that they ceafed robe Believers fins according_. to their phylical and real in-dw~lling, but only that they were laid on Chn_!l: by Law-1mpurauon, or by l_e– gal:obligation to fatisfaCI:ory puniJhment. I make a difference betwiJ(t fin, and the ~mlc of fin.; fo~ fin it !elf is macula, the blot, t_he ~efilemem, and black~ef~ of fin, whtch l conceive, ts nothing but the abfence and pnvatton of that moral reCI:ttude and nghre~d:s
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