352 Book IV. !Looking unto 'jlcfu.s'. Chap t. Secr.6. the earth hu prey, and tears it,_andpulls it; fo they hated Chrift a/lalongtheearth, {pitting, *Omnes impt- bujfetmg,_ pullwg htmbythe hatr. Another m ltke manner rhus;_*they all wjh violem_ tt~<n fawazt w Jy trou htm, they flmg htm to the ground, they kj_ck_ btm, tea-1 hern, {p~trn him, p~tll o/f ~:';; &:. · _ the hai;·, both off hu Head IJ"d Beard. Of every of thefc pall'ages wdind Scripture 5 a· 2 -·"· 1 '' full;. Many Bulls have Co<J'pa!Jedme, jl-rong Bulls •f Bajhan have befet me round, theyga_ ped upon me with their motuhs, f15 a ra:uemng and roaring Lion. Vfe. We are apt ro cry out on lud:u and the Jews; and we think, Oh if we had been intheir fiead,we lhould never have done thus;but lay alide awhile rhofe Infirumems, and look we a~ rhe principal caufe; had we_ not an hand in.all thefe actings? did not we confpire Ius Death, and App~ehenJ:ion 111 referenca to 11? Oh my fins ! my fins l thefe were the Band, the Captain, and the Officers ; thefe were themultitude, amultitude indeed if I Jl10uld tell them, I might tell a thoufand, and yet not rell one of a thoufand . rhef~. were the fouldiers that ~efer ~im ro_und, the Bulls that compalfed him about, rhe r~aring Lw?sthargaped uponhtmwnhrhetrmourhs; 0 my heart, why {],ouldlt thou rife up agam!l: the Jews, when thou findelt rheTrayror, and the whole. rou~ of Officers in thy felf? Oh that thou wouldit turn the edge of thy dete£\auon Into m nghr ltream and Ezek. 2o. 43· Channel! Oh that thou wouldlt remember thy own wayes, and all thy .doings, wherei,z thou haft been defiled; and that thou wouldfllonth thy felf in thy o1vn ftt_ht for all tbe evils that thou haft committed! John , 8 , "· 3. For Chri!l:'s binding, the Evangeliit tells us, that the B.<nd, and the Captain, and the Officers of the 1ews took_ '/efus, and bound him, ;;...,, they bound his hands with cords; a type of this was Samfon, whom Dalilah bound with ropes; fo they bound him with ropes or cords, fore/hewing hereby that he mull die, they never ufing to bind any with ropes or cords, but thofe whom undoubtedly they purpofed to crucifie: Some add the Circumitances of this binding, that they bound him with three cords, and that with fuch violence that that they caufed bloud to !lart out of his tender hands. certainly they wanted no malice, and now they wanted no power, for the Lord had given himfelf into their hands. Binding argues bafenefs: It is !loricd of Alexander, · rhat when fome Arrow that was /hot into him, was to be drawn out, his Phyfitians advi– fed to bind him; for rhatthe lea!l mution (as they faid) would do him hurt; but he * 1-.ron•dart anfwered *, Kings were not fit to be bound:1 the pswer of a King WM ever free and fo/e; -oi11ciri rrgem, And David in his Lamentation ov.r Abner, faid, Died Abner tu a Fool diethl1hy cum li~n· 1 fit hands were not bound, nor thy feet pm into fetters, :z Sam. 2. 33, 34· Fools and Slaves {~f~~ u;t~~: were accuflome~ to be bound,and fo were Thieves ; the_y that opet! their ha~ds ro receive Bern. serm. de others goods,ir ts fit rherr hands lhould be bound,and ued up;but IS our Savwur numbred Pa[. amongft any of rhefe? 0 yes! In that fame ho11r faid Je[U& to the multimde, are ye MJ_~· ' ~--55· come ollt, as again/fa Tbief, with [words and ftaves ? he made himfe/f. of no repHt~tion, l'h,., '· J' and took_ upon him the form of a Servant: 0 wonderful condefcenuon of Chntl! 0 admirable exinanitiOD ! he that was eminently ju!t, is reputed a thief; he that was equal with God, is become a fervanr; he that w~s ftronger than Samfon, and could have broken his cords from off his arms like a thred, he is bound with cords, and as a poor Lamb, he continues bound for the flaughrer; and rhus began our Liberty and Redemp– tion, from flavery, and fin, and death, and curfings. Bur befides thefe cords, the word'""'" fignifies a binding with chains, Mark_ 5· 3, 4-· Mork 5 ,, •· And fome are of opinion, thatthey fl1ackled both his hands and feet, pedicu6- catenis * Q:!idam ex- -vinltm, Mark 5. 4· And other fay that they put about his neck * aChain of Iron; and ;p;ma~mmt it is not altogerherimprobable, bur they mighrbeascruel to the Ma!ler, as to hisSer– '·'·1'"- (m~al vams · I cannot think they were fo enraged againlt Peter, as they were agatnft Chn!l:; colume'"' a - ' . . . I h' k h [, d ligaffe q<ad and yetthey lard on hJm two Chams, Ads 12. 6. Nor can t tn t ey were o enrage mihutJte inagainlt Paul, as they were agam!l:Jefus; and yetthec~tef ~aptazntook,. htm, ;md co?"– md,&tle ""' manded himJo be bo1md with two Chains. And that this mrght be thetr deahng With\ 1 fl· Ham.]oh. Chrilt Jud:u by his counfel feems 10 fpeak • hold him faft-tak! him, afldlead him Carthag. • • ~ 1 c ' f h d h I I d . A<l:. 2 , , 31 • ""'")' Jafely, q.d. make him ,ure.• rh~t Je_e,capenot out~ your an s; e 1at 1 ecetv1\1at.,6.•s. edyouolten, and therefore cham h1m With an rron cha1n, that wrllbe fure 10hold. I M•r. 14· H· cannot pafs thi, without fome word 10 O\)r felves. . . . Vfe. Chrill undergoes this refiraint that all forts of perfec_unon mlfht be fand1fied to us by his fufception. Again, Chri!l: was fa~er bound With hrs cord~ o_f Lov_e, than with 1ron fetrers. hi> love was itrono as death. 11 overcame h1m who IS mvmctble, and bound him wl;o i;omniporcnt; r'he Jewsc~rdswerebutthe Symboles and Figure~; but the dear love the tender bowels of Jefus Chnft were the Morals, and thmgs figm-. ' ~:
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