Chap·t. SrcL7. ~ooktng unto 'jjcfus. Book IV. 351 Ch;·iff with an oath, I kz,ow not the man; and !ani y, l1e aggravates his fin fo far, that l1e arows to impudence, and fo denies hi, Lord with curjing and fivea~ing, I know not the !:w 1 , ·here's aLie, an Oath, and aCurfe; the !in is begun at the vOice ofa woman , a lilly DanHifd; not any of the g~eatefl Ladies, Jl1e was only a poor ferv•r.g-ma1d tlm )<Cf" the doors ; but it grew t? npenef,, when the men-fer~ants fell upon lum ; 1101~ !JC fwears, aT!d vows, andcurfes lumfelf •f he kf!<">v •he mart. 0 Peter, lithe man fo vile, Vcr. ; 4. char thO\lWilt not own him ! Hadlr thou not before confe£1' him to be the Cbrifl; the Sonof the living God? and doflthounot know l\im eo be man, as well as God? f.1y, is not this eh~ man-God, God-man tlm called thee, and thy brother Andrew, at the fea of Galilee, faying, follow me, ·a;,t/ Twi/lmakg;•olt fijlms of men? Is not this he whom thou fawefl on Mount Tabor, 01ining more glorioully than tha.Sun? Is not this he whom thou faweft walking on the water, and to whom thou faid'fl:, .Ldrd, if ir be thou , bid Milt. 1 4· ' 3 • me come unto thee on the water ? How is it'·lhen.that thou faifl, I k,no1v not the man ? Surely here's a fad example of humane infirmity; if .Peter. fell fo foully, how much more may lelfer ftars? And yet withal, here's·a ble!fed example of ferious, through rep<ntance ; no fooner the Cock crew, and Cbn!t gave a look'onPeter, but hegoe< out and weeps bitterly. The Cock was the Prqcher, and the look of Jefus was the Grace Vcr. 7 s. that made the Sermon etfeltual : 0 the mercy of Cbrifl I he looked back on him that had forgot himfelf; he revives his fervam's inemory, to think on his Ma!kr's wo,ds; he fends him out to weep bitterly, that fo he might reftore him mercifully to his favour q~n. . Let us lean~ h~nce, to chink modeflly and foberly of our fe~ves; yea, ./lt himtk•t Vfe . thinkyh heftaudcth, taks heed left he fail.' .If Peter could firll d1£femble, and, .nhenJ1e, 1 Cor., 0 , .,, and then forfwear, and then blafphtme and curfe, 0 let not"" be high-minded, bm fear; Rom. 11, , 0 , ~And incafewefallindeed, as Peter did, <yetlet us not defpair, as/udMdid; bur ii ill upon ou1· repentance let us trufl in God. When Chrifllooked on Peter; he.wept bitterly: notwithflanding our linsare great, yet one look of Chrifl is (ull of vit:tue, and enough to melt us into rears: 0 let us:not link in _defpair, but look up to him, tlllt he may look down on us. Plir~y tells us of.fome Rocks ml'hr)'gia, that when the Sun Plin. hi_Q, doth burfl1ine upon them, they fend out drops of water, as if they wept tears.; Peter tignifies a Rock, and whilefl Peter perfilled in his iin of denying Chrift, his heart was hard as the rock; bur when Chrill the Sun of Righteoufnefs looked upon ,him, his heart wa~; fofrned, and he dropped tears c~minually. Such is tbe virtue of Chrifl's ,. look; it turns the flock_ into a flanding water, and the Flint into a fountain of n•aters. ~ (~·\· rt4.8~ - - Laflly, let m not decry repentance, but rather .be in the ufe, andpraltife, and dem'r:~, q~': exercife of it: Is not here a Gofpel-prefidem? *Clement, an ancient \'\Triter, of chrymar~noa whom· f are! makes mention; Phi!. 4 · 3· <Xpre!feth Peter's repentance to have been fo inundativnc, great, that in his Cheek.! he made ( al itJvere) furrows' in lvhich, M in certain ch~ilnels, ut Ill maxillis his tearJ run down; the Text cells us he wept bitPerly ; and Clrment add!;, tlm while he V?1 "11~0b lived~ '!'often M he heard a Coc/z. crow,. he could not bm weep, and bewail his denial. r~~~~er ~u•;,, Dav•d•sanother ltke example; All the mght, f,ud he, I mak§my Bed to fiwm, I water quafiperquof my Couch witih "'Y tears, Pfal.. 6. 6. David makes mention of his Bed and Cotteh, be- d>m canales, caufe there moft efpecially he had offended God: It was on his bed that he committed aut ~quh du– Adultery; and it wao in his Couch, that he deligned and fubfcribed with his own band, ,.~· •Jc '~that Vriah mull: die ; and hence is it that he waters his Bed and Corteh with his tears; flucban~~Cie~ the v_ery !ighrof his Bed and Couch brings his lio into his remembrance-; as the very <l!!_oties3alli heanog of rbe crowing of a Cock, ever after awakened Peter to his task of rears : that canturo audi· Repemancc isa Gtfpe!-duty, we have fpoke e!fewhere. 0 take heed of decrying it!~~·~·'~ ~aan ve are often !inning, fo let us often r<pem; it concerns us near to be frequent in ru~;~.~p;otlliS duty of bewailing !in, and turning to God. uum vi ;. " 6. For the abufes and.de!uli011>of the b>fe :Attendantsoffere4 to Chrtft; the Evan- rcmpusncga– geh[\ trlls us, then did they [pit in his face, and bttjfeted h<m, a11d others (mote him tvith " 01111 culpa•u thepdms of tbcir hands, ra.yinu.l'ropheile umo ru thou Chnft who is he that rmotethec? frdcqucnrcr. d l .. dd r o r ' ' J'' . :::~ cu p!an~at ':' ~s ~Me a · s, many ?therrhings blafphemOI!flY fpaks they :'gainj/ him; whatthofe many Idem. · • o.her thtngs were, 1t tl not dtfcovered; only,fon<e anctent wmers fay, that Chrift :~~,u6.67,68 111 dm "'Sht fuffered fo many , and fucll hideous thing>, t!llt the whole /z.na~vledge of L•Jl<e " · 6S. rlmn ts r~frrvecl o1Jly for the laft d•y of /udgmcnt. Ma!lonimwmes thus, after Caiph.u and If .cr. ut riM d;c l'neju (,,,d fenteuced Chrift worthy of death, they committed him to their Mimfters (JulLd, fiatlo: warily w be i:tpt till day i 4116 rhey immediately threw him into the dungeop in CaiphM'; ~ehr:~r'~~ti. cn.iJ. MJllon: de fhgellatione Chrifi1, r. r.~ Mm 2 hpufe,
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