358 Book IV. JLoohtng unto 'jtfug. Chap . t.S~ p(,]. 88. 6. Pfal. '9· 2. Ci!~t. 3· 7· liostfc, there they bound him to a ftonie pill.rt, with hi& hands bound on hi& ba~k_--:and rh-;, they fell ~tponhim with their palms a11d fifls. Others add, that the foxldier>' not )'tt come~t, they t?rew htm tnto ." filthy dtrty puddle, .where he abode.for the remainder of that night ; of whtch the Pfalmlft, .Tho!' h4f latd me m the loweft pit, in darkz,efs, and in rhe deeps; and I fink..w the deep mzre whtre there uno ftandsng. Beholdthe Bedwhich i& Solomon's or rather, which is Chrifl's; for a greater than Solomon i; her~: Behold the flourilhing Bed wherein the Ki~g of. Saints do~h lie; furely a place mo{\ ford id, full of french·; his other fenfes had their pam, and h!S fmell felt a loathfom favour, in this noyfom pud- · ~. . But we need nor borrow light from Candles, or lelfer flars · the Scripture it felf is plain : Obferve we chefe Particulars, ' · I. They fptt in his fare; this was accountedamong the 7ews a mmer of great infamy • b and reproach: .Andthe Lord fatd to Mofes, if her Father hadbut fpit in herface, jhou!d r.; urn •"· '4· jhe not be afhamed [even dayes .' We our felves account this a great affront, and fo did o~. 0 0 Job; Iamtheirfong andtheirby-word; they abhor me, theyjlyfarfromme, and{p.tre l 3 ·9• 1 • '!ot t• fptt tn nry face. Oh that the fweet face of Chnft, fo much honoured and adored m heaven, flwuld be defiled and deformed by their {pitting! Oh that no place thould be thought fo fit for them to avoid their Excrements and Drivel in, as the blelfed face of' Jefus Ghrif\ l I hid not my face (faith Chrifi) from jham< and[pitting) I ufed no Mask to keep me fair ; though I was. fairer than the fons of men, I preferved nor my Beauty from tl1eir nally Flegm, but I opened my face, and l fer it as a Butt for them to darr their frothy Spittle at. ' . . 2. 1 hey buJfet him; we Heard before that one of the Officers flrook Jefus with rhe palm ofhis.hand; but 'now they bbffer,him: fome oltferve this difference betwixt &.,.f<. f'll & <aNi.~&-; the one is given with the open hand, bu'rthe other with [he fif\ lhut up • Colsphi! illi and thus they ufetl him ar this rime, tHey flrnck him with their fills, and fo the firok~ tuber towm was gr.e~ter and more offenfive : By thu me~ns they made hi< face to five//, and tobecome ;~pur, foc.eQ.fJ•ll•f Bunches aft over. One givesrir in rhus; Bythe[eb!ows of their Jifls, hi& whole head ,~~~tJ.'I;'/, waf fwollen, hi& face became black.. and blew, andhis teeth ready to falloHt of hi& Jaws. Yene · ry probable it is, that with the violenceof their ftrokes, they ~ade him reel and llagger, they made his Mouth, and Nofe, and Face to bleed, and Ius Eyes ro liartle in his Head.· ' ; · M· k 3. They coveted his face, Mar~ 14.65. Several Reafons are rendered for it, As, '' '4· 6 S· I. That rheymighrfmitehimmoreboldly, and without lhame. 2 . That they might not have that obied of pity in rheirview · 1 icis fuppofed that the very fight of his ad– mirable form , fo lamentably abufed, would have mollified the hardef\ heart under llea– ven,and therefore rhey veiled and hoodwink'd that alluring, drawing countenance.3.That they might not fee their own filth in his face, however his Beauty was winning, yet they had fo bedawbed itwith their beallly fpitting, that they began .to loath to look N;ufe~m ip/is fotlJarerihm fadir,u il!a 1 provaclt/J3t. 'Jfe. upon him : It "'"' a na1t[com ftght (faith one) and en•ugh. tom~k!one {pe~ to look.. up"..n it. But whether hisfplendor, or hts horroroccafioned this vet] ?ver htsface! tjJIS ~s moll certain, rhar ir veiled not their cruelty, but rather revealed tt, and made t,t'mam– fefl to all the world. 4· They fmote him with the palms of their hands, faying, Prophejit unto m, tho" Chrift, who i< he that fm•t• thee! To pafs away thatdo!eful, _tedwus mght, rhey m. rerchangeably [port at him· fir_fl one, an~ t~en anothe': gtv~s htm a firoke (we u.ually call it aBox on the ear) anJ betng hoodwmk d, they btd htm area4 who tt,. th " [mote him. Some reckon thefe Taunts amongft the birrerefl paffage• of hts Palfion; nothtng is more miferable even to the greateft mifery, than to fee It fdf fcorn~d of enemies. It was our Saviodr·s cafe. they ufed this defpight for their defporr ; with a wanton and merry malice they aggravate their injury with fcorn; q. d. Comeon, thou fayeft thou art Ch;·ifttheSon •f the living God, and therefore tt u ltksly thou art Omnifcunt, thou k!.'••••ft all things; tell now, whou it th"t ftrik!,J thee.' we have blwd-folded thee that thos canft not fee u•with thy bodily eyes, let thy Dtvmtty aread, gt~efs, t~ll, prephejie, who u tt now that fmotetheelajf .' whogave~heet.hatblow .' 0 ~mpte~y wtthoutexample! Sure– ly if his patience had been Jefs rhan mfimte, .rhefe very mJUnes would have been greater than his patience. In way of Apphcatton. . 1 • Confider Chrifi~ans, whether w~ had not~ han~ m thefe abufe~; for, r. Th~y fpit in theflee of Chnf\, who defile hiS Image m thetr fouls, .who reJect hts holy a d heaven! '! motions in their hearrs.-2. They buffet htm With their fif\s, who per- . fccutc
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