·------- - ----- ----~ Ch~p. I. Se6t,z LoukJng unt~ :jtftJJ. .Book. IV. /;e done. The ftory of Chrifts fufferings was long lince taken up, and refolved on in the councels of aeaven : and now in the way th; only begotten Sonne whic? l~y in th7 ~ofom_e <>/his.F ~ther reveals thts ftory ; he tells the dtfctp:es, ~~ ts wntten, tt u written 1 will [mite the fhephe?d, and :he fheep of the flock., jha!l be feat· tered. 54) 2. Thedifcipleshearing this difcovery of the foepherd being [mitten, and the foeep being fcattered, they are amazed; what, fllall Chrift dye? and fllall we like cowards run away, anclleave him alone in the combate.? Peter who feems boldeft, he fpeaks firft, thoughall men fhall.be~Jfe~ded b~caufe of the~, yet will I never /;e offended. 0 rafll prefumpt10n ~ tt appeares tn thefe particu, lars;-1 . Peter prefers himfelfe before the reft, as if all the other difciples had been weak, and he only ftrong, though all foould be offended, yet will not I. 2. Peter contradicts Chrifis great difcovery of his Fathers great derigne from all eternity, with a few bragging words ; q. d. what though Zachar} hath faid it, and God.hath decreed it,yet on my part I will never do it, t houghffbou!ddye withthee, Jwillnotdmjthee. 3. Peterin his boa!t never mentions Gods help, or Gods affiftance; whereas in relation to future promifes, and future purpofes, the Apofrks rule is, ye ought to f ay if the Lor~ will, rPe foal/live, and do this, and that· fo Peter fllould have fa1d, br Gods a(Jiflance I rri/1mt 6e J 5 offrnded ;' by the Lordi help l will not deny thee; if the Lord will, I <m. 4 ' 1 ' will do this, and that; I will live with thee, and dye with thee, r (l• ther th,zn I will deny th.·e; but we finde no fuch word in all the fiory ; and t~1ere fore Chrifi takes him off his bottomes in the firft place, verily I fay unto thee Peter, that this night before the cock, crow twice, thou fhalt deny me thrice: Oh no, faith Peter; he will not off his prefumptuousconfidence, thouf..h [ jhould dye with thet, I will not d-en] t hee; lik.fwife al(oJaidall his difciples.But I mull not ~·1J t,~6.l ), dwell on thefe paffages. 3. His dolorous palfage over the brook fucceeds; hewent forth with his difciplesov er the brook.,Cedron: I never read of this brook Cedron, but fome way or other it poyhts at the fuffe rinns of our Saviour; I lhall inftance in fome rlaces; I. When 1J ~- v id fled from Ahfolon out of Jerufalem, it is fa id that all the CQWt- t SJm 1 H3· try wept with a J,ud voyce, and all thepeople p111f{edover ; t he KinJ: llljohimf~ffe pajJd over the broo/z. Cedron. - - towards the W~':J Aaaa of
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