\ ' Boo~dV. Looking unto 1efus. Chap. I. Seet.j" and prayer ; to this end we finde Chrift fometimes on a mountaine, and fometimes in a garden. 2 . Becaufe gardens are places~t for repofe an~ reft, \'{hen .Chri(l: was weary with preachmg, worktng ofmtrades, and domg ads ofgrace in {eruf alem, then he retyrs into this garden. 3. Becaufe a garden was the place wherein we fell, \tnd therefore Chrift made choyce of a garden to begin there the greateft work of our redemption : in the firft garden was the beginning of all evils, and in thili garden was , the beginning of our reil:itution fromall evils; in the firft garden , the firft Adam was overthrown by Satan, and in this garden the fecond Adam overcame, and Satan himfclfe was by him overcome; in the firft garden fin was contraCl:ed, and we were indebted by our fins •to God, and in this garden fin was payed for by that great and precious price of the blood ofGod : in the firft garden man furfeited by eating the: forbidden fruit, and in this garden Chrift fweat it out wonderfully, even by a bloody fweat; in the firft garden, death firfl made its entrance into the world, and in tpis garden life enters to reftorc us from death to life againe ; in the firft garden Adams liberty to fin brought himfelfe and all us into bondage, and in this garden Chriit being bo~bd and fettered, we are thereby freed andreduced to liberty. I might thus defcant in refpeCl: of eyery circurnftance, but this is the fumme, in a garden firft begun our fin, and in this gardee firft begun the paffion, that great work and merit of our redemption. 4. Chrift goes efpecially into this garden, that his enemies might the more eaGiy finde him out; the Evangelift tells us, that this garden was a place often frequented by Jefus Chrift, fo that fuda; which betrayed him k_new John 18 · : : the pl.tcr, jGr Jefus often times reforted thither with his difciples; fure then he went not thither to hide himfelfe, but rather to expofe himfelfe, and like a noble champion to appeare fidl: in the field , and to expect his enemies. Thus it appears to all the Jia. q. u. world, that Chrifl:sdeath was voluntary. He rured for th hiJ Ga!.1.4, foul unto det~th ( faith the Prophet) hegave himfelfe for our fins (faith the Apoftle) nay, himfelftells us, therefore doth my Father , loveme "'becatt{e I layd downmy life : no man tak.§th it f romme, but ]oh 10. 17,1 8. I lay it down ofmyJeife, I have power tolay it down , and I have Jorm to tak! it up agair.e. But I will not fiay y{)u at the doore; let
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