560 Ghap,I.Selt. 5 Book lV. _ Leoklng utile fefm. r --------------~------------------------- 2.Sam.u.;. ver. 7. ver. r ; ; Zach .u.ro. brood ufually runs to the heart, indeed that is the principal mem· ber, and therefore leaving the other parts, it goes thither as of choyce to comfort that; but our fweet Saviour contrariwife (bccaufe he would futfc:r without any manner of comfort) be denies to himfelf this common relief of nature; all the powers of our fouls, and parts ofour bodyes were ihin~:d with fin ,and therefore ho fweats blood from every part : we fin, and our eyes will fcarce drop a teare for !in,but his eyes, and eares and head ,& hands,and feet,and heart,and all run rivers oftearc:s ofblood for us ,even for our !ins. -Let Jefuites and Friers in meditating of Chrifts futferings, cry out againft the Jew~; in this bloody fweat of Chrift !fee another ule; alas! here's noJew, no 7uda~, no Htrod, no 'Pilate, no Scribe, no Pharifees; here's no tormentors to. whip him, no fouldiers to crown his head with thornes; here's neither nayles, nor fpeare to fetch hi5 blood our of his body; how comes it then to paffe ? is there any natural caufe? ah no : the night is cold which naturally draws blood inwards; in the open ayre he I yes groveling on the ground, and there he fweau, and 6/eeds. 0 m\ heart who hath done this deed ? As the Lord fiyeth, the man tfw haJhdone this thing;, jb;dt furely dye So faid David, when ]\Tnthan replyed upon him, th~H art the man. 0 my heart! my !inful heart! 0 my1inful, deceitful, ab.;>minable heart! thou art r'le murtherer; thy fin fate upon the heart of Chrift as heavy as a mountaine of lead or iron ; when none was rieare but a few dull, heavy, flecpy dirciples, then all the fins of belie,vers (and amongll: them, t~y fins ) fell upon the foul of ¢&rift as fo many murrherers, and fqueezed blood, and made him cry out, my fou!, u heavy, he17') unto death. Go thy waies now, an'd weep with f-ete;; and fay With D,wid; I have finned ag.tin.ft . thee Lord. 0 howfhould thefe eyes of mi ne look upon Chrift thus fweating, bleeding, ftreain illg out blood, clod>-of blood.. grea t drops-of blooa, from all the parts and members of his body, but I mull: m~ur 'ne over him, IU one that rn ~u 'neth f or his only fon; but 1muft be in bitternef[e, as one thllt i.s in bitternef{e for his jirft-borne ? '· - · 2. This may informe us of the ext raordinary love of Chrift. It is faid of the ·Pepican, that when her young ones are ftruck with the' c~r le of •fo :re ~oy~ano\JS fer pent, fhe prefently ftrikes her breft w1th' her bea·keor bi1l., and fo lets out her own blood as a
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