inChrift. ourJ(fus was not only content to take our nature upon him', but to be compared with the greateft malefaCtor of thofe times . and by pubhke fentence, yea votes and voyces of the people 'to be pronounced a greater delinquent, and much more worthy of death than wicked Bar11bbM. 0 the love of Chrift! we reade in Leviticm,that in the dayes of the deanfing of Levit,tM,r; the Leper, the Prieft.was to take.tw~ birds (or two fparrows) 6 • 7 • alive, and the one of them muft oe ktlled, and the other being kept alive, muft only be dipt in the blood ofthe bird that was fiaine and fo it mull: be let loofe into the open field. Barabbas fay ro'me; but all beleevers fay we, are that live.fparrow ~ and Jefus ( hrift is the fparrow that was flaine; thelot fell upon him to dye for us ; all our fins were layd upon his foul : fo that in this fenfe Jefus Chriil: was the greateft (inner in the world, yea a greater finner than BarabbM himfelfe, arid therefore he muft dye, and we being dipt in the blood ofChrift muft be let loofe, and fet at liberty ! was not this love ? he dyed that we might live; it was the voyce ofGod as well as men, releaft Barabbas, ~very beleeving 'l3arllbbM, am! crucifie [efm. · . Another houre is ~one, let us make a ftand for a while; and the next ttme we me(t , we fhall fee .further futferings. ~-------- ·--__ ... __..... SECT. 4 · ofChrifl ftrippcd, whipped, c!oathed in purple, and crowned with thornes. ABout nine (w~ich ~he Jewe~ call the third h?ureofthe day) was Chnft ftrtpped, whtpped, cloathed Wtth purple, · and crowned with thornes ; in this houre his , fufferings came thick, I muft divide them into parts, and'fpeak of them feverally by themfelves. I. When Pilate faw how theJewes were fet upon his death, he confentep, and delivered him firft to be ftripped. Then.the fo u!diers of the Governour took. 'fefm into the commo,; halt and ga· Mat.::.7:%7~;~.:l. G g g g 2. theml
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