Chap.2.Secl. s L1iking t~nto 1e[t#. Book IV. Part. 3. 607 fha!l we do ? Oh! we look at the in!l:rumenu, and we cry, fy on Pilate, fy en the Sorddiers, . fy on the '/ewes; but we look not on our fins, faying, fy ou them.. Could we. but reall~ze our fins as the principal of thefe futfenngs of Chnft, Methlllks our hearts {hould break im very pieces: confider, ydl:erday in the mid'ft of our markets fo many !yes were told, ~nd fo many oaths were fworne; and this day fo foon as the day-light_fprang_, fo many at<ts ofprophaning tbe Lords day were committed by us ; little did we think that all this while we had beeen ftripping Chrift naked, whipping Chrift with rods, or l~tde chaines, cioathing Chrift with a porpl~-fcarlet ro!Y-:, platttng a crown -of .thornes, and pmting it on his head, fceptring hitn with a reede, and faluting him in fcorne, I:Jai le Ki,;g ufthe [en,s. Men, brethren, and Fathers be not deceived, Chri!l: is mocked, fcorned, and thus abufed by you when you !in_. your !ins thus dealt with Chri!l:, and in Gods acceptation your !ins thus deale with Chrift even to this very day. Never fay, it was long !ince Chrift was crucified, & he is now in heaven ,for by your fins you crucilie again the Lord of glory, you put him againe to open {hame; you {trip him, and whip him, and torment him afre{h Oh look on him whom you have pierced! Pil.1te thought that if the Jews would but fee the man, behold the man, their hearts would have mollified, and {hall not I think as well of you ? it is a ble!fed mea1~~s to make finne bitter, and to breed in our hearts remorfe for !inne, if we will but hearken to this voyce of Pilate, behold the man. 2. From the fentence of Pilate, that Chrift fhould becrucified, M the 'fews reqllfred, we may learn the deceitfu\.ne!fe ·.of our hearts,tn making felf the end, ·and aimeof our particl!llar callings. pilate a~ Judge fuould have glorified God in doing jull:ice; but when he heares the Jews cry, if thou l~t him go, thou art not .c~(ars friend, he then looks to himfelfe, and his own interef.l:s•. Judges can have their ends in the very place of judicature: nay, is not this the very common !in of Magiftrates, Mini!l:ers, Tradfe~ men, of all forts ofcallings; come, what is it you ayme at in , your feveral places? is it not to be great; and rich, and high and honourable? fay trl!le.ly, is it in your hearts .to fay, that bj thu calling my chief ayme is to glorifte God, and to ferve my feneration )l'oith allfaithfulnef[e; ttnd thefe twq ends I prefer 'before "'a/ll)t()r/J1];
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