610 Book IV. Part. 3· L~o.l:hg unto 'fef:s~. Chap. 3~ett.z Chriil: in his birch and 1 :hrift in bis lif~; 0 how fweet .'· wh~t b~e!fed objects are thefe to look upon ? but above all conjidtr htm (fatth the Apofik) that endured flah conrradif!hn cffimurs againf! himfelfe.--Conjider him w~o for the joy that was Jet before htm endured the crt f[e, and dtJPifed the fbame; ofall other parts, ads, or palfages ofChrifi, the holy Ghofl: hath only Hcb, u.3. ve~. :. p;a], t1· 19· Mlr:I4 B· honoured Chrifis paffion (his fuff.!ring s and his death) with this na,meoftheory,andfight. ~hy furely thisis .th~theoryevw moll: com·mended to our vtew, and conGderatton .; 0 then let us look on this, confider of this. As in this man- · ner.~ . J. Confider him paffing over the brook Crdron; it fignifies the wrath ofGod, and rage ofmen; the firfl: fl:ep of his paffion is !harpe and fore; he caimot enter the doore, but firft he .mull: wade through cold waters on bare feet, nor mufl: he only wade through.them, but drink. of them; through many tribela~ions . mt.fr he go thatwill purchafe fouls, and through many tribulations ,mull: they go that ~ill ~ollow after him to the Kingdorr:e. of glory.. - Coniider him entring into the garden ofGethfemine; in·a garden Adam finned, and in this garden Chrift..mu£1: .fuffer,. that the fame place which was the nefl: where lin was hatched, mi.ght now be the child-bed of gra.ce and mercy; into this garden no fooner was he entred, but he began to be agonized; all his powers anapaffions within him were in .conflict. Conuder 0 my foul how fuddenly he is £huck into a fl:range feare; never was man fo affraid oft he torments ofhel l, as Chrif± (fl:and· ino in our rooine) is of his Fathers wrath ; fe:tre is fl:ill fuitable to 0 apprehen f: on, and never man could !o perfectly apprehend the caufe offeare as Jefus Chriil; .nor was he only afraid, .but very heavy; my fo11J i1 exaedinz (orrowftt!, ewn u;1to death. His forrow was lethal and deadly, it rndred his foul gradually as waxe is melted-with heate ; it continued with him till his !all: gafpe, hisl.<learc wac; like waxe burni ng al l the time of his paffion, an·d at bfl: it melt , din rh, 1r. ic/jl of his bowels . Nor was he only afraid and heavy. but he beg1n to be fo re amazed ; tbii fignifies an univerfal cell:ttion of all the fi1cul ci es oft he foul f ·om their feveral fu ncl:rons , weufually call it a cor fiernation, it i~ like a cloEk fiopped fo r the while f~om going, by fome hand or other, layd upon it; or if it was not wholly a celfation, yet was it. at. . ~ft ~..--.~~-~· - ~~ ~ -- ~
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