Book.IV.Part.3. 66g fufferiog~ £hew moft excellent; I !hall infiance in fome of them ; -A.s1. His humility ~:u profound; what' that the moft high God. that the only begoteen, and eternal Sonne ofGod, fhould voud1fafe fo far as to be contemned, 1 and leffe efieemed than BarabbM a .murtherer? that Chrift fbouldbe crucified upon a croffe betwixt two thieves, as if he had been the ring-leader of all malefaCtors ? 0 what humilitie was this? 2 . His patience was wonderful; in cefpeCl: of this, the Apofile Pemf~tsChrifiasa !:Jleffedexample before our eyes; ifwhenye P . do well mldjuff'er for it,ye take it patiently, thu iJ acceptable with 1 er.2 ' 10 • 21 • God,f, ~ even hereunto were ye called, becaufe Chrift a!f8 fuffered for -l 3 , · us, leaving us an example that ye fhould follow hio fteps.---VVho when he wM reviled, he reviled nor againe; when h:. fi~ff~red he thrtatend nor, but committed him(i:lfe tohim tlw judgeth righteoujly. 0 the patienceofChrift ! . 3. His love was fervent; herein is love, not that we lovrJGod, Joh ~ut thathe. lovedm, andfent huSontobethe pr&pitiationfir our 1 .<f . IO, fins. This love is an examplar of all love; it is the fire that fhould kindle all our fparkes; beye followers of God (faith the Apoitle) M deare children: and walk! in lvw, MChrifl al[o h.>tth Eplh$·' > 1 ; loved us, 111nd hath given himfelfefor us an &ff~ring and facrifice to Godfor 11 fweet fmellingfavour. Some obferve,that in the Temple there were two Altars, th~ brazen, and the golden; the brazen Altar was for bloody facnfices, the golden Altar was for th.e offering ofincenfe; now the former was a type ofChrift> bloody offering upon the croffe, the latter of Chrifl:s fweet intercef- !ion for us in his glory ; in-regard of both, the Apoftle tells , that Chrifi gave himfelfc both for an offering anJ facrijice of 111 fweet jmelling f.woHr unto God. 0 what love Wai this! 4 His mercy was abundant; he took upon him all the miferies and debts of rhe world, and he made fatisfaCl:ion for them all· he aCted our redemption, immediately in his own perfon , h~ would not intruft it to Angels, but he would come 'h imfeife and fufft:r; nor would he give a low and bafe price for our fouls he faw t:he m,fery w,a~ great, and hili mercy fhould be more gr;at; . he would buy us wtth fo great a ranfome, as that he might over Q_,gqq 3 buy :. • I
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