68o Book. IV Part+ Leoklngul$to fefus. Chap.3.Sect.9 3. Let us humbly bewaile our deftd:, exorbitancy, irreg ularity, and in conformity either to the graces,... fufferings, or death . of Chriil:. As tnu,s, lo here the profound humility, wonderful p>~tiena,fervent love, abundant mercy, 11dn3irable meek._nefle, conftant obedienceof{efm Chri~! lo here the to~·rures, torments, agonies, coi1jliets, extreame fufferings of Chrift for the Ipiritual, , immortal . good of the precicmfouls of his redeemed ones; lo here the death of Chrift,fee how he bowed the head, andgave up thet,hift! why, tbefe a.re the particulars to which I fhou!d conforme ; But oh ttl a.! wh11t 4 wi,Je, vafl, litter difference, diftance., diJProportion zi there betwixt me andrhem? Chrift in hufufferings fhined with graces, hu grace~ 11ppeared in his [uffaings likf fo nMnJ ftars in 11 bright winte,-.t, night, b:tt how dim me l!re thefaint weak_ graces in my f oul? Cbrift in hu fitJferings endured much for me, I k.,now not how mHCh; by thine unk._nown flrrows and fufferin/(s felt by thu, Gilt not dijlinClly k._now;~ tour (/aid the antient Fathers of the Greek! Church irJ their /it~trgy) have mrrcy 11pcn m, and[ave m; hu farrows andfufferings were fo grMt, that Jome think._ it dangerom to defit~e them; but how poore, liaw little are mj [11jferings for Jefm Chrift ? I have net yet refijfed unto blood, and if 1 had, what mn thu in ccmparifon of his extreame [uffering> ? Chrift in hu [ujfcrings dpd, his paffive obedience rrM unto de11th, even to the death of the crojJe; he bung en the cr6jJe ttl! he bowed hu head, tmdgav'eup the ghnft; he dyd smto fin once : flut ala. ! how do I live in that fer which he dyed! to thu day my fin hath "ot givm up the ghoft; to rhu day the death ofChrift i1 not the dr.ah of my fin; 0 my fin u r.ot y(t cr~tcified, the heart:bfocdofmy fin u not yet let out; ~h wou me, how unan[lwrAble am .I to Chrift in a!/ tbefe refpeHs ;t 1 4, Ld us quicken, provoke, and rouze up our foulsto this contormity: let us fer before them exciting arguments, ex. gr. The greatell: glory t:ba t a ( hrifi ian can attaine to in to is world, is. to hate a fembl <tnce, and likenelfe to Jefus Chri.ll. Againe, the more like we at·e to Chrill: , the more we are in the love of ·G0d, and the better he i$ plea fed with us ; it was his voyce concerning ' his,Son, t 1-u u my beloved Son, in whom I am well pbttfed; and for hi~ fake, if we are but like him, he is alfo well plea fed with us. Againe, a liken.e fi e or refemblance ofChrill: isthat which keep~ Chr!ft alive in tht: world': as we fay of a child that is like his Father, this mrrn cannot d.je fo long tU hu {on is alive; So we may
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