334Ofthe PAssiON. Sermon 1, reporting the paffion, and thelafl: act of the pafsion (this opening ofthe. ftde, and piercing the heart of our Sat~iour Cbrijl) faith plainly, thati 11 piercing, the rvery words of theprop!Jecie were fulfilled, (]{_efficient in me quem. 1•b:19• 37· tra11Sfixerunt. Which terme ofpiercingwe lltall the more clearely conceive; if With the ancient Writers, wee fort it with the beginningof.P[alme 22: )he Pfalme of the Pafsion. For, in the very Front or lnfcription of this Pfalme, our Saviour CH R 1sT is comparedCer1>omatuti11o, to themor. ning Hart: that is, :a Hart roufed early in the morning, (as from His ve. ·ry birth He wasbyHerod)hunredandchafedthislifelong, andthis daybrought to His end,and (as the poote Deere) ricken and pierced tho~ row fide,and heart and all: which is it,we are ere willed tobehold. There is no part of the whole courfe<;>f our .Sal>iour C!Jrijl's life or death, but it is well worthy our looking 011; and from each part in it, there goeth vertue to doe us good : But,of aUother parts, and above thcf\lall, this !all part of His piercing,is here commended unto our view. Indeed, how cwuld the Prophet tcommend it more, than in avowing it to bea~ all ofgrace,asin the fore-part ofthis verfe,he cloth : Ejf:.mdamfuper eosJpi. ritum Gratia:,& re.JPicient, &c. as ifhe fhould fay: Ifthere be any gracein us,wewill thinke it worth the /ogking on. Neither doth theProphet only, buttheApoflle alfo, call us unto it, and Hcb._J:a.:. willeth us •~·f"' to lookeunto,and regard,Iefiu the Author and Finifher ofour faith. Then fpecially, and in that act, when for the loy of our Sail>ation Jet before Him, He endured the CroJle, and deJPifid thejhame; that is, in this fpectacle, whenHe was pierced. . · Which (furely) is continually, allourlifelong, to be done by us; and at all times, fame time to be fpared unto it : But,if at other times,moft requifite at this time; this very day, which we hold holy t<;> the memory of His Pafsion, and thepiercing0fHispreciousfide. That,thoughon other dayes,weimploy our eyes otherwife, this day at leafl:,we fixe them on this .Object, !JVJPicientes in Eum. This day (I f01.y) which is dedicated r.;b. 3.x 4; to none other end, but even to lift up the Son of Man ;asMo[esdid tilefer– pent in the Toildermffe, tbat Toe may lookr upoll Him and lil>e: When every Scripture that is read foundeth nothing but this unto us :when by the of– fice of preaching lefiu (hrifl is lively defcribed in our fight, and (as rhe Gal.p: Apoflle fpeaketh) is l>ijibly crucified among us? when in the memoriallo~ ·, C•. II. •6. the holy Sacrament, Hu death u jhewedfort !J until/ Hee come, and the my· · fl:erie of this Hu piercing, fo many wayes, fo effectually raprefenred be· fore us. This Prophecie therefore,if at any time,at this rime to takeplace, !JVJPicimt in Me,&c. m TJ ' if< The principal! words are but two, and [et downe unto us, in two · • w• ••· points: , The fight it felfe,that is,the thing to befeene: •and the fight ofit; that is, the act ofJeeingor look.ing. ~em transfixerunt is theObjeCl:,or fpe.., ~aclepropounded: 1\f[pi'-i-~nt in Em!_l,i~ ~heAct, o~dttty epjoyned.~ pf
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