Sermon r. Ofthe PAss ION. of which,theObjeEl though in place latter,in nature is the former,and firfl to be handled : fot thatrhe~e J:?Ufl: be a thing firfi fee up,befo~e we can.Jet our eyes to looke upon it~ --- · **********\~***~~*'**-*-*M·***'*''** ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~-;,~~~~ ~h~Y<t,.~;~~~~~~~~~.4 !-;it';/t'i/t'~~4f~~W'i/t'";ft~~~~~~~ OFtheObjed:,generally firlt. Certaine it is, that Chrift is here meant: t Saint Iolm bath put us our of doubtforthatpoirtt. And~acbar~e Theftghi or (here) could have let downe His name, and tal~; (j(eJlllc~ m [/m-;!{~:. gene– Jiuln : for, 'Daniel (before) had named his name,Omduur MefJtM; and , CHRIST. ZaciMrie being after him in time, mighthaveeafilyrepeated it. Bur, ic'D.an.9-~6. feemed good to the Hnly G1Joft and eo him, rather CO urea circumlocuti:> on; and fupprefsing his name of Cbrijl:, to e:xpreffe Him by thelhleor terme, quem transjixmmt: Which being done by choice,mufl:needs have a reafon of che doing, and fo it hath. . . Firlt, the better to fpecifie and particularize the: Perjimof CIJrift, by the kmde,and mofl peculiar circumll:ance of His death. Efay had layd, Morietur, 'Dye He .[hall, and lay downe HuJouleanojfering{or(ln, 2Dye, but Efo.Sj.IOi what Death ? naturall, ora violent? 'Daniel tells us, Occidetur : He !hall DAn.!}.26, dye, not anatural!, but a violent death. 3 But many are ilaine after many forts; and divers kinds there bee of violent deaths: the P[alnziftthe more particularly to fet it down,defcribeth it thus : Tbeypiercedmy hands andmy Pfol, n. t 6. feet: which is only proper to the death of the Croffe. 4'Dye, and beflaine, and be CYttcified; But/undry el!e were crucified;and therefore,theProphet (here) to make up all, addeth, that He !hould I)Ot only becrucifix M, but trmJSjixu.s; iwt only have his Twzds and His feet,but even his heart pierced~ too. Which very note fevers Him from all the reil, with as great particu.,- lariry as may be. for that, though many befides at other times,and fome . at the fame time (with him) werecrttcified; yet) theJide and theheart of nonewasopened,butHis,and His only. , t Secondly, as to fpecifieC HR 1sT Himfelfc in Perfon, and to fever> CHRISt Hm from the reil:, fo it1 [/>rift Himlelfe and in Hzs Perfon to fever fierced. from the reil: of His doings ~nd Jujferings, what that is, that chiefly con- . cerneth us, and we fpecially are tolook.e to: and that, is this dayes worke, ;eaR Is T Pte,ced. Saint Paul doth bell:e:xpre/fe this: I tfteemed (faith T? tolozownotbzng amo1Zf,YOtt,[a1Je I f. sus CaR 1sT,and Him crucified·' Cor.2 ;,; /at ts,the perfection of our.kiwwledae, is CH R1s T: The perfection 0 om k~ow\edge in, 01·touching Cli~Ist is the knowledge of [hrift's ~ehcmg. fhis, is the chiefeSight. Nay (a; itfhall afreuppeare) in this · 1 &t;.are all lights ; So that, ·)in~wthis and know all. This generally, · - · · Gg l - · -- ~o~,
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