{ Of the P ASS.I o N• come from us, not fo much as a kind ai!d thankfull acknowledgcme~r · we arc certainly worthy, He fhould refirein the fountaine of his bene~ £ts, (whieh hitherto hath flowen moft plenreoufly) and 11eitherlet usfee nor feele him any more. · ,. 1 .. But, I hope tor better things : that,!o)le, [uchandfogreatlovewiU pierce m, and caufe both other fruiets, and cipecially thoughts of t1!4nke. fulneffi to ilfue frotn us.Thus many; and rrlore,ifthe time would ferve: But, thus many feverall ufes may we have of thus many feverall refpectsj O! r~flcxed look.ings uponHI M 1Phom 1Pe ba)Jepierced: · . 3 . '. Thirdly,facientferejficere. For,theHOLY GI-tosT didealilytorel Wnh{"frce fee, we would-not readily be btought ro thefigbt,or to ufe our eyerto fo ;,;;;:. 1 em- good an end. Indeed, to flefh and bloud it is but a dull and IJea)Jy JpeBacle: Rr!Picmfi And, neith1=r willingly they begin fo look upon it; and having begun,arc fncsent, never well,till they have done,and looke off ofit againe. Therefore is the Verbe (by the Prophet) put into this Co11jugatio11 of purpofe : which to turoe in ihiet propriety,is (](ejplce~e fe facient,rather than fl?.!fpicient: They fhall procure orcaufe, or even enjoyne or enforce themfelves to look.e upo11it. vr (;~.s one would fay) looke, that they looke upon it. . · · ·· ' ·· For fome new and firangefpeBacle (thoughvaine and idle,andwhich fhall not profit us how ftrange foever) we caufe our fdves fometimesto take a journey, and befides our paines; are at expenfes too , to behold them: we Will not only looke upon,but even caufe our fel)!e~to lookeu~n vanities; and in them, we have the right ufe of facient Jc refpicere, And why fhould We not rake foine paines,and evenenjoy11e our felwsto looke upon this? Being neither farre off, nor chargeable to come to; and iince the looking 011 it may fo many wayes, [o mainly profit U5; Verily it falleth Mar:u. 12 • out of~,that ofC HR1ST's : .-violentirapiunti/lud. Nature·is not enclinoo; and where it is not enclined, jorcemuft be offered; which We-call in Schoolcs, ABum· elicitum. Which very aCt by us undertaken, forGo v, and (a:s here) at His Word,is unto him aSacrifice right acceptable. There~ fore,[acia&,orfac facia&; doe itTvillingly,or doe it byforce: Doe it,I fay; for; done it mull be. Setit before you and looke on it : or, if you lift not re-' move it, and fet it full before youi though it bee not with youreafe, fJ?.!fpice, Looke backe upon it with[omepaiue : for, one way or other,looke upon it we mufi. The necefsity whereof (that wemay the betterappre~ hend it) it will not be amiffei we know,that thefe words are in tWo fun·, {oh. 19 : 57• dry places, tWo fundry wayes applied : •Once, by St.John in theGofp:n1 z and the fecond time againe, by CH R1 s T himfelfe in the fJ(ewlatton. By St. Iolm to CH RI sT,athisfirllcomming,fuffering (as our Saviour), upon the Crojfe. By CH R1 sTto himfelfe, at his fecond comming, lit• ~poc. 1 • 7. ting (as our Iu~ge) upon His throne, in the end of the world. 'Bel>old Bel commetl> in the Clouds, and ewry eye foal/ fee Him, yea e)Jen they thatpierced flim~ Etplangent fe fuper E~"!_ O"!_ne~~~~~~: £Cr~~ :!'he me~ning ~here?~ . .. . . . ~ ·-'
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