Sermon~. Of the PASS ION. } 3H oint then there is a Cafe made, as if He OJCuld fay, If ev·r the l•k.e• ~:. ; , , : ?. iard not cl1iS; butifneVer~ny, beJikeyourfdvesinothcr:h'in.gs, and . ~' c', .! vouchfafe this (if nor your chtefelt, yet) f~me '1{;g,1rd. 1 ' \ To enter,this (oinparifon,and to fhew tt for iuch. That,ar.~ '"eto d9f Tn the three three fundrvwayes: For, three fundry wayes, in three fi.mdry '-'V.Ords,are ~., rsof H,s chefe Suffi;ings of His here expreffed ~ all three within the compalfe of :rrow. , 1 theVerfe. . · · I . . ;' ··' The firff is, ::JN·::J~ Mac-ob (whtch wee readSorrow,) taken from a t . ~- wound or ffripe, as all doe agree. · r' The fecond is Sl.,v G/,olel; we read 'Done to me, taken from aword. that lignifiethMelting in a fornace; as St. Hierome noteth out of t;he Chal– dee (who fo tranflateth it.) .' ' The third is, :'ll1:'1 Hoga; where wee re~d A(jlifled, from aWord· which importeth IJ\.enting off,or 13maving. T h•oldlAtine turne:hicVm– demia-vit me, as a Vine whole fruit is a\I plucked off. T h:Gmke (with. J7,e~doret) i~•~'"""~"'' as a Vineor Tree, whole kh'es are ail beatenoff; and i> left naked and bare. · In thefe three, are comprized His Sufferings, Wt.'unded, Melted, a.nd $ereft, leafe andfruic, (chat is) all manner of comfort. 3 . Of all that is penall; or canbe fuffered, the common diviGon is, Sen::· I. Of ·be {U& & 'Damni,Griefe fortha~ we feele, or for that weforgoe. For that we quaJ;,;e.. feele, in the two former, Wounded in body, Melteri in foule : for chat we ~~~.~: Hts forgoe, in the !aft; 'Bereft ofaO,lcft neither fruit,nor fo much.as a le~fe eo ~00~ . • According to the(e three,To confiderHis Sufferings,and tobegin firfi 1 ; Tcen 4 with chefirlt. Thepaines of His Body,His wounds and His firipes. ftnfu., in •' Our very eye will foone tell us, no place was left in His 'Body, where 6 'dr,. He might be fmitten,and was not. His skina~d flefh rent with theTvbips and fcourges, His l1ands and feet woundedwith thenailes, Hisbeadwidi the thornes, His very l1eart with thejfeare-point; all Hts fimfes, alll:- iis pares loden with whatfoever wit or malice 'ould invent. His ble[ed bo. dy given as an Anvileto be beaten upon, with the violent hands of thofe barbarous mifcreanrs, rill they brought Him into this cafe, ofSi fuerit ficut; For, Pilates (Ecce H?mo!) his £hewing Him with an&ce,as if He Iob.rN· fhould lay,_ ~ehold, looke tf ever y~u faw the hke rueful! fpeCl:acle :This very fhewmg of Hts fheweth plamly, He was then come into wofuil phght: Sowofull, as Pilate verily believed, His very fight fo pitifull,as,it Would have moved the hardell: heart of rhem all to have relented, and ~at~, This is enough, we.defire no more. And this for the1/Jounds of His 0 y,(foronthisweltandnot) , . h l~ this one peradventure fomeSimt maybeefound in the paines of 2. p,.•• ft.– t e 0 • Y: hut, in thefecond, theSorrowof theSoule, i am fure, none..("' m the. And tndeed' the paine of the: Body is but th~Body of paine ; .the very Soul,, Soule
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