Sermon z. Ofthe PAss r o N. ·ons. TI!e cf 7 aftifementof our peace U:;U upon Him, and with His flripes were we healed:All 1 ve 110 jheepe weregone aftr~y?an~ turned ewry ~an to His own 10 '!)1 : and tiJe Lord !Jatb layd upon Htm,the mtqmty of tuall, All,all: even thofe tf 7 at . p~jJe 10 and fro, and for all this, regard neither Him nor His P4fsion. . : The f1 10 rt is : It was we,that for our finnes, ,our many great and gne. '\'OUS finnes, (Si fuerit ftcut, the like whereof never wereJ_0ould have fwetthis Sweat,and have cried this [rie; fhould have beene {mmen with rhefe fon·owes by the fierce wrath of Go o, had not he flept betweene the blowand us and latched it in His owne body and foule, even the dmt of the fiercenerfe of the 'I!Jratb of Go D. 0 the N~n ficut of our finnes, that could not otherwi[e be artfwered! To remrne then a true verdict. It is we,(we,wretched finners that we are) that are to be found the principals in this act; and thofe, on whom we feeke to fhift it, to derive it from our [elves,Pilate and [aiapha:s and the reil but infhumentall caufes only. And it is not the executioner that kil~ leth the man properly, (that is, They :) No, nor the Iudge, (which is Go o,in this cafe:) Only fin, Solum peccatum bomicida eft, Sin only is the murtherer, to fay the truth; and our finnes, themurcherers of the SoN of Go o: and theNo11 ftcut of them, the true caufe of the Non ficut both ofGoDs wratb, and of His forrowfull fufferings. · 359 · Which bringeth home this our Te~t to us, even into our owne bo~ fomes; and applieth it moll effectually, to me that fpeake, and to you that heare, to everyone of us: and that withtheProphetl'{athan's.applicati~ on; Tu es f,omo;Thouart theMan,even thou,for whomGoD inHi!fierce 2 Saai. 12;7~ wrath thus afflicted Him. Sinne (then) was the caufe on our part, Why yve,or fome other for us, - · But yet, what was the caufe,why he,onHis part: what was that,that 3· _ moved Him thus to become ourSurety, and to take upon Him our debt Love~fu~ and danger ? that moved Him thus to lay upon His Soule, a facrifice for our finrte? Sure, Oblattuejl quia1>oluit (faithEfay againe;) Ojfored He was Efay 53·i: for tio other caufe, but becaufe He would. For, unleffe Hewould, Heeneeded not. Needed not,for any necefsity of lt1ftice. For,nd Lambe was ever more innocent : Nor for any necefsiry of colljlraillt; For twel1>e Legio11s of Angels were ready at His command : But, becaufeHe 1v~uld. - .. And why would He? Noreafon can be given, but becatifeHeregar~ dedus? (Marke that reafon) Andwhatwerewee? Verily,utterlyunWorthy even His leafl regard . not worth the takino up not worth the looking aft~r. ~um ~nimici e /Jem:.S (faith the Apoflle) ,;;e v<lereHir enemies, Rem. 5 .s. rhen He dtd lt;Without all defert before,and without all regard,after He l'~t1 done and ~uffered all this for us: and yet He would regardus, that fo 1 . : regard H1m. For when He faw us (a fort of forlorne !inners) Non · P;~~ n<Jtos, quam damnatos, Damned as fafl: as borne ; as beingby nature Ephef.•· 3 ; ;h' ren of n:rath, a_nd y~t fl:ill heaping up 1vratb againrl t!Je day of tvrat!J, by Rom.z. 5 • . e errors o! our hfe, ull the time of our pafsing hence; and then, the Kk 3 fierce
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