Sermon 3· Ofthe PAss 1 o N . Now our tl 1 eorie as it beginneth with :.:.w, [o it endethwith, ,;,_There- • Loo/:i•rg.ttn• fore ·looke from it: th~t_ l~ok.noHim: or (as i;he-~ord giveth itr~ther) into " ' E'''""• Him than toFfim 1l", IS mto, rather than to. Wh1ch proveth plamely, that h 1 p ifSion is a pee~e ofrPerjpeEtille; and,thatwe mull let our [elves to fee 1t ~f ~ewillfeeitWell; and not!ooke [uperficial~ on ith: ~ot ondtheout._ ·fide alone, but Jp<rd<,pierce fntoit, and enter e~en mto t emwar 1vorlt~. manfhip of it; even of _Hismternall C~offi wh1ch He fuffcred, and of H1s_ jntireajfeEtion whereWithHe (uffered 1t. . . And wemaywelllookeintoHi~; CaiJCelhsple~um efl corpus, Hisbo~y is full offtripes, and they are as latttces : Patent rvijcera, per cvulnera, H1s 'IJ>ounds they are as -u>indowes, through whi0 w_emay well f~e allthat is within Him. Cla1nu penetrans faElM eft nul!t cla-vu .referans (la1th St. 'Ber- ~1ard : ) Thenailes andJPeare-had ferve as keys to li:t U5 in. Wee may loofte Er.. 4 9o16, intatl 1 ePalmesofHiohands,wherein (faith theProphet) Hehathgra1•en M, that l-Ie might never forget us. We may look imo his fide (S. Iolm ufeth 1 h 1 ,. .. · V • ) Q • 9•3-T' the ward) opened. Vigtlanti cverbo (faith .Ateg~Jlme a1vordwell chofen, upon good advice; we may through that opemng,look intoHio Wryb01v. 'els the bowels of k.indnejfe and compaflion, that would endure.to ,be [o entr:ated. Yea, that very -heart of his,wherein we may behold, thelo1>eof ~ur.falvation ·tobe thevery beartsjo~ of our S' A y I o u~: - Thus looking from, from all elfe, eo iook into Him;wha:t the~? then fol~ . i' )oweth the participle, "ll>ee fhall fee. What jhall -u>efee! Nay,what Chall "ive To fi• Jpa}, not fee~ Whattheorie is there worth thefeeing,but is there tobefeene·?To recom'lt'all,were too long :Two there are in efpeciall. , Thereis a theorie medicinaU, like that of the bra:zenSapent"; 'and it fer.· Veth for COrbfOlt to the Confcience, flung and11JOI{IldedWith the remorfe of finne. For, what finne is there or can there be foexecrable or accurfed, butthe curfe of tl!e (roffe; what fo ignominious orfull of confufioiJ, but the fhame ofit; what fo corrofi-ve to theconfcience,butthe paincsofit;whai: of fo deepe or of [o crimfin adye, but thebloudof it,the bloud of the Crojfe willdoeitaway r W'hat fling [odeadry, but the fight of thisSerpenh'vill cure it? This is a principall tiJtorie; and elfewhere to be flood on,but not here. For this ferveth to quiet the mind; and the .Apoftle(here) feekfth to move it,and make idHrn:. . · There is then another tiJrorie befides, and that1s exemplarie for imitaZ tion. Ther.e Hee died (faith Saint P4ul) to lay downe for m .-.-;;""'&•,·our ran~ 1 Tim\2.~. fome :thatJs the former. There He died (IaithSt. 1 Pettr) to leave unto us · ~.w•w'-•· relinquens nobu exemplum,a paterne ane~ample to follow,amhhis 1 Pct.ur; zs It; to th1s He calleth us ;to have a directoryuf~ of it to make it purpat- · - terne to vie•~ · ·d A dfi h ' ' h £. · ded ' '' 1: as our 1 ea. n ure, as t eCrmrcb under t e ·awneenot; fo ne1ther cloth 'the Qmrcb under the Go.JPell neede any other pr~cep~ ~~~ t~i~ ~e, In.JJ:ic:.. .&. fac, See and doe according to the th~9rie Exo; 25. 40. M~ 4. - lliewe-t
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