Sermon 3· Ofthe PAss 1 o N. runne already, never to tire, or gi~e over, till we d?eat:aine. ~nd'by this wemayknow,whe~herour tbeorte be a tr.ue one: I~ t?I~ praxu follow of it,itis: if not, aga~e It may be; at~ue Chriftwz.tf,eom, It.IS n@t. . And here firll: our ~P•r;;;, (that JS)_our lookmg from, ISto worke a tur. nin" from fimze. Sure; this fpechcle, if it be well looked into, will make, ji11~e £hall not looke [owell {a11o~r:d in our eyes, .as it d!d,it wil.Imake us, while wee live, have alelfe bkmg to looke toward Jt, as bemg the onely promrtr and caufe of this Crojfe and this jhamt, Nay, not.onely ~••,,eo curne our eye from it, but am.,tx"' to turne our feet from tttoo; 'andcorunne from, yea toJlie from it, quafi afacie colubri,asfrom the face if aSerpent. · . 365 At leall-wife, if not to runnefrom it, not to runne to it, as we have: to 1zaile downe our feet from runningto fin,and our hands from commit– tingjimze, and (in a word) haveSaimPeter's praCtice of the Paftion, to 1 Pet•• p; [ea{e from fin. ThisabftraEliw force we iliall find and feele :it will draw ' us from the delights offinne. And not only draw us from that,but draw from us too, fomething; make fome teares to runne from us, or (ifwe be Jrie-tyed, that not them, yet) make fome fighs of de'votion, fome tboughts. ofgrace,fome kindof tbankfuO acknowledgemmts to iffi1e from·our foules. Either by way of compaftion;as feeling that, Hee then felt; or by way of compunElio11/ as fmding our felves in the number of theparties, for whom He felt them. It is a proper effeCt of our view of thePaftion, this (as St. Luke fetts it downe, at the very place where hee termes it ~·~r/~,) that they returned from it{miting their brefts as having feeneadolefull SpeElacle,them- Luk. 23 , -+8~ bfilws tbHau}e /j it: , · . Now,asthe looking from, wotketh amo)lir!g from; fo doth the looking ~9> amo)ling to. , . For, firll, who is there that can looke unto thole lwzds and feet, that ead and that beart of His,that endured all this, but mull: prim£ facie at the firfl: light fee and fay, Ecce quomodo dilexit nos ? If the lezues (thadlood by) fayd truly of Him at La:{_arm.gra've, Ecce quomodo dilexit eum! when He fhedbut a few teares out ofHis eyes; how much moretruly may it be faid .. , , of us,Ecce quomodo dilexit eor! for whom he hath fhed botb'f!Jater andbloud; Ioh.rr. 3 6; yea, even fr~m His beart,and that in fuch plenty? And Heloviogus fo if · our l1ea;ts be not iron; yea,if they be iron, they cannot choofe but feele ;he magnet1ca~ force of this load.ftone. For, toaload-ftone doth Hee refemble Hu~fel~e, when He faith of Himfelfe, Were I once lift up, Omnia trabamad Ioh.u:32~ me. fhtnertue attraEliw is in this fight, to drawourlo've to it. · fi ~hh which (asitweretheneedle) ourfaith being but touched will fiir h rahg t. We cannot but turne to Him,and trull: in him that fo many waies at ~e.wed l;Iimfelfe fo true unto us.~ando amor c;nfirmatur,jides iucho. atur d ~;eh S. Ambrofe :) Prove to us of any, that he lo'ves us indeed, and w~d ffi tru~ him ftraight,without anymore adoe : wee fhall belee've any go a rmdof htm.And~hat i~ there (tell me) any "::here aflirm·d of CHRlS't
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