OftheRESuRR Ec TION~ Sermon 11,.' through the Maine Ocean ofrhe world, bound for the Port ofEternal! blij[e. A d in this great Carricke,among the foqnes ofmen,theSonne ofMan (as Hetermes Hr 1 felfe) became alfo apaJfenger, even as did Ion&s,in hisJmall Bottome ofIoppe. m~ Then rofe there a temptifl. Atempejl ir felfe, andrhe caufe ofaJ!tempefts (th~hea' vie wrath of Go n, ready to feaze uponfinners)whichmade fuch afouleSea asthi; great Ship,and a11initwere upon the point to be cafi away. Theplm(here)isplaine· takeit,but as jt was indeed literally. For, what a tempefi was there at C a a 1 sr; ~hop.>7. tr. deathnrjhooke the Temple, rent the viele, cleft thejlones, opmedthegravu, pNtoulthe P· Stmnn light, was feene and felt a11 the world ouer ; as if heaven and earth would have gonetogeth~r. Bqt, the miferable fiorme, then, who fhall,dcclare? And, no marvell: there was agreat Pltu, in the caufe. For,ifthe finne ofone poore paffenger (of IontU) madefuch a fouleSca: the finnes ofthe great Hulke,that bore in it all Mankinde together in one bottome, what manner tempefi (rhinke you) were they like to raife! In what hazard, theveffe11, that loaden with them all~ But oneft•gitive,there: here,a1lrunneftJvay,from Go o, 0Uaffer, 011Arriners, Paf!iugm and all. Now,the greater theVeffell,themore ever the danger. With Ion M, but ahand full liketo mifcarry :In this,rhe whole maffe of0Uankindelike to perilh. So, in the perill, Pl.u too. The fiorme will not bee fiayd neither, till fome bee cafi into the Sea: and, fome 'great Sinner it would be :And here theSimt feemes, as if it would not hold: here theonelyNon Sicut Ion/U, For, IontU there, wastheondy(inner; all befides, inth; lhip,innocentpooremen. Here, CH R 1 • T onely,inthdhip,innoce~t,nojinmr; all the Chip befides,full fraught with}inners : Mariners, and Paffengers,grievous fm– ners,all. Here it feemesto hair. , · And yer, I cannot tell you neither, for all that. For, in fome fenfe, CH R 1 s'i was nor unlike IontU; no, not in this point: but? like Iona, as in all otherrefpeCls,ro; ·.cor.f."'· inthisroo. Not,asconfideredinHimfelfe; for fo, He knew noftnne : But,Himthat l'r.'Ys3.~. knew noJinne, for'"' made He finne: How ~ by laying on Him the iniquitiesofma/1, even ofall the fonnes ofmen, upon this Sonne ofMan. And,fo confidered,He is not onely Siwt, but P/111 quam Iona here. More finne on Him, than on I4nM: for, on Him, the finnes ofthe whole Ship,yea, Ionlsfinne and all. For all that,here is another Plm, though. For what IontU ftlffcred,it was forh~ Luke •H•· owne finne, and merito b.ec patinmr might he fay (andweboth) with theTheefeoB the Crojfe. But CH a i s T, what had He done? It was not,forHisowne; it was,fot other mens finnes, He fuffered, He payedthe things he nevertooke. So much themore Pfal. 6 9 • 4 . likely was He,to fatisfie; thejujl,for thetmjujl,thcLord,for theServant ;muchmore, ' Pet. ,,,s. than ifone finner or [ervant lhould doe it for another. Ion.<. u. Yet was CH R Is 1', as was Ion.u, content to be thrownein. _ToUite1111, ([aid Iohn•• s.s. IonM ;) Sinite hM abire([aid C 11 !!. 1 s T, Letthefegoe. Take nie,my lifefhallanfwer Chap.t.sG. Mmh.;.xf. if•ys 3·.7· forrheirs; as it did. As content (faidH)Nay, Plmmore. For, with Ionn~, there was no other way, to fray the fiorme, but over-boord with him. But, CH • 1 '.' bad other wayes ; could have fiayed!t with His word, with His obmutcfce,asHed1d (the VIII. Chapter, before.) Needed notto havebeencallin: Yet, tofuljilallrtg~· teoufnejfe, condefcended to it (though;) and inHewasthrowne, notofnecefiine (asi6nM) but, quiavoluit: and roluit, quia nosJalvos vo!uit, would haveus[4fe,and His Fathers juffice Jafe, both. ' Now to the effecr. Therewith the fiorme flayed, Go n s wrath was appea!id, Mankinde faved : H:ere, thePlm is evident. That.ofIontUwas but Salflt pha(elt, no more: This, wasSalm mundi, no lcffe. A poorcB011t, with thewholeWorld, wh:! compari[on ~. And theevening and the rnorningwereGood-friday, CH • 1• T 'h· d~. ' s Theirbeing To Io11M,now,(ecuntfo,. lie was drow~ed by themeanes: Nay, notCo 'qo ~ ~;~~''!"'· ,(before,angry) was then pacifi~d: Pacified,n~t Qnly with thefl1ip, bmpac1Jied ;:~~
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