344- 3:De ParananpofMe Zttnbtttev Chap. r 8 on Servant or Subject : Ilewas obedient to the Death of j the Grofs, that is, Deathwith difhonour and torment,the evils that are molt contrary to the Humane Nature and Appetite. And thecompleatnefs ofhis Will in obey- ing is moft evident. For if Chrift haddefied deliverance from his Perfecutors, he had certainly obtained it. He tells his Difciples, that upon his requeft his Father would fend twelve Legions of Angels for his refcue. But he refigned the whole Power ofhis Will to his Fa- ther's ; 111oí my will, but thy will bedone, was his. Tice at his private Paffion in the Garden. He fübmicteduthe a& and exercifeofhisWill; Not what I will,but what thou wilt, he faith in another Evangel. He yielded not on- ly the faculty,and exercifeof his Will to do what God enjoyned, but in that manner which was pleating to Him; Not sGS I will but as thonwilt, he expreffes in the wordsofa third.Nowwhat is there in Heaven or. Earth that can move our Wills to entire Obedience, ifthis marvelous Patern doth not affect us Let the,fame Mindbe inyou that wasinChr,faith the Apoftle.How glorious is it todo what he did, and what a reproach to decline what he fuffered, who had the Holinefs ofGod to give excellency to the Action, and the infirmityof Man to endure the fharpnefs of the Paffion 3. Love to Mankind isexpreft byour Saviour in pe- culiar manner. For although God is infinitely good to us, yet he dothnot prefer the Happinefs of Manbe- fore his own Bleffedaefs. The Salvation of the whole World were not to be purchafed with the leafl:. diminu- tion ofthe Divine Felicity. But the Son of God fuf- feted the extremeft Evil, to procure the molt fovereign Good for us,whowere inRebellion againít his Laws arid Empire. Briefly, The Life of Chritt contains all our Duties towards Godand M expreft in the molt per- fed manner, or Motives to perform them. We may clearly
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