- - __,.._9_4_·{ . The Saints I \ . nailed him to the crofTe. Shall goats b!ood (as Na– turalill:s fay) breake the Adamant ? And iliaU not the precious hearts-bloodofour deare Redeemer refolve the mofl: fiony hearts into tearesofb!ood ? Ptodigionfly rocky and flinty hearts ! But let the moll: frubborne and unrelen~ing wretch·know to his terrour, what adeale ofvillan~e he offers hereby unto the death ofChriil:, and tremble at the confi. · deration of thefe dreadfull woes, and flames of wrath, which he fo r::rea(ures up continually againfl: the day ofwrath. For beleeve it~ fo many finnes as A/lift. 143• ,Heh. ao. 19. Atl. a.J6. and .J•I•tJlfo See Emball"a· dour lJetweene kcaven and urth, Ad fin. When fmneal· lures thee,&c. thou committell: wilJit-Igly, and with delight, fO I many thornes doell: thou cnielly fall:en upon his . 1 h~ad; fomanyl'l~Hes .doell: thou defpera~ely .drive \ into his hands and feet ; fo many fpearesdoefr thou t'hrull: into his heart ; fooft (mercileffe villaine let ·me fpeake fo, for the love ofmy deare.Redeemer) doell: thou imbrue thy wicked hands with his pre.. tious blood, and with prodigious prophaneneffe trample it under thy feet. So that it may ;ufrly be faid unto thee, as Peter faid unto the ]ewes, ThBu h.q_/1 crucified theLord of life ; thou haft murdered the King ofglorie, thesonneofrhee'Uerli'UinJ.G~d, chrift lifm, thllt ;ufl&~d bo!Jone; and preferred, not Barra– !Jat, but, (which is as bad) th1neowne finfulllufrs, nay, the Devi!I himfelfe, before our bleffed Re– deemer. 9 It is ever attended with a threefold bitter !Hng : Whereof fee my direEli~nJ for walkinl with God,p:~g. I 7I • 10 Compare thevafr and unvaiuable difference betweene 1 Yeelding to the inticement,and 2 Con· querin
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