Exceeding Sinfislite ' ®f sin, 139 hand readietodrink it; but beholding the hi- dioufnefs and dreadfulnefs of this Cup, and knowingwhat was in it, he juts it away, and cries, Fetther ifit be poffible, let thk Cup pals' : but now he fees ifhe did not drink it, all the Chil- dren of men muff be eternally damned ; for fuch was our miferie, if Chrife had not drunk this Cup, wehad all eternally perifli't; there- fore Chrifi puts it tohis mouth again (asit were) the fecond time ; but yet feeing what dreadful- nefs was in this Cup, and he knowing it, he takes it away again, and cries, Ifit be poffible, let thircuppaß: but yet having love to Man-kind, being loth to fee fo many thoufands of poor Creatures perith eternally, he puts it to his mouth again a third time; and yet feeing the dreadfulnefsofit, puts it away again, and yet faith, ifit bepoffible let it paß. This might make a man tremble to think that he íhall (as Job faith 2 r . Job ) drink of the wrath of God : Thus it was withChrift, and all this while he did not drink it : But afterwards when he comes to the Crofs, therehedrunk the Cup of Gods wrath, and there he cries out with another cry more bitter than all the other, and that is, My God, my God, why haft thouforfaken ewe ? fo that he appre- hends himfelfforfaken. Oh the wrath of the Almighty that then was upon theSpirit ofJefus Chrif}at that time : What ! for the fon ofCod blefiêd for evermore thus to cryout, Ay Gad, my God. why hail thou forfal enme! Oh you Heave:is how,could you be able tobehold. fuch a Spc sra ele as this was, or the Earth be able to bear is- X Truly
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