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T64 Spiritnall a

f

iin:ions no

infallible

fgnes

of

Godr

hatred.

man

that

I

am,rrho

(hall

deliuer

me

from the

bodie

of

this

death!'

.Seirf,ó.

So

that

by thefe and

many

fuch

like

examples,

that

is

ma-

That

Christ

nifef}

vnto

our

comforts which

the

Apofle

fpeaketh,

i.Cor,

birafclfeindu-

10.13.7-here

hash

no

temptation

taken

yore

but

Inch

avper-

red

the

fßiri-

tai"

eth

to

man;

fc,r

the

lame

afltElions

(trbehave

filer)

f

are

4C-

Mall

afliai-

complrfhed

in our

brethren

*hid)

are

in the warld,as

it

is, I

Pet.

Va.

LCor0.13

verf.

Yea the

fame

and

greater

were indured b

5

9

fane

g

Y

our

i

Pet.5,.9.

head

Icfus

Chrifl

himfelfe,

who

receiued

deepe and griflie

wounds,in

refpee1

ofthofe

finall

fcratches which

IAee

fuffer,

Efa.53.3;,

and drunke the

full

cuppe

of

Gods

heauie

difpleafure

,

of'

which

wee only

lip

or tafle

;

for hee

was

not

only in

his

out-

ward

Elate

deieeìed and reputed

as

an abie& aínongft men,

nor

perfecuted by

his

melt

enemies

alone,euen

to the

take

-

ing

away

ofhis

precious life,by

a

cruell

and fhamefull

death;

but

alto inwardly

in his foule he

fuflained farre

more

heauie

erases

thé

that

which he outwardly

caried on his

fhoulders,

though

the

waight thereof

caufed him

to

faint for wearines.

For

to

fay

nothing

of

Satans

temptations and

the power

of

hell which

was

fet againf}

him, let

vs

confider

of

that bitter

agonie

which

hee fuflained

in

the garden,

where the

bur

-

then

ofGods

anger,

for our

finnes was fo

heauie upon

him,

that

it

prefled

out

ofhis

bleflëd

bodie

a

fweate

ofwater

and

blood

:

neither

was

bee prefently

eafed

of

this vnfupportable

waight,but

he was

faine

to beare it

euen vnto

his croffe;

nei-

ther

was

hee

comforted

in

minds

when the

pangs

of

death

had taken hold

ofhis

bodie,

but

euen

then

lice

was fo vexed

with

the

fenfe

ofhis

fathers

difpleafure,that

in

bitternefle

of

foule he

crieth out,My

Gpd,my God,why

haft

thou

forfaken

me

:NO:.

that

lie

defpaired

vtterly

ofGods

loue

&

aflìflance,

or

thought

himfelfe

a

reprobate

and

caf}away,for

he calleth

him

f

}illhis

God:but

ÿ

Deitie having

for

a

time withdrawne

it

felfe,

to the

end

the

humane nature

might

fuller

that

pu-

nifhment

which

wee had deferued

euen

veto

death it

felfe,

whichotherwife it

could

not

haue

been

fubietvnto,

bee

Ttrereth.this

fpeech

trulie according to

his

prefent

fenfe and

apprehenfion.

N:ow

if

wee confider

who

it

is

that

was

thus

grieuouflyafflìì-led

bothin

bodie

and minde;wce

fhall

finde

that.it.was. not:

one,

hated.

of

God,

but

his.onely

begottenn