22q. N ° cut to °°' Vpon the yVednefdayafter kindnelfe. Prat' 21. J. Plat r3,r4 Zac.13. 6. Plat sy I. prophecied of in that prophecie . Gregory Nazianzen, That hee was cal- led the fonneofMan , for that hee was defcended ofAdam. And ifhee, may bee molt of all called fonne , who dothmoll of all honour his Father ; none, wasmoreAdams fonne than hee. Laftof all, our Sauiourtreating heereof his torments, and of his Crofle, whichwere tocornevpon him , as Man , it well futethwith this his prefent condition to take thisname vpon him of the forme of Man. ThefiniteofManPadbedeliuered. WhenChrift our Sauiour treateth of his torments,he vfcth the thirdPerfon; Tradetur,& tradent,He Jhallbe deliuered,and theyJhalldeliner him, 6,c. But when the Prophets did prophecieof him , they fpake inthe firft Perlon : Federunt mantes teas,& pedes meos ,They haue diggedmy hands, and myfeet. Fuiflagellatus Iota die, Iwasfcourgedalltheday long. Faciem meat nonauerti ab increpantibus6. confpuentibus inme,! turnednot away myfacefrom thole that rebukedme,andflatuponmee. Hisplagatusfum in domo eorum, gut ddige. bans me, With theft was i wounded inthe houfi of myfriends. So that ifyou (hall but aske Chrift,who it is that fuffereththefe things ? heewill anfwer, That it is the fonneofMan. And if yee asketheProphets, they will fay , That it is the fonneofGod. And peraduenture this is themyfterie of ir, That albeitour Sa- uiour Chrift is theparty that fuffered (asthe Prophets prophecieofhim ; ) yet hefuffered as aFiador , or Surety. Eut fo greatwas theloue whichhee bare to Man,whowas the Debtor, that putting thefe torments, whichwee were lyable vnto,tohis owne account, yet the difchargeofthis debt goes inthe nameofthe Debtor. Andas the treafureofhis merits, is forthe good of; fohis tor- ments,andhis fufferings,are tobee attributed wholly toMan, whowas the per- fon,that by theordinarycourfeof Law didowe this debt,and wasin allreafon bound topay it. The 'ionicofOfanfhall beedeliuered. Itis heretobee confidered how often ourSauiour makes repetitionof thiswordTradetur . Peraduenture, becaufeit was one ofhis greateft griefes,that his friend fhould betray him ; The man of Peace inwhomI hoped, fayth Dauiel Thom.«fayth, That it is one of the nobleft amtions in theworld for a man toloue his friend ;becaufeto abhorre him,is one ofthe fouleft things that man can commit. ctagnfcauitfupermefupplan. tationem, Hegloriedin hisfupplantingme. What greatergriefe canbefall a friend, than to bee fupplantedbya friend r Themetaphor istaken from thofe that run, whenas theone trips vptheothers heeles.SaintJerome reads ir, Leuauitcontra me calcaneum, Hee lifted vp the heeleagainfl me. Our Sauiour Chrift flying todeath with thewings ofLoue,ludas letting his leggeofTreafon before him to throw himdowne, his Louefound it felfethereby offended, and beeing thuswronged by afriend, his Loue hadno need of fuck fpurres to driuehim ontohis death. But fay it fhould,itwas not fit for a friendto put themon. He ofall other,fhould not haue led him along therunto,falfrfying his loue bya feigned.kiffe, &kindly faintinghim,with an Aue Rabbi , Hailecítilafler. To whom our Sauiour milde- lyagainreplyd, Amice, ad quidven f i r Friend, whereforecameflthou ? What neditthou to hauetaken fomuch patnes, thou mighteft haue faued thy felfe this labour,beingit wasmyneown defire tomake my felfe aprifonerryet it doth much trouble me,that my friend fhould deale fo vnkindlywith me. Tradetur principibtcsfacerdotum. fleefhallbee delivered to thechiefePriefls. A little before, the ApoftIeswere at differenceamongft themfelues who fhould bee the greateft in that their ho- ped
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