A B THE PASSION SERMON. JoH. 19· VEPu 30, wlu~ jeJH th,reforeh!ldreceiveilthevi11~tr' hefail/, It is fini!bed; p~li h.wing the head, he gave up tleGh•P· ~@c~~~~~il\ 8 E bircer andyet viltorious pa!lion of the Sonne ofGod, .-<1 ( E\.ight honourable and beloved Chri!lians) as it was the ~ firangefi thing thareverbefelltheearth; foisbothofmofl ' ' , ' foveraigne ufe, and lookesforthemofifrequentandcotefull meditation. It is one of thofe things, which was once done, that it might be thought of for ever. Every day therefore mufl be the Good-F'riday ofaChriiH3Il : who, with that great DotloroftheGentiles,. mult defire to know nothing but JefusChrifr, and him crucified. ' • There is no branchorcircumflancein thiswonderful! bufineffe, which yeelds nor infinitematter ofdifcourfc:. According to the folemnity of this timeand place, I have cbofen to cowmend unto your Chriflian ortenrion, our Saviour5 Farewell to Nature ( ror bisreviving was about it) in hislafi word,in hislaflafr. Hislafl word, Itwfinifhed; bislaflall, Hegaveup theGhoft. Thatwhichhefaid, he did. If there be any theame that may challenge and command our earesandhearrs, rhisil;it: ,for behold, the livectefl word that ever Chrifl fpake, and themofl rneritoriousaC! D that ever he did, aremettogether, in this his lafrbreath. In the one ye !hall fee him triumphing; yeelding in the other, yet fo as he overcomes. Imagine tberefore,that you{awChrirt Jefus, in rhi• day ofhis pa!lion (who iseveryday here crucified befor, your eyes) advanced upon theCbariotc;>fhis Croffe; and now, after aweary mnflill cheerefully over-looking the·defpight and !hameof men , thew l~th of hi! l'arher, the Law, !inne,death, hell; which all lie ~;afpingarhis foot: and then you !hall conceive, with what fpirit he faith, confuqJtnVIHm efl, 11 ;s finif/Jid. What is finifhed? Shortly; A11 the prophecies that were ofhim; Alllegall obfervarions,that prefigured him; hisownfutferings; ourfalvation. The prophecies are rccornplifhr, the ceremonies abolilbr, hi~ fuffcringsended, ourfalvarion wrought: thefefoure heads(holllimit this firfl p1rt ofmy fjleech ; onely let them finde and leave you attemive-. E Even thiFery word isprcphefied of; AOthingr that arewl'itten•fmt,havean end, f•irh Chrift. What •nd? This, it w finifoeri. This veryend bath his end here. Whar thtrefore i• finilhcd? Not rhi' predill:iononly elf his bfl draughr,as A•g•(lim: thar ll'ere too particuhr. Let ourSJviour ~' mfelfe fiy, All thingr tbat are wrlttrn of me h1 th, Prophetr. 1 t isafure •nd convertible rule; Nortjing wa<donebyChrifl,wl· ich was not foretold: Nothingwas ever foretoldby the ProphctsofChrifl, which was nor done. L I o 1t
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