The Pajjon Sermon. A dergoe ir; on~ly this. we ~ee , rh_ar ~hat the infi~_ir~ flnn.e!-,of :~'~·ofl: irif.nicen>·nl t commirced -:1g:nnfr an mfimre MaJefbe, ckfervea mtnfimce t:vnrmc:ance; ~11 rhh rhon in the fhoa time ofthy P•ffion haft fu!lained. We m>y beholdand fee; bur 3!1 the glorioUI fpirit5 in heaven cannot looke imo the depth of this fuiFering. Doe hit Jookeyeta little into the paffions ofthiS lmPoilion: tor, hy themonncroflus!ulfeIings, we fhall bdt fee what he fulfered. W1fe and refo!ure men doe norcomp!Jme of •lirtle; holy M•nyrs have been racked, ar.d would nor beloafed; w!m fhall we fay iftlle•mhor of rheir llrength, God and 'vf•n, bewray p;ffions? what would h>ve overwhelmedmen,would not h•vemade him fhrin k; a <Id what m>de himcomphin, could never have hem fufbined by men. What fh,!J we then think, if he were af !rightedwith terrors, perplexed with forrowes, and dillratted with both thefe. And lo hewlS all thcle: for,filir, here wasan amazed teare; Formillions ofmen rode: B fp~ire WO' not fo much as for him tofeare: •nd yet ir was no flight leare: he began ( ,.,.;,""">)robe a!lonied wirh terror, n:hi,hi" I he d•yu ofhis jlifh, offemlup praJe s <JfldfiqplicationJ,withftroflg c1ie1 11ndtuare1, to him thtJ! wa1 aM: to hdpehim, a,r/was 393 · heardinlhathef,ared. Never was mm fo afraid ofthetormenrs ofHell, asChrifi (!landing in our roome) ofhis Fathers wrath. Feor is fiilllit!eab!e to apprehenficn. Never man could fo perfeCHy opprehend this c:mfecf fC3re; he felr the chafiifemen ts 0 four peace, yea the curfeofour finnes; and therefore might ·~ell fay with D•vid, I [•!fer th.J terrors .,.;th 4/roubwJminde; yea wirh Job; Tht 4rfC1terofGodarelo me, <io/>.,,,. ''" lerrors ofGodfight•g•inft Mt. Wirhfeare, there waSJ dejeli:ing farrow, r..r.,.,.l.) My foule is on all fides heavy ro rhedeath: his !lronv.cries, hismany reares, are wirnelfcs of rhis Paffion: he had formerly fhed rearescfpiuie,and tearesoflove, bur nowofanguifh: he had before fent forrh cries of mercy 1 never ofcomplainr rill C now: wheorheSonneofGodweepsandcries, what (ball we c•yorrhinke? yet · furrher,betwixt borh thefeand his love what • conflict was there? It is nor amiffe diflinguifhed, that hewas alwayes in Ago"'; buc now in "l"""•in afiruglin~ paffion of mixed gtiefe. Behold, this field wa; nor withourfwear and blood; Y"• a fwc3t of bloud.Oh what man or Angellcan con.ceive the raking ofrhar: hem, thar withot!tall outward violence, meerely,our oftbe exrremirieofhis own Pa!lion. bled (rlnougb the flefh and fkinne,) norfome f•imdeaw, but fo!id drops of blood? No thorns, no nailes fetcht blood from him, with fomuch paineas his own rhonghrs: he faw the fierce wrarh ofhis Farher,and therefore feared : he faw rhe heavy burdenofour tins tO be undertaken; and thcreupon,befides feare,jufiJy (l:tieved: he faw thenecd!ity ofourerernall dlmnation, ifheli11fcred nor: ifhedid firlfer,ofot:r redemprion; and therefore hi; love inconncred both griefe and feare. In ir felfe, he would not drinke D of rhJr cup. In refpetl: ofour ~ood, and hisdecree, he would and did; and while he rhus firiveth , he fwem and bleeds. There was never liJCh acc.nllm, never !ucha b~oodfhed, and yet it is nor finifhed; I dare not fay wi rh fame Schoole-mcn, that rhe fo'rrow ofhi! P.ffion was nor fo great •srhe farrow ofhis cpmFffiaon : yet that was furely exceeding grrar. To fee rhe ungracious carelefneff'e .of man'kinde , the Oender fruit of his fulferings, rhe forrowes ofhisMother. Difciples,' f1iend•; to fore-fee, from the watch-tower of his Croife, rhefuwretempt.ltionsofhischilcren, defolations of h\s Church; all thefe mull needs !hike deepe into a render hearr. Thefe he !lill feesand pinies1bm wichom poffion; thc!J he fuffered in teeing *n - Con we yet fay any more? Lo, all thefefi11fcrin~sare a~ravatcdby hi!l fnlneffo of knowledge,and wanrofcomforr: for, he did nor Omr hiseies, as ono faitb1.vhenhe E· drunke rhis cup: he faw how drrggifh;•nd knew how binerit wa<. Sod:rir.e e,• ill.,fflift,ifnot leifc,fhorrer. Hefore-faw,and fcre-faid,everr parrin\lar he !bould lulfcr: Co long a. he for<-faw, hefi11fered: the expectation ofevill,is not ldfe rhon rbc Ccr.fe: to looke long for good, is a pnnifhmenr; bur fo"vill, is • rormert. No p:1ffion work~:s upon an ur.knowen object: as no love, th no fe2re is ofwh.1.c we knewnor. Hence men fearenor Hell, becauferhey fore-fee it nor: ifwe could fee tharpir open before we come ac it, ic would make os tremble at our fins) and·our kne-es ro kr.cck rogerbn, as Balta'Mrs; and perhaps whhouc f,ith,ro ruonemadde"' tne horror of ln f?rme·,~.
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