39 6 I 1 bePa.!Jion Sermon. ! ---~ ofhis that thou lhoulde!l tt uscruelly vex ard wound him with thy tinn<s? I: very_of A\ Gur-fi~nes is athorne,and nay le, and fpe2re rohim ; while thou pov1reltdowne thy drunken caro\\ fes,thougi\·,(l thy Saviour a potion ofGall; while thou defpifell his poore fervams,thou fpitte~ en.his face: while thou putter. on rhy prouddre!fes,an? lif!f!lup thy vaine hemwtrh htgh concws., thou fer~e!l aCrown of.tht>rne~on hl! bead: while thou wringe!land oppre!Tell hiSpoore chr!dren, thouwhtppell hrm,and drawe!lhlcod of hishands and feer.Thou hypocrire; how darcll thou offer to receive the Sacrament ofGod , with that hand, which is thL<s imbmcd with theblood ofhim whrm thou rcceive!l? In every Ordinary thy profane tongue walks, in the difgrace ofthe religious and confcionable. Thou makell no fcmpleof thine own fins, and fcornell rltofe that doe:Not to bewicked,is crime enou~h.Heare him that faith,saul, saul,whJ pcrJte•tiflt/Jo• md SaNJflrikesat D41llafcw; Chrift fi1tfers in heaven.Thou llrikcll . Chrift Jefils fmarreth,and will rev<nge.Thefe >Te the ['••f 1•]afteringsof B Chri(ls ft1fferings: Inhimftlfe it hfinifhtd; in his members it i> not, till the world he nifbtd. We mult royle,and ~r?ane, and ble~d,~hat we may reigne: ifhe had not done fo 11 badnot bttnJinifhtd.Th!S tS our warfare;thJS rs thereltgron ofour farrow& death. N'O\~ are we fet upon the fandie pavement ofourTheatre, and ore marched with all fomofevils;evill men, evill fpirits, evill accidents; and (which is worll) our owne evi\1 hearts; remptations,crofies,perfecurions,fickne(fes,wam.s,lnfamics, dearh; all thefemuft in.our courfes,be encountred by theLawofour prof,ffion. Wliat thouid we doe but flrive and fuffer,as ourGenerall hathdone,that we may reign ashe doth, and once triumph in our co,f•nmtat•m ifl? God and his An!(els fit upon the fcalfolds ofheaven,and beholdus:our Crown isready: our day ofdeliverance lhall camel yea our redemption is neere, whenall teares !ball be wip't fromour eyes; and we that have lowne in tears, !ball reape in joy. In rhemeane time, let us pcfiefie ourfoules c nor in patience only,but ir. comfort:let us adore & magoificourSaviour in his folfe· rings,and imitate him in our own : our farrows lhall have an end,our joyes lhall nor: our plines fhall foonebe finilhed; our glory lhall be6ni01cd,but nevcr.ended. Thushis futfcrings are finifbed; now togetherwith them, m•mfalv•tion. Who knows not, that man had made himfelfe a deep debror, abankrupt, ah out-law to God?Our Gns are our debts; and by lins,death. Now, in1bi~ word and al.i,our lins are difcharged,death endured,and therefurt:wecleared: the debt is paid,the fcore is crolfed, the Crediror fatisfied , the Debtors acquitted, and lince therewasnoother quarrell,faved: we are all fick,and that mortally:linne isthe difeafe of the foule:~ot VI lid, IGI ftbres,faith Cbryfoft•mt ; fo many linnes,IOmany fevers, and thofe peflifent. . Whatwonderisir,thatwehavefomuch plague, whilewehavefomuchlin? Our - Sa·;iour is thePhyfirian: Tht,./Jolt nttdwotthe PhJftti4n,hNtlhtfc/;: wherein? Hehea· D ltth •U our infirmitiu:he healeth them atrer amiraculousmanner;not bygiving us re· ceits,but by raking our receits for u!.A wonderfuU Phytitian ,a wonderful! courfe of cure: One while hewould cure us by ab!tinence; oor fuperfluity, by his fony daies emptinelfe, according to that old rule; Hun~ter cures the difeafes of gluttony: Anot6er while,by exercife : Ht rPellt HP ~~~tiJ,.n [ron1 CitJ to CIIJ, 4fldin theday warprr•· cblngin theTtmplt; iwtheDighttr4Jiflg inthe MouDt.Then,bydyet; T•li!eate,this is niJ body: and Lellhis c•ppaffi. Afterthat yet, byfwear, fucha fweatas neverwas, a bloody one: yet more,by incition; they pierced his hands,(eer,fide: and yet again by potion; abitter potion,of vinegerand gal!. And laflly,which is both tbefuangeft and llrongeft receit ofall,bydying: wkicb dy.tdfo.r IIJ,that wf.et/Jer ,., rva/i! orj/etp, "' ' o11ldlivt togttherwithbim. We need nomore, we can go nofurrher; there can be no <Th<ff.s.~,o, more phylickofrhis kinde: there are cordialsafrer thele, of his R.efurrel.iion and E . Afcenfion; nomore penall receirs.By thisblood we have redemption,Ephtf. t ·7·Ju· ftificatioo,llom.1.>4· R.econciliarion,Colof, r .20. Santlification, 1 Pet.I.z. Emrnnoe intoglory,Heh.J o.19.Is it not now finilhed?Wow<re us ifhehad Jefr but onemite off1tisfallion upon our fcore,to be difcharged byour loules: and wo be to them that derogate from Chrift, rhat theymay chargethEmfelves; that botch up thefe all-(uffiienrlymeritorious fufferin~s ofChrill,as imperfelt,with the fuper·fldities offlelh & lood. Malttii/Jv• homo f•i JP• mponil i11h.miwt. We maynot wirh patience fee Chrill wrong'd
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