115 What U to bee under Chriftsfeete. VE K S E T. horfe bridles. And this is an ufuall expreffion ofa totall violory in holy Scripture,the layingofan adverfary even with the g:ound,that hee may bee crufbed and trampled Gen.3. :4. upon. This was the curfe ofthe Serpent that hee fhould Ltakx.r 9. erawle with his belly upon the dull of the earth, and that the feed ofthe woman fhouldbruin his head. And Pfal.68.23. it is the curieofGodsenemies, that they fhould lick the duff, and that the feete ofthe Church and the tongue of her dogs fhouldbee dipped in the blond ofher enemies. Thus Davidput the peopleofRabbah under harrovves; Sami.u.3 and leho trod lezabelunder hishorfes feete. And there- Kings 9.33. Lam. 1.15. fore the Church choofeth that phrafe to expreffe the greatneffeof her calamity by.' The Lord bath trodden under Foote all my mightymen in the mida ofmee; hee hath called an affembly againa ince to crufh my yong men. The Lord hath trodden the Virgin, the Daughter ofIuda as in a wine-prefte. Now this putting of Chrias enemies as a bole un- der his feet,notes unto us in regardofChria two things: Fira, his ReThand fecondly,his Triumph.70 fland,in the Scripture Phrafc (as I have before obferved) denoteth CNinifiery, and to Sit, Rell and there is no poflure more eafie than to tit with a fl; under ones feet. Till Chrills enemies then be all under his feet, he is not fully in his Refl. It is true, inhis owne perfon he is in Rai, he hath finiaied the worke which was given him to doe, and therefore is entred into his refl. Hee hath alreadie afcended upon high, and led captivity captive ; yet in his members he Bill fuffers, thoughnot by wayof paine or paflion, yet by wayofSympathyor companion, he is Heb .8. touchedwith afeelingofour infirmities, Heb. 4. i5. As Hcb.z.r7,18. by the things which he fuffered, he learnedobedience to- wards God, fo by the fame fufferings bee learned com- panion, and thereupon mercy and fidelity towards his members; for no man can be more tenderly faithful! hi the bufineffe ofanother, than hewho byhis owneex- perience
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