424 VERSE 4. 77- 4' Wen conebuo- nis necellitate fed miftrationis volaneate. Aug. inPfal.78. vid. 'Parker. deDer- cenfii,lib.3. Ntonal& v See Hooker 141).5. N'uns.48. Field of the Church. 1ib.5. cap.i 8. Between thefe diyerfe defires, na Repugnan- cie but aSubor- dination. Filiva Dei gni dixit & fa12a flint, Mandavit creeta flint omnia:fecun- dam hoeplod Filttu beminie temperat tiam,e7GHiero. Ep so.,2,, lib ,2, adverf. ThePrieflhoodofarift. 111111=111INIMPINVI.IIIM011 1NISMJAI*10.00 41 His deathdid notgrow out of the conditionofhis na- ture , neither was it infli6led on him by reafbnof anex. ceffe of firength in thole that executed it, (for he was the Lordofglory) butonely out ofsverci towardsmen,out ofobedience towards God, and out of power in himfelfe. For onsmisChrigi infirmitai fait expotefiate.By his pow- er hee affumed thole infirmities 'which the ceconomie Anddifpenfation ofhisPrieflhood on the earth required; and by thefame power her laid themafide againe,when that fervice was ended. And this I faywas that which made it a Sacrifice. As martyrdoms , when men lay down their lives for the profdlionof the truth , and the fervice oftheChurch, is calleda Sacrigce, Phil, 2.17. If it bee here obje1ed that Chrifisdeath was againfl his owneDili, for hee exceedinglyfeared it, Heb.5.7. and prayed earneffly againfl it, as a thing contrary to his will, Matth.26.39. To this I anfwer, that all this doth not hinder but commendhis willingneffe andobedience. Confider him inprivate as a Man, ofthe fame natural!, affealons,defires,a.nd abhorrencies with other men,and confider the cup as it was calix amaritudints,a verybit- ter cup, and fo bee moll juffly feared and declined it, as knowing that it would bee a mofi woefiill and aheavy combate which hee was entring upon : but confider him is hispubltke Relation, as a medtator, afuretha merciful! and faithful! high Priefi and fo hee moil willingly and obediently fubmitted unto it. And this willingneffe rot- time officii was much the greater,becauferationenature, his will could not but fbrinke from it. It is eafie tobee willing in fuch a fervice as is futeable to ournatural! con- dition and affeaions , but when nature flail needfully Ihrinke, fvveate, (tattle, and (land amazed at a fervice, thennot torepent, nor decline, nor flingoffthe burden, but with fubmitlionofheart to liedowne under it , this is ofall other the «greatetl obedience.It was thevoyceof nature , and theprefencation of the juft , and implanted defies
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