(J 011 the P aJ!io;t. body, and which cloth co·mmoni_y accon1pany the/ roughefl: and n1ofl fiubborn na– tures; when thofe of .a n1orc fwcet and bc– ni'gn difpofition, are many tim~s obnoxious to deeper imprdiion·s of fear. And it will no.t derogate from the honour of our blcf- -~ fed Saviour, thot:~gh we ihould fuppofe, that, an1ongfi other infirmities, he might be mt1ch liable to this natural and innocent paffion. The true greatnffs of the foul, doth not confifl: in the vigour of the natu– ral fpirits, nor the fiurdy boldnds of an 'undaunted humout; but in a holy fiedfafr– .nefs and refolution to undergo thofe things which are dreadful to nature. But certainly the fear of death was nei– th~r the only, nor the greatefr thing that troubled our Saviour's fpirit at that tin1e. He had another fad and n1ore dreadful pro– fpeCl:, the heinous and innumerable fins of n1ankind, whofe nature he had taken, and whofe iniquities he was to bear. He faw the whole -world lying in wickednefs, and ready todiopinto eternalflan1es; hefawthe anger of God kindled, and his hand lifted 11p; and knew, that the ftroke would light upon hin1felf, and that the chafiifement of our p~ace was to be upon him. . And, doubdefs, .it added not a little unto his
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=