On the P aJ!ion~. ro.r: bl~dfed n1other was bathed i"n rears; and felt the effeCts of old Sirn.eon's prophecy, that a )word jhould pierce th.r:ough her flu!. And: the beloved difcip[e, who was wont to lie· in his bofom,- lay fiill very near h~ s heart;· and it was a. real fuffering unto him, to fee the angui{h and forrow whereinto his fuf– ferings had cafl: them·. Whither then coul'd he ]ook for comfor-t, but unto heaven.?· To: whon1.couHf he flee, but to the arms of his Father? 'But 0 what,firange, what aftoniili– ing words-do we hear! 1\~y · God, rny God, why hajl' thou forjaken me .P Wonder, 0 · earth! be afioniihed, 0 ye heavens!' At this men and·angels.admire and fl:and an1azed! goodnefs and innocence itfelf forfaken by~ the author and fQuntain:of goodhefs, the · Son of God deferred by his heavenly Fa– t!her ·! Certainly the foul: of our bldfed Sa- , viour was fiill united to the divine nature, and was fl:ill as .dear unto his Father as be... fore; only the joyful fenfe of the divine· love was fufpended for. · a while, the facul-– ties of his fou~ : wer,e difcon1pofed; and · a~ veil, as it were, dra~wn before the eyes of ' his mind,: which ..intercepted the light of his Father's countenance;: arid that he felt. . not t.hofe refreihing emanations, which in~ the courfe of his life; the: Deity conveyed: Cc 3~ unto .
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