Ctinr,2,14, c.1Commentarìe "on 'he 5O4 Chrifts death and patfion was voluntarie,fee- ing he gane himfelfc. Ioh.10.17.19. 90 in many cir. eumflances of Rorie. t Matth,ró,at. 4:23, z Ioh.tß.a, 3 4 t.Tim.6.a7. 5 can thedeathof the crofie be other, which is ioyned with themaledicRi- ofGod, fromwhich we by it werewholly deliuered. Ofe. 3. Where it is Paid that ChriflgaNe hilnfelfe, it may be further noted,that his wholepaffion and deathwas voluntarie:for what is more free then gift?and this appeareth,in that he was wont to fay beforehand, that he muti goe awayvnto his Father, that he mull leaue the world, and hisDifciplcs;that he hadpower to laydownehid life,and take it vp againe: and that no man could take it fromhim : for who could take that life from him,whofe finneles nature ofit (elfe was not obnoxious to death,it becing the fiipend of finne. And further, it is briefly to bee obferued, how the holy Ghofl thorough the wholehiflorie hath noted fpecial cir- cumftances which confirme the fame truth. As i. when the time drewe here that he fhould leaue the world,he foretelleth tohis Difciples, char hemull goe to Icrufalem, and fuffer many things,and be crucified and yet hewent; yea whenPeter topke him afide, and entreated him to fa- uou,r himfelfe, hechecked himmore fharpely then we reade that euer he did anyofthe ref.+, Get thee behinds meeSathan :. he would not patiently beare any thing which might worke the leafl vnwillingneffe in him. 2, Whenhe came to Ierufalem, didhe withdrawe himfelfe when he knewe the Lewes fought to apprehend him, as he at fomeother times had done? no verily: but knowing that Satan had put into the heart of Iudas tobe- tray him, beewent to his accuflomed place ofpater, which ludas well knewe, and whether he knewe he would bring his rover, 3. When the cotnpaniecame to apprehend him, although he ter them knewe bycall- mg them all to theground,that he could haue refilled or auoided them, yet he let them rife againe,hc told themhe was the man they fought,and deliuered himf'elfc into their hands; yea more, the text faith ,he went oat to tsetse them, (hewing the troth of that prophets, Pfal. 40. 6. In cite rowle of thebooke it iswritten ofmee, that lamreadie to doe thy will. And as he would not refill in his owns perfon,fowhen Petermade a rafh refillance, and in his refcue fmote offMalcus his eare,Chrifi immediate- ly healed the wound, wifhcdhim to (heath his (word, and asked him , if he thought not that he could commaund a legion ofangels ifhe would: but how then fhould the Scriptures be fulfilled?4.Whenhe was brought before the Iudge,,hedenied no part ofthat truth, which heknewe they would wrel.+ againfl him; (hewing in all his anfwers a prefenc mind and courage with all meekeneffe in fuffcring horrible contumelies, without perturbation or confufion, vttering fuch holy fpeaches as became the :not+ innocent lambe of God:as his holy Apoftle noteth, that hewitnef- fed a good confeffpn before Pontiac Pilate. 5. When hee came to the placeofexecution, he needed nohelpe to die,he refuted the ct:Pofvine- gar,
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