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 Unto tARCHIBoALV Duke of 
 *4rg)Ie, Marquefsof/£/Vtfm> and 
 Lome, Earl of Camfhel and Coul, 
 Vifcount ofLocbowzni GleneilM 
 Lord lnverary, Mull, Morvein&t 
 ^ahd Time, Heritable Juftice-Ge- 
 neral of the Shire of oArgyk, Ipf 9 
 and others, and Her Majefty's 
 great Mafter-houfhold of the King, 
 dom of Scotland, &c. 
 
 May it pleafe your Grace, 
 j^LL that truly believe the Exigence of* 
 Deity i and the Immortality tfthe Soul 4 
 and a future Judgment, fhould make RsU 
 gion their weightieft Concern, and Work 
 grcaseft ^omm^ while they live here beh 
 A a 
 
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The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 V For Holinefs is the Way to Happinefs : And 
 without Holinefs, no M»* fh a 11 fee the 
 Lord, Heb, 12. 1 4. The unhotyjhall not fee 
 God in Mercy *, but on the ctntrar, if they 
 die without Repentance in that Eftate, they 
 fhall be punijhfd with everlafting Deftru- 
 dion, from the prefence of the Lord, 
 arid the Glory of his Power: Therefore 
 it concerns us all to be truly Pious, Holy and 
 Religious ; not only in our external Profeffi- 
 cn before Men, but in our Hearts and Jeer et 
 Retirements before God ; the Lord hath laid 
 down many Means and Helfs, to excite and 
 prompt us to this ftricl and Heart holinefs, 
 as his Word, Promifes, Threatnings, 
 Mercies, Judgments, Examples, Sacra- 
 ments, Checks of Confcience, Motions 
 of his Spirit, C? c. and among the reft of the 
 Helps and Means, he left us an account of 
 the Sufferings and Death 0/holy Jefus, on 
 Serif ture Record, as one of the fitteft fub- 
 jeEls ^/Meditation,/;* which,as in a Glafs^ 
 we might fee the Evil and Danger of Sin, 
 the infinite Juftice of God, the loft State we 
 were in by Nature, tillChrift refcued us, the 
 Love of God to our loft Souls ', that fo we 
 
 xtnlght kngvp Jove, fear, obey and confide in our 
 W£avi*nr 9 'that gave himfelf a Ranfomfor our 
 
The Epiftlc Dedicatory. 
 
 SinS) and imploy our outmost Care and Di^ 
 ligencejo faVi, tbofe Souls, which are bought 
 at fuch a dear Rate and Valuers the Deathy 
 Blood^and Soul-Sufferings of the Son of God. 
 
 The following Tractate ( though infinitely 
 fiiort of its defign and Subje& ) may be ufe~ 
 ful to fuch as intend to meditate on ChriJPs 
 * Death and Suffer ingsjiot only before a Com • 
 munion, but alfo at other Occajions. It has 
 found Juch Acceptance with the Church of 
 Chrift, that it has been often printed 
 within the fe few Tears bygone, both at E- 
 dinburgh, Giafgow, and Belfaft in Ire- 
 land. 
 
 As the former Editions came to the 
 View of the Worlds under your Grace's Pa~ 
 tronage, I have pre fumed once more to pre*. ■ 
 fix your Name to this Edition alfo, in Te- 
 ftimony of the Senfe I have of the many and 
 nndeferved Favours you have been fie a fed , 
 to confer on me, not doubting, but you will 
 once more per ufe and ponder the fame. And 
 indeed it is reafonable, you Jhould dwell in 
 your Thoughts on the Sufferings of holy ^ 
 Jefus, who died to faveyour immortal Soul^ i 
 and for whofe Caufe and Inter eft your Noble 
 Father and Grandfather laid down their 
 Lives. A 3 A$* 
 
:3Xnz E£i#le Dedicatory. 
 
 As theJLord has refloredyou to the ancient Inbe- 
 tltance of yout gr&p and nobis Progenitors, and raif- 
 tdyour family in'your Perfon, and advanced you to 
 Honour and Dignity, above your Anceftors, and en- 
 iowe^you v>itk great Prudence ,Conduh, Knowledge 
 and natural Abilities \ and as he has put Power in 
 four Hands, to do God and bis Church Service ; fo he 
 expels, and your Wclvoijbers hope, you will accor- 
 dingly endeavour to make fuitable Returns to the 
 mo(l High, in promov'tpg his Glory, and the Good of 
 bis Church, as you-r noble Forefathers have done be- 
 fore you, . 
 
 Time is Jhort and uncertain', long-lafling, and ne- 
 ver- ending Eternity is approaching : It is IVifdom 
 to improve Time,in doing God all tbe'Service roe can 
 in promoting our own Salvation, and the Welfare of 
 bU Church ; for we will think all we can do^oo little 
 in a dying Hour-, And if God put Opportunities in our 
 Hands, and we negletl to improve them, fad will 
 our Challenge be, when our Soul is taking Wing to 
 leave the Body. 
 
 That God may blefsyour Grace in Soul, Body and 
 Off'fpwgi with length of Days and Health of Bod), 
 with Continuance and Jncreafe of outward Vrofperity, 
 and the [avirig Influences of the Holy Spirit, it the 
 tonfiant Prayer of, 
 
 May it pleafc your Grace, 
 
 Kilmichael of Your Grace's moft obliged 
 
 Giafrk in Argyle- moft dutiful Servant 
 
 JJiire, and fincere Welwifher 
 
 in Chrift Jefus. 
 
 DANIEL CAMTBZL. 
 
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 To my own Flock^ and T*0ti(h- 
 oners of the Tari/bes of Kilmicfv 
 ael of Glafrie, Killinurie and 
 Lochge^n -- 
 
 Dearly Beloved, 
 
 MY con font Prayer to God is, tliat the Lord 
 would pour out his Spirit on you, that ye 
 might know Chrift, and him crucified, in a -faying- 
 Manner. You kaow that thefe feven or eight years 
 bygone r the Tendency of moft of my Sermons, 
 ( fince I was fettled among you ) was to this Pqr- 
 pofe, even to make you know Chrift, what he'Is 
 in himfelf, and what he is to you, and how much 
 yo-uftandinneedofhim ; and to this End I preach- 
 ed to you on the Incarnation of Chrift, his rwofold 
 Nature, ot God and Man ; and his threefold Of- 
 fice, of Prophet, Prieft and King: Asalfo, of the 
 Neceflity of the fa ving Knowledge of Chrift, and 
 of our Mifery by Nature without Chrift; and of 
 the happy State ofthofethat are interefted in 
 Chrift; and how to attain to a faving Intcreftia 
 
 him: -And I Lectured on the Gofpeis according 
 
 to Matthew, Mark and X«^,— to you. And 
 fince nothing holds forth the Evil of Sin, and Love 
 of God, more, than Chrift's Death and Sufferings a 
 A 4 
 
To my Tarljhoners p~ 
 
 I therefore preached for a confiderable Time on 
 the Sufferings, Humiliation and Death of Chrift, 
 before the Adminiftration of the Lord's Supper a- 
 mong you. 
 
 Therefore I thought, (being detained here at E- 
 SLinburgh, about neceifary Affairs, beyond my Ex- 
 pectation) that the beft way I could make up to 
 ■you what Lofs you fuftained bvjjy neceffary Ab- 
 sence, was to revife wjjaJJ^gH^on the Death 
 
 "mmitthe fame 
 iemory, to re- 
 fly on this fubjeft, and 
 bfsm ip^^uT Devotion,when you come 
 
 to theCoT^snTabk, to fhew forth his Death. 
 
 I have not herein this Treatife/ollowed exactly 
 the method which I preached on this Subject, but 
 on weighty Confiderations chofcn to alter the me- 
 thod, refer ving the whole of the Subftance. 
 
 There are feverals ^1 firmly hope) in Glory this 
 Day, who were prefent with you, at hearing thefe 
 Sermons firft preached, and partaking with you 
 of the Lord's Supper, who are now taftingofthe 
 fruit of theVjne in their Father sKinidem.Y ou know 
 not how foun von may follow them ; therefore I 
 exhort you in the Bowels of Jefus Chrift,waikas 
 thofe that are ; nCovenantwithGod,ftudy to know a 
 crucified Saviour, read thefe Sacramental Meditate 
 #/jjfrequentlv,efpecially,whenyou come to a Com- 
 munion -,medita re on what our Lord fuffered. apply 
 his fufreringsbv Faithjbut above all,ftrive to' have 
 fecret Communion with God ; and let your walk 
 and talk before Men favour of the Grace of God. 
 You have been four or five times, within thefe 
 
 five 
 
To my Tarijhoners. 
 
 *Ve Years bygone, at the Lord's Table, I hope, 1^ 
 may fay> you had Days of the Ssn of Man among 
 ycm,and that fome of you were brought into tb?Ban- 
 queting-houfe^ and that Ch rift's Banner over you was 
 Lave, That the King brought you into his Cham- 
 bers, and that ye>ur Souls were in fomemeafurefa- 
 tisfied with the Fatnefs of God's Houfe. The Lord 
 forbid you (hould abufe fuch Gofpel privileges. 
 
 I take the Lord to \^to^s. if any of you all, e- 
 lpecially,if any fuch as ]H ■fcl^^ord'satafele, 
 live in Unclear.nefs, WhoreT^rnVAdulteryJBpf^ 
 OpprefTion, Drunkennefs, Sabbath breaaipor ne- 
 glecl of Prayer in fecret, or in your Families ; or 
 if you live in Ignorance, or Neglect oi reading the 
 Word of God) (fo many of you as can read) or if 
 y©u live in the practice of any known allowed Sin y 
 or in the Neglect of any known Duty, after being 
 fo frequent at the Lord's Table, and renewing Co- 
 venant with God fo often, that your Blood (hall 
 be required at your own Hand in'the Day of Judg- 
 ment, becaufe 1 have frequently, conform to the 
 fmall Talent given me of God, warned you (in my 
 Lectures, Sermons., CatechizingsandVifitarion of 
 your Families, and at Communion-times efpeclal 
 ly;ofthe Hazard of Backilidir.g, and of the Evil 
 otSir, efpecially, of livingin known Sin; butabove 
 all, becaufe in your Family-vlfitations, and before. 
 I gave you Tokens to communicate, I took an ex- 
 prefs promife of you to worfhip God in fecret, to 
 pray in your Families, to read the Word (fo many 
 as can readj and to renounce the Devil, World* 
 and Fie fh, and to walkfuitable to your Baptifmal 
 Covenant^ in the Strength of the Lord, fhunuing 
 all known Sin, and endeavouring to perform all 
 fcnownDuty. Therefore, ifafterailthefeEngage- 
 
 A 5 
 
To my Tarijhoners. 
 
 ments^ you go on in Sin, your §i-ns will be againft 
 Light, and Prom ifes, and Refolutions, and Vows, 
 and Oaths, and confequently your Judgment will 
 he the heavier. But 1 hope better things of you (my 
 Beloved) and things thai attend Salvation, tho* 
 v>e thiufpeak : For indeed I bear you Teftimony 
 that the Generality of you has advanced confide- 
 rably inKnowledge,and(I hope ) in a fuitable pra- 
 £Hce, fince your firft comiijg to the Lord's Table 
 -'Shaifce Lord mavifflHK) his Spirit, his Word 
 and Sacraments iifpHTOaiuong you, for your E- 
 ternai^fckation, is, and Hull be the conftant 
 Prayer of, 
 
 • Dearly Beloved, 
 
 Your Servant in the Gofpel, 
 ofjefusChrift, 
 
 <&*ANIEL C*AMT f BEL. 
 
 lUii 
 
 THE 
 
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THE 
 
 E P I S.T L E 
 
 TO THE 
 
 READER- 
 
 Cbriflian Reader, 
 
 IT is our Duty, to beflitt working cut our Salvati- 
 on with Fear and Trembling, Phil. 2. 12. And 
 to that End, to beflili holing unto Jefiu the Au- 
 thor and Finijher of our Faith, who for the Joy that 
 wx fet before him, endured the Crofs, defpijing tb* 
 Shame, and i$ (now) fit down at the right Hand of 
 the Throne of God, Heb. 12, 2. We ought, with ait 
 Eye of Faith, to look to Jefus contriving our Sal- 
 vation, in the eternal Covenant .of Redemption, 
 with God the Father, before the Foundation of the 
 World was laid, and accomplifhing the fame in 
 his myfterious Incarnation, in his for rowful Life, 
 and painful and tormenting Death. Andconfe- 
 quentlyy we ought to be much in reading the Hi- 
 nory of his Life and Death, contained in the Gofc 
 pel, particularIy,to confider well what he fuifered 
 for our Sins, to which purpofe the following Trea- 
 tife may ferve you for a help,' till you fall upon a 
 better, A 6 f -'\ . The 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 TheDefign of this Treatife, is, ift. To give 
 the private Chriftians, that have neither Money 
 to buy, nor Leafure to read, nor perhaps Learning 
 to underftand big Volumes, a true fuccintt and 
 methodical Account of what our holy Jefus fuffer- 
 ed for us ; (To which Purpofe, the Stile is plain" 
 and the Method obvious.; 2d. To be a help for 
 private Chriftians, when they come to a Commu- 
 nion, to hold forth Chrift's Death and Sufferings; 
 , to fee the Evil of Sin,which put Chrift to fuch Suf- 
 ferings; and confequently to ftir them up to Re- 
 pentance ; to fee the Love of Chrift that endured 
 fuch Torments for our Redemption, and fo to ex- 
 cite our Love, to fee the Fulnefs of the Ranfom 
 paid for us, in the Death and unfpeakable Suffer- 
 ings of Chrift; and fo to ftrengthen our Faith* 
 thatt we may draw near with a true Heart, in 
 full AfTu ranee of Faith. 
 
 Therefore, before you come to the Lord's Table, 
 jead this fhort Treatife of Chrift's Sufferings the 
 *Week before the Communion, ..that fo you 
 may come to that holy Ordinance with a Heart- 
 .•nielting Frame of Spirit, with forrow for Sin,with 
 Love and Repentance, and may, with an Eye of 
 3Faith, behold the # Wounds, Scourges, Stripes, 
 Bruife?, of a broken, bleeding. fuffering, and dy- 
 ing Jefus, reprefented by the external Elements of 
 Bread and Wine. 
 
 What an abfurd Thing is it to come to the Lord's 
 Table to commemorate his Death and Sufferings, 
 and yet never to read, nor cdnfider, nor meditate 
 on his Sufferings before-hand . This is Ingratitude 
 to Chrift and Injuftice t* our own Souls. Has 
 Chrift fuffered fo muck and will we not be at 
 I^ins to read, and coniider whathe fuffered for us 
 . - --- r - * ~ t "~ efpe- 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 efpecially,when we profefs before God, Angels and"! 
 Men? that we come to his holy Table to commemo- \ 
 rate his Death and Sufferings ? What Injuftice to 
 pair own Souls is ir,to deprive our felves offuchcom- 
 forC and fatisfattion, as might arife from the Conn- 
 deration of the full Ranfom Chrift hath payed for 
 oar Sins? 
 
 It is much to be regreted,that moft of Men come 
 to the Lord's Table for the Fafhion only, without 
 due Preparation or-Examination, without a deep i 
 Confideration of their Sins, the End of their com- 
 ing ; what Engagements they are to lay on 
 themfelves there, and without fo much as once 
 reflecting on what our dear Lord Jefus fuffer- 
 ed for us \ and therefore, they go away from the 
 Table as empty as they came ; yea, they go away 
 with a Curfe inftead of a Blefling. AfTu redly if 
 Men came with a due Senfe of Sin, fincere Inten- 
 tions,with Longings for Chrift, Faith in him.Love 
 to him, to his. holy Table, to renew their Cove- 
 nant with him, and to fhew forth his Death and, 
 Sufferings, with fuitable Frame of Spirit, that 
 then they would be c abundantly fatisfied with the 
 c Fatnefs of God's Houfe, even of his holy Place 
 < and with that Feaft of Fat Things, that Feaft of 
 1 Wine on the Lees, of Fat Things fall of Marrow 
 * and of Wine on the Lees, well refined. 
 
 Cbiiflian Reader i Come to the Lord'sTable as 
 •ft as occalion offers, but come with the Wedding 
 Garment of Knowledge, Faith, L«ve, Repentance, 
 new Obedience, Thankfulnefs and Thirling for 
 Chrift. Read thefe his Sufferings, apply them by 
 Faith;Be thankful to him thatendured the Cr* -is 
 defpifing the Shame. Lovd him that fo dearly lov- 
 ed you» Be grieved for your Sins, which expofed' 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 your Lord to fuch Shame and Sufferings. Be re- 
 fill ved to fuffer Death for him, that fuffe red Co 
 much for you; and then the Lord {hall biers thy 
 Soul at his holy Table. That God may blefs the 
 following Treatife for your Souls Edification, is 
 the Prayer of, 
 
 Thy Servant in Chriir, 
 
 Kilmicbael of Glafrie 
 in Argyll Shire, ' 
 
 Daniel Campb el. 
 
 THE 
 
 L 
 
The CONTENTS 
 
 OF THIS 
 
 B O O K- 
 
 Chap. r. r\ F Ckrifts Sufferings in 
 
 V hWBirthy divided into 
 5 SeSionr. 
 Chap. 2. OfChnfts Sufferings in hit 
 
 Life, divided into 1 1 Sections* 
 Chap, ^OjChriffsSuffering^ lefore his 
 Death jn the Night in which he was 
 hetrajedj divided into 2 3 SeHions. 
 Chap, ^.OfChriffs Sufferings at his 
 T)eatb, particularly } of his Souifuf- 
 ferings^ divided intoc) Sections. 
 Chap. '5.JO/ ChriB^s Sufferings after 
 bi$ c Death) divided imo 4 Sections. 
 Chap. 6. Tragical Inferences from the 
 Sufferings and T)eaih of Chrift, 
 in 1 j SeBions. 
 Chap. 7. Of the End ofChriffs Suffer- 
 ingSj or why he (uffered, and of the 
 Sacramental Prcmife, with jome 
 (radical Inferences from loth. 
 
 TH*V 
 
fhe NAMES of the AUTHORS, 
 Which are Cited in this 
 
 BOOK. 
 
 j f A Quinas Summ. Tbeologix. 
 
 r f\ Au &uftin.Ser.adfratres& tratlat in Joan 
 
 \. -*• -*• Bernard. Serm. de Paf. 
 
 4. Beza in Mat. 
 
 5. Bofq. de Paffione Domini. 
 
 6. Calvin. Inflitutiones. 
 
 7. Chamierus. 
 
 8. Chryfoftom. HomiL in Joan. 
 
 9. Cjrillus. 
 
 10. E. Spanheim. difcour$ fur la croix de no8r* 
 
 Seigneur. 
 
 1 1 . Grotl us de Satisfattione Chrifli. 
 
 12. Herles Contemplation of Cbrift's Paffion-. 
 
 13. Homil. Johan. Carthaginen. 
 
 14. Jacob. deVaknt. 
 
 15. Jofephus Flavius de Antiqui. jfudsic. 
 
 16. Ifaac Ambrofe, looking to Jefus'. 
 
 17. Leigh's Body of Divinity. 
 
 18. Ludovicus de Vita Chrifli. 
 
 19. Mallonius de J-Ugellatione Cbrifti* 
 IO. Miracles of Nature and Art. 
 
 |3i. Parus in Mat. $5 in 1 Corinth. 
 •22. Rivet, de Satis fatlione Chrifli. 
 
 2 3 , Sanford de Defcenfu Chrifli ad Infer n. 
 
 24-'. Smith on the Creed. 
 
 25. -Theophilact in Marc. 
 1 26. Tremellius. 
 
 27. Tullius. Oaf ai Verretn. 
 
 28. Turretinus. 
 
 29. Vincentius Sfrw. de faff. 
 
 I Sacra- 
 
( * ) 
 
 SACR amenta l 
 
 MEDITATIONS 
 
 O N T H E 
 
 Sufferings of Chrift. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 OfChriSPs Sufferings in his "Birth. 
 
 g^TjOve and Gratitude fhould oblige 
 us to ftudy and know, and fre- 
 quently meditate on the Suffer- 
 " ings of onr dear Lord and Savi- 
 our. We fpend much of our 
 Time in ftudying humane Sci- 
 ences, in attaining to'the Rnow- 
 w &< L tranilf orv Objeas, and thinking on the 
 World, and the Concerns of this Life : But alas ! 
 fiowfew make it their Work, to ftudy to know 
 Lbrijt, and h'tm crucified? Such is our bafe Ingra- 
 titude, that tho'tbs Word was made Flefl, lived 
 
2 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 a forrowful Life, and died a fliameful and tor- 
 menting Death, to fave us from Wrath to come ; 
 yet moft of us will not be at Pains to read the 
 Hlftory of ChrifPs Sufferings contained in the 
 Gofpel : Men can, and will read Romances, and 
 Play-Books, that will not be at Pains to read rhe 
 Life and Death of the Holy Jefets \ but fad (hall be 
 the Account of fuch Men in the Day of Judgment. 
 
 Therefore, O my Soul, takeftayed and fixed 
 Looks of what the L<*wb of God, that takes away 
 the Sins of the World, fuifered for the Sons of Men. 
 Read the following Hifrory, and Medications 
 frequently;but more efpecially, when thou mind'ft 
 to approach the Table of the Lord, to renew thy- 
 Baptifmal-Vow, and to hold forth the Lords 
 Death till he come; then read and- meditate on 
 what Chrift fuifered for his Eleft ones, that when 
 you fee brokers Breads reprefenting Chrift his 
 Body broken for you ; and Wine, reprefenting his 
 Blood that was Jhed for you •, thou mayeft have 
 lively Impreifions on thy Heart, ot the Death 
 and Paflion of Chrift, which you are tolhew 
 forth, a nd commemorate at his holv Table. 
 
 Indeed the Sufferings of Chrift are greater in 
 Number, Variety and Degrees, than any Mortal 
 can exprefs or conceive. You muft not therefore 
 imagine, That I intend to give a full and exa£ 
 Account of all that he furrered ; or that Chrift 
 fuifered no more than what is here related ; or 
 that I refolve to writethe whole Hiftorv of his 
 Life ; I confine my felf to his Humiliation and 
 Sufferings only : In Order to which, following 
 Scripture-light, and approved Aathors, and fhun- 
 ning to intrude into Things we have not feen, 
 
 we 
 
Sufferings and Death ofChriB* | 
 
 we (hall confider Chrift's Humiliation and Suffer* 
 pigs, i. In his Birth. 2. In his Life. 3. Imme- 
 diately before his Death. 4. At his Death. $. Af- 
 ter his Death. 6. Draw fome practical Inferences 
 from the whole. 7. We frail confider the End of 
 Chrift's Sufferings, with the Sacramental Pro- 
 mife, both included- in thefe Words, This u my 
 Body which U broken for you ; and draw practical 
 Inferences from both. We ihall begin with his 
 Humiliation, or Sufferings in his Birth. 
 
 I. He was Conceived, This was a great Step of 
 Humiliation fiaXihtAnwnt ofVaj/s ihould be £0ff- 
 eeivedin Time \ that he whom Heaven and Earth 
 cannot con tain, ihould be conceived in the Womb 
 of the Virgin ; the Word was made Vlefh, John 1. 
 14. Great is the Afyftery of Go Hint ft ; God was ma- 
 nifest in the Flejh, 1 Tim. 3. 16. This was a 
 greater Step of Humiliation, than tf Angels were 
 turned to Earth-Worms, or the greateft Monarch* 
 to Toads. There is fome Proportion betwixt An- 
 gels and Worms, both being Creatures but 
 no Proportion betwixt God and Man, the Cre- 
 ator and the Creature, betwixt Finite and Infi- 
 nite. ■! 
 
 II. He was 2tor»,- Here is another Step of 
 Humiliation, he that is without Beginning- of 
 Days, or End of Time, muir be Born^ the An- 
 cient of Dcys m.uft become an Infant «/ 'Sears ; O 
 Myftery of Wonders! The Creator mult be 
 Born of a Creature, and that alfo after the fame 
 Manner that other Infants come into the World, 
 Such as understand how Infants are Born( which 
 is not fit here to defcribe ) may juftly wonder, 
 that the Son of the Eternal ihould ever abafe 
 himfelffb much, as to be Born. III. His 
 
4 Sacramental Meditations On the 
 
 III. His Mother was a poor Woman : As ap- 
 pears, ( i. ) From her Offering, Luke 2. 24. 
 When the Days of her Purification were accom- 
 plifhed, according to the Law of Mofes, the Sa- 
 crifice fhe offered, was a Pair of Turtle Doves, 
 or Two young Pigeons, which was the meaneft 
 Offering, which the Poor ordinarly offered, Lev. 
 12. 8. ( 2. ) She was married to a poor Tradefman, 
 a Carpenter, Mat. 13.55. Isnot this the Carpenter's 
 Son ? Is not bis Mother called Mary ? Had fhe 
 been rich, fhe had gotten a greater Match. ( 3. ) 
 When foe wu at BetRlehem, fb j got no better Lodg- 
 ing than a Stable ; where Oxen and Affes were 
 ftabled, as fome affirm. Had fhe been rich, fhe 
 had gotten a better Lodging. Luke 2. 7, ( 4. ) She 
 had no Servants attending h?r at Bethlehem, as 
 appears, Luke 2. 16. which was an evident Ar- 
 gument of her Poverty. O how humble was 
 Chrift in his Birth ! She was no Emprefs 5 Queen, 
 Dutchefs, or Lady ; no Perfonof great Account, 
 or Riches, or Station; in the World but a poor 
 and mean Virgine that was his Mother. 
 
 VI. He was Born in a mean Place. Luke 2. 1, 
 — 8. He was not Born in the Royal City Jeru- 
 falem, but in a mean Village Bethlehem ; not in 
 a Palace y but in an Hosier's Houfe ; not in a fine 
 drett Room, but in a Stable : No Emprefs or Queen 
 to attend his Birth, but Oxen^nd Affes ; No 
 Beds of Down for his Mother to ly on, but the 
 Straw which Oxen and Affes had trampled under 
 their Feet. 
 
 V. He was laid in a Manger. Luke 2. 7. And 
 Jhe brought forth her Fir ft -born Son> and wrapped 
 him in [waddling Cloatbs, and laid him in a Man- 
 ger. 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. $ 
 
 ger \ Not fo much as a Cradle had his Mother to 
 lay him in, but he muft be laid in a Manger , un- 
 der the Oxen and Afles Heads, amongft the 
 Straw and Chaff: No Silks or fine Linnen to 
 wrap him in, but ( a ) old Rags, Chis Mother was 
 Poor, and had no better ) there was no lighted 
 Lamps or Candles in the Place he was Born in,but 
 Varknefs, even Midnight Darknefs furrounding 
 him ; he was Born in Darknefs, and Died in Dark- 
 nefs, to fave us from eternal and utter Darknefs .• 
 He, that dwells in Light inaccefiible, is Born in 
 Darknefs! He, in whofe Prefence Heaven it felf 
 is not pure enough, is Born in a Stable" ! the 
 Fountain of Riches Born of a poor Woman i He, 
 that Rules the Stars,is laid in a Manger ! He,that 
 fits upon the Throne, and lives for ever and ever, 
 lies in a Stable ! He, in whofe Prefence the Sera- 
 phims cover their Faces with their Wings, is fur- 
 rounded in a Stable with Oxen and AfTes ! 
 
 Behold and admire the wonderful Love of 
 Chrift to our Souls ! God humbled himfelf to be- 
 come Man, that Man might be like God in Holi- 
 nefs and Happinefs, Chrift the Son of God, became 
 ihsSon ofManjhit he might make theSons ofMen 
 become the Sons of God by Adoption, He took not 
 on him the Nature of Angels >> but the Seed of Abra- 
 ham, Heb. 2. 16. The immortal God became a 
 mortal Man, cloathed with all our finlefs Infir- 
 mities: The - infinite Creator became a finite Crea- 
 ture, and all this for our Salvation / that he might 
 
 be 
 
 ( a ) [_ $ \<j-7<tyy&>Q<iiv aislcr 2 Laseru Panmfftv 
 laiiis involvit eum* 
 
6 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 be capable to die and fuffer for us. O then, let 
 us be content to be low in the World ; let us not 
 defpife any of our Brethren for the Meannefs of 
 •their Birth : Chrift was low in his Birth, and I 
 fanftified the Meannefs of our Birth by his own I 
 Birth. Let us come to his holy Table fraughted 
 with Love and Humility (as oft as Occafion offers) 1 
 laying Chrift in our Hearts by Love, who was 
 once laid in a Manger for our Sins. What will 
 it avail us, that Chrift was conceived and Born 
 of the Virgin ? unlefs be be conceived and form- 
 ed in our Hearts, by the Spirit of God. Lord, 
 let Chrift be formed in my Soul, before I come 
 to the holy Table, that as my Hand receives 
 Bread and Wine, my Faith may receive Chrift. 
 ThatBread of God which cometh down fromHeaven, 
 andgiveth Life to the World, John 6. 33. 
 
 Of CbrilPs Sufferings in his Life. 
 
 £*Hrift was not only Born in a low Condition, but 
 ^ alfo in all his Life, hi was a Man of Sorrows, 
 and acquainted with Grief \ Ifa: 53. 2, as appears 
 from thefe following Confiderations.^ 
 
 I. He was made under the Law, Gal, 4. 4.- 
 But when the fulnefs of Time was come, God fent 
 forth bis Son, made ef a Woman, made under the 
 Law* Here is a great Step of Humiliation, the 
 great Legillator was obliged to obferve the Law. 
 
 He 
 
Suffering and Death ofCbrifl, 7 
 
 He that was above the Law, was made under the 
 Law, both Ceremonial, Judicial and Moral ; to 
 all which he gave perfect, perfonal and conftant 
 Obedience, all the Days of his Life. As to the 
 Ceremonial Law, he was circumcifed when he 
 was eight Days Old, Luke 2. 21. He kept the 
 paffover. ■■ As to the Judicial Law* he paid 
 
 Tribute. — — As to the Moral Law, his fre- 
 quent Prayers, Preachings, Works of Charity, 
 his conftant going about doing good, — are 
 Teftimonies of his conftant Obedience thereto. 
 
 Man did violate and break the Law, eyen the 
 whole Law of God, in Thought, Word and Deed, 
 and therefore Chrift our Saviour was obliged to 
 perform the whole Law ; yea, he could not be a 
 Saviour to us, if he had failed in Obedience to 
 any Point of the Law : For fuch an high Priefl 
 became us, who is holy, harmlefs, undefiled, fepa* 
 rate from Sinners, Heb. 7. 26. Was not this 
 
 a great Step of Humility, for the Son of God to 
 live Thirty Three Years and an Half in this 
 World, made under the law ? Hence learn, 
 
 1. If Gh rift was made under the Law, we mufl 
 not think to Jive above the Law, but be obedient 
 thereto, as far as we can ; and wherein we fail 
 to beg Pardon for Ch rift's Sake. Was the Son of 
 God obedient to the Law, and will any of the 
 Sons of Men prefume to live without a Law, fol- 
 lowing their own finful Inclinations, and carnal 
 Affections for a Law ? Alas J how many walk con* 
 trary to God's Law, openly and avowedly ? 
 
 2. Chrift hath fulfilled the Law for us, tho' we 
 are not able of our felves to give perfect, perfon- 
 al and conftant Obedience to the Lawjyet Chrift 
 
 hath 
 
8 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 hath given Obedience to the Law, after the 
 ftri&eft Tenor of the Covenant of Works ; and 
 what he hath done for us, if we have Faith, will 
 be imputed to us as if we had done it our felves. 
 Let not then former Sins ( if we be Penitent ) dif- 
 cou rage us from the-Lord's Table. Chrift hath 
 fulfilled the Law for us, and will impute his a&- 
 ive and paflive Obedience unto us, and free us 
 from the Curie and Condemnation of the Law. 
 
 II. He was tempted of the Devil Forty Days in 
 the Wildemefs, Mat. 4. Luke 4. He, who knew 
 no Sin, nor was Guile found ever in his Mouth, 
 was tempted to the vileft of Sins ; to Diftruft and 
 Tempting of God's Providence, and Idolatry. 
 He before whom Seraphims and Cherubims wont 
 to appear with covered Faces, was Tempted of the 
 Devil with open Face : He, that provides the 
 great Farriily of Heaven, and Earth, and Sea, is 
 tempted to diftruft Providence, by commanding 
 Stones to be made Bread : He, who rules all by 
 his Providence, is temptfcd to tempt Providence^ 
 in throwing himfelf down from the Pinacle of the 
 Temple ; He, to whom all Angels and Men muft 
 pay their Homage, before whom all Knees muft 
 bow, and Tongues confefs, is tempted to fall 
 down before the Devil that old Serpent, and red 
 Dragon, to worfhiphim. Doubtlcfs, tho'ti/:fe 
 were the main Temptations with which Chiifc 
 was affauited, yet the Devil propofed many more 
 Temptations, which are not recorded; for he 
 tempted Chrift forty Days in the Wildernefs ; 
 yea, he tempted him to Unbelief, to call in Que- 
 ftion, if he was the Son of God; Jftbou be the Son 
 of God ■■■ ■ ? No Wonder he tempt a poor Be- 
 liever 
 
Sufferings and Pcafh tf Cbrsfi* 4 
 
 liever to doubtof his Intereft in God, When he 
 tempted the Son of God to Unbelief. So tha^ 
 TIeb.4. i$. He was tempted in all Points like as 
 ware, yet without Sin, fo that fa him felf having 
 fuffered being tempted, be is able iojucccur them 
 that are tempted, Heb, 2. 18. 
 
 Behold how Chrift was tempted in the Wit- 
 •dernefs, not for a Day or Two, butforSixWeekx, 
 where he had no Houfe to lodge in, no Meat to 
 fa tisfie his Hunger, no Company but wild Beafts 
 and Devils to convene with ; and fee how he o- 
 vercomes all the Devil's Temptations by the 
 Word of God. 
 
 Thus Chrift was tempted, that he might fym- 
 pathize with us, when we are tempted \ he over- 
 came all the Devil's Temptations by the Word of 
 God, to caft a Copy to us, t© make Ufe of the- 
 Stvordcfthe Spirit, which is the Word of God, ta 
 refift Satan's fiery Darts ; to learn us, when 
 tempted, to look up with an Eye of Faith to him, 
 for Grace to overcome the Temptation, as the 
 Jfraelites looked up to the brazen Serpent, Ncnu 
 a i. q. to heal diem when ffaing with fiery Serpents. 
 if the Son of God was thus tempted, we muft not 
 expe&to efcape Temptations, Think it not 
 ftrange when you meet with Temptations; the 
 Son of God was tempted, and muft you be free ? 
 Be not difcouraged, O Believer, from coming 
 to the Lord's Table, tho* thou be tempted to 
 Atheifm, Idolatry, Unbelief— —£> was Chrift 
 tempted. If thou tefift them, <*od will not. 
 charge them-on thee. Temptations to thevilefr 
 Sins are confiftent with the greateft Meafures of 
 Grace, as here we fee in Chrift's Example. 
 
 B Sa 
 
3 © Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Sure this was a great Step of Chrift's Humil** 
 ation and Suffering, that God mould be tempted 
 by the Devil ; infinite Holinefs tempted to Sin, 
 the vileftofSins, tempted fo long, tempted to fo 
 many Sins. We rnuft not imagine, that Chrift 
 was no more in his Lifetime tempted, fave thefe 
 Forty Days in the Wildernefs ; for Luke tells us, 
 Luke 4 13 That when the Devil had ended all the 
 Temptation , he departed from him for a Seafon 
 only. No doubt but he was frequently tempted 
 in the whole Courfeofhis Life, Heb, 4. 15. Heb, 
 2. 18. arid fo rauft we expect to meet with Temp- 
 tations all our Life-long, till we arrive at the 
 heavenly Sion> the City of our Solemnities, 
 
 III. He was perfecuted by wicked Men Mat, 2 
 No fooner was the Prince of Life born, but Herod^ 
 by crafty Projects, feeks privately to put him to 
 Death-, askingdiligently of the Wife Men, where 
 Chrift was born? defiring them to find Chrift out, 
 -pretepding outwardly to come and worfhip him, 
 bur 'trading inwardly to comj and kill him: And 
 crafty Projects in private could not effectu- 
 ate his De(ign,his Malice and Rage breaks out o- 
 peniy,fo that he flew all the Babes of twoYears old 
 and underpin that Corner where Chrift was born, 
 having iirft killed theSanhedrin (Parem) the better 
 to fetae himfelf in the Throne-, yea, fo ftritt wa s I 
 Lis Command for killing the young Babes, think- 
 ing to kill Chrift among them, rhathis own Son 
 was killed among the reft. The Scribes, Pharifees,| 
 
 and Chief Priefts and Herodians from once he 
 
 entredhispublick Miniftry, ftill perfecuted Chrift 
 with Tongue and Hand, feekin.g to murder his 
 Name and Perfonj fkft privately, and when that 
 
 woul« 
 
,. 
 Sufferings and Death 6f Ckritl. . 1 1 
 
 would not fervc, publickly and avowedly, threat- 
 niog to excommunicate all that acknowledged , 
 Chrift to be the Mejftab, until at length they im- 
 brued their Hands in his Blood.. 
 
 Confider, O Believer, how that Chrift was 
 perfecuted as foon as born ; how he was forced to 
 flee into Egypt, for Prefervation of his Life ; how- 
 he was perfecuted to the Death, from the Cradle 
 to the Grave, fyr Tongues and Hands, in private 
 and pubiick, by high and low. We deferved te be 
 perfecuted eternally by the Wrath and Vengeance j 
 of God due to us for Sin; and therefore Ch rift was I 
 perfecuted by Men and Devils,to fare us from that 
 eternal Wrath. The Creator is perfecuted by the 
 Creature, the Lord of Life is perfecuted by earth- 
 ly Worms. Let us then cheerfully fuffer all man- 
 ner of Perfecution for him who fuffered fo much 
 Perfecution for us, if ever in Providence we be 
 called thereto „ Marvel not if ye meet with Per- v 
 fecutions in the World, if the Wicked revile you, 
 banifh you, imprifonyou, forfeit ycu, fcourgeand 
 liang you for the fake of Chrift ; he fuffered much 
 more for thy fake; and the Servant is nut above his 
 Mafler^ Come then Believer to the Lord's Table 
 cheerfully to commemorate his Death and Suffer- 
 ings, that thus was perfecuted for thy Sake. Tho* tha 
 World mock and revile, perfecute and fine thee 
 for fo doing, yet undervalue their Reproaches and 
 Perfecution, and come frequently to commemo- 
 rate Chrifts Sufferings in the holy Eucharift. 
 
 IV- He gained his Bread with the Sweat of hij 
 Face: Till he was thirty Years of Age, he wrought 
 at the Carpenter trade with Jofepb hisfuppofei 
 Father; (Mat. 13. 5$. Is not this the Carte, iter's 
 
o 
 
 12 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Son ? Is not his Mother called Mary ? Marl. 6. 3 
 His Enemies upbraid Chrift, faying, Is not this the 
 Carpenter ?) And then be entred on his publick 
 Miniftry, in which he continued three Years and 
 an half. * 
 
 This was a part of the Curfe inflated on Adam 
 and his Pofterity, for eating the forbidden Pruit ; 
 hi the Sweat of thi Face {/halt tho& eat bread, till thou 
 return to the 4Ground y Gen* 3. -19. which.Chrift 
 (with all the reft of the Curfe* due to us for Sin ) 
 did endure. Man finned in eating of a Tree\ 
 Chrift muft not only die on a Tree,' but alfb work 
 at Timber andTrees, from his Infancy till .Thirty 
 Years of Age: See here -the Analogy betwixt 
 Ad*m\ Sin, and Gh rift's Sufferings. Thus he, 
 rohofe is the Earth Pfal, 54* 1 and its Fulnefs, v>hofe 
 are the Cattle, Pfal. 50. 10. tn'a thoufand Hills, to 
 whom the FokIs of the Mountains^ and the wild 
 Beafis of the Field belong, who opens his Hand libe- 
 rally, andfatisfies the JDefxre^o] all Jiving Pfal. 145. 
 16. muft live like a poor Mechanic^ to gain his 
 Bread with the Sweat of his Brow 5 and all this to 
 fave our Souls-! Hence tear*, 
 
 1. We muft not he idle'. God would no't have, 
 the firft Adam idle in the State of Innocency, 
 n«r the fecond Adam to be idle in the Days of his 
 Flefh; the Sun, Moon, Stars, Spheres, Sea # and 
 Elements are in perpetual Motion, Angels are 
 Jtill bufie; yea the Devil never ceafeJ^to -tempt 
 *oin? about like & roaring Lion^ 1 Pet. 5.8. and 
 GocTworks continually, and (hall we then be idle; 
 and the whole Creation bufie ? God forbid : W< 
 oueht ftill to be bufie in promoting either th 
 Gwdof Seul ot Body, the publick, or our ow 
 
 priya 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift, 13 
 
 private Good- What Ihall then become of many 
 idle Sparks, and Ladies of our Times, that pafs 
 their whole Time in Paftimesand Recreations ? 
 
 2. We met/} not think Shame of en honeft Imploy- 
 tmnt\ Chrift was a Carpenter. We firould think 
 Shame of nothing but Sin, Parents fhould tie their 
 Children to an honeft Trade a and not fufferthem 
 to be idle. 
 
 If Chrift was fo bufie gainurg his dally Bread y 
 G Believer, be thou more bufie in -gaining the 
 Bread of Life, and preparing thy felf to come to 
 the Lords Supper, to feed upon that Feaft of 
 fat Things full of Marrow, 
 
 V. He Jived in Poverty : 2*Cor. 8^9. For 'ye know 
 fths Grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that tho* Ik w& 
 rich~yetfor our Sakes be becainepoorjbatye through 
 his Poverty might be rich. Chrift was not only 
 born of a poor Woman, but led a poor Trade of 
 Life^and was loaded with Poverty from his Cradle' 
 to his Grave. W hen Tribu te is demanded of him, 
 he had not fo much as a Stater or Half-crown of 
 Money of his own, but lnuftfend Peter ( Mat. 17. 
 27. ) to borrow fo much from a Fi(h of the Sea. 
 *> And albeit the Foxes have Holes , and the Fowls of 
 Heaven bait Nefls> the Son of Man had not a 
 Houfe wherein to lay his Head, ( Mat. 8. 2CvJ He 
 had ho Rents nor Revenues, but lived till Thirty 
 Years of Age on the Sweat of his Face, and there- 
 after, when he entred the Miniftry on the Bounty 
 and Kindncfs of others. When he was to ride to 
 Jcrufalent \ he had not Q> much as a Beaitofhis 
 own, but muft borrow an Afs'sColt ; and when 
 he had gotten the Colt, he had not a Saddle cr 
 Buddie/)! Stirrups, but borrows fome Cloche 
 
14 Sacramental MedttatUns On the 
 
 effome of his Followers on which he fat inftead 
 ©fa Saddle ; he had no Houfe of his own to Jhein $ 
 or fo much as a Grave of his own to ly in ; but was 
 born in another Man's Stable, lived in other Mens 
 HcuTc*%- and was buried in another Man's Grave. 
 Thus, he that thought it no Robbery to be equal, 
 pjitb the Father Phil. 2. 6, 7. takes on him the 
 Form of a Servant ; yea, of a very poor Servant: He 
 who poffeft all Things, and is the unexhauftible 
 Fountain of Riches, became poor> that he might 
 inrich us, 2. Cor. 8. 9. be divefls himfelf ( for a 
 Time ) of bis Roles ofChry^ and clothes himfelf, 
 with the Rags of our Mcrtality and Poverty, that 
 he might diveit us of the Rags of our Corruption 
 and Sin, and clothe us with the Rpbes of Immorta- 
 lity \ and his own untainted Rigbteoujhe/s, 
 
 Grudge not, O Believer,- tho' thou be poor, fo 
 was Chrift: Outward Poverty and inward 
 Grace arc very confiftent^ Lazarus was poor, 
 and yet is to Day in Glory ; Divt* was rich, and 
 is to Day in Hell ; Be content to fufFer Poverty 
 for Chrift's Sake, who was made fo poor for our 
 Sakes. O that thou would come with fpiritual 
 Poverty to the Table of the Lord, then would he 
 enrich you with fpiritual Graces and Comforts 
 .For, Luke 1. 53. He bath filled the hungry with good 
 "Xb'uigS) and the rich be bath fent empty array. 
 
 VI. His Life was full of Sorrows. Chrift was not 
 only a forrowful Man, but a Man of Sorrows and 
 acquainted with Grief, Ifa. 55.3. that is, a Man 
 made up of Sorrows, and habituated to Grief. 
 No fooner was he born, but he entred to tafte of 
 the Sorrows of this Life, being circumcifed the 
 eighth Day, and perfecuted by He r od. We read 
 
 feveral 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrifl. H 
 
 veral Times of his Weeping, but never of his 
 S «?. He endured the Reproaches of Men, 
 »e Temptations of the Devil, Poverty, and Con- 
 Liftion of Sinners, with the Wrath of God the 
 other ; vea, he was made acurfeforus, Gal. 3, 
 {in dying he painful, ibamefu!, and reproach- 
 I Death of the Crofs ;'and had an exacT Feeling 
 f theft Evils which could not but. make his Life- 
 £ of Sorrow. And that which did moft : of all" 
 Se his Sorrow, was the Forefight he Wo 
 hat fadand doleful Nightof hisPamon . IK tow, 
 aw that he v,as to tread in the Wine-ptefs ofh,s Fa- 
 ll^malh, a»J»o»e of the People to be W tbb.m t 
 '6 6*% And, O.' with what Sorrow, and A- 
 MKmen of Spirit did the Forethoughts of this 
 ™our of Darknefs fill his Soul! which made 
 hTm confefs, My Souln exceeding forro^l even un. 
 to Death, Mat. 76. 38, , 
 
 Thus he that is the Source and Foundation of 
 Serenity, Felicity, eternahand unmixed Joys and 
 Confolations, was made a Man of Sorrows for our 
 Sins, to the End that we who deferved to fcnom 
 eternally in everlafting Flames, might joy and «- 
 ioice for ever in endlefs Glory. . 
 
 ; Think not then, O Believer,, that your Life 
 muft betull of Joys and Confolations, fince Chrift s 
 Life was full of Sorrows: Expect to meet with thy 
 own Share of Sorrows in this Life, and learr to 
 take them in good Part, fo"T in c S Chri ^™; 
 pie, who fufFered fo much Sorrow for your 
 
 VH. He fuffered innumerable Reproaches. Ifa. ■;?• 
 3. He v,as JefpifedandrejeBedofMeH, « Our Savi- 
 our had all Manner of Difgracescaft upon him, 
 B4 •P t 
 
 A 
 
jt4 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 t not by mean, bafe, beggarly, anddefpifcd Com- 
 c panions; but by the Scribes, Pharifees, Elders* 
 t high Priefts, and Rulers of the City, Men of 
 « moft. Fame and Reputation, not for Command 
 c and Wealth only, but alfo for Learning and 
 c Piety. Thefe di&feekto difcredit him, out of 
 g their repining Envy : Thefe vilified his Perform 
 depraved his beft Aclions, and did caft the worft 
 c Imputation they could upon him : They vilified 
 s our Saviour's Perfon, by the Bafenefs of his Pa- 
 t rents, his Kindred, and Profefliion, Is not this Jo- 
 € feph'j Son ? Is not Mary bis Mother y and bis Bre- 
 f tbren James and Jofes, Simeon and Jude ? Is not 
 t tbis tbe Carpenter f They gave it forth that he was 
 g a Drunkard, a Glutton, a Rioter, a Compani- 
 t on with the bafeft Fellows, even Publicans and 
 f Sinners. They depraved, 
 
 * His Vollrine as Heretical, crofling Mofes his 
 « Law, and treasonable^ that he forbade to pay 
 \ tribute to Cafar. 
 
 *■ His Miracles.zs Magical, They reported that 
 « he did all thofe Miraclei for which the People ho- 
 •nouredhim, not by the Power and Finger of 
 ' God, but by the black Art or helliih Conjurati- 
 
 • on, even by the Aid and Working of Beelzebub 
 
 • the Chief of Devils. They faid, That he was a 
 J wicked and profane Fellow, a Man that did not 
 , regard the Sabbath of the Lord. They were bold 
 » to lay to his Charge that horrible and facrilegi- 
 
 • ous Crime of Blafphemy, faying, Why doth this 
 Man blaffbeme ? And for tby Blajpbemy voefeek to 
 
 *Sttnc tbee. Lo / to be traduced of Men famous 
 « for Knowledge and Religion, and for Honour 
 
 • and Wealth, as a B©.Qa-c9OT£anion, as a Wine- 
 
 Bibber 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrlfl. 1 7 
 
 * Bibber, a Fellow for Harlots, a profane Pollu - 
 c ter of the Sabbath, an horrible Blafphemer of 
 I God; this was (a Part of ) the bitter Cup 
 ^ which our Lord Jefus was fain to drink ; could 
 c he fuffer greater Ignominy, ancimore intolerable 
 
 * Reproach K Nay, at one Time they were fo au- 
 
 « dacious, as to tcllhim to his Face, Thou art mad, 
 « and baft a DeviU [Leigh's Body of ' Vivi/jfyM 
 
 Thus he whom Angels honoured, Men difhon-^ 
 oured; whom Heaven adores* Earth reviles; 
 whom the Hoft of Heaven proclaims Rev. 41 1 12 
 worthy to receive PoTotr-, and Riches, end: W/jdom, 
 and.Stfenifb, and Honour , and Glory, and Bleffwg, 
 is made, Pfal. 22. ,6- a Reproach 0} Men, a»dde~ 
 fpifed of the People', andatt this, to faveour Souls : 
 To deliver us from eternal Ignominy, Shame, 
 and Reproach. 
 
 Ifwe.be the Difciples of Jefus, we muft notex- 
 pe£t an Exemption from Reproaches. The DO"' 
 ciple is not above his Matter. O ! how patiently 
 fhould we fuffer Reproaches for him, that fuffered 
 ib greatand various Reproaches for us! both in 
 his Pedegreea. Employment, Doclrinr r Miracles, 
 and Name ; being caileda Glutton,Wine Bibber 
 Drunkard, a Friend or Companion of Publicans' 
 and Sinners, a Sabbath- breaker, a Blafphemer, a 
 Mad-man, a Samaritan, one that had a Devil or 
 Familiar Spirit. The Son of God did notefcape 
 the Tongues of wicked Men, and how (hall we 
 think to efcape them ? Let us endeavour to have 
 a Confcience void of Offence before God and Man, 
 and then let Devils and Men reproach and acatfc 
 w> Chrift wili juftifie and exwfi m . 
 
 *« yini 
 
j 8 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 VIU.He fuffered Hunger, Mat. 4. 2.HewMaf* 
 terwards an hundred. He that feeds and provides 
 for the Fowls of the Air, that neither Tow nor ga- 
 ther into Store-houfes, andFifliesof the Sea, and 
 BeaftsoftheForreft, and the Sons of Men, was 
 frequently hungry himfelf while in this World. 
 Man with his inordinate Appetite did eat the 
 forbidden Fruit : And therefore, the Son of God 
 had frequently an Appetite without Food, to fa- 
 tisfie the fame. 
 
 Behold, the Love of Ch rift to our Souls: He 
 
 that feeds all the World fuffered Hunger for our 
 
 Sakes, that he might fill and fatisfie our Souls e- 
 
 , ternally, and bring us to that Place and State 
 
 < where vtefhaU hunger no more^ nor thirfl any more, 
 
 I Rev. 7. 16. where vtejhall have Liberty to eat of the 
 
 Tree of Life that, is in the midfl of the Paradife of 
 
 our God, Rev. 2. 7. O that our Soul did hunger 
 
 after Chrift, who fuffered fo much Hunger for us.' 
 
 then might we expeft to be fatisfied toith the Fat- 
 
 nefs of hi* Houfe, even of his holy Place, when we 
 
 come to his holy Table. 
 
 IX. He fuffered Thirfl, John 4. 7. Jefm faith un- 
 to her % Give me to drink, John 19. 9. After this jte- 
 fm faith, ■ ■ / thirfl, He voho is a Fountain 
 Zech. 13. 1. opened to wafh, and fa tisfie the fpiri- 
 tual Thirft of other Mens Souls, was tryfted fre- 
 quently himfelf with bodily Thirft. He who in- 
 vites, John 7. 27. all that are athirfl to come to him- 
 felfand drink, is fain to feek a Cup of cold Water 
 himfelf. Man's Soul thirfted for Things unlawful 5 
 and therefore Chrift muft thif ft for Thing* lawful 
 and needful, and yet want them ; he who, Song 5. 
 j.fcjSj l^x% &"*** » ***** F* ****** *k undant ~ 
 
Suffer mgs and Death of Chrift. 1$ 
 
 ly, Beloved, is refufed a Drink of Water himfelfl 
 John 4. 9. 19. 29. and yet is proffered Gall and \ 
 Vinegar, and forced to drink the Cup of the red 
 Wine of full Mixture of the Wrath and Indignati- 
 on of the moft High, due to us for Sin. The.. 
 Cup and bitter Potion we fhould drink, Chriftj 
 ■was made to drink the fame; andtheCuphe ~ 
 in need of, is frequently denied him. 
 Lord Jefus fuffered Thirft, that he 
 to drink of the Water of Life freely, 
 
 O how temperate ought we to be in our Meat 
 and Drink / Chrift fuffered Hunger and Thirft 
 for want of Meat and Drink. Should we then a- 
 bufe Meat and Drink to Gluttony and Drunken- 
 nefs ? How thankful (hould we be to God for our 
 Plenty, confidering,how frequently the Son of God 
 was try/red with tormenting Thirft, and pinching 
 Hunger ! that we (hould enjoy thefe Creature- 
 comforts, which God denied frequently to his own j 
 Son, for our Sins .' How patiently fhould we take 1 
 Hunger and Thirft for Chrift's Sake, who fuffered 
 fo much Hunger and Thirft for our Sake ! Lord 
 grant my Soul may hunger and thirft after Chrift 
 at aH Times, efpecially,when I come to partake of 
 his holy Supper, to drink hti Blood which is drink 
 indeed, and to eat bis Flejb, whicb is Meat indeed^ 
 John 6. 55. that my hungry andthirfty Soul may 
 Feed by Faith on a crucified Jefus. 
 
 X. He endured Wearinefs, John 4. 6*. Jefm there* 
 fore being wearied with his Journey, fat thm on tb& 
 Well. To fay nothing of what Wearinefshe endu*j s 
 red at the Carpenter Trade, before his publick . 
 Appearance, which was ( no doubt ) very great ;' 
 Since he ended on the Miniftry, many a weary- 
 B6 §&ff 
 
20 Saeramental Meditations en the 
 
 ^Step did he travel on Foot betwixt ^emfaUm and 
 y Galilee, and from City to City, and from Coun- 
 try to Country, foraetimes-afcending, fometimes. 
 defending Mountains* fometimes fleeing for his 
 Life, fometimes travelling with Sweat and Toil, 
 \ iil\ he was even weary apd tired again >N and glad 
 | to fit down and reft him^jfofcn*. 6* as he did at 
 
 fifttcob's Well ; Sometimes failing^by Sea, that, be- 
 jrng over-wearied by his tedious Foot- journeys by 
 ^fLand, he deeps in themjdftof a Storm, even 
 when boifterous. Winds, and proud mounting 
 Waves threatned to end his Life $ and-fure were 
 he, not indeed weary, he could not deep at fuch a 
 Time. As for riding, our Saviour never fave once 
 I look that Eafe to himfelf, when he (at upon the 
 ■ bare Back of the Colt of an Afs, with a Coat op 
 1 Two inftead of better Furniture under him. Yea, 
 * fo weary was he with continual Travel, that he 
 defired fometimes to go to fome defert Place,and 
 1 reft himfelf, and retire for a Time from the Mul- 
 titude : but cpuld not get the Convenience : So 
 that his whole Life was a toilfomc Tra8 of Wear 
 rinefs. And at Death he was fo wearied with car- 
 jying his own Crofs, that he was like to fink and 
 faint under it, tillSiman Luke. 23 26 helped him. 
 Thus,, be rvho upholds aS Things by the Word of 
 kli Votary Heb. |. \.in whom roe live, move, and 
 have our Being, A&i I7r28. rtho giveth to all Lifty 
 Breath, and all Things*. .was made fubjeft to all the 
 Curfes due to us for Sin GaU 3. H* an( l t0 - Wea>- 
 xinefs, among the. reft,-, that he might give- 
 'Reft to votary Souls , Mat. 11 28 that, laboured un? 
 der a feeling £enfe of Sin. He was weary, thai 
 7^c might get X*/>j be endured Ww'wf* on 
 
Suffering and J>calh of CbriJI* 
 Eartfythzt we might get everlafiingrefl. in Heaven* 
 
 O let us remember, whenever we are weary,." 
 either by Sea>or.Land, in -Mind or- Body, how 
 much Wearinefc our Jefus endured for us, in the. 
 Days of his Flcih.. Let us never weary of ferving 
 him, never weary of WelPdoing, never weary ofj 
 Duties, either publick, private, or fecret. 
 Let us feek reft to cur wearv Souls in Chrift Jefus. 
 Let us come to his Table to renew our Covenant, 
 with him to that Effba. 
 
 XI. Hi; vitMJn.frequent Dangers. (Leigh's Body 
 of DivinkyJ k He lived in Quietnefs and Safety 
 '-during his Carpenter's Employment:. But 
 r when he came to be a Minifter, he was ftill 
 ' perfecuted; At Nazareth, his own City, be- 
 'caufe he was., plain in telling them their Faults*. 
 «^they laid violent Hands upon him, and would 
 ' have broke his Neck down a fteep Hill, on 
 'which the Town was built. After, ashegrew.i 
 •-more famous for Wonders, fo he was more hated ( 
 
 * and maligned by the Rulers : Many a Time 
 'they confpircd to take and entrap him, lent 
 'Officers to. apprehendhim, took up Stones to 
 
 * dafh out his Brains; And commanded; that 
 ' whofbever knew where he was (houki make it 
 c known^ that they might apprehend him ; and 
 c that he,that mould confefsthat he was theChrift, 
 c mould be excommunicated. Infomuch,. that 
 ' he was Called** Stone of Offense,, and a Sign to be 
 € fpoken agoing.. And he faith, jbk World hateth • 
 « s me? yea y tbej b*ted:me without .a Caufc Info- 
 
 * much that he could not walk' openly amongft : 
 ^them 1 but was fain to hide himfelf after a Sort, 
 
 and Jo flee fwiisUfe', for they were fcarce: 
 --,---- ~.7 ' r - ' feres- 
 
22 Sacramental Meditations en tbc 
 
 'ever without fome Device or other, to put him 
 I c to Death. 
 
 He was in frequent Dangers by Sea, in Dan- 
 gers in the Wilder nefs, , in dangers in the City, 
 {in Dangers Night and Day from the Scribes, vha- 
 jkifees, Elders, high Priefts, Rulers, and Hcrodi- 
 ans. 
 Thus the Son of the Eternal lived a Life of dan- 
 \ 'gen on Earth, that he might caufe us to live a Life 
 Vof Safety, and eternal Security in Mount Sion, 
 [the City of our Solemnities, where the Gates of the 
 I City are never Jhut Rev. 21. 25. there being no 
 I Fearof anyaftaulting Enemy. His whole Life' 
 jwas full of Temptations, Perfecution, Toil, Po- 
 Iverty, Sorrows, Reproaches, Hunger Thirft, 
 tWearinefs, Dangers. Our Life alfo ( if true 
 jChriftiansJ will be full of Dangers, while we are 
 ^Pilgrims in this Valley of Mifery. But, in all our 
 Dangers fpiritual or corporal, let us run to, and 
 i,rely onChrift, who by Experience will fympathife 
 with us, and can, and will deliver us. Let us 
 endure Dangers, and Hazard, and Lofs of Life, 
 and all fur Chrift, if ever he calls us thereto : 
 And finally,Let us long to arrive at the new Jew 
 falem-t at Sion, the City of our Solemnities, where* 
 our Eyes (ball fee Jerufrlem, a quiet Habitation, 
 Ifa. 33. 20. aTabernacle thatfball not be taken down 
 where we (hail b* put beyond the Poflibility of 
 finning and Reach uf Dangers, Sorrow, Perfect 
 tion or Temptations for evermore. -, 
 
 CHAP* 
 
Sufferings andJ>eaih of Chrift, 23 ; 
 
 : M 
 
 1 
 
 CHAP; in., 
 
 OfCbrifi*! Sufferings before his Death . 
 
 N the preceding Chapter, we have a fiort, #«»'*/] 
 A Chrift* s Humiliation^ or Sufferings in his Lite .• 1 
 We (hall in this Chapter confide r what he fufrered 
 before his Death, In thai Night in which he was be- 
 trayed, in which Night he appointed his holy. 
 Supper, that when we communicate, we might 
 remember what our Lord and Saviour fufrered 
 thit Night for us. 
 
 Chrift, in that Night in which he was betray- 
 ed, having celebrated and abrogated the Paflovcr, 
 andinftituted the Lord's Supper, Mat, 26. 18. 26. 
 And fung an Hymn or Pfalm thereafter ( what 
 Pfalm was fung matters not much; but the 118 
 PJalm wasufually fung by the Jews after the Pai- 
 fover, (Parem in Loc) and probably was fung by \ 
 Chrift and his Difciples, after the firft Communi- 
 on: Then after this double Feaft of the Paffover, 
 and the Lord's Supper, Chrift entred to iufter 
 what was fignifled by thefe two Sacraments ; hav- 
 ing firft preached that confolatory and valedictory* 
 Sermon, John 14. 15, 16, 17. Chapters, afters 
 which he fufFered as follows. 
 
 I. Hepajfedover tbs Brook Cedron, John 18. lM 
 
 fo called, either from the Cedars growing on itsJ 
 
 Banks, or from Kadar, Darknefo.- Probably the J 
 
 Trees, with their Boughs, intercepting the* 
 
 Beams of tie Sun, occrameci Dajtoiefs at this J 
 ...._- * 1 r -*- — ._ Brook? 
 
1^ Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Brook; Mat. 26, 30. They went out to th e 
 Mount of Olivt^ whiebwas a Sabbath days Jour- 
 ney, or two Miles from Jerufalem> to a Place 
 catted Getbfe want, into a Garden where CbrifiV 
 ufually reported, which Place Judtus the Traitor 
 well knew. Now the Brook Kidron GKCedron, 
 hy in their Way, which Chrift wades through- 
 (-Jfaac Ambrofe looking, unto Jc fa, Tags 341.) 
 barefoot in the cold Night. Some fay, That 
 'then the Prophecy, PJaJtn 1 10. 7 *He Jhall drink of 
 r tbe Brook in the Way, was fulfilled. Others fay y 
 It was fulfilled when he returned again over the 
 Brook; fo that he did. not (ip, but drink of the 
 I Waters of the Brook. There is no doubt but he 
 \ drank of the Waters of Affii&ion, and of the Brook. 
 j of God's Wrath in the Way* whether he drank of 
 the Brook Cedron or not. In the Way he hath a 
 f ferious Difcourfe with, his Difciples, anent his own 
 1 Sufferings, and their deferting him ; at which 
 they are exceedingly amazed, Mat, 26. jo. 36. t 
 But Peter more felf-confident than the reft,promi- 
 fes not to forfake him,even unto Death. We find - 
 2. Sam^i^ 23. 30. David witk his Men paflirig, 
 over the Brook Kidron, or Cedron, bare-footed* 
 and weeping .as they went, as a Type of Chrift ; 
 and here Chrift himfelf the Antitype, with his 
 Difciples,. paffes over bare- foot, and weeping, but. 
 not to Bee as DavidMd, but rather to caft him- 
 felf in the Hands and Way of his Enemies; ;. Thus 
 he who formerly^ way of.Miracle^walked. on the 
 Sea-, now y by Way of Suffering, walks bare-foot over 
 the Brook Cedron, through jj§ cold Waters in the. 
 Might- feafon. 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrifl 2$ 
 
 As Chrift,beforehis Death and Entrance to Glo- 
 ry, waded through the Brook Cedron ; fo all of us 
 muft have our Cedrons to crofs, our Affii&tons to 
 fufFer, ere we arrive at Glory* We muft pafs 
 through a Red-fea of Difficulties, a wafle howling 
 Wildernefs of Temptations,, and an impetuous jfor- 
 dan of Trials, ere we arrive at the true Canaan*. 
 We muft pafs through the dry Vale of Bacha, ere 
 we appear before. God in Shn* And in fine, ' 
 through much Tribulation, ve mufl enter into tht 
 Kingdom of Heaven* 
 
 IL He Jufferidunfpeahable Grief and Sorrow in 
 the Garden, as appears, 1. From the exprefs Rela- 
 tion of the Four Evangelifts. 2. By his Prayers. 
 3- By his bloody Sweat. Of which in Order. 
 
 1. By the exprefs Relation of the Four Evange- 
 lifts, He began to be forrowful, and very heavy, faith 
 Matthew Chap. 26. Verfe 37. He began to be fore 
 amazed, and very heavy, faith Mark Chap. 14 Verfe 
 33. And being in an Agony he prayed more earneflly, 
 faith Luke Chap. 22. Verfe 44. Novo is my Soul 
 troubled, and what fbaU 1 fay i Father fave me from 
 this Hour, butfer this caufe tame Junto this Hour, 
 faith John, Chap, 12. Verfe 27. The very Fore-- 
 fchoughts of this Hour put Chrift into a Soul-trouble, 
 as John here exprefies it,, before he entered into 
 the Garden ; And Mat. 26. 38. My Soul is exeeed* 
 ingjorrowfuly even unto Death. He was not only 
 forrowful, but exceeding forrovvful ; and not only 
 exceeding forrowful, but forrowful even unto* 
 Death: Quaf dixijfet, parum abefi fuin pne trifli- 
 tia, Mortem opetam. (Parcusin Loc.) / am almoft,. 
 Dead for Sorrow. Such is my Sorrow, that I an*' 
 almoft killed, therewith. Sure, it was no fmall. 
 
 Mattf* 
 
 \ 
 
/ 2<5 Sacramental Medttattons on the 
 
 j Matter which male the Son ofGolforrowful, and 
 very b-avy, amt^d, and in an A%0ty, and exceed' 
 ingfonotoful, even unto Death, and in a SouUtrouble* 
 Since the Peifon fuifering was Infinity no doubt 
 it was foaie Infinite Muter that thus weighted his 
 Spirit : It was the Senfcof th^Wrath of an Infi- 
 nite God for our Sins. . 
 
 2. By his Prayer, Mat, 2630 fays, He fell on bis 
 Face, and prayed, Mark 1435 f a V s > He fell on the 
 Ground and prayed. And Luke 2241 fays, Hi 
 Heeled down, and prayed. It fecms he fir ft kneel* 
 ed down, and then fell fiat on his Face, the more 
 to exprefs his Grief and Sorrow ; and fo prayed, 
 Abba, Father, all Things are pofftble to thet, take 
 away this Cup from me; neverthelefs, not what I 
 will, but what thou wilt. Mat. 26 39 fays, Let 
 this Cup pafs from me, Luke 2242. Remove this 
 Cup from me : (tranfire fac a me Poculum iftud, 
 Tremsllim.) Caufe this Cup to pafs over me. , 
 The Matte r of the Prayer, Mat. 26 39 Let this- 
 Cup pafs from me. Some interpret thus, Let this 
 Cup pafs by me, O that I may not tafle it. But 0- 
 thers thus, Let this Cup pafs from me, tho" 1 mufi 
 tafle it, yet that I may not be too lon%, or tedioufly 
 annoyed therewith.* That which leads unto this laft- 
 Interpretation, is thatef the Apoftle, Chrift in the 
 Days of his Flejh, offered up Prayers and Supplicati- 
 ons, withflrong Cries and Fears, unto him that was 
 able to five him from Death- And he wvs heard in 
 that which he feared, Heb. <j 7 How was he heard? 
 Notin the Removal of the Cup, for he drank it up 
 all: But in Kefpeclofthe tedious Annoyance, or 
 poifoning of the Cup ; for tho'it made him fweat 
 Drops of Blood, tho* it grieved him, and pained 
 
 him 
 
Sufferings and Death ofCbrift. 27 
 
 Mm, and made him cry on t, My God, My God . 
 why- haft thou forfaken me ? Tho* it caft him in a 
 Sleep, and laid hkndead in his Grave, and there 
 fealed him for a Time ; yet prefently within the 
 Space of Forty Hours, or thereabout, he revived, 
 and awakened as a Lion out of Sleep, or as a Giant 
 refrefhed with Wine ; and fo it pafftd jrom him,as 
 he prayed, in a very fhortTime; andby that fhort 
 and momentany Death, he purchafed to his People 
 everlafting Life (Ifaac Amb. looking to 5%/kyp. 245) 
 The Manner of bis Prayer, is, 1 With Humility of 
 Spirit, be kneeled. 2 With Importunity, he prayed 
 thrice. 3 A fervent Heart, he prayed earnefily* 
 4 In a lawful Matter, Jet this Cuppafs from me. «j 
 With Faith, AU Things are pojfible to thet. 6 With. 
 Refignation, .Not what lwiU, but what thou wilt, 
 7 With filial Affe&ion ard Confidence^ Abba Fa- 
 ther* 8 A feeling Senfe of the want of what he 
 prayed for, he was exceeding forrswfuJ. All which 
 Qualifications we ought to have in our Prayers., 
 Such a Prayer, put up in fuch a Manner, three, 
 feveral Times renewed,fpeaks forth the intolerable. 
 Grief and Sorrow Chrift was under for the Time. 
 But that which moftof all demonstrates Chrift's^ 
 Grief and Sorrow, in the Garden, was, 
 
 3 His bloody Sweat, Luke 22 44. And being in 
 an Agony, he prayed more earneflly\ and his Sweat 
 was as it were great Drops of Blood fatting down to . 
 the Ground. Here is a Gradation. 1 His Sweat- 
 was as Drops of Blood, 2 As great Drops of Blood. I 
 3 Not only Blood, or great Drops of Blood, bur*; 
 fuch Plenty of Blood, which did not drop, but run 
 down to the Ground, even threugh his Garments: 
 So that if any had come many Hours after, he \ 
 
&8< Sacramental Meditatiom on the- 
 
 jnight have found the Mark* and Print ofhi? v 
 Blood on the Ground (Smith on the Creed P. 163) 
 Tanta Sudor is Copia,ut non Corpus humeftaret folum, 
 fedetiam in Terrain caderet ; non Sudor aqutus y 
 fedfangaineus\ nee Guttct fed Grumi: Cui Exem* 
 plo quid unquam audi turn fimilc, nedum eqitale, 
 faith Cbamierus? That is, That Chrift in the Gar- 
 den had fuch Plenty of Sweat, that it did not only 
 bedew his Body, but alio fall upon the Ground; 
 it was not a watry, but a foody Sweat; not Drops , 
 ,fcut Clots ofBloodi What was ever heard like, far 
 lefs equal to this Exzm\i\e(Cbamierus Tom. L. 5. C. 
 3. Citante Leigh, P. 597) Unfpeakable was that 
 Sorrow that caufed Chrift,in a coldNight, under 
 the open Air% in a cold Seafon, lying on the cold 
 Ground, afcer wading. bare- foot through the cold' 
 Waters o/Cedron, without any external Caufc 
 then prefent, to fweat, to fweat Blood, to fweat 
 Drops of Blood, yea thick Clots of Blood, to fweat 
 ^in fuch Plenty, as to burft through his Garments,. 
 U fo that he was red in his Apparel ) and. to run in 
 g Streams ( as it were ; down to the Ground. 
 \ There was no Souldiers, Scribes, Pharifees, falfe 
 Witneflesj.traiterous Judas, nor tormentors, nor 
 Scourge, nor thorny Crown, nor Nail, nor Spear 
 *— to afFeft his Body in View at' the Time. 
 
 What then occafioried fuch a bloody Sweat* Such 
 Amazements! Such Soul Trouble] Such Agony] Such 
 Sorrowfulnefs unto Deaih\ Such a vehement, fuch 
 a frequent Prayer ? Q ! it was the Cup he had to 
 drink; the Senfe and Pore-tafle, and Port-thoughts 
 he had ottbat bitter Cup he was to drink, for expi- 
 ating our Sins. This Cup was full of Mixture 
 (Ifaac Ambrofe looking to Jcfuii P. .346*1 347. ) As, 
 
 x. Pull 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrifl. 29 
 
 3. FuU of Pain, Buffeting, Whippings, Scourg- 
 •ings, Bleedings, Crucifying, and all bodily Tor- 
 ments. 2. Full of Shame, which he moft undergo 
 at his being apprehended, bound,judged, fcorned, 
 reviled, condemned, 3. Full oftbeNeflefr 
 
 of Men, that would not regard nis Sufferings, but 
 mock and revile him. 4. Full of the Guilt of the 
 Sins of his elett Ones for which he muflnow fatisfie 
 divine Juftice. 5, Full of the Power and Malice of 
 Satan, and his Inftruments, with whom he was 
 now to grapple. 6. Full ofiie Wrath ofGod,which 
 was the greateft and bittereft Ingredient in the 
 whole Cup,which he muft now Suffer for our Sins. 
 This, this was the Thing put Chrift in an Agony, 
 in a Soul-trouble, to thrice renewed Prayers, to 
 fweating of Blood. He had in his View 
 
 that Cup of Suffering, the Cup of God's Wrath, 
 which he muft drink out, with the Dregs thereof. 
 From all which it appears, that Chrift fuifered 
 ■unfpeakable Grief and Sorrow in the Garden, be- 
 fore he was apprehended ; and no Wonder, he 
 had the Wrath of the Eternal to endure, and was I 
 now entring to feel the Weight thereof for our 
 Sins, in his bloodv Sweat and Agony. 
 
 O fee and coniider the Evil of Sin, which put | 
 our Lord to fuch Soul-fufferrngs,and bloody Sweat 
 and Agony : Alas! that our Lord mould froeat 
 Blood % and that we will not Jbed Tears for our Sins, 
 /that Chrift's Soul was fo much troubled for ,and our 
 Souls (b much delighted in Sin* How unfupportabJe 
 is God's Wrath, which put the Son of God in fuch 
 -8 Soul-trouble,and Agony, and bloody Sweat/ Con- 
 fide? this, you that live in Sin, in Whoredom, A* 
 d^ltery, Drunkennefs, Covetoufnefs, Oppreflion; 
 
 how 
 
30 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 how can you be able to endure this Wrath to be 
 eternally poured out on you? IfChrift wasfo a- 
 mazed, and heavy, and forrowful unto Death, and 
 in an Agony, and bloody Sweat, under the Senfe 
 of divine Wrath for a Time ! what will become 
 of you, when you muft eternally feel thepofitive 
 Wrath of an angry God, for ever and ever ? Un- 
 lefs fpeedy Repentance and Reformation prevent 
 your .Ruin. the unparallelled love of the lovely 
 Jefus\ vdtofe Delight was with the Sons of Men from 
 all Eternity. Who forefaw and yet drunk. out this 
 Cup of Wrath for our Sakes: If he had not kn ear- 
 ner! Defire to fave our Souls, he needed not ; 
 yea, lie would not fufter fuch Things for our 
 Sakes. 
 
 Thus he, whofePrefencerefrefhesand comforts 
 the Souls ofMen,had his own Soul troubled for our 
 Sins. Hcf, in v»bofe Favour is £ife y had his own 
 Soul forrovpful unto Death. The Hearer of Prayers^ 
 is (under the Senfe of divine Wrath ) put to re- 
 new his Sute, to double and triple his Prayers 
 Viithftrong Crie; y Supplications and Tears. 
 
 Adam finned in a Garden, Chrift begun his Suf- 
 ferings in a Gardes, with his bloody Sweat and A- 
 ..gony ; He was apprehended in a Garden, and bu- 
 rieciina Garden, to exp-ate our original Sin and 
 actual Tranfgreffions; .Niart finned in a Garden, 
 Chrift fuffered divine Wrath in a Garden : Man 
 drunk in the Pleafures of Sin in a Garden, Chrift 
 drunk in the Cup of God's Wrath and Indignati- 
 on in a Garden ; his Soul was troubled for a Time, 
 that our Souls might be eternally comforted. He 
 was in an Agony in the Garden, to free nsfrom 
 eternal Tbrows^Pan^and Agonies in Hell Flames. 
 
 Omy 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift 3 1 
 
 O mvSoul, when thou comeft to the Lord's table, 
 and feeft the broken Bread.and poured out Wine 3 
 remember Chrin's Woody Sweat and Agony in 
 the Garden! Ami when thou feeft the Cup, re* 
 member the Cup of -God's Wrath Cbnft drank in the 
 Garden! 
 
 III. Judas -betrayed bim, Matth. 26. 49. 
 And while he yet fpake, lo, Judas, one of the 
 twelve fame, and with him a great Multitude, with 
 'Swords and Staves from the chief Prie sis and Elders 
 of the People. Now he that betrayed him gave them 
 a SignJVbomfoever I Jball kifs the fame if be, hold 
 him fafl, And forthwith he came to Jefus, and 
 
 faid, Hail Mafler, and kiffed him After 
 
 Chrift had prayed thrice in the moft earneft and 
 fervent Manner that ever he pra\ed, That the Cup 
 might pafs from him (Mark -14. 36. Luke 22. 47-0 
 John i3, 3, 11, 12. ) he comes to Peter, James % 
 zndjobn, the former Witneffes of his Transfigura- 
 tion, and the prefent WitnefTes of his bloody Sweat 
 and Agony, and finds them afleep for forrow^ and 
 fays to them ironically, Sleep on now, q- d. Sleep on 
 now if you dare, for the approaching Danger, the 
 Hour is at Hand,my Betrayers and Murderers are 
 at Hand, rife let us meet them. And thus Ike a 
 moft noble Champion, he appears firft in the Field 
 to wait for his Enemies; no Man took bis Lift from 
 bim^but he laid it down of himfelf ( John 10. 17,18. 
 He does not flee and fhun Death, no verily • but 
 as thi firft Adam finned willingh ,the fecond Adam 
 died willingly : Which fhould for ever endear 
 Chrift to Believers. Now this was no final] Part of 
 Chrift'* Sufferings, that Judas (hould betray -him; 
 it was rio -Scribe 3 nor Pharifee, nor High Prieft 
 
 nor, J 
 
 ^k 
 
3* Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 •nor Ruler of the People, norHcrodian, nor any 
 vowed Enemy, but one of his pretended Follower 
 
 * a Difciple, not one of the Nimber of theSevent., 
 1 but of the Number of the Twelve,one that was hi 
 Almoner, hisPurfe-bearer,hisTreafurer in a Mail; 
 ner ; one that eat and drunk at one Table,and oil 
 •of one Difh with him, that attended him now aboi| 
 three Years and a Half, received the Gift of Mi 
 racles from him, and fceard many a fweet Sermoilj 
 and Parable from Chrift,with their fpiritual Mean 
 ing ; one of his own Domefticks, whom he was tc] 
 honour with the Office of Apoftlefhip ; One v>bom 
 Jefus had ojten delivered from Veath y andfor bis Sake 
 healed bis Father of a Taljls and healed his M§- 
 iberofa Leprojve ; And next to Peter* honoured 
 him mofl of all bis Affiles (Augufl. Ser, 28. ad 
 Fratres.yOnc whofe Feet Chrift warned and wip- 
 ed ( John 13. 5. ) O what Grief was it to our Sa- 
 viour to meet with fuch Retaliation ofKindnefs 
 from one he had fo iingularly obliged ; and from 
 whom he might expect the greateft Kindnefs in 
 Reafon and Gratitude? This was one of the bitter 
 Ingredients of the Cup of Sufferings. But Judas, 
 forgetful of all former Favours,gets a band of Men 
 from the chief Priefts, and marches in their Front, 
 leads the Van, iSc embraces, and falutes, and kif- 
 fes Chrift, which was the Sign he give theSouldiers 
 to know Chrift by ; pretending Kindnefs with his 
 Mouth, but Intending Malice in his Heart. Of 
 with how many fuch jfudafes is the World yet 
 ftored? All that Chrift faid to Judas, was, Friend, 
 wherefore comeft thou, betrayeft thou the fin of Man 
 with a Kifs ? Muft the Seal of Love be the Sign' 
 tfJr-wbcy ? O what a mild Reproof is This! 
 
Sufferings and Death cf-CbriS* % % 
 
 Tho' we hear never Co many Sermons, partake 
 r pf never To many Sacraments ; tho' we were long 
 til the bcft of Company, and were endued with 
 fcfce greateft of Gifts, even of Miracles 5 tho* we 
 Jfhould preach the Gofpel to others, yet if we 
 want true Grace^ we maybe Caftaways. Ju» 
 Idas had all thefe Advantages, and yet is to Day 
 jin HeH. O Reader, labour and pray for Grace 
 [above all Things. Grace will fit thee for the 
 jLord's Supper, for the Comforts of the Spirit, 
 iind for eternal Glory. No Gifts, nor external 
 Privilege, without Grace, will make thee a wor- 
 thy Communicant. Marvel not, tho' you meet 
 with ungrateful Dealing from the Hands of thofs 
 you leaft deferved the fame ; Cbrift met with ihs 
 like from Judas. Live not in the Practice of any 
 known Sin; one allowed Sin will lead to another; 
 yea, to a greater: Judas was a Thief, John 12. 6, 
 He allowed himfelf in this Sin, this led him to be 
 a Traitor, and to fell his Lord and Saviour for 
 thirty Shekels of the San&uary, which is about 
 thirty Half Crown?, or Forty Five Lib. Scots 
 Money ; a goodly Price he fold his Lord for ! O ! 
 beware of Co vetoufnefs: the Lcvs of Money is 
 the Root of all Evil : It will not only caufe Men 
 to Make Sbipwrack of their Faith } but alfo kil 
 their God as Judas did. 
 
 Come not to the Lord's Table with a Traitor's 
 Mouth and Heart, as Judas $ preferring the 
 World to Chrifr, pretending one Thing, and in- 
 tending another Thing: Cjcome with Sincerity 
 )f Love and AfFeftion to Chrift, that thou may A 
 be able with Peter to fay, Zerd, thou inoweft ell 
 IhingK thou knoveefl that I loyc tbec, John 2 n 7/' "" 
 C " IVTfc 
 
34 Sacramental Meditations m the 
 
 IV. The Souldiers apprehended him, Judas firfl 
 betrayed him with a Kifs, whom Chrift mildlj 
 reproves. Then when (Pareus in Mattb, ) th« 
 Souldiers were doubting whether it was Chrift, 
 he hys/jobn 18. 4. Whom feek ye} They anfwer- 
 ed Jefus of Nazareth: He faid, f am he: And 
 with the Divine Power of his ftill Voice, he 
 caufed them to fa !j backwards on the Ground ; 
 to let them fee,albeit thy wcrearmed with Staves 
 and Swords, and he unarmed; yet, that by 
 his Divine Power, he was able to efcape their 
 Hands, and to deft roy them : As alfb, to let the 
 World fee, that he was not forced to die, but 
 yielded lumfelf willingly to Death. Then after 
 they rofe again, Jefus faid, Whsmfeekye} They 
 faid, Jefus o/Nazareth; He faid, I told you,that 
 I am be: If therefore ye feek me, let thefe 
 ( meaning his Difciples ) go anay. O / how his 
 *Love to his Difciples made him forget him felf 
 and his Sufferings! In the 14th, i<>tb, i6tb, ijtb. 
 Chapters of John, before his Paflion, he is totally- 
 taken up with comforting them, and praying for ? 
 them. And now, when he ist o be apprehended j 
 himfelf, he looks to their Security ; Let tbefe g§ \ 
 away. (O let never a Believer doubt «f the Love ; 
 of Jefus) Then John iS. 12. the Band, and the , 
 Captain, and Officers of the Jews took Jefuskl 
 and bound him ; they laid violent Hands oif$ 
 him, and binding his Hands b*hind him lilte : i- . 
 Thief, they led him away ( Leigh's £. J>> iW 
 $99*y Facinus eft vincire Civem Romanupt. .£TaJg*». 
 us Orat ad Verrem *tia ) it was a ,great ©Finf^ ; 
 to tie a Citizen.of Rome, It wa 3 Slaves orgi-narily, 
 and Thieves they thus- ufed to bind** * Some 
 
 : of 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift, f$ 
 
 of them lay hold on histjarments^thers on the 
 
 Hair of his Head,fome pluck him by the Beard, 
 
 others ftruck him with their impious Fifts ; 
 
 « and being enraged, that, with a Word, he had 
 
 c thrown them backward on the Ground, they 
 
 * therefore throw him on his Back, and ba(eiy 
 •tread him under their dirty Feet(Ho»j:I.Joh 
 
 * Carthag. ) (Jacob de Valent ) in Vfalm. 22, fays, 
 
 * Sicut Leo rugiens et rapiens trabit Tr&dam per 
 
 * terrain^ lacerat & lanzatfoc.hs a roaring Lion 
 
 * drawsalongthe Earth hi$Prey,aid tears it, and 
 
 * pulls it-, fo they hale Chrift all along the Earth, 
 « {pitting on him, buffeting, pulling him by the 
 « Hair. They all rufh violently on him, (fays 
 € another Author ) they fling him n> the Ground, 
 c they kick him, tear him,fpnrn him, pull him by 
 
 * the Hair both ot his Head arid Beard. 
 
 They bind him^ like another Sampfcn, widi 
 Ropes and Cords. Quldam exiflirxa-jcrunt (He- 
 mil. Job. Carthage.) Catena ferrca Collum ejus aUi- 
 gaffe ^quod mihi certe incrcdibile non eft. Some think 
 thev put about his Neck a Chain oM^dr), which is 
 not improbable. We read that thev laid 2 Chains 
 ofcPctcr, Ails 12. 6. And that Pift/ wa; bound 
 with two Chains, Atts 21. 33. And, Ho Doubt, 
 their Malice was as great againft Chrift, asa- 
 ,: gain ft his Apoftles, and they neither wanted 
 Will nor Power, at this Juncture, to vent their 
 Malice. So that there is no Doubt, but they 
 bound Chrift alfo with Iron Chains. 
 
 Thws Chrift is Bound with Cords and Chains^ 
 
 free us from eternal Chains and Darknefs; and 
 
 to lof. us from the Bonds of Sin ; and to bind up 
 
 iJie Hands e/incenfed Juftice againfl bs 5 and 
 
 C 2 tp 
 
 M 
 
%5 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 to fit us free from all our Enemies, and t$ 
 bind us with the Bonds of immutable Love tQ 
 himfdf. O ! how did the Cords of Love tic our 
 Jcfus, ftricler than all the ^ercifb Fetters a ill 
 Chains ! His Love to our Souls was Jlrong as 
 Death \ £> vicjt lnvincibilem y and overcame him 
 who is Invincible. It was his Love to poor Bc- 
 i it vers, that bound up the Divine Hand 
 of his Omnipotence fo as to fuffer bis hu, 
 wane Hands Jo be thus b»und up vsiih Ropes 
 and Chains. 
 
 V. 17*7 kd Chvifi t» Annas 5 and frem Annas 
 to Cajaphas, John iS. i?, 14. ' They led him a- 
 
 * way to Annas fir ft, ( for he was Father in 
 
 * Law to Cajapbds, who was High Prieft that 
 
 * Year ) Now Annas had fent him bound to 
 « Cajapbas the High Prieft. // is faid, They 
 
 * drew him away by the Hairs of the Head ; and 
 c led him in uncouth Ways, and through the 
 c Brook Cedrotiy in which the rude Souldiers 
 
 .* plunged him in, and aifailed on him all the 
 c Affronts and Rudenefs which an infolent 
 and cruel Multitude could think of. ( Jfaac 
 
 ■.b.. Looking unto Jefus, page 353.) However, 
 is fure, they violently puilcd Chrift 
 I with them over the Brook Cedron, to 
 
 ,.:--;.-•, and not the lead Queftior, but they 
 abufed him both with Tongue and Hands. Now 
 when uiey brought him to Jerufalem, the/ 
 brought him firft to Annas. But why firft to 
 Minnas? Ifeac Awbrofe fay?, Bectufe Annas vois 
 
 ' of the Sanhedrim—- 1 But that cannot 
 
 be. fl>r H< red hzd deftroyed the Sanhedrim in 
 l<~ Begtr7Kin& of his Reign, ( Jofephus ^fjjav/tts 
 
 d: 
 
Suffering* and r death of ChrijT. if 
 
 & AnMmit. $ui. lib. 14. Cap. 17 J before 
 he killed the Babes of Bethlehem, to the 
 End they might not oppofe him in his bloody 
 Defign of murdering the Babes, and that he 
 might-fettle himfelf the better in his Kingdom; 
 fo that there was no Sanhedrim at the Time of 
 Chrfft's -Death, cioathed with a Nomothetical. 
 Towers and ■ confequently,-?tetf* could- not be' 
 the Chief thereof. For the ( Sanhedrim) men- 
 tioned in the Gofpel. differed much from the 
 true Sanhedrim 5 the former was an Eccleiiafuck 
 Court, of which the then High Prleft Cajapbas, 
 and not Annas > in Rcafon muft be thought Chid. 
 The latter had a Zrgifiaiivs zn& Cterczve Power, 
 smd Power to decide criminal Matters, which the- , 
 former had not : John \%. & The Sjtpterful 
 fuh departed from Judab long before that Tinicj 
 to that they neither had King, nor Sanhediim 
 of their own, fiom once tiat Shilo came ( Gen. 
 49. 10. ) Parsus in Mattb, 06. gives the true 
 Reafon why Ghrift was frrfc broaghf to>*** 
 nasi becauie he being Father in Law toCaj&<* 
 pbasy and dwelling in the Way, by which they 
 are leading Chrift captive, eiigitunz 1rq£tt*i 
 Jefam captivum quafi in Triumphs ojientar? vo- 
 Juerunt: They therefore as they ptjTcd by hts 
 HouCe y would needs male a triumphal ojleattvc 
 Shew to Annas, offefus led captive. Such way 
 their Malice, and fo glad were they ra have 
 Chrift their Prifoner. And then, (when they md' 
 fufficently, no Doubt, mocked and reviled himj 
 they kd aim to Cajapbas^ bound with Ropes aBd 
 an Iron Chain, fas is probable) a sd there the 
 High Prieft, Scribes, and Elders, were^ 
 
 c 3 xn SS- 
 
38 Sacr&mt&al Meditations on tic 
 
 met together in the Houfe of Cajapbas, waiting 
 the Return of the Souldicrs with Jcfus ; who 
 ( afibon as he was brought hound before them ) 
 immediately fat in Council to Judge him, who is 
 the Judge of the quick and dead: So bent they were 
 to put him to Death. 
 
 YI. He is interrogate by the High Priefl y anent 
 bis Difiiplcs and Dottrine, John, 18. 19. The High 
 Trie/} then askedjefus of bis Dijciples and Vottrinc* 
 Their Defign was to enfnarc Chrift with captious 
 Queitions, to the End they might, with a Shew 
 of juftice, put him to Death. The Queftions are 
 ncc recorded in Scripture; but it is probable,they 
 might be to this Purpofe, (Ifaac Ambrofe) How 
 many Difcipleshe had? Whence he gathered them 
 together ? Whither they weregone? And if they 
 fled, did not their fleeing argue them guilty of 
 Sedition and Treafon ? And why he gathered 
 fo many Dilciples? And why he went up and 
 down with fuch a numerous Train ? and why 
 did he convocate the Lieges without the Li- 
 cence of the Supreme Magiftrate. —And 
 ss to his Doctrine, whence he learned that new 
 Doctrine ? And by what Authority he taught ? 
 An Aiow durft he place his own Inventions, in the 
 Room of the long continued Kites and Cereiiio* 
 nks appointed by God ? And how durft he fo 
 bitterly exclaim aga^nft the Scribes and Pharifees? 
 And many more to this Purpofe. To the 
 Quefxio&s anent his Difciples, he anfwered no* 
 thing. To thefe anent his Doctrine, he repliedi 
 He taught pubJickly in the Temple % and defired his 
 Hearers to be asked thereaneau 
 
 01 
 
Sufferings and Iteail \ of Chrift, 39 
 
 O/ See with an Eye of Faith, the impartial 
 judge of Men and Angels landing before the Bar 
 )f an earthly, partial Judge. Seethe Mediator of 
 the new Covenant challenged for his DocTrine. 
 The Supreme Head of the Church queftioned by 
 corrupt Cburcb-men* The-fe who fhould imploy 
 their Tongues and Wits for his Praife and Ser- 
 vice, imploy ing the fame to enfnare him, and 
 trap him in his* Anfwers, and fo to make him 
 guilty of Death* O / how mould we love him,. 
 that fuffered fuch Indignities for our Sakes/ The 
 great and met cifukjiigh Priefl of our Salvation, 
 TPbo is Holy, Harmlefs, Undefiled ( Heb. 7. 26. ) 
 who maheth Inter cefftm for ur t Romans 8. 34. at 
 the Father's right Hand, was queftioned for his 
 Do&rine and Difciples, by mercikfs y fiuful, and 
 hurtful earthly high Priefis. Thus he is q ueftion • 
 ed in the earthly ferufalem^ before the high 
 Prieft of the Order of Aaron, that he might ap- 
 pear as an Advocat for us in the heavenly Jerufa* 
 lem y and a Prieft for ever, after the Order of Mel- 
 chifedec. O how he loved his Difciples .' Tho* 
 they deferted him,yet he will not accufe them, he 
 will not tell where they are gone. If Cbrift was 
 fo kind to his Difciples who deferted him, how 
 much more kind will he be to poor Believers 
 that cleave to him, and come to his hcly Table 
 withLove and Sincerity jcomplainingof theWeak- 
 nefsot their Faith? Corrupt Church-men a*e 
 Chrift's greateft Enemies: And therefore we 
 are to pray to God, to free his Churchfrom fuciu 
 They charge ChriiVs Members with the fouleft 
 Grilles, when they are mofr in Duty, as here 
 the-f charge Chrift himfelf -with Jnvajion and 
 Sedition. - C 4 VU» Qni* 
 
4o Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 VII. One of the Officers flroke Chrifi with tbe^ 
 Talm of his Hand, John 18. 22. And when be 
 had thus fpokett, one of the Officers vobich flood by 
 flroke fefus with the Talm of his Hand, faying, An- 
 fwerefi thou the high Priefl fo? ( Chryfoflom 
 How. 82. in job. ) fays, it was MaUhus 
 an Idumean Slave, whole Ear Peter cut, and 
 Chrift healed-, who gave the Stroke : and 
 ( Bern. Serm. de paf. ) fays, the Hand that 
 ilruck Chrift, was armed with an Iron Glovt. 
 Vincent: us fays, that by the Blow Chrift was 
 felled to the Earth ( Vine Serm. de psf. ) And 
 ( Ludovicus. de vita Cbrifli ) fays, that 
 Blood gufhed out of his Mouth, and that the 
 Imprefiicn of the Varlet's Fingers remained 
 on Chrift's Cheek, with a Tumor or wan Co- 
 lour 
 
 Tho 5 fuch Abufe was done to Chrift injPrefcnce 
 /of the high Prieft, and Scribes, and Elders; 
 yet none of them, nor any of the Standers-by, re- 
 proved the Aftor, or fpoke a Word for Chrift. 
 And thus the Prophecy Lam. 3. 30. He givetb 
 his Cheek to him that fmitetb bim y was fulfilled. 
 Sure this was no fmall Part of Chrift 's SufFeringr,- 
 to be ftricken publickly in the Face of Judgment 
 the Judges, by their Silence, approving the Faft ; 
 and yet fee how patiently he bears the fame ; Ifl 
 jpoke Evihbear witnefs again/} the Evil ;if not, wbf 
 fmitefi thou me ? Here you may learn of Chrift, 
 to be meek and lowly, and patient. Let us bear 
 Injuries after this blefled Example, with a calm 
 and quiet Mind. 
 
 Behold the Sox of God ftricken with the Hands 
 Qilfmfal SUv$ J Ibat Face that is fairer than thi 
 
 Son* ' 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift 4 1 
 
 Sons of Men, Swelled and Wan- coloured, by the 
 
 ! Blew of an Iron Glove ; ike Lion of its Trihe cf 
 
 i Judab felled Co the Ground, with a Stroke front 
 
 : the Hands of a wicked Varlet; the Omnipotent 
 Creator ftruck with an impotent Creature, and yet 
 carrying it patiently f' And all this for cur Sake?. 
 \Ve deferved to be under the eternal Strokes of 
 God's Juftice, and Vengeance ; we deferved to 
 be ftricken in Hell by Devils for ever; and 
 therefore, our Jefus fuifers Strokes on his Face 
 from linfarMen, and thatalfo the mo it contemp- 
 tible Sort of Stroke, with the Palm of the Hand. 
 O Love incomparable.' O how frequently fhould 
 we come to the Eucbarifr to remember the 
 Love, as well as the Sufferings ot a dying; Jefus .' 
 VIII. FaJfe Witnejfes are fought andUid a- 
 
 gainfl him. Mat. 26. 59. 60. Noy the chief 
 PriesJs and Elders, and afrtbe Council \ fought faife 
 Witnejfes againft Jefus to put him to Death, but 
 they found none; for Mari 14. 59. Their Witness 
 agreed not together. Behold? how they laid the Pro- 
 
 ■eels!" The fudges are Purfuers, and the Part its 
 are Witnejfes againft Chrift; yea, they -that are 
 Purfuers and Witnejfes fit as fudges againft Chrift 5 . 
 which might be Ground enough for Chrift to 
 plead for the Nulltty cf their Procefs. 
 
 Neverthelefs, he opened' not his Mouth, I fa. 53 
 
 7; He is refolvedto die willingly forhisEtecl. 
 Behold the Malice and Injuftice of Chrift's 
 Enemies' 1 . The whole Council fought falfe Wit. 
 neffes againft Chrift; for they could get no true 
 Witneffes. The Judges who (hould relieve the 
 
 ; Opprejfed, are fuborning, feekingout, and hiring 
 falfe Witneffes, toopprefs the Innocent* All the 
 
 ~?: ~ " ' C 5 Coaxal' 
 
4* Sacramental Meditations en the 
 
 Counfel is againft Chrift , not one to befriend 
 liim amongit them : His own, not only not . re* 
 tcivcdhim, but alfo rcjcfted him, and with falfe 
 Witneffes lay down a Method to murder him. 
 2. For all their Malice, they could find no pro- 
 bable Ground againft him ; what one Paid, a- 
 nother of the Witneffes falfified ; their Witneffes 
 did not agree. * The Judges feek out for Wit- 
 
 * neffes ( Ifaac Amb. Looking to Jefus p. 3 $5. ) ; 
 c the Witneffes feek for Proof, thofe Proofs arc 
 
 * to feek for Unity and Confcnt 5 and nothing 
 
 * was ready for their Purpofe. 3. At laft, after 
 many Endeavours, there came two falfe Witnef- 
 fes,to witnefs againft Chriftiand Paid one of Chenv 
 
 ' • This Fellow faid, I am able to deftroy the 
 
 * Temple of God, and to build it in three Days, 
 
 * (Mat. 26. 61.) fays the other, We heard him fay, 
 
 * I will deftroy this Temple that is made with 
 
 * Hands, and within three Days I will build a- 
 
 * noeher not made with Hands (Mark 14 58; 
 The firft maintained, Chrift faid, He was able t$ 
 deftroy the Temple-, the fecond affirmed he faidf 
 Jte would alluall) deftroy it Jo their Teftimonies a- 
 greed not j neither of them fpake Truth; for 
 Chrift only faid, Deflroy this Temple, and I will 
 taifc it up again in three Days* They neither a- 
 *reed with themfelves,nor with the Truth-, Chrift 
 fpake of the Temple of bis Body, they fpoke of the 
 material Temple. And what tho' Chrift had faid, 
 That he was able to deftroy and build the Temple, 
 again in three Days? That was no criminal 
 Matter, but an Argument rather to gain Honour, 
 and .Refpeft to Chrift. And what tho* he had 
 &id 9 i will deftroy this Temple s aad build abet- 
 ter 
 
Sufferings atidDettb ofCht^i. 43 
 
 ter not made with Hands ; fince ( as jofiphus 
 (ays) they allowed Herod the fame Priviledge for- 
 merly, the Matter was not crimina] : Moreover 
 they faid, that Chrift faid,/ will build it in 3 I>ays % 
 but Chrift faid, / will raife it uf> meaning his Bo- 
 dy from the Dead. And the high Prieil: arofe, 
 and faid to him(Mat. 26.62.) Anfwenfl thou no- 
 thing ? Qui tacet, confentire videtur, Thy Silence 
 argues thy Guilt, It feems you axe Guilty, and 
 therefore anfwereft nothing, becaufe you have m- 
 thing to Anftver, But Jefus held bis Peace. Their 
 Allegations were fo manifeft Lies, as their ow« 
 Gonfciencesand the Judges well knew,that Chrift 
 thought it not worth his while to Anfwer them. 
 {Pareus inLoc) He knew alfo, he had to do 
 with an unjuft Judge,who would not regard his 
 Defences : but above all, he was refolved to dle r 
 and it was not now Time of defending 3 but fuffering. 
 Thus our blefled Lord,not only in his Life, but 
 alfo at his Death, fufFered the Contradiction cf 
 Sinners \ his Words are wrefted y and deterred to 
 another Senfe, Things be knewnat,' are laid to hit 
 Charge, It is probable they alledged, that Chriit 
 was a Sabbath- breaker, a Forbidder of FafU, a 
 Contemner of the Traditions of the Fathers, an 
 Ufurper of God's Prerogative in forgiving Sins,* 
 — — He,to whofe Charge true Witneffes could 
 lay nothing, is loaded with Untruths^ Faifhood, 
 Calumnies, Reproaches, by perjured Varlets, and 
 falfe VVitnefies.OthePatience of the Son oiGod? 
 who with the Breath of his Mouth might have 
 de&royed .thefe Mifcreants, and falfe perjur- 
 ed Witneffes, who had the preemptive Boldncfs, 
 in lus ow&PrefeiKe, to bear falfe WitneS againft 
 C4 ^ *}*$ 
 
 
44 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 him ; But Jefus held bis Teacc^fat, 26. 63. Hence 
 let U5 bear Injuries with Patience. No Wonder, 
 if falfe WitneiTes murder our Names that are Fol- 
 lowers ot Jefus, when they murdered his own 
 Name. 
 
 IX. Hs was reputed a Blafpbemer, Mat. 26 63, 
 
 * And the high Prieft anfwered, and faid to him, 
 
 * I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell 
 
 • us whether thou be the Chrift the Son of God. 
 c Vet. 64. Jefus faid unto him, thou haft faid, 
 
 • ( Mark. 14. 62. Jefus faid, I am ) Nevertheless 
 ■ I fay unto you, Hereafter ye (hall fee the Son 
 
 • of Man fitting on the right Hand of Power, 
 
 * and coming in the Clouds of Heaven. Ver* 6$. 
 
 * Then the high Prieft rent his Clothes, faying, 
 
 • He hath fpoken Blafphemy *, what further Need 
 
 • have we of Witneflfcs? What think ye? They 
 
 * faid, He is guilty of Death. The high Prieft 
 adjured him to tell whether he was Chrift, 
 
 not that he might believe in him, for that he 
 ivas refblved not to do ; but that ( be his Anfwer 
 what it likes ;he might convift him guilty. For 
 if he had faid, He was not the Chrift or Meffia?, 
 the high Prieft would call him an Impfitur and 
 Veteiver, in Regard he had frequently fo called 
 hi mfe If formerly before the People; If Chrift, 
 replyed he, was the Son of God, and the Chrift 
 or Meflias, then the high Prieft was ready to 
 charge him with Blafphemy ; and Co whatever 
 he anfwered, to find him guilty of Death. Hcw- 
 I e^er, tho' it ftood on his Life, Chrift confefles 
 he is the Son of God» and future Judge of the 
 World. Then immediately the high Prieft anti- 
 cipates the Judgment of the Council; declaring 
 . r a . Chrift 
 
Sufferings and Dqrih of Chrift. 4? 
 
 ; Chrift a Blafphemer, and telling, they needed no 
 : more Wit neffes. Then having, thus anticipated 
 i their Judgments, he asked their Votes, What 
 think ye} And the Vote runs( according to his 
 Mind ) unanimoufly, Netnine contradicente^ that 
 He is guilty of Death. In the mean Time, the 
 high Prieftfent his Clothes, contrary t>o Com- 
 mand, Lev. 21.10. (thereby fignifying theLe- 
 vitical Priefthood was to be abolilhed fhortly ) 
 and Co avowedly violates the Law, for the De- 
 fence of which he was fo zealous-againft Chrift. 
 
 Man afpired to be like God ; and Chrift reho 
 thought it no Robbery to- be equal with t&e Ftther ' 3 
 is reputed a Blafphemer, for calling himfclf the 
 Son of God. They refolve not only to murder 
 his Perfon, by taking away his Life, but his Name 
 alfo, declaring him a Blafphemer. The Judge of 
 the Quick and Dead ftaeds here wrongfully Judged 
 by wicked Men. The impartial Judge is partial- 
 ly Judged. Ke that did no Sin^nor was Guile 
 found in bis Mouthy ( 1 Pet 2. 22. ; is condemn- 
 ed guilty of the moft horrid Sin of Blafphemy. 
 The Fountain of Life is judged worthy of Death, 
 the Fountain of Truth is reputed a Liar, in 
 calling himfelf the Son of God ; on which he ex- 
 patiates for his own Comfort, and the Terror 
 of his Enemies. Chrift is condemned as a BlaG 
 phenaer for our Sakes; becaufe many of us have 
 been guilty of Blafphemy, and Blafphemous 
 Thoughts ; and to fatisfie Juftice, and to pro- j 
 cure Pardon for our Blafphemies, let us follow 
 ChrirVs Example, and never deny the Truth, 
 tho'it ftand us on our Life. 
 
 X Peter denies him Thrice: See Mat, 26. 69. 71. 
 73, "Now ister fat without in the Palace ; And 
 
 - ? 
 
4i Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 ' a Damfel came untdUm, fayimr, Thou alfo waff I' 
 < with JefihsofGa//7<re.Bu the denied before them | 
 •'all, laying, I know not what thou fayeft. V<r. 
 ' 72. Again he denyed with an Oath,' I do not ; 
 c know the Man. Ver. 74 Then began he to 
 • curfe and to fwear, faying,l know not the Man, 
 Peter not only (imply denied Chrift,. but backs 
 all with an Oath ; yea, he curfed and fwore he 
 knew not Chrift. Here we may fee the Effefls 
 of Self-confidence; Peter fwore before, tho* all 
 fhould forfake Chrift, he would not forfake 
 him, but die with him, and for him: But he 
 trufted too much in his own Strength,and there- 
 fore God deferted him for a Time, till he denied 
 with Imprecations, that ever he knew Chrift ; 
 .^ndfo wai made fenfible of his own Weaknefs, 
 and theNeedhe had to rely onChrift forStrength. 
 O Believer, when thou goeft to the Lord's 
 Table to commemorate his Death, and to renew 
 thy Covenant with God, promtfe not in thy own 
 Strength,truit not in thy own Strength,for Per- 
 formance of what you promife ; but in the 
 Strength of Chrift, left you fall like Peter. 
 
 This our Saviour fuffers, not only from his 
 Foes,but alfo from his ownDifciples andFollowers- 
 One betrays him, the reft fled and left him a- 
 lone, when he was apprehended. La ft of all, 
 Peter who vowed not to deny him, Mat. 26. 55. 
 tho' it (houid coft him his Life, moft ftumefully 
 difowns him, and denies him with horrid Im- 
 precations, that he knew not tbe Man. And thus 
 he is left to tread the Wine prefs of his Father's 
 Wrath? //tf.63. 3. and none oftne People wds 
 men to. Sure it was no faa.ll Pau of Chrtft'g 
 
Sufferings and &catb of Christ . $j 
 
 Juflferings, thus to b; difowned of one, he called 
 lot only to be a Difcipte, but an Apoftle alfo* 
 ind endued with the Gift of Miracles, and ad- 
 Tutted to a greater Familiarity tfcan any other 
 Difciple, fave James and John. See how the 
 Son of God was difowned and denied by Men ; 
 yea, denied by one, on whom he had laid the 
 greateft Obligations, to the End we lhould not" 
 be difowned of God in the Day of our Account, 
 JLl.Tbey mojl inhumanely abufe fc*/»,Mat.26.67, 
 c Then they did fpitin his Face, and buffeted 
 
 * him. And others ( Mark 14. 6$. The Ser- 
 e vants did ftrike him)fmotehim with the Palms 
 c of their Hands, faying Prophcfie unto us, thou 
 
 * Chrift,who is he that fm»te thee. Mark/tyx v ' 
 c They covered his Face. And Luke 22. 63, 
 
 * They mocked him, and many other Things 
 
 * blafphemoufly fpake they againft him. Some 
 
 * write, That after they had fentenced Chrift 
 
 * worthy of Death, ( MaUonius de FlageHaU 
 c Cbriftiy Cap 6. Cit. Ifaac Jmbrof ) they com* 
 
 * mited him to their Minifters and Servants, 
 
 * warily to be kept till Day ; and they immedi- 
 c atly threw him into the Dungeon, inta-Caja* 
 
 * pbas*s Houfe ; there they bound him to a ftony 
 
 * Pillar, with his Hands bound on his Bac^ 
 
 * and then fell upon him with their Palms and 
 f Fifts. Some others fay, That the Souldiers 
 
 * not yet content, they threw him into a filthy 
 c dirty Puddle, where he abode for the Re- 
 
 * maindcr of that Night ;agreeable to that,P/*/*» 
 « 88. 6. Thou had laid me in the km ft Pit, in 
 Darknefs, and in the Deeps. Pfal. 69. 2. I fink 
 in tbt deep MirS) rubers there u m {landing* 
 
4$ Sacramental Meditations en the 
 
 Which Paffages, tho' they have a fpiritual Mean- 
 ing, might be literally verified in Chrift. But let 
 us take a diftincV View of what th^ Erangelifto 
 relate. 
 
 i- They fpii in bis Face, Mat. 2d. 67. andlfef 
 $0. 6. /£/V/ »3f my Face from flame and Spittingi 
 faith Chrift. That Face that is mors fair than 
 the Sons of men, which dazles the Eyes both of 
 Saints and Angels, (Co to fay; in the beholding of 
 which, a great Part of the Glories of the New 
 Jerufalew doth confift, is made the Butt of the 
 frothy Spittles, and nafty Bubbles, and filthy 
 Phlegm of profligate Wretches. O unparallel •' 
 led Indignities / Nothing was more infamous 
 with the jfexw, than to be Spitted upon. Se^ 
 Numb, 12. 14. Job.^c. 9, 10, O my Sins, my 
 Lufts, which put Chrift to fuch Affronts ! 2. 
 They buffet him. One of the Officers fmote him 
 before with the Palm of his Hand, they ftrike 
 now wit h theclofed Fifts, (Jfaac Ambrofe Looking 
 'untojejus, Page 35S. J * fo that hi? Face did 
 c fwell, and was full of Bunches all over, and 
 
 * by thefe Blows of their Fifts his whole Head 
 
 * was fwollen, his Fac« became black and blue, 
 c and his Teeth ready to fall out of his Jaws 5 
 
 * and,noDoubt,withtheViolence of theirStrokes, 
 c they made him reel and ftagger, they made 
 < his Mouth, and Nofe, and Face to bleed, and 
 « his Eyes to ftartle in his Head. Behold the 
 € Son of God j fitted upon, and buffeted with the 
 4 Sons of Men\ The innocent Lamb of God encom- 
 « pajfed with' Bulls 0/ Balhan! And Pogs ( Pfal. 
 
 22. 12 ^gaping on him with their Mouths, as 
 
 * ravening and roaring Liom s See with Faith the 
 
 omni« 
 
Sufferings and Death cfCbrtJf. 4? 
 
 omnipotent Jehovah, who with one Blow might 
 reduce the whole Creation to nothing, patiently 
 fuffcring Hundreds and Thoufands of Blows for 
 our Sins. See the very Servants and Slaves fmit- 
 ing him, and the high Priefts and Councillook- 
 ing on, conniving at, deiiring, and laughing at 
 fuch Indignities (Pareta com. in Mattb. 2 60 and 
 none to help, and none to fympathize with, or 
 pity him ; Lovers and Friends were far removed 
 
 fiombim .And all this he fuifered to fave 
 
 our Soul?. O infinite Love! 
 
 5. They fmote him vtitb the Palms of their 
 Hands, fayin&Propbefe thou Chrifl>v)he fmote tbee? 
 "When they were weary of finking him with 
 their Fifts, then to pafs away another while of 
 the Night, they ftrike him with the Palms of 
 their Hands, which was the moft difgraceful of 
 the two; and not only fo, but they meek and 
 taunt him in his prophetical Office, 2»rt>/^e who- 
 fmote tbee: thou pretendeft to be a Prophet,come 
 then, tell us, prophefie who gave thee the lafr 
 Stroke ; to all which Mockery and Derifion we 
 find Chrift illcnt : As a Sheep before ber Shearer 
 is dumb, fo opened be not his Mouth ( Ifa. ^3.. 7. 
 O the Patience and Love of the Son of God ! O 
 how his Love to our Souls makes him patiently 
 endure fuch Treatment and Indignities/ 
 
 4. Tbey covered bis face, Mark 14. 65. (as was* 
 done with Raman, Eft ber -7. 8. ; in Contempt, or 
 that they efteemed him worthy of Death, and 
 unworthy of the Light of the Sun ; and to the 
 End they might, with greater Freedom, and lefs 
 Shame and Pity, (mite him on the Face ; and 
 probably^, became they had fo abu&d his Face 
 
 wita 
 
£o Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 with their Spittles, they loathed to behold his 
 Face, and therefore covered it (Jfaac jimbr. 
 Looking toJefn> P. 358. ) Naufeam ipfis fpeflato- 
 ribus, prevocabat foeditaa ilia. Another fays, it 
 was a naufcous Sight, and enough to make one 
 fpue. They had To barbaroufly and inhumanely, 
 with their Phlegcn and frothy Spittles, defiled 
 his Face. 
 
 Behold and fee, how the Son of the Eternal 
 God, in whofe PrtfenceScrapbinis and Cherubim* 
 do cover their Faces with their Wings, not able 
 to behold the Splendor of his Majeftv, had his 
 own Face covered in Contempt by profligate Sin- 
 ners / Behold, how he that U the Son of Righteouf- 
 nefs, vfho enlightntth every Man that cometh to the 
 World, is efteemed unworthy of the Light of 
 the natural Sun in the Firmament/ Behold 
 wicked Mifcreants ftriking with the greateft 
 Freedom, without any Refpcft to Shame or pity, 
 that vailed Face, at whofe Prefence Heaven 
 and Earth flee away, and there is no more Place 
 found for them.' Behold his Face that is fairer 
 than the Sons of Men, fo abufcd with Spittle?, 
 that his Enemies, without naufeating, could not 
 beiicld the fame ! O Believer, it was thy Sins and 
 my Sins which put our dear Lord to fufter fuch 
 Indignities. Let us then at all Times r but efpe- 
 cially when we come to the Lord's Table, be- 
 wail our Iniquities which brought fuch Indigni- 
 ties on our crucified Jefus. 
 
 XII. They led Cbrijt again in the Morning be- 
 fore their Council^ and Examined 6/w, Mat. 27 
 it«2. " When the Morning was come, all ihz 
 chief Prie-fts, and Eiders of the People took 
 
 Coun- 
 
Sufferings and Death ofCbrift, ft 
 
 * Counfei againft Jefus, to put him to Death. 
 
 * And when they had bound him, they led him 
 
 * away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the 
 ' Governour. Some think (Pareus inMattkij.) 
 
 c the Priefts wearied Chrift all Night, examin- . 
 I ing him, and at length in the Morning decre- 
 
 * ed to deliver him to Pilate, The latter is true, 
 but not the former. They indeed decreed to 
 deliver him to Pilate. But this Morning Council 
 was only called, andaaetin the Morning; In the 
 Evening Council, they confult fcowtoput him to 
 Death; in the Morning Council, That thejfiaU 
 put him to Deaths Luke 22. 66. Andajfcon as it 
 t»m Day < y the Elders of the People* and the chief 
 Priefis and Strives came together , and led him 
 into their. Council^ which fhews that the Morn- 
 ing Council was a diftincr Convocation of the 
 Priefts and Elders, from the Evening Council. 
 It feems, after they fentenced Chrift worthy of 
 Death, the Council retired home, and left Chrift 
 to be abufed by their Servants, aad to be impri- 
 foned, and kept tili Day. And then early in 
 the Murning they met again, and conveened 
 Chrift, and re-examine him, They having, in 
 their former Council-condemned him guilty of 
 Elafphemy, they were afraid left he mould deny 
 what he cpnfefled formerly, vi%. That he v*as the 
 Son of God} and therefore they examine him on 
 the fame Head again, that they might extorts 
 new Confefiion out ofr his own Mouth, and fo find 
 him guilty de novo, of Blafphemv, Luke 22. 67. 
 —70 Art thou the Chrift ? fell us ■< . «~ Art 
 thou then the Son of God} And he faid unto ihem y 
 Tsfaj that I am* He ftiil adheres to the Truth, 
 
 • coii 
 
"$ 2 Sacramental Meditations on (he 
 
 coftwhat it pleafes: In this Morning Council, 
 they determined to deliver Jcfus bound to Pilate 
 to be crucified, and drew his Libel, or Indict- 
 ment, of which in the next Articles; 
 
 Confider here, how eager Chrift's Enemies 
 were to deftroy him ; they met at Night, and 
 fat to Cock crow, that is three in the Morning;, 
 a id again by Six, affoon as it was Day* they met" 
 in Council to effectuate their Purpole. O.' what 
 a Shame is it for us, to be fo )azy in the Way of 
 Duty, when the Devil's Servants are fobufie in 
 the Way of Si. i? They can fit up, and rife early 
 tj fin, to murder Chrift, and his Followers ; 
 and we will not fit up late; or rife early to read 
 and meditate, and pray, and fit our felves for E- 
 t jrnity. 
 
 If thefe hypocritical Teachers of old were fo 
 bent, to have Chrift put to Death ; how much 
 more bufie and diligent ought true Gofpel Mi- 
 aifters be,'o celebrate the Memorial of his Death,- 
 in the Lord's Si'pper ? 
 
 XIH. They delivered bim bound to Ppntius 
 Pilate, Matth. 27. 2. And when they bad boundl 
 bint) they led b'm away, aad delivered hint to 
 Pontius Pilate the Governttxr. When firft they 
 apprehended him, they bound him, and ( it 
 teems) loofed'him from his Bond?, when he flood 
 before the Council ; and frgfrini when the Coun- 
 cil rofe, they bound him ( Par. Com. in Mai. if.) 
 c To the End Pilate receiving him boundiTighc 
 
 * think him the greater Malefactor, fyrotir 
 c thinks it was the Faihion with rhe Jews, to de- 
 c liver him bound to the Judge; whom- they 
 
 * thought worthy of Death. 
 
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Sufferings and Death of Chrijii $£ 
 
 Thus they led theLioh.oftheTri6e c/Judah,like 
 5 Malefaftor, bound with Ropes and Chains; he 
 that binds all the Devils in Hell with Chains oj 
 Darknefs, and reft rains the Malice of all wicked 
 Men in the World, with his Providence* for 
 Love to redeem our poor loft Souls, humbled 
 Jnmfclf fo low, as to let finful Mifcreants bind his 
 Hands with Chains of Iron. Behold his Hands, 
 which made Heaven and Earth, bound/ His 
 Kands, which uphold the Creation, fettered / His 
 Hands, who Jets captive Souls at Liberty,tie<i\ The 
 •liberal Hand?, whUh fat iff e the Defires of all Li~ 
 ving, chained! See with a believing Heart, and 
 tearing Eyes, the impartial Judge of'thz Quick 
 find the Dead led like a 2v£alefa£tor, by wicked 
 and malicious Men, before a. temporal ind par- 
 tial Judge, to be Judged for our Sins. O the 
 Juftice of God! O the Love of Chrift! O the Evil 
 of Sin / The Hazard we were in! O the Great- 
 iiefsof the Ranfom paid for us / O our Ingrati- 
 tude / tobefo negligent to refufe to celebrate 
 the Memorial of his Death 5 at his own Table* who 
 fufFered fo great Things for us. ' 
 
 XIV. Tbeyfalfly accufe him John 18, 28 
 Then led they jefus pom Cajaphas unto the Hall of 
 Judgment, and it wm early, and they themfelves 
 went not unto the Judgment HaU % left they fault 
 -bedefiled,3n& fo rendered unmeet to eat the Paf- 
 fbver. Hypocrites firained at Gnats, but fwaUow 
 ed Camels. They made Confcience of entering in 
 with a Gentile, Pontim Pilate, to the Judgment 
 Hall; but no Confidence to murder the innocenC 
 Jefus ; Pilate then went out unto them, andfaid t 
 What ' Acnifaiionbrb'gyouagxinfi this Man? They 
 
 anfwer* 
 
 j 
 
^ 4 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 anfwered fawcily If be were not a Malefaftor^ wt 
 would not have delivered bhn up unto thee. What] 
 do you think, That unlefshe were wicked, and 
 deferring of Death, that we would deliver him' 
 up unto thee? Is notour Word enough r Is not 
 our Authority enough (Paremin Mattb. 27 J? 
 Nay, fays Pilate, the Roman Law condemns no j 
 Man unheard and unconvicted : And if you will I 
 bring no Accufation againft him, take him your I 
 felves^and put hhn to Death, for I will not, with- | 
 out a fuffictent Accufation led, and proven a- j 
 gainft him, put him to Death. It is not lawful 
 for m (faid they ; to put any Man to Death ; y«u 
 that are Romans have taken away that Power 
 from us : We have a law, and hy that Law ho 
 ought to die ; and therefore we come to you, 
 the Judge of criminal Matters, to the End you 
 may put him to Death. It feems Pilate ftill con- 
 tinues asking a Librl and Accufation againft 
 Chrift; therefore at length they prefented the 
 Libel thev formed in their Morning Counciliand 
 accufed Chrift; Luke 23. 2. We have found this 
 Fellow perverting the Nation** and forbidding to 
 give Tribute to Ccfor, faying, That be himfelf is 
 Cbrifl a King. They accufe him of three Articles; 
 
 1. Oifeditiou DoBrine, that he feduced the 
 People, and perverted the Nation. r\ 
 
 2. Of Treafon and Difloyalty 9 that he forbad to 
 pay Tribute toCefar. 
 
 3. OVmtended Usurpation and Rebellion, that 
 he fought to make himfelf a King, and fo to re- 
 bel, and commit Treafon againft Cefar and to u- 
 furp-the Kingdom. 
 
 All thefeAccufations were maaifeftly k\fe(Ifaae 
 Ambrofe. Looking to Jcfm, Page. 360. ) As for the 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. '-$$ 
 
 irft, he was fo far from reducing the People, that 
 be would have gathered them in one , very often, 
 'Mat. 23,37 \)and they > would not. The 2d was falfe 
 ilfOjfbr he was fo far from forbidding to payTri- 
 »ute,that himfelf paidTribute {Mat. 17, 27,) and 
 efired others to do the like ; Luke 2o> 25., The 
 d was alfo manifeftly falfe in theSenfe they alleg- 
 d; for he was fo far from dcfiring to be an earth- 
 f King, thatJieprofeffed his Kingdom was not 
 f this World, John 18, 36, And when the People 
 ntended toJiavemade him a King, iiefled from 
 hem into a Mountain, himfelf alone, John 6. 1 $* 
 
 Pilate was moved with none of his Accufations, 
 >utthe Third, on which he examined Chrift; 
 laving flrft entered into the Judgment Hall, and 
 :alled Jefus unto him, he asked him, Art thou 
 be King of the Jews? Jefus anfwered* My King' 
 
 htn it not of this World — : John 18, 35. 36 
 
 3y which Pilate under flood, that Chrift was no 
 ntended Rebel or Ufurper againft Cefar ; and 
 ;herefore was defirous to let him go. 
 
 Behold here the Judge of the JPor/iaccufed by 
 bul mouthed Wretches, he that taught as never 
 \ian taught, the Way of God in Truth, was ac- 
 :ufed of falfe and feditious Doctrine ',he that was 
 :he moil loval Subjeft that ever breathed, was 
 iccufed of Treafon, intended Rebellion and U- 
 urpation ; the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 9 
 vas challenged for calling himfelf a King ; he is 
 [ueftioned for afluming the very Title of King 
 himfelf. 
 
 Manfurfcred himfelf to be feduced by theDevil; 
 nd Chrift is therefore ( to fatisfie J»ftice)accuf- 
 
 cd 
 
$6 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 c& as a Seducer of the People. Man denied th 
 Tribute of Obedience due to God; and Chrif 
 is accufed for denying Tribute to Cefar. Ma 
 committed Treafon and Rebellion, and Ufurpati 
 on againft the great Jehovah, ( for in eating th 
 forbidden Fruit, he thought to be as Omnifcien 
 as God is, )and Chrift: is a ecu red for Treafon 
 intended RebellioR,and Ufurpation againft Ce/ar 
 O the Juftice of God! and the fuitable Satisfafti 
 ( ^tven by Chrift for our Sins/ 
 
 V. Chrift toas fent to Herod, Luke 23 7. 
 ■■When Pilate heard that Jefus was a 
 C lean, and fo belonged to th- Jurifdi&ion of 
 Herod the Tetrarch of Galilee, he fent Chrift to 
 Herod, who was then at Jerusalem, to be tried 
 by him. Herod, was very glad of the Honour 
 done him by Pilate, being curious of a long Time 
 to have feen Tefus,becaufe he heard many Things 
 of him, and hoped to have feen fome Miracles 
 done by him : And then he propofes many curi- 
 ous, but not edifying Queftionsto him,to which 
 Chrift makes no Reply ♦, v. Mch Silence of Chrift 
 they interpret to be but S: ..plicity; Then Kerod % 
 with his Men of War, fet him at nought, and 
 mocked him,and arayed him in a gorgeous Robe, 
 and fent him again to Pilate (Ifaa: Jmbrofe Look' 
 ing to Jsfu& Page 362. ;. ' They arayed him with 
 
 * a white glittering gorgeous Robe? Tho* divine 
 
 * Providence feemedby this white andgorge- 
 
 * ous Robe to hold forth the Dignity and In- 
 « nocence of Chrift* of which White Colour was 
 
 * a fit enough Emblem : Yet Herod's Intentt- 
 
 * on was not fo much to declare his Excellence 
 
 • ■ ■ -* 5 or 
 
Sufferings *nd Death of Chrtf* 5 7 
 
 t of Innocence, as his Folly or Simplicity : Cer* 
 ! tainly>he accounted him for no other than a very 
 f Fobl,an Idiof, a pafling fimple Man. The Philofo- 
 tpbtrsCfays TertuUian)drew bim in their Pi&ures^t- 
 Hired by Herod like a Tool #pitb long Affes Earsfis 
 'Nails plucked off, and a BookJn his Hand. O the 
 •JtrangeMiftakesofMen.' O marvellous Madnefsi 
 'in his Lifetime they account Jefa a Glutton^ a 
 'Drinker of Wine, a Companion of Sinners , a Blaf- 
 'phzmer, a Sheerer, and one that bad caji out 
 'Devils through Beelzebub Prince of V evils'. Tf#, 
 *and that bimfelf was alfopojjeft with a Devil. And 
 «now, towards his Death,he is bound as a Thief, 
 'ftruck in the Houfe of Cajaphas as an arrogant 
 'fawcy FeHow \ he is accufed before the Council 
 «6fBlafphemy, he is. brought before Pilate as a 
 'Malcfaftor, a Mover of Sedition, a Seducer, a 
 'Rebel, and as one that afpired to the Kingdom, 
 'he is tranfmitted untoJfcr&/,asa Juglcr to (haw 
 Tricks;and now,in the Clofe ofall,ts accounted o! 
 Herod and his Men ofJV* r ar as a Fool, an Idiot, 
 a Brute, nothavinf \a under/landing of a Man. 
 Now when Herod md his Souldiers had fiiffi- 
 cently mocked ChrifT, and cloathed and treated 
 him as a Fool and Simpleton (Jfaac Ambrofe ibid.) 
 
 * they difmift him again to Pilate through the 
 
 * more publick and eminent Streets of Jerufalem, 
 ' in his white Garment, to be fcorned by the 
 f People ; to be hooted at by idle perfons; and 
 ' mocked by the Boys of the City. 
 
 Devout Reader, behold how the Son of God is 
 
 treated by the Sons of Men ! he was examined 
 
 twice by the EceJef.aftick Judicature, then he was 
 
 tiamined and. tried before the civil Court, next 
 
 O he 
 
 / 
 
58 Sa sr amenta I Meditations »n the 
 
 he is Tent to Herod, to be tried at a Council of War 
 before the Military Court ; and finally, he is re- 
 mitted by Herod to Pilate, from the Military to 
 the civil Court. O fee with what Patience the 
 Son of God endures all thefe Trials, out of an 
 acdent Love to fare our Souls! 
 
 See the Pearl cf Price, fet at nought ; the Wif- 
 oj tht Father, efteemed a Fool ; the heavenly Cap- 
 tain of our Salvation, derided by earthly Cap- 
 tains; the King eternal and invifible, mocked by 
 an earthly and mortal King ! He that cloathes the 
 Heavens voith Clouds and Stars , himfelf cloathed 
 with a Fool's Habit •, he that u the Tree of Life , 
 in the mid ft of the Streets of the heavenly "}erufalem y 
 led, like an idiot, in a mock Proceflion, through 
 the Streets of the earthly Jerafalem] No Wonder 
 tho J Earth fhould tremble, the Heavens ftand a- 
 mazed, and the Sea fhould roar at fuch a prodi- 
 gious Sight. O! with' what a bleeding Heart, 
 mourning for our Sins, the Caufes of Chriff's Suf- 
 ferings, Ihould we come to the Lords Supper, 
 to commemorate his Death and Pa/fton;' and 
 thefe Indignities he fuffered before his Death? 
 
 XVI. The Jews preferred Barabbas, a Thief and 
 Murderer, to Jefus, John 18. 39, 40. At the 
 Feaft of the Paffover, it was ordinary with the 
 Gorernour to relcafe any Prifoner the People 
 derired ; and therefore Pilate willing to releafe 
 Chrifr, asks the People, whom will ye that t re- 
 leafe to you? Whether will you have Bar- 
 rab&, who is a Thief, a Robber, a murderous 
 Mutineer ( See Matth. 27, 16, Luke 23. 19. Joba 
 18 40. } arid an Author of Sedition, or the 
 £in£ of the Jews, let loofe ? They all replied^ 
 
 with* 
 
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 with a Cry, denoting their malicious Eagernefs 
 to have Chrift del- toyed, Net this Man, but Ba- 
 rabbas. Tie jews would rot ratre a Thing they 
 held acctrted: and therefore, that they might 
 m Jidcr Chris's N*me as Bellas his Perfon, and 
 Jhew they looked on him as accurfed, they 
 fay, Not ibis Man. They wouldnot fo much as 
 pronounce his proper Name. 
 
 Pilate knew, that for Envy they had delivered 
 Jefus, Matih. 27. 18. and finding/ that Herodhzd 
 lent him back uncondemned, and endeavouring 
 Chrift 's Liberty* foi&What Jhal! J then do with 
 Jefa, who is called Chrift ? JfiittU 27. 22. (he 
 pronounces his Name to the full, and though a 
 Gentile, had more Pity on Chrift than all the 
 Jews ) And they all f aid unto him, let him be cru- 
 cified. Their former hidden Malice breaks 
 now at length out into open Fury. An ordinary 
 Death will notfatisfie their Malice, but z Roman 
 Deaths a curfei Death, a lingring Death of the 
 Crofs ; Why, what Evil hath be dene? fays Pilate, 
 ftiall he be crucified without a Crime ? But they 
 cried out the more, Luke 23, 21. Crucifs him, 
 crucifie him s no Reafon, but open Fury muft be 
 expected from inveterate Malice; they'll have 
 him crucified, but will not give fufficient Reafon 
 for fo doing. But Pilath fays to them again the 
 third Time, Why, what Evil hath he done ? Luke 
 23, 22. But they were inslant with hud Cries, re* 
 quiring that be might be crucified, Pilate proteft- 
 edthat he found no Caufe of Death in him, and 
 that be vas innocent; but the Voices of the People 
 end PrkVis prevailed: It was sot the Reafonsand 
 Arguments, but the loud Cries and ftrong Voices 
 D 2 of 
 
6b Sacramental Meditations en the 
 
 °f the People and Priefts which prevailed, Pilate 
 thought they would prefer Chrift to Barabbas, 
 and that they would feck to releafe Chrift ; but 
 tit i us Diabolum ex inferno petivifjent^uam Jefum, 
 ( Parous in Matth. 27. ) They voouldfooner ( faith 
 Jaratuffeek a Devil out of 'He 3 ( to be releafed ^ 
 than Jefui. At length Pilate feeing he could pre- 
 vail nothing, but that a Tumult was rather made, 
 he releafed Barabbas the Murderer and Thief ; 
 and delivered the Innocent Jefiu to be fcourged. 
 Behold and fee, How the Son of God wm humbled 
 far our Sins ! A High- way Thief who mercilefly 
 wounded and robbed t he Paffengers, wasprefer- 
 cd to the tender hearted Samaritan, that healed, 
 bound up, and poured Wine and Oyl of Conlo- 
 lation into the Wounds of bleeding Hearts. A 
 Murderer who had, unjuftly, flain the Living, 
 was preferred te a Saviour, that, mercifully, re- 
 fioredthe Dead to Life. The tumultuom Raifer of 
 Sedition, was preferred te the mofl loyal Payer of 
 Tribute. The Wolf is preferred to the Lamb. 
 The Guilty is preferred to the Innocent. The 
 Trie/1 s,rohofe Lips fbouldbave preferved Knowledge, 
 (Ma). '2, 7, ) and whofe Mouths mould be em- 
 ployed in prailing, ferving,-extolling Chrift, and 
 teaching of his People, were bufie in defaming, 
 maligning, abaft ng Ch rift's Name, feducing his 
 People, and Peeking his own Deftruftion : And 
 when Arguments cannot, loud Cries and ftrong 
 Voices muft overthrow Chrift. Alas ! was it not 
 enough for the Son of God to be put in the Bal- 
 ance with a Murderer,Thief; but mivft he alfo be 
 rejected, and the robbing,rautinous Murderer be 
 preferred to him? Muft a Heathen PilMe plead 
 * Chrift 
 
Sufferings and Death ofChrifl 6l 
 
 innocent, and feek his Delivery ; and the fupreme 
 Officers of the Church plead the King and Head 
 of the Church guilty, and not reft fatisfied till 
 he be crucified? Earth wonder, and Heaven ftand 
 amazed at the Juftice of God, the Love of Chrift 
 tofave Souls, the humble Condeftendcncc of Jefus, 
 and the Impotent BoJdnefs of the Priefts / 
 
 XVII, Cbrifl watjlripptd, Mat. 27. 27. "Then 
 * the Souldiers of the Governor! r took Jefus unto 
 c the Common-hall, and gathered unto him the 
 c whole Band, and they ft ripped him. They pul- 
 led off his Cloathes, and made him ftand naked 
 before them all. Reader, imagine with thy 
 felf, how afhamed you would be, to ftand as 
 naked as thou waft born, before a whole Band 
 or Regiment of infulting Souldiers! Some mo- 
 deft Perfons would rather fuifer Death, than thus 
 to be forced to ftand ftark naked, before fuch a 
 Multitude, in the face of the Sun. Othen! 
 what Shame, what Blufties, what Confufion co- 
 vered the Face of Jefus, the Fountain and Pat- 
 tern of Modefty, thus to ftand naked before hit 
 Enemies.' If the firft Adam thought Shame to 
 ftand naked before his own Wife, how much more 
 Shame, thought the fecond Adam to ftand naked 
 before his infulting and malicious Enemies ! 
 
 See him who clothes the Angeh with Glory y and 
 his Saints with Salvation^ the Heavens with Stars, 
 and the Earth with F lowers ; himfclf divefted of 
 his Cloathes, as naked as he came to the World, 
 in thePrefence of many hundreds ! O how de- 
 firous Chrift was to fave our Souls / that he 
 fhou Id endure fuch Shame and Indignity for us! 
 How ready ihould we be to endure Shame and 
 D 3 Reproach 
 
6l Sacramental MeditatUnt on tie 
 
 Reproach for hire, who was " ftripped naked 
 
 * before Mea that he might clothe us with hti 
 
 * own Righteoufnefs before God : He was diveft- 
 
 • ed of his earthly Robes,that we might be inveft- 
 
 * ed with heavenly Robes of Righteoufnefs, Glo- 
 
 • ry and Immortality. 
 
 • XVIII. Cbriflrvas Scourged^ John 19, 1. Then 
 Pilate took Jefu* and fcourged bim. Pilate was ftill 
 defirous to let Jefus go free ; and therefore, ( as 
 fome think ) he caufed to fcourge Chrift above 
 Meafure, thinking the Jem would relent, and 
 pity Jefus, after they had feen him fcourged Co 
 cruelly and mercilefly. This was a fhameful and 
 painful Punifhment ; it was fo fhameful, that the 
 Romans exeemedall their Citizens from it : And 
 therefore Paul fays, A&$ 21. 2$, 26. Is it law- 
 ful for yott to ftourgi a Man that is a Roman? 
 Scourging was only appointed for Slaves and 
 Thieves, as a Puni(hmcnt. It was alfo painful, 
 if we confider the Number of Stripes,and Malice, 
 and Force, with which they were infli&ed. 'The 
 
 • Manner of their whipping is defcribed ( Bofa. 
 
 * de paff. Domini. ) citante Ifaac Amb. Page. 368. 
 
 * thus, After they had ftripped him, they firft 
 
 * bound him to a Pillar, whither came fix young 
 
 * and ftrong Executioners, Scourgers, Varlets, 
 
 * Hangmen, (faith Jerom) to fcourge him, and 
 c whip him, while they could ; whereof two 
 ' whipped him with Rods of Thorns ; and when 
 
 * they had wearied thcmfelyes, other two whip- 
 
 * ped him with Ropes, or whip-cords, tied and 
 c knotted like a Carter's Whip ; and when they 
 c were tired, the other fcourged olfhis very Skin 
 I with Wires, or little Chains of Iron j and thus 
 
 « they 
 
Suffering and Death of Chrifl. 63 
 
 * continued,till by alternate and fuccefiive Turns 
 ' they hati added Stripe upon Stripe,and Wound 
 c upon Wound, latter upon former, and new 
 « upon old, that he ( Chrift J was all oyer in a 
 < Gore of Blood. 
 
 Some reckon ( Ifaac Ambrofe, ibid.) the Num- 
 ber of his Stripes to the Number of Souldiers in 
 the Band, being either fix hundred and lixty, or 
 a thoufand. Others reckon them to five thou- 
 fand and forty. Surely, if the whole Band ship- 
 ped Chrift, as is probable they did, his Strips 
 were many more -then five thoufand. Moreover, 
 if we compare Luke 23,. 16. and John 19 1. with 
 Mat. 27. 26. and Mark 15. 15. it would appear, 
 that he was twice fcourged(JW*Kj < ; » M&ttb. 27, 
 26, 27, ) ; Once before his Sentence, when Pilate 
 thought by fcourging him, to move the People 
 to pity him ; <• At which Time ( Leigh's Body of 
 
 * Divinity, Page 599. in Marg. ) the Jews fearing 
 
 * Pilate would let him pafs, gave Money to the 
 
 * Souldiers to whip him to Death : Of which 
 
 * Luke and John write. Again,after his Sentence, 
 c ex Inflitutty capital'^ of which Matthew and 
 Mark make Mention. So that being twic# whip- 
 ped, ©nee, out of a Defign to liberate him,before 
 his Sentence ; and again, alter his Sentence, con- 
 form to the Roman Laws and Cuiroms and lince 
 he was judged a Blafpbemer \ andfince, Lev. 24. 
 14. Blafphemers xvzre to be flexed by all that beard 
 them - y and fince, it is like that Chrift was fcourg- 
 ed by all that heard him calling him felt the Son of 
 God, his Stripes were fo many* that the Numbs* 
 of them cannot eafilyLbe condefcended on. 
 
 So cruelly did they whip him, that they tore 
 D 4 U% 
 
64 Sacramental Meditations en tU 
 
 his tender Flefh, till the Pillar and Pavemenil 
 were bedewed and purpled with a Shower oil 
 Blood (Ifaac Amhrofe Losking t$ Jefu^Vage 368.)! 
 And if we may believe Bernard, " They plowed 1 
 ' with their Whips on his Back, and made long I 
 ' Furrows ; and after that, they turned his Back 
 c upon the Pillar 5 and whipt his Belly and Brealt, 
 * till there was no part free, from his Face to his 
 Feet ( Bernard). Which certainly, unlefs the 
 ^God-head had fuftaincd him, and preferred him 
 "for a more fhameful Death, would have kiHed 
 him ; yea, fome affirm ( Ifaac Amhrofe Page 3^9.) 
 That the Games were fo wide, that you might 
 fee his Ribs and Bones, and very Inwards; fo 
 that tbey might tell aS bis Bones, agreeable to 
 ffalm 22. 1 7. 
 
 Confider ferioufly, bow Cbrifl was wounded, 
 Iruifed, cbaftifed. whipped with Stripes, ( I fa. 5$. 
 5. ) for our Tranfgreffions, for our Iniquities, to pro~ 
 
 cure us Pardon, and to heal us, Behold the 
 
 ijinoo-cntjtjus ftript naked, that he might with 
 more Shame aod Pain find the Smart of the 
 Scourging, ! See how they fcourgedhim once and 
 again, with Thorns, Ropes, Wires, and Iron 
 Chains; and when one couple wearies, feea- 
 nother falling on again ; yea the whole Band laft 
 ofatlfcourging him! 
 
 Thus be was fcourged with the Hands of Men, 
 to free us from the eternal Scourgings of Devils 
 in Hell, and everlafting Lafhes of God's infinite 
 Wrath due to us for Sin. O the Patience of 
 Jefus / not animpatient Word, not a Complaint 
 nor Cry does he utter under all rhefe Scourg- 
 ings ; his Eye was fixed on our Salvation, on the 
 
 Joy 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. 6<$ 
 
 Joy that was fee before him; And therefore he 
 roasts a Sheep before her Sbtarers^dumbjo he opened 
 not his Adoutb y Ifa. 53. 7. 
 
 XIX. They Cloathed htm tvith a Scarlet Robe, 
 (John 19. 2. Matth. 27. 28. ) calls it Pur- 
 ple, and Matthe vs y Searlet. Poftblj , it was lined 
 with Purple, and the Out- fide was Scarlet The 
 Greek Word [j^^uOfignifies a Cloak y or Jbort 
 loofe Garment ( at rlrft iifed by Kings and Empe- 
 rors ) put on Chrift, probably, in Derifion of his 
 Kingly Office, His Body now was of a Seat let and 
 Purple Colour, with the cruel ScourgiAgs, Stripes, 
 and Bloody Wounds the Band of Souldiers in- 
 flicted on him ; And ? he is clothed with a Scar- 
 ' let and Purple Cloak : He is of a Scarlet and 
 c Purple Colour now r beth within and with- 
 
 * out. 
 
 O what a Sight/ to fee the " naked, fcourg- 
 c ed, bleeding Jefus, in a Purple Gore of Blood, 
 
 * from Top to Toe, in Derifion,, clothed with a 
 c fhort Mantle or Cloak of the fame Colour ; 
 
 * his Legs, from the middle.of his Thigh down- 
 c wards* naked ; the Blood dropping down a- 
 
 * bout his Feet, from the Wounds occalioned by 
 
 * his Scourging ; and his fcourged, wounded, 
 ' * bleeding. Hands hanging by his Sides, under 
 
 « the Scarlet Robe/ 
 
 O flinty, rocky, adamantine Hearts/ thatfuch 
 a Sight and Confide ration will not diffolre 
 in Tears of Repentance, for the |Sins which put 
 Chrift to Shame and Suffering / The Jews and 
 Souldiers were the Executioners^but our Sins the 
 Caufesoffuch Indignities. 
 
 XX. Jbej Crfmcd him v>itblThorns r Matth, 
 
 P § I 27- 2> 
 
*£ Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 27. 29. Tbey platted & Crown of Thorns, and put 
 it on bis Head, The Ancients had feveral Sorts 
 of Crowns ; as Triumphal, Laural, Naval, Mural, 
 but never a Croxon of Thorns was ufed, till 
 this Crown was put upon Chrift, Une nouveUc 
 forte deCourronne, qui n'eft faite ni de Metal, ni 
 de Viereries, ni de fuciUes, ni de fleueres tnais d* 
 (pines feulemente & enccre, fi nous voulons ajouter 
 foy a la plus faine par tie des e cr wains, faite de cet. 
 te Jorte d* epines, blanches , qui ont contume, d* 
 tflre Its plus a';guis (Di fours fur la croix de noflrc 
 Signeur, Par, 7. Spanbeim, citante Leigh, in 
 Margine Page. 599. ), A new Sort of Crown, 
 which confifts not of Metal, nor precious Stones, 
 nor Leaves, sor Flowers, but only of Thorns, 
 And further, if we believe the foundeft Writers, 
 made up of that Sort of white Thorns, which ufe 
 to be moft (harp and pricking. He was crowned 
 in Derifion of his regal Office, and crowned 
 ■with Thorns to torment him ; it was fo torment* 
 ing, that it pierced him in feventy two Places, 
 fays fome, Mille Puntlurv, faith Bernard. Not to 
 Hand on how many Wounds the Thorny Crown 
 made in his Head, fure it made very many ; for 
 fo foon as it was put on, they fmote him on the 
 Head, Mat, 27. |o. with a Reed that it might 
 pierce his Ski n,and wound his Head. Some alledge 
 (I know not with what Truth) that it pierced his 
 Skull: Howver. there is no Doubt but that it 
 wounded his Head,even the Length ofhisSknll; 
 for we may eafily conjeclure,that the fharpPrckles 
 of the Thorns would eaiily penetrate his Skin, 
 and Flefh,till the Bone of the Skull oppofed,when 
 the rude Enemies were fmiting him on the Head, 
 
 and- 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrifl* 4 J 
 
 and driving with their Strokes the Thorns into 
 his Flefh. 
 
 Go forth ye Daughters of Sion } <?w d beho^ikhg So- 
 lomon; (Jefus Chrift the txuc Solomon >)^ with the 
 Crown of Thorns wherewith his Enemits crown- 
 ed bin? in tie Day of bU Suffering; and the Sadnefs 
 of hh Heart.- Behold that Head andH*ir y that if 
 white like IVcol, and white like Snow, now of a 
 deep fanguine Colour, dyed in his own Blood : 
 See thofe piercing Eyes* that were like a Flame of 
 Fhe, now darkned with his own Blood, which 
 trickled down his Face .' Seethe King of Kings, 
 who beftows imperial Crowns on the Great Ones 
 of the Earth,himiel( wearing a Crown of Thorns," 
 in Derifion of his Kingly Office, to fatijfle di- 
 vine Tuftice for our Sins ! loving, and lovely 
 %efus\ who would not love thee, that fo infinite- 
 ly loved us, and fuffered fuch Shame and Tor- 
 ment for us? See that Head* on which the Holy 
 Ghofi lighted in Form of a Dove; now pierced 
 with prickling Thorns all over, before, behind, 
 and in the Crown ; the Thorns piercing his Skin 
 and Flefh in to the Skull, and his Enemies ftrik- 
 ingthe Thorny Crown, and faftening it in his 
 Head ! O what intolerable Pain was here ! E- 
 nough to diftra£t the Wits, and jumble the Intel- 
 lectuals of an ordinary Man : But, O the Pati- 
 ence of our dear Saviour, who defpifed the Shame, 
 and endured the Fain with the greater!: Meek- 
 nefs and Calmnefs.' He had his Eye fixed on 
 the Joy that was fet before him,and his Thoughts 
 fixed on our Salvation, the great End he drove 
 at, which made him 3 as it were defpife, if not 
 forge t hh S u fFe rings. 
 
 Xhus> 
 
 - 
 
6$ Sacfdrfkfitdl MeJitalloni on the 
 
 Thus our Jefus did wear a Crown of Thorns 
 on Earth, that we fhould wear a Crown of Life, 
 a Crovin of Glory, and a Crown of Righteoufneft in 
 Heaven 5 he had a Crovon of Tain and Torment 
 on his Htad ; in the Earthly Jerufalem, that we 
 might get a Crovin ef Joy and Happinefs in the 
 Heavenly .ferufalcm : O miferable Wretches that 
 we are, that ever we fhowld offend fuch a kind 
 and loving Lord/ 
 
 XXI. They further mock him in hit Kingly 
 Office. They ftripped him, clothed him with a 
 fhort Scarlet Cloak, and crowned him with 
 Thorns partly to fhame him, and torment him, 
 and partly to deride him in his Kingly OrEce : 
 But all this will not. fatisfie their Malice, they 
 go on a Step further to Mock him, as will ap- 
 pear in thefe four Particulars; 
 
 1. They put a Reed in his Hand y Mat. 27. 29. in 
 j&ead of a golden Scepter, they gave a Reed to 
 Chrift in his right Hand. 
 
 2. ' They bowed the Knee before him in Dc- 
 f rifion, Mattb. 27.29. 
 
 3. * They mocked him with their Tongues, 
 feytng, Hail King of the Jew. 
 
 4. ' They fpit on him, and took the Reed, and 
 fmote him on the Head, Mattb. 27. 30. They 
 caft their Bubbles and Spittles in his Face. 
 
 Behold how they treat the Kirg of Sion ! 
 They crown him xoith Thorns * they anoint him, 
 partly with his own Blood, forced out of his 
 Head by the prickling Thorns; and partly, they 
 anoint him with Spittles, and filthy Phlegm 
 thrown in his Face ; they Scepter him with a 
 Reed j they give frini a mock- Clown, a mock- 
 
 Uflclion, 
 
Sufferings and -Death tfCbrifi. 6g 
 
 Unftion, a mock-Scepter, and mock-Honuge > ia 
 Word and Deed, with Tongue, and Knee, and 
 all to ridicule him, for owning himfelf a King. 
 See him, whom the Father anointed with the Oil of 
 Gladnefi above Meafure, anointed, now with 
 Elood and Spittle J See him, whofe Scepter of bit 
 Kingdom is a Scepter cf Rtghtecufnefs, and who 
 Jsfoes the Nations in Pieces jo'iVh his Rod of Iron, 
 having a Reed in his Hand for a Scepter ! See 
 the Enemies bowing the Knee, in Ridicule to 
 him, be fere whom aU Knees in Heaven and Earth 
 mufl bono \ the Knee bowed in Derifion to him, 
 to which all Knees mull bow in Reverence i See 
 him to whom all Tongues mail confefs,and whom 
 all Mouths muft praife, mocked with the Tongues, 
 and fcorned with the Mouths of his infurting 
 Enemies ! Behold him whom the Father appoint 
 ed King over his holy Hill Sion, what mock-Ho- 
 mage and Derifion he fuffcred from the pretend- 
 ed Office-Bearers of Sion and their Attendants/ 
 
 Thus Chrift is mocked in his Kingly Office, 
 that he might make us Prieftsand Rings to our 
 God for ever. He is crowned with Thorns ; 
 that he might crown us with Glory. He gets a 
 Reed in his Hand; that he might give tis Palms 
 of Vi&ory in our Hands. He is anointed with 
 Blood;— that he might anointus with the Spirit. 
 
 XXII. Chrift u Brought forth and fentenced, 
 John 19. <;. Then came ^efm forth, wearing the 
 Crown of Thorns and the Purple Robe, and Pilate 
 faith unto them, Behold the Man, After Chrift 
 was ftripped of his Clothes, fcourged, crowned 
 with Thorns, clothed with a fcarlet Robe, and 
 Sscptered with a Reed,in DerifiOB,fmitten 3 fpitteD 
 
7° Sacramental Meditations on tie 
 
 on,—— « they bring him out by the Hair 
 c of the Head, (fay fo.ne)and in this Pofture 
 
 * expofe him to the pfiblicK View of the fcarnful 
 
 * Com piny { Ifaas Ambroje Lotting to fcfus, Page 
 
 * 370. ) P/late crying unto ihem. Behold the Man\ 
 1 At uttering of which Words (as fome affirm ) 
 c niate'i Servants lifted up the Purple Robe, 
 
 * that all might fee his naked, fcourged, wound- 
 c ed, torn Body* the more to move them to Pity; 
 Pilate was ftill minded to let Chrift go, and ufed 
 feveral Means formerly for that End, tho* with- 
 out Succefs; and therefore, once more he en- 
 deavours to move them to pity Chrift, faying, 
 " Behold the Man/ O ye Jeva, fee the poor 
 
 * Man ye fo much accufe and perfecutc, forcaN 
 
 * linghimfelfyourKing; fee how hisHead ispierc- 
 c ed all over with Thorns, his Bod/ all wounded 
 c with fcourging, his Face abufed with Spittle ! 
 t Will ye not pity him, and let him go ? Has he 
 1 not fuffcred enough already ? But all Pilate 
 c could do, is to no Purpofe ; for when the chief 
 
 * Priefts and Officers faw him, they cried out, 
 c faving, Crucifie him, crucifie him ; John 19.6. 
 c Pilate is frill unwilling to put Jefus to Death; 
 
 * and therefore fay?* Take ye him, and crucifie 
 c him, for I find no Fault in him. What ! 
 Crucifie an innocent Man,' I find no Fault in 
 him, crucifie hm vour fclves 5 iTyou pleafe ; as for 
 mr, I will have no Hand in his Dtrath. 
 
 The; finding Pilate loth to pronounce Sentence 
 agai'ift Chrift, made Ufe of three Arguments to 
 • perfwade him. 
 
 1/?. Argument, According to our Law he ought 
 to dit> becaufe he made bimfelf the Sm of God. 
 
 John 
 
 1 
 
Suffer mgi and Death of Chrift. 7 1 
 
 f l[ohn 19. 7. When Pilate heard this, he was the 
 "320 re afraid, becaufe C faith Cyril ) Pilate was an 
 Heathen Idolater, and fo worfhipping mam gcds 
 he could not tell 5 bui drift might be one of them, 
 and therefore in condemning Chrttf, he might 
 juftly provoke all the gods to be avenged of hkn : 
 And therefore Pilate asked him. Whence art thou ? 
 And from thenceforth fought to releafe him \ but 
 the Jews prefs him with another Argument. 
 
 2d. Argument, If thou let thu fcan go tkou y 
 art not Cas far's Friend : That is, you will be guil- 
 ty of Trcafon againft the Emperor Cxfar, if you 
 let this Mango free, who calls himfclf a King; 
 for whofoever maketh or calleth himfeifa King, 
 fpeaketh againU C*far y and, affure your fe!f, that 
 we will not fail to acquaint Cxfar with the Cafe. 
 Pilate^ whom the Fear of ChrilVs Divinity had 
 formerly restrained, is now for Fear of Cxfar's 
 
 Frown, and loling his Place,- tempted and 
 
 induced co go on to fentence Chrift ; and yet 
 with great Relation : And therefore U tales 
 Watery and wajhes bis Hands before the Multitude^ 
 faying, I am innocent of the Blood of thu juji Man y 
 fee ye to it. But left tne Fear of incurrirg the 
 Guilt of ChiifT's Bh.od fhould a fright Pilate 
 from riaffl.ig Sentence, they add another Argu- 
 ment to remove that Difficulty. 
 
 ^d. Argument, Eu Blood be on 05, and on Our 
 Children^ Matth. 28. 2s -Thar is, pafs thou Sen- 
 tenceagainfr hiir, and if thou feareftany Guilt 
 we will urdergo tor thee ; his Blood be upon us, 
 may the Divine Vengeajjce of his Blood be upon 
 us, and on our Children for ever* 
 
 At 
 
72 Sacramental Meditations §n tie 
 
 At length Pilate was forced ( tho' not clear i I i 
 his Judgment J by their Arguments, to fentsne . 
 Chrift. He fat down in the Judgment Seat callei 
 the Pavement-, John i?, 13. which was a Plac< 
 of railed Stone-work without the Judgment-hall 
 to the End the People might fee. And before 
 he paffes Sentence, he makes the laft Eflay to 
 deliver Chrift from Death; and to that End fays, 
 Behold your Kingi John 19, 14. WiM you not 
 pity this poor Man> who, for calling hirofeli 
 your King, is fo pitifully abufed from Top to Toe 
 with Wounds, Lajhes ; Scourges, prickling Thorns, 
 and Spittles ■ " ■■? But John\g % l$. They cried 
 oat t Away with hirn^ Away with him % cracife 
 him What?(fays Pilate) fjaU I crucife your King? 
 The chief Priefls anfwered, We have no King but 
 Csefar. At length ( Luke 23. 24. ) Pilate gave 
 Sentence, That it fhould be a* they required \ That 
 is, that Chrift fhould die the (hameful, painful, 
 and ignominious Death of the Orofs. 
 
 Here, O my Soul, paufe and confider, how 
 Chrift was brought forth, ( or as fome affirm j 
 how he was dragged by the Hair out of the Judg- 
 ment- ha 1J, to the open View of the Priefts, 
 
 Scribes, Sadiiucees, Herodians, his mortal 
 
 Enemies, with a Crown of Thorn* fafl on> andi* 
 hU Head, forcing out the Blood, before, behind, 
 and.on both Sides ; his Face abufed. with Spittles, 
 his Feet naked, and the (hort purple Robe cover- 
 ing only the upper part of his Body ; fee how 
 the Blood trickles down his Face, be4ewing his 
 Eyes, Nofe and Mouth, and falling down on the 
 euter Side of the Purple Robe. -, and his Back, 
 and Breait and Arms* within the Robe, drop- 
 ping 
 
175 Sufferings and Death ofCbriS. 
 
 ifping down Blood, falling on his naked Feet ; So 
 
 cqthat the Purple Robe, within, and without, was 
 
 •^bedewed with his Blood : See a Mock-fcepter of 
 
 fca Reed in his naked, wounded Hand, bedewed 
 
 alio with his own Blood. O what Shame and 
 
 Pain, to come in the_open View of his Enemies, 
 
 half naked, having nothing to cover his Body, 
 
 fare a (hort Scarlet Cloak, hanging only down 
 
 to the Mid-thigh, and having his Head and Body 
 
 all wounded, and bleeding with Scourges ana 
 
 Thorns/ 
 
 <c This was he, who came up from Edom, Ifa, 
 c 63, i„ with died Garments, died of a Sanguine 
 * Colour with bU own Blood ; that was red in his 
 c Apparel, and his Garments like him that tread- 
 c ethin the Wine fat, who treaded in the Wine- 
 1 prefs of his Fathers Wrath, and none of the 
 c People was with him. See how malicioufly 
 are the Priefts and Elders fet againft Chrift ; no- 
 thing but his Heart-blood will fatisfie them : a 
 Heathen Pilate is more tender of Chrift, than 
 the Office bearers of his own Houfe. The for- 
 mer fought by many Methods ( putting him in 
 the Ballancewith EarabbatfenAing him to Herod s 
 fcourging him, and pleading for him, pronounc- 
 ing him feveral Times innocent ) to releafe'him ; 
 The latter by as many Methods to put him to 
 Death, being inftant with loud Cries, till t bey pre- 
 vailed. Sure this was ro fir-all J-art of Chrifi's 
 Sufferings, th^baving come to hU otcn.bu own re- 
 ceived him not \ but on the contrary,rejtcled him* 
 difowred, perfecuted, defamed him, and accuf- 
 ed him of Treafon, Sedition, Blafphemy.-* 
 
 Thus 
 
f4 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Thus the chief Corner -ftone vovs fet at noutht of the ) 
 Builders, Pfalm u8. 22. 
 
 Finally^ Behold the innocent Lamb of God, con- * 
 demned to die ; the Lord of Life^ adjudged to ' 
 Death; the jufl \udge of the Quick andthe ZW,of t 
 Angels and Men, condemned by an unjuft mor- t 
 tal Man ! See the fame Mouth, who had feveral | 
 Times pronounced Chrift innocent, condemning 
 him guilty of Treafon, Sedition, Blafphemy, 
 '■- and pafling the Sentence of Death up>n 
 him ! Behold him whti knew no Sin, condemned 
 as guilty of the greateft Sins, againft the firft and 
 fecond Table of the Law.' He muft jjot only 
 die, but alfo be reputed a Maieiaclor, and Blaf- 
 phemer,— — and Co to be murdered in his Name 
 and Perfon. 
 
 O the Love of Chrift to our Souls ! O hour 
 calmly doth he bear and accept of the Sentence 
 of Death, tofave us from eternal Death ! " He 
 * is brought as a Lamb to the Slaughter; and as 
 c a Sheep before her Shearers is dumb, Co open- 
 < ed he not his Mouth Ifa. 53.7. O.' with what 
 Devotion and Willingnefs ot Mind ought we to 
 come to the Lord's Table, to commemorate thefe 
 Sufferings of.our dear Lord and Saviour Tefus 
 ChriiP 
 
 XX IH. Thry Jed him away to the Place of Ex- 
 ecution, Chrit being thus condemned to die, his 
 Enemiev-vith all imaginable Speed, heftir them- 
 felve<, to put their bloody Dcfign in Execution. 
 And in Order thereto .' 
 
 2. They took the Robe of from him, and put hit 
 own Raiment on him, Mat. 27. 31. to the End 
 he might be better known^ Xhe Evangelift favs, 
 
 Ibey 
 
Sufferings and Death ofCbrifi. j\ 
 
 )ey tool of the Scarlet Robe, but there is no word 
 taking off the thorny Crown. It is therefore \ 
 obable,that the Crown of Thorns was kept on 
 s Head, from the Judgment- h*ll to the Place of 
 
 1xecution,and } (for ought we can iearn)it was kept 
 q his Head on the Crofs till he died,and that ?«- 
 ph took it off,when he and Nicodentu* buried him* 
 2. They led him away to Mount Calvary to cru~ 
 <f.e bint, Mat. 27. 3i.( Jfaac Ambrofe Uoling 
 } jfefuA, Page 373. )" Some fay, they caft a Rope 
 or Chain about his Neck, by which_they led 
 him to the Place of Execution ; and that,all a- 
 long the Way, Multitudes attended him, and a 
 Crier went before him,crying to all the Hearers 
 theCaufe of his Death ; namely, That JefiuwM 
 1 Seducer, Blafphemer, Necromancer* a Teacher of 
 alfe Ditlrincs, faying ofhimjelfthat be was the 
 Mejftofy the King 0/Tfrael, and the Son ofGed. 
 
 3. They made hint carry hit twn Crofs , John 19. 
 17. They bound his Crofs on which he was to be 
 :rucificd, on his own Shoulders, which were all 
 wounded with Whips before : yea, fo unmerciful 
 they were to him, that tho' his Blood and bodily * 
 Strength was now,wifhfcourging,and watching, 
 
 and beating, and buffeting, near fpent; 
 
 yet neither jfcjr, nor Roman Souldier would lay 
 to his Hand to lend him the leaft Help ; fo that 
 at length he faints, and finks urder the Burden 
 of the Crof?, and then they, to prevent his dying 
 with lefs Shame and Smart then they intended, 
 cor.fi rained One Simon a Cyrenian, to bear hu Crofs 
 after him. Chrift had one End of the Crofs on his 
 own Shoulders, and Simon carried the other End 
 on his Shoulders j Chrift went before, ard 5/ mon 
 
 followed 
 
 M 
 
f 7* Sacramental MedltatUm on tht 
 
 flowed after: Here a true Emblem, « Tha t 
 
 Ra ffl^". th >!; Cr0 ^ In »"<™ AfHiflions *L 
 is affiled with us ; in all our Crofles Chrift car lie 
 
 ders, as he did here with Simon. 
 
 r,JL h A U$ A the C 5. u u el .5 nemics » affoon as Sentence iC 
 pafled, drag Chrift to the Place of Execution , 
 and violently pull off the Scarlet Robe, whicjfc 
 was flicking by the congealed Blood, ' to hul 
 Wounds, which were made to open and bleed C 
 arrefh, by pulling off the Robe, and clothing hid 1 
 with his own Garment, that all the Beholden 5, 
 might know him : It was not to do him any Afl c, 
 of Mercy or Kindnefs they thus clothed him, but jj 
 to torment him the more,by opening his Woundife 
 his Body received by Scourging : And to expofefc 
 him to the Mockery and Ludibry «f the Rabble ; r 
 and to torment him the more, they continue the 1 
 thorny Crown on his Head. 
 
 Devout Reader, imagine with thy feIf,thatyou < 
 law how Chritt was conveved through the 
 Streets of Jerujalem, from the Judgment-hall to j 
 Mount Caivay, carr> ing his Crofs on his Shout- « 
 ders, a Rope or Chain about his Neck, the thor- ! 
 ny Crown upon his Head, Multitudes furround- « 
 ing him, following, ftaring on, and mocking j 
 him ; a Crier going before him, proclaiming hira |« 
 a Blafphemer, Necromancer : — — And at I 
 length, thatvoufaw him finking and fainting un- ' 
 der the Crofs ; and all this for our Sins, to favc 
 our Souls/ O iuunenfe Love.' O, how fbould fuch 
 a Coniideiatiou move us to repent for our Sins, 
 
 which 
 
Suferhp and Death ofCbrtft* 77 
 
 hichputour Lord to fuchopen Shame, and Suff- 
 ering ; and to love him who fo dearly loved us .' 
 O fee with an Eye of Faith, with a thankful 
 nd penitent Heart, the Son of God led to Exec w 
 on y for the Salvation of the Sons of Men ! See 
 im led forth out oj the earthly Jerufalem, that we 
 light be led into the heavenly Jerufalem I See 
 im conveyed by wicked men to Mount Calvary to 
 e crucificdy that we might be conveyed by Angefc 
 "3 Mount Sion to be Crowned ! See him carrying 
 be Crofs on hi* Shoulder 1, that we might get a 
 ?rownofLife, of Glory, and Righteoufnefs put 
 n our Head « See him brought forth with a Rope 
 r Chain about hu Neck, as if he were a condemn- 
 d Slave, that he might purchafe for us the glo- 
 ious Liberty oi the Sons of God ! See the MuU 
 itude furrounding following, gating on, and mock* 
 ng £/j*r,whom Angels fear>obey,worfhip,andwith 
 ailed Countenances do admire! Behold Chri ft 
 nocked ofMen,that we might be honoured ofGod* 
 Behold him whom Ahgels,yea,ten thoufand times 
 ten thoufand, and thoufand thoufands of Angels 
 proclaim in the heavenly Jerufalem, worthy to 
 receive Power, and Riches, and Wifdom, and 
 Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Bleff- 
 ing, Rev. 5. n, 12. proclaimed by a Crier 
 in the earthly Jerufalem a Blafphcmer, Conjur- 
 ; er,Seducer,worthy of Stripcs,and Buffets and 
 Blows and Scourges, and Lafhes, and Spitting, 
 and Derifion, and Hifling, and Death ; yea, 
 and the fhameful Death of the Crofs! Thus was 
 thrift proclaimed a Blafphemer, Malefaftor, 
 
 on Earth, that we might be proclaimed the 
 
 an/owed and adopted Sons of Cod in Heaven, 
 
 finally 
 
78 Sacramental Meditations on tbc 
 
 FinaKy r view him, who upholdeth the Creation 
 by the Word of his. Power, fainting, and firk : ng 
 urader the Croft, to the End he might f 
 with, and afTift and ftren^then us under our 
 Crofles ! Thus the Lord laid on. him the 
 quitv of us all ( Ija. 53. 6. ). O wonderful 
 Love ! 
 
 Thus far, we have tak*n a Ihort Glimpfe of 
 Chrift's Sufferings b-fore his Death, tor indeed 
 his 5u#erih£s were fogreir, that no Mortal can 
 fulW d fcrbe them ; and all we can fay or think 
 
 of them r s b t little We (hall now confider 
 
 his Sufferings at his Death. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 0) Chrifi's Sufferings at his Death. 
 
 ONE might tMnk, that,by thisTime,Chrift 
 hadfnftered enough, and that the Malice 
 and Fury of his Enemies was now abated. But 
 alas ! nothing but his Death wll fatisfie them ; 
 And the grea'teft Part of his Sufferings are yet 
 behind vi$. Hti $Oif}~$u fittings, a?id fprritual 
 Defertion, andCrucifxion. Let us take a View 
 of the Sufferings of Chriftat his Death in Or- 
 der. 
 
 I. Tbty gave him Vinegar to drink mingled 
 rolth Gal!, Mat. 27. 34. It was the Cuftom of 
 the Jcvts and Romany to give a drink of Wine to 
 the Condemned before their Execution, to for- 
 
 title 
 
Sufferings and Veath oj Cbrifl. 79 
 
 nd cheer them; but to Chriff they gave Vine- 
 ar and Gifl 4 which, aif Tteopbylafb in M«rO 
 Kate, w^s a polfcnous Drir.k - When Chrift 
 Staffed it, heboid nc: dunk v choonPg 
 ather the detonated Deatn^r the Croft, than - 
 o die bv Poifon. - , 
 
 Little need! h?d ChriR of fudi a fowre and bit- 
 ter Potion uh^fe bodttv Strength was now ataoft 
 pent, wihWacchingand Scourging, and Bleed- 
 :ifc and Buffeting, 3nd other inhuman Ufages.. 
 He had more need of Cordials, and Refloratives: 
 But alas' his malicious and inciting Enemies 
 will afford no other Cordials but Gall and Vine- 
 gar We are ready to blame the fews for deal- 
 ing'thus inhumanely with Chrift •, but wefeldom 
 refleaoriour Sins, which put a bitterer Cup 
 than Gall and Vinegar HvChrift's Hand, even 
 the bitter Cup of the red Wine cf the Wrath and In- 
 Agnation of the woft High, which he vvas forced 
 not only to tafte, but alfo to drink; up the very 
 Dregs thereof. O ! our Hypocrifie, Carnality, 
 our Covet© ufnefs, our Perjury, and Breach of 
 
 Yows mixed this bitter Cup to Chrift. 
 
 Behold him who created the Fountains cf Water 
 Revel. 14. 17. and brings out of the Earth Wine 
 ■that maketh glad the Heart of Man. Pfalm 104, 
 15. who gives Drink to the Fowls of Heaven, 
 Men, andBcafts of the Earth, brought fo low 
 for our Sins, that no better Drink than Gail and 
 Vinegar is offered him! Others, yea very Slaves, 
 tat Death ufed to get ftrengthening Cordials, but 
 Chrift muft get poifoning Corrofives. O how 
 bitter is the Nature of Sin ! " It is compared to 
 ; Grapes of Gall^ and bitter CUi ft ers, and poifon 
 
 * of 
 
; 8o Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 cf Dragons, and cruel Venom of A fps ( Dc* 
 J 32. 32.) Chrift was to fuffer for our bitter Sir 
 * and mu ft therefore hare a bitter Potion eiv< 
 1 him to drink. ° 
 
 1 T J a Tbcy crucl f icd hin >-> Mat. 27. 35. (>#«. 
 
 Trdtfaf. 36. /» Joban. ) tells us',that fuch as ufe 
 
 < to becrucified, had their Hands and Feet naile 
 
 to the Crofs ; and fo in a Kngring Manner wei 
 
 put to Death. " Firft, they threw down tl 
 
 ' Crofs upon the Ground, and fattened Chri 
 
 J to it,while it lay flat on the Ground ; and the 
 
 * as Mofes lifted up the Serpent in the Wilder ne 
 
 ' fo was the Son of Man lifted up ( Smith on tl 
 
 Creed ) I fhall here kt down what IJaac Ambroj 
 
 quotes out ofHerles contemplation ofChrift'sPa 
 
 flon ( Herles Contemplation ofCbrifl's faffion cite 
 
 b; lfaac Ambrofe Looking to Jefap. 375.) » tha 
 
 you may the more fully fee Chrift's Suffering: 
 
 and his Enemies Actings. " Now came the bax 
 
 ' barousand inhumane Hangman, and began t 
 
 ' unloofe Chrift Hands j But how? Alas! it 
 
 ' not to Liberty, but to worfe Bands of Nails 
 
 5 Then ftript they off his Gore glewed Clothe 
 
 * and with them, queftionlefs, not a little of hi 
 ' mangled Skin and tlefh, as iC it were no 
 5 enough to crucifie him as a Thief, unlets the 
 ' alfo flea him as a Beaft .* Then ftretch they hir 
 ' out as another Jfaac on his own Burden, th 
 ' ,Crofs ; that fo they mi§ht take Meafure of th 
 ' Holes ; and tho' the Print of his Blood on i 
 9 gave them his true Length, vet how ftriclly d 
 
 • they take it longer than the Truth ? thereby a 
 ' once both to crucifie and rack him. That h 
 ' was thus ftretched and racked upon his Crof 
 
 ' JDavi 
 
Sufferings and Death of Cbrifi. 81 
 
 David gives more than probable Intimation, 
 pfalm 22. 14. 17. / may tell all my Bones-, And 
 again, all my Bones are out of joint ; which 0- 
 therwife how could it fo well be, as by fuch a 
 : violent Stretching and Diftortion I whereby it 
 Teems they made him a living Anatomy. not was 
 it in the lefs fenfible Parts of hisBody,that they 
 drive thefe their larger 'Tenters, whereon his 
 whole Weight mufthang ; but in his Hands and 
 Feet,the moft fwewy,and confequeitly s the moft 
 fenfible flelhy Parts of ail other; wherein, how 
 rudely and painfully they handle him. appear? 
 } too by that of David, They digged try Hands 
 ■ and my Feet ; they have made wide Holes, like 
 I that of a Spade, as if they had been digging m 
 
 * fome Ditch. And that the Holes made by the 
 p Nails in his Hands and Feet, were extraordina- 
 f ry big, is clear (JLeigb's B. D. P. 600 in Marg.) 
 F Ifweconfider/as Ecclefia flick Hiftory reports, 
 
 * that the Nails with which they nailed him to 
 the Crofs, were fo great* that €$nftaniin& 
 thereafter made aHelmet and a Bridle of them 
 for his own Ufe, (furefuchbig Nails would 
 
 : make no fmali Holes.) They nailed one Hand 
 : to one Horn of the Crofs,and the other Hand to 
 : the other Horn of the Crofs,and his Feet to tic 
 : Stump at the Bottom. Then they lift up the 
 { Crofs te which Chriit was nailed, ar>d fixe 
 : in the Ground, which (Ifaac Ambreft L&& 
 c to JefuA P. 375.) with its Fall into the Piaee 0? 
 J its Station, gave infinite Tortures, by (bvio- 
 c lent a ConcufTion of the Body of our Lord. 
 
 The firft Adam finned in eating of the forbid- 
 den Tree, the fecond Adam fuffered on the 
 
 E fed 
 
% ? Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 fed Tree. Adam* Feet carried him to, and h 
 Hands received the Fruit which grew on the foi 
 h ; Jen Tree: And therefore Chrift's Hands an 
 Feet arc nailed to the curfed Tree of the Crofi 
 O .' What Proportion betwixt Man's Sins an 
 Chrift's Sufferings / The Sons of Men with thei 
 Pride and Ambition, like fo many Lucifers, elc 
 yate themfdves as high as the Threne of God, i 
 their own Conceits.; For which the Son of Goc 
 God equal with the Father, mufl be laid low, lai 
 flu oh his Back upon ihc Crofs, to have th 
 Meaiure of his Body taken, in Order to be nail 
 ed thereon. The fiery Serpents of Sin had itun 
 our Souls, and Chrifl wis lifted up on the Croft 
 Ji'se the Serpent in the Wildernefs, to heal «ur Soul; 
 and to nail our Sins to the Crofs. j4nd fo h 
 blotted out the Handwriting of Ordinances, tha 
 jok avainfl u/.-y which wm contrary t9 us, and too. 
 it out of the Way, nailing it to his Crofs y Col. 
 14. 
 
 i IX. Tb<y parted his Garments, Matth. 27. 35 
 rfndctinftquently hangedhim naked on the Crofs, 
 fSm: on Crc: p 22 1 ) £ They did pull off his Clothes 
 ' We fee, firft they put off the purple Robe, anc 
 ? tfeefl put on his own Garments, and now whei 
 ' they "nail him to the Crofs, they itripoffhi 
 1 own Garments, and let him hang naked on th< 
 3 Crofs. GjiendithxcCircumftantia, CbrifiumV* 
 ' ft i mentis nudatum,Cruci fuffixum fuiffefJ J ar. h 
 ;6.-J7jThisCircumltance.(-j/^. the partingc 
 Ch: iit's Garments,(hewsCraysP4r<c«j) that Chrif 
 was 1. m£ naked on the Crofs. Job 19 23 tells us 
 they diyidei his Garments in "four Parts, to ever 
 Soldier a Part. It ftems there were four Souldi 
 
 cr 
 
Suffer h^s and -Death of Chrift, %% 
 
 ers appointed Hangmen to entente Jefus, one 
 to each Hand, and one to each Foot, to fatten 
 him on the Crofs, and violently to ftretch and 
 diftend his Hands, Feet and Joints from other, 
 with the Nails ; each of the four ( as Hang-men 
 ordinarly claim Right t© the Clothes of the Per- 
 Ton executed) took his ewn Share of Chrift's 
 Clothes. 
 
 Thus Chrift was hung naked before Men, left 
 we fhould appear naked before God. He was 
 hung naked, to purchafe the" Robes of Righteouf- 
 nefs for us. Man by Sin had made hrpffelf naked 
 before God, and therefore the Son of God> to fa- 
 tisfie Divine Juftice, mufi hang nuked before God> 
 and Angels, And Men and Devils. 
 
 IV. They crucified him betwixt two Thieves , 
 Matth. 27. 35. After they had faftned Chrift 
 with Nails to the Crofs, and fet the Crofs in its 
 own Station, then they crucified two Thieves, 
 one on the righs and another on the left Hand 
 of Chrift, and Chrift in the middle 5 quafi La- 
 tronutn Principem (Param in Loc) as if he were 
 chief of the Thieves or Robbers ; who,- as 
 they alledged, had robbed God of lis Glory* in 
 catling himfelf the Son of God. Pilate and the 
 Priefts did cunningly cracifie Chrift betwixt 
 two Thieves, to the End, the Multitude might 
 judge him worfe, and more guilty than'any of the 
 Thieves, which they would notfo readily judge, 
 if fee had been crucified alone, or not in the midft 
 of the tvvo Thieves. 
 
 Thus our dear Lord was numbrtd with the 
 
 Tranfgveffors Ifa. 53. 12. and counted the greateft 
 
 of Thievesj of Malefactors, of Villains, before 
 
 E 2 Me?!) 
 
 
 & 
 
§ X Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Men, that we might be co vented right: om before 
 God. We rubbed God of his Glory, by Sin, for 
 which our Surety Jefus Chrift fuffers, not only 
 to be murdered in his Body, but alfo in his Name; 
 He not only dies for us, but fuffers to die under 
 the Notion of a moft notorious Villain and Rob- 
 ber ; O infinite Love ! O how ready mould we 
 be, to fuffer Indignities for Jefus, who furTer- 
 ed fuch Pain, and Shame, and Reproach for 
 us / 
 
 V. They mocked and reviled bim. They hid 
 lufficientlv mocked him before,' in the Houfes of 
 Annas and Caiapbas ; but that is not enough for 
 them', they proceed in their Wickcdneft. All 
 Sorts of Perfons, in Church and State, and Ar- 
 my, of Jews and Gentiles, revile and mock at 
 him: As, i.Thofe that palTcd by. 2. The chief 
 Priefts, Scribes, and Elders. 3. The Soldi- 
 ers. 4. One of the crucified Thieves, of which 
 in Order. * 
 
 1. Tbofetbatpaffedby revised him with their 
 Tongues, Matih. 27. 39. Nor do they think that 
 enough, but they wagg their Heads alfo, with a 
 fircaitical and devilifh infnlting Malice, mock- 
 ingand upbraiding him ; lirfl, That he was a 
 facrilegious Perfon, one who attempted to de- 
 molifh the Temple of God, and therefore now 
 did julily fuiFer (T r /d. Parocum in Lot.) Thou that 
 d?.jhcrft the Temple, dolt thou not now jufily 
 ilrffer I You wicked facrilegious one, behold the 
 juftice of God has found thee out. Secondly, 
 That, he was an Impoftor, who, by falfe Mi- 
 racks, had impofed on the People, fave thy filf. 
 If all thy Miracles tvere. true, ' which you 
 
 wrought 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. . 85 
 
 C^ 
 
 wrought before the People, then thou wouldeft 
 be able to la-ve thy felf. by a Miracle, and to de- 
 fcend from the Crofs;. but that ycu cannot do; 
 And therefore you are but an Xmpoftor. Third- 
 ly, That he was a Blafpbsmtr, calling himfelf 
 hltly the Son of God: If thou be the Sim of God, 
 some down from -tbi Crofs . Does not all the 
 World fee now that you was a-BIafphemer, in 
 calling your felf the Son ©f God f If you had been 
 the Son of God, yau would be able, and would 
 actually come down from the Crofs, Alas,, poor 
 Fools/ they underftood not the Myftery of Re- " 
 demption.and that Chrift did willingly lay -down 
 c his Life for his Sheep, and had Power to take it 
 c up again, John 10. 17, 18, 
 
 2. The chief Priefls, Scribes and Elders mickc J 
 and reviled hi m r Match. 27. 41. As the chief 
 Prie#s, Scribes and Pharifee?, were in a more 
 eminent Station than the People, fo their Mock- 
 eries and Revilings were the more intolerable. 
 They endeavour to raze out any Reverence or 
 good Opinion of Chrift, hy their DerifiofT* out 
 of the Minds of the People. Pirft, They homo- 
 logate what the wicked Mifcreants, which went 
 by, had faid ofChriff, vi^.Tbat he was anlm- 
 pojior r a Blafphemer, and a facrilsgioui Perfon y 
 who now fufFered juft Punifhmenf, from which 
 he was not able to liberate himfelf; hefaved o- 
 therSj himfelf be cannot fave, Mattb. 27. 4?. 
 Secondly, They upbraid him with Lies and Rebel- 
 lion, that he faid, he was King of Ifrael ; and fo 
 was guilty of Treafon and Rebellion againfi Cx~ 
 far :' Theypretend.ro prove by two Arguments 
 that he is not the Iving of lfraeU x. If to be the 
 £3 &»& 
 
f6 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 King of Ifracl, l:t him now come down from the 
 Crop, Matth. 27. 48. But he does not come 
 down : Therefore he cannot comedown, andcon- 
 fequent! ; he is not the King of Ifrael. This was 
 ^Jtrange Logick / He does not come down, there- 
 - fore ^ cannot \ a wide Con feque nee ! 2. He 
 trufledin God, let him deliver him hotv, if he 
 will have him ; for he faid^ I am the Son of God, 
 Matth. 27. 43. Ifhe were the Son of God, and 
 trufted in God, God would delircr him ; bat h« 
 doesmot deliver him : Therefore he is not the 
 Son of God, and confequently, he is not the 
 Ivlemas, nor King oHfrael. 
 
 3. The Souldicrs aljb mocked him> coming to 
 him> and offering him Vintgar, Luke 23. 36. 
 The Soldiers foibwei the" Example of the 
 Church men, the oj&icf Priefts, Scribes, and 
 Elders, in mocking Chrift, with Taunts and 
 hoftile Deriiion ; and Ending Chrift (ilent at all 
 their Revilings, they offered him Vinegar to 
 drink, to fee if they could extort any Anfwer 
 from him : And, no Doubt, had he given them 
 an/ Ani\ver,they would catch a new Opportuni- 
 ty of mocking from the fame. 
 
 4. Q-ie of the MalefaBors which were hanged, 
 r tiled on him, Luke 23. 39. faying, If thou be 
 the Cbriily fave thy felf and us. You profeffed 
 your felf to be the Chrift the Mefiias, and yet 
 thou cannot fave thv felf and us. And therefore 
 you are but an Impjlor. The wicked Example of 
 . the Priefts infe&ed not only the Soldiers, but at* 
 fo one of the Thieves to rail on Chrift. Probably 
 the Thief thought that he might gain the Favour 
 of the chief Priefts by reviling' Jefus, and fo 
 
 might, 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. S 7 
 
 might, by their Moyen, be taken off the Crofs 
 alive; but alas! poor. Wretch, thinking to fave 
 bU Life, he loft bis Soul 1: and fo wiB all do, who 
 ufcfmful Means for Frefervation of their Life,, 
 unlefs they repent. 
 
 Our Saviour was mocked? reviled, railed on 
 by all Sorts of Men, that he might fave fome of 
 every Sort. He was mocked in his Life, mock- 
 ed before the Judges Ecclefiaftick> Civil, and Mi- 
 litary ; before the chief Priefts, Pilate and JFfe- 
 rod\ and mocked moft of all at his Death ; They 
 mocked him in all his Offices. 
 
 * i. In bis Kingly Offic ({Leigh's Bcdy of ' Divini- 
 
 * #p. 59,5). The Soldiers put a Scarlet Cloak 5 or 
 
 * Soldiers Coat on him, for a Robe, and gave 
 c him a Reed for a Scepter, Mattb. 27. 39. 
 
 2. In bit Prophetical Office, s They ft ruck 
 c him, and then bade him prophefie who (mote 
 : him. . 
 
 3. In bit Vrieftly Office, Matth. 27. 39, 40, 
 
 * Save thyftlf, thou that pretends to fave all thy 
 \ Folluwers. Thus they laughed him to fcorn 5 
 c they (hot out the Lip, and (hook their Heads 
 < it Chrift. No Doubt but thefc Revilings, Rail- 
 c ing% Sarcafms and Mockings did wonderfully 
 f affea and afflict his Soul. 
 
 VI. He continued long in Torments, All the 
 Evangelifts agree that it was the ninth Hour 
 ere Chriftgave up the Ghoft. See Matth. 27. 4.6. 
 5©. Mark 15. 34^ 37. Luke 23; 44, 46. But 
 they feem to differ about the Time or Hour 
 Chrift was crucified, Mark ( Chap. 15. 25.) 
 fays, that Chrift was crucified about the third 
 Hogr j and Jfobn ( Chap. 19. 14. ) t That Chrift 
 E 4.' fio.od 
 
88 Sacramental 'Meditations on tie 
 
 flood before' Pilate about the fixth Hour; bow 
 could he ftand before Pilate the fixth Hour,when 
 he was crucified the third Hour ? I anfwer, The 
 Jercs divided the artificial Day two Ways ; firft 
 in twelve Hour?, calling the Time from -our 
 fix in^ the Morning/ to our feven,thc firft; our 
 ninth,' the third Hour ; our twelfth, the fixth; 
 our third Aftcrnoen, the ninth Hour; our fifth 
 Hour Afternoon their eleventh Hour. Secondly , 
 They divided the Day in four Quarters, or four 
 great Hours ; of which the firft was, from our 
 iix in the Morning to our nine ; the fecond, 
 Torn our nine to our tvvelfve ; the third, from 
 our twelfth to our third Hour Afternoon; 
 the fourth, from our third to our fixth Afternoon. 
 They divided alfo the Night in twelve ordinary 
 Houn, beginning the firft from fix Afternoon, 
 
 as alfo in our great Hours, or Watches ; 
 
 the- firft Watch cailed [ Q^ ]confifted' of three 
 ordinary Hours, from the End of the fixth, to 
 the End of the ninth, Afternoon; the fecond 
 Wdtcb, from the End of the ninth to the End 
 of the Twelfth, called Q "Hia-oyukTor ] the 
 third great Hour, or Watch, beginning from the 
 End oi the Twelfth, to the End of the Third in 
 the Morning, called Q AtA^tfpopoy/* 3 the fourth 
 great Hour^ox Watch, called alfo the Morning 
 Watch from the End of our Three in the Morn- 
 iag, to the End of our Six, called Q Upoi ]. 
 ( This Reckoning of Time is alfo ufeful to under- 
 hand. Mattb. 20. i, 2, 3, 4,5,6. Alls 2. 15. 
 lube 12. 3S. S5V. 
 
 When John ( Chap. 19. 14.) fays, ThatChrift 
 Hood before Filafe about the fixth Hour, he 
 
 means 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chri$. 89 
 
 means the fixth ordinary H®ur with the Jews* 
 being sur twelfth Hour, which was near run out; 
 about which Time, e're the fixth Hour was ful- 
 ly run out, Chrift was condemned and fed forth 
 to be^ crucified. When Mark( 15. 25*. )Uvs, 
 That Chrift was crucified the third Hour, he 
 means the third Quarter, or great Hour of the 
 Day,, beginning when the fixth JewiJbW*mr± or- 
 our twelfth Hour was run out ; So that the E- 
 vangelifts agree upon the Matter \ (ho'they differ 
 in Words, the one (peaking of the LefTer, the 
 other of the greater Hours, 
 
 Hence it appears, That Chrift was nailed to 
 the Crofs about twelve a Cl©ek ; when the Hour 
 was almoft run out; and continued alive on 
 the Crofs to three Afternoon, full three Hours. 
 His Life was a Life cf Suffering from his Birth 
 upward - r but the la ft Night and Day- thereof, 
 was a Time of Torment. (Jjaac Ambrofe Looking 
 to Jefus ) But above all, the three laff Hours of 
 his Life was a Time of exquifite Torture ; it 
 would be long enough to be a Quarter of an 
 Hour in fueh a Torment,, nailed through Hands 
 3nd Feet to the Crofs, having the Weight of his 
 Body fuftained by the Nails ; his Hands and Feet 
 jliftended fo violently, that hi* Bones were put out 
 fjomt\ his Blood gufhing plentifully om,throngh 
 |:he Holes made with the Nails in his Hands 
 wd Feet. CM but Chrift continues in this Tor- 
 nentfull three Hours, Alas! what Tortured. So 
 
 ong continue d\ And (WA'mcreafing I And all t\ve 
 Mercy that is mown him, is* to be mocked' of 
 Men,, tempted to Defpairby Devils, and fpirir 
 
 ually forfakea of God." * Thus Chrift wis lwg in 
 E5 Tor* 
 
90 f>4tr*mcntal Mentations on tb: ' 
 
 Tormtni here on Earth, becaufe we deferved to 
 be eternally Torment*/ in Hell for our Sins. He 
 is long In Torment for us, that he might pay the 
 outmoft Farthing Tuftice could demand \ that fo • 
 in and through Mm^emis.hthave perfeft Peace 
 and Reconciliation with God. 
 
 Vf[. H I u4 rp>akable Torments m hi* 
 
 Soul. I fcall fi r ft make it appear, That he fuf- 
 fered: And next,in fome Meafure, confider vtbat 
 he fcff'red in hhSoul. _.. 
 
 Firfi\ that Chrifl fuffertd in hit Soul, ' The 
 5 &reat Miferv that Chrift underwent was in hit 
 ' Soul fZe%b*s Body of Diving. P*& 6 - ' in 
 Margin*. ) when the Lord noured on him pure 
 5 Wrath, AUttb. 26. 38. The Redemption ot 
 ' Man is called the Travel of hit Soul, Kaiah £3. 
 ' 10. Papifts and Socinians (kv, Chrift only tot 
 ' fered in hh Bod-', that his- Soul fuffered only 
 * bQ*&™p«tbethr\ and fecondarily. But, 
 a ' 1 Bodily Suffrrinfj could not make Satis fa£i- 
 ^ ^ /V flfc-Sfoj 0/^. .%«/. Lufts fight againft 
 " the Soul ; where th * ^reateft Debt is, there 
 > rtaft-tethc-cblefeft-Satis&aion; Chrift as our 
 ^ |«^V, vAuPr pay our whole Debt; the whole 
 | Man is jr-mni to' the Law, but principally the 
 , SqbI ; Sin is primarily againft that; They finned 
 ; *&*in(r their aw* Soul, Numb. 6. See Micab 
 6. 7. I^ff 5?« o/V^y &>»/. The Sufferings of the 
 Body will never make a Man fuffie'entlv mife- 
 rable ; it i 8 not pure Dark'nefs till the inward 
 Man be darfe. 
 
 2. 2Y?? ft^fe Men wm under the Curfe^ Gal, 
 3* 13. The Body is but one Par: of the Man : 
 
 There 
 
Sufferings and Death ef Ojrift, 91 
 
 |, Therefore that cauld never pay the whole Debt 
 ' oftheCurfe. 
 
 '9. Cbrifiioek Soul and Bady, end ihe infjmi- 
 
 * ties of both, ( feciuding Sin ) that In them bcth 
 ' he might make a Sacrifice; Ifaiah 53. 10. When 
 thoujhalt make hti Soul an Offering for Sin. 
 
 4. JfChriflfaffered not in his Souf, then many 
 3 Martyrs faff ere d more than €hr iff Sor they ftifB*- 
 
 * ed greater bodily Torments ; feme were cut in 
 5 Pieces, feme fawn afunder, yet they fufFered 
 ' with rejoicing, becaufe their Spirits were fil- 
 •led with the Confolations of God; but the Lord 
 5 withdrew the Light of his Countenance from 
 
 * Chrift. 
 
 s 2 Chrift's Sufferings in his Soul began he- 
 ' fore his bodily Sufferings in the Garden, where 
 ' he was in an Agony. Some fay, Chrift was not 
 ? Filim Ira, a Son of Wrath, bees life he was the 
 
 * Son of God; but be was filixsfub Ira, a Son 
 1 under Wrath, as a Surety (Vide Grot, de $atj& 
 3 fattione Chrifii, Chap. 1. Fart 11. Sanford. de 
 ? Defcenfu Cbrijii ad' 'infer. P. 130, 152, -Rivet. 
 
 * de Sat is fa ft tone Chrifii Diffut. 13. ). 
 
 Secondly, Let us confider rohat ChriJifujfered in 
 Yu Soul. All the outward and bodily Sufferings 
 hitherto fpoken of are rot once worth to be com- 
 pared to the Soui-fufFerings Of Jefus* We hint- 
 ed fomething of his inward Sufferings in the fe- 
 cond Article of his Sufferings before Death, in 
 the Garden ; but all we "Can fay of this profound 
 Subject, is infinitely below the'Truth /Neither 
 AngrTsnor Men can fully dejeribe, yea, no Heart 
 can fully conceive the fame ; for the Jvflifter God 
 the Father is infinite i and the Sufferer God. the 
 
 Son, 
 
92 Sj,cra*ntnia\ Meditations on the 
 
 Son is infinite alio : And who but the Infinite 
 ; If then can defcribe what the one inflicted, 
 and the other differed ? However, we may 
 conceive that thefe Things did afflift Chrift ; S 
 StijiL 
 
 i He had a mofl lively Feeling in hit Soulef his 
 Bodily Sufffyj/igs; whatever Chrift's Body fufc 
 i of fconrging buifeting, nailing to the 
 Grofs^ and of piercing his Head with the thorny 
 Gron n 5 — — .hisSoul had a inoft lively Sea- 
 too and Feeling of the fame ; and being of a 
 inoft fob rr,pure,wholiome Body, by fo much the 
 more fh.-rr) and pungent Feeling had his Soul of 
 his bodily Smart. Now he fufered in all 'his 
 Senfes ( Wat fan on the Affemb Catsch. P. 100.) 
 
 ' i In bit Eyes, The? beheld two fad Ob- 
 5 j*£is, his Enemies infulcing, and his Mother 
 ,vve. ping. 
 
 3 i. In hit Ears. His Ears were fiUed with the 
 ' Revilings of the People, Matth. 27. 42. Hs 
 ' faved others, bimfelj he cannot fave, 
 
 ' 3 In hit Smeti, When their Drivel fell on 
 his race. 4. la bis laflc, When thev gave him 
 
 * Gall and Vinegar to drink, Bitterncfs and 
 ' Sharpnefs, 
 
 ' 5 Inbif Feeling. H f s Head fuffcred with 
 3 Thorns, his Hands and Feet with Nails, nls 
 
 1 Back and Breaft with Scourging, to- 
 
 pro Vulnere CorpA\ now was this white 
 
 • Li lite dyed of a purple Colour : So Grief and 
 J5mart made its Paifege into his Soul at once, 
 1 hrougfa ail the outward Senfes \ fo bis Soul fuf- 
 
 jsred iflj)ffip*tby x»zibhis Body. 
 
 2, The 
 
Suffer lap and Death of Chrift. 95 
 
 2. The malicious Calumnies and beBiJh Reproach- 
 es of his Enemies grieved bis Spirit. [They mock- 
 ed him in all his Offices, calling him a Seducer, 
 Blafphemer, Impoftor, Devil, Samaritan, Ido- 
 later, Wine-bibber,-— — which moil bit- 
 terly grieved his Spirit; what is more intolerable 
 to an innocent Perfcn, than to murder his Name. 
 They murdered ChrirVs Name in his Life, call- 
 ing him a Glutton, a Wine bibber, a mad man, 
 a Devil; and now at his Death, they think it 
 not enough to take away his Life, but they en- 
 deavour alfo to take away bis Name, calling him 
 
 a Blafphemer, Death was nothing fo 
 
 grievous to Chrift, as to be counted a. Malefac- 
 tor, and the vileft of Men. And how pungently 
 did thefe Calamities ?nd Reproaches grieve 
 Chrift his righteous Soul ! and that the rather, 
 becaufe all Sorts of Men, as thefe that pa fled by, 
 the Soldiers, one of the Malefactors, efpecially 
 the Scribes, Elders, Pharifees, and chief Priefts 
 did all unanimoufly mock, calumniate, and re- 
 proach him ; but this is not all : For, 
 
 2* All the Powers of Darknefs ajfaultgd his Soul, 
 9 The Prince of Darkncfs would not let-go fo 
 s great an Advantage, without proving once 
 ■ more, whether in thefe la ft hideous Pan^sof 
 
 * Death, he might not prevail tojhave fanned 
 ' fome Stain of Sin, upon the pure Soul of that 
 
 immaculate and novo dying Lamb of God. He 
 
 * cou-ld not have fitly been fa id to have triumph- 
 ' ed over them on the Crofs, if he had not pro- 
 ' perly grappled, and fought with them there ; 
 ' wherefore, affuredly the whole Band of that 
 " helhih Kingdom of Darknefs wasletloofe on 
 
 ' our 
 
 
94 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 1 our Saviour, he having at'once the Creator, 
 
 * and the Creatures, Men and Devils againft 
 5 him, and yet maintaining himfelf in perfect 
 1 Faith and Patience ; that he might indeed 
 
 * make a toll Satisfaction to Divine Juftice, for 
 
 * the miferable Difobedience of Man ( Leigh's 
 
 * Body of Divinity ', P. 6o\.vide etiam Paraum in 
 ' Mattb. 27.) Eum Oportuit cum inferorum Copiis, 
 
 * etcrnxque Mortis Horrors, quafi concertis Mani- 
 
 * bin, lutlari ( Calvin, Inftitut. Lib. 2. Chap. id. 
 
 * §. 10. ) it behoved Chrifi ( faith Calvin ) to 
 
 * § ra P?l e infet Battel with the Devils or infernal 
 3 forces , and the Horrour of eternal Death. 
 
 There is no Doubt, the Devil who tempted 
 him in die Wildernefs to call in Doubt, whether 
 he jvjs the Sen of God; bat now upon the Crofs, 
 he endeavoured, with all his hellifh Sophiftry, to 
 p^rfwade him that he was not the Son of God ; 
 C telling him, if he had been the Son of God, he 
 would not have put him to fuch unfpeakable Suf- 
 ferings; and tempting him to Dcrfpair^under the 
 Weight of the* Wrath and Curfe ofGoi, which 
 he endured tor our Sins : without ail peradven- 
 ture it was very grievous to our Saviour's Soul, 
 to have thoufaids,and Legions of Devils aflValcing 
 him,letring thoufands of fiery Darts of Temptati- 
 on's of Defpair and Impatience ,ffy at 
 
 him at once. In Fins, All the Powers of Dark- 
 nefs with all their infernal Malice and Fury, 
 were,with Variety of Temptations, (which no 
 Mortal can defcribc) ftriving now to rain all lbs 
 Eleft in their H;ad, the fecend A 'dam on the 
 Crofs. a-s they did all Mankind in th-ir Root, 
 the firft Adam in Paradifs. But our Lord was 
 
 Proo 
 
Sufferings and Death of Lorijr. ^ 
 
 roof for them all, and tho' thoufands of fiery 
 )arts were (hot at him, vet he fo valiantly de- 
 ended himfelf, that none of them ail could feftea 
 on him, fo that he not only did conquer, but tri- 
 tmpb over Principalities and Powers m the Oofs ; 
 SeeCW. 2.1$. 
 4. * He was grieved in Spirit for the Sin of 
 the Jews, in crucifying him, and to forefee hew 
 many would lightly efteem, and deny the Ne- 
 ceffityand Sufficiency of his Sufferings. He 
 was grieved in Scul, to fee the Je&s ( his own 
 covenanted People^ on whom he had taken fo 
 great and long Pains ) committing fuch horrible 
 Abomination, as to murder the Son of God: And 
 therefore prayed, Father, forgive them, ja they 
 know not what they a re doing'. Ke is grieved , to 
 fee them run headlong to Hell : And therefore 
 prays for their Salvation, and extenuates their 
 Sin, they know not what they do. And he was 
 grieved in Spirit, to forefee how many within 
 the viiible Church, would. UghtK ef + eem of his 
 Sufferings, denying the Sufficiency, or Necefiity 
 of the fame, and depending on their own, or 
 other Creatures Merits for Salvador. He was 
 grieved in Spirit to forefee, how many of the 
 Sons of Men, would,by their Sins willingly com- 
 mitted, crucifie him afiejk again : He was grie- 
 ed to forefee,how many would refufe biwfilf and 
 Ms Offers of Grace and Reconciliation, which 
 now he was buying at fuch a dear Bate. He 
 that was fo grieved for Jerufalen?, 'as to weep over 
 it, Luke 19. 21. was now much more grieved 
 to fee, and forefee the Sons of Men flighting the 
 
 Son 
 
9° Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Son of God, refufing, rejecting, and undervalu- 
 ing the alone Propitiation for Sin. 
 
 5 . H J endured the Wrath of God in bis Soul. All 
 his Sufferings hitherto fpoken of are nothing 
 comparable To that fpiritual Defertion and Senfe 
 of Divine Wrath thrift endured for us here. 
 'Here is the Pinacte, or higheft Degree of Soul- 
 fuflfering : Et fane nifi Pcenafuiffetparticeps Ani- 
 tno, Corporib'.u tantum fuiffet Redemptor ( Calvin 
 Inflitut. Lib. 2. Cap. i6. §. 12. ) And indeed 
 ( fays Calvin J he had only redeemed our Bodies, 
 if his Soul had not fuffered. " In theSufferings 
 ' of his Soul ( IFat'fon onthe AJfemb. Catechifm t 
 ' Page ioo. Q 25. ) he was preffed in the 
 ! Wine-prefs of his Father's Wrath; this cauf- 
 
 * ed that Vociferation and Out-cry on the Crofs, 
 
 * My God, my God, whv had thou forfaken me ? 
 
 * Chrift fuffered a double Eclipfe on the Crofs ; 
 9 an Eclipfe of the Sun. and an Eclipfe of the 
 
 * Light of God's Countenance. How bitter was 
 " this Agonv ! The Evangeliftsufe three Words 
 
 .' to exprefs it, £ E^;5:/jj*<]^ began to -be\ 
 J amazed, Mark 14. 3 15 . £ Afij|/o»M'] he began 
 3 to faint \_Kv*iA3&i~]to be exceeding forrorvful 
 i Macth. 26. 37. Cbrifl felt the Pains of Hell 
 5 in bis Soul, tho' not locally % yet equivalent!?. 
 
 Another Author ( Smith onthe Creed, P. 153. ) 
 tetis us, That Chrift fuffered from God Two 
 Things;' 1. The Cup of Malediction, or God's 
 Curje r tempered by our Sins ; of which he drank 
 in the Garden. 2. Defertion on the Crofs ; the 
 hiding of God's favourable Countenance from 
 him, both which are Soul-fufFerings in the high* 
 eft Degree. 
 
 Another 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrifi. 97 
 
 Another Author ( Jfaac Jmbrofe Looking t$ 
 
 efm P. 382. )adds", " Chrift in the Garden 
 
 tafted the bitter Gup of God's Wrath, but now 
 
 C on the Crofs ) he drunk the Dregs of it ; he 
 
 then Tipped of the Top, but now he drank all 
 
 off, Top Bottom, and all. The fame Author 
 
 fays elfewhere ( P. 375 . ) I may add to thisy as 
 
 above all this, the Pains of his Soul while he 
 
 hanged on the Crofs ; for there alfo Chrift had 
 
 his Agonies and Soul-conflicls : Thefe were 
 
 thofe, fc'fLffaif @<Lt&T\i J thofe Pains 
 
 or Pangs of Death, from which Peter tells us, 
 
 Alls 2. 24. Chrift was loofed. The Word 
 
 C Qf&ii. ] properly fignifies the 'Pains of a 
 
 Woman in Tr avail \ fuch were the Fains of Jefus 
 
 Chrift in his Death : the Prophet calls it, Ifa. 
 
 53. 13. T& Travel of his Soil : And the Pfal- 
 
 mift calls it, PfaU 116. 3. The Pains of HeU. 
 
 The Sorrows of Death compaffcd me, and* the 
 
 | J Pains of Hell gat hold on me The Sorrows or 
 
 r Cords of Death compaffei his Body, and the 
 
 r Pains of Hell gat hold on his Soul, and thefe 
 
 ' were they that extorted from him that paf- 
 
 * fionate Expoftulation, Mi God, my God, why 
 ' hafi thou forfakev me ? He- complains of that 
 
 * which was more grievous to him than ten thou- 
 ' fa nd Deaths, My God, my God, why hafi thou 
 ' withdrawn thy wonted Pre fence, and left my Soul 
 ' ( as it were ) in Pains of Hell. 
 
 Another^ Leigh* s Body of Divinity J? age, 6co.J 
 fays, " Chrifi's Soul wm filed with unfpeakahh 
 > Grief, in the Senfe of the- Cur fe of the Law, 
 , which he there did bear ; and fo vehement was 
 :*3iis Anguiih, that he cried out for Thirft, 
 
 3 when 
 
>8 Sacramenttl Meditations on the 
 
 when they gave him him the cold Om f ort of a 
 little Vinegar and Gall, with a Scoff to make 
 ' it relifh the better ; Let us Jet if Elias will 
 ' come, 
 
 Faraus (Par. Comm<>ntar. in Mattb. 27. ) fays, 
 Fofl trium pene \&m Horaruw, exquifitiffimos Cor- 
 poris Craciati'A, magh migifque ham Dei, adver- 
 fas feccata noftra, iniM in An'tma fua cxhorruit 
 ' After moftexquifre Torments in his 
 Body, now almoft for the Space of three Hours 
 ( on the Crofs ) he more ani mope trembled in- 
 wardly in his Soul, at the Wrath of Goiagainft 
 our Sins, which he futfered. 
 
 Calvin (Calvin In/} it. Lib. 2. Cap 16. §. 10.) 
 takes the Meaning of chat Article in the Cieed 
 he depended into Hell-, to be, that Chrift in his 
 Soul endured on the Crois, Pa^tw equivalent to 
 the Pains of tit 11 \ Ui D: .> epltionis Sever ita- 
 tem (entire t \ he miintain \ did Offer the 
 
 Severity of Divine Revenge )<>■ Sim . And a- 
 gain he (ays, That Chri. ir Surety, did 
 
 lufFer all runiftment.du or Sin, Uno hoc 
 
 excepto, quod Dolurib'ti Mon • ptterat detineri, 
 except this only, that be 1 tin ot be -hulden of 
 the Fains of Death, A.cts 2.24 ) ^Vquently, be 
 fuifered Pains equivalent to HeH Pains : He 
 further aids, Ergofi ad Inferos dependi/fe dicitur, 
 nihil Minim, &c. Therefore it is no Marvel, 
 that Chrilt be faid to have depended into He^ 
 fusee he fuifered that Death, which an angry God 
 ufes to inflict on the Wicked. 
 
 Be$* (in Mattb. 27. 45. 46.) fays, That Cbrifl t 
 to the End he might give full Satisfaction for us, 
 did not only> in his Body, but alfo in his Soul, en- 
 
 dure 
 
> Sufferings and Death ofCbrifl 
 
 ire and overcome thegreateft Torments \ and what 
 lefe Torments ofChrift his Soul was, he mews 
 his Annotations on Mattb. 27. 45. 46. Et Je- 
 i in infer or um Gurgitem immerfm e Jul at ; that 
 , that Jefus funk (as it were) or immerfed, or 
 lunged in the infernal Lake, (that is in Pains 
 quivalent to the Pains the Damned fuffer there) 
 .id make a pitiful Outcry. And again he fays, 
 This Out-cry or Exclamation was proper to the 
 tumane Nature, and void of Sin ; Sedqua I- 
 am Dei fuflineret debitam Peccatis nofiris^ but 
 uch as fuffe red God's Wrath due to us for Sin. 
 Turret in (Vol, -2d, Loc. 13. f. 14. S£ 16. Tbef, 
 1 ) alfo proves by feveral Arguments, that Chrift 
 uffered in his Soul, as well as in his Body, and 
 anderftands ChriftY*fc/fr»*fr»£ ./o HeU 9 to figni- 
 fie the great Sufferings of his Soul ; Animo ve- 
 to (tulijfe) fpiritua1es s £5 internos Guciatut, gra 
 vifftmum fcilicet ilia J, $5 fumme btrrendum Iroe 
 Divine foncus $5 QKariefw] nobis debitam t 
 that is, tbat Chrijt fuffered in bis Soul fpiri- 
 tual and internal TGrments, to wit<> that mofl 
 heavy and mofl dreadjul Weight of Divine Wrath , 
 and the Curfe due to-vA jor S. tt, 
 
 It appears then clearly, that Chriit's Soul was 
 not only grieved with Mens Reproaches and 
 Devils Temptations, but that he fuffered alfo in 
 his Soul, from the Hand of Almighty God, his 
 heavenly Father, Pains equal to Hell Pains. 
 
 The Pains of Hell conlifts in Poena Damni> Pain 
 of Lofs j and Pxna Senfm i Pain of Senfe, that is, 
 in. being deprived of God's Favour and Sefcfe of 
 his Love, &*. and positively fmaxting under his 
 Wrath, and Senfe of his Ibdignafcien, E?t. Sui- 
 table 
 
103 Stcratnental Meditations On the 
 
 table to which, i. God hides his Countenance^ 
 from Chrift on the Crofs, and fufpeads all Inti- '; 
 mations of God's Love, and Mercy, and Favour [ ; 
 from him. 2. He pours out his pofitive Wrath u- 
 jpon Cbrift's Soul. AH the Wrath the Eleft mould 
 endure for ever in Hell, was at once poured oat 
 by the Lump on Jefus Chrift. So that the Pains 
 of Hell, and Soul-fufFerings of Chrift on the 
 Crofs, differed in nothing but in their Continu- 
 ation ; the former being for ever, the latter but \ 
 for a determined Time, But the Dignity of 
 Chrift his Perfon, made up what wanted of the 
 Continuation of his Suffering.^ So that the Soul- 
 fufFerings of Jefus the Son of God, for a deter- 
 minate Time ( the Sufferer being infinite ) 
 was equal to the infinite and eternal Pains of 
 Hell. 
 
 6. This fpiriiual Ertrtfe of God's Countenance 
 Tax accompanied with an Edipfe of the natural 
 Sun, which endured from Six to Nine, that is 
 ( in oar Reckoning ) from twelve Hours to three 
 Afternoon. " Some fay, ( Smith on the Creed P. 
 ' 367. ) the Sun was darkned, becaufe it was a- 
 ' ihamed to behold the Death of the Son of God, 
 
 * even as Kagar would not fee the Death of her 
 
 ■ Child. Some fay, it was to deter the Jews 
 
 * from the Death of Chrift. But in my Mind 
 
 * there was another End, ( however thefe may 
 
 * be probable ) that is,feeing Chrift was to fuifer 
 ' for us, and our Sins, therefore God did dark- 
 ' en the Sun upon him, t® teach u?s that we de- 
 ' ferve nbtthe Light of the Sun. This Eclipfe 
 was preternatural, being in the full Moor., mi- 
 raculouflv produced by the Hand of God \ Some 
 
 fay 
 
Sufferings and Death ofChrifl. i®. 
 
 y it was only in the Land of Judah, but Luke 
 ys, it was over all the Earth, Cbnp. 23. 44 
 Dennis the Areopagite faw it at Athens {Mi' 
 racles of Nature and Art P. 9.) and knowing 
 by his Skill in A.ftronomy, that it was miracu- 
 lous, cried out, Either the World is at an End, 
 or the God of Nature fuffers ; which ffay feme) 
 caufed the Athenians no erecl an Altar to the 
 Unknown God, for which Vaul reproved them 
 afterwards. Atls 17 23. fbewing to them Chrift 
 was this Uaknown God : Other Authors fhew 
 this Eclipfe wasalfo at Rome, which fhews it 
 has been , over all the World. Some think alfo 
 the Moon and Stars were eclipfed. Some fay, 
 (Partem in Mattb. Tj*) that Godjent this Dark- 
 nefs as a Sign of Deteftation, as if it were un- 
 lawful for the Sun to behold fuch Wickednefs. 
 Others fay. It was to fignifie, That the Sun of 
 Righteoufnefs was now dying on the Ci?ofs. 
 Others fay. That thisDarknefs was fent to por- 
 tend that ipiritual Da rknefs and Blindnefs with 
 which God plagued thf few's thereafter, for 
 crucifying the Son of Righteoufnefs. Varxm 
 thinks that the End of this Eclipfe, was the 
 fame with the reft of the Miracles, which fol- 
 lowed immediately thereafter, vi^, 1. That the 
 
 ' Dhins Majefy of a Dying Chrift on the Crofs, by 
 
 ' fo great Miracles ', might, be acknowledged, 2 To 
 ter rife the wicked Jews with the Fear of Divine 
 Judgment. Some think, fince Chrift's Body 
 
 1 was hung up naked, that therefore this Dark- 
 
 1 nefs came to hide it. 
 The Da" rknefs might be defigned for all thefe 
 
 Endsj yet I ihink,imon§ other Ends-for which it' 
 • was 
 
102 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 it was defined, the principal one was to be a Jiff 
 nalStep ofCbrift's Sufferings. We deferred eternal 
 Darknefs gutter Darknefs>yea>Blackncfs oj Darknefs. 
 for ever morefS that both in Soul and Body. and there- 
 fore Chrift fuffers interna/ Darknefs in hisSoul,God 
 having Eclipfcd his Countenance from him, and 
 external Darknefs m to his Body, the Sun having 
 hid its comfortable Beams from his Eyes. The. 
 wife ft of meer Mortals has told us.EccJ 1 1 7 Trufj 
 the Light is fv>*st, and a f leaf ant Thing it is for tin 
 Eyes to behold ths Sun\ and therefore, furely Dark 
 nefs is bitter, and it is an unpleafant Thing not 
 to behold, or rather to be deprived of the Light 
 of the Sun. Li^ht is fome Comfort to a Man in 
 the greateft Sufferings ; and Darknefs is an ad- 
 ditional Trouble under Sufferings : So that we 
 may conclude,that thislong continued, and great 
 D.irknefsof the Sun, has been a great Addition to 
 Chrift 's Sufferings, and has been deligned as fuch 
 When Authors lav, That theSjn was afhamed to 
 fee her Creator crucified : thefe are but figura- 
 tive Expreffions. I think it agrees beft with the 
 Scope of the Evangelift's Narration of the Hifto. 
 ry of Chrift's Pafiion, to reckon the Darknefs or 
 Eclipfe of the Sun amongft Chrift's Sufferings, 
 fince all other Things narrated there, are an E- 
 numeration of his Sufferings, and this infart 
 among the reft. Chrift (to kiy fo; fufFered a 
 trifle Darknefs ; God's Countenance hid, or e- 
 clipfed from his Soul, the Sun from his Bod\\ and 
 the Powers of Darknefs aflaulting him molt furi- 
 cwlffyj and this threefold Darknefs continued for 
 full three Kours. 
 
 « 7. Aboml 
 
Sufferings and Death ofCbriS H 
 
 7. ' About the End of the third Hour*- 
 Ch rift's Sufferings on the Crofs, when the Sun 
 was again beginning to recover his Light, a- 
 bout three Afternoon, Chrift being over-bur- 
 dened (as it were; with the -Senfe of Divine 
 Wrath and Curfedue to the Eleft for Siri, 
 which he then fuiFered in an infinite Manner a 
 cried with a loud Voice, EH, Eli, Lama Sa. 
 bacbtbani ; My God, tny God, toby batt thou for- 
 [ jahn me? This was not a total^t a partial Dc- 
 rtlitlion^ Ifaac Ambrose Looking to Jefut p. 182J 
 This was not a perpetual, but a temporary for- 
 fakingefhim ; the Godhead was not taken a 
 way from the Manhood, but the Union re* 
 mained frill, even now when the Manhood was- 
 forfaken. 2.Thiswasnct a forfakingon Chrift's 
 Parr, but on the Fathers Part, the Father for- 
 fcok Chrift, but Chrift went ai f er him ; God 
 took away the Senfe of his Love, but the Son 
 of God laid hold on him, crying, and laying, 
 My God, My God, why hafi thou forfaken me ? 
 3. This forfaking was not in Refpecl of his Be- 
 ing, but in Refpeft of the feeling of Gad's Fa- 
 vour, Love and Mercy; certainly God loved 
 him frill; O ! but his Senfe of Comfort was 
 now quite gone, fo as it was never before/ In . 
 his Agonies there were fome Inclinings of Gods 
 Mercy now and then, at leaft, there was fome 
 Star-light, fome little Flam of Lighting to 
 cheer him up; but now all the Feeling and 
 Senfe of God's Love was gene, and not fo much 
 as any Star light of the fame appeared. Chrift 
 now. took the Place of Sinners, and God the 
 Father fihut him out (as i; wereJaiEons Sinners 
 
 S 
 
104 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 y He drew bis Mercy out of Sight, and ou 
 ' of Hearing, and therefore he cried our. 
 ' My God, my God, rehy hail thou forfaken me ? 
 
 * Thefef Paraus in Matth. 27. ) Words contai 
 ' an Exclamation and Complaint. The Exclama- 
 
 * tion, My God, my God ; This is the Voice of 
 ' Faith and fixed ConfHence in God, as his own 
 9 God, /. e. propitious to him. The Complaint, 
 
 * Wbtihaft thou for faken me ? This is the Voice of 
 1 the Flefh, yea, of the moft aifiifted Soul, ftrug- 
 
 * ling with the heavieft Temptation,ccmplainirjg 
 ' that he, whom he called his own God, was no 
 
 ■ Way propitious to, but moft angry with him, 
 
 * as having withdrawn his helping Hand from 
 ' him, and laid all Care of him ( as it were) 
 5 afide, in Regard there appeared no End, nor 
 
 ■ Meafure of his Grief, Pains and Torments 
 either inwardly or outwardly. 
 
 Thus Christ rvx forfaken for a while, that we 
 might not be forfaken, but received by God for 
 ever.' He w;,s defertedon the Crofs> that we might 
 not be deurted in our Temptations; our Souls 
 finned-, Chrift's Soul fuffefed,; and as the Sou! 
 is th« nobleft Part of Man, fo its Sufferings 
 were greater!. Many \vonder at the bodily Suf- 
 ferings of Jefus, but llightly pais over his Soul- 
 fuifcrlng; becaufe the former was vifiblf to the 
 Eye of Scnfcyihz latter only to the Bye oj Faith. I 
 doubt not to affirm, that as far as the Soul for- 
 pafleth the Body, fo far ttia SouI-fiifFerings of 
 Jefus for our Sins, exceeded the Sufferings of his 
 Body. 
 
 ' To fay nothing of the Conflict he had with the 
 powersof Darkneis, O how unexpreffible, how 
 
 unconceivable, 
 
 €£■ m?/ 
 
Sufferings and Death of Cbrijf. . io<- 
 
 unconceivable, how infinite was that Weight of 
 divine Wrath he felt in his Soul ! O how into- 
 lerable was it for him,to be at oncedeprived of the 
 Senfaof God's Love, and the Soul-cheering Light 
 of his Countenance, and alfo t@ feel mo ft pun- 
 gently amd livelily,the Weight of his Fury and In- 
 dignation due to us for Sin. It would be an un- 
 conceivable Torment to feel the infinite Mea- 
 fure of Wrath due to one Sin\ and yet more uncon- 
 ceivable, to feel the Wrath due to one Sinner ; but 
 O! to feel that- immenfe and infinite Wrath due to 
 aU the EUtt for all Eternity / Here Words jnuft 
 fai!,and Thoughts be wrapt upin profound Amaze- 
 ment I Tet Mil t bit did the loving and lovely fefm 
 for our Sins ; and all the Pitv the Sons of Men 
 fhew him, is to deride him, when he cried EIL 
 Eli, ®c My God my God, $5. They faid,this Man 
 calleth for Eli as , playing m the Words EH &nd 
 Elm, not o»t of Ignorance, but Malice:, they 
 knew he called for God, but Malice makes them 
 alledge he called for, or invocated EliM^m his 
 
 Life they called him a Samaritan, a Devil;-- 
 
 before the Judges, Civil and EccMaflic^ the* 
 called him a Blafphemer, intended Ufurpef; 
 ——and now,when he is e^r|rj£they call 
 him an Idolater ; alledging Chrift praved ' to the' 
 Saints, to Elzaf, to the Ceature,infiead of the 
 Creator, for Help: O what a Grief was this 
 to Chrift s Sod, to live under the Notion o}dJ&~ 
 cromancer, to be twinged as a BUjykmgr, and 
 to dte under the Notion of an Idolater? 
 
 There is no Doubt alio, but it was a great 
 
 Grief to Jefus, to be forced to complain pubiict 
 
 : 9§ Ene-- God had 
 
, Sacramental MeditatiBns on the ic6 
 
 forfaken him ; before thofe, who, from his Com- 
 plaint, would be ready to conclude he was an lm- 
 poflour, and not the Son of God; in 'regard, 
 ( might they fay ) if he were God's Son, God 
 would not forfake him, as himfclf complains he 
 did. 
 
 VII. Once more, they gave him Vinegar to drink. 
 At length Chrift having fpent his Blood almoft, 
 and having endured long Torments, vital Spirits 
 failing, and perhaps bitter Tart of the Gall and 
 Vinegar drying his Mouth, Jcfus knowing that all I 
 Things norv were a^complifhed > that the Stripturet 
 might be fulfilled [aid, ltbirft, John 19. 28,29. 
 And then they gave him Vinegar to drink; all 
 Creature Comforts, as well as divine Confolati- 
 ons, were denied to our Saviour at his Death; 
 not To much as a Cup of cold Water ( albeit his 
 Tongue was cleaving to his Jaws, and to the Top 
 of his Mouth, Pfal. 2f* 1 5. ) will they afford him, 
 that fo they might torment him the more, but 
 chat the Scripture might be fulfilled, Pfal. 69. 
 21. In hit Thirf} they gave him Vinegar to drink, 
 
 1. When he came to the Tlace of Execution, 
 they gave him Gall and Vinegar mixed together 
 to drink, Mattb. 27. 34, 
 
 2. When he cried, My Cod my God % why hafl 
 thou forfaken me ? One ran and filled a Spunge 
 with Vinegar, and put it on a Reed, and gave it 
 to Chrift to drink, Mtltb. 27. 4$. 
 
 S.Laft of all, vshen natural Moiflure failed, and 
 his Blocd was fper.t, when he calls for a Drink, 
 they gave him once more Vinegar to drink, John 
 19. 59. For they had a Veflel let full of Vinegar 
 ready at Hand : for they were prepared and re- 
 
 iblvcd 
 
 
folved /* j™ •&** Vinegar to the full anH 3 
 
 makers Death as bitte/as fioflible! M Md H 
 
 Wv deferred to dr/»* tbe> Drcrt r>F *u* r r~ 
 
 Water I fS il. i d 5S rved n0ta C "P 0^ Cold 
 
 Water, and therefore Ch rift being in our Place 
 fuiFenngfor us> will not be allowed bv Gnf.r 
 
 tl 1n I 'ri!',^ arkabIe ,' f ^^ w ; » **«*. 27. ) that 
 
 PWnly. ftcw, the Gr«tnefitf h £ ^4 Cur 
 
 & ft' w , h ° feSalvation ** ttirfted fo much 
 '*" * fact bit 0TO! J\w , ;ff h troviJ/Jl fc. 
 
 C Ea ?e !h0WWimn ^ «? ld *K&£ ■ 
 
 Win i 7T , -i. r * 1 " we ferve h ''m, and do his 
 of Soul SoLm' ^""^ringank dtfStH 
 or soul ihould we come to the Lordi Table f« 
 commemorate thefe Suffering of J e ft,» The' li 
 cramental Cup fhould mind us of "the bkter 
 te n0t ^ ly of Ga » s "d Vinegar, b, of 
 Wrath and Fury, and divine Vengeance anifa 
 
 ouf Lord d D - f Tr'? nd MaWiaOx&S-. 
 ok Lord vink to the Dregs and tettom tor us. 
 
 F 2 IX. ft 
 
loS Sacramental Meditations en the 
 
 IX. He gave up the Ghost. When Jefus there- 
 fore had received the Vinegar, he hid, HUfi- 
 nijhrdy and ke bowed his Head, and gave up the 
 Ghoft. John 191 30. 
 
 c He bowed not, becaufe he was dead; but 
 c firift he bowed,and then he died (Ifaac jfmbrc-fe 
 c Looking to Jefia Tags 337. ;the Meaning is, 
 
 * he died willingly, without Conftraint, cheer- 
 « fully, without Murmur, Luke tells us, Lufa 
 
 * 23. 46. He cried with a loud Voice, faying, 
 
 * Father, into thy Hands I (ommendmy Spirit y an4 
 ■ then gave up the Gheft ; When Men dy 
 c ( Smith t on the Creed Page 26$. ; they lan&uifh 
 
 * bv little and little, their Speech fails them, 
 c they rattle in their Throat, and fo Weaknefs 
 '* comes on them by little and little, till their 
 < Breath be quite gone ; but ChrirT,at his Death, 
 
 * cried reiib a loud Voice, fo that nothing of his 
 
 * natural Strength wasabated,to mew that he di- 
 « ed voluntarily and willingly. 
 
 Chrift died, that we might llv6 ; he fuflfered a 
 temporal Death, to purchafe for us eternal Life; 
 roe finned willingly, for which Chrift died vtiUing- 
 7y ; we made a voluntary Vefettion from God, for 
 which Chrift made a voluntary Satisfaction for 
 our Sins: He continued in his Sufferings, till 
 Juftice was fatisfied, Sins expiated, and ourRe- 
 tlemtion compleated ; and then, wnen he had 
 done all Things, and fufFered all Thiugs neceffary 
 for our Rtdtmpti< n, he faid, it is finijhed ; and 
 then, and not till rl en, he gave up tie GhoU. He 
 w1»jU net leavethe WorM,nor withdraw himfelf 
 from ' were they never fo tormenting, 
 
 and of fo long Conti: nance, till he had compleatly 
 
 inifhri 
 
Sufferings and Death efChrisJ ' iof 
 
 finifhcd our Redemption. O the Venom of our 
 Sins! O, the deadly Poifon of our Iniquities/ which 
 made Chrift our Surety endure fuch Sufferings, 
 and in Order. to expiate them, to give up the 
 Ghoft. O the Love ol Jefus^hat thus loved us until 
 ibe Death,and gave his Life for our Lives ^.vd fuf- 
 fered bis Soul to be feparate from his Body, left 
 our. Souls fhoald be feparated from God eter- 
 nally! 
 
 Having now fpoken fomewhat of Chrift** Suf- 
 ferings at his Dea:h, let us next take a Review 
 of the fame. 
 
 O my Soul, take fixed Looks of a dying - Jefus,. 
 in all the Steps of his Sufferings on the Crofs. 
 
 i. Behold Vintgar and G aU given him to dt ink- 
 See the. Creator of a 11 Things, brought folow, as 
 that a Gup ©f cold Water will not be afforded, 
 him ! See our sins mingling this Cup ; and afar 
 more bitter Cup of Gods Wrath and Indignati- 
 on to be drunk by our Siviour / sse him that 
 makes Believers to drink of the Rivers of his Plea- 
 fureSiVfa,^. B.drinking bitter Potions, not only of 
 Vinegar and Gal], but the Wrath of the Eternal 
 due to us for Sin. ' O how. frequently, how hum- 
 bly, how thankfully, and how devoutly fhould we 
 come to the Lords Table, o drink the facra- 
 mcntal Cup, in Commemoration of the Death 
 and Sufferings of Jefus / 
 
 2. Conti&ev bis Crucifixion ^ow ChrilVs Hands 
 and Feet are diftorted and diliended/ Behold him,, 
 who meafures the Waters of the Sea in the Hollow o\ 
 his Hand, Ifa. ^o.il^ndhim who holds the Sta/s 
 in his ^ right Hand , Rev. 1.16. Whofe Hands, 
 firmed the Cr eat i<& } having his Hands nailed to 
 JF 3j the. 
 
no Sacramental Meditations on t be 
 
 the Crofs! Behold his Hand ftretched, and his 
 Arms open to receive and imbrace all penitent 
 hearted Sinners ! See thofe Feet,which travelled 
 many a weary Step, to relieve the Sick, to 
 preach the Gofpel, that walked on the Sea, ren- 
 dred immovable, by being nailed to the curfed 
 Tree of the Crofs ! * Sec thofe Legs, which are 
 « as Pillars of Marble fet upon Sockets of fine '* 
 • Gold, Song 5. 15. And thofe Feet, which are 
 < like unto fine Brafs, as if they burned in a Fur- 
 c nace, Revel. 1. 15. All bedewed with his own 
 Blood ; all in a Purple Gore, and CrimfonDye, 
 ? with the frozen Biood which defcended from the 
 upper Parts of his Bodv,and with the frefh Blood, 
 ' which the piercing Nails forced out of him! How 
 ready (hould our Hands and our Feet be, to act, 
 and go, and run the Way of Duty for him, 
 whale Hands and Feet were thus nailed to the 
 Grofs Br our S.ikeJ 
 
 3. Behold the Soldurs flapping him y and part- 
 ing his Garments, and his Body hung up naked 
 on the Crofs£in View of Angels,Men and Devils.! 
 Surely this was no fmall Part of Chrift's Suffer- 
 ing?, to be expofed naked to tie View of the 
 (World: The Source and Pattern of Modefty 
 was expofed naked,not in the Night, but in the 
 Day time ; not in the Morning nar Evening 
 Twilight, but at Mid-day, when the Sun mined 
 in his Meridian Altitude ; not in a remote Cor- 
 ner, where few was to look on, but in the moft 
 \ publick Place of Execution, and the moft publick 
 I Occaiion of the PaiTover, when all the Nation 
 I was gathered together/ Behold, behold a &)- 
 I in§ JefuH a bleeding Jems, a naked > wounded, 
 
 fee-urged 
 
Sufferings and Death of Cbrifl m 
 
 fcoiirged, broken Jefus,- — : — hanging on the 
 Cro?!y all dyed ot a fanguine Colour ! See his 
 naked Skwj all torn, his Head with the Crown 
 of Thorns, hisBreaft, and Belly, and Back with- 
 Scourging, his Hands and Feet with piercing 
 Nails ! O what a Love had Chrift to our Souls,- 
 thatSuftered and defpifed the Shame, Heb. 12. 2. 
 and endured the Cfofs for our Sakes / How wil- 
 lingly and devoutly fhould we come to the Lord's 
 Table, to commemorate his Death and Sufferings, 
 who fuiFeredfuch Death and. Torments on our 
 Account ? 
 
 4. Ben*5Id him crucified amsng two Thieves, as 
 if he were the chief Malefactor ! Behold him that 
 fits upon the Throne x and lives for ever and ever, 
 Revel. 4- 9. now hanging on the Crofs ,• And 
 him to whom ten- ihoufand times ten tbeujlznds^and 
 ihoufand thoufands do minijhr ftanding about hi* 
 Throne ,Dan. 7. ic. new furrounded with Thieves, 
 Hangmen, Executioners, and Devils tempt- 
 ing him / A forry Retinue indeed / -The chiefefl. 
 among ten thoufiands, Song 5. 10. is now reckon- 
 ed the chiefeft of Malefactors, and Prince oi 
 Robbers and Thieves ; and fo they murder-Jus 
 
 "Name,aswell as hisPerfon. 
 
 5. Coniider how tlxy mocked him : He, whom 
 Angels adore is mocked of Men, he whom 
 Devils do\fear' and at whofe Prefence they trem- 
 ble, is ha&in Derilion of Mortals ♦, he is mocked^ 
 Hot by fome,but by all, Prieft?, Soldiers, Paffers 
 by; all agree in thi?, vi^. to mod a dying. 
 Jefut) and that-alfo in all his Offices » O, iet u§ 
 not be difcouraged,~to come frequently to the 
 Lord's Table,to celebrate the Memorial of his 
 
 F 4 Death 
 
1 1 2 ' Sacr omental Meditations on the 
 Death ; albeit the Worldlings mock us for fo do- 
 ing : Chrift was mocked for us, let us be willing 
 to be mocked for him. 
 
 6. Confider the Soul-fufferings of Jefm : He, 
 that, from all Eternity, was in the Fathers Bofom, 
 as one brought up with him, Pro. 8. 30. being the 
 Father's daily Delight, " Rejoicing always before 
 K hirn, beholding the Father's Glory, and flaring e- 
 
 * quaUyin the fame, is now filled with the Ter- 
 
 * rors of the Allmighty, jiis Arrows flick faft in 
 
 * him, and his Hand dothprefs him fore, Pfah 
 c 83. 2. Behold h'v: Soul full of Trouble, and his 
 c Life drawing nigh to the Grave, Pfal. 88. .3'. 
 
 * See borv the Wrath of God lay hard tipon him, 
 
 * and how hfrifEi&cd him with all his Waves. S'es 
 
 * bow the Father hiclcs his Face from him, how he 
 
 * ts affli£ted,and ready to die,how he fuifcrsTer- 
 c rors, and how God's fierce Wrath was going 
 
 * over him, how his Terrors didcuthim off,P/i/. 
 c 88. 14, 15, 16. His Soul alfo was fore vexed, 
 Pfal. 6. 3. He was now in the Place of Sinners; 
 and muft therefore fufter the Puni&ment of Sin- 
 ners. CrfrtStail 
 
 'The Senfeand Feeling of what he fuffercd in 
 his Body was. enough to difcompofe his Soul : 
 But alas! that is not all; Heavens and Earth, 
 and Hell at once affault him ; Men, with their 
 Reproaches. Tortures, and farcafticali^hmnics ; 
 Devils, with their TcmpraKdfts^t^ABiing his 
 Countenance, and inflicting his porrrrve Wrath 
 upon him. O See and confider, how at once he 
 fuffercd in Saul and Body, in all the Senfes and 
 Members oftheone, and Faculties of the other / 
 Well might he fa v, « Is it nothing to you, all ye 
 , J that 
 
Sufferings and Death cf Chrzjt, 1 1-3 
 
 c thatpafsby? Behold and fee, if there . b e any 
 ' Sorrow like unto my Sorrow, which is done 
 c unto. me, where with'the Lord afflicted &ie,in the 
 
 * Day of his fierce Anger 3 X«w. 1. 12. andagain^ 
 c he (God; hath led me, and 'brought me into 
 c Darknefs, and not into Light; furely againft me 
 c he is turned, he turneth his Hand againft me ail 
 c the Day, Lam: 3. 2. 
 
 c Conjider the Properties of God's Wrath which 
 c Cbriji endured for our Sins \ it U a .formidable, 
 c fr confuming Wrath, Exod, 14. 7. A fiery Wrath, 
 c burning down to Hell, t>eut» 31. 22. Irrefiftible- 
 
 * yi 'izthjNahum 1, 6. So powerful, that none can 
 c " know it, Pja/. 90. 11. An inevitable Wrath 
 c Pfalm 39. 7, 13. Nahum 1. 2. .ft tj a/j. infinite 
 
 * Wrath, <*#unfupportable Wrath. 
 
 Confider the Names of divine Wrath, it is 
 called, fore Vifpkefare, Pfai. 2.5. Indignation* 
 Nah# 1. 6, Anger, Pfal. 6. 1. Fiercenefsof, Anger % 
 »Nahum 1.6. F«^?Nahum 1.6. Jealoujis, Pfalm 
 7 p. 5. Hot Difplcafurtj Pfalm 6. 1. 
 
 O-haw great. was ChriiVs Love to our Souls ! 
 How heavy were Cfcn$: 5 sV3ouHlin*e-rings, who 
 endured-this formidable, confuming, fiery, burn- 
 ing, irrefiftiblcpowerful, inevitable, and infinite, 
 and unfupportable Wrath. ; fore Difpleafure, In- 
 dignation, Anger, Fiercenefs of Anger, Jfury, 
 Jealoufic^nd hot Difpleafure? due to us for 
 Sin / T02CUCC£C?z 
 
 See CSMKvrapped up in an external and in- 
 ternal Darkaefs at once. Externally y The na- 
 tural Sun denying him his Light: Internally* 
 The.Sunof Righ|eoufnefseclipfir.g his Counted. 
 
 F5 nance: 
 
2 X4 ^tcrawental Meditations en the 
 
 nance from him, to finch a Height, as forced him 
 to complain of being forfaken. 
 
 Confider, wb fuffered theft Things? He was 
 no meerMan, nor AngeJ, but the Son of God, 
 equal with God* the fecondPerfon of the glorious 
 Trinity* 
 
 Confider, for vthom be fujfered tbeje Things : It 
 was for Me.M, finfulMer T Men that were his a* 
 vowed Enemies: Was there ever Love like 
 this ? That a Man Jbould lay down hit Life for hU 
 Enemies ? 
 
 Confider the Greatnefs and Variety of hit Suf- 
 ferings, from his Cradle to his Grave, efpeciaily 
 in that Night in which he was betrayed, that 
 tragical, fad, and doleful Night, that la ft Night 
 of his Life: It is a Night to be much ©bferved 
 and remembred by all worthy Communicants; 
 * c This is that Night of the Lord, to be obferved 
 * of all the Children of Jfracl in their Generati- 
 ons, Exod. 12. 42. The Sufferings of Chjrifr are 
 fo unaccountable,that when we have thought, fpo- 
 ken, or written of them all we can. we muft fay 
 of them as ApeUes faid of Diana\ Pi&ure, Nonj'edy 
 fedfacieban?-, I have not done,but was attempting 
 to do the Work. 
 
 Confider, bow long befuffered ; ftiif, till the 
 Work of our Redemption was finimed. And fee, 
 whether or not fuch Confiderations ^ill make 
 Sin hateful^ andCir//? Lovely^ and m«ft amiable 
 to thy Sod!'. 
 
 7. At length, confider Chrijl giving up the Gbnft 
 Behold that Head; which is as the mofl fine Gold, 
 Song 5. 11. bowing down to welcome and to 
 meet Death half Wayj thtt Head on wbicb'src 
 
 many 
 
Sufferings and' Death oj Chrifl. x 15 
 
 many Crowns of Glory ',Revel.i 9. 12. all pierced over 
 with a Crown of Thorns, which itill was kept oa 
 his Head till he died. 
 
 Behold thofe " Eyes,which are as a Flame of 
 
 * Fire, Revel' 19. 12. and as the Eyes of Doves 
 
 * by the Rivers of Waters, warned with Milk, 
 c and fitly fct, 'Song 5.12. now lefing their Sight, 
 now clofed with Death, and their Light extin- 
 guished ! See thofe Cheeks, which are gp a Bed of 
 Spices, as facet flowers, made black and blue, and 
 fwollen, and full of Bunches, with the Strokes 
 given him in the high Priefbi Houfe ', and now, 
 being dead, ofa wan Colour, befmeared all over 
 with Blood, which dropped down from the - 
 Wounds of his Head / Sec tC his Lips like Lih- 
 
 c lies dropping facet ftnefling Myrrhc^Sto»g 5.13. 
 c Now of a pale Colour ! That Tongue that fpake 
 c as never Man fpoke, John 7. 46. That Mouth 
 « that fpoke with the Tongue of the Learned, * 
 now rendredcold, ftiiFand immovable, and fcal- 
 ed up, and clofed by Death/ See that Belly, which ' 
 it at bright Ivory, overlaid with Sapphires, Seng 
 ^.14. expofed naked, full of bloody Wounds, 
 and (welling Tumours, cccafioned by the fevere 
 Scourgings he endured / See thofe Hands, which 
 are as Gold-rings Jet w/th the Beryl, Song 5. 14. 
 now deprived of Life, Senfe, Blood, Beauty, and 
 Motion, « digged through with great Nails! See 
 * thofe Feet, which ufed to come to relieve his 
 6 Pcople^leaping on the Mountains, skipping up- 
 c on the Hills, Song 2. 8. nailed to the Crofs? 3 - 
 dead, lifelefs and powerlefs, not able to move a 
 Step! See that Countenance, which U m. Lebanon,. 
 excellent & the Cedar s-^ .§ong 5 , ,1 5 > cow dropping ' 
 
 down 
 
Sacramental Meditations on the 
 down to the Earth, all abufed with Blood, Spit- 
 tle* and Wound c ,and Strokes! CMfee and con fide r 
 * : the Prince of Life arretted by Death, his Soul 
 . * feparated from his Bed", and his Body dtpriv- 
 * ed of Life and Moti»n, like a Piece of Dead 
 c Cla\! Take ('J lav ; fixed Locks of him, who 
 fufFered ail. tiis for our Salvation : O how lovely 
 will Faith render Chrifr tpouf Souls under fuch. 
 Coniiderations / When you come to the Com- 
 iii u n ion* -r.d fee the Bread broken, and Wine 
 poured ovt in the Cups; remember, h w hit Blood. 
 wjafneujoryou^ and hoiv h:\ Itodj yoM broken for 
 jou, for the Remi/Jion ol the Sins of many ; and 
 how all chefe fcisSufferings are there reprefented,. 
 fealed* and applied to Believers. Thus far of 
 Chrifc'j Sufferings a*V and in his Death. Let. 
 us next confider his Sufferings after his Death. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 OfCbrifl's Sufferings after his Death. 
 
 /T might be expelled that ChrisTs- Sufferings vers 
 now at an End; and indeed the grea reft 'Part 
 is fo : For after Death his Soul, went immedi- 
 ately to Paradife, (and no: dpwn to Hell, as Tome, 
 maintain) Luke 23. 43. andfo his Soul fufrered no 
 inore. But yet there remains- feme few Steps of 
 ChviiVs Sufferings after his Death. As, . 
 
 J. l'bey pierced him with a Spear. ' The Jews. 
 
 therefore, becaa/e it was the Preparation that 
 
 the Bodies fhould net remain on the Ci'ofs on 
 
 ' the Sabbath-day^ fjbr thatSabbach was an high 
 
 Day 
 
'bufferings and De&ift oj CbnJU n, 
 
 ' Day) bifdught I Hate their Legs might be broken,^' 
 
 that they might be taken away : But 
 
 3 when they came to Jefus, and faw that he was 
 ' dead already, they brake not his Legs; but 
 one eft be Soldiers vjitb a Spear per ced bis Side, and' 
 forthwith came there out Blood and Water, John 19 
 31. 32. 33. 34. Such was their Malice againil 
 Chrift, the' they faw him dead,, yet they will 
 not believe their own Eyes ; but to put the Mat- 
 ter out of ail Queftion, they pierced his Side-, from, 
 whence came Blood - y and his Pericardium or Film 
 about the Heart, whence came Water: 6 This 
 * was the .Fountain of both the Sacraments '(Jfaao 
 c Amhrofe Looking to Jefu^Yzzz ijj.vide etiam 
 c Tar Comment, in Mattb. 2-j.^Smith on the Creed' 
 ' Page 268.) the Fountain of all our Happinefs :. 
 6 Here is Blood for our JufitficttiOBi and Water 
 c for our Santtification. Heie is Water, the Ele- 
 ment of Bzptifm^ and Blood, one of the Things 
 rep re fen ted in the Lord's Supper, 
 
 It is not my Intent to handle every Thing con- 
 tained in the Hiftory of Chrift 'sPafTiorv and all' 
 their Circumiiances and Confequents, as tbi 
 renting oj the Vail of the Temple, the Earthquake, 
 
 renting of Rocks, — which fell out at his 
 
 expiring**, with fever a 1 curious Qudtions anent 
 the- Nature of this Bleed and Water, and the, 
 Myiteries which fome fuppofe to be fignified by 
 the fame. I only intended to fpeak of Cirift'sk 
 Sufferings; and therefore defignedly? I onbit fe ve- 
 ra! Things contained, in thcHiitory of Chrift & 
 Death and Palfabn. 
 
 Behjld! how our Saviour fuffercd in his Birth^ - 
 in M^Iifey before his V§aih. y at his Beaib, and 
 •' :";■•' aftes 
 
1 1 8 - Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 after his Death. They infult over his dead Body, 
 after'his Soul had taken Wing to Paradife. They 
 pierced bit Hiartywben alive .with Reproaches ', they 
 pierced his HV art, when dead,rvith the Spear. Their 
 Malice prompts th-m to do Chrift all Indignities 
 and yet their Malice is bounded, for a Bone of 
 Chrift they couid not break. 
 
 O Believer, be perf^aded of Chrift's Love to 
 thy Soul *, fee how he hxs $p?ned a Window into hit 
 Hearty that, by the Eye of Faith, thou mightcft 
 look into his Heart, and fee his Arfeftion and 
 Thoughts of Lore to thy Soul. Here is the Foun- 
 tain opened to the Houfe of David,, and to the In- 
 habitants of Jerufalem, for Sin, and for Undean- 
 nefs y Zech. 13. 1. What mere could Chrift do 
 unto his Vineyard? He Jhed aU his Blood for them^ 
 Some of his Blood in his Circumcifion, fome in the 
 Garden with the bloody Sweat, fome with the 
 Scourging, fome with the Thorny Crown, fome with 
 the Nails which pierced his Handsand Feet, and 
 the reft with the Spear. N»t one Drop of Blood 
 w*s hft in Cbrifft Body : And after all the Blood 
 was fpent,the Water which (fome Phyficians fay) 
 is about the Heart to cool it, was forced out with 
 the Spear. 
 
 O/ what a full Slanfom is payed for our Sins/ 
 Here is Blood enough, yea all' the Blood of the 
 Son of God, (hed for the RemifTion of our. Sins, 
 and Satisfaction to offended Juftice. Fear not 
 then, doubting Believer, there is enough of Ran- 
 fom given for thee. O! how ungrateful are we, 
 if we refufc to die for him, who thus died, and 
 (bed all his Blood for us, to the very la ft Drop ! 
 
 XL He 
 
&<fferin£i and Death of Chrift. % n^ 
 
 IT. He was Buried. fofepb of Arimatbsa beg- 
 ged the Body of Chrift from Pilate (John 19. 38 . 
 Mattb. 27. 57.) * And when he had obtained 
 c if, then he pulled the Nails and Spieks, 
 c out of the Hands and Feet of Chrift, takes 
 c his Body down, and gets it on his Back; 
 ' then Nicodemm brought an hundred Pounds of 
 c fweet Odours of My rrhe and Aloes, to embalm. 
 * his Body : Then Jofeph gets a Handkerehief,and 
 ' ties it on his Jaws, and wrapped up his Wounds 
 c andSores with fine Linnen, and laid him in a 
 t fair Sheet, and wrapt him in it. Next, they 
 < laid him into the Earth, the ore at the Head; 
 'the other at the Feet, and then they rolled a 
 1 Stone upon the Grave, that none might hurt 
 4 the dead Body of Chrift {Smith on the Creed, 
 Page 280.) 
 
 Here ChrirVs Body was no doubt lacerate and 
 torn afreih, with the pulling out of the Nails out 
 of his Hands and Feet, and the pulling the Crown 
 of Thorns orT his Head. 
 
 Behold fofepb taking the dead, naked, vsoundei y 
 bloody , lacerate, torn and broken Body ofjefia on 
 his Shoulders, and in his Arms,, and carrying him 
 into his own Garden, and- laving him in his own 
 Grave, which was hewed out of a Reck, where 
 never Man was laid before. Chrift wm fo poor in 
 his Life, that he bad not a Houfe, nor an Ajs of 
 his own ; and in his Death^ fo poor is he, that he 
 has no Grave of his own, but muft- ly in another 
 Man's Grave. He was buried, toaffure us he 
 was dead; and that he might conquer Death in 
 3iis ftrongeft Hold; asd might bury our Sins in e- 
 yeilafting Forgetfulaefs*. and t© fonftifie and 
 
 fweeiea 
 
i2o Sasr anient al Meditations on tbf 
 
 fweeten the Grave to us. He was buried in a 
 Garder, that, as the firft Adam finned in a Gar- 
 •den; fo the fecond Adam mi&bt bury Sin, and ut- 
 terly deftroy it in a Garden. • 
 
 Behold now the Lion ot the Tribe tfjudab Iy : 
 ing dead, without Breach, or Motion, in the 
 Prifon of the Grave,, in the Womb of the Earth., 
 covered with a Stone/ Chrift is fmit up in the 
 Grave for a Time, becaufe we deferved to be 
 fhut up in the Prifon a nd bottomlefs Pit of Hell 
 for evermore. The Wages oj Sin. is Death, natu- 
 ral^ fpiritual, and eternal, (Rom. 6. 23. J Chrift 
 fa ife red Pains equivalent to Hell Pains, and toe- 
 ternal Death on the Crofs; and now he fljfiers 
 the natural Death for our Sins. And all this to 
 fare us from Wrath and Damnation. 
 I III. They counted him an Jmpflor. c The chief 
 Prieftsaiid Pharifees Cud to' Pilate, Sir, we 
 c remember, while this Dtceiver was alive, that. 
 c he laid, After three Days I will rife again 5i 
 Matib,. 27. 63, and to prevent his Difciples fteal- 
 iog Chrift dut of the Grave, and cauiing the 
 People to believe that he rofc by. his own Power, 
 they fought and obtained a Guard of Soldicrs- 
 from Pilate, to watch the Grave : Which Guard 
 of Soldiers became thereafter Witneflesof ChriJVs. 
 Refurreclion to them that imployed them. J3ut 
 that all Men might efteem Chrift as an Jmpoftourj 
 they hired theSoidiers with Money, to far, that. 
 hit Difciphsfiole him out of the Grave, albeit they 
 had fufficient Evidence 01 the contrary: Thus,, 
 in Life andOeath, they murderihis Name.Men oi-- 
 dinarily fpeak to the Commendation of the Dead* 
 eyea tho' they care not much for them while a- 
 % " " " ~ li'va 
 
Sufferings and Death ofCbriB. 121 
 
 live. Alas! hut Chriit's Enemies will fpeak n°- 
 Good of him, cither dead or alive. They'll gi?c 
 him no better Stile than a Deceiver, And fuch j 
 is their Malice, that they hire the Soldiers to tell ' 
 a Lie, to confirm the "World that Chriii was an 
 Impoiiour, and a Deceiver in very Deed. 
 
 IV. He continued in the Grave iiU the third 
 Day. He was crucified on our Friday, arid buri- 
 ed that fame Day before Sun-fet ; ail the Satur- 
 day, or Jeroijl) Sabbath, he continued itf the 
 Grave; and from Mid-night till the Dawning of 
 the Day, on Sunday^ or the Lord's Day, (Co called 
 from the Lord's riling en that Day) he was "a 
 Part of three Days, but not the whole three Days 
 in the Grave. 
 
 Our Lord not only died, but continued under 
 the Power of Death tor a Time ; he continued 
 till the third Day in the Grave, that aH might 
 know be was dead, but he continued no longer, 
 left be Jhouldfee Corruption. 
 
 See, how Jo w our Sins brought the Lord Jefus 
 Chriit ! not only muit he belaid in the Grav£ 3 
 but alio remain Prifoncr there for a Time; now 
 the Sen of God is at the laft Step of his Humiliati- 
 on ; Now roM the Sign of the Prophet Jonas given 
 to the Jews, O! how did Angels marvel to fee 
 Chrift dead, and continuing fo long in the Prifon 
 of the Grave ! And how did the Difciples ftand 
 amazed, and how was their Faith fhakea at this 
 Confideration/ 
 
 I will not meddle here with Chris's Re.fur- 
 reftion, Afceniion,— J confine my felf to his 
 Sufferings and Humiliation, SynecdochicaUy inclu- 
 ded in thefe Words, IhU if my Body which U bro- 
 ke-. 
 
122 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 hen for pu\ for his Death, .Humiliation, and 
 Sufferings, are the proper Objects of facramental 
 Meditations. We (hall now make fomi practical 
 Inferences from the Whole of Chrift's Death and 
 Sufferings. ^r-/ '<*+*} » c > 
 
 Prattie al Inferences from the Death and ' Suffer in?* 
 •fChrifl. 
 
 Since Cbrift fufFered fo miich in his Birth, 
 Life and Death for us, as is let down in the 
 preceeding Chapter ; we may make thefe 
 following Inferences from his Death and Suf- 
 ferings. 
 
 I. Inf. God the Father has an infinite Love to hi* 
 
 Elect, John. 3. 16. God Jo loved the World, that be 
 
 gave bis only begotten Son. . . To what Pur- 
 
 pofe did he give him ? Ml to condemn the Worlds 
 
 but that the World thro' him might be faved. The 
 
 Son of God had an infinite Love to his Elect al- 
 
 fo, in that he willingly came, (Lo-> I come, — — 
 
 / delight to do thy Wijl, Pfalm 40. 7. 8.) And that 
 
 he willingly underwent fuch Mifery for our.Sal- 
 
 vation, be loved m to thi Death, Greater Love 
 
 tbtn thit hath no Man, that a Man Jhould lay dovon 
 
 hi* Life for his Friendi, John 15, 13. But greater 
 
 wa* the Love ofChrift, who laid down his Life 
 
 for his Enemies, for fuch we were by Nature. O 
 
 Believer, never doubt of Chrift's Love to thy 
 
 Soul \ call not the Father's Love in Queftion, for 
 
 the 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift, 12$ 
 
 the Father himfelf loves you, if you love him 
 he loved you, firfi-, 1. John 4. 19. Your Love to 
 God is an Evidence of God's Love to you. O 
 :ome then freighted with Love, with a Heart 
 fick of Love, to that Love-feaft, to the Lords ' 
 Supper, to commemorate thefe Sufferings ef Je- 
 fus for-your» Sou Is. What more could the Father 
 do, to evider.:e his Love to us, than to give his 
 Son to the Death for us all ? What more could 
 the Son do to afTure us of his Love, than to give. 
 himfelf, his Life, a Ranfom for our Sins? 
 
 II. Inf. Of all Evils Sin is the great eft, moft 
 horrid and abominable, being fuch, as . nothing 
 lefs than the Death of the Son of God could fatif- 
 fie Divine Juitice for the fame. All the Silver, 
 and Gold, and ^Riches in the World, yea the 
 whole World, could not expiate Sin. Tho* ail 
 the Angels in Heaven, and all the 'Kings, Po- 
 tentates, and Empcrours ; yea, all the Men that 
 were from the Creation, ^and that are at prefent, 
 or (hall be for ever to the End of the World, 
 fhould lay down all their Kves to expiate one 
 Sin, yet all would be to noPurpofe: For nothing 
 but the prcciout Blood of Cbrifl, as o\ a Lamb with- 
 out Bkmijh) and without Spot, 1 Pet. 1 19. could 
 redeem us, and expiate Sin. 
 
 HI. Inf. God is infinitely juft to puciih Sin, 
 he wiU'punifb the Sins of the Reprobate in them- 
 felves to all Eternity : And he punifhfd the Sins 
 of the Elect, in his own Sop, their Surety, to 
 the outmoft Farthing, as is clear from what is a- 
 bove mentioned of Cbrift's Sufferings: There- 
 fore let us beware to commit Sin againft fuch an 
 infinitely juft God, Let us come with Repen- 
 tance 
 
1 24 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 tance, Grief, and godly Sorrow for our former 
 Sins, to the Lords Table? and let us hate Sin as 
 the greateft of all Evils, for which nothing 
 but the Death'of the fecond Perfon of the glorious 
 Trinity could fatisfie Juftice. 
 
 IV. Inf. There is here fufficient Ground of 
 Comfort in the Sufferings of Jefus, to all Belie, 
 vers, who by Faith have laid hold on, and are in- 
 grafted in jefus Chrift, fuch asjthat by the Death 
 and Sufferings of Chrift. 
 
 1. Satan is fubdued. C«1of. 2. 15 c And having 
 c fpoiled Principalities and Powers j he macjp a 
 € Shew of them openly^ triumphing over then 
 * in it. Our great Enemy Satan is dilcomfited, 
 and tho' he be a numerous, potent, fierce and 
 cruel Enemy, yet he is a broken Enemy. Th3 
 Captain of our Salvation has given him an Over- 
 throw; Tbi feed of the Womam has bruifci lbs 
 Head of the Serpent : and what Chrift did in this, 
 he did as a publick Perfon, as the Head and Rc- 
 prefentative of his People. That, -through Death, 
 he might deSlro? him that bad ths Power of Death, 
 that is, the DeviUHeb. 2. 14* bo'h for liimfelf, and 
 for his People. Fear nor, O Believer, what the 
 Devil can do, thy Saviour has overcome him, 
 and will fhortly make you overcome him, and 
 tread Satan under your Feet \ only refifl the Devi!, 
 and he will flee from you, James 4. 7. 
 
 2. Juftice iifatisf.ed. We by our original and 
 aftuai Sins hive incenfed Juftice againft us, - but 
 Chrift has fulfilled the Law, according to she 
 ftricieft Tenor of the Covenant of Works, and. 
 fuffered the Punifhment due to us for Sin ; and, 
 in fo doing, he fatisficd Divine juftice. Fear not 
 
 then 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift. 12$ ^ 
 
 then, O Believer, thy Surety has blottedout the 
 Hand-writ ing of Ordinances which was againft m, 
 which was csntrary to us 3 and tscl it out of tbs 
 Wa) y nailing it to his Crofs y and fully fatisfied ju- 
 ftice in thy Behalf : Fear not then, O Believer; 
 (if thou be truly penitent) the JufricecDf God is 
 fatisfiedfor all the Sins that you are guilty of. 
 Jurtice has gotten Satisfaction from Chrift thy 
 Surety; And will aot therefore demand Satisfac- 
 tion from thee. Yea, JuMiee(if thou beintereir- 
 ?din Chrift) will plead for thee, Jufrice will 
 not demand double Payment for one and the fame 
 Debt, fincethe Cautioner or Surety has paid 
 :he Debt, Juftice vrill not purfue the Princi- 
 pal. 
 
 2., Sin is abolified. The Guilt thereof r and the 
 
 3 ower thereof is done away to the Believer, by 
 
 he Death of Jefus Chrift*; and the Stain and 
 
 SUturs thereof, alfo ihall be done away ere long. 
 
 There is therefore now no Condemnation to 
 
 them that are in Chrift Jefus, Rom. 8. i. See 
 
 Col. 5. 1 2 3 1 3. In whom alfo ye are circumcifed 
 
 — : — buried with him in Baptifm •— 
 
 rQuickned together with him, having forgiven 
 ,aH your TrefrJafTes. 
 
 4, Death is abelifbedhy the Death* of Chrift. 2. 
 1m. 1. io< — — _*< Our Saviour Jefus Chrift .J 
 who hath abolifhed Death, and brought Life 
 and Immortality to Light, thro' the Gofpel. 
 )eath is a conquered Enemv, and tho" he be the 
 ang of Terrors to wicked Men, yet to Belie- 
 ersfus Sting is taken a way*- Chrift conquered 
 >eath in his ftrongeft Hold, even in the Grave, 
 rhen he had Hen under his Power to the third v. 
 
 Day 
 
126 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Day* then, like another Sampfon y he awoke, an4| 
 broke the Cords of Death, and the Prifon of the J 
 Grave, and raifed many other dead Bodies of the a 
 Saints with himfelf alive, and will in the laft Day J 
 raife all the Eleft to Life eternal. Fear not! 
 Death then, O Believer, Chrift our Head has 3 
 conquered Death, and will mpke us his Members] 
 alfo (hortly, tofingthat triumphant Song; i Cor A 
 15. jj.O Death, where is thy Sting? Grave f l 
 where is thy Victory ? To the Wicked, Death is I 
 the End of Happinefs, and the Beginning of eter- 1 
 nal Mifery ; but to the Believer Death is the End j 
 of all Mifery, Sin, Suffering and Temptation, and | 
 a Door of Hope, an Entrance to that Glory which I 
 never knows an End. 
 
 5. -Heaven is opened. Our Sins opened Hell, ! 
 and (hut Heaven upon us ; but Chrift's Death i 
 (hut Hell, and opened Heaven: to us his People ] 
 and Followers; Chrift has opened up a new and ' 
 living Way, through the Vail of his Flefh, £ to 
 < the Holieft of Holies, Hcb. 10. 19, 20. whi- 
 « therhimfelfas the Fore-runner has cntred before « 
 « us, Heb. 6\ 20. as our Head, to take Poffeflion 
 '« for us. 
 
 In Fini) Our Enemies are fubdued, the Curfe • 
 of the Law, Gal. 3. 13. the Sting of Death, the 
 Wrath of God, are removed out of the Way, Sin 
 and Death are abolifhed, Satan is conquered,^ 
 Hellisfiiut, and Heaven opened to the Belie- j 
 ver, and God is become a reconciled Father to us,' 
 through the pafiive and a&ive Obedience, 
 of our dear Lord and only Saviour Jefusi 
 Chrift- 
 
 
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Suffer hgs and Death of Chrifl 127 
 
 Come then, O Believer, with full Affurance 
 of Faith to the Lord's Supper, to receive thefe 
 Benefits fealed to thy Soul, which Chrift by his 
 Death and Sufferings haspurchafed for all that be- 
 lieve in his Name. 
 
 V« Inf. God is willing to give us any good Things 
 fince he gave his son to us, and for us, to endure 
 fuch Torments and Sufferings. ' Hethatfpared 
 ' not his own Son, but delivered him up for us 
 c all, how (hall he not alfo with him freely give us 
 1 an Things, Rom. 8. 32. Whatever we itand in 
 need of, either for Soul or Body, we may with 
 Confidence feek, and hope to attain the fame, if 
 God fee it truly for our Good. If God has given 
 ns the greateft Gift in the whole World, will he 
 deny us lefler Gifts, has he given us his Son, and 
 will he cot give us Meat, and Drink, and Clothes 
 while we live? Take Qou rage then, O Believer, 
 that God who gave his Son to the Death for thee, 
 will provide thee with all Neceffaries of 
 this Life: Yea, if thou feek it in Faith, 
 he will clothe thee with the Wedding-Gar- 
 meni, to fit thee for his own Table, and he will 
 try ft thee there with -Grace, Pardon, Peace, 
 Cow for^ Strength^ and an affured Title to Glory. 
 
 VI. Inf. Since Cbrisl fyffered Jo -£re*t Things for 
 US) he'll neither let us want,nor perilh,if we rely 
 upon him, * John ic. 15. I lav down my Life for 
 T « my Sheep. And Vcrfe 28. 1 give unto them e- 
 6 ternal Life, and they fball never perifh. And 
 * Heb. 13. 5. be has promifed, I will never leave 
 « thee, nor fjfcake thee, Pjalm 23. 1. The Lord 
 c is my Shepherd, I'll not want. 
 
 VIL Inf. 
 
■ i j8 Jm: r amenta! Mentations on the 
 
 VII. Inf. Since ChriS nasfolorv in bis Bi 
 and Life, we ought not to defpife fuchasa 
 Chriftians, tho 5 they be low in the World : 
 alfo, we ought to be content with our own L< 
 the never fo meai, confidering the, Meannefs 
 .the Birth and Life of Jcfus. 
 
 VIII. Inf. We ought to be ready to die for Chn 
 who fo willingly died for us , If ever Providen 
 cal] us to feal the Truth of Chrift with'o 
 Blood, we ought to be refolved -and prepan 
 fo to do, as Chrift did willingly fhed his Bloc 
 for us. 
 
 IX. Inf. H is oar Duty to moriife and hill Si 
 for Sin killed our Saviour : Sin is in a Manner 
 Deicidium^ Had not Man finned, Chrift had n< 
 fu ffc red : Therefore it was our Sins whic 
 
 fcourged -and crucified Chrift. Each u 
 
 peated Acl of Sin it a crucifying afrefk of the Lor 
 of Glory. O then let us kill Sin, which killed an 
 crucifies afrefh Chrift Jefus fo frequently. Brin 
 not your Lufts ( thofc Traitors that killed ou 
 Saviour ) unmortified to the Lord's Table. 'B 
 fure when you come, to commemorate Chriit 
 Death, to his holy Table, that you kill you 
 Lufts, thefe his Enemies that would not have hir. 
 to reignover you. 
 
 X. Inf. Since Christ died for us, roe ou&bt to Jiv 
 to hi™, in obeying his will, fhunning and hating 
 evil, loving and doing good: And' as hedyedno 
 in Shew, but in Verify; Co ought we to live 
 Lite of Religion, not in shew,- but in Truth ant. 
 Verity. 
 
 X I. Since Chrift faff: red fo erect and unfpeakabl 
 Things for us, all which are/ at leaft ought to b. 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chvjfl , 1 2£ 
 
 commemorated in the Lord's Supper : "Methinks 
 Minifters fhould very frequently adminifter the 
 Lord's Supper. The Scope of our whole Mi- 
 niftry is, and ought to be, to caufe People to 
 know Chrift, and him crucified : Nothing holds 
 forth a crucified Jefus morelivelily,than the Ad- 
 rniniftratian of the Lord's Suppsr ; in which," the 
 
 * preached Word going along with the Sacra- 
 c ment, reorefentsa crucified Chrift to the Ear; 
 
 * and the Bread and Wine in the Sacrament repre- 
 
 * fents a crucified Chair to the Eye. Shall we not 
 then often adminifter thisholy Ordinance, that Peo- 
 ple may have the greater Knowledge of a crucified 
 Redeemer ?. Mens Memory is (Kppery to retain 
 good," they have need to be often put in Mind of 
 what Chrift did fufFer for them? which can be 
 done no wife more fuccinel:!y,th'an by adminiftrat- 
 ing frequently thisholy Ordinance. Did Chrift j 
 fuifer fo much for our Sakes,and (hall we be fo un- 
 grateful, as not to celebrate frequently the Me- 
 morial of his Death and Sufferings ? Is it not, 
 ought it not to be our great Work, to make 
 our People and Flock fall in Love with Chrift? 
 Is there any Way fitter for doing of this, than to 
 hold forth his Sufferings in a frequent Celebrati- 
 on of the Lord's Supper, to let them fee how great 
 Things his Love prompted him to do for them? 
 
 If we do not frequently adminifter this Ordi- 
 lance, we will be found unfaithful fo Chrift, who 
 :ommanded us fo to do,till be come again; & unfaith- ' 
 ul to theSoulsofour Flocks,in keeping from them 
 uch an unfpeakablc Mean ofConfoUtion.ofConfir- 
 nation, of Corroboration , and bicreafe of Grace &c. 
 
 Since Chrift was fo condefcending, as to Mer 
 a Soul and Body for ^ we ought, with oar 
 
130 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 Souls, and all that is within. us, frequently to 
 hold fortli his Sufferings in the Sacramont of the 
 Lord's Supper : Chrift bad a Baptifmf be bap- 
 tifed Vfith, and, Cfrbo-m vjm heflraitned, till it tvm 
 *ccompUJixd\ It was not the Baptifm of Water, 
 or of the Spirit, ( for he received both thefe at 
 Jordan ) but the Baptifm of Bio. d, his Seul 
 row exceeding for rowful. even unto Death'. And the 
 Forefight and prefent Feeling of what he was to 
 fuffer made him fiveat Drops of Blood in the 
 
 Garden • , O! fhail we let tbefe Sufferings 
 
 ofJcfusfaH to the Ground, Iv in Oblivion, and 
 quite be forgort«n ? Nay,not fo ; but m roe are Mi- 
 ni fiers of' the N?vfTefta-r,ientJ'o let us frequently ce- 
 lebrate the Memorial of the Death and Sufferings 
 of the Mediator of the Nevt Teftamcntjr Covenant* 
 X II. Inf.. Did Chrift fuffer jo much, and luch 
 Variety of Sufferings in Soul and Body, in the 
 Night in which he wasbetraved, as yen may read 
 in the foregoing Chapters; Then Love and Gra- 
 litnde oblige us frequently to approach his Table, 
 to commemorate his Death ; to terrify our Lore 
 and Obedience to our dying Saviour; to bind oui 
 felvcs to be his, by an everiafting Covenant. 
 Sk~.ii we fee others" with great Care and Devoti- 
 en, coming frequently to Communions? And 
 fhail we neglctl to come ? Shall others frequent 
 Iv teltih their Love and Gbed^icnce to Chrift 
 by remernbring his Death and Suffering-sin thi 
 Lord's Supper?. And (hall we think to mare e 
 quatly with them in thefame Sufferings,and not be 
 3t Pains to hold forth the fame in the Sacramen 
 as others do ? Alas'. " That Chrift fuffered f« 
 
 * much, and thatmoftef Men will not fo much a 
 
 * ecsimeniorate his 5 offerings; That they looko; 
 
 ' tfc 
 
oufcrin** aniVcalhofChrift. -V$i 
 
 the Lord's Sapper as a Matter of Indifrerency. 
 
 Come then,Beloved, devoutly and frequently 
 to the Lord's Table, come, and mare of a broken, 
 wounded, /courged, bleeding, and dying Jefus| 
 h-imfelf invites you, and we the Mini iters of the 
 Gofpel r the Friends of the Bridegroom invite 
 you ; your Entertainment (hail be moft fumptu- 
 ous. If you have Faith, you (hall he fcafted on a 
 crucified' Redeemer, yeu (hall in a fpiritual Man- 
 ner eat his Body broken tor you, and drink his 
 Bloodshed for the Remiifion of your Sins. Confi- 
 de r, what he did for you in his Birth ? Lifcr,andDeathg 
 and fee if you dare refufe to frequent his Table, 
 
 Confider, how he was conceived, and born of 
 a~poor Woman, in a very mean Place, and laid 
 in a Manger ; how,for our Sins, he was made un- 
 der the Law-, how he was tempted of the Devil ; 
 perfecuted by wicked Men ; how he gained his 
 Bread with the Sweat of his Brow ; how he lived- 
 in poverty •, how his Life was full of Sorrows ; 
 how he fuffered innumerable Reproaches ; how 
 heendured Hunger, Thirft, and Wearinefs, and 
 was in frequent Dangers all his Life over. 
 
 Confider, what he fuffered in the Night in 
 
 which he was betrayed, how he paffed over the 
 
 ferook Kidrm : Confider his Grief, and Sorrow, 
 
 md bloody Sweat, and thrice renewed Prayer in 
 
 he Garden ; how Judu betrayed him ; how the 
 
 widiers apprehended him j how they queftion 
 
 nm anent his Doctrine and Difciples ; how one 
 
 i>f the Officers ft ruck him with the Palm of his 
 
 ! -land ;. how falfe WitnelTes were fought and laid 
 
 i gainft him : how he was reputed a Blafphemer ; 
 
 now inhumanely they abufed him with fruiting 
 
 it nd fpitting on him; how they brought him again 
 
 before the Council, and examined him in the 
 
 G 2 XlQinm$ 
 
1.32 Sacramental Meditationson the 
 
 Morning ; how they delivered him to Pontim Pi- ! 
 fate, and accufed him falfly ; how he was fent to 
 Hsrod-y how thejfew.r preferred Barabbas aMurde- 
 rer to Chrift ; how he was ftripped; how he was 
 fcourged; clothed with a Scarlet R.obe; how he was 
 crowned withT horns; how they mocked him in his 
 Kingly Office, yea in all his Offices ; how he was 
 brought forth and fentenced ; how he was led to 
 the Place of Execution. 
 
 Confider, how they gave him Vinegar and Gall 
 to drink ; how they crucified him ; how they 
 parted his Garments, and placed him between 
 two Thieves ; how they mocked and reviled him ; 
 how long he continued ia his Torments. 
 
 Confiderhis Soulfuffering% how they gavefo'm 
 Vinegar again to drink ; how he gave up the 
 Ghoft, how he was pierced with a Spear, reput- 
 cd an Impoltour; how he was buried, and con- 
 tinued till the third Day in the Grave. I fay, con- 
 fiisr- over again devoutly andfincerly tbefe Suffer- 
 ings of Jcfiu, and fee if you dare refufe to fre- 
 quent his Table, who futfered all thefc Things, 
 -and much more for your Souls. Each Step of 
 thefc his Sufferings is^ and ought to be a pun- 
 gent Argument to a Heaven born Soul, to make 
 him a frequent Communicant, to caufc him fre- 
 quently to commemorate Chrift's Death and Suf- 
 ferings at his hoi/ Table. 
 
 XIII. Inf. Since Chrift fuflfered fuch Things, 
 fuch great Things, fuch unaccountable Things! 
 for our Souls; and fi nee, in the Lord's Supper,] 
 there ought to be a devout Holding forth, and 
 Commemoration of his Death and Sufferings, I 
 Then People ought, before they approach the] 
 Lord's Table, to read the Hiftory of Chrift's Paffion fed 
 
Sufferings- and Death of thrift* 1 9 3 
 
 i&wn by the Evangel? fis the Week before tkey come 
 to the Lords Supper,that they may have lively Impre£- 
 fions of his Death arid Sufferings on their Spirits, that 
 they may the better be able to fhew forth his Death and 
 Paffion in the Lord's Supper, when they come to his 
 golyTafele. 
 
 I have collected out of feveralAuthors,which I quot- 
 ed, efpeciaJ]y,out of the four Evangc]iftc,*» Kijlomal 
 Account of Cb rips Sufferings, to be a help to Devout 
 SouIs,to give them a Ihort Sight of what cur Dear Sa- 
 viour did !uffer,farus,in the Kight in which he was 
 betrayed, in which he appointed this Holy Sacrament. 
 And this I did the rather, becaufe, in all *tie little Trea- 
 ties on the Lord's Supper which came to my H^nd, 
 I found but very little fair] on this Head : Poffi- 
 My, forne, which I have not feen, on this Subject, 
 has handled the Matter fully. However, I think the 
 devout Reader may make Vfe of what is written in this 
 fhortTreatife,inthe preceedingCraprers(unriIhe light 
 on a better help already fet forth, orto be fet forth by 
 an abler Pen) to aflifl him in his Meditations on Chnft's 
 Sufferings. And if Convenience aHow, when you ap- 
 proach to the Lord's Table, fetaDay apart, and read 
 the Sufferings of Chriit, as here fet down in thefe Sa- 
 cra mental Meditations •, .andpaufe, and meditate, mM 
 marvel, andexercife Faith, Love,. Repentance,— eia- 
 :uhtory Prayer, as you read forward, fui table to the 
 various Steps oi his Sufferings. And fince we, in the 
 Church of toot /and, ordinarily keen a Fail on the Thurp. 
 day before the Celebration of the Sacrament, and have 
 :he Preparation Sermon on the Saturday, I think 
 \\z Friday before the Celebration, may be very pro* 
 Stably {pent in reading and meditating,, anikpplyin- 
 f Faith, the Death and Sufferings ofjefus as nere^S 
 town, or as you find them recorded, Matth.?6. and 27 
 -tt^/v I 4- if.Ch.lK. 22.23. Ch.Jobn 18. and iq Ch 
 - i?? n i f nmoR abfurdto come to the Lord's Table* 
 .vithDef g „ tocommememe his Death and Suffering 
 Myef never to lay afide any fclemn TWfor Reading 
 xmfidering, and meditating on the Kiftory ofhisSuf- 1 
 fermgs; Tk.reforeagainlfay, read the H Story- of it ' 
 iuffcnrigs, as here fetdown ; (collcfted out of the 
 
 G 3 Yms&tfiM 
 
■j 34 . SacrmrJal Meditating wtte 
 
 vangelifts and other Authors) and char with the gwat- 
 eft Attention and Devotion, when vou are ro approach 
 . the Lord's Table; fo {foil y . u ] lave |j ve j y Imprefliorrs 
 of his SafFenngson your Spirits;fb {hall you uriderftand 
 the Sncr? mental Aftiors and Elements moft livelilv; fo 
 ihall broken Bread and poured" out Wine clearly point 
 out to you a brokenfe fafiist&rn Body,and fhed B'ood; 
 fo fhal] you, with Undemanding andfuitable AffefH-- 
 ons, be able,throurjh God's Grace, to ihew forth, and 
 remember Chrift's Death and Sufferings ; and fojhall 
 y,ur Spikenard fend f»Yth its Smell, vghlh theKw? jit- 
 MhathisTabU r $on« i. 12 The Lord God perfwade 
 each Soul, that readeth thefe Lines, to take this good 
 Advice. Amen. CHAP. VII. 
 
 OftbeEndofChripj Sufferings, or&hyhefufteredtand of 
 the Sacramental- Pn-m'fs, vnthfime Practical Infe- 
 rences jrom b"th. 
 "LJAving now difcourfed, at fome length, of Chrift's- 
 *■*- Sufferings we come next to fpeak a frort Word 
 of the Eid of his Sufferings, and of the Sacramental 
 Promife, both included in thefe Words, 1 Cor. 1 r . 2.4 
 7his is my Body, ivhirh is brnken for you. 
 
 As for the End why Chrift fufFercd,i. The ultimate 
 End was God's Glory. It was for the Glory of his 
 Junire,and Mercy, and Love : Chrift fufTered for the 
 Glory of God's Jufticc,to manifeft to the World, that 
 God was fo Juft, that he would rather tmniih Sin in 
 his only begotten Son, than let it f>afs unpuniffeed„ 
 Ghrift fuffered for' the Glory of God's Mercv, and 
 Love, to manifeft to the world, that God is fujj of Mcr* 
 cy and Love to his chofen,that he would rather give his 
 Son to the Death for them, than let them perifl;. 
 
 i, The frwrmate End of Chrift's Sufferings was for 
 our good ; a?-> . 
 
 i^Tvfatisfie divine fuflice Row. 3.27, 16. Whom 
 'God hath fet forth to le a Propitiation, through Faith in 
 ~hs Bfo ■ '— Chrift }s fet forth as a propitiatory Sacr i fice, 
 tofatkiie Divine JufticC We had incenfed Juftice a« 
 gainft us b* ; Sin; 'we were not able to fatisfic Juftice; 
 Chrift bec4n e.-our Surety, and laid down his Life, and 
 tfidijred all Manner of Suffer iegs-for us, to the End he 
 
 rmght 
 
Sufferings and Death o f Chrift' x 3.5- 
 
 might fatisJae Divine Juftice, that was Juftly incenfed 
 •gain ft us. 
 
 1. To confirm and Seal his Tefament, Cbiift h?d fafo 
 edPardon,Grace,RezOnc?liation, the Koly Gbft, \jmon r , 
 and Communion, Illumination, purification, Adopiicm 
 
 £an*lificaWn,CorrobGratior, Correlation and Glory 
 
 to #j, Heb. £.-16, 17. Now where a Teftament is, there 
 mufl alfo be tkeDeath 01 the Teftator ; for a Teftaraent 
 is of Force wk?o men are dead, otherwise if is of tq 
 Force atall whiift the Teftator liveth: Therefore Chrift 
 died, and fuffered n*ich Torments, to confirm his Tefta- \ 
 ment, and ro feal the fame. 
 
 5. To conquer Satan, Keb. 1. 14. Thaftfbrougb Death^ , 
 bf. might dejroy Bm that had the Tower of Death, that is 
 the Devil. Chrift,by his Death and Sufferings hath fub- 
 dued Satan ; we need not fear then, fince the Captain of 
 our Salvation has overcome our grand Enemy Satan ; 
 he will make us alfo more than Conquerours. 
 
 4. To take away Sin, with > all its'Efetis, Rom. 8. 3.- 
 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak 
 through theFlejh)Gqtt fending his owvSonin the Likenefs 
 offinful Flejb, and for Sin condemned Sin in the Flefo. 
 We lay plunged under the Guilt of Sin, Captives ur.der 
 the' Power of Sin, miferable under the Stain of 
 Sin, and undone under the Nature of Sin, and moil 
 wretched under the fpimual, corporal, and eter- 
 nal Effects of Sin; Chrift fufrered,ir Order to takeaway 
 theGuilr, Srain, Power,Nature, and Effects .of our Sin. 
 
 y. To Fret us from Hell and Wrath, 1 Thef 1. 10. 
 Jefus which delivered us from Wrath to come : As a^fo 
 to free us from the Curfe of the Taw, Gal. 3. 13. chr.fi 
 hath redeemed us fromtbe Curfe oftheT.azv, as alfo./rom 
 an evil Confidence ; fee Keb'. $. 14. Ttf free us from Ig- 
 norance, Fnbe)ief,Hard-heartednefs, a State ofNature. 
 to all which ourSias made usliable. 
 
 6 To bring us to the 'New ^erufalem, to Heaven* ■ 
 Happinefs, and imroarceffible Felicity. "We might 
 add that he fuffered. ' & 
 
 7. Toanfwerthe Types of the Old Teftantent* and^. 
 I a To fulfil tbePromifesfand Prophecies .&c 
 
 JnFme^Ta bring us to. iieavcn s was one of bis prin- 
 cipal 
 
1$6 Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 cipal Ends. Kefaw us under Sin,andMifery,and Wrath,, 
 and Damnation, due to us for Sin. He pitied us, and 
 fatisfied Juftice on our Account, conquers our Ene- 
 mies, aboiifhes Sin and Death, and (lifters Pains equi,- 
 valent to Hells Pains for ws, " and gave himfeif for 
 c us, that he might fanclifie and cleanfe us, and prefent 
 *«s to himfeif a glorious Church not having Spot, or 
 I 'WrinklcfEpfc.y. 27, 16. )or auy inch Thing; and all 
 :this to make us meet to be Partakers of the. Iniicn- 
 'tance of the Saints in Light, 
 
 Thus much BriefiVof the End ofChriiVs Sufferings, . 
 included in the Words, Broken fir you* 
 
 As the fe Words, Mv Body broken for you, denote 
 the EndefChrifVs Sufferings, fo they alfo hold forth- 
 the Sacramental Promife,pro vobi<,vejlro Bom, quod 
 tknum explicatur Verbis de Sanguine, ejfunditur pro 
 votisin Remjfionent Peccaforum: Ergo pro vnhis ej} y , 
 pro expian lis Pc scat is vcftns, qiun etiamprovobis eji,.- 
 Vfijro Loco,£ic.fory-<u* for your Goad : which G^od 
 is explained in the Words concerning the Blood Jhed< 
 for yi>u,for tlx'Ren.ijjion of Sim: Therefore/or you, is. 
 for expiating your Sins; as alfo, for ycu, is in your. 
 fread( Par', rn Mat. 27. ): Efl enintb<ec ProwJJio', pro j 
 vobis,Pron:iJfxo Evangehi, Johan. 6. De Came Chriili 
 tradenda in~ Mortem^™ Mundi Vita,&v. Indeed, fays- 
 ( Par. in 1 Oor.;this Promife,/of you, is the Gofpel-pro- 
 mifc,Jobn 6,$ 1, f 2. concerning the Fle/hofChriit to ." 
 be givcji to Death for the Life of the W 7 orld,and of the, 
 fpiritualeat'ng thereof,to Lfc; which Promife, when 
 laid hold on by Faith, mikes us thenfpiritually to eat^ 
 theFlefh of Chrilt; to eat which, is with a believing. 
 Heart to lay hold on the Death of Chrift, and t© draw" 
 Life from his Death, and to grow by ChriiVs Spirit,, 
 that we may abide in him, and have him abiding in us % 
 according to the Promife, 7^ 6. 5 5: , 76,??. MyFlefa. 
 js Meat indeed, be tlmt eatefb my Flefofcall live by tM^ 
 and dwelktb in nte. and I inbim, 
 1 It?ppea»s thcn,that^ryo#, or given.pt broken f>r 
 v07/,both holds forth the proximate End of ChrifPiSuf 
 ferings, which was for cur good,and for expiating pur 
 Sins, and foifatisfying Jultice in our Stead,£rc\ Asalfo , 
 the SttraaaeiitiU Proau(e 3 That his £od/ ihould be 
 
 takes 
 
Sufferings and Death of Chrift \ 137 
 broken for us, and that now being broken for'us, we, 
 by Virtue of his Death and Sufferings, fhall have Life 
 fpiritual and eternal, increafeof Grace, mutual Inha- 
 bitation with Chrift, Pardon, Reconciliation, trc. So 
 that if we have Faith to fee, receive, and lay > hold on 
 Pardon, lncreafe of Grace, mutual Inhabitation withr 
 Chrift, Life and Glory, the Words, My Body is Iroken 
 for you, promife all thefe things unto us, as clearly as 
 if Chrift had faid, « This is my Body which fhah fee, 
 'broken forrour good, your Pardon, your Reconciliati- 
 on; and as I give you this Bread, as a Sacramental E- 
 ; Iement, representing, fealing and applying the fame; 
 •I promife alfotherewith, if you believe, to give you 
 'Life, lncreafe of Grace,*o dwell in you, and caufe you 
 'dwell in me, and to give you eternal Happinefs, ; 
 
 In Fine, A.sthz Elements repreient Chrift crucified; 
 fo this Sacramental Proxnife applies him to the believ-- 
 ing Soul( or rsther Faith laying hold on the Promife, 
 applies ) and the Spirit feals- the Application. 
 
 To be fhort, broken for you, jbed for ycu, ffeews the, 
 Defign Chrift had in Suffering, and makes a full, ample,, 
 and free Offer and Promife of Chrift, of -whole Chrift, 
 cf his Death and Sufferings, and Satisfaction, and Me- 
 rit, and Purchafe, to the believing Communicant. 
 
 We fhall now makefome f radical Inferences f rom .. 
 the Ends of Ch rift's Sufferings, and the Sacramental 
 Promife \ both included in theic Words, My Body hro*> 
 kenfor y ?£. 
 
 1. Inference, Since the proximate End of Chrifpg 
 Sufferings was our good, then we ought to le very 
 thankful to God,. wh gave us bis S(m\ and to the Son of 
 God, who came to endure fitch Sufferings for our Good. . 
 He niffered not foi fallen Angels, but for us the fallen 
 Jons of Men. It was for our Good, our Pardon, and 
 Reconciliation, and Glory, that-he was conceived, and 
 horn, and lived a Life of Sorrow?, and died a Death of 
 Torments. Olletus love him, and thank him eternally 
 for this,efpecial!y,when we. come to the LordV Table, 
 an^l fee his Death and Sufferings reprefented in the Sa- 
 cra ment,Iet us come with a thankful Frame of Spiritjto. 
 commemorate hisSufferings.and to marvel at hisLove. 
 
 2. Inf We ought to prize much thefe Souls of ours., 
 
 for 
 
1%$ Sacramental Meditations on the 
 
 f»r which Cbnftfufendfi much. Did Chrift think it 
 worth his while to be conceived, born y Jive atrouble- 
 foaie Life,and die a fhameful Death, t» redeem our 
 immortal Souls, and fha J] not we care for rkem* 
 S4iaJj we not ihun and mortifie our Soul-deftroying 
 Sin? Shall we not read, pray, meditate, communi- 
 cate, hear, lay hold on Chrift by Faith, recent and a- 
 mend our Lives, in Order to do good to our own 
 Souls, for whoft good Chrift fuffered Co much ? 
 
 3. Inf. Here isjblid Confolation to all Jucb as are pe- 
 nitent, and Followers of Jefus. h was for you he fuf- 
 fered, for your Good he died, that ynu might live, 
 Hewn -wounded $9 heal you, fmu:en,to cureyiu, hruif- 
 ed, tojhveynu. What can the World*? What can Con- 
 science? What can Hell or Devils lay to the Charge of 
 Believers, the poor Followers qfjefus, who repent 
 for their Sins ? But may he anfwered with theiV 
 Words, Chri/PsHody was broken for them, and hit Blosd 
 K>*f/?}cdf$r them, itisCbriji that died fur m. O Be- 
 lievers, comfort your felvcs with this, that Cbrijt 
 fvfferedfor you. . 
 
 4. Inf Since Chrift fufFered for "iis, and fince the 
 Sacra taental-Promife. included in the Words, My Bo~ 
 dy broken for you, makesoffer of Chrift and all his Pur- 
 chafe to the worthy Communicant^thenGofpel-Mini- 
 fters ought frequently to adminiftiate the Lord's Sup- 
 per to their Flecks. Are we not bound,. ftill to put 
 them in Mind of what Chrift fuffered for them ? And 
 can this be betcerdone, titan by preaching to the Ear, 
 and reprefenting to the Eye,in the LouPs Supper, what < 
 our Lord fuffered for us ? He fuffered for us, and our 
 Flocks ; and therefore we ought,in Gratitude to him, 
 and for keeping our Flocksinafreih Remembrance of- 
 his Sufferings T frequently to celebrate this Ordinance. 
 Does Chrift make Offer and Promife of himielf, and 
 his purchafed Redemption in this Sacrament to Belie- 
 vers? And fh: Jl not we his Milliners frequently put that 
 bleiled Opportunity in their Haivis-: We wLll.be found 
 - unthankful and unfaithful to Chrift, and injurious to. 
 our Flocks, if we do not frequently celebrate this Or- 
 dinance,^ which Chrift' s Sufferings f®r us arc fo live- 
 lily repuftn.ed, fcalcd, and. applied f» Believers. 
 
I 
 
 SuflFerrnrranJ Death of Chrift. ' i$$ 1 
 . 5. Inf. Since Chrift fuffered all tha the fnfferetl^ 
 • n$,dndour %»od\ and fincehe makes Offer and Promife 
 .of foimfelf and faisPurchafe tons in the Lord's Supper, 
 then Believers ought jrequ en; ly to come to the LorcPs TuitU, 
 a-nd that alfo with Faith, to lay hold on the Offer and 
 Promife of Chrift, andhis.Furchafe i and to comme- 
 morate his Suffering, forw, with grateful Spirits.- Did 
 ; Chrift fuffer To much for us in his Life and Death? And 
 vviJJ we not £0 much as commemorate the fame ? Had 
 he iufferedfo much for the folk » Angels^ we might, ex- 
 -pe6l,they would not fail frequently to commemorate and 
 irew forth his Sufferings. Alas! but he pajfedly the fal- 
 len Angels, and fu fere J for «*, and for- us only ; and 
 will not this Angular Love oblige us, in Gratitude, 
 frequently to come to his Ta^le with devout Souls, to 
 r fhevv forth his Death and Sufferings^]] he come again 
 in Glory. 
 -Coniider what a Death he died for you. 
 
 * 1. It-wasaff\-tmefvlT>eatbi(Leigl?sB.D.y.6Qi.) 
 1 Heb. 12. 2. and 13. Ua.^g. xi. A rilthy Death, A- 
 Alexander ab Alexandre fo terms it- Mors turpijfima,Ber- 
 *nard : Therefe?e 7^/^" called Chrift the crucified or- 
 *ftaked God. 'And the Jews ftill continue in railing 
 ''on Chrift, calling him Talui, him that vat banged-, in 
 'which the Chriitians glory. Gal.6. 14. The Turks ■ 
 'mock ns at this Day with cur crucified G&d; he died 
 '•in Medio Latrexum, tazquam Latronum maximtt, in 
 'the middle ofThieves^s himfelf were the greateft, He 
 'was counted:! Malefidtor by wicked Men, Mattb.7.6, 
 '65". Good Men Isoked oh him as an Impoltour, Luke 
 '•24.21. And God treated him asa Malefa£f.or,He&.Q2£. 
 
 * Tuily fays, (Orai. a-dFerrcM. o, ) Facing eft vin- 
 telfe cixem Roroanum, Scelus yerberare^ quid dlcam in 
 i Crucem toller-e, It is a g*e at Offence to bind a Citizen 
 *ofK'/?»*, agrearerto beat him, thegreateft.of all is to 
 Jgt him on the Crofs. Here you fee, what Oprnion 
 m* Romans had of the Death of the Crofs. 
 
 '2.. It t?as a painful D<atb (Lelgfrs B. D- p. 601) He 
 
 endured the Crofs, Heb. 12... 2. -Chrift; ftroflg Cries, 
 
 iikeWomens in Travail, argued ftrong P-in, A&st.. 
 
 24, Eruifmg hath Pain, Gen. 3. 15.Ha. 53. 10. He 
 
 |w as nailed in his Hands and Feet, the aaoft iinewy 
 
Sacramental Meditatiunfon the 
 ifirive Parts, Pfal.zz. *6.< There was 
 ■d Dtfton ion of his Body, the Oofs was a Ruck 
 Hp and he was ftretched as upon Tenters. It was 
 ,a flow and lingring Death. 
 
 ^Mtrscruc/fixorumijt acerbiffima, &c. (Aquino* parte . 
 '3- QiA^- Art 6.) Tke Death of liich'as are crucified is 
 >*m€>ft bitt-r, becaufe they are pierced in the molt (I- 
 'newy and (enfible Parts, to wit, in the Hands and ' 
 Feet -, alfo the weight of their pendent Body augments 
 'their Pains : Add to this, t he Diuturnity,or Jong Con- . 
 'tiiiuance of their Torment, for they die not fuddenly- 
 "'as thofe that are killed with the Sword; fothatChrift's 
 ■ *Body, as formed by the Operation of the 
 
 *Holv GhoWanct of the fined Complexion, and Vi- 
 *vacity of Perception, could not but be very griveouf- J 
 l ly lhrt£bk of the tormenting Pain of the Death of thc4 
 Crofs. 
 $.Chrifi died * curfed Death (Leigh* sB. D. p. Sio. 
 • Gal. 3. 16. ChriTl was made a Curfe for us, that is,' 
 . yielded bimfelf to a cur fed Death for hs\ fit the Fathers II 
 gtofs it. It was a turfed Death by the Decree and Ap- 
 •'foi fitment of God) Doit. ai. 23. He that is hanged is 
 cur fed of God. 
 
 Did our deareft Lordfuffer fuch a fha'meful Death, 
 fuch a painful Death, and fuch a curfed Death for us? 
 I AndwiJl not we come frequently, with devout Souls, 
 e Lords Table to commemorate the fame ? Was, 
 Biifor It is greater Shame,hung up naked on the Crofs,to 
 ^^HM'e Robes of Righteoufnefs for us ? And wiil not 
 HBlceme to the Lord's Table, clothed with the Wedding 
 tent, to remember his Love? Did he luffer fuch ■ 
 Pam in Soul and Body, Head,and Hands,and Feet, forj 
 us ? And will not we come to the Lord's Supper toac-^ 
 ' know ledge the fame, and to (hare of the Comforts and 
 MBafares' be purchaied with fuch Pains and Torments? ! 
 HbsIk' accurfedfh'AX. we might be blcjfcd?. And'fhaJi not., 
 Wmc come to the Lord's Supper, to thank him that Co 
 ■fved us i <dV -^ t0 ^"t the purckifed Bleihng feai; <\ to us. 
 him fb.it toyed tvs^ find 
 
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