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and_o noble_a soul_n will_v abhor_v he_o yield_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n and_o acquaint_v with_o grief_n to_o be_v smite_v of_o god_n and_o afflict_v by_o man_n to_o be_v despise_v set_v at_o nought_o oppress_v and_o kill_v and_o yet_o he_o never_o open_v his_o mouth_n he_o be_v bring_v as_o a_o lamb_n to_o the_o slaughter_n and_o as_o a_o sheep_n before_o his_o shearer_n be_v dumb_a so_o he_o open_v not_o his_o mouth_n he_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o death_n and_o death_n that_o we_o may_v the_o more_o admire_v this_o obedience_n of_o he_o the_o kind_n of_o death_n to_o which_o he_o submit_v be_v set_v before_o we_o even_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross._n this_o be_v a_o death_n well_o know_v in_o those_o time_n in_o which_o the_o apostle_n live_v and_o write_v this_o epistle_n and_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o very_o worst_a kind_n of_o death_n that_o the_o law_n of_o man_n can_v inflict_v on_o the_o great_a malefactor_n it_o be_v a_o painful_a death_n and_o the_o more_o painful_a because_o it_o be_v linger_v it_o be_v so_o vile_a and_o shameful_a that_o by_o the_o law_n none_o can_v be_v put_v to_o it_o except_o slave_n not_o a_o free_a man_n or_o any_o of_o honest_a birth_n whatever_o may_v be_v their_o crime_n this_o be_v the_o death_n to_o which_o jesus_n surrender_v himself_o and_o he_o yield_v to_o this_o death_n not_o only_a when_o there_o be_v no_o mitigation_n of_o the_o usual_a pain_n shame_n and_o bitterness_n but_o also_o when_o extraordinary_a pain_n shame_n torment_v and_o agony_n be_v superad_v let_v any_o take_v a_o view_n of_o our_o lord_n his_o death_n and_o passion_n what_o go_v before_o and_o what_o accompany_v his_o cross_n what_o treachery_n and_o ingratitude_n he_o meet_v with_o with_o what_o malice_n and_o cruelty_n he_o be_v pursue_v what_o base_a calumny_n he_o be_v load_v with_o what_o horrid_a crime_n of_o blasphemy_n sedition_n and_o conspiracy_n against_o church_n and_o state_n be_v false_o charge_v upon_o he_o how_o he_o be_v desert_v by_o his_o friend_n mock_v by_o his_o enemy_n and_o despiteful_o use_v by_o every_o body_n it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o never_o any_o sorrow_n be_v like_a unto_o his_o sorrow_n nor_o any_o cross_n so_o grievous_a as_o he_o he_o sustain_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n the_o weight_n of_o sin_n the_o malice_n of_o devil_n and_o the_o spite_n of_o men._n his_o death_n be_v both_o base_a and_o bitter_a sad_a and_o shameful_a beyond_o all_o expression_n but_o withal_o it_o be_v voluntary_a which_o lead_v i_o to_o the_o last_o thing_n propose_v which_o be_v to_o show_v the_o end_n and_o reason_n himself_o why_o jesus_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n thus_o abase_v and_o humble_v himself_o and_o become_v obedient_a unto_o death_n even_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross._n in_o prosecution_n of_o this_o it_o can_v be_v expect_v that_o either_o i_o can_v mention_v all_o or_o insist_v at_o large_a on_o any_o for_o the_o time_n allow_v will_v not_o suffice_v for_o 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