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A43133	The precious blood of the son of God shed without the gates of Jerusalem for the redemption of lost and undone sinners: whereby his great love to mankind is undeniably manifested, in these following particulars; his agony in the garden; being betrayed by Judas, being falsly accused before Annas, Caiaphas, Herod and Pilate; his being scourged, scorned, and spitefully used; his condemnation and going to execution; how he was crucified; of his being reviled, and pardoning the thief upon the cross; and of his giving up the ghost. All which is practically applyed and improved, for the bringing of sinners out of the way of sin and hell, into wisdom's ways, whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. By that eminent divine, Mr. John Hayward.	Hayward, John.	1695 (1695)	Wing H1231F; ESTC R215936	43,769	124

the God of your Fathers and have said you would have no King but Caesar since you have said His Blood be upon us and upon our Children since you have maliciously taken away his Life and reproach'd his Death your Walls have been thrown down your Temple burnt your Kingdom ruined your selves either slain or captivated or chased into strange Countries where you have been h●…ted and oppressed and never suffer to knit into one Body again which Curse shall be upon you to the end of the World As you have quitted him and delivered him to the Gentiles so hath he ever since discharged you and planted his Church especially amongst them As you have renounced your King who was so plainly prophesied and so long expected and betaken your selves only to Caesar so he hath delivered you into Caesar's Hands he hath given you your Choice but it cost you dear it cost you the Lives of eleven hundred thousand Persons in one Siege besides ninety thousand who were made Captives And because you did not only say Let this Blood be upon us but also added and upon our Children you have your Desires for your Posterity have been dispersed and despised in all Countries and in most Piaces evil-entreated So it often falleth out that the Wicked have no greater Punishment in this World than the Accomplishment of their own Desires It is the common Reward of Evil Doers to be the Instruments of their own final Ruin But with respect to our Saviour what can be sufficiently said To be so afflicted as never was any for he was despised and evil-entreated in the midst of all his Afflictions in all Calamities it is some Comfort to find some Compassion we desi●…e generally if we cannot be delivered or eased to be pittied to see some that condole our Misery who wish us well who want not the Will but the Power to relieve us But these Bandogs of Satan these Hell-hounds had utterly put away all sense of Humanity from them They were so far from Pity that they were mightily pleased and satisfied in seeing the unheard of Cruelty of themselves and Calamity of our Saviour Again a generous Heart is more touched with Grief to see his Enemies take pleasure in his Death than to endure it yea oftentimes a free and noble Spirit taketh not his Death from his Enemies so unkindly as one spiteful and abu●…ve Word Again these Injuries and Despites w●…re so much more sensib●…e to the Son of God by how much more than others he deserved the contrary For in all our Calamities it doth much ease the pain we endure when we compare it with the Fault we have committed But because our Saviour could compare these Contempts that were put upon him not only with his Faults nor his Innocency only but with his innumerable and inestimable Deserts he did the more grieve at them or rather at the Malice from whence they did proceed And further his Love was so great for the Salvation of Mens Souls that his Torments were not so grievous to him as to see that they did his Tormentors no good It was worse than Death to him to see his Executioners would make no profit of his Death even as a loving Friend esteemeth less his Labour for another than to find it unprofitable and not accepted or as a good Mother grieveth more at the ung●…ateful and ungracious Behaviour of her Child than at the Travails she endured at its Birth But O impudent and audacious Jews wherefore did you misreport what Jesus had said A thing well spoken may easily be corrupted by Report Jesus did never say I will destroy but destroy you this Temple He said not I will build it but I will raise it in three days not meaning your material Temple but his own Body John 2. 9. which was indeed the true Temple of God not in a Figure but really and personally Because in him dwelleth the fulness of the God-head bodily Col. 2. 9. And was it not sufficient for you to blaspheme Jesus but must you st●…etch out your Throats into high and horrid Blasphemy against the most High He trusted in God let him deliv●…r him if he favoureth him What! do you think God was not able to deliver him out of your Hands Or must he deliver whom you please or when you please or after what manner you will prescribe Did ever any trust in God and was not delivered Or did God ever finally forsake those whom he favours Or is delirance from temporal Calamities an assured Sign of God's Favour No. Certainly God delivereth the wicked out of desperate Distress many times he suffereth the Godly to sink under bo dily Oppressions but this is no concluding Argument that he favoureth the one or forsaketh the other O ye great Doctors of the Law that by Prosperity and Adversity judge of the Favour or Hatred of God tell us then whether God loved best Abel or Cain Jacob or Esau Tell us wherefore were not the Prophets delivered from Death who were murthered by your Fathers and whose Sepulchers you did build If such Deliverances be an infallible Argument both of favour from God and trust in him verily the Judgments of God are not only secret and unsearchable but for the most part counterpoint to that which the natural sense of Man would prescribe Temporal Occurrences may go and come we may flourish or we may wither in this World as God in Mercy or Judgment may see best for us But nothing makes a Man miserable or happy but that which is eternal O crucified Jesus on the Cross we love thee on the Cross we adore thee on the Cross we believe in thee who upon the Cross didst give thy self to Death for us what hath a Man more than Riches Honour and Life all which thou didst bestow upon the Cross to redeem us For thou who di●…st create all things didst hang naked upon the Cross thou who thought'st it not Robbe●…y to be equal with God wast numbered with Malefactors thou who at the Lord of Life didst suffer a most shameful Death and that we may not fall short of this great Benefit that thy precious Blood be not unprofitably shed for us we prostrate our unworthy Souls and cry unto thee not as the Jews did to come down from the Cross but which is more to raise us up and fasten us unto thee for they whom thou lovest are known by nothing more than by taking pa●…t with thee in thy Passion not to save thee but to save our selves Save us Lord from our Sins save us from the Power of all our Spi●…itual Enemies from the Decei's of this wicked World save us from the flattering force of our own Appeti●…es which is the mightiest and basest Tyrant we have to deal with defend the Dignity and Glory of our Souls from being Slaves-to our sensual Lusts that we be not captivated to the false Pleasures of this Life Deliver us from variety of worldly Desires from vain Hope from

〈◊〉 to the Cross and set to the 〈◊〉 show and shame of World What shall I say God in his Humanity died Stay O our Souls or we are not able to step any father H●…b 1. 3. Lord I heard thy Words and was afraid I saw thy Works and my Bowels were troubled I was amazed and my Lips did shake Certainly our weak Faculties are unable to comprehend this great Mystery They can never reach this boundless Height they can never fathom this bottomless Depth we may coldly speak of it and drowsily affect it but Principalities and Powers stand astonished at it●… Therefore let us list up our heavy and and dull Souls after him even after the Man of Grief Isa 53. But he was wounded for our Transgressions he was crucifi●…d for our Iniquities the Chastisernert of our Peace was upon him by his Stripes we are healed But O King of Glory what h●…dst thou deserved what hadi●… thou done Pilate could find in thee no Cause of Death but only the abundance ofthy Goodness and Love for it was●…our Sins that thus distressed thee ●…hese Nails these Whips these S●…reams of Blood are perpetual Monuments of our wicked Lives Pilate Caiaphas and all the rest either thy Judges or Tormentors whom we charge with this cursed Cruelty towards thee were only secondary and instrumental Causes we are the principal Cause of all thy Troubles and Afflictions we cannot shift it to any other but say every one to himself as the Prophet Nathan said to David thou art the Man I am the Man I am he that did thus afflict thee we have committed the Offence and thou wouldst bear the Punishment We have surfeited our selves with Sin and thou wouldst take the bitter Potion to purge us Thou didst fast for us in the Wilderness thou didst sweat for us in the Garden thou didst bleed for us upon the Cross so thy Head underwent the Cure for the Members O then that our Heads were but Fountains of Tears that we might therewith wash the Wounds und bathe the Bruises that our Sins have made O Lord let us worship and adore thee for thy Loving-kindness is very great let us praise thy Holy Name and give unto thee hearty Thanks because thou hast so loved us as with thy most precious Blood to wash away all our Sins and reconcile us again to thy Father's Favours Blessed art thou therefore for ever who art the Reconciler the Redeemer and Saviour of Mankind the Vanq●…isher of Hell and of the Devil the Give●… of Life the Destroyer of Death What doth stay our Hearts O Lord that they run not unto thee Is any Clog so heavy any Chain so strong that can either hold or hinder us from hastening unto thee If all the things of this World are nothing but a Flower fresh to Day and dead and gone to Morrow shall such light Matters as any thing this World can afford in comparison of thee keep us from coming to thee No Lord Can a small weak Wind stay a heavy Stone in the Air from falling to its natural Place Shall the light Chaff of this World for all is no more stop our coming to thee who art our last End our perfect Felicity the true Rest and Center of our Souls No. Come unto him all hungry and thirsty Souls this is the handful of Meal 1 Kings 17. and the little Oil of the Widow of Sarepta which will never waste this is the mystical Rock which Moses struck with his Rod in the Wilderness Exod. 17. 6. out of which gushed forth Rivers of Waters of Life all you that dislike your sinful Birth may be born again John 14. 4. Come all afflicted Consciences this is the good Samaritan who will pour Oil and Wine into your Wounds Luke 10. 34. Come all you that are oppressed with Poverty bring hither your empty Vessels 2 Kings 4. This is the Pot of Oil of the Widow that came to Elizeus wherewith and by no other means you may pay your Debts Be not discouraged because it is little the Vertue thereof is great it will never cease running as long as there is any Vessel to fill Come all ye that desi●…e to be at Peace with God this is the perfect Peace-Offering this is the sweet Sacrifice whose Blood crieth not for Vengeance as did the Blood of Abel but crieth for Pardon for all Offenders This is the Gate through which we must pass if we go into Heaven this is the Ark whereinto we must enter if we will be saved this is the Palace of Peace Psal. 132. 14. This is my resting Place for ever and ever here will I dwell for I have a delight herein How our Saviour was mocked and reviled and how he prayed for his Enemies Matt. 27. 39. And they that passed by reviled him wagging their Heads AFTER they had thus cruelly crucified Jesus the High-Priests with the Scribes Elders and Pharisees and after them the Multitudes so prevalent are the Examples of great Men that also the Soldiers tormented him and one of the Thieves that suffered with him reviled and blasphemed him disgracing the Doctrine he had taught one upbraids him and says Thou that destroy the Temple and buildest it again in three Days save thy self Another bid him come down from the Cross and they would believe him Another cries He saved others himself he cannot save Another He trusted in God let him deliver him if he will have him for he said I am the Son of God He that suffered for all had all against him and among all that great Multitude that at that time was at Jerusalem there was not one who would openly avow Jesus to be the Christ whereby our Lord Jesus would shew to us That our Redemption is his singular Mercy and Grace for there was not one but what made himself unworthy of it some for Malice persecuting others for Fear disowning the rest not regarding of him as thinking that which concerned them most concerned them nothing at all And it was a Mystery that our Saviour was condemned by the Jews and afterwards by the Gentiles That he was delivered by the Jews to the Gentiles that he was pursued to Death by the one and by the other who died indifferently for them both Go to go to ye base Children of the Synagogue mock on Leave you have in regard to us double your Malice in Revilings if you please you do us greater Kindness thereby than you are sensible of for look how fast his Infamy doth grow so fast doth our Shame decrease Whatsoever will do us good he hath imparted to us and hath taken to himself whatsoever might do us harm But in regard of your selves O ye stiff-necked Jews it had been better your Tongues had been torn out of your Throats than they should have been thus impiously employed all your insulting is but like the putting of a red hot Iron into cold Water to make a great Noise to extinguish your selves For since you have disavowed

Sinners that are prostrate before thee and let our humble Voices enter into thy Ears that thy mighty Voice may sink into our Souls Give unto us a true Sense of these thy Sufferings both of Compassion as it is reason that the Members should condole with the Head and also of Fear that our Minds be not more heavy than the Earth that trembled that our Hearts be not more hard than the Stones that did cleave and that our Souls be not more fleepy than the Dead that did arise at the Power of thy Passion O great Redeemer of the World if all Creatures did fear thee when hanging upon the Cross what will they do when thou shalt come to Judgment If thou wert so mighty in thy greatest Weakness what wilt thou be in thy gre●…test Glory If these Effects did accompany the Works of thy Mercy and the Voice of thy Love where with thou didst call all Men to come to thee what will the Work of thy Justice do and the Voice of thy Fury Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting Fire We adore and admire thy Blood thy Death thy Burial thy victorious Resurrection thy Ascension into Glory By these we are refreshed from these we draw the Breath of Life O our Saviour we desire thee only we offer up our selves wholly unto thee we want nothing we wish for nothing but only thee for thou alone art sufficient for us thou art our King our Lord our Tutor our Governour our Father the Paradise of our Hearts the Nest where our Souls shall rest for ever the Haven wherein we shall be saved the Glass wherein we shall behold our selves the Staff that only stayeth us the Tréasure whereto we trust Who is so liberal as he who hath given himself for so vile Creatures Who so loving as he who hath not spared himself for his very Enemies O most gracious Lord and loving Father who despisest none that comes to thee but dost rather help them and accompany them and lead them in the way receive our loose or lost Souls which seek after thee raise us up by the virtue of thy Passion from the death of Sin and by the same Virtue endow us with Wisdom and Strength that by the one we may prevent and by the other resist the Attempts of our most dangerous Enemies the Flesh the World and the Devil The Flesh idle and voluptuous the World vain and curious the Devil subtle and malicious Grant unto us by the same Virtue that the Yoke of thy Commandments may be sweet and the Burthen of thy Cross light unto us that we may contemn the trifling Vanitis of this World and not weakly yield to the Calamities or vain Pleasures of this Life but that with unmoveable Minds we may bear the one and forbear the other All this was done against Jesus upon the Day of the Preparation for the Passover according to the corrupt Tradition of the Jews for Jesus who most punctually observed the Law had eaten the Passover the Day before and because the Day following was an high Sabbath and the Law had ordained That the Body of the Offender should not hang all Night upon the Tree the Jews desired of Pilate that the crucified Bodies might not hang upon the Cross being very scrupulous in small Matters but had wide and naughty Consciences in Matters of Weight Against Jesus they made particular Suit that his Sepulcher should be made sure for three Days lest his Body might be taken away because he had said that within three Days he would rise again to Life So they buried him in a Garden close adjoining to the City whereby the Providence of God did cut off many Cavils and Doubts which might have been made in case his Body had either been removed far off or secretly buried or left abroad In this Garden Jos●…ph of Arimathea in his Li●…e time had built his Tomb which doubtless he did to put himself in remembrance of Death in the v●…y midst of his Delights but the entombing this Body of Jesus in this Garden in the midst of our chiefest Delights should make us always mindful of his Death His Body was richly dressed to the Funeral that the Prophecy of him might be fulfilled Isa. 53. 9. His Grave shall be with the Rich at his Death And further to manifest the same unto us which he spake upon the Cross that he had accomplished his Charge that the terrible Tempest of his Sufferings he had fully bo●…n that his Honour and Estimation was then to follow To instruct us also that the difference between Men and Beasts doth not determine with our Lives but that the Dead are to have honest Respect not only out of particular Kindness or of Blood not only out of general Humanity engraved by the Finger of Nature in all Men but also out of Christian Duty partly in regard of the many Graces imparted to the Bodies of Men in this Life and partly to testifie our Faith of the Resurrection and Hope of Glory in the Life to come And also his Body was put into a new Sepulcher wherein no dead Body had been laid before to the end that his Enemies should not suspect or surmise that he raised some other to Life as he did the dead Body of Elizeus and not himself Lastly they stopped the Mouth of the Sepulcher with a great Stone which could not without great force and noise be rolled away they sealed this Stone and set a Guard of their own Men at Arms about it to make sure as they thought that his Body should not be taken away but as it usually falleth out that the greatest Enemies of the Truth are the greatest means to advance it so the Seals and Guards did the more evidently seal the Resurrection of Jesus than all the other Circumstances besides They did evidently declare That he was not carried to the Sepulcher as a Captive but that as a Victor he pursued Death to his Cavern and Fort namely the Grave And there gave him so deadly a Wound that he should be no more Death but the Entrance into Life But when he that would not descend from the Cross did rise out of his Grave when he had broken the Chains of Death when he was returned with Daniel out of the Lion's Den and with Jonas out of the Whales Belly they corrupted the Watch to say That whilst they slept his Disciples came and stole him away And this was the Accomplishment of their Malice this did set them altogether without excuse this is also the nature of Sinners in a desperate degree who in despite of God and their Consciences will not fear to offend whatsoever Sin they are not able by some colour to defend they will endeavour by another Sin to conceal But O good God how blind is Malice What so absurd What so senseless which it will not say or do either to attain or maintain some devi●…sh Design For if the Disciples had stollen away the Body of Jesus