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foothold_a for_o our_o comfort_n second_o i_o say_v that_o whatsoever_o be_v express_v in_o the_o scripture_n we_o must_v conceive_v of_o it_o without_o the_o least_o suspicion_n of_o sin_n in_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o evermore_o maintain_v a_o holy_a reverence_n and_o a_o holy_a regard_n of_o the_o action_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n that_o you_o may_v not_o charge_v he_o with_o the_o least_o inclination_n to_o any_o distemper_n three_o our_o saviour_n be_v not_o compel_v proper_o to_o suffer_v either_o out_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o nature_n be_v weak_a and_o sinful_a for_o indeed_o sorrow_n do_v come_v proper_o out_o of_o our_o corruption_n and_o flow_v out_o from_o thence_o and_o as_o heat_n and_o fire_n go_v together_o so_o sin_n and_o misery_n go_v together_o but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n nay_o there_o be_v no_o outward_a cause_n in_o our_o saviour_n that_o can_v compel_v he_o to_o suffer_v misery_n whether_o he_o will_v or_o no_o but_o he_o do_v most_o willing_o submit_v himself_o to_o divine_a justice_n she_o take_v our_o place_n and_o become_v our_o surety_n and_o promise_v the_o payment_n of_o the_o debt_n free_o yet_o aside_o he_o have_v do_v thus_o it_o be_v necessary_a upon_o condition_n promise_v and_o he_o do_v also_o willing_o make_v it_o necessary_a that_o before_o he_o do_v suffer_v these_o punishment_n he_o shall_v undertake_v they_o and_o then_o have_v thus_o undertake_v and_o upon_o certain_a condition_n promise_v it_o be_v very_o fit_a and_o necessary_a that_o he_o shall_v make_v good_a what_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o perform_v what_o he_o
bed_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o dalliance_n and_o he_o know_v nothing_o but_o go_v as_o a_o ox_n to_o the_o slaughter_n until_o a_o dart_n strike_v through_o his_o liver_n and_o he_o know_v not_o that_o it_o be_v for_o his_o life_n he_o go_v and_o his_o life_n go_v her_o house_n be_v the_o way_n to_o the_o grave_n which_o go_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n the_o like_a be_v in_o judas_n he_o desire_v to_o betray_v christ_n and_o for_o what_o only_o to_o get_v a_o little_a poor_a pittance_n of_o thirty_o penny_n his_o covetousness_n be_v now_o asleep_a and_o he_o have_v a_o murder_a heart_n towards_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o a_o covetous_a heart_n for_o himself_o all_o this_o while_n sin_n be_v asleep_a but_o when_o christ_n be_v attach_v and_o condemn_v than_o judas_n begin_v to_o be_v worry_v with_o his_o corruption_n he_o come_v in_o horror_n of_o heart_n and_o throw_v down_o the_o thirty_o penny_n and_o come_v into_o the_o high_a priest_n hall_n and_o say_v i_o have_v sin_v in_o betray_v innocent_a blood_n now_o tell_v i_o judas_n be_v it_o good_a to_o be_v covetous_a now_o when_o his_o conscience_n be_v awake_a and_o thus_o wrath_n of_o god_n begin_v to_o seize_v upon_o it_o and_o that_o lion_n begin_v to_o roar_v upon_o he_o than_o his_o heart_n begin_v to_o shake_v within_o he_o and_o he_o depart_v and_o go_v away_o and_o hang_v himself_o his_o sin_n make_v way_n for_o it_o and_o thus_o it_o will_v be_v with_o every_o wicked_a man_n in_o the_o world_n howsoever_o now_o you_o have_v delâ—ons_n to_o cozen_v other_o and_o you_o have_v your_o unjust_a measure_n and_o you_o can_v carry_v it_o away_o brave_o your_o corruption_n be_v now_o asleep_a but_o that_o covetousness_n out_o of_o thy_o shop_n and_o that_o adultery_n out_o of_o thy_o chamber_n it_o will_v one_o day_n roar_v upon_o thou_o look_v upon_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n and_o they_o will_v say_v there_o hand_n be_v pierce_v by_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v sin_n that_o have_v fill_v this_o soul_n with_o astonishment_n oh_o all_o you_o that_o see_v and_o hear_v the_o good_a word_n of_o the_o lord_n this_o day_n see_v what_o sin_n have_v do_v with_o our_o saviour_n and_o expect_v the_o like_a effect_n from_o sin_n if_o you_o still_o continue_v in_o it_o now_o we_o come_v to_o the_o second_o part_n that_o be_v his_o suffering_n upon_o the_o cross_n where_o we_o shall_v have_v much_o to_o do_v with_o the_o jesuit_n you_o see_v what_o he_o suffer_v in_o the_o garden_n now_o follow_v he_o to_o the_o cross_n for_o when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o garden_n he_o only_o taste_v of_o the_o cup_n but_o when_o he_o be_v upon_o the_o cross_n he_o drink_v the_o cup_n quite_o off_o in_o the_o garden_n he_o only_o sip_v the_o top_n 〈◊〉_d it_o but_o now_o he_o drink_v the_o dregs_n of_o it_o and_o the_o bottom_n and_o all_o for_o the_o open_n of_o this_o look_v mat._n 27.46_o about_o the_o nine_o hour_n that_o be_v about_o three_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n when_o he_o be_v crucify_v he_o cry_v out_o say_v eli_n eli_n lamusabactani_fw-la now_o divine_v say_v and_o interpreter_n conclude_v and_o 〈◊〉_d profess_v it_o and_o i_o beseech_v you_o attend_v to_o it_o that_o in_o this_o cry_n &_o complaint_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v discover_v the_o dregs_n of_o the_o cup_n of_o the_o fierce_a indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n now_o before_o i_o come_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o proper_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n consider_v thus_o much_o there_o be_v two_o interpretation_n of_o it_o first_o there_o be_v one_o of_o the_o jesuit_n which_o we_o must_v confute_v and_o remove_v second_o there_o be_v another_o interpretation_n of_o sound_a divine_n which_o we_o must_v receive_v and_o yield_v unto_o for_o the_o first_o bellarmine_n and_o other_o make_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n to_o be_v this_o that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n here_o complain_v that_o he_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o god_n the_o father_n will_v not_o deliver_v he_o 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and_o death_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n argue_v a_o forsake_v of_o god_n for_o i_o say_v that_o though_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n be_v sometime_o deliver_v up_o to_o death_n by_o the_o wise_a providence_n of_o god_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n 2_o cor._n 4.9_o we_o be_v persecute_v but_o not_o forsake_v cast_v down_o but_o we_o perish_v not_o you_o know_v what_o the_o ordinary_a promise_n be_v in_o this_o kind_n i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o in_o six_o trouble_n 〈◊〉_d the_o seven_o i_o will_v deliver_v thou_o mark_v this_o the_o heavy_a affliction_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n nay_o death_n itself_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o god_n forsake_v they_o that_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o their_o glory_v in_o god_n as_o in_o 2_o cor._n 12.10_o therefore_o i_o take_v pleasure_n in_o my_o infirmity_n and_o reproach_n necessity_n and_o persecution_n and_o in_o anguish_n for_o christ_n sake_n the_o apostle_n rejoice_v in_o persecution_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o extremity_n a_o second_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v false_a be_v this_o god_n be_v say_v to_o leave_v his_o servant_n two_o way_n and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n in_o scripture_n that_o i_o know_v of_o first_o when_o god_n take_v away_o his_o assistance_n in_o the_o time_n of_o trouble_n and_o he_o lend_v not_o that_o strength_n and_o that_o assistance_n whereby_o with_o patience_n they_o may_v beâ—e_v and_o with_o courage_n go_v through_o those_o affliction_n but_o now_o and_o then_o he_o let_v they_o not_o be_v soil_v by_o their_o own_o infirmity_n and_o to_o fall_v by_o their_o weakness_n that_o they_o may_v learn_v to_o see_v their_o own_o weakness_n and_o learn_v not_o to_o trust_v in_o themselves_o but_o in_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n now_o this_o forsake_v can_v nor_o do_v not_o befall_v our_o saviour_n in_o common_a sense_n because_o he_o pray_v for_o assistance_n and_o whatsoever_o he_o pray_v for_o he_o have_v as_o hebrew_n 5.7_o he_o be_v hear_v in_o that_o which_o he_o fear_v and_o so_o consequent_o assist_v nay_o he_o be_v confident_a of_o the_o issue_n of_o it_o luke_n 23.42.43_o when_o the_o good_a thief_n upon_o the_o cross_n say_v lord_n remember_v i_o when_o thou_o come_v into_o thy_o kingdom_n the_o lord_n answer_v he_o this_o way_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o 〈◊〉_d in_o paradise_n nay_o david_n do_v prophesy_v this_o of_o christ_n and_o christ_n himself_o perform_v it_o psalm_n 16.8_o i_o have_v set_v the_o lord_n always_o before_o my_o eye_n for_o he_o be_v at_o my_o right_a hand_n therefore_o i_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d be_v move_v therefore_o god_n the_o father_n do_v not_o leave_v our_o saviour_n but_o he_o do_v assist_v he_o that_o he_o be_v above_o all_o sorrow_n and_o all_o misery_n second_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o leave_v which_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o be_v this_o when_o the_o lord_n take_v away_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o his_o love_n and_o 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o soul_n in_o psalm_n 27.9_o david_n say_v hide_v not_o thy_o face_n away_o from_o i_o neither_o cast_v away_o thy_o servant_n in_o displeasure_n put_v not_o a_o servant_n 〈◊〉_d of_o door_n here_o i_o demand_v of_o any_o man_n but_o especial_o of_o the_o jesuit_n whether_o of_o these_o two_o they_o will_v grant_v god_n do_v not_o forsake_v the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o first_o way_n therefore_o he_o must_v do_v it_o this_o way_n or_o none_o at_o all_o and_o if_o any_o man_n grant_v this_o than_o he_o grant_v the_o cause_n for_o then_o there_o be_v not_o only_o the_o death_n natural_a but_o the_o displeasure_n of_o the_o lord_n
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