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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13187	Disce vivere Learne to live : a briefe treatise of learning to liue, vvherein is shewed, that the life of Christ is the most perfect patterne of direction to the life of a Christian : in which also, the well disposed may behold their orderlie passage, from the state of grace, to the state of glorie.	Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.	1604 (1604)	STC 23484; ESTC S1737	203,338	618

weeping and mourning heereafter they shall haue all teares wiped frō their eyes The prophet Ezechiel when hee came to sée the glory of the Lord in the Sanctuarie he was brought about by the North wee passe along by many sorrowes and then come to sée the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the lyuing Of mournfull euents Ieremie said This is my sorrow and I will beare it causes of wéeping and wailing are somtimes offered Eli saide it is the Lord let him doe as it séemeth good vnto him hee that nowe goeth forth wéeping shall surely returne saith the Prophet Dauid bring his st●…aues with him those that a time mourne with Christ shall reioyce when the laughing world shall weepe Christ sowed in teares it was that wee all should reape in ioy Chap. 27. Of Christs passion his suffering vpon the Altar of the Crosse for the sinnes of the world and saluation of our soules how and with what deuotion all Christians should meditate thereof ALthough in meditating the holy vertues of Christ our Sauiour which worthily require our most deuotionate consideration wee are much moued I doubt it not yet when we begin to call to minde his passion then ought wee to be euen caried away from our selues by admiring his goodnes towardes vs And héere is it saide to deuoute soules as it was to the disciples in the Garden hic sedete sit yee here Let vs not say vnto Christ with the Iewes come down frō the crosse but let vs fastē our selues to his crosse Let vs goe with the blessed virgine to mount Calu●…rie and stand by a while beholding in mournfull manner what is done and when wee haue beheld vntill they haue done crucifying the sonne of God then with Ioseph and Nichodemus let vs take downe and annoynt his crucified body with the swéetest perfumes of prayers and prayse our hearts can yéeld putting it in the new Sepulcher of our holiest meditation of them who thus doe it may be saide as Dauid saide to those who brought him word they had honourably buried their maister Saule Blessed are you of the Lord the Lord recompence you this mercie The Lord to recompence them this deuotion that thus doe And blessed be they of the Lord c. who thus reuerence the Lord of Lords 2 And now to enter a while into the consideration hereof Christ lou●…dvs saith the Apostle and gaue himselfe a sweet smelling sac●…fice and oblation vnto God Wherein wee may consider these thrée thinges first the mouing cause to wit loue Christus dilexit nos Christ loued vs. Secondarily the offering which this loue caused him to offer Obtulit seipsum hee gaue himselfe Thirdly the end why hee gaue this offering Vt esse●… propitiatio Dei patris That hee might be a reconciliation for man with God the Father For the first to wit loue the mouing cause of all if a mother loue her child because it cost her paine neuer Mother bought her sonne with so great paine as Christ bought vs. What greater loue is there then for one to giue his life for his friend yet greater was thy loue O holie Sonne of God who gauest thy life for vs that were thine enemies Doubtlesse saith the Apostle one will scarce die for a righteous man and yet one is found to die for vs that were vnrighteous and then too when it was in his power to die or not to die These things may be cōsidered that his loue that loued sinners that the Sonne of God his loue to incite our affection to him hee th●… had not sinnes of his owne a signe he suffered for the sinnes of others The greatest perfection and force of loue say the Philosophers is the force vnitiue and this was neuer in any so forceable as in Christ when he would vnite vnto himselfe his Church or Congregation which accordeth with that of the holy Ghost Let a man so loue his wife as Christ loued the Congregation The wife is chargeable but farre more chargeable was the Congregation to the Sonne of God 3 For the offering it selfe it was himselfe Aaron and all his sonnes neuer made such an offering as this was he gaue himselfe a sacrifice Why was there nothing in heauen or earth that could haue béene offered else Was there no other sacrifice to be had but innocent Isaack Must none be approoued to make a reconciliation for man but the sonne of man was sinne then so heynous that nothing could ●…eanse the contagion thereof but the death of an innocent Lambe Stand and heare a little O sinfull man thy Sauiour himselfe speaking vnto thée For thy sake doe I suffer all this for thy sake doe I offer my selfe as thou séest a sacrifice vpon the Crosse all this doe I doe for the loue of thée thy sinnes are the thornes that pearced my head the speare that opened my side thy delicates was the vinegar and gall that I dranke thy libertie and loosenesse was the nailes that fastned mee to the Crosse sée whither thy sinne thy vanities O man haue brought mee Behold me suffering for thée to reconcile thée vnto my Father Doth hee not by this O Christian man enflame thée with his loue strengthen thée with his merite and comfort thy sorrowfull heart with his aboundant mercie if he were punished for vs then were we punishable of our selues When nowe iustice had taken place and began to waxe ●…ercer and fiercer amongst the rest of the people Aaron makes spéede takes the censer in his hand puts on fire goes quickly vnto the Congregation to make an attonement for them This attonement hath our Aaron made for vs all whē he offered no other offering then himselfe 4 What hath man more to offer or to giue then his goods his honour and his life all this hath Christ offered and giuen for vs his goods when he left his kingdome in heauen his honor when he was reproched of men his life when he yéelded vp the same for all vpon the Altar of the Crosse. But how many indignities did he suffer before he came to the accomplishment heereof when as like a méeke Lambe hee was caried and recari●…d from iudgement to iudgement when hee was mocked and scorned of all forts In his suffering it selfe wee may consider amongst whom where and when he suffered amongst whom euen his owne people Pilat saide Thine owne Nation hath deliuered thee vnto me Where at Ierusalem the Kings Citie and there without the gate of the same Citie in a place called Cal●…arie where théeues murderers were wont to suffer When was al this done but in the chiefest solemnitie of the Iewes at which time no ●…all concourse of people from all places were assembled might behold what was done accor●…ng to that O vos omnes qui transitis per viam attendite si est dolor sicut dolor meus O all you that passe by beholde and see if there were euer sorrow like my sorrow From