A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Were we not engraven there, when his hands were pierced for us? Foderunt manus, Psal. 22.16. They digged my hands and my feet. And they digged them so deep, that the very prints remained after his Resurrection, ⟨p. 231⟩John 20. and their fingers were thrust into them for evidence sake. Some have thought that those scars remain still in his glorious body, to be showed at his second appearing; They shall see him whom they have pierced. That is improbable, but this is certain; There remains still an impression upon Christs hands and his heart; the sealing and wearing of the elect there, as precious Jewels. For the same affections he had on earth, he hath carried up with the same body to heaven. He cannot there Pati, but he doth Conipati; Saul, why persecutest thou me? He that remembered us on the Cross, will not forget us in the Crown: as Pharaohs officer forgot Joseph when he came to his preferment. For this that penitent malefactor prayed; Lord remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom. As if he should say, now happily thou thinkest on us, because thou art in the same fashion and passion with us, suffering the same torment, subject to the same death; perhaps thou feelest more grievous things than we. But when this passion is over all, thy sufferings past; when thou art exalted to glory, when thou comest to thy Kingdom, Lord, remember me then. He did so, This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise. He remembers us now triumphing, so well as he did then suffering. The affection of love is noted to be most vehement in women: David spake of a transcendent and incomparable love, when he preferred it above the love of women. 2 Sam. 1.26. Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women: because they are naturally most tender and affectionate. Therefore Christ, that he might wonderfully love us, was made of a woman. Gal. 4.4. God sent his Son made of a woman. But because sin can harden the heart of any woman, therefore he took it of a pure virgin. And because every virgin is originally conceived in sin, to make it more pure and tender; he took it of a woman, of a virgin, and clear from all sin. Now this affection he took with him to heaven, and set it at the right hand of his Father there.