The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

could not those fervent petitions of him, have had so much as some abatement of the punishment, when he cried out saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me? and then again the second time, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nay the third time; Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. The Son of God was now upon the rack with it, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; let me only have a sip and away, and so let it pass from me. Surely if any thing could have ⟨p. 243⟩stopped the hand of divine justice, then Christ might have done it, but God would not, nor did not abate our Saviour one drop of his indignation, but God inflicts it all, and Christ suffers • all: behold therefore if thus be not a just God; hear and fear all you that hear the good word of the Lord this day, you that think that Christ is made all of mercy, it is a God of your own imagination, and your own devising; it is not that God which is the Lord of heaven and earth, it is not the God of ho•sts, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ: Oh say poor ignorant people, he is a very merciful God, and full of compassion; it is true, he is merciful indeed, but know this also to thy terror, that God is strict, and precisely righteous: you think to put off God with a few good words and lazy wishes, and with a Lord have mercy upon us; and if you can have but an hours time before your death to cry God mercy, oh their you think all shall be well and God will go away with anything; and because you suffer a little punishments and afflictions in this life, therefore you think to be freed from them altogether hereafter: no no, know thou shalt not carry it away so: indeed thou hast troubles and afflictions here, but thou shalt have eternity of torments for ever in the life to come: if thou still continuest to be a sinful wretch, and an unbeliever, there is no way with thee, but to bear thy own plagues and miseries hereafter: when thou seest the Son of God himself corrected, dost thou think to go free? ⟨p. 244⟩if God would not bare oils Saviour any thing of it, dost thou think he will abate thee any thing? again, our Saviour had our sins only imputed to him;

could not those servent petitions of him, have had so much as some abatement of the punishment, when he cried out saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup passe from me? and then againe the second time, Father, if it bee possible, let this cup passe from mee; nay the third time; Father, if it bee possible, let this cup passe from me. The Son of God was now upon the racke with it, if it be possible, let this cup passe from mee; let mee onely have a sip and away, and so let it passe from mee. Surely if any thing could have