Now to sustain and suffer the dolours of death, is not to sin, but he came into this world, with his passion to purge our since. Now this that he suffered in the Garden is on,1 of the bitterest pieces of all his passion, this fear of death was the bitterest pain that ever he a bode, dew to sin which he never did, but became debtor for us. Al this he suffer for us, this he did to satisfy for our since. It is much like ⟨image 195⟩as if I ought another man .xx. M. pounds,2 and should pay it out of hand, or else go to the dungeon of ludgate, and when I am going to prison, one of my friends should come, & ask, whether goeth this man? And after he had hard the matter, should say, let me answer for him, I will be come surety for him. Yea, I will pay all for him Such a part played our saviour Christ with us. If he had not suffered this, I for my part should have suffered, according to the gravity and quantity of my since, damnation. For the greater the sin is,3 the greater is the punishment in hell. He suffered for you and me in such a degree, as is dew to all the sins of the whole world. ⟨image 195⟩It was as if you would imagine that one man had committed all the since since Adam, you may be sure he should be punished with the same horror of death in such a sort as all men in the world should have suffered. Feign & put case our saviour Christ, had committed all the sins of the world, all that I for my part have done, all that you for your part have done, and that any man else hath done, if he had done all this him self, his agony that he suffered should have been no greater nor grevouser, then it was. This that he suffered in the garden was a portion I say of his passion & one of the bitterest parts of it.4 And this he suffered for ⟨image 196⟩our since and not for any since that he had committed him self, for all we should have suffered every man according to his own deserts.
Nowe to sustayne and suffer the doloures of death, is not to synne, but he came into thys worlde, wyth hys passyon to purge our synnes. Nowe thys that he suffered in the Gardaine is on,1 of the bittrest peces of al hys passyon, thys feare of death was the byttereste payne that euer he a bode, dewe to syn which he neuer did, but became detter for vs. Al this he suffer for vs, thys he dyd to satissefye for our synnes. It is much like ⟨image 195⟩as if I oughte another mā .xx. M. poūdes,2 and shulde paye it out of hande, or elles go to the dungen of ludgate, and whē I am goynge to pryson, one of my friēdes should come, & aske, whether goeth thys mā? And after he had harde the matter, shulde saye, let me aunswere for hym, I wylbe come suertye for hym. Yea, I wyll paye all for hym Suche a parte played our sauiour Christe wyth vs. If he had not suffered thys, I for my part shoulde haue suffered, accordynge to the grauitie and quā titie of my synnes, damnacion. For the greater the synne is,3 the greater is the punyshement in hell. He suffered for you and me in suche a degre, as is dewe to al ye sīnes of the whole world. ⟨image 195⟩It was as if you woulde immagin that one man had commytted al the synnes since Adā, you maye be sure he shoulde be punished wyth the same horrour of death in suche a sorte as al men in the worlde shoulde haue suffered. Feyne & put case our sauyour Christe, had cōmitted al the sinnes of the world, al that I for my parte haue done, al that you for youre parte haue done, and that anye manne elles hath done, if he hade done all thys him self, his agony that he suffered shoulde haue bene no greater nor greuouser, then it was. This that he suffered in the garden was a portion I say of hys passiō & one of the bitterest partes of it.4 And this he suffered for ⟨image 196⟩oure synnes and not for anye synnes that he had commytted hym selfe, for al we should haue suffered euery man accordynge to his owne desertes.
- 1Christs suffering in the garden was one of the bitterest pieces of all his passionChrystes sufferyng in the garden was one of the bytterest peces of al his passion
- 2He declares what Christ did for us by a similitude.He declares what Chryst dyd for vs by a similitude.
- 3The greater the sin is, the greater is the pain.The greatter the synne is, the greater is the payne.
- 4His suffering in the garden was bitter & painful.His suffering in the garden was bytter & paynfull.