This he did of his goodness,1 partly to purge and cleanse our since, partly, because he would taste, & feel our myseries, Quo posset succurrere nobis. that he should the rather help and relieve us, and partly he suffered to give us example, to be have our selves as he did. He did not suffer, to discharge us clean from death, to keep us clean, from it,2 not to taste of it. Nay nay, you must not take it so. We shall have the beholding of this ugsome face every one of us, we shall feel it our selves. Yet our saviour Christ did suffer, to the ⟨image 196⟩entente, to signify to us, that death is overcomable.3 We shall in deed overcome it, if we repent, and acknowledge that our saviour Jesus Christ pacified with his pangs and pains the wrath of the father, having a love to walk in the ways of God, if we believe in Jesus Christ, we shall overcome death, I say, it shall not prevail against us. Wherefore wherso? ever it chanceth the my friend, to have the tasting of this death,4 that thou shalt be tempted with this horror of death, what is to be done then? when soever thou fellest thy soul heavy to death, make haste, and resort to this garden, and with this faith thou shalt overcome this terror when it cometh. ⟨image 197⟩Oh it was a grievous thing, that Christ suffered here. Oh the greatness of his dolour that he suffered in the garden,5 partly to make amends for our sins, and partly to deliver us from death, not so, that we should not dye bodily, but that this death should be away to a better life, and to destroy and overcome hell. Our Saviour Christ had a garden, but he had little pleasure in it. You have many goodly gardens, I would you would in the midst of them consider what agony our saviour Christ suffered in his garden.6 A goodly meditation to have in your gardens. It shall occasion you to delight no farther in vanities but to remember what he suffr•• ⟨image 197⟩for you. It may draw you from sin? It is a good monument, a good sign, a good monition to consider how he be haved him self in this garden.
This he dydde of his goodnes,1 partelye to purge and cleanse our synnes, partlye, because he would tast, & fele our myseries, Quo posset succurrere nobis. that he should the rather helpe and relieue vs, and partly he suffered to geue vs example, to be haue our selues as he dyd. He dyd not suffer, to discharge vs clene frō death, to kepe vs cleane, frō it,2 not to tast of it. Nay nay, you muste not take it so. We shall haue the beholding of this vgsome face euery one of vs, we shal fele it our selues. Yet oure sauiour Christ dyd suffer, to the ⟨image 196⟩entente, to sygnifye to vs, that death is ouercomable.3 We shal in dede ouercome it, yf we repente, and acknowledge that our sauiour Iesu Christe pacifyed with his panges and paynes the wrath of the father, hauynge a loue to walke in the wayes of God, yf we beleue in Iesus Christ, we shal ouercome death, I say, it shal not preuaile agaynst vs. Wherfor wherso? euer it chaunseth the my frende, to haue the tastynge of thys death,4 that thou shalte be temted wyth thys horror of deathe, what is to be done then? when soeuer thou felest thy soule heauy to death, make haste, and resorte to this gardaine, and with thys faith thou shalt ouercome thys terrour when it commeth. ⟨image 197⟩Oh it was a greuous thynge, that Chryste suffered here. Oh the greatnes of his dolour that he suffered in the gardē,5 partlye to make amēdes for our sinnes, and partly to delyuer vs from deathe, not so, that we shoulde not dye bodylye, but that thys death should be away to a better lyfe, and to destroye and ouercome hell. Oure Sauyoure Chryst had a gardayne, but he had littel pleasure in it. You haue many goodly gardaynes, I wold you would in the myddes of theym cōsyder what agonye our sauyoure Chryst suffred in hys gardayne.6 A goodly meditacion to haue in youre gardaines. It shal occasyon you to delight no farther in vanities but to remēbre what he suffr•• ⟨image 197⟩
- 1Why Christ suffered such pains in the garden.Why Chryst suffred suche paynes in the garden.
- 2All men shall behold the ugsome face of death.All men shall behold the vgsome face of death.
- 3How we shall overcome death.How we shal ouercome death.
- 4What is to be done when the horror of death comes.What is to be done when the horrour of death comes.
- 5Why Christ suffered such pain in the garden.Why Chryst suffred suche payn in the garden.
- 6A meditation for us in our gardaynes.A meditation for vs in oure gardaynes.