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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 6 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Prayer that Christ there made.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. The great pain that he must endure; the buffetings, whippings, bleedings, crucifying; all the torments from first to last throughout all his body: why all these now came into his mind, and all these were put into the Cup of which he must drink.
1. The great pain that he must endure; the buffettings, whippings, bleedings, crucifying; all the torments from first to last throughout all his body: why all these now came into his mind, and all these were put into the Cup of which he must drink.
2. The great shame that he must undergo, this was more than pain: as a good name is better than precious Ointment, and loving favour better than silver and Gold; so is shame a greater punishment to the mind, than any torture can be to the flesh. Now came into his thoughts his apprehending, binding, judging, scorning, reviling, condemning; and Oh what a bloody blush comes into the face of Christ, whilst in the cup he sees these Ingredients!
2. The great shame that he must undergo, this was more than pain: as a good name is better than precious Oyntment, and loving favour better than silver and Gold; so is shame a greater punishment to the mind, than any torture can be to the flesh. Now came into his thoughts his apprehending, binding, judging, scorning, reviling, condemning; and Oh what a bloody blush comes into the face of Christ, whilst in the cup he sees these Ingredients!
3. The neglect of men, notwithstanding both his pain and shame: I look upon this as a greater cut to the heart of Christ than both the former: when he considered, that after all his sufferings and reproaches, few would regard, O this was a bitter Ingredient! naturally men desire, if they cannot be delivered, yet to be pitied; it is a kind of ease, even to find some regard among the Sons of men; it shows that they wish us well, and that they would give us ease if they could; but Oh when it comes to this, that a poor wretch is under many sufferings, and great shame, and that he finds none so much as to regard all this, now verily it is an heavy case; and hence was Christ's Complaint: Have ye no regard,