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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, ¹O all ye that pass by the way? Consider, and behold, if ever there were sorrow like unto my sorrow, which was done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the days of his fierce anger. Christ complains not of the sharp pains he endured, but he complains of this, Have ye no regard? He cries not out, Oh deliver me and save me; but Oh consider and regard me; q. d. All that I suffer I am contented with, I regard it not; only this troubles me, that you will not regard: why, it is for you that I endure all this; and do you so look upon it, as if it nothing at all concerned you? Suppose a Prince should pay some mighty price to redeem a slave from death, and the slave should grow so desperate, as after the price paid, to throw himself upon his death, yea, with all the strength and might he hath, to offer a death upon his very Redeemer, would not this trouble? Why, thus it was; Christ is willing to redeem us with his own precious blood,² but he saw many to pass by without any regard, yea, ready to trample his precious blood under their feet, and to account the blood of the Covenant as an unholy thing: Oh this was another Spear in the heart of Christ, or a bitter Ingredient in this Cup.

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 pittied; it is a kind of ease, even to find some regard among the Sons of men; it shews 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,