Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

7. Consider that sad spectacle of Jesus, when he came forth wearing the Crown of Thorns, and the Purple Robe, and Pilate saying unto them, behold the Man. ¹O my soul fix thy eyes on the sad object! suppose thy self in the case of Jesus; what if in so sensible and tender a part as thy head is, men should fasten a number of Thorns, yea and those so sharp that they should pierce into thy scull? why alas, thou canst hardly abide the prick of a pin, much less the piercing in of so many Thorns; O but thy Jesus was crowned with Thorns, and Sceptred with a Reed, and that Reed was taken out of his hands, to beat the Crown of Thorns into his head; and besides, thy Jesus was whipped with cords, and rods, and little chains of iron, that from his shoulders to the soles of his feet there was no part free; and being now in this plight, thou art called on to behold the Man: dost thou see him? is thy imagination strong: canst thou consider him at present, as if thou hadst a view of this very man? methinks it should make thee break out, and say, O brightness of thy Fathers glory, who hath thus cruelly dealt with thee? O unspotted glass of the Majesty of God, who hath thus wholly disfigured thee? O river that flows out of the paradise of delights, who hath thus troubled thee? it is my sins O Lord that have so troubled thee; my sins were the Thorns ⟨p. 382⟩that pricked thee, the lashes that whipped thee, the purple that clothed thee, it is I Lord that am thy tormentor, and the very cause of these thy pains.

7. Consider that sad spectacle of Jesus, when he came forth wearing the Crown of Thorns, and the Purple Robe, and Pilate saying unto them, behold the Man. ¹O my soul fix thy eyes on the sad object! suppose thy self in the case of Jesus; what if in so sensible and tender a part as thy head is, men should fasten a number of Thorns, yea and those so sharp that they should pierce into thy scull? why alas, thou canst hardly abide the prick of a pin, much less the piercing in of so many Thorns; O but thy Jesus was crowned with Thorns, and Sceptred with a Reed, and that Reed was taken out of his hands, to beat the Crown of Thorns into his head; and besides, thy Jesus was whipped with cords, and rods, and little chains of iron, that from his shoulders to the soles of his feet there was no part free; and being now in this plight, thou art called on to behold the Man: dost thou see him? is thy imagination strong: canst thou consider him at present, as if thou hadst a view of this very man? methinks it should make thee break out, and say, O brightness of thy Fathers glory, who hath thus cruelly dealt with thee? O unspotted glass of the Majesty of God, who hath thus wholly disfigured thee? O river that flows out of the paradise of delights, who hath thus troubled thee? it is my sins O Lord that have so troubled thee; my sins were the Thorns