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5. Concerning his Humiliation: Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows, ¹yet we did not esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted; but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, ²and with his stripes were we healed.—He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his Mouth.—He was taken from Prison, and from Judgment, ³and who shall declare his Generation? he was cut off out of from the Land of the Living; ⁴for the transgression of my people was he stricken.—It pleased the Lord to bruise him, he hath put him to grief.—Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shalt divide the spoil with the strong, because he hath poured out his Soul unto Death, and he was numbered with the transgressors, and he bare the Sin of many, and made intercession for t•e transgressors. One would think this were rather a History than a Prophecy of Christs sufferings; you may if you will take the pains, see the circumstances of his sufferings, as that he was sold for thirty pieces of silver, Zech. 11.12. and that with those thirty pieces of silver there was bought afterwards a Potters field, Zech. 11.13. That he must ride into Jerusalem before his Passion on an Ass. Zech. 9.9. I might seem tedious if I should proceed.

5. Concerning his Humiliation: Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows, ¹yet we did not esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted; but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him,