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

In this heroical act, we may see how Christ is carried on with a Zeal for God, insomuch, that it brings to mind that saying of the Psalmist,¹ The Zeal of thine House hath eaten me up; a Metaphor taken from Men that receive nourishment, which after its several concoctions, is assimilated into the nature of them that receive it. Zeal doth totally surprise us in what concerns God; in our Zeal we do so mind the things of God, as if we minded no nothing else. To what dangers, hazards, and censures, did Christ here in the exercise of the Zeal expose himself? His eminent Zeal appears,—

In this heroical act, we may see how Christ is carried on with a Zeal for God, insomuch, that it brings to mind that saying of the Psalmist,¹ The Zeal of thine House hath eaten me up; a Metaphor taken from Men that receive nourishment, which after its several concoctions, is assimilated into the nature of them that receive it. Zeal doth totally surprize us in what concernes God; in our Zeal we do so mind the things of God, as if we minded no nothing else. To what dangers, hazards, and censures, did Christ here in the exercise of the Zeal expose himself? His eminent Zeal appears,—

1. 1Psal. 69.9.

1. In the weakness of his means, whereby he did both attempt, and effect the work: we find him not armed with any weapons, that might carry dread and terror with them; at most but with a Whip made of a few small Cords, which probably were scattered by the Drovers which came thither to sell their Cattle.—2. In the strength that the opposite power did hold out, which makes the encounter so much the more dangerous: As, 1. A Garrison of Soldiers ready at hand, to appease occasional tumults. 2. The temper of those mens spirits with whom the business was;