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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
ISAIAH, 53.11. He shall see of the Travel of his Soul, and be satisfied.
IN this Chapter, we have a full Treatise of the Sufferings of Christ, wherein the Prophet Isaiah speaks with such clearness, as if he rather were an Apostle after Christ, than a Prophet before him. Bernard tells us that there are three things, which we are especially to mind, and behold in the Sufferings of Christ, the Work, the Manner, and the Cause thereof: In the Cause, he was Innocent; in the Manner, Patient; and in the Work, excellent, saith he. But the Prophet Isaiah, doth insist on four things: 1. The greatness of Christs Sufferings, which he expresseth in many Words, That he was despised, and rejected of men, a man of Sorrows, and acquainted with Griefs; that we hid our Faces from him, despised, and esteemed him not, ver. 3. that he was stricken, smitten, and afflicted of God, ver. 4. Wounded, and bruised, ver. 5. Oppressed, afflicted, and brought as a Sheep to the slaughter, ver. 7. Imprisoned, and cut off from the ⟨p. 62⟩Land of the Living, ver. 8. bruised by his Father, and put to grief, ver. 10. In travel of Soul, and numbered amongst Transgressors, ver. 11, 12▪ 2. The Cause of his Sufferings, which (a• the Prophet […]) •a• for our sins; he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, verse •. 3. The Manner of his Sufferings; He is brought a• a Lamb to the slaughter; and as a Sheep before the Shearers is dumb, so opened he not his mouth, verse 7. 4. The Fruit, Issue, and Success of his Sufferings; For, he shall see his Seed, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand, verse 10. And he shall see the Travel of his Soul, and be satisfied, verse 11. So that these words do plainly hold forth the fruit and issue of our Lords Sufferings, and the certainty thereof. The Sufferings were great; for they are here called, a Travel, and the Travel of his Soul: the word [Greek or Hebrew], signifies a toilsome, painful, and wearisome Labour; such a Labour (say some) as is used by those that grind in a Mil;