A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…

Though the person of Christ suffered, and was forsaken, yet he was not forsaken in, or according to his whole Person, but in respect of his humane nature only. The Godhead of Christ could not be forsaken, for then God should have forsaken himself, which is impossible. The personal union of the God head with the Man-hood of Christ, continued all the time of his passion and death, it was never dissolved, nor ever shall be; yea the Godhead did uphold the manhood all the time of Christs sufferings, so that he was not forsaken, when he was forsaken; he was not forsaken wholly, when he was forsaken in part. The love and favour of God the Father towards Jesus Christ did not ebb and flow, rise and fall; for God never loved Jesus Christ more, or better than at the time of his passion, when he was most obedient to his Fathers will. (Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life ¹for my Sheep.) Christ had never more of the supporting presence of his Father, than when he had least of his comfortable presence; when Christ was in his grievous agony, and distress of body and mind, the Godhead did withdraw the comfortable presence from the manhood, and so far, and so far only was Christ forsaken. Though ⟨p. 135⟩the union was not dissolved, yet there was a suspension of vision for the time, so as the humane nature did neither see or feel any present comfort from God: Now so far as the Godhead did withdraw its comfortable presence, so far our Saviour was forsaken and no further, that was but in part, and therefore he was but in part forsaken: God was really present with Christ, when in respect of his comfortable presence he was withdrawn from him. So here: The Husband may be in the house, and the Wife not know it; the Sun may shine, and I not see it; there may be fire in the Room, and I not feel it, so God may be really present with his People, when he is not sensibly present with his People. But

1. 1John 10. 17.