Certainly the example of Christ, in humbling himself to suffer so much for us, should be mightily prevalent with us; if he emptied himself so ⟨p. 84⟩much, to become the Son of man, how much more should we be willing to empty our selves, that we may be the Sons of God? Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, he is worthy of all honour from us, who being Lord of all, was content to be in the form of a servant, to suffer for us, and how can we express our honouring of him, our respect to him, better then in being to suffer for him? I have read of a Roman servant, who knowing his Master was sought for by officers to be put to death, he put himself into his masters clothes, that he might be taken for him, and so he was, and was put to death for him: whereupon his master, in memory of his thankfulness to him, and honour of him, erected a brazen statue. Christ who was not a servant, but our Lord, yet when he saw we were like to dye, he took upon him the form of a servant, he came in our likeness, that he might dye for us, and he dyed; he requires not us to erect up brazen statues in memory of him, in honour to him, but that we should be willing to suffer for him, when he calls us thereunto; let not us put off the clothes of our Christian profession, that we may avoid sufferings for him (as many do) who put on the clothes of our humanity, yea of our servility, that he might suffer for us.
Certainly the example of Christ, in humbling himself to suffer so much for us, should be mightily prevalent with us; if he emptyed himself so ⟨p. 84⟩much, to become the Son of man, how much more should we be willing to empty our selves, that we may be the Sons of God? Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, he is worthy of all honor from us, who being Lord of all, was content to be in the form of a servant, to suffer for us, and how can we express our honoring of him, our respect to him, better then in being to suffer for him? I have read of a Roman servant, who knowing his Master was sought for by officers to be put to death, he put himself into his masters cloaths, that he might be taken for him, and so he was, and was put to death for him: whereupon his master, in memory of his thankfulness to him, and honor of him, erected a brazen statue. Christ who was not a servant, but our Lord, yet when he saw we were like to dye, he took upon him the form of a servant, he came in our likeness, that he might dye for us, and he dyed; he requires not us to erect up brazen statues in memory of him, in honor to him, but that we should be willing to suffer for him, when he calls us thereunto; let not us put off the cloaths of our Christian profession, that we may avoid sufferings for him (as many do) who put on the cloaths of our humanity, yea of our servility, that he might suffer for us.
