A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…

1. Something implied; namely, That the Lord Jesus Christ was sometimes in the state of death; and that being in the state of death, it was not any ordinary power, way, or means, could ransom him. He was in the state and condition of the dead: he was, for a while, under the power and dominion of Death: his body, for the space of three days, lay in the Grave, and in that sense, he was under the dominion of death, as all dead men are. The Great Shepherd of the sheep could not have his own life, in some sense: no interest he had in God, by virtue of Sonship or any of his Offices, could save him from death, though the Son of God, and Head of the Church; and Christ looked upon it so far from being below him, as he thought it necessary for him, and it was his glory, J•. 10.11, 12. I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd gives his life for the sheep: but he that is an Hireling, and not the Shepherd: whose own the sheep are not, seeth the Wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep and fleeth, &c. Hirelings they have no spirit or principle in them, that they should lay down their lives for the sheep: but he so much respected his Fathers glory, and good of his flock, finding there was no way to bring them to salvation, as he denied himself in all other respects, for their good: so in this respect lays down his life for them. And herein the Church of God seems to have a deadly kind of wound, to be at a deadly loss, Zach. 13.7. I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But herein lies the wonderful goodness and wisdom of God, he is pleased to improve, as the life, so the death of Christ, for the good of his Church, Luk. 24.16. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things? it was very expedient that seeing the sheep could not otherwise be saved but by the Shepherds dying, that the Shepherd should lay down his life for the sheep: and seeing no other way to make reconciliation to God, it was very expedient Christ should die. Therefore 'tis to be taken notice of, that it doth not mis-become the Head, therefore not the members of the body. They must be content to lay down their lives for the Flock, for so did the great Shepherd.

1. Something implyed; namely, That the Lord Jesus Christ was sometimes in the state of death; and that being in the state of death, it was not any ordinary power, way, or means, could ransom him. He was in the state and condition of the dead: he was, for a while, under the power and dominion of Death: his body, for the space of three dayes, lay in the Grave, and in that sense, he was under the dominion of death, as all dead men are. The Great Shepherd of the sheep could not have his own life, in some sense: no interest he had in God, by vertue of Sonship or any of his Offices, could save him from death, though the Son of God, and Head of the Church; and Christ looked upon it so far from being below him, as he thought it necessary for him, and it was his glory, J. 10.11, 12. I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd gives his life for the sheep: but he that is an Hireling, and not the Shepherd: whose own the sheep are not, seeth the Wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep and fleeth, &c. Hirelings they have no spirit or principle in them, that they should lay down their lives for the sheep: but he so much respected his Fathers glory, and good of his flock, finding there was no way to bring them to salvation, as he denyed himself in all other respects, for their good: so in this respect lays down his life for them. And herein the Church of God seems to have a deadly kind of wound, to be at a deadly loss,