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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 9 › Section 4
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The forenamed Instances of the Sufferings of Jesus Christ did manifestly run through the whole course of his life, all the time of his youth, which were so far as we know, his most serene days that he lived in this world, & wherein he attended to his active obedience to the Law of God, yet he was always in a dark, obscure, low, suffering condition.
THe forenamed Instances of the Sufferings of Jesus Christ did manifestly run through the whole course of his life, all the time of his youth, which were so farr as we know, his most serene dayes that he lived in this world, & wherein he attended to his active obedience to the Law of God, yet he was alwayes in a dark, obscure, low, suffering condition.
The Instances of his sufferings which follow, are more conspicuous in the course of his public Ministry, such was this point, in this Section touched on, viz. his bodily Infirmities, mentioned by Matthew, which words are recited out of Isai. 53.4. surely he hath born our griefs, and carried our sorrows, and this Text he bringeth to prove that Jesus Christ did heal all manner of diseases, and sicknesses, not as a Physician, but as a Mediator, by divine power and Authority, as God and man. He did bear all the sinless punishment of our sins in his body, 1 Pet. 2.21. himself bare our sins in his own body, that is the punishment of our sins, viz. sinless punishment, whereof our bodily infirmities, weaknesses, pains and sicknesses are a great and eminent part. And by this part of his sufferings he (so far) satisfied divine Justice, and thereby hath taken out the sting and curse out of our bodily infirmities, and hath rendered them only medicinal to our Souls, and hereby he hath obtained power over all diseases, to send them, and to recall them as he pleaseth; and to improve them as he will, for the good of his Church, and believing Servants, he hath such absolute power over all our sicknesses, that he saith to one go and it goeth, and to another come, and it cometh, &c.