The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

for though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth in the power of God; his humane nature subject to our infirmities, made him mortal, Divine power maketh him Immortal. Though Jesus Christ took many infirmities, sicknesses, weaknesses incident to a mortal body, yet he dyed not by any sickness, he dyed a violent death, being in his full strength. Their cruelty and harsh usage of his mortal body forced (with his voluntary consent, Joh. 10.18.) a separation of his Soul from his body, by much and cruel whippings, they made deep and long Furrows in his back, by piercing his head with Crowns of thorns, knocked on with a staff, by abusing him all night, they gave him no rest. The Rulers had him to do till after Cocks crowing, then they went to their rest, if their malicious minds would suffer them to sleep; but they committed our blessed Lord Jesus to Soldiers and the rude Rabble, who abused him all the night, in the morning they committed him to Pilate, who finally condemned him, and delivered him to be crucified. They oppressed his spent mortal body by bearing his cross, they nailed his hands, & stretched his body, till all his joints were loosed. At that stretch they nailed his feet, they pierced his side with a Spear, and let out his life blood All these and sundry more of the last sufferings of our Lord, shall hereafter (the Lord assisting) in their place and order be opened; this may suffice at present to show, that the body of Jesus Christ had the infirmity of mortality, and dyed with grief and pain, a violent death, he dyed not of any sickness. Furthermore in this state of his mortal body when he was in the flesh, he took many other infirmities of a mortal body, which are sinless punishments of the sin of man, which may be gathered from Gen. 3.17, 18, 19. where the commination, and infliction of them is expressed as the product of our sin. To eat in sorrow to labour with disappointment, and to labour with sweat, until these painful labours, sorrows, sweatings and disappointments have brought us to the dust, out of which we were made.

for though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth in the power of God; his humane nature subject to our infirmityes, made him mortal, Divine power maketh him Immortal. Though Jesus Christ took many infirmityes, sicknesses, weaknesses incident to a mortal body, yet he dyed not by any sickness, he dyed a violent death, being in his full strength. Their cruelty and harsh usage of his mortal body forced (with his voluntary consent,