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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 14
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is a threefold wounding of the heart by words. 1. A penitential piercing of the heart by words of conviction. Act. 2.2.37. this is a blessed gospel wound.
2. There is a wrathful cutting of the heart when reproofs are applied, as Act. 7. 54. this is a sinful wound. But 3. There is a sorrowful piercing of the heart by words of reproach, and this was the heart-breaking sorrow that Jesus Christ suffered upon the Cross.
2. There is a wrathfull cutting of the heart when reproofs are applyed, as Act. 7. 54. this is a sinfull wound. But 3. There is a sorrowfull piercing of the heart by words of reproach, and this was the heart-breaking sorrow that Jesus Christ suffered upon the Cross.
Object. But can the words of a man so pierce the innocent heart of Jesus Christ?