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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 › Section 5
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Sect. 5.
The third word which Jesus Christ spake upon the Cross about the 9th. hour.
The third word which Iesus Christ spake upon the Cross about the 9th. hour.
Joh. 19.30. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished.
JOh. 19.30. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished.
Quest. What is finished? his Sufferings were not yet finished, for he had yet to dye: the great sacrifice was not yet fully offered, the Lamb of God was not yet quite slain. But the bitter punishment of loss was finished; vindictive justice is satisfied in that part of his Sufferings; Gods desertion of him, which he so bitterly roared out under, was released. His bitter cry Eli Eli lamasabachtani, was the last distressing act of that suffering. upon this last and most bitter exclamation, he felt a cessation of the rigour of justice: God turned his face with favour toward him; he felt a cessation of his Soul agony under the punishment of loss. But the punishment of sense continued upon him, and did so till he dyed: that part of the punishment of sin did finally kill him. His death was