The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, Let us consider these inward sufferings of his soul,§2 how great they were, and how quickly spent his natural strength, and turned his moisture into the drought of Summer. And

First, His soul felt the wrath of an angry God, which was terribly imprest upon it. The wrath of a King is as the roaring of a Lion, but what is that to the wrath of a Deity? See what a description is given of it in Nahum. 1.16. Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. Had not the strength that supported Christ been greater than that of Rocks, this wrath had certainly overwhelmed, and ground him to powder.

Secondly, As it was the wrath of God that lay upon his soul, so it was the pure wrath of God, without any allay or mixture. Not one drop of comfort came from heaven or earth. All the ingredients in his cup were bitter ones. There was wrath without mercy; yea, wrath without the least degree of sparing mercy; for God spared not his own Son, Rom. 8.32. Had Christ been abated or spared, we had not. If our mercies must be pure mercies, ⟨p. 468⟩and our glory in Heaven, pure and unmixed glory; then the wrath which he suffered, must be pure unmixed wrath. Yea,