Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

And this will manifest it self in the consideration of the following particulars.

First: Let us consider what Christ suffered, and we shall see the severity of Justice in his sufferings, for he suffered all kinds of miseries, an• •at in the most intense degrees of them. His sufferings were from all hands, from Heaven, Earth, and Hell: From his EneEnemies ⟨p. 111⟩who Condemned him, Buffeted him, Reviled, Scourged and Crucified him. From his own Disciples and followers, one of whom perfidiously betrayed him, another openly denied him, and all in the hour of his greatest trouble forsook and abandoned him.

First: Let us consider what Christ suffered, and we shall see the severity of Justice in his sufferings, for he suffered all kinds of miseries, an• •at in the most intense degrees of them. His sufferings were from all hands, from Heaven, Earth, and Hell: From his EneEnemies ⟨p. 111⟩who Condemned him, Buffeted him, Reviled, Scourged and Crucified him. From his own Disciples and followers, one of whom perfidiously betray'd him, another openly deny'd him, and all in the hour of his greatest trouble forsook and abandoned him.

He suffered in his Body the most exquisite torments; the Cross was a cruel Engine of torment, and more so to him than any other, by reason of the excellent Crasis and temperament of his Body, and his most acute and delicate sense; for as the School-men truly say, He was optime complectionatus, of the most exact and exquisite Complexion; and his senses remained acute and vigorous, no way blunted, during the whole time of his sufferings, but full of life and sense to the last gasp, as may be gathered from