Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

Suppose, Reader, thy self to be justly Condemned to the torture of the Rack, or Strappado; and that thy Father, Brother, or dearest Friend preferring thy life to his own, would become thy [Greek or Hebrew], Ransomer, by undergoing the torment for thee; and all that is left for thee to suffer, were only by way of Sympathy with him? Suppose now thy self standing by that Engine of Torture, and beholding the members of thy dear Friend distorted, and all out of joint, hearing the doleful groans extorted by the extremity of anguish; and under all these torments, still maintaining a constant love to thee, not once repenting his torments▪ for thee; couldst thou stand there with dry eyes? could thy heart be unaffected and stupid at such a sight? Write him rather a Beast, a Stone, than a Man, that could do so.

Suppose, Reader, thy self to be justly Condemned to the torture of the Rack, or Strappado; and that thy Father, Brother, or dearest Friend preferring thy life to his own, would become thy 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Ransomer, by undergoing the torment for thee; and all that is left for thee to suffer, were only by way of Sympathy with him? Suppose now thy self standing by that Engine of Torture, and beholding the members of thy dear Friend distorted, and all out of joynt, hearing the doleful groans extorted by the extremity of anguish; and under all these torments, still maintaining a constant love to thee, not once repenting his torments▪ for thee; couldst thou stand there with dry eyes? could thy heart be unaffected and stupid at such a sight? Write him rather a Beast, a Stone, than a Man, that could do so.

But this is not all: The Believers interest in Christ is Sealed, as well as the sufferings of Christ represented in this Ordinance.