4 The remembrance of Christs death should work in us a godly sorrow for our sins, as the true cause of his sufferings. For the truth is, it was not so much Judas that betrayed Christ, nor the Scribes and Pharisees that accused him, nor Pilate that condemned him, nor the Soldiers that Crucified him, nor the Devil that set them all on work, as our sins that were the true cause of Christs sufferings. The Soldiers that Scourged him, and Crucified him, were but our Executioners, to inflict on him those punishments which our Sins deserved, and Gods Justice imposed for the same. They were our Sins which envenomed those Whips that scourged his innocent Body, those Thorns which pricked his Temples, and those Nails which pierced his Hands and Feet, and made them so bitter unto him. Oh therefore that we could so look upon him whom we have pierced by our Sins, that we might mourn as one that mourneth for his only Son; and be in bitterness, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
4 The remembrance of Christs death should work in us a godly sorrow for our sins, as the true cause of his sufferings. For the truth is, it was not so much Iudas that betrayed Christ, nor the Scribes and Pharisees that accused him, nor Pilate that condemned him, nor the Souldiers that Crucified him, nor the Devil that set them all on work, as our sins that were the true cause of Christs sufferings. The Souldiers that Scourged him, and Crucified him, were but our Executioners, to inflict on him those punishments which our Sins deserved, and Gods Justice imposed for the same. They were our Sins which envenomed those Whips that scourged his innocent Body, those Thorns which pricked his Temples, and those Nayls which pierced his Hands and Feet, and made them so bitter unto him. Oh therefore that we could so look upon him whom we have pierced by our Sins, that we might mourn as one that mourneth for his only Son; and be in bitterness, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
