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The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
THE DISPLAY OF Glorious Grace OR THE Covenant of Peace Opened: In S… › Sermon 2
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(2.) Consider what an Ignominious Death he suffered; to be hanged on a Tree, was a Death which none but Slaves and notorious Malefactors endured, the Lord of Heaven and Earth suffered the Punishment of a vile and cursed Offender; and all this to make our Peace.
(3.) Consider how painful this Death was, •y Brethren, it was not only a shameful and ignominious Death, but also a very painful and •ingering Death; for from his Scourging by Pilot, to his giving up the Ghost (it is observed) it was six Hours, all which time he was in bitter Torture and Anguish, both in Soul •nd Body too; he suffered from Heaven, from Earth, and from Hell.
(3.) Consider how painful this Death was, •y Brethren, it was not only a shameful and ig•ominious Death, but also a very painful and •ingering Death; for from his Scourging by Pilot, to his giving up the Ghost (it is observed) it was six Hours, all which time he was in bitter Torture and Anguish, both in Soul •nd Body too; he suffered from Heaven, from Earth, and from Hell.
(4.) Consider it was also a cursed Death; He was made a Curse for us, 1as it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a Tree; and all this to make our Peace.