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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
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And further, that Christ suffered in soul will appear by that in Luke 22.44. there saith the Text, Being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground. If Christ had only suffered in body, how had it been possible that the fear of death could have made him sweat great drops of blood: Many through fear have sweat great drops of water, but never any did sweat drops of blood, for never did any man feel such a bloody wrath as Christ felt at this time.
And further, that Christ suffered in soul wil appear by that in Luke 22.44. there saith the Text, Being in an agonie, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of bloud falling to the ground. If Christ had only suffered in body, how had it been possible that the fear of death could have made him sweat great drops of bloud: Many through fear have sweat great drops of water, but never any did sweat drops of bloud, for never did any man feel such a bloodie wrath as Christ felt at this time.
And yet further, in that Mark. 14.34. our Saviour saith it himself in express terms, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; Here he saith plainly that his soul suffered. And likewise in Luke 22.43. it is said, That an Angel appeared to him from heaven strengthening him: If Christ had nothing to do, but suffer the death of his body, what need an Angel come to strengthen him? Men are able to bear the apprehension of a bodily death, ⟨p. 14⟩and shall we conceive Christ could not bear it without the strengthening of an Angel?