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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Lastly, When men are poor in the world, this makes them low and despicable in the worlds Eye. And this only was the case of Jesus Christ, saving that we may add, that his holiness of Doctrine and life would be, yea, was an Eye-sore to the Scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites, and to such as adhered unto them. This low condition is a part of the spotless punishment of the sin of man, unto which Jesus Christ doth voluntarily submit himself.
5. Lastly, When men are poor in the world, this makes them low and despicable in the worlds Eye. And this only was the case of Iesus Christ, saving that we may add, that his holiness of Doctrine and life would be, yea, was an Eye-sore to the Scribes, Pharisees, and hipocrites, and to such as adhered unto them. This low condition is a part of the spotless punishment of the sin of man, unto which Iesus Christ doth voluntarily submit himself.
Quest. Wherein, or in what respects was Jesus Christ like unto a worm, for so he describeth himself? a worm is 1. Despicable. 2. Useless. 3, None feareth it. 4, None cares to defend it. 5. Every one is bold to tread on it. 6. They will be easily induced to destroy it. 7. None fears revenge for destroying it.
Quest. Wherein, or in what respects was Jesus Christ like unto a worm, for so he describeth himself? a worm is 1. Despicable. 2. Vseless. 3, None feareth it. 4, None cares to defend it. 5. Every one is bold to tread on it. 6. They will be easily induced to destroy it. 7. None fears revenge for destroying it.
1. Jesus Christ his poverty did so veil his glory, that in all these and such like respects he was like a worm, which cloud of obscurity was no small part of his humiliation, and suffering for our sin, he was despicable,