The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

This Text in Math. doth hold forth that part of the Humiliation of Jesus Christ in submitting himself to bodily infirmities and diseases, which he took, and bare, he took our griefs and pains for our sakes, and bare them in our stead. It is an eminent part of his sufferings clearly held forth in the Prophesies; and testified in the Gospel History of him. it is a point of great use and comfort to the Church, that this sharp Rod is managed in the hand of a merciful, tender hearted, yea, and experienced Mediator. Jesus Christ his body was mortal, which is evident by this, that he dyed, yea, he came into the world to dye, and therefore took a mortal body, capable to perform that great service, which he came to do. The body of Adam in Innocency was capable of Immortality, but by sin he became mortal, Rom. 5.12. as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Though the person of Jesus Christ was without sin, yet he took a mortal body, that it might be a fit sacrifice for our sin, which was laid upon him by imputation, being our Mediator, his body was made as Adams ⟨p. 47⟩body was, out of preexisting matter, and was therefore mortal. After his Resurrection, his body is Immortal. His mortal hath put on Immortality, his glorious immortal body is set down at the right hand of God. And he will change our vile bodies after the Resurrection, and make them like to his glorious body, Phil. 3.21. After the Resurrection the bodies of all mankind shall be Immortal both good & bad. The power of mercy will preserve the bodies of the Elect, to be eternal monuments & objects of mercy, and Subjects where in mercy shall shine forth unto all Eternity. The bodies of the wicked shall be preserved in Immortality, to be Vessels of wrath, in which the justice of God will shine forth to all Eternity. Thus all humane bodies are capable of Immortality, and shall be made so to be by the power of mercy and justice, which Attributes of God are to be glorified in mankind for ever. This Immortality of the body of Jesus Christ, was a great and fundamental infirmity of his humane nature, and a fruit of our sin imputed to him as our Mediator, and this made him capable of such other infirmities as might accomplish his death; So that it was through the infirmity of a mortal body that he dyed,