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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.
Luk. 23.34. And Jesus said, Father forgive them, they know not what they do. This is recorded as the first word that Jesus Christ spake upon the Cross. All the time they were abusing, wracking and tormenting him, he was silent as a Lamb: And when he spake, these were his words, when they had done the worst they could against him, he forgave them, and prayed his father to forgive them. Where we have to consider,
Luk. 23.34. And Jesus said, Father forgive them, they know not what they doe. This is recorded as the first word that Jesus Christ spake upon the Cross. All the time they were abusing, wracking and tormenting him, he was silent as a Lamb: And when he spake, these were his words, when they had done the worst they could against him, he forgave them, and prayed his father to forgive them. Where we have to consider,
1. His own act of forgiving them is implied in an eminency▪ in his applying himself to his Father to pardon them. As Jesus Christ hath taught us to forgive our Brother, yea our enemies; so he himself doth practice at this eminent time.
1. His own act of forgiving them is implyed in an eminency▪ in his applying himself to his Father to pardon them. As Jesus Christ hath taught us to forgive our Brother, yea our enemies; so he himself doth practice at this eminent time.
2. He prays the Father to forgive them, which he could not have done, unless he himself had forgiven them: for their offence was against both Father and son, and therefore both must concur in the pardon.