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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
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 14 › Section 1
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1 His body suffered all those cruel torments & wrackings before mentioned. 2. His mind suffered all the grief they could afflict him withal, by mocks, reproaches, blasphemies. 3. His Soul suffered the full cup of the Justice of the Law, and desert of sin.
His great sufferings upon the Cross, he underwent in his near three hours silence, for after he had forgiven his persecutors, and provided for the comfort of his widow mother, and took care of the penitent Thief, he did with holy patience and silence suffer all that fell upon him until the ninth hour, and then spake such words as expressed what he was doing and suffering all this while.
His great sufferings upon the Cross, he underwent in his near three hours silence, for after he had forgiven his persecu••rs, and provided for the comfort of his widdow mother, and took care of the penitent Thief, he did with holy patience and silence suffer all that fell upon him until the ninth hour, and then spake such words as expressed what he was doing and suffering all this while.
The sense of cruel pain that his body was in all this while may in a small measure be apprehended by what hath been said in the particular Tortures.