IV. A CHRISTIAN is one, who Considers the Profound Humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, as no matter of Prejudice; no, but as a matte• of unspeakable Praise and Joy. The foulmou•h•d Julian, having Renounced Christianity, would Scoff •t our Blessed JESUS, calling Him, The Staked God. But Christianity teaches us, to be infinitely Satisfied with the Thoughts of what that Man, who is God as well as Man, Suffered on a Stake. The Pagans, would laugh at the Christians of old, saying, Tu adoras Crucifixum; What? You are one of the Fools, that Adore Him that was Crucified. The Christian Thinks, I have still the more cause to Adore Him for That! The Jews do still taunt at the Christians, with such a ⟨p. 78⟩Flout as that; What? you Adore Talui, i. e. an Hanged man. The Christian Thinks, I had been a Damned man, if He had not been So! A Christian is, One that is not Ashamed of a Christ on a Cross. And indeed, Why should he? The posture of old Jacobs Hands in […] his Children, might intimate unto them, That through a Cross all the Blessing of Heaven is derived unto us. What we translate, in Isa. 52.13. My Servant shall deal prudently, (which the Chalde• Paraphrase Expressly applies to the Messiah,) may have the Messiahs laying Himself on a Cross, intimated in the Hebrew Original. A Christian is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord who is the Everlasting Father, was once an Infant laid in a Manger, where Beasts had their Fodder; but he thinks, This was, that I, with my Infants, who have made our selves worse than Beasts, may come to be Lodged and Fed among the Angels of God. A Christian is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the High Possessor of Heaven and Earth, had not an House where to lay His Head; but he thinks, This was, that I, to whom Hell, the Place of Dragons belonged, may have an House Eternal in the Heavens. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the Creator of all things, did Submit unto the poor Mechanic Employment of a Carpenters; but he thinks, This was, that I, •ho have made Wickedness my Employment, may be made a King and a Priest unto my God. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who ⟨p. 79⟩Sits on the Throne of Eternity, should Wear a Crown of Thorns; but he thinks, This is, that I may obtain a Crown of Life. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the Judge of the World, should be Condemned at the Bar of sinful men;
IV. A CHRISTIAN is one, who Considers the Profound Humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, as no matter of Prejudice; no, but as a matte• of unspeakable Praise and Joy. The foulmou•h•d Julian, having Renounced Christianity, would Scoff •t our Blessed JESUS, calling Him, The Staked God. But Christianity teaches us, to be infinitely Satisfyed with the Thoughts of what that Man, who is God as well as Man, Suffered on a Stake. The Pagans, would laugh at the Christians of old, saying, Tu adoras Crucifixum; What? You are one of the Fools, that Adore Him that was Crucified. The Christian Thinks, I have still the more cause to Adore Him for That! The Jews do still taunt at the Christians, with such a ⟨p. 78⟩Flout as that; What? you Adore Talui, i. e. an Hanged man. The Christian Thinks, I had been a Damned man, if He had not been So! A Christian is, One that is not Asham'd of a Christ on a Cross. And indeed, Why should he? The posture of old Jacobs Hands in 〈…〉 his Children, might intimate unto them, That through a Cross all the Blessing of Heaven is derived unto us. What we translate, in Isa. 52.13. My Servant shall deal prudently, (which the Chalde• Paraphrase Expressly applies to the Messiah,) may have the Messiahs laying Himself on a Cross, intimated in the Hebrew Original. A Christian is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord who is the Everlasting Father, was once an Infant laid in a Manger, where Beasts had their Fodder; but he thinks, This was, that I, with my Infants, who have made our selves worse than Beasts, may come to be Lodg'd and Fed among the Angels of God. A Christian is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the High Possessor of Heaven and Earth, had not an House where to lay His Head; but he thinks, This was, that I, to whom Hell, the Place of Dragons belonged, may have an House Eternal in the Heavens. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the Creator of all things, did Submit unto the poor Mechanick Employment of a Carpenters; but he thinks, This was, that I, •ho have made Wickedness my Employment, may be made a King and a Priest unto my God. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who ⟨p. 79⟩Sitts on the Throne of Eternity, should Wear a Crown of Thorns; but he thinks, This is, that I may obtain a Crown of Life. He is not Scandalized at it, That his Lord, who is the Judge of the World, should be Condemned at the Bar of sinful men;
