A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

Fourthly, Meditate and dwell in thy thoughts upon thy sin, that thou mayest be humbled, because thy sins were the procuring cause of […] the Sufferings of thy Lord It was not for himself but for thee; there was no guile in his •outh, nor Wickedness in his heart, but the just suffered for the unjust. Thy sins were the Judas that betrayed him, the Thorns that Crowned him, the Spears that pierced him, the Nails that fastened him upon the Tree. To see an ordinary man dying for thy faults, would it not affect thine heart? Yonder is one that is groaning, bleeding, dying, for the ⟨p. 98⟩evil I have done! Oh then, how should thy affections work when thou seest the Son of God bleeding (having his side opened th•• thou mightest look into his heart) when tho• s•est him wound•• his hands and his feet pierced; when thou hearest him cry out with a loud voice, and seest him give up the Ghost▪ and all this for thy pride and unbelief, for thy worldliness and passion, for thy Disobedience• and Rebellion! how will this fill thy Soul• with sorrow and joy, thy eyes with tears, and thy mouth with praises; the one, because tho• hast sinned, the other because thy Lord would dye to save thee from thy sins.

Fourthly, Meditate and dwell in thy thoughts upon thy sin, that thou mayest be humbled, because thy sins were the procuring cause of 〈…〉 the Sufferings of thy Lord It was not for himself but for thee; there was no guile in his •outh, nor Wickedness in his heart, but the just suffered for the unjust. Thy sins were the Judas that betrayed him, the Thorns that Crowned him, the Spears that pierced him, the Nails that fastened him upon the Tree. To see an ordinary man dying for thy faults, would it not aff•ct thine heart? Yonder is one that is groaning, bleeding, dying, for the ⟨p. 98⟩