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A19511	Christ his crosse or The most comfortable doctrine of Christ crucified and ioyfull tidings of his passion, teaching vs to loue, and imbrace his crosse, as the most sweete and celestiall doctrine vnto the soule, and how we should behaue our selues therein according to the word of God. Newly published by Iohn Andrewes minister and preacher of the word of God at Barricke Basset in the country of Wiltes. Wherein is contained, first the chiefe and principall motiues and causes, that should moue and stirre vs vp to the earnest meditation of his passion. Secondly, with what minde we should come to his meditation. Thirdly, how divers and manifold is the meditation of the passion. The fourth part intreateth of the types, and figures contained in the old Testament, touching the passion of Christ.	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1614 (1614)	STC 594; ESTC S115373	48,402	86

saved t Ioh. 10 9. it is he that is the preuailing seed of the woman which was promised in Paradise by God the Father vnto Adam saying semen mulieris conteret caput Serpentis the seed of the womā shal breake the Serpents head u Gen. 3 15. it is he whom David willeth vs to kisse and imbrace least he be angry * Ps 2. 12. It is he that is Lord of Lords and king of kings x Rev. 17. 14. yea the spirituall Rocke whom all our forefathers did eate and drinke of y 1. Cor. 10. 3. it is he who is acknowledged and confessed by his greatest enemie to be the sonne of the most high God z Mark 5. 7. in whom God the father saide I am well pleased a Mat 3. 17. it is the Lambe of God pointed at by Iohn and sent to take away all the sins of the world b Ioh i. 29. it is he that freely forgaue his servant the ten thousand talents that he owed vnto him c Mat. 18. 27. finally it is he that is the only mediator betweene God man d 1. Tim. 2 5. he is the Author and finisher of our faith e Heb. 12. 2. and without him we can do nothing f Ioh 15 5. Ambros de Isaac anima lib. And as S. Ambrose saith Ipseos nostrum est per quod ad patrem loquimur oculus noster per quem patrem videmus dextra nostra per quā nos patri offerimus he is our mouth wherwith we speak vnto God our eies where with we see God and our right hand wherewith wee offer our selues vnto God who saith by the Prophet Esay Esa 50. 7. I gaue my backe vnto the smiters and my cheekes vnto the nippers I hid not my face from shame and spitting and I haue hardned my face like a flint stone yea I alone haue troden downe the winepresse and there was not an Esa 33. 3. helper neither King nor Kesar neither Cherubin nor Seraphin neither Angel nor Archangel saith the Lord our redeemer whose name is from everlasting yea I my selfe saith he haue done it In which verse Christ yeeldeth a reason of his new and strange habite of the bloody colour mentioned in the first verse A matter differing as it should seeme from mercy wherefore the Church is moved to aske the question saying what meaneth thine apparell red importing I know not what threatning or danger In the answer whereof for that there lieth an Allegorie it is more plainely to bee expounded thus That in his anger hee would tread downe vnder foot and destroy al the enimies of him the Church A very artificious skilful speech for the expressing both of the power of Christ severitie of his iudgement I saith this great and excellent person whom we speake of by the Prophet yea I will spurne and tread them vnder foot setting downe through the vehemency and greatnesse of his affection none in special but indeed vnderstāding all his enimies whatsoever And thē speaking by another figure the blood saith he of them shall be sprinkled vpon my vesture that is as Christ comes with his garment dipped in blood as one that came from Bozrah and all the fiends in hel like Buls of Basan ranne vpon him yet through his magnanimitie and worthinesse in glorie he makes their hornes to sticke fast in the tree of his Crosse as Abrahams Rammes hornes did in the bush Gen. 22. 13. 1. Macab 6. 46 so he killeth them but he did it in one maner as Daniel killed the Dragon or Eleazer the Elephant that is they died both together even so that great enimie the Divell in killing Christ is killed himselfe but Christ being a mightie person both God and man far stronger then the Dragon stronger then the Elephant and stronger then the Divell killeth the Diuel yet liveth himselfe Even as the Phoenix of Arabia when she prepareth her selfe to death singeth Moritur me nō moriente senectus old age dieth in me I die not so Christ being immortal in himselfe dieth not though death mortality dieth in him but like as Noahs braunch florished Gen. 8. 11. in the waters Aarons rod that budded in the Num. 17. 10. Heb. 9 4. Exod. 3. 2. pot Moses bush that burned was not consumed so Christ when he seemed most dead he most lived like as David hackt of Golias head with his own sword so Christ killed the Divel even with his owne weapō that is with death as the Apostle saith Christ by his death did not only overcome death but potestatem Heb. 2. 14. mortis him that had the power of death THe third Motiue is the weakenes of our Nature when we shal finde that we are continually subiect to sinning to offending to erring and conceiving amisse of the wil of God to our eternal damnation Man is borne in iniquity saith David and conceived Ps 51. 5. in sin for the corne of evill seed hath been sowne in the hart 2. Esd 4. 30. Gen. 8. 21. Rom. 7. 23. of Adam from the beginning yea all the imaginations of mans hart are evill from his youth his naturall inclination leadeth him captiue Wherfore Augustine speaking of the miserable estate and condition of man sets it downe in a Bestiall resemblance and spiritual bondage August lib. 6. conf cap. 12. who being free became captiue and bound Ligatus eram non ferro sed mea ferrea voluntate It was not yron saith he that troubled me but my hard stubborne yron minde that captivated and enthralled me He addeth August lib. 8. farther and saith that his passions would needes perswade him before his conversion that he should neuer be able to abide the Austerity of a vertuous life especially touching the sins of the flesh wherein hee had liued wantonly vntill that time it seemed vnpossible that he could abandon the same and liue chastly which notwithstanding he felt easie pleasant without difficulty afterwards for the which he breaketh out into these words my God let me remember and confesse thy great mercies towards me yea let my bones reioyce and say O Lord who is like vnto thee thou hast broken my Ps 113. 5. chaines and therefore I will sacrifice vnto thee a sacrifice of thanksgiuing And S. Bernard speaking of the miseries and weakenesse of man describeth his miseries three waies saying Bernard in his 7 Serm. of the comming of Christ ●f we would discerne betweene good and evill wee are deceiued If we go about to do good we quickly faint if we endeavour to resist evill we cannot endure but are easily overcome The consideration of which frailty and miserie made our Sauiour Christ graciously to admonish his disciples saying watch and pray least ye fall into temptation Mat. 26. 41. The third motiue therefore that should stirre vs vp to the earnest meditation of

Church the glory of God shined over the Apostles that they might finde Christ in the Scriptures as the shepheards saw him swadled in his cloaths As in the first yeare after Christ was borne Herod endeavoreth crueltie exerciseth it vpon infants that there by he might destroy Christ So in the first yeare of the Iubile of the new Testament tyrants exercised cruelty vpon all the Apostles As Christ fled into Egypt and there continued vntill the death of Herod So the doctrine of Christ long suffered persecution corruptions and lurked in the assemblies and companies of the godly vntill the death of Tyrants Hereticks Domitian Dioclesian Iulian c. As Mary lost Christ in the 12 yeare of his age and in vaine sought him among his kinsfolkes and at last found him in the Temple amongst the Doctors opposing and asking them questions So the Virgin Mary even the Church in the 12 yeare of Iubile being troubled with many heresies had vtterly lost Christ had she not found him in the Temple that is in holy Scriptures Propheticall and Aposticall After the 30 yeare of Christ as Iohn Baptist teacheth in the wildernes repentance and faith in Christ who is baptised and as it were with the figure pointed out and shewed forth vnto the people So in the 30 yeare of our Iubile the true sincere doctrine of the Church both of the law and the Gospell began by little little to be restored in the desert not in the Hals of the high priests and Palaces of the Caesars and kngs of the world but in a few certaine schooles and cities As neither Iohn Baptist nor Christ himselfe did openly teach in the Temple at Ierusalem whenas the high Priests did possesse the same but in the wildernes or in Galile So the doctrine of the Gospell hath no place in the kingdome of the Pope but either privatly as it were in a desert or else vnder certaine Princes limits of some kingdomes is it heard and favoured As in the time of Christ Satan stirred and raised vp divers tumults and vproares through blasphemous Iudas of Galile Simon Magus such like So perturbers and hereticks doe alwaies hurt the Church by their bringing in and giving of scandalous offences stum bling blocks As Christ after three yeares and almost halfe preached afterward suffereth is crucified dieth is buried riseth againe ascendeth vp into heaven and raigneth in eternall glory So after three yeares and a halfe after the yeare of Iubile from the renewing of true doctrine after many sufferings of the godly which are every where common the Church shal bee freed glorified forever but the whole time shal not fully be expired for the daies shall be shortned THE FOVRTH PART Which containeth the Types Figures Allegories similes and such like of the old Testament or prophesies of the Prophets AS out of Adams sleeping is a Rib taken thereof Evah is made so out of the celestial or second Adam that is Christ sleeping on the Crosse and making himselfe to be as it were nothing in his Passion and death was the church framed and made his Spowse Eph. 5. Abel both in name and deed is despised who notwithstanding is iust and innocent hee is caried forth into the field and is slaine of his brother Caine Gen. 4. brethren Christ became a very worme for vs and is slaine of his Isaac being ready to bee offered of his Father is a Type and figure of Iesus Christ Gen. 22. Ioseph is not borne of foule Laea but of faire Rachel which word signifieth labours and wearines Christ is not borne of the Gentiles but of the Iews Esay 11. of the stocke of Iesse Mich. 3. in Bethlehem where Rachel was buried Ioh. 4. and Bethlehem signifieth the house of bread Ioseph is sent forth to seeke out his brethren to refresh thē and recover thē againe to his father Christ is sent from the father vnto mankinde which was lost to seeke it and reconcile it vnto God Ioseph is divested of his Pall and stately coate cast it into the Cesterne Christ is dealt withal and handled as a man bereaved of al divine glory forsaken of God and as one in whom there was no grace or goodnes he is apprehended c. Ioseph is sold of the Ismaelites and is lead into Egypt when as his brethren thought him quite cast away Christ is sold and put away of the Iewes given to the Gentiles and to the people whose king and Saviour he becommeth when as the Iewes thought him to be of no reputation Ioseph is with lies accused of his impudent mistresse and is cast into prison Christ is falsely accused of the Iews heretiques crucified and throwne into the graue guiltlesse Ioseph lieth in prison betweene two guilty offenders a butler baker of whom the one is slaine the other is saved innocent Christ is condemned between two theeues of whom the one on the right hand is saved the other condemned Ioseph freed out of prison is honoured Christ escaping out of perils and dangers is crowned with honour and glory Iacob and Ioseph do come togither againe reviving in spirit and there is one folde and one house of the Iewes and the Egyptians Christ the beleeuers at the day of iudgement shall all meete togither and out of al Nations there shal be one people in Christ for ever The flaying of the pascall lambe Exod. 12. was a Type and figure of Christ as it is writtē Ioh. 1. Behold the Lambe of God which taketh away the sins of the world the vnleavened bread doth signifie purity sincerity of the doctrine and life Evangelicall the sacrifices of sins and offences Lev. 14. were Types figures of the true pacifying sacrifice as Heb. 5. The quicke Goate that was spent and bearing the iniquities of the children of Israel Levit. 16. is Christ made the slaughter for our sins A red Cow without spot Num. 16. is offered vp for our sins Christ is the Red Cow being for the weaknes of Nature taken in the state of humiliation without sin cleanseth vs by his bloud from all sins as the brazen Serpent lifted vp vpō a poale Num. 21. healeth those that are bitten with Serpents Ioh. 3. so Christ the son of man must be lift vp to ascend into heaven to heale the sins of the whole world Ionah lying three daies in the whales belly is a Type and figure of Christ dying buried and rising againe the third day FINIS A SPECIALL TABLE OF THE COMmon places briefely containing the principall things handled in this Treatise First the chiefe and principall motiues and causes that should moue and stirre vs vp to the earnest meditation of the passion The first motiue is the severe commandement of Almightie God pag. 1. The second is the dignitie the maiestie and highnesse of the person suffering for vs. 7 The third motiue is the weaknes of our nature 10 The fourth motiue that should stirre vs vp to the