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A33297	The blessed life and meritorious death of Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, from His conception to His cross, and from His cross to His crown together with the series, and order of His ministery, and miracles, as they are recorded by the four Evangelists, wherein what is wanting in one is supplied out of the other / by Sam. Clarke ...	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1664 (1664)	Wing C4502; ESTC R15233	43,259	57

it was shewed that of the Tribe of Judah should Shiloh come but whether Male or Female nothing certain David was assured that a Son of his should sit upon his Throne for ever But till Isaias it was not known that he should be born of a pure Virgin that a woman should compass a man Isa. 7. 14. Behold a Virgin that famous Virgin the Originall sets it forth with an Accent spoken of Gen. 3. 15. shall conceive and bear a Son The very place of his Birth was not set forth till Micha did it Mich. 5. 2. Not the just time till Daniel foretold it Dan. 9. 24. Thus by degrees and piece-meal as it were God spake of old to the Fathers by his servants the Prophets Heb. 1. 1. Every age almost brought sorth some new thing touching the Babe of Bethlehem lapt up in the swathbands of the Holy Scriptures either in express and evident terms and testimonies or else in mirrors and miracles Lastly John Baptist Fibula Legis Gratiae as one calls him the Buckler of the Law and Gospel pointed him out with his finger Behold the Lamb of God c. Now this Jesus Christ is the most excellent Person in the world the fairest amongst men worth ten thousand of us as the People said of David 2 Sam. 18. 3. Look upon him as he is described Heb. 1. 1 2 3. For his Nobility He is Gods own Son For his Riches He is heir of all things For his Wisdom He made the Worlds For his Eminency He is the brightness of his Fathers Glory and the express Image of his Person For his might He upholdeth all things by the Word of his Power For his Merits He hath by himself purged our sins For his Preferment He sate down at the right hand of the Majesty on High Traps Treas The quallity and kind of Christs Death is remarkeable for three Characters which were engraven on the Death of the Cross which he died 1. For the painfulness of it The nature of that Death was painfull For Death it self is painfull no man payes that debt with ease When Asa dies he cryes Ah my feet When David dyes he complains O my cold Body When the Shunamites Child dyes he cryes Ah my pained head When ●zzah dyes he cryes Oh my Leprous skin Life is a precious Pearl But there are three things besides which made Christs Death painfull 1. Violence It 's painfull to die of any violent disease but when five deaths do all concur and strive which of them shall dispatch the poor man soonest this must needs be more painfull Such was Christs Death which made him complain Psal. 22. 16. They pierced my hands and my feet and Joh. 19. 34. One of the Souldiers with a Spear pierced his side and forthwith there came out blood and water Here are five Deaths that invaded a living man Death on each hand and on each legg and death on his side though this last came a little too late Now a violent Death it must needs be when strong and great nails did pierce the most nervous parts of his Body his hands and his feet 2. Slowness Four leasurely violent Deaths seized on him Blood is the life of the living Creature then look how long his blood was coming out his Life was dropping out as long It 's a great aggravation for a man to be long a dying and yet cannot die To have his torment quick and yet his Death slow is an Image of Hell where men seek Death and yet cannot finde it Christs slow Death was divided into four quarters Death at each hand and at each foot made his pain the greater The weight of his Body did hang upon those four tormenting nails his pierced Hands and Feet as if Death had delighted to hold Christ long at sea and to deny him it's last sad service Christ had been before dying a terrible Death in the Garden when he was boiled as it were in a bloody sweat and two circumstances shew that the two Thieves Death was nothing in slowness of torment comparable to Christs death 1. The sad and direful preparatories to Christs Death as he was the night before in a Soul-death when those 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as it were Drops or great hail stones of blood frozen or hardened together as Stephanus thinks through extream terrour when he was scourged and Crowned with Thorns 2. He was so weakned in Body thereby that he was not able to bear his own Cross which made him complain Psal. 22. 17. I may tell all my Bones My strength is dried up like a Potsheard So that Christ began to die the night before and continued dying twenty four hours the Lords anger and curse being on him and then bodily pain with the curse of the Law all this time wrought upon him And Christ in bearing the pains of the second Death did suffer that which all the Elect should have sustained in their Souls for ever Isa. 53. 6. The Lord laid upon him the iniquity of us all and though Christ died but one Death for all the Elect yet in the extremity of the pain it was many Deaths to him 3. Many degrees of Life were taken from him Consider how much of Life Christ had and the removing of it by violence must be so much the more painfull Now life natural had in Christ a sweet and a peaceable dwelling the possession of life was with excellent delights It was planted besides the Glorious God-head personally and so had sweet company and that made it pleasant It had not been so much to take away the Life of a common man whose life is not priviledged with Grace and the Grace of a Personal union with God The second Character that was engraven on Christs Death was that it was shameful and reproachful Now Shame is first Fundamentally in the cause Sin and Sin acted by men against that Law of God is the onely foundation of Shame Exod. 32. 25. Aaron made the People naked to their Shame So 2 Sam. 13. 13. Shame and sin are neer a kin And thus Christ was no more capable of Shame than he was of sin He came out of the Womb clothed with the white Robe of Innocency and he never contracted one black spot on that fair Robe of the highest Image of God from the womb to the Grave and therefore there was no shame fundamentally in Christ. 2. There is Shame formally in sin and that first In being ashamed Actively Secondly In bearing of Shame Passively In the former consideration because sin is a shameful thing in itself Jer. 11. 13. There is an Internal blushing and Shame rising from sin the Conscience of the sinner if it be not cauterized thinking ill of sin and esteeming it self base in doing it Rom. 6. 21. What fruit had you in those things whereof you are now ashamed So Christ thought ill of sin and esteemed the Creature base in sinning 2. Christ our Lord

that one man should die for the People There were all the chief Priests and Elders and Scribes of the People gathered together Then Caiphas asked Jesus concerning his Disciples and his Doctrine Jesus answered I spake openly to the world ask them that heard me then one of the Officers stroke him with a staff To whom he said If I have well spoken why smitest thou me Then all the Council sought false witnesses against him and found none At last two false witnesses came but their testimony agreed not Caiphas then said Answerest thou not to what they witness against thee But Jesus held his peace Then he adjured him to tell whether he were the Christ and Jesus answered I am and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power of God and coming in the Clouds of Heaven Wherefore they judged him guilty of death for this blasphemy Then did they mock him and spit upon him and cruelly beat him with buffets and staves and covering his face they said Prophesie who smote thee and many other things they spoke against him reproachfully Joh. 18. 12 27. Luk. 22. 54 65. Mar. 14. 53 72. Mat. 26. 57 75. Peter followed afar off that he might see the end and so did another Disciple that was known to the high Priest and went with Jesus into the Pallace but Peter stood without at the door then that other Disciple spake to her that kept the door and brought him in And as Peter was warming himself at the fire for it was cold the maid that kept the door asked him and affirmed that he was one of his Disciples but he denied it or that he knew him or knew what she said A little after he went out into the Porch and the Cock crew And as he was going out another maid saw him and said to the by-standers This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth Also another said Thou art also one of them Then he again denied it with an Oath and about an hour after they that stood by said Thy speech bewrayeth thee and the Cousin of Malchus amongst the rest said Did not I see thee in the Garden with him and while he yet spake the Cock crew the second time then the Lord turned and looked upon Peter and he remembring the words of Jesus went out and wept bitterly John 18. 25 c. Luke 22. 55 c. Mark 14. 66 c. Matth. 26. 69 c. As soon as it was Day the Elders of the People and the chief Priests and the Scribes came together and led him into their Council saying Art thou the Christ Jesus said unto them Ye will not believe nor answer me nor let me go Yet he said that he was the Son of God To which they replied what need we any further witness Luke 22. 66 71. Then straightway in the morning the whole multitude of them arose and led him bound to Pontius Pilate the Governour from Caiphas to the Hall of Judgement April 3d. But they went not into the Judgement Hall lest they should be defiled that they could not eat the Passover and Jesus stood before the Governour Pilate therefore came forth unto them and said What accusation bring you against this man they answered If he were not a malifactor we would not have delivered him unto thee and they accused him saying we found this man perverting the Nation and forbiding to pay Tribute unto Caesar saying that he himself is Christ a King And when he was accused of the Chief Priests and Elders he answered nothing Then said Pilate Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee But he answered him not a word so that Pilate marvelled Then said Pilate to them Take ye him and judge him according to your Law But they replied It is not lawful for us to put any man to Death Pilate then entred into the Judgement Hall again and calling Jesus said unto him Art thou the King of the Jewes Jesus answered Saist thou this of thy self or did others tell it thee of me Pilate said Am I a Jew Thine own Nation and the Chief Priests have delivered thee unto me what hast thou done Jesus answered My Kingdom is not of this world Pilate therefore said unto him Art thou then a King Jesus answered For this cause came I into the world that I might bear witness unto the truth Then said Pilate to him what is Truth And when he had said this he went out again to the Jews and said unto them I find in him no fault at all and they were the more fierce saying He stirreth up the People teaching throughout all Jewry beginning in Galilee to this place Pilate hearing of Galilee asked him if he were a Galilean and when he knew that he belonged to Herods jurisdiction he sent him to Herod who was in Jerusalem in those dayes When Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad But being deceived of his hopes of seing a Miracle and Jesus not vouchsafing any answer either to him or to the chief Priests and Scribes that vehemently accused him after he had set Jesus at naught and mocked him he sent him back to Pilate arayed in a gorgeous robe and Herod and Pilate were made friends that very day John 18. 28 40. Luke 23. ● 16 25. Mark 15. 1 5. Matth. 27. 11 26. Then Pilate when he had called the Chief Priests and the Rulers and the People he said unto them Neither I nor Herod find any fault in him nor any thing worthy of Death I will therefore chastise him and release him For he was of necessity according to the custome every Feast to deliver to the People one Prisoner whomsoever they would And the multitude crying out aloud began to desire that he would do unto them as he ever had done Then said Pilate ye have a custom that I should release one unto you at the Passover Will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews or Barabbas For he knew that the chief Priests had delivered him up of envy But they stirred up the People that they should rather desire Barabbas who was a notable Thief who lay bound for insurrection and murther in the City When Pilate was set down on the Judgement seat his Wife sent to him saying Have thou nothing to do with that just man For I have suffered many things in my dream by reason of him this day Pilate therefore spake unto them again being willing to release Jesus which of them will ye that I release unto you They all cryed out saying Not him but Barabbas Pilate replied What then will ye that I shall do unto him whom ye call King of the Jews and they all cryed out again Crucifie him Pilate said unto them the third time Why what evil hath he done I find no cause of death in him I will therefore chastise him and let him go But they cryed the more earnestly

being our surety though he could not be ashamed of any sin he did himself Yet being made a sin for us he did bear the shame of our sin and thus he was not free from shame passively as it 's a punishment of sin Isa. 50. 6. I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair I hid not my face from shame and spitting Heb. 12. 2. He endured the Cross despising the shame So then in these respects Christ did bear our Shame 1. In that though he was the Lord of Glory and thought it no robbery to be equal with the Father yet he abased himself to become man yea the lowest of men a Servant Phil. 2. 6 7 8. Matth. 20. 28. Isa. 49. 7. 2. All the tokens of reproach and shame were on his sufferings As 1. In Gestures they put a Crown of Thorns on his head and a Reed for a Scepter in his hand to mock his Kingly Power They saluted him with mocks and bowing the knee to him 2. In words They cried out Hail King of the Jews They scorned his Prophetical dignity when they blindfolded him saying Prophesie who it is that smote thee And to deride his Priesthood they put a Robe on him and when he was on the Cross offering himself as our Priest in a Sacrifice to God all that passed by wagged their Heads and shot out their Lips saying He trusted in God let him deliver him c. Then did they spit in his face which in the Law was a great shame Deut. 25. 9 50. Job 30. 10. 3. His Death was shameful the Death of a thief and robber So it 's called Christs reproach Heb. 13. 13. Let us go forth bearing his reproach It was a shameful thing to see the Lord of Glory bearing his own Cross on his back and all the children and base ones of the City wondring at him and crying out upon him This is called the reproach or Shame of Christ. Heb. 11. 26. Psal. 22. 7. 4. They shamed him in pulling off his Garments and scourging him As Jer. 13. 26. They brought him bound to Pilate as if he had been a Common Thief Matth. 26. 2. Hence Isa. 53. 3. He was despised and rejected of men and we hid as it were our faces from him He had all shame put upon him He was branded as the greatest Thief of the three He went out at the Gate of life bleeding pained cursed shamed forsaken despised and mocked Even the Sun seemed to be ashamed to see its Creator in so painful and shameful a condition and therefore hid its head The third Character which was engraven on Christs Death was the curse of God Now the Curse that Christ was made Was 1. The Lords pronouncing him a Curse Deut. 21. 23. Cursed is he that hangeth on a Tree which Paul applies to Christ. Gal. 3. 10 13. This indeed was a Ceremonial curse but had a special Relation to Christ who was under a real and Moral Curse 2. Gods devoting and setting him apart in his eternal Counsel for suffering the punishment of sin 3. The dishonour that was put upon him and so was Christ under a curse Psal. 22. 7. He was a worm and no man Isa. 53. 3. The least of men the contempt and refuse of men Act. 4. 11. The Stone rejected by the builders Hanging is the death of the poorest and basest of men and thus was Christ used Act. 5. 30. Whom ye slew and hanged on a Tree Act. 2. 23. Whom by wicked hands ye have Crucified and slain Hanging is more then slaying It 's putting him to a base Death that is cursed of God and man and this to be inflicted on a King lineally descended of the Blood Royal the Kingly Tribe of Judah the onely man on Earth that by birth and Law had Title to the Crown of Judea was the worst that men or Devils could do Triuni Deo Gloria To the Reader THere is lately published by Mr Sam. Clarke a new piece of Lives containing the Lives of ten eminent Divines with some other private Christians the Divines being as follow Mr John Carter Mr Sam. Crook Mr John Cotton Dr Tho Hill Dr Will. Gouge Mr Tho. Gataker Mr Jeremy Whitaker and Bishop James Usher Mr Rich. Capel and Dr Rob. Harris c. There is also another piece of Mr Clarkes Newly published it being the wicked Life and wosul death of Herod the Great a stranger by nation yet by the Romans made King of the Jews Taking in also the Story of the Jews during all the time of his Reign which was about thirty seven years whereof thirty five were before the Incarnation of Christ and two after whereby much light is given to many passages in the Evangelists c. Both sold by William Miller at the Gilded Acorn near the little North door in St Pauls Church-yard Christs conception foretold Mary goes to her Cousin Elizabeth Joseph is warned not to put away his wife Joseph and Mary go to be taxed Jesus Christ is born His birth is revealed to the shepherds Christ is circumcised Wisemen come to Jerusalem Mary goes to be purified Simeon and Anna prophesie of Christ. Joseph is warned to fly into Egypt The Babes of Bethlehem are slain Joseph returns into Judea He goes to the city of Nazareth Jesus is found in the Temple His private Life John Christs forerunner John preaches and Baptizech Jesus is Baptized A manifestation of the Trinity Jesus tempted of the Devil Johns testimony of Jesus Simon named Cephas Christs first Miracle Dr Ushers Annals Jesus went to the passover He works miracles He instructed Nicodemus Johns last testimony of him Jesus went into Galilee He preaches with great applause He preaches and works miracles He heals all Diseases A great draught of Fishes A Leper healed He forgives sins He called Levi. And defends his practice He heals on the Sabbath They seek to destroy him He chooses twelve Apostles He is judged to be mad His Sermon on the Mount Raises a dead man to life Jesus his testimony of John One washed his feet Casts out a Divel He shews who are his kinsmen He teaches by Parables He calms the Tempest He casts out the Legion of Divels He answers Johns Disciples Raises Jairus's daughter Cures blind men He casts out a dumb Divel He is scorned ● His compassion to Souls He sent out his Disciples Sejanus killed at Rome John beheaded Multitudes follow Jesus He sed five thousand men c. He walked on the Sea Many go back from him He condemned their Traditions Heals the Cananitish womans daughter He heals many Feeds four thousand Denies a Sign to the Pharisees Warns his Disciples of their Leaven Who Christ was judged to be His transfiguration Heals the Lunatick Foretel's his Death and Resurrection Pays Tribute Teaches Humility Darling sins must not be spared They sought to kill him He sent out seventy Disciples He preached at the Feast And in the Temple They attempt to stone him He cures the blind man He is the Door of the sheep Of Martha and Mary He teaches the Lords Prayer Of the Queen of the South and the Ninivites He resuses to be a Judge Exhorts to Repentance Few to be saved Life to be laid down for Christ The parable of the lost sheep c. Of Dives and Lazarus Of offences The power of faith Cures ten Lepers To pray always The Pharisee and Publican Preaches and heals About Divorce He blesses little children Against Covetousness Lazarus's sickness and death Jesus raises him He foretells his sufferings He cures the blind man Calls Zacheus Ten pounds given to ten servants He rides into Jerusalem He wept over Jerusalem Children cry Hosanna A voice from heaven He curses the Fig-Tree Power of Faith Parable of the vineyard and wedding Feast They lay snares for him He proves the Resurrection Eight woes against the Pharisees The poor widows charity He foretels the de struction of the Temple and the end of the World Foretells his death And is anointed The Passover is prepared Judas the Traytor The Lords Supperinstituted He washes his Disciples feet Faith shall not fail He comforts his Disciples The Parable of the vine and branches His Divine Prayer He foretells Peters denial Jesus in his Agony He is betrayed by Judas He is sent bound to Caiphas False witnesses against him He is judged guilty of death and abused Peter denies him And Repents Jesus is sent to Pilate Pilate cleers him He is sent to Herod who abuses him Pilate again cleers him Jesus is scourged and Crowned with Thorns Pilate condemns him He is mocked Judas hangs himself Jesus carries his cross He is Crucified And mocked The good Thief He gives up the Ghost The Vail of the Temple is rent His side is pierced His Body is given to Joseph And buried His Sepulchre is sealed His Resurrection Jesus appears to Mary M. And to other Women And to two going to Emaus And to his Disciples His speeches to them Thomas his incredulity His Faith is confirmed He appeared again And again His Ascension The Promises of him to the Fathers Chrysolog His excellency His painfull Death His violent Death His slow Death 2. His shame full death 3. His cursed Death