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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02849	Christs prayer vpon the Crosse for his enemies Father forgiue them, for they know not what they doe / by Sir Io. Hayward ...	Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.	1623 (1623)	STC 12989; ESTC S122571	27,936	154

redeemed and in thee no anger to bee appeased O good Father Charge me freely I say with thy stripes set them so surely and seuerely as thou wilt but suffer not my sufferings to bee vnfruitfull doe not double my griefe by causing me to lose the benefit of my grief For it would be a greater griefe to mee that these sinners should perish then are all the torments where with they teare mee euen as a louing mother sorroweth more at the losse of her childe then she did at her trauailes for his birth By suffering and by pardoning the redemption of the world must bee wrought and therefore pardon them O good Father For whom I suffer or else no redemption can follow And if the death which now I suffer if the life which now I offer bee not sufficient I will suffer another death I will offer another life I will doe anything O my good Father wholly to appease thee BVt if thou wilt not bee absolutely intreated yet forgiue them I beseech thee in regard of their ignorance For niether this people nor their Rulers doe dir●ctly know either who I am or what worke I haue in hand Whereby it followeth that they know not what they doe Blessed Father thou hast made mee wiser then my enemies For I know righ● well what I am about to doe b●● thou hast not suffered the diue● perfectly to know it much more is this vnskilful multitude inuolued in ignorance And therefore I am so farre from desiring reuenge that the more earnestly they endeauour with many torments to destroy mee the more earnest am I both in praying and pleading for their saluation For alas they are ignorant I pitie them with my heart and from my heart desire thee to bee intreated for them Giue them time and meanes to bee instructed open their vnderstanding to know mee and to know themselues but as the case now standeth forgiue them I pray thee for they know not what they doe And further seeing I am ioyfull in receiuing these harmes wherefore art thou displeased with those who doe them Seeing the party offended forgiue 〈◊〉 the wrong at whose suit will thy iustice prosecute What hath Iustice to doe when no man complaines Thou knowest right well that nothing can bee termed an iniurie which is not done against our will Seeing therefore I willingly suffer and that in obedience to thy will and appointment to performe a most necessary worke for the world remaine not thou displeased with those by whose hands my owne will is performed and this great worke accomplished BVT happily it may bee said that as this action in it selfe is the most heinous sin that euer was committed so are these in regard of themselues the most vnworthy to be forgiuen Be it so But O holy Father Do I die only for small offenders is not my death sufficient for all Doe I die for any other end but that all offenders may bee forgiuen And wilt not thou regard more my sufferings then any mans sinnes more my charitie in dying for my tormentors then their malice iu putting mee to death It is true indeed that if thou wilt punish them according to their demerits al the torments of hell are nothing neere sufficient but therefore it is better freely to forgiue them For as there was neuer sinne comparable to this so shalt thou neuer haue the like occasion to manifest thy mercy O my Father seeing my blood is shed by thy will imploy the same to the best effect let not any man be depriud of the benefit of that which is amply sufficient for all And fauour me also O father since I needs must die to make the best aduantage of my death to se● my life so well as I can And therefore pardon those I pray thee who torment me to death For the greater offenders thou pardonest for my sake the better I shall thinke my life employed and it nothing auaileth that I die for sinners if thou deniest to pardon sinners MEDITATIONS VPON THIS Prayer O PRECIOVS prayer fit onely to proceede from our All-mercifull Redeemer who as he taught vs to loue our enemies to pray for them that curse vs so heere by his example hee confirmed the same O meeke SAVIOVR what inflamed charity did sparkle in thy speeches how truely had the Iewes saide of thee before Neuer man spake as he speaketh For let all the prayers bee powred foorth that euer were made and wee shall find none parallell to this Many haue prayed for themselues many for their friends but who euer before in this sort prayed for his enemies Many haue forgiuen offences after they haue beene done when the paine is past and the offender happilie displeased at what hee did but whilest the mischiefe is in action and before it bee accomplished in the very height of madnesse and malice to see thee not onely forbeare to hate thy enemies but ardently to loue them to heare prayers for them flowing out of thy mouth with teares and groanes whilest thy blood was running out of thy veines to heare thee plead for them who wouldest not open thy mouth to speake for thy selfe What shall wee say but that pity and cruelty iniury and mercy anger and patience hate and loue did here meet and contend together O milde IESVS O the glory of my soule what humane iudgement yea what vnderstanding of Angels is able to apprehend that thou shouldest not only patiently endure but thus earnestly pray for thy mortall enemies Thy smart thy fainting the streames of blood which freshly flowed from thee might haue put thee in minde both of their malice and of their iniustice and yet wert thou wholly busied in procuring pardō both for that for all their other sinnes O euerlasting goodnesse what a maruellous example hast thou giuen both of patience and of loue Thou didst release those who fastened thee plead for those who did accuse thee intreat for those who did reuile thee acquite and discharge those who are in hand to kill thee they will not returne into the City before thou art dead and thou wilt not die vntill thou hast obtayned their pardon O Redeemer of soules thou didst neuer either doe iniury to any or blame any for doing iniurie to thee All thy actions and words tended to teach vs patience pity humility gentlenesse and all other goodnesse Albeit thou haddest many enemies in this world yet didst thou neuer term any man enemy all were esteemed friendes because thou wert a true friend to all Thou hadst been formerly presented before the high Priest and Elders before Pilate and before Herode in whose presence for the most part thou wert silent but beeing presented before thy Father on the Crosse thou didst first open thy lippes to speake for thy tormentors O vnspeakable charity How inestimable was thy loue towards miserable man When thou wert accused before worldly Iudges thou wouldst not spend one word for thy selfe but whē thou didst

to him that thou wilt not conuerse be familiar with him For thy SAVIOVR did not pray for his enemies vpon condition or in part hee prayed absolutely for all and for all offences of euery one GOD also is so noble in pardoning that hee cannot forgiue one sinne either alone or in part hee neuer pardoneth to halfes he cannot but either wholly pardon or wholly punish If any one sinne be vnpardoned the sinner must be charged with all O gentle IESV thou didst absolutely pray for all sinners and therewith offer thy blood as a sufficient ransome for all sinnes For all sinnes might bee numbred but thy precious blood could not be valued And it was not onely absolutely that thou diddest pray to thy Father but also that hee would presently forgiue thou wouldest not giue day it must bee foorthwith remission must bee granted without intermission Thou wert then neere the point of thy death but thou wouldest not die vntill pardon was granted thou wouldest not make paiment of all thy blood vntill thou hadst thy bargaine in hand vntill peace were composed betweene GOD and Man Thou art not like many worldly Parents who leaue small inheritances to their children intangled many times with debts suits or other incumbrances but for the heauenly inheritance which thou hast giuen vs thou hast made ready payment cleared all reckonings remooued all difficulties and charges and concluded perfect peace with thy Father before thy death saying vnto him FORGIVE and that presently O my Father for euen now is the time arriued to forgiue This is the houre of sacrifice the day of satisfaction the day of remission I am euen now readie to lay downe my life and I make now my last petition my last suit to thee shall bee this FATHER forgiue O heauenly FATHER as thou louest thy Sonne so hold him no longer in torments for I must not die vntill thou forgiue Neither did hee pray to the Father to forgiue the sinnes only which then had been committed but simply to forgiue euen those sinnes also which afterward should be committed For his persecuters had not then satisfied themselues with blasphemies and scornes they had not then offered him a spunge dipped in vineger they had not then opened his side with a speare they had not then feasted their eyes with sight of his dead bodie and yet he prayed as well for these as for all the cruelties which before they had done Yea for all sinnes not onely past and present but to ensue hee powred foorth this prayer Father forgiue Teaching vs thereby not onely readily to remit all wrongs receiued but to stand resolued nothing to regard whatsoeuer iniuries shall afterwards bee offered and to make diligent search that no secret desire of reuenge doe secretly rankle and fester in our soules But O meeke IESV O the hope of my soule what is the reason that thou doest pray to thy Father to forgiue Hadst thou not power in thy selfe to pardon sinnes Couldest not thou as easily giue as aske One word from thy selfe might haue serued the turne wherefore then didst thou intreate thy Father to forgiue O my soules solace was it to declare thy selfe to bee a perfect Priest in furnishing thy sacrifice with prayer for a Priest did offer not onely sacrifice but prayer hee was not onely a sacrificer but an intercessour for the people Or was it to shew that thou madest greater reckoning of the iniurie done to thy Fathers glorie then of the violence vsed against thine owne life Or lastly was it to manifest that thou wert so intentiue to the redemption of the world that thou wert not offended with any thing they did that thou tookest all in good part that thou didst not esteeme them malefactors to thee but benefactors to all the world regarding more the good that the world was redeemed then the hurt that thou didst die As if in other words thou hadst said FATHER These men haue broken thy Law discredited thy truth violated thy Temple blasphemed thy Name and therefore thou art hee who must forgiue them I haue no cause to forgiue because I am nothing grieued I am well pleased with my death I esteeme my life well bestowed seeing by this meanes the world is redeemed and heauen furnished with new glorious guests When losephs brethren feared that hee would reuenge their violence hee sayd vnto them When ye thought euill against me GOD disposed it to good that hee might bring to passe as it is this day and saue much people aliue Feare not therefore I will nourish you and your children Much more truely may our SAVIOVR say to those who crucified him You entended much euill against me but loe all is turned to my glory and to the good of many You thought by taking away my life to extinguish my power but loe I liue and haue all power in heauen and vpon earth There neuer was nor can bee done a more wicked act then the taking away of my life and yet neuer did so much good follow any act namely the saluation of much people aliue And now feare not my reuenge I haue prayed to the Father for you I haue obtained your pardon I haue obtained not onelie that you be not charged with the euill but that you may enioy the benefit of my death Which example if thou wilt follow O my soule If thou wilt regard more the good then the euil which ensueth euery action if thou wilt which is a property of GOD draw good out of euill thou shalt neuer hate any enemie but rather loue him for the good that hee worketh A great mans son will wel endure to be taught and reproued by his schoolmaster But there is no better schoolemaster then an enemie who beareth an eie ouer thy actions and wil be nimble to reprooue thy faults If thou wouldest liue warilie and in good order pray to GOD to send thee an enemie and thou shalt need no schoolemaster hee will spare thee that stipend An enemie is the bridle a friend is the couer of sinne Friends puffe vs vp but enemies humble vs and make vs vigilant and wise Hee who hateth his enemie striketh one that is sicke killeth a dying man Triacle is made of poison Take the malice of thy enemie temper it with loue to him and with the works of charitie towards him and thou makest an excellent preseruatiue for thy soule THEM BVT O gracious Sauiour who were they for whom thou diddest pray what them didst thou meane what them wouldest thou haue forgiuen were they thy cruell crucifiers wherefore then diddest thou not terme them bloodsuckers paricides sacrilegious hangmen or whatsoeuer other name either cruelty or impiety could deserue For two especiall causes One to instruct vs that wee abstaine from reprochfull speeches The other to declare that he esteemed no man to bee his enemy Vndoubtedly the Sonne of GOD did not accompt his executioners for his enemies but for his friends for his brethren