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the_o most_o free_a the_o author_n of_o it_o to_o all_o that_o enjoy_v any_o spiritual_a freedom_n become_v a_o servant_n that_o we_o whiâ—h_o be_v servant_n may_v be_v make_v free_a but_o beside_o this_o it_o be_v add_v here_o that_o he_o humble_v himself_o have_v take_v on_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n he_o humble_v himself_o where_o we_o may_v observe_v what_o make_v the_o suffering_n of_o our_o saviour_n so_o meritorious_a it_o be_v because_o it_o be_v active_a free_a and_o voluntary_a our_o passion_n be_v contrary_a to_o our_o will_n we_o be_v draw_v to_o it_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o peter_n when_o thou_o be_v old_a they_o shall_v lead_v thou_o whither_o thou_o will_v not_o joh._n 21.18_o peter_n die_v the_o same_o death_n our_o saviour_n do_v according_a to_o the_o external_a passion_n but_o they_o lead_v he_o whither_o he_o will_v not_o our_o saviour_n be_v a_o actor_n in_o it_o humble_v himself_o a_o bare_a suffering_n god_n regard_v not_o so_o much_o but_o when_o it_o be_v do_v willing_o and_o in_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o as_o he_o be_v obedient_a in_o his_o death_n so_o also_o in_o his_o other_o passion_n in_o the_o gospel_n according_a to_o st._n john_n joh._n 11.33_o whereas_o the_o text_n read_v he_o be_v trouble_v the_o marginal_a note_n have_v it_o according_a to_o the_o original_a greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o trouble_v himself_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o his_o own_o suffering_n joh._n 10.17_o he_o be_v not_o humble_v as_o a_o mere_a patient_a but_o he_o humble_v himself_o and_o so_o it_o be_v say_v in_o scripture_n oft_o he_o give_v himself_o for_o we_o and_o in_o all_o his_o passive_a obedience_n he_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o merit_n of_o his_o passive_a obedience_n arise_v from_o a_o mixture_n with_o his_o active_a this_o be_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o priesthood_n his_o humble_v and_o how_o do_v he_o take_v his_o priesthood_n upon_o he_o it_o be_v by_o his_o father_n call_n he_o be_v call_v unto_o it_o as_o be_v aaron_n heb._n 5.4_o no_o man_n say_v the_o apostle_n take_v this_o honour_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o that_o be_v call_v now_o christ_n be_v call_v to_o it_o he_o do_v it_o to_o follow_v his_o call_n and_o thus_o he_o do_v it_o active_o it_o be_v not_o a_o bare_a suffering_n as_o those_o in_o hell_n suffer_v but_o according_a to_o his_o father_n call_n observe_v heb._n 10.9_o that_o place_n take_v out_o of_o the_o psalm_n i_o be_o come_v to_o do_v thy_o will_n o_o god_n etc._n etc._n what_o be_v it_o only_o in_o its_o active_a obedience_n no_o it_o be_v thy_o will_n that_o he_o shall_v suffer_v as_o the_o word_n follow_v in_o the_o ten_o verse_n import_n by_o the_o which_o will_v we_o be_v sanctify_v and_o by_o the_o body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n once_o offer_v so_o that_o christ_n offer_v up_o himself_o to_o do_v his_o father_n will_n so_o that_o his_o passive_a obedience_n be_v in_o his_o active_a so_o joh._n 10.17_o therefore_o do_v my_o father_n love_v i_o because_o i_o lay_v down_o my_o life_n that_o i_o may_v take_v it_o up_o again_o no_o man_n take_v it_o from_o i_o but_o i_o lay_v it_o down_o our_o saviour_n when_o he_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n put_v it_o off_o as_o a_o man_n that_o put_v off_o his_o cloak_n and_o lay_v it_o from_o he_o they_o wonder_v that_o he_o be_v dead_a so_o soon_o it_o '_o be_v because_o himself_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n his_o soul_n then_o be_v not_o drag_v or_o force_v out_o of_o his_o body_n it_o be_v not_o only_o passive_a but_o active_a obedience_n no_o man_n take_v it_o from_o i_o i_o have_v power_n
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reproach_n that_o can_v be_v cast_v on_o a_o man_n be_v lay_v on_o he_o this_o man_n be_v a_o wine-bibber_n and_o a_o glutton_n a_o friend_n of_o publican_n and_o sinner_n mat._n 11.19_o and_o again_o do_v we_o not_o say_v well_o thou_o be_v a_o samaritan_n that_o be_v a_o heretic_n he_o be_v a_o caster_n out_o of_o devil_n john_n 8.48_o and_o therein_o they_o deny_v not_o but_o he_o do_v good_a but_o see_v the_o villainy_n of_o it_o he_o be_v a_o good_a witch_n as_o we_o call_v they_o and_o though_o he_o do_v good_a yet_o it_o be_v by_o the_o help_n of_o belzebub_n when_o he_o draw_v near_o his_o death_n see_v mark_n 15.3_o the_o text_n say_v they_o accuse_v he_o of_o many_o thing_n few_o thing_n be_v express_v yet_o a_o great_a many_o comprehend_v in_o these_o word_n those_o that_o be_v express_v be_v heinous_a and_o notorious_a crime_n first_o against_o the_o first_o table_n they_o accuse_v he_o of_o blasphemy_n and_o therefore_o condemn_v he_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n do_v you_o bear_v his_o blasphemy_n mat._n 4.64_o say_v they_o then_o against_o the_o second_o table_n they_o post_v he_o to_o the_o civil_a court_n and_o there_o they_o lie_v to_o his_o charge_n high_a treason_n against_o caesar_n for_o he_o say_v they_o that_o make_v himself_o a_o king_n be_v a_o enemy_n unto_o caesar_n john_n 19.12_o and_o yet_o the_o innocent_a lamb_n mat._n 27.12_o for_o all_o this_o open_v not_o his_o mouth_n vers_fw-la 14._o insomuch_o that_o pilate_n wonder_v he_o speak_v not_o a_o word_n in_o his_o own_o defence_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o he_o come_v to_o suffer_v and_o to_o have_v all_o these_o slander_n and_o reproach_n put_v upon_o he_o not_o to_o excuse_v himself_o 3._o he_o lead_v a_o life_n subject_a to_o danger_n when_o he_o go_v among_o his_o own_o people_n to_o preach_v the_o acceptable_a year_n of_o the_o lord_n luk._n 4.19.29_o they_o bring_v he_o upon_o a_o high_a hill_n to_o the_o brow_n thereof_o with_o a_o purpose_n to_o cast_v he_o down_o and_o break_v his_o neck_n other_o threaten_v to_o kill_v he_o too_o the_o devil_n here_o follow_v he_o with_o temptation_n even_o to_o idolatry_n itself_o mat._n 4.6_o the_o devil_n himself_o tempt_v he_o forty_o day_n and_o then_o leave_v he_o not_o as_o if_o he_o will_v not_o return_v and_o tempt_v he_o no_o more_o but_o as_o st._n luke_n render_v it_o the_o devil_n leave_v he_o for_o a_o season_n luke_n 4._o ver_fw-la 13._o not_o as_o if_o he_o intend_v to_o leave_v he_o quite_o but_o to_o come_v and_o try_v he_o again_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n they_o tempt_v he_o too_o and_o prove_v he_o with_o hard_a question_n which_o if_o he_o can_v not_o answer_v they_o will_v proclaim_v he_o a_o insufficient_a man_n and_o all_o the_o people_n will_v have_v laugh_v he_o to_o scorn_v nor_o be_v this_o all_o only_a in_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o ministry_n all_o his_o life_n be_v as_o it_o be_v pave_v with_o temptation_n every_o step_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o gin_n and_o trap_n to_o ensnare_v he_o 4._o add_v to_o all_o this_o that_o he_o be_v not_o like_o we_o he_o know_v when_o and_o by_o what_o death_n he_o shall_v die_v he_o know_v in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o suffering_n what_o he_o shall_v suffer_v and_o what_o shall_v come_v upon_o he_o at_o his_o death_n if_o any_o of_o we_o shall_v know_v that_o he_o must_v die_v a_o curse_a shameful_a and_o painful_a death_n and_o know_v when_o it_o shall_v be_v it_o will_v mar_v all_o our_o mirth_n and_o put_v we_o to_o our_o dump_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o our_o jollity_n our_o saviour_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o his_o joy_n on_o earth_n say_v i_o have_v a_o baptism_n to_o be_v baptize_v with_o luk._n 12.50_o he_o know_v the_o cruel_a death_n which_o he_o shall_v suffer_v on_o the_o cross._n and_o how_o be_v he_o pain_v till_o it_o be_v accomplish_v the_o pain_n of_o it_o run_v through_o all_o his_o life_n and_o may_v well_o make_v his_o whole_a life_n uncomfortable_a unto_o he_o in_o the_o twelve_o of_o john_n 23._o a_o little_a before_o the_o passover_n say_v he_o the_o hour_n be_v come_v that_o the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v glorify_v and_o then_o verse_n 27._o now_o be_v my_o soul_n trouble_v and_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v father_n save_v i_o from_o this_o hour_n when_o the_o time_n be_v draw_v nigh_o some_o five_o or_o six_o day_n before_o the_o consideration_n of_o it_o trouble_v he_o though_o he_o know_v he_o shall_v be_v glorify_v yet_o the_o fright_n of_o it_o enwrap_v he_o with_o fear_n now_o be_v my_o soul_n trouble_v what_o shall_v i_o say_v father_n save_v i_o from_o this_o hour_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o life_n do_v our_o saviour_n lead_v few_o but_o evil_a be_v his_o day_n as_o evil_a as_o few_o he_o have_v no_o comfort_n in_o they_o come_v we_o now_o to_o the_o point_n of_o his_o death_n the_o last_o thing_n and_o those_o thing_n that_o do_v touch_v he_o therein_o be_v the_o curse_n shame_n and_o pain_n of_o it_o if_o there_o be_v any_o death_n more_o accurse_v he_o must_v die_v that_o death_n if_o any_o death_n more_o shameful_a or_o more_o painful_a than_o other_o he_o must_v die_v that_o all_o these_o do_v concur_v in_o the_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o he_o suffer_v in_o that_o death_n of_o the_o cross._n it_o be_v the_o most_o accurse_a most_o shameful_a and_o most_o painful_a death_n as_o can_v be_v devise_v first_o for_o the_o accursedness_n of_o it_o there_o be_v no_o death_n that_o have_v a_o more_o peculiar_a curse_n on_o it_o then_o this_o howsoever_o all_o death_n be_v accurse_v when_o they_o light_v on_o one_o that_o be_v without_o christ_n but_o his_o death_n have_v a_o legal_a curse_n and_o this_o be_v the_o curse_n annex_v to_o the_o cross_n a_o type_n of_o that_o real_a curse_n now_o the_o type_n of_o a_o real_a curse_n be_v hang_v on_o the_o tree_n thou_o shall_v bury_v he_o that_o day_n for_o he_o that_o be_v hang_v on_o a_o tree_n be_v accurse_v by_o god_n deut._n 21.23_o so_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o allude_v unto_o this_o galat._n 3.12_o and_o here_o we_o see_v the_o bless_a son_n of_o god_n he_o in_o who_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o blessedness_n we_o see_v he_o stand_v in_o so_o curse_v a_o condition_n to_o be_v make_v as_o it_o be_v as_o a_o anathema_n the_o high_a degree_n of_o curse_v that_o may_v be_v second_o consider_v the_o shame_n of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o place_n in_o the_o best_a of_o orator_n that_o express_v the_o detestableness_n and_o shame_n of_o this_o death_n of_o the_o cross._n facinus_fw-la etc._n etc._n cicero_n lib._n 5._o in_o verrem_fw-la see_v what_o a_o gradation_n there_o be_v it_o be_v hardly_o to_o be_v express_v in_o english_a it_o be_v a_o great_a fault_n to_o bind_v a_o citizen_n of_o rome_n and_o a_o gentleman_n what_o be_v it_o to_o beat_v he_o what_o to_o crucify_v he_o his_o eloquence_n fail_v he_o there_o as_o be_v not_o able_a to_o express_v the_o detestableness_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o the_o chief_a captain_n be_v afraid_a because_o he_o have_v bind_v paul_n after_o he_o have_v hear_v he_o be_v a_o freeman_n of_o rome_n act._n 22.29_o but_o then_o it_o be_v worse_a to_o beat_v he_o but_o what_o be_v it_o to_o crucify_v he_o our_o bless_a saviour_n go_v through_o all_o these_o indignity_n first_o they_o come_v against_o he_o with_o sword_n and_o with_o staff_n as_o against_o a_o thief_n they_o sell_v he_o for_o a_o base_a price_n they_o beat_v he_o with_o rod_n prick_v he_o and_o after_o all_o they_o crucify_v he_o consider_v then_o the_o shame_n of_o