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experience_n of_o his_o temptation_n may_v have_v sympathy_n of_o we_o and_o be_v the_o more_o ready_a to_o help_v we_o heb._n 2.17_o and_o show_v we_o a_o way_n how_o to_o put_v the_o devil_n to_o flight_n even_o by_o quote_v scripture_n as_o he_o do_v which_o be_v indeed_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o teach_v we_o also_o to_o beware_v of_o be_v lead_v into_o temptation_n by_o our_o lust_n but_o let_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n bring_v we_o to_o the_o combat_n and_o he_o will_v bring_v we_o off_o with_o honour_n as_o christ_n be_v for_o he_o lead_v we_o not_o by_o seducement_n of_o deceit_n nor_o allure_v we_o by_o enticement_n to_o evil_a or_o by_o persuasion_n to_o venture_v upon_o any_o sinful_a way_n but_o do_v actuate_v we_o to_o combat_v with_o those_o temptation_n which_o he_o foresee_v be_v lay_v for_o we_o that_o our_o virtue_n may_v be_v improve_v and_o god_n glorify_v by_o such_o probation_n of_o we_o so_o it_o may_v just_o comfort_v we_o in_o all_o temptation_n that_o christ_n have_v overcome_v the_o devil_n in_o our_o behalf_n have_v merit_v victory_n for_o we_o his_o next_o suffering_n be_v extreme_a poverty_n and_o want_v of_o the_o comfort_n of_o this_o life_n mat._n 8.20_o he_o have_v not_o where_o to_o lay_v his_o head_n he_o live_v upon_o alm_n and_o borrow_v a_o ass_n and_o this_o be_v to_o make_v we_o rich_a 2_o cor._n 8.9_o yea_o to_o make_v ourselves_o poor_a by_o our_o liberality_n to_o other_o 2_o cor._n 8.9_o and_o not_o to_o place_v our_o felicity_n in_o worldly_a thing_n nor_o seek_v great_a matter_n for_o ourselves_o but_o be_v content_a with_o the_o mean_a estate_n christ_n be_v as_o poor_a as_o any_o man_n beside_o he_o have_v infirmity_n like_o we_o sin_n only_o except_v heb._n 4.15_o he_o hunger_v and_o thirst_v though_o he_o be_v the_o bread_n and_o water_n of_o life_n and_o be_v weary_a though_o the_o way_n to_o life_n he_o be_v subject_a to_o anger_v sadness_n fear_n and_o sorrow_n and_o this_o be_v that_o he_o may_v merit_v strength_n for_o we_o and_o we_o be_v enable_v in_o he_o further_o he_o suffer_v extreme_a disgrace_n from_o the_o jew_n for_o they_o deny_v his_o divinity_n his_o birth_n by_o a_o virgin_n nor_o will_v receive_v he_o as_o their_o king_n and_o saviour_n john_n 1.11_o they_o reproach_v he_o also_o unjust_o and_o accuse_v he_o of_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n and_o of_o seduce_v the_o people_n against_o the_o magistrate_n with_o treason_n and_o sedition_n against_o his_o own_o soul_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o conjurer_n so_o with_o gluttony_n and_o drunkenness_n and_o a_o favourer_n of_o sinner_n by_o which_o mean_v the_o people_n be_v offend_v in_o he_o mark_v 6.3_o all_o this_o fell_a upon_o he_o by_o the_o imputation_n of_o our_o sin_n who_o be_v guilty_a though_o he_o be_v innocent_a and_o therefore_o he_o speak_v but_o little_a in_o his_o own_o defence_n also_o that_o he_o may_v deliver_v we_o from_o eternal_a shame_n and_o merit_n for_o we_o eternal_a glory_n and_o that_o we_o may_v be_v ashamed_a for_o his_o sake_n to_o suffer_v all_o reproach_n heb._n 12.3_o 4._o beside_o he_o undergo_v many_o danger_n of_o be_v cast_v down_o the_o cleft_n of_o nazareth_n headlong_o and_o of_o ston_a by_o the_o jew_n all_o which_o he_o suffer_v as_o the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o save_v we_o from_o everlasting_a destruction_n but_o above_o all_o this_o he_o suffer_v his_o enemy_n to_o consult_v his_o death_n to_o be_v betray_v by_o judas_n to_o be_v deny_v by_o peter_n to_o be_v forsake_v by_o the_o rest_n and_o this_o he_o suffer_v for_o our_o perfidiousness_n in_o adam_n our_o forsake_v god_n and_o deny_v his_o
truth_n and_o believe_v the_o devil_n far_o a_o bitter_a agony_n seize_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o garden_n mat._n 26.38_o not_o for_o fear_n of_o death_n but_o of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o sin_n death_n and_o the_o devil_n which_o they_o have_v get_v over_o mankind_n next_o the_o great_a ingratitude_n of_o the_o most_o part_n of_o mankind_n the_o dispersion_n of_o little_a flock_n the_o scandal_n they_o may_v take_v at_o his_o death_n the_o sad_a ruin_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o he_o foresee_v and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n for_o man_n sin_n of_o which_o now_o he_o begin_v to_o have_v a_o sense_n as_o be_v surety_n for_o we_o and_o all_o this_o he_o suffer_v without_o any_o perturbation_n of_o sinful_a passion_n and_o this_o be_v do_v sure_o to_o expiate_v our_o sinful_a fear_n and_o doubt_n and_o to_o encourage_v we_o in_o any_o terror_n that_o arise_v from_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n though_o they_o put_v we_o into_o great_a agony_n but_o these_o be_v not_o all_o his_o suffering_n for_o 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