by his Father It pleased God to give him up to the cruelties of wicked men and the sorrows of death and that his Divine Nature though personally and inseparably united to his humanity should for a time suspend the effects of its beatifying union and leave him suffer as a man in soul and body the greatest pains without the least comforts They that saw our Crucified Saviour suffer so patiently as not to open his mouth to complain might have thought that he had no sense of pain therefore he crys out so bitterly My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Why dost thou suffer me to be plung'd into this gulf of sorrow so that I have nothing but anguish within and without Why dost thou suffer me to be almost overwhelm'd by so great a distress and art so far from helping me and from the words of my complaint Psal 22. Lord we had deserved to sink and evermore to cry and groan in the bottomless pit and to rescue us Thou art pleas'd to descend very low and with strong crying and tears to say de profundis clamavi out of the depths have I cryed unto thee Psal 130. O Lord hear my voyce be pleased to hear us dearest Lord when we call upon thee and make thy voice sink into our hearts and there find a cheerful admission and a constant and sincere obedience §. 12. The height Now we have only the heigth of the Cross to look on that is the sublimity the greatness of the torments of Christs crucifixion that in this sense his Cross was very high appears already by what hath been said and yet we may consider further that he being conceiv'd by the Holy Ghost of a most pure Virgin was therefore of a most healthful constitution so that his senses being very quick and apprehensive were sensible of pain beyond other men's and so all the blows and wounds he receiv'd and his being nail'd and stretch'd three long hours on the Cross as upon the rack must needs have been a most exquisite torture Also the vigor of his nature being neither weakned nor spent by age or distempers he being full of strength and in the flower of his age was capable to taste the smart and sharpness of his pain to the very last moment of his life and so 't is written by S. Luke that he cryed with a loud voice when he gave up the ghost to shew that he was still very strong and that his death was bitter and violent to extremity There was likewise an invisible Cross which afflicted his soul and made it sorrowful even unto death his heart was like wax Psal 22. melted in the midst of his bowels and in the midst of so many and such intollerable pains his murtherers shook their heads made mouthes at him scoft at his sorrows by cruel and insulting mockeries and by their tongues and derisions aggravated those sufferings which their hands could hardly increase but that the Cross of Christ was higher in the greatness of it's pains than that of any Martyr of any man that ever suffered is evident enough only by considering who it was that was crucified on it for it was more that JESUS being perfect God as well as Man should shed one drop of blood than that all Men and Angels should for Millions of years bear the greatest torments Lord we were wonderfully made by thy power but we are yet more wonderfully redeem'd by thy mercy Lord what is man that thou shouldst thus be mindful of him or rather what is man that he is unmindful of thee §. 13. What an infinite love is exprest by the Cross Now we have seen the whole frame of the Cross writ all over in blood with characters of love expressions of the greatest kindness for a testimony that JESUS lov'd us unto death Not any sorrow or anguish in his soul not any gap or wound in his body but are as many mouthes to cry aloud in the ears of all men Behold what manner of love God had for his enemies his sinful and unworthy creatures to suffer such things to die in such a manner for to redeem them and make them happy Now let us if we can comprehend the breadth and the length O dilectio quam magnum est vinculum tuum quo ligari potuit Deus Idiot the heighth and the depth of the love of JESUS that love which bound him much harder than the cords of the Jews and nail'd him to his cross much faster than those Irons which pierc't his hands and feet for he that could with one word cast his enemies to the ground could easily have broke their bands and escap't from them but that his love did constrain him and make him desirous and willing thus to die What man would suffer one half of what Christ did for his dearest Benefactor And then how immense and wonderful was that charity which he exprest in suffering the ignominy and pains of the Cross for those that were his enemies and had highly injur'd him and from whom he could expect no reward but only to be lov'd again Let us therefore remember it throughout this whole book or rather throughout our whole life that we have been redeem'd from eternal despair and misery and from our vain and sinful conversation not by any corruptible thing as silver and gold but by the precious Blood of Christ shed with great pain and great ignominy §. 14. Of the eternal happiness Jesus merited for us by his death This love of JESUS is more already by far than ours can answer Could our hearts burn perpetually with those brightest flames of love which beatifie the Cherubims could they contain all the most passionate affections of all Saints both in heaven and earth yet we could not love JESUS so much as he deserves for having died to save us from eternal death and yet he did more he suffer'd death that we might have life that we might have eternal life Not only that we might not be intirely miserable but also that we might be perfectly happy Heaven is the purchase of the Blood of Christ as well as Redemption from hell God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us when we were dead in trespasses and sins hath quickned us together with Christ and hath rais'd us up Ephes 2.5 together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus Let us meditate a while upon that far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory reserv'd in heaven for us 2 Cor. 4.17 and in it consider the same dimensions as in the price wherewith it was bought the Cross of our Saviour and it will greatly press and increase our obligations to love him It is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as S. Paul calls it each word is a part of its dimension First the Breadth it comprehends all joys and pleasures all things that are good and desirable all that can yield satisfaction and create
affections natural love that powerful passion whereby all things and all men are govern'd §. 21. Of the properties of love The first Though the properties of love in general be better known by experience than they can be by discourse Ineffabilem prorsus ego sentio amorem Dei qui sentiri magis quam dici possit Basil yet it may serve to good purpose to say something of them the first whereof is that love always imbraceth what is good either in truth or appearance for Man's inclinations are still the same as they were in the state of innocence though much depraved we still pursue after what we think will make us happy only we mistake Like the bramble in the fable which having lost a rich freight of the finest silks and now takes hold of the coarsest stuffs to recover its loss so have all men a secret sense that they are faln from a state of felicity and have lost a jewel of infinite value which still they esteem and love though they know it not and therefore now to recover the eminency of their first station they are climbing upon every mole-hill petty mountains of ambition to recover their lost jewel they pick up every pebble stone where they see a glimpse of beauty where they relish any thing of goodness there they set their love and affection as if that were the summum bonum which is but an imperfect shadow of it so that we are like an infortunate lover who being seiz'd by a phrensy forgets and forsakes his Mistress and dotes on her picture We neglect God and fall in love with those things that have the least impress of his perfection and then like Idolaters we pay that worship to the work which is due to the maker only Therefore ought we to take great heed that we be not taken with every seeming beauty or goodness but that we examine whether that be the thing which will make us intirely happy and beyond which we shall wish for nothing For if it be not we must pass it by and seek further and never rest nor set our hearts on any thing till we have found that true and perfect good most obvious and easie to be found which being lov'd will be certainly possest and being possest will make us perfectly happy and that is God alone It is the meditation of S. Augustine Amaturus honorem forte non perventurus quis me amavit non ad me pervenit quisquis me quaerit cum ipso sum c. Tract 10. in Ep. Johan Thou maist seek after honours and not obtain them thou maist labour for riches and remain poor thou maist dote on pleasures and have many sorrows but our God the Supreme Goodness saith Who ever sought me and found me not who ever defir'd me and obtain'd me not who ever lov'd me and mist of me I am with him that seeks for me he hath me already that wisheth for me and he that loveth me is sure of me the way to come to me is neither long nor difficult love makes me present to every lover §. 22. The second A second property of love is that it never rests and is never satisfied until it be possest of the beloved object This makes abused worldlings so busie so perpetually restless and active about the purchase of their beloved vanities and this makes devout Christians like S. Paul Phil. 3. never to count themselves to have apprehended but forgetting the things which are behind and reaching forth to those that are before to press forward towards the mark the price of their high calling the object of their love and most passionate desires This restlessness and activity of love found work enough for the Fathers of the Desarts whose indefatigable pains to mortifie their sinful appetites whose unwearied diligence to serve God whose swift and violent motion heaven-ward is the object of our wonder and upbraids our sloth and negligence They were almost wholy freed from the necessities of the body which is the endless task and work of other men and yet they were always imploy'd they had almost nothing to do and yet were never idle the love of Eternity the love of JESUS kept them in action they dwelt in peace and yet were never at rest Our heart which is the seat of love can never be quiet till it returns within Gods imbraces till it be possest of that infinite good which all men love though but a few know it See the several plots and undertakings of men in the world 't is love sets them at work 't is to obtain what their blind affections run after that they are so assiduous and so laborious See the prayers and pious exercises the self-denial and mortifications the manifold acts of charity and the great patience of Christians in the Church 't is love also hath set them their task and makes them so diligent so watchful till they have fulfil'd it We sometimes wipe the tears from our eyes and our sorrows admit of joyful intervals our anger doth not last always and sometimes hatred is asleep Habet omnis amor vim suam nec potest vacare amor in anima amantis Aug. but love like the heart wherein it dwells can never cease to act and move till it ceaseth to be where ever love is it shews it's life and power and is always doing §. 23. The third In the third place as love is active so it is effective it doth not spend it self in useless and insignificant attempts it 's strength is great as well as it's indeavours Great are the dangers and difficulties which love overcomes it carries the ambitious lover of honour through many uneasie perils to a fading laurel it carries the covetous lover of riches through the most hard and slavish labours to his false and treacherous mammon and it carries likewise the devout lover of JESUS through obedience and self-humiliation through briers and uneasie crosses through patience and the greatest sufferings to the injoyment of his Beloved Love can do all things since it brought God down from heaven to become man and die for man Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. 8.35 c. saith S. Paul Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword nay in all these things we are more then conquerors through him that loved us for I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord As much as to say that the power of love is irresistible that it answers all objections and conquers all obstacles notwithstanding mans high provocations and great unworthiness love made the Almighty lay down the arms of his just vengeance and open his bosom of mercy to give his dear and onely Son
further than only to stir up our dull affections and raise holy passions in us But if we sincerely forsake our sins and evidence our love to JESUS 't is not greatly material what means or instruments we use §. 28. Meditation on the passion My love is crucified said that loving and holy Martyr Ignatius declaring how earnestly he wish't to die for JESUS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and so considering the passion of JESUS I meditate with him My love is crucified my dearest Saviour dies in most bitter pains he hath been rudely bound and drag'd from place to place he hath been stript tied to a post and whipt like a vile slave he hath been buffetted and caned and abus'd with all manner of contumelies and now I see him crown'd with thorns all over spittle and blood I see him stretch'd upon the cross where his hands and his feet are nail'd his head hangs down I read in his pale face and his weeping eyes the extremity of his pain the anguish of his wounded soul Lord art thou he whom my soul loveth O Domine Jesu Christe si intelligentia quam mihi dedisti uti vellem sicut deberem cernerem manifeste quo modo imo quam sine modo à me creatura tua amari merueris qui prior dilexisti me tantus tantum gratis tantillum talem ingratum Idiot art thou my dearest JESUS were it my father my brother my friend or my benefactor that should suffer this undeservedly how would I pitty them but should they suffer this upon my account Lord I could not outlive such a sight if nothing else love would certainly wound my soul to death But behold it is so this crucified this dying man is my father he gave me my being he is my brother he came down from heaven and took humane flesh that he might have that relation to me he is my friend he lays down his life to save mine he is my greatest benefactor from him I receive all I have all the blessings the good things I injoy I owe to his kindness But heark methinks I hear him speak to me these pathetick these moving words Christian dearest Christian for whom here I die consider seriously imprint it in thine heart what in my words what in my mysteries thou readest of my suffering for thee consider who I am what I indure and to what end I am the eternal Son of God whom the Angels adore I became Man to make thee partaker of the Divine Nature I am infinitely rich the whole universe is mine I became thus destitute of all things to purchase true riches for thee I am of an Almighty Power the whole world was made and subsists by me I am now weak to make thee strong I am overcome of mine enemies to make thee conquer thine I am crown'd with glory and cloth'd with Majesty I now wear these thorns and am become naked to clothe thee with robes of righteousness and Crown thee with a Royal Diadem I am the inexhaustible fountain of joy and happiness I now indure sorrows and miseries to make thee joyful and happy I am infinitely pure and innocent I am become a sacrifice for sin to merit thy pardon and to sanctifie and make thee holy I am the Author of life the first and the last I now die to make thee live for ever nothing but love moves me thus to suffer for thee This us'd to be written under Crucifixes Aspice serve Dei sic me posuere Judaei Aspice mortalis pro te datur hostia talis Aspice devote quoniam sic pendeo pro te Introitum vitae reddo tibi redde mihi te In cruce sum pro te qui peceas desine pro me Desine do veniam dic culpam corrige vitam and nothing but love I require for it Dearest soul thy sins are more grievous to me than my wounds add not sorrow to my sorrow by remaining impenitent deny not this request to thy dying bleeding Saviour that thou wouldst mortifie thy lusts and forsake thy sins all that is past I heartily forgive if thou becomest true penitent I freely give my self for thee and beg that thou wouldst give thy self to me §. 29. Protestations of love to JESUS What shall I say now dearest Lord Words cannot answer thee I am amaz'd I am astonished I know not how to speak my tongue cannot express what my heart feels Lord I will say nothing I will answer with sighs and tears with devout affections by resigning and giving up my body and soul to thee I will answer by obedience by actions by now falling to work to reform my life to mortifie my sinful lusts to cut off the members of the body of sin Sweetest JESU I will love thee with all the affections my heart can entertain no bosome sin shall be so dear to me but for thy sake I will heartily part with it no lust shall be so pleasing but I will kill it at thy request and command even my natural desires and inclinations will I gladly deny when they come in competition with that duty and love I owe and ever will pay JESUS sect 30. Of a sincere amendment But fickle and unhappy creatures that we are we often promise well but seldome stand to our ingagements our resolutions are good and our performances very defective The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak I must not therefore rest in generals but I must resolve more especially against those sins I am inclined to and not only against them but also upon the means whereby I may overcome and mortifie them as avoiding the occasions and inticements inflicting on my self such severities as may be proper remedies and tying my self to such pious exercises as I know will drive away the temptation To forsake my sins is not to forbear drunkenness when perhaps I am not inclined to it or to avoid swearing when I look upon it as an unpleasing and unprofitable sin or to hate covetousness when by nature I am liberal but knowing what sin pleaseth me most what vice my temper inclines me to and what temptation is most strong and importunate upon me by my calling or my company against that to fortifie my self and imploy the utmost of my strength against that to watch and pray and use sincere and earnest indeavours To forsake my sins is not to say I will forsake them Some men when they are call'd upon by fear adversity or the secret voice of God within them are forward enough to ingage with the Elder Brother in the Gospel Lord I will go and work in thy vineyard but their hot zeal and hasty promise soon decays into negligence and at last into a cold denial Though I resolve against my natural corruptions never so seriously that will not subdue them without I use proper means for it to take up my cross and follow Christ to forsake all for him to deny my self to take the kingdom of heaven by force
grievous and yet in keeping of them there is great reward a temporal happiness than which none is greater in this world and an eternal happiness infinitely greater than any this world can afford do not I see what pains most men are at to get a subsistence for this world how they run and sweat and spend themselves to provide for this perishing life which yet is miserable short and uncertain and shall I not labour for the meat which abideth to eternal life shall I be at no pains to secure that life which hath no end and knows no misery O that I could duly understand the difference betwixt this life and the life to come how would I slight the one and desire the other or rather how cheerfully would I imploy this present to obtain that which is to come Is not there servants that work hard day by day a whole year together for small wages who are almost perpetually imploy'd about their masters business and yet have sometimes no thanks and often but a sorry reward and am not I one of those labourers whom my Lord hath hired to work in his vineyard Mat. 20. am not I one of those servants whom he hath intrusted with his goods to whom he hath intrusted talents to improve for him and do not I desire he should tell me one day well done Mat. 21. good and faithful servant is not my salary great greater than any Prince on earth could make it greater than I could wish greater than I can comprehend eternal rest eternal joys eternal happiness eternal glories eternity it self he himself will be my reward Eternity Eternity Eternity Blessed Eternity Eternity never enough to be consider'd Eternity never enough to be valu'd shall I obtainthee by what I do here for my Lord shall I obtain thee by that imperfect service I pay to my gracious Master O God who hast prepared for them that love thee Sixth Sunday after Trinity such good things as pass manse understanding pour into our hearts such love towards thee that we loving thee above all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that we can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord I am not worthy to be called thy Son I have often beg'd to be one of thy hired servants the meanest so I love and obey best O let me like thy servant Moses ever have a respect to the recompence of the reward ever consider what I shall get by serving thee that I may be diligent persevering and cheerful in doing my duty O my soul blush to consider how laborious men are for the unsatisfying acquests of this earth how eager thou hast been thy self in pursuing of them and how slothful how unactive and heavy thou art in working for eternal rest for the treasures of eternity for the glories of heaven for those Divine Pleasures which are at the right hand of God for evermore Whence comes this unhappy soul is it not from inconsideration because thou dost not lift up thine eyes to see whither the way of love and obedience will bring thee because thou dost not look beyond the world upon things eternal because thou dost not often enough meditate upon heaven and eternity that unvaluable infinite recompence which awaits thee as soon as thy work is finish'd Resolve therefore to amend this and daily once at least to consider what are thy wages what thou shalt get by serving God As the Apostle says of afflictions that they are light and but for a moment whilst we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen the same we may say of the most difficult of Christian duties that they are light and but for a moment that they are easie and soon done that there is no tediousness no hardship in them whilst we look upon things eternal whilst we have a respect unto the recompense of the reward §. 4. We should often look on our reward This consideration doubtless would be powerful and effectual would wake and stir us up and make us active and lively if we had it often in our minds Therefore our Blessed Saviour to incourage his followers and make them diligent in his service doth often give them to understand what by parables and what by plain declarations that they should not serve him for nought and that they should be no losers by him that he would consider them for their time for their expences for their sufferings and for their labours that he would take notice of the least thing they should do for him so that even a cup of water given for his sake should not go unrewarded and that their reward should be great bountiful and most excellent far above their deserts and even above their wishes and apprehensions an angelick nature a glory bright as the Sun it self an eternal life a heavenly an endless kingdom his own joys should be their portion and their recompence And we find also the Holy Apostles assuring those whom they brought to work in their Lords vineyard that they should certainly have their hire and be paid most generously for their work God will render to every man according to his deeds Rom. 2.6.7 to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory honour and immortality shall be rendred eternal life Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour 1 Cor. 3.8 And S. Paul to incourage the Corinthians tells them that we Christians are entred into a race at the end whereof we may see the Laurel 1 Cor. 9.24 palmam in stadio positam a glorious prize an incorruptible crown if we will run and strive for it and he likewise tells the Ephesians Eph. 6.8 that whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of the Lord whether be be bond or free S. Peter also teacheth that we should be mov'd and incourag'd by the greatness of the promised reward to forsake our lusts and wholly devote our selves to God 2 Pet. 1.4 exceeding great and glorious promises are given unto us that by these you might be partakers of the Divine Nature having escaped the pollution that is in the world through lust Heb. 5.9 Christ is become the author of eternal salvation to them that obey him not to those who hope and roll and take hold and so the result of all these may be comprehended in the exhortation of S. 1 Cor. 15.58 Paul My Beloved Brethren be ye stedfast unmovable always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. In this sense good works are meritorious in that they procure us a reward a reward infinitely greater than their own desert §. 5. Love is noble and generous But Though it may incourage us to love that gracious God who gives so very much for that little we are able to do yet love its self is not Mercenary
that is begotten and so reciprocally The Divine Essence is but one it admits of no division therefore whatever honour is paid to one of the Divine Persons is paid to all Three the Ever-glorious Trinity is honour'd by it But then it must be consider'd that JESUS the second Person of that Blessed and Glorious Trinity is not only God but also Man and so Mediator betwixt God and Man so that by and through him we pray we worship we love God As God manifested his love to men in JESUS so in JESUS men offer the returns of their love to God 1 Joh. 4.9 In this was manifested the love of God towards us because God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him and in this is manifested our love towards God that we receive and love and obey that Son With this God is in no wise offended but rather infinitely well pleas'd Joh. 14.21 he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father saith our Blessed Saviour 23. If a man love me he will keep my word and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him and again If any man serve me Joh. 12.26 him will my Father honour Though we owe our redemption to the infinite mercies of God Father Son and Holy Ghost yet in a more especial manner we are ingaged to the Son who personally came down from heaven for us men and for our salvation JESUS is the Author and finisher of our faith he is the Founder of our Holy Religion it is he hath reveal'd those doctrines we are to believe it is he hath given us those laws and precepts whereby we are to live it is he from whom we are called Christians it is he who for us despised the shame and indured the Cross who hath shed his blood and given his life a ransom for ours it is he who by contracting a near relation with us becoming our brother hath caus'd us to be adopted Sons of God and heirs with him of an eternal kingdom it is he who is our Lord and Master and will be our judge and our rewarder if we be faithful to him Rom. 14.9 For this end Christ died and rose again that he might be Lord both of the dead and living saith S. Paul Act. 2.36 God hath made that same JESUS whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ him God hath exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and Saviour saith S. Peter 5.31 All power is given him in heaven and earth and he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet Hence the frequent and urgent exhortations to follow and imitate to serve and obey JESUS Hence those Pathetick words of S. Paul The love of Christ 2 Cor. 5.14 Phil. 3.7 constraineth us and again what things were gain to me I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless and I count all things loss 8. for the excellency of JESUS CHRIST my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ 'T is JESUS hath won our hearts to God 't is he hath reconcil'd us from a state of enmity to a state of love besides that God was justly angry for our rebellions his glories are so bright so amazing his Divine Majesty so high that to love a being so infinitely above us might have been thought prophaneness or presumption Non bene conveniunt nec in una sede morantur Majestas amor respect not friendship is the affection of subjects to Princes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was an ordinary Epithete for the heathen Gods and even the Israelites were amaz'd and terrified at the sight of a heavenly messenger crying we shall die for we have seen God 't is the great humiliation of JESUS hath procur'd and establish'd an everlasting reconciliation and friendship betwixt God and man Rom. 5.8 God commended his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us and now there is neither death Rom. 8.39 nor life nor angels nor any other creature can separate us from the love of God which is in CHRIST JESUS our LORD Therefore for a reward for the great sufferings and abasement of JESUS God hath given him a supreme authority over all the world Men and Angels being made subject unto him because he made himself of no reputation Phil. 2.7 8 c. and took on him the form of a servant and humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross therefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name that at the name of JESUS every thing should bow of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth and every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is the Lord to the Glory of God the Father Our love and obedience to JESUS derogates nothing from but belongs to God 'T is to the glory of God the Father God hath highly exalted JESUS for his humiliation and for the same cause we ought also to love and exalt him as much as possibly we can because it was for us not only bow at his name but ever kneel and kiss the ground when he only sees us no fear of exceeding here no fear of superstition we can never shew him too much love or respect Psal 72. All Kings shall fall down before him all nations shall do him service prayer shall be made unto him and daily shall he be praised Amen §. 17. 'T is most pleasant and safe to love God A third consideration will be that it is most pleasant and safe to love God Love may cause trouble but it certainly is the spring or parent of all joy and satisfaction He that hath an affection to nothing hath pleasure in nothing could the imaginary apathy of the Stoicks really seize upon any man if he could never be miserable he would also be uncapable of all happiness 'T is true indeed that the love of worldly things in that they are vain and perishing is it self vanity and vexation qui multum amat plus dolet is certainly true of all but the Divine Love He that hath many friends hath many sorrows he that loves many things hath many things to fear for 'T is only God that hath those infinite excellencies which can fully replenish our minds and desires 'T is only God that admits of no variableness neither shadow of turning and therefore 't is the love of God alone that can make us eternally and intirely happy It is reported of a person of great sanctity that an evil spirit confest to him that were it possible for one who loves God to come into hell yet it were impossible he should be miserable but that it would rather sink hell it self and make it disappear or else make it a paradise for him Though the relation