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The passion of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: or, Cries of the Son of God Digested from the works of the late Reverend Dr. Horneck. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.
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Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.
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THE PASSION OF OUR Blessed Lord AND SAVIOUR Jesus Christ OR CRIES of the SON of GOD. Digested from the Works of the late Reverend Dr. Horneck Licens'd and Enter'd according to Order London Printed for S. Bates in Gilt-spur-street The Love of a dying SAVIOUR WHAT makes this dreadful Sound Eli Eli Lamasabachthani What is it makes the Earth to shake Who is it makes the Earth to quake Jesus 'T is I poor Soul that 's lifted up To drink my Father's litter Cup 'T is I must die the Death o' th' Slave From Sin and Hell thy Soul to save Look see how I am Crucify'd Behold Im pierced thro' the side My tender Head with Thorns is Crown'd And with the Jews encompass'd round Whilst dryed with Grief 's my tender Throat And Soldiers for my seemless Coat Cast Lots Father thy Will be done Forsak'st thou Why thine only Son See Sinner see my Hands are Nail'd My trickling Side and Legs exhal'd From Natures length Can'st thou believe Do and thou shalt Mercy receive Soul Ah Lord my trembling Soâ—l relents And with each Faculty Repents Lord I believe my Unbelief Help thou and with the blessed Thief Afford me Mercy Lord that I May dwell with thee Eternally And since 't is so to thee I 'll bring Whole Hecatombs of Praise Off'ring My God my God why hast thou forsaken me The Passion of our most blessed Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST Or Cries of the Son of God OH my Soul what anxious Thoughts disturb thy Peace Why art thou cast down and why art thou so disquieted within me Is there no Ground of Hope left to cast the Anchor of thy Faith upon Drop on holy Jesus who will uphold and sustain thee Nay tho' I have search'd all the City thro' yet I can hear no Tidings of him Arise O my Soul come let 's up once more make enquiry perhaps he hath lain him down to sleep The contrite Heart of an humble Soul falls in Love with the Excellency of Jesus and thirsteth after him till the Morning break Watchmen Watchmen did you see my Beloved go this way Tell me tell me quickly for my Soul hath long desired to speak with him and my Heart thirsts after my Love my Dove and undefiled One Who is your beloved that we cannot but take notice of him The Answer of All. I pray now What is your Beloved more than another Oh my beloved is a Bundle of Myrrh like a Cluster of Camphire in the Valley of Engiddi my beloved is fair having Dove's Eyes and is the chiefest of ten Thousands O that I had my Beloved I would not let him go but he should lye all night betwixt my Breasts O therefore tell me quickly good Watchmen that I may find him whom my Soul longs for Why truly you seem to be much troubled and we pity thee we must confess a Rude Multiude ran this way with Staves Clubs and Halberts and a Candle and Lantern whispering as they went but know not what they said or meant but this we heard them say He 's in the Garden of Gethsemane Aye and are ye sure they said so Then my beloved is there I will follow hard after him lest the Rabbles find him whom my soul loves Hark hark my soul methinks I hear his Voice most bitterly crying out Lord where art thou What are they a doing to thee O my Soul run to his Relief aye but whether 'T is dark and the Voice comes from far and I know not the way O good Watchmen pray now lend me tell me or shew me the way We can't go from our Rounds nor will we to seek out we know not who but keep on this Road which leads to the Garden of Gethsemane and you 'll find him we believe Well I will haste away as fast as I can What Lord have I found thee overflow'd with bloody sweat pleeding with thy Father The Soul finde its Saviour praying and sweating in the Garden Doth the heavy Loads of Grief overwhelm thy Heart Can'st not speak my dear Lord Why so sad O holy Jesus Who has injured my Love What no comfort yet Speak Lord I pray thee lest I faint for want of one Word proceeding from thy precious Lips to my poor drooping Soul Behold Sinners see what I am now doing for thee Behold every Faculty and Power of my Body and Soul is almost spent in wrestling with my Father for thy Salvation But his Wrath is great and be my Passion never so great yet there is nothing will do nothing can make Attonement but my Life The Cup must not pass from me my Father's Will must be doue and I am very ready it should be so Nay I the Lord of Life am willing to stoop to Death Hell and the Grave to free thee from the just Wrath of an angry God Look Sirs Behold the Hour is come wherein I must be betrayed Gentlemen Who do ye want My Name 's Jesus of Nazareth D' ye seek me Hark ye you have a sign whereby you know the Person you want Come Kiss me Judas for lo I long till all be fulfilled O my dear God what shall I do I 'll go along with thee O Lord where ever thou art there let me be also O wicked Soldiers forbear what draw their Swords Lord I fear they 'll kill thee What Judas hast thou no remorse of Conscience at the betraying of thine own Lord and Master who suffered thee to eat and drink with him at his sacred Table Thou wantedst not Money for thou hadst thy Master's Purse and all at dispose therefore why didst thou sâ—ll him O covetous Judas for the lucre of Money thou hadst sold thy ever blessed Jesus and thy own Salvation too Better had it been if thou hadst never been born And then Malchus can'st thou not believe it is the Lord of Life the King of Isreal the King of Glory since thy Ear is healed but at the stretching out of his Hand O Lord stretch forth thy Hand and put the Finger of Mercy into my Soul thro' the Key-hole of my Heart that I may be healed of all my Sins and Infirmities Lord if thou wilt thou can'st make me clean Ah Soldiers where are you hailing Jesus Peter wilt thou not go along with thy Master What stand off to deny him O come and let us follow hard after him perhaps with our earnest Cries and Entreaties we may persuade him to let him go Well Peter if thou wilt not go I'lâ— go by my self O blessed Jesus what art thou led as a Lamb to the Slaughter Not by the way That Soul which would enjoy the Blessings of a Christ must be contented to bear his Cross. Sure thou never didst offend or injure them in the least for thou wert all Meakness when reviled reviled not again But my dear Lord where are we now What vile Rebels smite your Saviour and spit iâ—â—is Face like Bruits O Lord why dost thou not cut them off Peace silly
Soul saith Christ Know ye not that I have a Baptism to be baptiz'd with And Lo how I long till it is accomplished Thinkest thou not if I would resist I would Pray to my Father and he would give me more than Twelve Legions of Angels to rescue me But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled and his Will be done All this is nothing to what I must undergo for thy Salvation Ah my dear God my blessed Jesus let me participate of thy Afflictions let me resign up all to thee who art King over all blessed for ever But my blessâ—d Jesus What Hall is this we are in What the Judgment-Hall Surely Lord their Feet are swift to shed innocent Blood and their Hearts thirst after Destruction O Annas thou High Prist what take Counsel again Jesus of Nazareth and deliver out of the Treasury thirty Pieces of Silver to cursed Judas to betray his Master better hadst thou delivered out of the Treasury of thy Heart all thy evil Corruptions and implore Mercy at his Feet And now my Soul attend to their Proceedings against thy Lord and see how unmercifully they are with him First they carried him to Annas in order to get Counsel against him but he finding the Witnesses were not fully agreed for one said this thing another that and a third quite contrary gave them longer time to confer about it that they might One and All bring in an Accusation to the Purpose And the better to Effect this he sends them to Caiaphas the High Priest But he upon Examination finding them Confus'd in their Evidence was willing to release him Upon this rusht into the Assembly many false Witnesses but they Contradicting one another also made a very tumultuous Uproar among them At last came in some few who affirmed That he raised Lazarus from the Grave after he had been four Days dead and began to stink which Miracle drew many of the Jews to believe on him and this said they we do not affirm only as a Report but matter of Fact for some of us not only heard him say at the Grave's mouth Lazarus come forth bound Hand and Feet with grave Cloaths about him and a Napkin on his Head Lo this we have both seen and heard with many other things besides O my dear Lord What is it they witness against thee Do they affirm thou raised Lazarus from the Grave What then ye faithless and perverse Generation is it not lawful to do good rather than Evil Verily your Hearts are seared otherwise they would not act contrary to Law and Reason And O holy Jesus who raised up Lazarus to Life raise thou my Soul out of the Grave of Sin to live the Life of Righteousness Then the Chief Priests and Elders with the Scribes and Pharisees farther consulted and said What do we This Man doth many Miracles and if we let him alone all Men will believe on him and the Romans will come and take away our Place and Nation Miserble Jews how fearful are you lest any should venture on him and Believe seeing his Miracles Lord I will freely part with all for thy Sake Yea let who will come and possess this earthly Substance I am content so I may enjoy the Influence of thy blessed Spirit which none can rob me of But Caiaphas said unto them Ye know nothing at all nor consider that it is Expedient for us that no Man should die for the People and that the Nation perish not And this he spake not of himself but God ordered it so that the Prophecy should come out of his own Mouth to condemn him at the last Day And from that time forward they took counsel to put him to Death Hitherto all they did could not accomplish their wicked Designs At last mad at Heart they with a detestable and wicked Resolution contrived to hire two impudent Soldiers to Swear against him in the High Priest's Hall Accordingly the Wretches came and with loud Voices and open Mouths Cryed saying This Fellow said I am able to destroy the Temple of God and raise it in three Days And so indeed he was for he spâ—ke nothing but the Truth meaning his Body as the Apostle Paul sâ—ys our Bodies are the Temple of the Holy Ghost and that in three Days he shâ—â—ld raise it â—â—â—m the Grave But neither these Fellows nor his Judges had as yet known the Scriptures â—or Power of Gâ—d Then said the High Priest It is true what these tâ—o witness against thee â—ut Jesus hâ—ld his Peace Then said the High Priest I conâ—ure theâ— by the â—iving Gâ—d to tell us whether thou art Christ the Sâ—n 〈◊〉 the living God And Jesus when it was put 〈…〉 to him in these three great Truths Art thou Chrâ—â—â— the Son of the living God! Answered I am Then the High Priest rent his Cloaths and said What need we any farther Witness against him Ye have all heard how he hath blasphemed what think ye And they all with one consenting Voiâ—e câ—ndemn'd him to be guilty of Death Then they began to Spit on him and to buffet him and strike him with the Palms of their Hands reviling him as a seditous Fellow blindfolding and smiting him on the Face saying Prophecy now unto us thou Christ who is it that smote thâ—e At last finding they could not agree together as to putting him to Death and to pass Sentence on him for they all agreed in the just Merits of his Condemnation yet he must first be sent to Pontius Pilate their chief Governor And now O my Soul didst thou ever hear such Arrogance Malice and Envy before Could any imagine their Hearts should be so hardened who void of any Pity and Compassion hunted and worried the Lord of Hosts from one Place to another Well might he say Foxes have Holes and Birds of the Air have Nests but the Son of Man have no where to lay his Head O my Soul doth it not make thee tremble to see Christ thy God King and Redeemer haled by rude Soldiers to Condemnation Ah my dear Jesus what made thee descend from Heaven to Earth become Man and be born in an open Stable in such Poverty and Misery but Love celestial Love to make Satisfaction to thy Father for all my heinous Sins committed against thy ever blessed Majesty O dear and wonderful Lord how shall I require thy Love O let me never fall away from Thee nor thy Faith but be stedfast to the End and happy are all they that after they have denied with Peter their Redeemer find a Door of Mercy open to receive them again O Peter dost thou not remember thy Master's Words now What curse and swear you know him not when but a little before you said Though I should Dye with thee yet will I not deny thee How hast thou forgotten thy own Promise and Ingagement made to thy departing and dying Saviour Now Peter art thou in the Gall of Bitterness and in the Blood of iniquity Doth