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A43133	The precious blood of the son of God shed without the gates of Jerusalem for the redemption of lost and undone sinners: whereby his great love to mankind is undeniably manifested, in these following particulars; his agony in the garden; being betrayed by Judas, being falsly accused before Annas, Caiaphas, Herod and Pilate; his being scourged, scorned, and spitefully used; his condemnation and going to execution; how he was crucified; of his being reviled, and pardoning the thief upon the cross; and of his giving up the ghost. All which is practically applyed and improved, for the bringing of sinners out of the way of sin and hell, into wisdom's ways, whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. By that eminent divine, Mr. John Hayward.	Hayward, John.	1695 (1695)	Wing H1231F; ESTC R215936	43,769	124

There is no Question bu●… the Pains that our Saviour did endu●…e in his ●…dv were exceeding great yet nothing comparable to the Torments of his Soul In bodily Pains 't is possible some have born as much as he But as for the Sorrow of his Soul the unspeakable Sorrows of his Soul there was never any came near him And indeed the Pain of the Body is not comparable to the the Sorrow of the Soul Prov. 18. 14. The Spirit of a Man shall sustain his other Infirmities But a wounded Spirit who can hear And first begun his Sorrows in his Soul For as Sin beginneth always at the Soul and from thence extendeth to the Body it was most proper that the Punishment of Sin should begin at the Soul and afterwards proceed to the Body This Grief of Soul of our Saviour's was very great as one of the Evangelists testifieth Matth. 26. 37. He began to wax sorrowful and grievously troubled Another Mark 14. 34. He began to be afraid and in great heaviness and says Luke 22. 14. He was in an Agony But in a more peculiar manner he did express it himself Matth. 26. 38. Now is my Soul tr●…ubled now is my Soul heavy even unto death and also by Actions in that when no violence was offered to his Body no Man stood near him to do him any harm he was so much inwardly pressed in Spirit and in so great an Agony that in an extream cold Night when he lay upon the cold Earth all the Forces of his Body were distracted the Humours disturbed the Pores opened and he was cast into a great and bloody Sweat not a thin faint Sweat but consisting of such great Drops which issued so plenteously from every part of his Body that they came through his Apparel and trickled to the Ground in great abundance Luke 22. 44. Sure never was any Garden thus watered never Ground thus wet Adam might moisten the Earth with the Sweat of his Brows but never was it moistned but at that time with a bloody Sweat O let us therefore look upon our Saviour and upon our selves Upon our Saviour as upon the true Adam not cast but came out of Paradice of his o●… Love and free Will for to redeem us from our Sins labouring in a bloody Sweat to get for us the Bread of Life Upon our selves as those that were at that time his only Tormentors for the Executioners did not then tear him with Whips they did not then press a Crown of Thorns upon his Head It was not the Nails nor the Spear that then did pierce him but it was our Offences that did so much afflict him our Sins were the heavy Burthen under which he did so grievously sweat For then were represented to him the Sins of the whole World both past and to come which to him who bears so great a Love and Zeal to the Honour of his Father it could not but be an unspeakable Sorrow and Trouble to him Then also was presented to him the most terrible sight in the World the great Fury of the Father before whose Majesty when he is moved to Wrath the Angels cover their Faces the Mountains sweat the Earth trembleth the Sea flyeth before whom if he appears as Judge no Creature can stand and verily if the Wrath of God against one Sinner for one Sin be termed Unquenchable Fire a Worm that d●…th not Watling and Gnashing of Teeth and yet not sufficiently expressed What Words can the Wisdom of Men devise to represent the terribleness of that Judgment that was against him who was to drink of the whole Cup of his Father's Wrath not for one Sin only but for the Sins of the whole World and if he had left one drop if he had not drank up the very Dregs we had not been excused from eternal Damnation Also he beheld the Ingratitude of many who would not endeavour to make any profit to their own Souls of this great Benefit which doubtless was a sharper cut to him than all the outward Torments he endured ever as it is less grievous to a Man to take pains for another than to know that his Pains shall not be regarded Our blessed Saviour did bend under this heavy Burthen and dipt his Garments in his own Blood and he took the Cup of his Father's Wrath which had no mixture of Mercy in it He did lay upon his Shoulders a light Burthen and a sweet Yoke but we have laid upon him an unmerciful Load which none but himself is able to bear No Element is heavy in its proper place and therefore as one that diveth into the Water feeleth not the Weight of the Water which is above So he that is plunged in the depth of his Sins has no sense how heavy they are because Sin is there in its natural place But Sin in our Saviour was out of its proper place and above its Sphere and therefore lay the more grievously upon him For if a Sinner that is sanctified is oftentimes pressed with his own Sins that he crieth out with holy David Psalm 38. My iniquities are a sore Burthen too heavy for me to bear How grievous must this Sea of Sin be to him who is Sanctification it self and from whom it all flows O heavenly Father What is this that thy innocent Son thy only Son thy Son in whom thou art well pleased in this humble and heavy manner laboureth before thee Their Fathers hoped in thee and thou didst deliver them they called upon thee and were not confounded Wherefore then is thy innocent and only Son begotten of thy Substance forsaken of thee How shall we sinful Wretches expect to find any Mercy with thee seeing thou art so seve●…e against thy only Son So merciful a Father against so good and loving a Son Is not thy Wrath appeased when thou seest this miserable Spectacle of him that is so dear unto thee This bloody Sweat whereof every drop is of greater value than a Thousand Worlds Is it not a sufficient Satisfaction for our Sins a sufficient Price for our Redemption O admirable and upright Justice for this was but a small Skirmish to the main Battel which did follow after Sure if thy Eyes Holy Father were fix'd upon the Cross whereunto thy only Son was fastned thou wouldst not be satisfied nor appeased because thou hadst before ordained that Death which was a Curse belonging to Sin must also be the Punishment of thy Son that the Devil that prevailed by a Tree should also be by a Tree subdued O what a painful Purchase has our Saviour made what a sharp Price has he paid for our Redemption how intolerable may we think was the end of his Sufferings when the beginning was so dreadful and how cruel were those Torments that were by him to be endured which were so terrible in being feared O therefore let the sight of our Sins draw some Drops of Tears now from our Eyes seeing they did draw so many Drops of Blood from

every part of our Redeemer's Body Take a little touch of that Grief which did lie so heavy upon him whose Power sustaineth the Heavens that it made his Soul heavy unto death being so deeply drowned in the Nature of Man that he seemed to forget that he was God Let us accuse and condemn our selves of all manner of unworthiness and take up with a godly Sorrow both for love to our Saviour and in hatred to our Sins the one for suffering for our sakes and the other for being the only cause of it and let us not be like to the Disciples that were with our Saviour who fell into a sound and secure Sleep whilst their Master both watched prayed and sweat a bloody Sweat for their Redemption He was like a loving Father who spares no pains to get Bread for his Children whilst they remain free both from Trouble and Care If drowsiness of Spirit overcomes thee pray to God to awaken thee with his Heavenly Voice if that will not do to make you smart with the Rod of Affliction that so you may watch and pray lest you fall into Temptation Let us by this grievou●… Agony that vexed his Soul by that terror and trembling that wholly possess'd his Body and by all the pains wherein he was plunged for us detestable Sinners beseech him that in the last hour of our lives when Fears and Distresses come upon us that he would give us stedfast strength and confidence in his Mercy that in that hour when we are leaving the World he would not leave us and in this fearful Conflict not to forsake us but send his holy Angels to assist us and to minister Courage and Comfort to us that no Temptations of the Devil may prevail against us but that he would be pleased to arm our Hearts with Humility and Patience that they be not distracted or distempered with any fear of Grief but that in all things our Desires may be conformable to his Will Let us implore his Goodness to give us such constant courage such hope such love towards him that the weaknesses of our Flesh may not be overcome by any fear of Death but we may both safely and sweetly pass from the Society we have with thee here by Grace to the Society which the Saints enjoy with thee in Glory Mat. 26. 48. Of our Saviour's being sold betrayed and apprehended Matt. 26. 47. And while he yet spake lo Judas one of the twelve came and with him a great multitude with Swords and Staves from the Chief Priests and Elders of the People BUT when the Son of God did in so high a degree both love and value the Sons of Men that he thought nothing painful to himself that might be profitable to them yet see how the Sons of Men did either value or love the Son of God they took all Occasions first to slander him and afterwards to slay him they sold him one to another for thirty Pieces of Silver O devilish and malicious Spirits to hate the Author of our eternal Salvation As no means are thought bad enough to bring him to his Death so to undervalue the Lord of all Creatures as not many Beasts are sold at so base a Price O infinite inequality of Affection between God and Man God came to save Man and Man goeth about to destroy God God bought Man with the dearest Drops of his Blood and Man sold God for Thirty Pieces of Siver O the Love of the Lord Jesus was great when he came to redeem those that were lost and the Saviour of the Redeemed how great was his Love to come into the World when he had no need nor we any Merit to sanctifie it with his Justice to enrich it with his Grace to enstruct it with his Doctrine to confirm it by his Example to redeem it with his Blood that as by the Pride of one who being but Man did aspire to be God we were condemned so by the Humility of another who being God became Man we should be saved Being sold at the Price of Thirty Pieces of Silver to such cruel Merchants as desire no Profit by him but his Life the Traytor Judas whose Feet a little before he had washed came unto him attended with a bloody Band And how willing our Saviour was to embrace his Passion did appear by his voluntary presenting himself to them and in that he turned not away his Face from this barbarous Beast that came to kiss him But O innocent Lord What hast thou to deal with Traytors and Tormentors What Courtesie between the Lamb and the Wolf What Commerce between God and Belial Our Saviour did not only permit Judas to kiss him but he did also smite his obstinate Heart with this soft Speech Friend wherefore comest thou dost thou betray the Son of Man with a Kiss But wherefore did our Saviour call Judas Friend when he had betrayed him To testifie that altho' the Knot of Friendship was broke on his part yet on our Saviour's it remained whole and entire to reduce him again to his Friendship for if he could have said without despair with holy David I have sinned he should presently have heard I have forgiven If our Saviour had kissed Judas he should never have despaired or destroyed himself for his Kisses inspire Life and therefore the Spouse beginneth the most excellent Canticle with these Words Cant. 1. 1. Let him kiss me with the Kisses of his Mouth 1 John 4. 10. It is he that hath loved us first Ephes. 1. 4. It is he that hath chosen us and not we him Or if Judas had kissed him as the Psalmist speaks of Psalm 2. 12. Kiss the Son lest he be angry That is if with sincerity of Soul he had rendred him that Faith and Homage that is due to him it had gone well with him but because he was like one of those whom the Prophet speaks of Isa. 9. This People approach to me with their Mouths and their Hearts are far from me because he came with a treacherous Hypocrisie this Kiss could draw no Vertue from him but turned it to his Condemnation O cursed cruelty cursed because obstinate cruel because unjust which neither the Power of a Miracle was able to astonish nor the Kindness of a Benefit could any way appease But they proceeded notwithstanding to lay Sacrilegious Hands upon him as upon a Malefactor to bind his Holy Hands which had wrought so many Miracles among them with rough and knotty Cords his Disciples either forsaking of him or falling off from him and to lead him away in a more opprobrious manner than the Ark of the Testimony was taken and carried away by the Uncircumcised Philistines Poor and miserable Jews whom do you thus hale away Against whom have you taken up Arms Your Prisoner hath made you Captives he whom you have bound with Cords hath chained you with Fetters of Iron he hath been to you as a Bait or a Hook that taketh the Takers Never

Shadow of Sol●…mon by the Title of a King whose Dominion has no end 2 Sam. 7. 13. 1 Chron. 22. 10. Since which time the Glory of this King hath been excellently extolled as well in many Psalms as by the Prophets in all Ages This King was manifested by the Angel to the Virgin Mary Luke 1. 32 33. The wise Men in the East were not ignorant of him yea many Histories do testifie That about the time that Christ was born a common Brute did run throughout the Empire of Rome and did declare That a great Pursuivant King should be born among the Jews this held Herod in great Jealousie and Fear Matth. 2. 3. The Apostles also did apprehend it albeit according to the vulgar Error until they were otherwise instructed Thou art a Lilly O blessed Saviour and Redeemer amongst many Thorns thou lovest neither Idleness nor sloathful ease We must endure not only Labour but Smart if we will enjoy thee If we will have thy Head it is crowned with Thorns if thy Heart it is pierced with a Spear if thy Hands and Feet they are struck through with Nails Thou art a Lilly amongst Thorns After the Troubles and Turmoils of many Years when Christ drew nearer towards his De●…th the heavier was his Father's Hand the weightier was his Wrath the more Stripes did he double upon him in the Garden of Gethsemane he cried to his Father Father if it be possible let this Cup pass from me But now feeling that which then he feared the Storm now breaking upon him which did then begin to appear he cried out again My God my God why hast thou forsaken me At both these times what were either his Feeling or his Fears what the Torments of his Body what the Anguish of his Soul whether he did despair or how far his Despair did reach it i●… dangerous to define we know them not we may be too adventurous to determine concerning them The Suffering of Christ are known only to the Hea●… that felt them but to be altogeth●… abandoned in these Extremities to hav●… no Comfort afforded no Care taken 〈◊〉 be bereaved not only of the Help but 〈◊〉 the Pity of all which in some degree 〈◊〉 very Man doth find seemeth to be th●… accomplishment of Miseries First He was deprived of all Earthly Comforts for his Disciples some betrayed and sold him others forsware him all fell away and fled from him And as for the People among whom he lived working many Miracles and doing good they preferred Barabbas before him It was they who in the midst of his miserable State most insolently insulted over him It was they who when he cried out Eloi Eloi did in a base manner de I de him saying He calls for Elias It was they who when with extream Faintness and Pains and by reason of the great loss of his Blood he did thirst not only denied him a drop of Water as Abraham denied to the rich Glutton in Hell but gave him Vinegar and Gall to redouble his Torments Secondly He was deprived of all heavenly Comforts which is the true Restorative in all dolorous Distress And this was the cause of his heavy Cry not that his Friends but his Father did then forsake him not that Earth but that Heaven did not yield him any Comfort All the Punishments which the damned do endure are commonly brought under two Heads viz. Pain of Sense and Pain of Loss Now the Pains of Sense were very sharp both upon the Body of our Saviour and upon his Soul upon his Body not only in regard of the greatness and baseness and variety of his Torments but also in regard of the Body it self for as it was miraculously made so was it of a more perfect Constitution of a more apprehensive Sense to feel Torments than Bodies brought forth by an ordinary Course of Nature The Pains of his Soul were unspeakable even unanswerable too Christ remained always during this Combat personally united to the Person of the Son of God who could not be severed from the Father and the Holy Ghost But it received no Comfort or Assistance for a time to relieve it from the full Sense of God's severe Indignation against Sin For as a Soul is no●… essentially separated from a Body tha●… sleepeth and yet it worketh not a●… when the Body is awake otherwis●… than to keep it in Life so in this extream Agony of our Saviour the Deity was not severed from the Humane Nature only it did not exercise the Actions to administer Comfort and Strength otherwise than to support it from being overthrown The Heavenly Father did then forsake his innocent and only Son and yet was not the Union between them dissolved he dissolved not the Union but withdrew his Vision and restrained those Beams which might any way refresh the passionate Powers of his Soul Many Martyrs have suffered violent and terrible Torments which they did not only quietly but chearfully endure Will you know the Reason They were delivered indeed but therewith also they were not forsaken for the Grace of God did administer such sweet and secret Supplies of Comfort that they tired their Torme●…tor in bearing patiently all those Torments which merciless Tyranny could execute or invent but in Christ in regard of his infinite Dignity for that it is that se●…teth the Sacrifice at so high a Price the least Torment although only in Body might have sufficed for redeeming many Worlds yet would he suffer greater Torments than can be conceived First to manifest thereby his exceeding Love in making our Redemption the more valuable For the less he had suffered the less had his Love been esteemed And also to awake us and to leave us inexcusable if we love him not again Lastly to stir us up to settle our Assurance in our Tribulations but most especially our Hopes upon him when we suffer for his sake O God of our Salvation grant unto us thy unworthy Servants we beseech thee That at the Separation of our Souls from our Bodies we may spend our last Breath in these Words of our Saviour Father into thy Hands I commend my Spirit Comfort us then with the Virtue of his Passion which is Life to the Dead Pardon to the Wicked and Glo●…y to the Saints that ending the last Minute of our Lives in the midst of his Wounds in the very depth of his Death and Blood we may confidently commit our Souls that thou mayest receive them readily into thy Hands Receive thy precious Son for a Ransom and with him receive the Souls of thy Servants whom he redeem ed for as he died in Obedience to thee so died he also for our Redemption We have nothing to offer unto thee but his Death nothing but his Blood the Love where with he gave us his Blood His Soul he hath comm●… unto thee but unto us he hath given his Blood this is all our Treasure this is all our assured Trust Of this Blood we will not return