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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
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Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
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Spirit Job 32.8 there is a Spirit in man and it is called the Spirit of a man Prov. 18 4. he will hear his infirmity by a stout and gallant resolution he will bear any thing from the hand of man as we see our Indians will unto which they are trained up from their Child-hood and it is infusâ—d into them as an honourable Character of a man of courage but a Spirit wounded by God who can bear The Spirit of a man is that part of Gods Image or likeness in a man that fitteth him for action his Spirit doth exert and draw him forth to action and judgeth of his action when he hath done it Job 32.18 I am full of matter the Spirit within me conâ—traineth me Psal 39 2 3. my sorrow was stirred my heart was hot while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue and when he hath acted his Spirit judgeth of his action by the rule Prov. 20.27 the Spirit of a man is the Candle of the Lord searching to the bottom of the belly The Spirit of a man naturally is carnal and unsanctified 1 Thes 5.23 sanâ—tifie you throughout in body Soul and Spirit that which is called the Spirit of a man is chiefly as I conceive Conscience because conscience constraineth us to action and judgeth of our action when it is done by carrying it to the Rule and glass which is Gods Candle a wounded Spirit mentioned Prov. 18.14 is a wounded Conscience Zeal is acted partly in Conscience which exerteth action Joh. 2.17 the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up This zealous Spirit maketh a man devout to God in all dutyes of the first Table just loving and benificent to man in all duties of the second Table Conscience is called the spirit of a man because it is one chief seat in a man where the ruling spirit of a man sitteth abideth and acteth The spirit dwelleth in the whole man in every faculty especially in the Will Conscience and Vnderstanding All mankind are secretly acted by a spirit either good or bad the carnal sort are acted by the Devils spirit Eph. 2.2 the spirit that acteth in the Children of Disobedience Thus it is ordinarily though Gods Spirit may sometimes break in yea effectually in such as shall be saved But the Godly are acted by the good Spirit of God Rom. 8.11 13 14. if the Spirit dwel in you he shall quicken you And if through the Spirit ye mortifie the deeds of the flesh and as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God One chief seat or residence of the Spirit of God is the Conscience where he sitteth and overlooketh the understanding the will the affections the passions and all the figments and imaginations And hence Conscience chiefly raiseth the spiritual War and sets all grace into action against all sin The evil Spirit that ruleth in the carnal hath his chief seat in imaginations figments affections and Lusts and the smoak of them blindeth the understanding yea and conscience too perverteth the will and all the powers o the soul and inclineth them to evil continually and by those doors he creepeth in yea sometimes breaketh into the hearts of the godly Thus we see why Conscience may be called the Spirit of a man and so the Spirit of Iesus and of Iohn may be their Conscience in a good part Q. 2. What is it to be strong in spirit A. To be full of Grace Zeal and Courage for God so Jesus Christ was Joh. 2.17 when he was eaten up with Zeal for the purity of Gods house and instituted Worship Act. 6.10 Steven was so full of the Spirit of grace and zeal in conscience for the Gospel of Jesus Christ that none was able to gainsay or resist him viz. with Scripture and reason but with rage and stones about his ears they did resist him till they had killed this blessed Martyr Jesus was strong in grace and zeal and as he grew in years and as his humane nature grew in capacity so this Spirit grew in him strong in Spirit the word which the Holy Ghost useth signifieth a growing in strength as the word is used 1 Cor. 16.13 quit you like men and be strong c. very fully is it expressed in that Text Eph. 3.16 that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man and thus did this blessed child Jesus wax strong in Spirit in his Child-hood he grew up to be a mighty powerful gracious zealous child 3. The third branch of the description of this holy child Jesus is in these words filled with wisdome wisdom is that part of Gods Image in man whereby he is capable of and furnished with diâ—ine knowledge and undersâ—anding to be furnished with all the intellectual virtues and that not onlâ— in knowing the rules of Art but especially the Rules of Râ—ligion in the knowledge of the Scriptures 2 Tim. 3.15 from a Child thou hast knownâ—th holy Scâ—iâ—turâ—s which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation through Faith which is in Jesuâ— Christ Iesus Christ received his Fulness from God and out of his Fulness we all recei e he is full of grace Joh 1.14 when the word dwelleth richly in us Col. 3.16 it filleth us with wisdom so it dwelt in Iesus and inriched him in all wisdom as the vessels of nature grâ—w greater in capacity so the indwelling Spirit of God did fill them unto all fulness This is as the child whom Solomon describeth Eccles 4.13 a poor wise child 4. The fourth branch of the description of this holy â—h ld Iesus the grace of God was upon him that word upon him sheweth the meaning partly to be that visible port and outward carriage the demeanour of his person in his conversing with men This outward grace is that part of Gods Image which shineth in the gravity and Authority of his port gestures and actions which command acceptation Deut 33.24 acceptable to his brethren so was Iesus Christ Math. 7.29 he spake as one having Authority Mark 1.22 and Luk. 4.32 his word was with power Ioh. 7.46 neâ—â— man spake as he speaketh Ioh. 18.6 as soon as he said I am he they went backward and fell to the Earth good gesture good voice good speech gentle grave loving behaviour such things make up this outward grace of God in which some persons both men and women are eminent So was Iesus Christ and yet more may be meant by that word Object But here is a great Obiection Isai 53.2 c. he hath no form nor comeliness no beauty that we sâ—ould desire him Answ So Iesus Chriâ—t was in the worlds eye Isai 53.3 despised rejected of men but in the Church sâ—ye that looked by faith and love he was far otherwise Joh 1.14 we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth Tâ—is â—â—orâ—ous person thus
condemned repented himself this he saw in that night about the Cocks crowing then began his terror but did he not know before that they would so do as sure if he did not he might have foreknown it for Jesus Christ had foretold it and he knew that the end of their hiring him to betray him was that they might have him in their hands to put him to death but his eyes were blinded partly by his envy at the expence of the sweet oyntment upon the body of Jesus Christ and partly by covetousness who missed of such a booty to pilfer and principally by the Devils twice entering into him by advantages 1. The first time of the Devils entering into his heart was by his envy and indignation at the expence of that oyntment Mark 14.5 10. when his heart raged with indignation Satan put it into his heart to betray his Master so Joh. 13.2 2. The second time the Devil entered into him was upon the discovering sop that Jesus Christ gave him Joh. 13.27 now the Devil blinded him for the Prince of darkness hath power to blind mens eyes 2 Cor. 4.4 Two of the Disciples did scandalously fall Judas betrayed Jesus Christ Peter denyed him Peter the same night repented sincerely Judas repented but not sincerely 2. The manner of his repentance the Spirit of terror entered into him broke open his blinded eyes of understanding and conscience to see his sin of blood guiltiness Yea innocent blood yea the blood of his Lord and Master yea whom he had for a bribe of money most trayterously betrayed this Spirit of terror was the Spirit of God of the Law that bore down the Spirit of Satan that blinded him this brought him to horror and distress The thirty pieces of mony that before had seared his conscience to hardness now torment and burn his conscience and in this case was his tormented Soul till morning 3. The progress of his repentance he knowing the Council had appointed to meet early in the morning resolved to go unto them and restore unto them their mony and confess his great sin in betraying the innocent blood of his Master Accordingly so soon as they had confirmed their condemnation of him and commanded him to be delivered to Pilate ver 2. Then Judas appears before them in the terror of his Soul ver 3. he justifieth Iesus Christ to be innocent and himself an horrible sinner in betraying him which confession of his accused them also to be horrible sinners in condemning him He offered them the mony with which they had hired him it scalded his Conscience he could not keep it 4. See their answer the wickedest answer that ever Ministers gave to a distressed soul but befitting the mouths of wolves in the pursuit of innocent blood and fit enough for so vile a Traitor the worst that ever was in the world Their answer was short and snappish 1. What is that to us say you so Caiaphas Annas and the rest did not you hire him with that mony 2. They say look thou to that is this your care of a soul in distress is this your care of your flock 3. They refused to take the money or meddle with it nor did they give him one word of comfort or counsel the Priests lips should preserve knowledge and is this all the relief he had at their mouth 5. Now Judas is not only distressed but forsaken there was but one dore of hope for relief left and that was to go to the Temple and to the Priests that were there attending the service in the Temple thither he came with a gastly countenance there also he confessed his sin offered them the Soul tormenting money but they abhorred to touch so execrable a thing nor had they one word of comfort for him now he fell into utter desperation which had these effects 1. He cast down the mony in the Temple that bloody that soul-tormenting mony that execrable thing 2. He went away to a place fitting that Satan could easily suggest to him 3. There he hanged himself But fourthly the rope either broke or slipt and he fell and the place was such either by height or by Rocks beneath that by his fall he burst asunder and his bowels gushed out And all this was famously known in all Ierusalem Quest Why did not Judas go to Iesus Christ as the penitent Thief did A. 1. Because he was the child of perdition as Joh. 17.12 Again Iesus Christ was now in Pilats Court Judas his Testimony was terribly sharpened against the Iewish Court thither he went hath left a dreadful warning what a dangerous thing it is to envy at others charity and bounty to covet and desire to pilfer another mans or a publick bag and to rob God Judas his confession was not fitting for Pilats Court. Touching the second part of the History it was acted afterwards after the Feast wherein their own actions do strongly prove that Iesus Christ is the Messiah by their fulfilling of the Prophesy Why Mathew doth call Zachariah by the name of Jeremiah is not yet revealed that I know off Their actions were 1. they hold a Council to consider what to do with this execrable mony they agree that it ought not to be put into the Treasury of the Temple because it was the price of blood they agree to buy the Potters field with it to be a place to bury strangers Pagans that cared not for the Iews Religion though they traffiqued to the City What this Potters field was may be gathered from Act. 1.20 with the Prophesy there cited viz. it was a dearned little bit of ground where the Potters had wrought out all the veins of clay and left it a desolate plat out of the way unfit for habitation good for nothing unless it were for such a despicable use as they now bought it for and this plot did the execrable wages of Judas purchase and for that reason was called the field of blood And this is the monument that Iudas that Traytor hath left behind him a fit monument of such a vile Traytor And this is all the portion that this self murtherer left to his Children as the Prophesy doth intimate And by the purchase of this field at that price the Jews have proved that Iesus is Christ the Son of God and Saviour of the World CAP XII The Sufferings of Jesus Christ before the Romane Court under Pontius Pilate MAth 27.11 12 13 14. And Jesus stood before the Governour and the Governour asked him saying art thou the King of the Iews And Iesus saith unto him thou sayest And when he was accused of the chief Priests and Elders he answered nothing Then said Pilate unto him Hearest thou how many things they witness against thee And he answered him to never a word Mar. 15.2 3 4 5. And Pilate asked him Art thou the King of the Iews And he answering said unto him Thou sayest it And the chief Priests accused him of