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A42394	The history of Christ's sufferings composed out of the prophets, evangelists, apostles, fathers, and other holy writers. With aspirations, or prayers, suitable to each section. In order to an entire resignation of the soul to the will of God, according to the example of Christ by Dudley Garenciers, rector of Waverton, near Chester.	Garencieres, Dudley, d. 1702.	1697 (1697)	Wing G252A; ESTC R215811	117,779	315

Unhappiness of Atheistical Greatness NOW Pilate was glad to hear of g Luke 23.6 Galilee for he was desirous to clear himself of this dangerous business where he saw he must either condemn the Innocent or displease the whole Nation of the Jews And forasmuch as Herod was his h Luke 23.12 Enemy and i Matt. 14.1 Tetrarch of Galilee where Christ was k Matt. 21 11. born in Nazareth and opportunely at l Luke 23.7 Jerusalem by reason of the Feast he endeavours to turn him over to him And Herod at first as m Luke 23.8 Joyfully received him for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him and hoped to have seen some Miracle done by him it was that Herod who had n Matt. 14. beheaded John Baptist the forerunner of Christ for testifying against his incest and now out of a vain Curiosity to see Christ and some of his Miracles so much famed abroad and not for any intention to learn the truth of his Doctrine he o Luke 2● ● questioned with him in many words to which our Saviour would answer nothing He judg'd him unworthy so great a satisfaction who had shed the blood of his Innocent Servant and knew his crime and yet persever'd in it and now sought after Vanity and not the Truth Simplicity in Intention and Purity in Affection are the two wings which lift us up from Earth One intends God the other apprehends him But instead of these there is a Vain levity in the hearts of some great Men who think their Power Riches and Honor so many warrants for Lightness and Infidelity and that because they are above the Vulgar they may mock at what is Sacred rendring their Religion an empty Speculation and their hearts destitute of saving Practice They may seek for Miracles but none shall be given them but what amazes the rest of the World their Execation in common Duties as a punishment of their Insolency and Pride against so many opportunities as their Riches ●●forded them to minister to the 〈◊〉 of the Giver Hereby it come● 〈…〉 that the greatest 〈…〉 have oftimes the 〈…〉 Grace of God and Blood Spirit Extraction and Wealth are for the most part but a fair Object where misfortune appears with the greatest Deformity The Sun is wont to make his rarest productions in the most unknown places in the World and the Spirit of God never works more Miracles then in the Souls of those Persons whom the World knows not or despises Unhappy Herod where are the Priviledges of thy Nobility and what is the Advantage of thy Birth so long as thou leadest a wicked Life In vain it is for thee to hope for any thing from Christ while thy heart is full of Vanity Adulteries and Murthers Christ will not speak but where the Conscience hears and where he finds an Inclination to Truth nor can he work his Miracles in those Regions where infidelity p Matt. 13.58 binds his hands He would answer to Pilate who had respect for Truth and in whom he found some inclinations to Justice but not to thee whose Levity Profaneness and continually repeated Crimes have rendred unworhty of the Favours of Heaven Prayer O! thou high and lofty one that inhabitest Eternity who dwellest in the High and Holy Place with him also that is of a contrite and humble Spirit Suppress in thy Servant all proud Thoughts vain Desires and wanton Curiosities and keep my Soul in an humble frame that I may be ready to learn not to dispute the Mysteries which thou a God of Truth and Goodness hast revealed Enlighten my Blindness quicken my Dullness support my Frailties disperse my Passions free me from Prejudices which hinder my sinful Nature from ascending to thee and thy Holy Spirit from descending on my Soul SECT XXVI Of the Indignity done to Christ by Herod and his Officers BUT while the Lamb of God is silent his malicious Prosecutors grow louder and louder The q Luk. 23.10 Chief Priests and the Scribes stood and vehemently accused him They could bring no other Pretence of Crimes than what they had done before Pilate but hoping to prevail with Herod by Importunity they repeat and aggravate them with incessant Noise And Herod according to his natural Levity the Type of such as jest at sacred things a ridiculous Soul feeble and languishing in the Relishes of God asks nothing Seriously but only derides and makes sport with him chiefly because of his Title of a King which he thought did only properly belong to r Act. 12.1 himself And An evil Prince saith Solomon has Evil Ministers As did Herod so did his Men ſ Luk. 23.11 of War They lookt upon Christ as impotent and despicable because he would work no Miracle before them and as a Fool that he would not answer nor defend himself against their railing Accusations And therefore put upon him a t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luk. 23.11 white Garment to signifie that he had arrogated Greatness among the People for such the u Jam. 2.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nobility of the Jews wore that all who saw him might take notice of him q Luk. 23.10 and ask What Fool that was and whither they were carrying him and what were the Reasons of his Disgrace and thereby draw upon him an universal Contempt In this opprobrious manner as they thought but indeed the Symbol of his Purity and Innocence they sent him * back again to Pilate We read he was once weary in his Journey being subject to the Infirmities of our Nature he had x Heb. 2.16 assumed and was forced to y John 4.6 rest himself upon Jacob's Well And how much more now must he needs be tired being thus harass'd and afflicted without Intermission of Travel and Shame He had been forc'd out of the Garden to Annas's House thence to Caiaphas and there tormented all night early in the morning hurried again to the Council from thence to Pilate from him to Herod there mockt and set at nought and now dragg'd back again in a ludibrious Vesture But had we not sinn'd he had not thus suffer'd or had he been Guilty they had been less enraged But because he was unlike them they hated to see him and fearing his escape were more vehemently enflam'd Nevertheless all this was designed by Providence that Christ being tried before so many Judges might clearly manifest his Innocence to the World and that passing through all sorts of Affronts and Scorns he might Sanctifie our Tribulations and teach us to endure and suffer our selves to be despised in a Religious Cause and when it happens otherwise to remember our dearest Lord for a President of bearing it with admirable Simplicity and Equanimity of Deportment Prayer O suffering Jesu thou Doctor of Patience with humble Sighs I implore thy Grace to furnish me with the same Meekness of Spirit that I may

all the powers of his Soul whereby he has shew'd us that Prayer is our Treasury where all Blessings are kept in store our Armory where all our Strength and Weapons are laid the only great Preservative and Conservation of our Peace the very Vital heat of Divine Love the Sanctuary of Troubles and the Cure of Grief and that the Principal Lesson of saving Christianity is to desire only what God will and to execute all the Decrees of Divine Providence as our chiefest helps to attain Perfection Prayer O Heavenly Guide of our Devotion and Love who hast Commanded us in thy Word and Taught us by thy Example to offer up Prayers in all our Necessities Give unto thy Servant the Spirit of Supplication a great Desire and a pregnant Hope and let the Beams of thy Holy Spirit descending from above enlighten and kindle it with great Fervors holy Importunities and an unwearied and unsatisfied Industry that I may seek Thee and obtain thy Blessing by the assiduity of an ardent Zeal and the perpetuity of Religious Offices Sanctifie my Heart that I may Sanctifie thy Name and let my Oblations come before thy Presence and the lifting up my Hands be a daily Sacrifice Unite my Prayers to thy Powerful Intercession and to a Communion of those Offices the Blessed pay at the Celestial Altar that my Prayers being hallowed by thy precious Merits may Ascend thither where thy Glory dwells and whence Mercies and Benedictions Descend upon the Church So shall I be wrapt in Contemplation of thy Bounties absorpt in consideration of thy Beauties and wholly dive into thy Heart by the Sacred ardours of Love SECT XII Of the Glorious Effect of Christ's Prayer and God's Fatherly Kindness to all that call upon him Faithfully BLessed are all they whose daily exercise is to converse with God by Prayer offered with an humble Resignation to his Will a Patient Hope and a Strong Faith since the mighty Effects recorded in Scripture seem to have raised us to a certain Omnipotency That m Matt. 21.22 whatsoever we ask in Prayer believing we shall receive and that all things shall be n Mark 9.23 possible to him that so believeth This is the Sovereign Charm which has o 2 Kings 20.5 cured Sicknesses made the p 1 Sam. 1.20 Barren fruitful stopt the mouths of q Dan. 6.20 Lions quencht the violence of r Dan. 3.28 Fire open'd and shut the storehouses of f Jam. 5.17 18. rain arrested the t Jos 10.12 Sun and stay'd the Chariot of the Moon driven away u 2 Cor. 12 8. temptation overcome the * Mark 9.29 Devil procur'd the Ministry and Service of x 2 Kings 19.35 Dan. 6.22 Angels Thus while the Holy Jesus was combating with the Powers of Darkness and striving with Death in an inexpressible Agony at his reitterated Prayers to God there appear'd an y Luke 22 4● Angel to him from Heaven strengthning him by representing to him how necessary it was that he should die for the Glory of God whose Justice Power Wisdom and Mercy should shine forth in his Sufferings That unless he did die all the World should Perish but his Precious Blood should obtain their Pardon open the Gates of Heaven repair the ruin of the Angels establish a holy Church upon Earth productive of innumerable adopted Children to God whom himself should make heirs of the Celestial Paradise That his Passion should be soon over his Father so far hearing and granting his Requests that the Cup should speedily pass from him and that it should be followed by a Glorious Resurrection with Eternal Rest and Glorification of his Humanity with the Exaltation of his Name above all with a Supreme Dominion over Hell and Death and that his Father would make him King of Kings and Prince of his Holy Catholick Church Such are the Kindnesses the Almighty has in store for all that place their whole Strength and Confidence in his Goodness such is the admirable Dispensation of Spiritual Comfort wherewith he Visits and Relieves his Servants That thô he does not always take away the Evil because of the ends of his Providence which are to be served yet he comforts Internally and gives power to bear it Tho' he does not immediately remove the pressure and it may be will not till the z 2 Cor. 12.8 third time that is after a long expectation a patient Sufferance and a lasting Hope yet in the intrim he a 1 Cor. 10.13 supports with a secret Hand and in his own time will refresh the Soul with Visitations of his Angels and the comforts of his Spirit Know this also that not only the Holy Angel but the b Matt. 18.20 Lord of Angels himself stands by every Godly Person when he Prays and tho' he drew before his glorious Presence the Curtain of a Cloud which renders him invisible yet he takes care we shall not perish and in a just season dissolves the Cloud and makes it distil healing Dew Sweet as Manna Pleasant as Nard and wholesom as the breath of Heaven Prayer Heavenly Father by the Agony of thy Son I cannot but perceive so great must have been thy Terror at the remembrance of thy incensed Majesty and before the Tribunal of thy Justice For if thou enter into Judgment with thy Servants who shall answer thee one of a Thousand And if I bring not the Nuptial Garment I must hold my Peace and be cast out But when I consider thine infinite Compassions and Mercies vouchsaft to all that call upon thee faithfully and how thou hast sent forth thy holy Angels to Minister to those who shall be Heirs of Salvation My Spirit revives and I cast my self wholly into the Armes of thy Protection beseeching thee to give them the charge over me to direct and keep me in all my ways that with them and Archangels and all the Host of Heaven I may Laud and Glorisie thy Holy Name for my Preservation and Salvation for ever SECT XIII Of the Apprehension of Christ by his own Permission and the Horror of Judas's Hypocrisie THe Afflicted Jesus supported by these Refreshments against the worst events that were to follow returns to his Disciples and awaking 'em c Matt. 26.45 46. tells 'em they might now sleep on and take their rest if they thought it a time longer to remain there where danger was so near and the Betrayer at hand And scarce were they offering to depart thence when Lo Judas who had sold him d John 18.3 came with Lanthorns and Torches because of the Obscurity of the Night and a great multitude with Swords and Staves from the Chief Priests and Elders of the people to take him A Captain now of Murderers and the Furious Rabble who was so lately a Companion of Christ a Betrayer of his Master and but just risen from his Table forgetful of his Piety Hope and Office and preferring a little filthy Lucre before the inestimable