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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

latter in the same Soul The desire and purpose came from Faith The Confidence and Resolution came from the Flesh To let us see the holiest of all actions are too often mingled with Self-dependence Pride and Presumption and that all our Confidence should be in Grace and the assistances of the Eternal Spirit Prayer When O when My Gracious Redeemer wilt thou enable me so to address my Vows that I may withstand the assaults of Temptation and persevere in what I promise and intend Great are the Snares and Fears to which I am Subject being cast into a frail Body And with what may I support my self but by the ravishing thoughts of thy incomparable Sweetnesses and Compassions Pity my Infirmities Guide me with thy Grace Open mine Eyes that I may see my danger Strengthen my Heart that I may fight Valiantly and never be wanting in my Fidelity to Thee All that I am to have I owe to thy Gracious Favour and I hope for Salvation not by any proportion of my own Virtues but by the Boundless Liberalities which only do Crown all our Works SECT VII Of the Legacy of Comforts Christ left to the Faithful and his leaving Jerusalem for a Terror to Infidels PEter being silenced and the rest of the Disciples bearing no less confusion in their Hearts then in their Faces by reason of the great conflict of Indignation Shame and Sorrow which their mistrust had raised at the Sufferings of their Lord the fall of Judas and the danger of Peter The Benign Jesus resumes his Discourse and opens an admirable Treasury of Comfort revealing the abundant sufficiency of his Kingdom where he was going to r Joh. 14.2 3. prepare a place for them that they might reign with him for ever discovering himself to be the Å¿ John 14.6 Way the Truth and the Life through whom and no other we have access unto the Father Shewing the wonderful operations of Faith by which all the t John 14.12 Miracles of the Church were to be wrought Promising the Mission of another v John 14.16 Comforter which should abide with the Faithful for ever Teaching the indispensable necessity of union with him and * John 15.7 remaining in his Love to which our obedience is the way and which opens a door for our Supplications in Heaven closing all with an earnest x John 17.9 Prayer that they might for ever be precious before God that his Holy y John 17.11 Father would take them into his Tuition and protect them in the discharge of their Apostleship and z John 17 20. all others from Peril and defection who should believe on him through their word That they might live to Teach and Learn uniformly what he had taught 'em as he receiv'd it from the Father and that after a Faithful Discharge of Duties in the Preachers and Hearers of his Divine Word they might arrive to the a John 17.24 same place of Happiness and his Eternal Glory be conferr'd upon them Amen Be it so My Jesu Grant unto us Grace to Understand Diligence to Consider Care to lay up and reduce to Practise all these intimations of thy Goodness and Will And since the end of all is to unite us to thy self embrace us we Beseech Thee with the Arms of thy Mercy When Thou art present all is well when Thou art absent every thing is difficult When Thou speakest we feel Consolation when Thou art silent we have no comfort How hard and dry are our Hearts without Thee but how happy is the hour when thou call'st us to Spiritual Joys to be without thee is a grievous Hell to be in thy presence is a sweet Paradice In thee we have protection without thee all are Enemies In thee we have a Treasure and a Good above all Goods without thee we are Poor and Naked and Destitute Vouchsafe we beseech thee to dwell in our Hearts that we may live in thee for ever When Jesus had thus Taught and Pray'd for his Disciples and sung an b Mark 14.26 Hymn giving praise to the Soveraign Disposer for what was past and what was to come He went out of the unhappy City Jerusalem as the Light of the World in the close of the Day being himself made the end of the Light to that miserable People and left them in Darkness and the Shadow of Death as the c Jer. 12.7 Prophet had foretold I have forsaken my House I have left mine Herritage I have given the dearly Beloved of my Soul into the hand of her Enemies For this Egression of Christ prefigured the desolation of the Temple and the City the time being come that the Carnal Worship being Abolished the true Worship of God should Commence in d John 4.23 Spirit and in Truth And of God's thus giving them over when they had first left him and moved him thereto by their manifold provocations another e 1 Kings 9.7 8 9. Scripture saith I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this House which I have hallowed for my Name will I cast out my sight and Israel shall be a Proverb and a by-word among all people and at this House which is high every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss and they shall say why hath the Lord done thus unto this Land and unto this House and they shall answer because they forsook the Lord their God therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil O let the people of the World hear and let all the Nations of the Earth tremble Israel the Beloved of the Lord is Rejected Jerusalem once the Holy City cast out of his sight and his own house given up to be destroyed because of the Transgressions and Obstinacy of his People And can there be any hope but the same Sins will ever produce the same Judgments or that f Luke 13.3 except we repent we shall all likewise perish g Joel 2.17 Let the Priests the Ministers of the Lord weep between the porch and the altar and let them say Spare thy people O Lord and give not thine heritage to reproach that the heathen should rule over them Wherefore should they say among the people Where is their God And h Jonah 3.8 9. Let Man and Beast be cover'd with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God yea let them turn every one from his evil way and from the Violence that is in their hand Who can tell if God will turn and repent and receed from his fierce Anger that we perish not Prayer Merciful Father all whose Severity in respect of its Act is accidental for thou never strikest till insufferably provok'd who leadest us as dear Children by gracious Promises and never correctest us but with the Chastisement of Sons for our Amendment and the Example of others obliging us to our Duty and binding us to our Happiness by a double tye of Love and Fear Change

Let them on their Knees approach him on the Cross and reverently cover his naked Body We cover him when our Charity clothes his Servants and hides the infirmities of his little ones Let them with diligence unfasten the Nails and gently draw them out of his Hands and Feet We draw them out when we freely obey his Will and loosen our Affections from cleaving to the World And when they have thus rescued their adorable Lord let them Nail themselves in his stead to the Cross And this we do when we put off the old Man and Crucifie the Flesh with its Affections and Lusts Prayer O Blessed Jesu whose Sacred Body was laid in a Sepulchre after thou hadst Suffer'd Death for the life of my Soul make me so frequently to renew in my mind the memory of thy precious Death and Burial as may put me upon a serious preparation for my own And since thou didst not design to stay any longer on Earth then till thou hadst made a way for thy ransomed to pass let not my heart be set on any condition how comfortable soever it may appear to my senses which may make my Soul desire to be absent from thee But cause me to grow daily less and less affected towards the uncertain pleasures of Life and more and more in love with thy Eternal Joys Grant me My Redeemer a true Penitent Heart for all my former neglects of Thee Deliver me from the punishment my Sins deserve and from the Sins that deserve those Punishments That when I close mine Eyes in Death I may rest in thee and being absent from the Body may be refresht in the Repositories of thy Mercy So shall my Time be govern'd with thy Grace and my Eternity Crown'd with thy Glory SECT XLIX Of the Sealing and Watching the Sepulchre of Christ NOW the Chief Priests and Pharisees upon mature Consideration revolving all the accidents of the past day and comparing the circumstances of his Words and Actions with the Predictions of the Prophets concerning the Messiah and the wonderful ways by which they were compleated and especially remembring those Mystical words which before they pretended they could not understand and z Vid. Sect. 16 r.s wrested to a seditious intent against their worship of his building again in three days the Temple they should destroy and that he had given such his restoration from the Dead as a a Luk. 14.29 30. sign at their request to convince the World of his Truth they came to Pilate early on the next day that followed the day of the Preparation being the great Sabbath of the Pascal week wherein all other People were at their devotion and Prayers so restless and industrious were the Powers of Darkness to have buryed the Gospel in the Grave of Christ and said b Mat 27.63 64 65 66. Sir we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive after three days I will rise again Command therefore that the Sepulchre be made sure until the third day lest his Disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the People he is risen from the dead So the last error shall be worse then the first Pilate said unto them ye have a watch go your way make it as sure as you can So they went and made the Sepulchre sure sealing the stone and setting a watch Thus did that obdurate and impenitent People harden themselves by those wonders which should have wrought their Faith and Conversion and justly feared the last error would be worse then the first hereby Prophesying ignorantly against themselves For their Sin became unpardonable because seeing they would not see But blessed be God all their obstinacy has been subservient to the Magistery of his Providence which orders all things prudently by the means of others They thought to have accomplished their malice against Christ and at the same time fulfill'd the determinations of his Will They thought by sealing the mouth of the Grave and setting a strict Guard over the Corps to have buried his Memory in perpetual silence and all the while were giving Testimony to his Resurrection and setting a sure seal to the Truth of his Divinity For securing and watching the Sepulchre with such diligence they have placed the Resurrection the Foundation of our Faith beyond doubt to future Ages and much firmer then if they had never watcht This is that which gives Glory to the Empire of Christ and whereby we perceive its Divine Power and the miraculous extent of its Conquests whose establishments have been so contrary to all humane ways When we consider how he was exalted by the lowest abasements glorified by his ignominies enriched by his Poverty lives by his Death and is Eterniz'd by his Sufferings And that our Religion ever oppos'd by the Wicked is nevertheless Victorious and Triumphant over impiety enricht by its Losses Glorious by its Persecutions establish'd by its Totterings and honour'd by its Wounds This is that which transports humane understanding into an admiration of the greatest of our Christian Profession Prayer O Crucified Jesu the Fountain of Love Let the wonders of thy Mysterious Incarnation and Death set all the Powers of my Soul on work that I may desire and pant after thee that I may Admire Adore and Imitate thee that I may take sweet and Heavenly delight in the Communion of thy Cross that I may with Praise and Thanksgiving receive thee into my Soul attend and watch thee till thou arise with thy Graces there There will I Love only Love always love to entertain thee SECT L. A Reflection on the foregoing History with Thanksgiving for the Death of Christ AND now my Soul thou hast seen this Great Mystery God Incarnate dying on the Cross to make satisfaction to the infinite Justice by the dignity of his Person Suffering in the Nature which had offended whereby thou art raised to a lively hope of obtaining Heaven which otherwise thou hadst lost and been for ever miserable in Hell with what words with what Affections with what Actions wilt thou glorifie the Author of so inestimable a gift as this O depth of Love Abyss unsearchable of the infinite Mercies of God! That God should delight to make his own Son a Sacrifice who would not suffer Abraham to offer his That God should design it from the foundation of the World foreseeing we should stand in need of it and without it perish Everlastingly That God should reveal it when we no ways deserv'd it nor could on any account hope for it and command us to seek the Benefits of it and enable us to obtain them by his preventing and assisting Grace O God Eternal who hast redeemed my Soul by the precious Blood of thy dear Son I am less then the least of all thy Mercies and of all that Truth which thou hast revealed to thy Servant I praise thee I bless thee I worship thee I extol thee I give thee thanks for thine infinite Compassion O Lord God Heavenly King God the Father Almighty O Lord the only begotten Son Jesu Christ Lamb of God Son of the Father that takest away the Sins of the World have Mercy upon me receiv● my Prayer and unite me to thy self in the flames of Love For thou only art the Saviour thou only O Christ with the Holy Ghost art most high in the Glory of God the Father Glory and Honour and continual Thanks be given to Thee Lord God Almighty The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost for the Redemption of the World by the Death and Passion of Christ whereby thou mightst exalt us to Eternal Life Amen FINIS