The Mount of Calvarie . v^m, artd the myfltries t her emcpntamed, j4Uhs eji ohediens vpjffte ad mar tern, mortemamem cruets, faith the Apoftle in the thirdto the Thejjal. as if hee would fay, Albeitthat the Sonne of G O D was perfetSt in allvertues, yet he did principally cxcell in thevertue of obedience: for if he tooke fle/li,i6was by obedience, ifhce wasborne it wasthrough obedience, and ifhedid die, it wasthrough obedience. The Apottle did notcontent himfelfe, in faying that hee did obey his Father vntilldeath, but that he did obey bim vntill the death of the c\ oflV ; gi-uingYsinthisfpeec
The Mount of Calvarie . v^m, artd the myfltries t her emcpntamed, j4Uhs eji ohediens vpjffte ad mar tern, mortemamem cruets, faith the Apoftle in the thirdto the Thejjal. as if hee would fay, Albeitthat the Sonne of G O D was perfetSt in allvertues, yet he did principally cxcell in thevertue of obedience: for if he tooke fle/li,i6was by obedience, ifhce wasborne it wasthrough obedience, and ifhedid die, it wasthrough obedience. The Apottle did notcontent himfelfe, in faying that hee did obey his Father vntilldeath, but that he did obey bim vntill the death of the c\ oflV ; gi-uingYsinthisfpeech to vnderiknd , that the obedience of theSonne ofGod,was not only conftantandlouingjbut alfoaccotn-panied with many troubles and dangers, feeing that through thatobedience,he did die vpon the crofle. Barnard laith^ tlere be verymany O good lefus, which doc obey thee vntill death, but notvntill the death of the crofle, but feeling fome paine and trijubloto come with obedience, feckc cxcufes not to fulfill it. O how many. of zSAd^ount Caluarie. 2 6^ many (faith ) would follow Chrift, in going to the vvcd-dingin^<»«4, andbcinuitcd witbZ4f^tf«;; andtogoefafdyvp*on the waters, and catca hony-comb with his difciples,but wouldnot follow hirTijin being borne in a manger, in flying into iEgyptbeing a childc, in going barefoot, in being perfecutcd by all men,nor yet in dying vpon the croffc. vpon the Aporticfaith, Ifwe will imitate the Sonne ofGod, in that which wcc docobey himjOur obedience (hould be without any reply; our excufcready prefcndy to fulfill, coniiant to bringtoancnd, patient toendure troubles,and difcreete to know well what wc hauc to our purpofe, Inclinatocafite tradidit fpirttuw^to wit, at the very houre that they drew Chrift his foulc out of hisbody, hee did fomcwhat bow downc his head ; which diuinc cc-rcmonie ought greatly to be noted, bccaufc that the later it wasdone, the fuller ofmyfterie it is, ^^t/Z/^j ^« fait
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