The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lecture 16
THE XVI. LECTVRE, OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST.
MATTH. CHAP. XXVII.
verse 39 And they that paſſed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,
verse 40 And ſaying, Thou that deſtroyest the Temple, and buildest it in three dayes, ſaue thy ſelfe: if thou bee the Sonne of God, come downe from the Croſſe. verse 41 Likewiſe alſo the high Prieſles mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Phariſes, ſaid, verse 42 Hee ſaued others, but hee cannot ſaue himſelfe: if hee bee the King of Iſrael, let him nowe come downe from the Croſſe, and wee will beleeue in him. verse 43 Hee trusted in God, let him deliuer him now, if hee will hauehave him: for hee ſaid, I am the Sonne of God.
verse 44 The ſelfe ſame thing alſo the thieues which were crucified with him, cast in his teeth.
MARKE, CHAP. XV.
verse 29 And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, and ſaying, Hey, thou that deſtroyest the Temple, and buildeſt it in three dayes,
verse 30 Saue thy ſelfe, and come downe from the Croſſe. verse 31 Likewiſe alſo, euen the high Prieſtes, mocking, ſaide among themſelues, with the Scribes, Hee ſaued other men, himſelfe hee cannot ſaue. verse 32 Let Chriſt the King of Iſrael now come downe from the Croſſe, that wee may ſee, and belieue. They alſo that were crucified with him, reuiled him.
LVKE CHAP. XXIII.
verse 35 And the people ſtood, and behelde: and the Rulers mocked him with them, ſaying, Hee ſaued others: let him ſaue himſelfe, if hee be that Christ, the Choſen of God. verse 36 The ſouldiers alſo mocked him, and came, and offered him vineger, verse 37 And ſaid, If thou bee the King of the Iewes, ſaue thy ſelfe. verse 38 And a ſuperſcription was alſo written ouer him, in Greeke letters, and in Latine, and in Hebrew, THIS IS THAT KING OF THE IEVVES.
IOHN CHAP. XIX.
verse 23 Then the Souldiours, when they had crucified Ieſus, tooke his garmentes, (and made foure partes, to euerie Souldiour a part) and his coat: and the coat was without ſeame, wouen from the top thorowout.
verse 24 Therefore they ſaid one to another, Let vsus not diuide it, but caſt lots for it, whoſe it ſhall bee. This was, that the Scripture might bee fulfilled, which ſaieth, They parted my garmentes among them, and on my coat did they cast lottes. So the Souldiours did theſe thinges indeede.
THE time that IESVS CHRIST is hanging on the Croſſe, (Brethren) and whileſt Hee is in extreame paine and torment, thoſe that ſtand by they ſet themſelues to doe Him all the ſhame they can, to the ende, that in that agonie Hee might hauehave the more annoy and griefe. I cannot diuide better that shame that they did Him, than from the perſons who went about to shame Him: the whole, both Iewes and Gentiles, are ſet to shame Him: And therefore, after He is condemned, they take two Thieues, and they crucifie them with Him, the one at the one hand, and the other at the other, and Ieſus the Innocent in the middeſt, as if He had beene the greateſt of all. Then there is not a ranke of perſons amongſt them, but eueryevery one begins to raile vponupon Him, and ſhame Him. And firſt to begin at Pilate, hee begins and ſhames Him, for hee writes an inſcription concerning treaſon againſt the Majeſtie of Caeſar, and affixes it on the Croſſe, where Hee hung, This is the King of the Iewes: howbeit to ſpeake the trueth, Pilate ſought more the ſhame of the Iewes, who by their obſtinacie compelled him to giuegive out the ſentence of death againſt the Innocent, than the ſhame of Ieſus Chriſt: and by the inſcription the Lord will hauehave the Iewes ſhamed, becauſe they hanged their King. But we hauehave ſpoken of Pilates part the laſt day: therefore nowe let vsus goe forward to the partes of all the reſt. Then after Pilate, comes in the executioners, who with their hands had nayled Him on the Croſſe. It appeares by the wordes of Iohn, ſpeaking of the diuiding of His garmentes into foure partes, that there vvere foure Executioners: (or Hang-men) So that eueryevery one of them got a part thereof. Theſe in contempt, and in deſpite of Him, in His face, whileſt as Hee hanges on the Croſſe, they take His garmentes, and diuide them in foure partes, and on his coat they cast lottes. Then after the Hang-men, comes the people, and they wagge their heads on him, and in deſpite, and bitterneſſe of heart, they raile on him, and ſaye, Is this the man that ſaide hee woulde destroye the Temple, and builde it vp againe? Is it likelie that Hee can doe this, vvho cannot ſaue Himſelfe from the Croſſe? Then comes there the Princes of the IEWES, the SCRIBES, the High PRIESTES, and PHARISES, and they taunt Him alſo, ſaying, Thou who ſauedst others, ſaue thy ſelfe. And after them, comes in the men of vvarre, the ROMANE Souldioures, and they beginne to raile out alſo, and They offered him Vineger to drinke, and ſaide, If thou bee the King of the IEVVES ſaue thy ſelfe, and come downe from the Croſſe. And laſt, one of the Thieues, vvho vvas hanged vvith Him, falles out in rayling, If thou bee that CHRIST, ſaue thy ſelfe and vsus.
But nowe wee ſhall ſpeake of euerie one of theſe in particular as the LORD ſhall giuegive vsus grace: and firſt vvee beginne at the part of the Hang-men. Then in His ſight, whileſt hee hanges, they take his garmentes, (and made foure partes of them, that euerie one of the men might hauehave a part thereof: and as for his coat, becauſe it had no ſeame, and was not ſowed, but was a wouen coat, from the toppe thorowout: therefore, they woulde not diuide it, but woulde cast lottes for it, whoſe it ſhoulde bee. And all this was done, that that which was propheſied (by Dauid, vvho vvas the figure of Chriſt, Pſal. 22.19.) might bee fulfilled, which ſaieth, They diuided my garmentes among them, and on my coat did cast lottes.
Now to let you ſee that theſe Hangmen did nothing in all this action, but that which from all eternitie was appointed to bee done in the councell of GOD. To examine this fact better: Firſt they doe Him vvrong in ſpoyling the LORD IESVS of His owne goods: (Howſoeuer they eſteemed of Him, yet Hee vvas innocent) Next, they doe Him ſhame, in ſtripping Him, and ſetting Him naked vponupon the Croſſe, in the ſight of all the worlde. And laſt of all, they deſpite Him, and contemne Him, in taking His garmentes, and parting them in His owne preſence, vvhere He Himſelfe might behold it. So they did Him vvrong, ſhame, and deſpite. But Brethren, as in all other circumſtances conjoyned with the Paſſion. I looke not ſo much to men, as to the Lord: So heere I looke not ſo much to theſe executioners in parting of theſe garments, as to that Heauēly Iudge His Father, & to His juſtice in this matter: for whatſoeuer bee their part, and howe vnjuſt ſoeuer they bee, that Heauenly Father is juſt, and that burthen of our ſinne vvhichwhich Ieſus Chriſt tooke vponupon Him, deſerued all this: as ſuretie for vsus, Hee demerited all this.
Nowe to examine more narrowly euerie one of theſe: to wit, the wrong, ſhame, and deſpite, wee ſhall ſee howe juſtly all is done: if yee will looke to His Father, and firſt conſider the wrong done vntounto Him, in taking His cloathes: Hee was wearied of His garments, becauſe Hee was cledde with our ſinne. Nowe woulde to GOD that wee could feele in mercy this weight of ſinne, which our Mediator did beare vponupon His backe for vsus: for then wee woulde not runne on ſo wantonly as wee doe. And it telles vsus this, That a ſinner that is not in Ieſus Chriſt, vvho hath not put off ſinne, but yet beares the burthen of ſinne, hath no right to weare ſo much as a moſte vile garment, yea, though it were but a bratte of a ſacke to hide his ſhame from the ſight of the worlde; let bee Golde, Siluer, or precious rayment: and if it ſhall fall out at any time, that hee be reaued and ſpoyled of his cloathes, let him take it to bee of the juſt judgement of GOD, whatſoeuer bee mans part therein. And though the Thieues bereaue him, yet the GOD of Heauen is juſt in puniſhing of him, whatſoeuer part man hath in the action. Yet it telles vsus more, for I tell you ſtill, that this judgement of Ieſus Chriſt is the image and figure of the latter judgement: for ſuch proceſſe as is vſed heere, ſhall bee vſed in the latter judgement. Then, I ſaye, it telles vsus, that in that latter daye, a reprobate and ſinner, vvho ſhall not bee founde in Ieſus Chriſt, ſhall bee depriued, and ſpoyled of all the creatures, made for the vſe and ornament of man, and there ſhall neuer a one of them bee left him, neither ſhall hee hauehave ſo much a foot-breadth of earth, or the meaneſt commoditie in the worlde: yea, albeit hee were a king, let him hauehave poſſeſſions, kingdomes, and the whole earth now, but then there ſhall not bee any thing in this worlde that hee ſhall poſſeſſe at that daye, but ſhame in the Hell for euermore. Where by the contrary, they who ſhall bee founde in Ieſus Chriſt, ſhall not onelie bee cladde with incorruption and glory in Chriſt; but alſo ſhall be put in poſſeſſion of a newe Heauen and newe Earth, to reigne with their Head and Lord Ieſus Chriſt for euermore. Yee ſee then what happineſſe it is to bee founde in Ieſus Chriſt at that Great daye. O the miſery of him vvho ſhall bee founde out of Him!
Nowe to come to that ſhame which Hee ſuffers on the Croſſe. The Father, thorowe His nakedneſſe heerein alſo is juſt: Hee vvas cledde on the Croſſe with our ſinnes. It telles vsus this: that among all the punishmentes of ſinne, this is one, to wit, nakedneſſe, to ſet the body naked in the ſight of the worlde. Yee reade in Eſay. 3.17. where the ſinfull women are threatned for their pride, that the Lord IEHOVAH ſhall make naked and diſcouer their ſecret parts to the world. But to ſpeake of the latter day: beſide all the reſt of the punishments of the reprobate, the nakedneſſe of their carcaſes ſhal be a punishment, they ſhall riſe with foule bodies, whereas the Elect shall riſe with glorified bodies: and the reprobate shall ſtand vp in the ſight of all men & Angels, with naked bodies, that their shame may be ſeene, & they shall crie (to hide their shame) on the mountaines, to couer them, and on the hilles to fall on them. Now laſt to ſpeake of that deſpite that Hee ſuffered: They parte His garmentes before Him, in deſpite of Him: They goe not to a backſide to deale them. Looke to Gods dealing heere: this is a juſt thing with God, that hee who is a ſinner, and who in contempt and deſpite of God hath ſinned, that he be contemned againe, and ſuffer deſpite openlie. And Chriſt, among all other punishmēts, bare this punishment of contempt vponupon the Croſſe. Then if contempt be done vntounto thee, who art a ſinner, & not in Ieſus Chriſt, not cledde with His juſtice, in reſpect of God; it is due juſtice, if thy goods be taken and pulled from thee before thine eyes, if thy ſonnes bee ſlaine in deſpite of thee, or thy virgins deſtored, thy ſelfe looking on, take it for the juſt judgement of God. In the latter daye, beſide all the punishmentes that shall fall vponupon a reprobate, deſpite shall be done to them. If it were but this, that the perſons whome they diſdained, contemned, and ſpitted vponupon, shall bee glorified in deſpite of them. So to ende this: This teaches vsus, howe good a thing it is to bee in Ieſus Chriſt, and howe bleſſed that bodie ſhall bee vvho is founde in Him. And as for thee, who art out of Ieſus Chriſt, woe ſhall be to thee, ſuppoſe thou were an Emperour. Nowe to goe forwarde: After the Hang-man, and after their deſpite, followes the part of the people vvho gazed on Him, they beginne, and wagge their heads. Dauid foretelles of that in the 22. Pſalme, verſ. 7. They had mee in deriſion, and made a mowe, and nodde their heads, and they ſaid, Is this the man who ſaide, hee would deſtroy the glorious Temple of Hieruſalem, and builde it after in three dayes▪ Come downe from the Croſſe, and ſaue thy ſelfe. They miſtooke the LORD, for the LORD vnderſtood of the Temple of His bodie, which after three dayes by His glorious reſurrection, hee ſhould reedifie and builde vp againe: ſo the opprobrie that they caſt vp to Him is this: He was wount to ſay, He would caſt downe the Temple, and builde it vp againe in three dayes: But this is a thing impoſſible: and their ground they take from His preſent infirme eſtate, that inhabilitie He was in on the Croſſe. So they gather of that, Seeing He could not free Himſelfe, that the other was impoſſible. Before I marke or obſerue any thing on this place, I ſhall followe out the ſcoffing, rayling, and mocking of others, After the people came in the Princes of the people, as High Prieſtes, Scribes, Phariſes, Elders, and Rulers, and they raile on Him, ſaying, This man tooke on Him the Name of CHRIST, let vsus ſee if He can ſaue Himſelfe: As they would ſay, It is impoſſible to Him who now hangs ſo ignominiouſly to ſaue Himſelfe. After them came the men of war…e, and in deriſion: They offer Him vineger to drinke, And they ſay, this is very like a King. How can He doe the dutie of a King, to deliuer the people, who cannot deliuer Himſelfe. This they ſaide, becauſe Hee had called Himſelfe a King, to the prejudice, as they thought, of Ceſars Kingdome▪ And laſtly, one of the thieues rayled on Him, to wit, He that hang at His left hand, ſaying, So like as thou art that Chriſt who can neither ſaue vsus nor thy ſelfe. Nowe, becauſe the rayling of the whole is all to one effect: therefore, ſhortly I ſhall obſerue ſome things in generall, as the Lord ſhall offer.
In all this rayling out againſt Him, yee ſee the extreame humiliation of IESVS CHRIST, for our ſinnes: Hee is made of no reputation: No, He is trodde on as a worme: And no queſtion, that extreame torment of bodie was not ſo grieuous to Him, as was this rayling on Him. They ſpeake to Him as a verie reprobate: and ſo farre as lay in them, they endeuoured to make Him to deſpare of all helpe. So yee may ſeee, this rayling was a thing moſt grieuous to Him. And Dauid beeing His type, he complaines on this ſhame, that they heaped on Him, in the 22. Pſalme. All this lets vsus ſee, howe dearely the Lord hath bought our life and Saluation: And wee are more than miſerable, if we ſee not this: And alſo it lets vsus ſee, what ſhould hauehave become of vsus, if He had not ſatisfied for vsus: and what ſhould become of thee, if thou bee not in CHRIST in that great day. And it tells thee, ſeeing all this is for thy ſinne, that thou ſhouldeſt hauehave a ſadde heart to hauehave ſuch a Redeemer made ſuch a ſpectacle, and thou ſhouldeſt groane vnderunder the burthen of ſinne: and when thou readeſt of the Croſſe, thine heart ſhould bee ſorrowfull, that euer thou ſhouldeſt hauehave moued the GOD of glorie to ſuch vengeance of His deare Sonne for thee. Thinke not that eueryevery man ſhall bee relieued of his ſinne by Him. No, onlie thoſe who learne to groane vnderunder the burthen of their owne ſinnes, by the which they hauehave pierced Him: and turne to the LORD vnfainedly, and get fauour. So if thou learneſt not at one time or other to groane, vnderunder the burthen of thy ſinne, thou ſhalt neuer be relieued by Him.
But to marke ſomething of this railing: I ſee, that theſe things they caſt vp to Him, is the verie verdict, whereupon they accuſed Him. They accuſed Him, becauſe He called Himſelfe the Chriſt, and becauſe He called Himſelfe the King of the Iewes: and becauſe He ſaid, that He would deſtroy the Temple, and build it vp againe the third day. So the very thing yt they caſt vp to Him in deſpite, is ye very crime wherefore they condemned Him. Men would thinke, yt it ſhould hauehave cōtented them to had Him hanging in torment: but Brethren, alas, the malice of the enemies of Ieſus Chriſt is endleſſe, there is none end of it: it will not bee the death of one Chriſtian: yt wil ſatisfie them, it wil not be thy blood that wil quench their thirſt: but in thy torment they will raile on, and ſtriue to cauſe thee to deſpare, that thy ſoule may periſh. There is ſuch an extreame deſpite in their heartes, that they would hauehave thine aſhes and thy bones to be exponed to opprobrie and ſhame, which hath lyen ſo long in the graue. See wee not this, howe the bones of faithfull Chriſtians hauehave beene taken vp, and burnt by the Antichriſt. The LORD ſaue vsus from their crueltie: But here I lift vp mine eyes, and looke vntounto GOD. The Lord Ieſus, He ſuffered moſt juſtly, who was cled with our ſinnes, and bare them on the Croſſe for our cauſe: and it learnes thee this, that if thou ſuffereſt opprobrie and ſhame▪ and men raile on thee, that thou goe euer to ſee, if thou be in Chriſt, in thy ſuffering: for if thou be out of Chriſt, woe is to thee, for that is but the beginning and forerunner of that paine and ſhame that thou ſhalt ſuffer in Hell. I tell this more, in that latter day, when ye reprobate ſhalbe cōdemned, their ſin which was the cauſe of their death, ſhall euer be had in memory, but if once thou goeſt to Hell, ye remembrance of thy ſin ſhall neuer be buried▪ but thy verdict ſhalbe caſt in thy teeth, & thy cōſcience ſhal taunt thee, and ſhal ſay to thee, Murtherer, thou delitedſt in murther, now goe to murther, nowe free thy ſelfe out of Hell, if thou canſt: and to them who followed Harlots, Thou delitedſt in Harlotrie, and in offending of GOD thou vvho couldeſt not bee ſatisfied in pleaſuring thy foole luſtes, nowe ſatisfie thy ſelfe vvith theſe extreame tormentes; nowe goe to thy harlotrie, let ſee: And to the blaſphemer, Thou delitedſt in blaſpheming of GOD, nowe let ſee if thou dare blaſpheme, goe thy way nowe, and blaſpheme: And to the Idolater, Thou delitedſt in worſhipping of Idolles, and lefteſt the worſhipping of the true GOD; nowe goe thy waye to Idolatrie, &c. Nowe, woulde to GOD the worlde coulde think… Hell to be earneſt. This torment and rayling in the death of CHRIST, is an image of the torment of Hell.
I ſee heere further, that beſides this, there is a grounde of all their opprobrie, to wit, that ſhamefull Croſſe which IESVS was hanging on: They thought, that ſeeing IESVS was crucified, it was impoſſible for Him to caſt downe the Temple, and to build it vp againe: They thought it was impoſſible for Him to ſaue the worlde, ſeeing Hee coulde not ſaue Himſelfe: and that Hee coulde not doe the duetie of a King, vvho was alreadie hanged: How becomes it a King to bee hanged? The cauſe of their offence vvas that ſhame which Hee ſuffered and that they ſawe that Hee could not deliuer Himſelfe. The Croſſe of Ieſus is fooliſhneſſe to the worlde: & bleſſed are they who will not take offence at the Croſſe of Chriſt. Looke howe they are deceiued in their judgements: Becauſe the Croſſe was the onelyonly meane whereby Hee ſhoulde hauehave done all things, when Hee was hanging, was He not deſtroying the Temple of His body, that after three dayes, by His glorious reſurrection Hee might builde it vp againe? And when Hee was on the Croſſe, did Hee not the office of Chriſt? that is, of an anointed Prieſt: for then Hee was offering that Sacrifice of His body to the Father: And was He not by the Croſſe purchaſing to Himſelfe and to vsus a glorious Kingdome? Yea, on the Croſſe, Hee like a glorious King, triumphed ouer the Deuils and made an open ſhew of them: for Hee had a battell with the Deuils on the Croſſe, and triumphed ouer them all. Col. 2.15. This ſame blindnes of the world remaines ſtill in it: for when the world ſees a body vnderunder afflictiō, in pouerty, bu…nt or martyred for Chriſts ſake, then the world thinkes it is impoſſible that that body can attaine to glory. They thinke him as an out-caſt, and will ſcorne his profeſſion. They will ſaye, Are theſe your Chriſtians? of all men they are the moſte miſerable, if that be the waye to Heauen, I will renounce to goe that way, this is rather the waye to goe to Hell. This is the voyce of the worlde: And the cauſe is, becauſe miſerable catiues know not what ſinne is, which at that time behooued to bee purged by the Croſſe: for the juſtice and Majeſtie of GOD beeing offended, required that it ſhoulde bee ſo: and nowe in vsus ſinne thorowe manifolde croſſes and afflictions muſt bee mortified. Let the vvorlde thinke and ſpeake as it pleaſes, the onelyonly waye whereby thou ſhalt come to life, is ſuffering and affliction: and thou muſt thinke this, that wee muſt bee racked thorowe Hell, ere wee come to Heauen. Our redemption is wrought by the Croſſe: thou ſhalt not come to Heauen, but by the Croſſe. The ground of all is ſinne: But alas, the world ſees it not. The word will teach thee, that there is no other vvay to come to Heauen, but by affliction: and it will thee, that if thou bee not purged and changed by trouble and affliction, thou ſhalt neuer ſee Heauen. Alas, that wee coulde once grone vnderunder ſinne. And bleſſed is the ſoule, that hath a ſight of the weight of ſinne: and vvoe to that ſoule, that hath no ſight of ſinne.
To goe forwarde: I ſee in this Thiefe, vvho rayles on Chriſt, ſome ſpeciall thing: hee hath a particular of his owne, hee is in torment, and therefore hee ſaies, Jf thou bee that CHRIST, ſaue thy ſelfe and vsus. Brethren, a torment, vvhatſoeuer it bee, if it bee not the better ſanctified, it vvill mooue the creature to fall out in blaſphemie: thou vvilt blaſpheme both in heart and mouth, and thou vvilt ſaye, that there is no power in GOD to ſaue thee: And the Thiefe in effect ſaide this, There is no power in thee to ſaue mee▪ I renounce thee as a Sauiour: and, if thou confeſſe His power, thou wilt denie His merciemercy, and vvilt ſaye, GOD is but a Tyrant. And, if thou vvilt ſaye, Hee is mercifull: bee mercifull to vvhome Hee vvill, Hee cannot bee mercifull vntounto mee: This laſt diſtruſting of merciemercy to thy ſelfe, is a great ſinne. And that to ſaye altogether, that there is no merciemercy in GOD, it is a plaine blaſphemie. And laſt, to ſaye, there is no power in GOD it is to denie GOD to bee GOD: For howe can Hee bee GOD, if Hee vvant power? So I thinke, that this catiue hath beene a great blaſphemer of that Majeſtie: and vvhen I looke on it, I ſee in him the image of the death of the reprobate, vvhen they are dying and changing this life. (The Lord giuegive vsus grace to die well.) The reprobate ſhall thinke, that in their doing, God hath no power to ſaue them: for, of all men in the worlde, the reprobate is the moſt Ioath to die: for either they ſhall thinke that God is not mercifull at all, or elſe at leaſt, that there is no merciemercy in Him for them: and ſo the miſerable creature will turne his backe on GOD, and immediately ſhall caſt himſelfe into Hell and damnation. Wee reade of Sidrach, Meſach, and Abednego, that they were ſo farre from this blaſphemie, that when the Tyrant falles out in blaſphemie, they meete him, and ſaye, Our GOD is Almightie, and Hee hath power to deliuer vsus if Hee pleaſe. Neuer come thou to deſpaire, though thou ſhouldeſt die tenne thouſande deathes: but ſleepe in His boſome, & hang on Him, and ſaue His honour, and thinke not that which maye derogate His honour, and ſaye, Though thou ſhouldeſt ſlaye mee, LORD, yet will I truſt in thee, and ſo die ſweetlie, reſting in His armes. Well, I ſee this hath beene a miſerable bodie, and hath died miſerablie, blaſpheming the God of Glorie: and this is euen as the reprobate ſhall doe at the latter Iudgement. And yet when I compare him with the Phariſes and Prieſts, I find their blaſphemie greater than his. Well ſhall it bee to the Thiefe, in reſpect of them, for they had knowledge, and hee wanted. Who ſhoulde hauehave had knowledge but they? They had no torment, hee had ſore torment. What neede had they to blaſpheme? Therefore, their condemnation ſhall bee greater than his. And vvhen I compare this blaſphemie of the Thiefe with the blaſphemie of ſome men in theſe dayes, vvho when anie croſſe falles vponupon them without their expectation, vvill ſaye, What can GOD doe more vntounto mee? ſo in effect denying power to bee in GOD, and in IESVS CHRIST: I count the blaſphemie of theſe men to bee greater than his vvas. For nowe IESVS is in Glorie: and the Thiefe ſaw Him on the Croſſe in miſerie vvith himſelfe. If thou now blaſphemeſt Him ſo, it were well done, that thy mouth were ſowed vp, that thou neuer ſpakeſt a vvorde.
Nowe to ende vvith this. The LORD giuegive vsus grace, that neither in thought nor in vvorde vvee diſhonour that MAIESTIE, but maye acknowledge His merciemercy and power towardes vsus in IESVS CHRIST: To vvhome bee all Honour, Glorie, Praiſe, Power, and Dominion, both nowe and euermore, Worlde vvithout ende: AMEN.