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tempted,Math. 4. & Hebr. 4. 15. so was he. If wee bee smitten for our sinnes, so was
he: for he bare our infirmities,Esay. 53. 4. 5. and the penaltie of our trans∣gressions
was layd vppon him. If wee be tryed and nurtured
with correction of the crosse, so was he: insomuch that al∣though
he was the sonne of God,Hebr. 5. 8. yit learned he obedience
by the things that he suffered. If wee bee abaced, so was he:
insomuch that wheras it was no robberie in him to bee equall
with God,Phil. 2. 6. 7. bycause he was in the shape of God, yit abaced he
himselfe by taking vppon him the shape of a seruant, and that
so farre,Psal. 22. 6. as he cryeth out in the Psalme, I am a worme, and no
man, a very scorning stocke of men, and an outcast of the peo∣ple.
If the terrour of Gods wrath for sin doo abash our harts,
so did it abash his: and that so sore, as he was fayne too crye
out,Psal. 22. 1. & Mth. 27. 46. O God my God, why hast thou forsaken mee? If wee
suffer want and penury, so did he: for he had not whereon
too rest his head. Finally he became lyke vnto vs in all things,
sauing onely in sinne,Heb. 5. 15. 16 to the intent that wee hauing a Hygh
priest which could bee touched with the feeling of our infir∣mities,
might boldly preace to the throne of grace, to obteyne
mercy and fauour,1. Pet. 4. 13. 14 to our releefe and helpe in dew time. Assu∣ring
our selues that if wee fashion our selues lyke vntoo his
image in sufferance, in patience, in humilitie, in fayth, in hope,
in loue, and in resistence of sinne, wee shall also bee made lyke
vnto him in glory.Wherefore let vs take his yoke vppon vs,Mah. 11. 30. for it is sweete:
let vs sticke to him in weale and wo, he will not forsake vs:
and let vs fence our selues aforehand with the armour and
weapons that Saint Paule speaketh of in his present Epistle,
that wee may bee able to stand fast in these euill dayes, wherin
Satan the old serpent leaueth nothing vnattempted that may
destroy or impayre our fayth: and that wee may bee able to
beare out the brunt of afflictions which God iustly may, and
(I feare mee) shortly will cast vppon vs for our carelesse hea∣ring,
and more carelesse, slowe, and negligent following of his
word so plentifully preached among vs, if wee conuert not by
speedie amendment. Let such as are yit weake, learne to grow
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