The crucified Jesus, or, A full account of the nature, end, design and benefits of the sacrament of the Lords Supper with necessary directions, prayers, praises and meditations to be used by persons who come to the Holy Communion / by Anthony Horneck ...

41. And he was withdrawn from them about a Stones-cast, and kneeled down, and prayed.

OUR Saviour, when he means to pray most ear∣nestly, retires from all company, yet how irksome hath retirement been to thee, O my Soul! What a bur∣den hath it seemed, and how glad hast thou been, when company, or Business, have call'd thee away from that Penance, and given thee a diversion! How much more pleasing have crouds and mulitudes of business, and peo∣ple been to thee, than privacy! In serious retirements thou mightest have seen the brighter goings of God, and had larger experience of his Power and Goodness; but thou hast been afraid of meeting thy God in private, and by that means deprived thy self of the gracious influences, which he imparts to them, that love his company! Be∣hold,

thy Redeemer bows his knees, and kneels on the cold ground to offer up his Supplications to his Father How strangely hast thou consulted thine ease in Prayer! How afraid hast thou been to kneel, if thou hast had no Cushion! How loth to put thy flesh to any trouble in God's Service! Did the Son of God prostrate himself upon the Grass or Earth he stood upon, and art thou a∣fraid of hurting thy self in Prayer, if thou hast not the accommodations of Softness and Luxury?