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My Lord did know what was to come upon him. Mans sin had been shamefull, Christs Death was most Reproachful and Accursed; Man had taken Pleasure in sin, Christs Death was painful. Man had been wilful in Transgression, and Christs Death
was voluntary, though 'twas violent. Man had sinned against knowledge and with great contrivance and deliberation, and Christ perfectly understood all that he was to endure. He was well aware what he was to feel from Earth, from Hell, and from his heavenly Father, and yet he makes no de∣mur, but endures the Cross, and despises the shame, and gives his Life a Ransom for many.
How was he straitned till his bloody Baptism was accomplished. And when his Disciple Peter through an ignorant and carnal Affection would have hindred him from dying for his Church; how sharply does he rebuke him, Get thee behind me Sa∣tan, for thou art an offence to me, thou sa∣vourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.