He was more willing to die than they were to put him to death; he suffered not by force, he courted [welcomed] the effusion [shedding] of his blood, when he knew that the hour which his Father appointed, and man needed, was approaching. Neither the infamy [shame] of the cross, nor the sharpness of the punishment, nor the present and foreseen ingratitude of his enemies could deter him from desiring and effecting man's salvation. He went to it, not only as a duty, but [as] an honor; and was content for a while to be [the] sport of devils that he might be the spring [source] of salvation to men.
From the book Christ Crucified by Stephen Charnock, page 57
Monday, October 6, 2008
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