Solparvus
Puritan Board Senior
An aspect of our redemption where it is wisest to stand back, and be in awe.
Psalm 22:13–15
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
“That hour [at his crucifixion] what his feelings were is dangerous to define: we know them not; we may be too bold to determine of them. To very good purpose it was that the ancient Fathers of the Greek church in their liturgy, after they had recounted all the particular pains, as they are set down in his passion, and by all and by everyone of them called for mercy, do, after all, shut up with this: [Greek omitted] By thine unknown sorrows and sufferings, felt by thee, but not distinctly known by us, have mercy upon us and save us. “
Lancelot Andrewes.
Taken from the Treasury of David
Psalm 22:13–15
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
“That hour [at his crucifixion] what his feelings were is dangerous to define: we know them not; we may be too bold to determine of them. To very good purpose it was that the ancient Fathers of the Greek church in their liturgy, after they had recounted all the particular pains, as they are set down in his passion, and by all and by everyone of them called for mercy, do, after all, shut up with this: [Greek omitted] By thine unknown sorrows and sufferings, felt by thee, but not distinctly known by us, have mercy upon us and save us. “
Lancelot Andrewes.
Taken from the Treasury of David