...things of the world he trampled under his feet: the suffering* of the world lie set at nought: for th» joy that was set before, him, he endured the cross, despising the shame. Here we see the Godhead breaking out with a lustre surpassing tint even of divine pomp. Heavenly sentiments,...

...the foundation of the world; when, as the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews says (c. xii. 20.) for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set dawn at the right hand oftlte throne of God. How short it falls of the confidence which the...

...him. Phil. ii. 8. Christ ' became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.' Heb. xii. 2. ' For the joy that was set before him [he] endured the cross, despising the shame.' Acts ii. 23. ' Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken,...

...was a just, a religious motive as, indeed, it is recorded of the Author of salvation himself: " For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame." It was a reward which Jesus had in view when he gave his back to the smiters, and when he poured out...

...him. Phil. ii. 8. Christ ' became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.' Heb. xii. 2. 'For the joy that was set before him [he"! endured the cross, despising the shame.' Acts ii. 23. ' Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken,...

...Jesus to the mediatorial throne was the covenanted reward of his humiliation and sufferings. For this "joy, that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame ; and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of GoD ;" " he humbled himself, and became obedient...

...dispensation and will of God. Of Christ himself, our great example and forerunner, it is said, for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame : and is set down at the right-hand of the throne of God. Let us, therefore, says the Apostle, run with patience...

...discountenanced, was very differently esteemed by HIM who knew the value of the promised inheritance : " For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame." Hope has, perhaps, been too seldom mentioned and enforced in modern times. When St. Paul prayed for...

...reach their final home, he will be fully recompensed for all that he endured. Thus it is said, " For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Observe also the value which God attaches...

...reward;" (Heb. xi. 26.); and of our Saviour himself it is recorded, that " for " (am, for the »ake of) " the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of God." (Heb. xii. 2.) After such precepts ¡uul such examples as these,...