...the Apostle, ,/or the sufferings of death, crowned with glory and honor;* and again, he saith— -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.^ And even the very style of his exaltation is plainly...

...that his path to the throne lay. It was from the scene of agony that he was to enter into rest. For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, despising the shame. He would have been happy and glorious for ever as the Son of God, though he had left us to perish ;...

...grace is sufficient for us. How encouraging, too, is it to think of the issue of his sufferings. 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. Your sorrows also will have an end — and the...

...1—3. Secondly. The expectations of Messiah himself confirm it. It is written of him — that " for the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, despising the shame." But what joy was this '. It was the benevolent delight of doing good, of saving souls, of " destroying...

...Mount, to suffer for " righteousness' sake," he gave them an example of such sufferings, in that " for the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame." On this ground, Peter encouraged Christians patiently to suffer for welldoing, and said, — " For...

...6—8. VOL. V. R " fail, nor was discouraged, till he had set judgement in the earth." Animated by the joy that was set before him, " he endured the cross, despising the shame." If we look through all the scenes and passages of his life, we shall find him incessantly engaged in...

...he had difficulties to overcome, and much to endure : but he was not impeded or dismayed — " For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." That the Apostle immediately refers to him as our...

...completed. He did not " fail, nor was discouraged, till he had set judgment in the earth." Animated by the joy that was set before him, " he endured the cross, despising the shame." If we look through all the scenes and passages of his life, we shall find him incessantly engaged in...

...He consented to suffer what is most dreadful to mankind, as the substitute for guilty sinners. For the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame. In order that He might bring many sons unto glory, the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through...

...Psalm xl. 6—8. " fail, nor was discouraged, till he had set judgement in the earth." Animated by the joy that was set before him, " he endured the cross, despising the shame." If we look through all the scenes and passages of his life, we shall find him incessantly engaged in...