Chap·t. Setl.6. 1£oolttng unto ']Jcfu.S'. Book lV. 351 c.d/cd 'ft~d.ts) otzeof rhetrvdve, wembeforethtm, ttHd drew near mJto Jefm to kJ[s him. luke2:. 47~ This Trairor is not a Difciple only, but an Apollle; not one of the fevemy, but one of rhe twelve. .Aug~<ftine fpeaks of many offices of Love that Clmrt. had. done to Jt~- d.<s in efpecial manner ; he had called him ro be an Apofile, made lum IllS Fnend, hrs Familiar, caufed him ro eat of his Bread, fir ar his Table, and to drp hiS hand rn the Di1J 1 with him. yea if his Tradition be true, Jef" had ddivmd Jud.u often from death, Ad•g.Serm.,s. ~nd for his fakf healed his Fdm of a P~lfte, and cured hiJ Mother of a Leprofie ; and 0 f'atm. next toPeter, honoured him above all oth'' hu .Apoftles. Of thiS we are fure, that he k•f- {ed him and wall1ed his feet, and made him his Treafurer, and his Almoner; and that now J"d"' llwuldbetray Chrifl; 0 ho\v~ dorh this a~de to the fulferings of Chrill, and tJl rhelinof JudM? Behold,~ mt<ltiwd,, and JudMm tbefront: he went before them, tam pedibru qttam moribtH; in his prefence, ~nd in his malice. The Evangelill: gives the .reafon of this, that he might have the better opportunity to kifs him; this was rhe fign he gave the rout; whomfoever IJha/1"J(s, that is he, lay hold M him; he begins war with a Kifs, and breaks the peace of his Lord by a Symbole of kindnefs: Jefus takes this ill ; !Vhat, Judas! betrayeft thou theSon of man with a Kifs? q. d. What, doll:theu make-the Luke 10 ; 4s. feal oflove the fign of treachery? What! mull: a Kifs of thy mouth be the Key of troafon? 0 what a friendly reproofi ; here! By way of ufe. it were well {or the world (faith Chryfojlowe) efpecially for the Children of God, that~ .Vfe. Judas were alone itl this tran[e;ref!iou. t h.ft there were no more pcr.fidioJM, trecherom perfons VrmamJudas in it bcfides himfelf. But Oh ! how full is the world of fuch ·mifcreants ? there was nef•:; Ji~~"-1 ver yet an Abet, but he had a Cain to murder him; never yet a Mo{es, but he had a ea "· ry' Jamm and Jambres to refill him ; never yer a Jo[eph, but he had unkind Brothers to envy him ; never yet a Samfon, but he had a Dalilah to betray him ; never yet a David, but he had an .Ahitopheltohim him ; never yet a Paul, but there was an Alexander to do him much evil; nay it is well, if in ·e~ery Alfembly we meet not with aJudas : in civil affairs how many are there that Jive, and make gain by lying, fwearing, cheating, cozening, felling away Chrifl and their own foulsfor a lclfer matter than thirty pieces of Silver? and in religious atf:irs, how many fecure and drowfie profelfors have we amongfl: us, that falute Chrifl: both by hearing the Word, and receiving the Seals, and yet in their lives and converfations they deny Chrirt? They hono~tr God with thei,./ips, Mat. 2(,.;o. \ lmt their hearts arc far away from him. 2. For Chrirt'sapprehenlion; thencamethcy, andlaid lumds on]cfm, tmd too( him. They apprehended him whom the world cannot comprehend; and yet before they took him, he himfelfbegins the enquiry, and leads them into their errand; he tells them that he was Jcfus of Naz..areth, whon they fought:" this was but a breath, a meek and gentle word ; yet had it greater !hength in ir than the Eall:ern wind, or the voice of Thunder: for God was in that fl:ill voice, and it fl:ruck them down to the ground. 0 the power of Chrifl: ! they come to him with clubs and ll:aves, and fwords, and he does no more but let a word fly our of his moUth, and prefently they !!agger, run back,_ward, John 18. 6; and fall to theground. Oh if we cannot bear a fofc anfwer of the merciful God, how dare we fo ~rovoke, as we do, the wrath of tbe Almighty Judge? and yet he fuffers them to rtfe again, and they llill perlift in their enquiry afrer him; he tells them once more, I ar": he; he offers himfelf. he is ready, and defirous to be facriliced ; only he fets them thetr bounds, and ther.,fore he fecures his Apoflles to be wimeifesof his fulfenngs: In this work of Redemption no man mull: have an active !hare befides himfelf; he alone was to tread the wine-pref, : if therefore ye feek me (faith Chrifl:) let thefe)ohn 18. 8. go rhmway; thushe permits himfelf to oe taken, but not his Difciples. And now they have his leave, Oh with what fierce and cruel countenances, with what menacmg and threaming looks, with what malicious and fpigh1ful minds do they in– vade and alfault our Saviour? they encompaf> him round; then they lay their wicked and vrolenr hands upon him: in the Original, £71'i.g,'"' fignilies a violent taking. One . fpeak> the manner of his apprehenlion in thefe words* Some of them/ay hold on hilgar- * fl.!J 1"'d·"" ap. t th h h · .<h· h h prt Jfaalbant me~.s_, 0 _ ers ont e atro;_ ..-s Jead;fom~plttc~ himbythebMrd, ot ers ftruck.._him with vtftuejtu,alii rlmr •mptoru fiHs, andbung enraged , that IVith ,a word he had thro!Vn them back,_wards on mittebant m a– theground, they therefore thrdlV him on his back,_, and bafely tread him under their dirty ""' iuapillos f eet. Another Author gtves it thus; *.As a roaring, ramping Lion ·draws- al011g :;'£~1i;: j~l1• H'f • · ' Carthag. in'f~f: 21 • Swtt Uo mgi;ns, (;"' )'cpiens; trnbit prt€d,1N' per tnram, & lacn.~t, & ltliiiat, &r. Jacob deVairnti, the
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