Ch~p~~~- 5-.--~~-ro-k_t_n_g_u_n_t_o~~~u~u~s~.--~B~oo~k~Iv~.-3-7~1Pi/ate crying unto them, Behold the man, q. d. Behold apoor, filly, miferab/e, diftref– fod man; behold I fry, mt yo1tr King, to provokE you agamft hzm, nor Jet the Son of God, ,~hich you fay he makEs himfelf to be; but behold the m~n,. a mean man, "worm and no man; behold h~w he ftands dujigured with wo~tnds, behola hnn welmng and pantmg,. m " crimfon river of his owngore blood; and let thi< fiifficicnt, yeamore than [ujJicLGnt punijhment .fiiffice to f•ti<fie your rage, what would you have more.' •f tt be for malzce that you ,,.e fo violentagainfthim, beholdhow mifcrablehcis.; if for foar, behold how contemptt~l• he u.: .As for any fault whereby he jhould defervehu death, I find no fault mhtm; he tJ a Lamb without [pot, "Dove without g•ll; 0 cowe and behold thu man, I can fin.d no fguft. in him. Some Doctors affirm that whiles Pi/ate cryed out behold the man, Ius fer.vants lifted up the purple robe, that fo all might fee his t~rn, and bloody, ~n~ macerated body; he fuppofed hii words could not [o move the.Ir hearts, as Clm{ls wounds, and therefore faid he, Behold the man; as If he had faid agam, Look_ on hm• and vmrhim well, i5 he not well paid for callsng himfo/f King of the rews ? now fee him ftript, and whipt, andcrowned!'9iththorns, and [cepter'dwithareed,mrointedwith JPittle, and cloathed with purple; what would yo~< more ? 2. We find the Jews more inraged again !I: Jefus, When thechief Pr!efts andOjficers John , 9 , 15, Jaw him, they crycd om, faymg, cnzcifie htm, cnte1{ic htm. The lnore l'•l~te enueavours to appeafe them, the more were the people enraged againlt him; and therefore rhey cry awaywith him, away with him~ crucifie him, cntcifie him Now was fulfilled that pro- Ver. If, phelieof Jeremy, My heritageinmto me M a Lion in the forreft, it cryeth Olltagainft ,,,]cr. 11 • g, The Naturalill:s report of the Lion, that when he is near ro his prey, he gives out a mighty roar, whereby rhe poor hunred beal1: is fo amazed and terrified~ thatalmolt dead wirh fear he falls flat on the ground, and fo becomes the LIOns prey mdeed: And thus the Jews (whoweretheheritageoftheLord) were unto Chrill:as aLion in the forre(\, they hunted and purfued him to his death, and being near it, they give out a mighty Owur, that the earth .rung again, .Away with him, mvay with him, crucifie hi?", cruc~- jic him.· 0 ye Jews, clnldren of lfrael, feed of ,.Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, ts 110tthrs , he concerning ·whom your fathers cryed, 0 that thou wouldft rent the heavens, that thou Ha 64 , 1. Wo!Sldft come down, th,,t the mountains might flow down at thy prcfence ? How is it that · yo~ lhould defpife him prefent, whom they defired abfem ~ How is it that your cry and therrs lhould be fo contrary? The Panther (fay they) rs of fo fweet a favour, that if he be but within the compafs of fcent, all the beails of the field run towards him, but when they fee his ugly vifage they fly from him, and run away; fo the Jews afar off feeling the fweer favours of ChrHl's Ointments, they cryed, Draw me, we will runaf- cant. 1• z: terthee, come Lord refus comequick]y; but now in his paffion, looking on his form, they .change their note, He hath no form, or comclinefs, there i5 no beamy, that we jhouldde- lfa. 53· 1~ ~~~~~~~~ - 3. We find Pi/ate and the Jews yet debating the bufinefs ; Pilate is loth to pronounce the femence, and the chiefe{l: of the Jews provoke him to it with a threefold argu– ment, As--- I. They hada law, and by their law he ought to dye, becaufe he made himfelf the Son of John '9· 7; .God; thu~ the Doctors of the Law _do accufe the Author and Publilher of the Law; but Ej"' abfolve– they con!Ider not the rule concerumg. Laws, He maylmvfullyabolijh, who hath power to re, <uJSHejl ~ft~bltjl,; nor did they confiderthar this Law concerned not himfelf, who is indeed, and conderclegem. m trurh the Son of God: the text tells us, rhar Pi/ate hearing thh arg~<ment, 1'9M the more afratd. Ptlate ( faith Cyril) was an heathen idolater, and fo worD1ipping many !lods, h~ could nor tell but that Chrifi might be one of them, and therefore in condemnmg Chnll, he might !ullly P.rovoke all Ihe Gods to be revenged of hi£?· This was rhe meanmg of Ptlate,s quellwn, Whence artthOJ<? what is thy Off-fprtng? of what Progemtors art tboufprung? .And from thenceforth Pil~u (o"ght tore/.afehim. 2. The Jews come With another Argument, they threaten Pi/ate, If thou letthu mall h , go, thou art not Cefar's friend; a forcible reafon, as the cafe then ll:ood; it was no fmall Jo n_}IJ· "• matter to be accufed by fo many audacious impudent men of high rreafon againfi Cefar, and .r~erefo:e. under this obl!ganon Pi/ate fcems to bend and bow; whom the fear of Clm(\ s DIVlnuy had :ellrained, him the fear of Ce(ar's frown provoked to go on to fen- . tcnce and condemnauon. Oh he was more afraid ot man, whofe breath is in his nollrils ~ban of God himfelf, who made the heavens ,and framed the !Vorld. And yet before he give; Mat. '7· '4• .~nrhence, he takts water and wafoerh hu hands before the multitude, fayinr;, I .tm innocent · oJ t ebloodof thu ;ujf perfon, fee ye t• it. 0 o 3· 'rn
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