' Chap. I .Se&.6 Looking u1:1to :}efta. BooK IV 1. 'f ud.u treafon: And w.,hile heyet fpakf, behold a multimdr, and he that w.u called 'fudM ime of the Hvclve, wenr before them, Luk.n.47 • and drew neare unto 'fefm to kjffe him. This tra} tor is not a difciple only, but an Apoftle; not one of the fean·nty, but one of the twelve. Augustine fpeaks of m~ny offires oflove that Chrifl: had done to 'fud.u in efpecial manner; he had called him to be an Apoftle, made him his friend, his familiar, caufcd him to eat of his bread, fit at his table, and to dip his hand in the difh with him. yea ifhis tradition be true, 'feJm htld delivered {udM often eAug Se 8 from'de,1th, and for hu faf<t- healed hu father of a P.a!Jic, and cured adfwrct·!. '. hu mGther of a leprojie,and next to Peter honoured htm above all other hu Apoffles. Of this we are fu rc, that be kilfed him and wafhed his feet, and made him his treafurel.\, and his almner; and that now 'fudM {hould betray Chrifl, 0 how doth this adde to the fufferings ofChrifl, and to theGn of 'fudM? behold a mtt!titude, and {udM in the front; he went before them, tam pedibm quam moribm ; in his prefence, and in his malice. The Evange!ifl gives the reafon ofthis, that he might have the better opportunity to ki!fe him; this was the figne be gave the rout, w~cm [oever 1 ' jhall k.i,!e, th~tt is he, lay hold otJ him : he begi,ns war with a kilfe, and breaks the peace ofhis Lord by a fymbole ofkindnelfe : Jefus t· k 8 takes this ill, what,'fudM? betrayeft ~hou thr Son of man with a u .u.~ · kif]'e? q. d. what doft thou make the feale of love, the figne of treachery ? what ? mufi a kilfe of thy mouth be the key of treafon? 0 what a friendly reproofe is here! By ·way of ufe.- 1; were w~l!for the world (faith Chry[oflo"?e) efpecially for the Vfe.' ch1ldrenoj God, that {udM were alone m thu tranfgrejf:on , that 1/tinam.]udas there were no more perfidious, tre11cherous perfins in it befides him- Solf'r1fic pccfelfe. But oh ! how full is the world of fuch mifcreanrs;> there ''1ffct. C!lryfo, was never yet an Abel, but he had a Cain to murther him; never yet a Mofes, but he had a [.~nnes and { a.mbre• to reGft him; ccver yet a 'f o[eph, but he had unkind brothers to e~vy him; never yet a Sampfon, but he had ~ D:dila h to betray ,him; never yet a David, but he had an Ai:hitophelto burt h!m; never yet a Paul, but there was an Alexander to do him much evil\ nay it is wei! ifin every alfembly we meet not with a [t-!J.M? in civil ~fri,ircs how ~any are t~ere tha.t live and make gaine by ly~r.g, fw~~- ·t~g, cbeatmg, cozentng, fellmg away Chnft, and their o 111 iouiS t ;.~,· Cccc2 J /
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