- in g. And of~he ach done in this interval oftime, we are next to trcate. ·--__ __.......__ ___ ~----- SECT. 7· Of ChriflJ ext~minati~n, and condemnation, with their appendices. NOw it was that t~ey led him from Amw to C aipha;; and prefently a counce! is called of the high Priefis, Scribes, and Elders . tbefe were the greatefi, gravefi, learned'fi, wifeft men amongft them, and they all confpire to judge him, who is the greatJudge both ofquick and dead.-- in their proceedings we may obfl'rve. I. The captious examination of the higb Prieft. 2. The facrilegious fmiting of one of the fervants. 3· The impious accufations ofthe witndfes. 4· The fentence of the Judges. ·S. The perfidious denyal of perjured Peter. 6. The filameful deluficm, and abufes of the bafe attendants. 1. For the captious examination of the high Pridl, the high Job.tS,t9· Prieft then aokJd 'fefus of hi• difciples, and ofhis do[frine. r . Of his difciples; what the quefiions were it is not expreffed, but probably they might be fuch as thefe, ho>P mtmJ difciples he had? and >Phere they were .? andwhat was become of them ? why he fbould t11kJ upon him to be better guard~d than othen of'greater place and calling? whether it did not favour of [edition and diflurbance ifthe ftate, to lead about fuch a crew ofdifciples, and(e!lowers after him? and what W/!J the reafon oftheir flight, whether it were not a tokJn of their gttiltinejfe, of fome diforder, or ofriotous praEtifes? it is not' for me to fpeak how many qua::res the high Prieft might make to - tempt Jefus, but certainly he was Gfred to the bran, examined co the full of all fuch circumfiances as eitfuer might trap Chrifi, or in the leafi degree advance and help forward his condemnation; to this quefiion cor.Jcerning his difciples OUI' Saviour anfwered nothing; alas he knew the frailty of his followers, he might have faid, {or my difciples )'OU fee one hath betrayed me, and another will anone forfweare me; he fl ayes but for the crowing ofthecock._, Dddd and
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