Chap.I.Sed.7 L11king unto 1eftis. Book IV. Part.;. 573 at the ba~re? 2 . Though many fa ~(e wirneff~! _cam_e in to te.Jlifie ver.6o. againft htm, yet they found none; becaufe rhm mtntf[e dtd not 1\hdr 14 5 6 p.gree together. 0 the injuftice of men in bringing about the · ' ' decrees ofGod! the Judges feek our for witneffes, the witneffes are to feek tor proof, thole proofes were co feek for unity and .confent, and nothing was ready for their purpofe. 3. At llft after many attempts came two fP!/ft witnl"ffes, and[aid, thu fellow ver.6r. [aid I am able to drftroy the Temple of Cjod, and to build it in tbru day:1 • They accufe him for a figurative fpeech, a trope which they-could not underftand; which if he had effected according .to the letter, it had been fo far from a fault, that it would have been an argument of his power ; but obferve their falfe report ·of the words he had fpoke~, !o.r he faid not lam able to df_/lro.! Joh,z. 1 ; Ehis Temple ofGod, ,mel to ba~ld tt tn thrte dayn, but deftroyye thu 9 Temple, and. in ~hree dayes I ~ill r.li[e it up: the alligation differs -from the truth m thefe parttculars I. 1 dm able to df_/lroy, fay they; ay but deftroy ye,faith Chrift. 2, I 11m able to dellroy thiJ Temple of God, fay they: ay but deftroy ye thu Temple, fc1ith Chrift; (imply thu Temple without addition. 3. I am able to deftroy thiJ Temple ofGod, and to build it in three dayrs, fay they ; ay but deftroy ye thiJ Temple, 11nd in thru dayes I will raife it up, faid Chrift; he fpoke not of building an exrergaJ Temple, Lut ofraifing up his own body, which he knew they would deftroy. Thefe were the accufations of the falfc witneffes, to all which 'fefus anfwmdnothing; he defpife'd their accufations as not wor... thy an anfwer; and this vl"xed more.- But, 4· AnothC!r accufation is brought in ; C aiph,u had a referve which he knew fhould do the bufineffe in that affemb1y, he adjured him by God, to tell him if be were the (hrift , I adjure thee by the living M~t.l6.6F God , that thou tell m whether thou be the Chrijl: the Son of God: the holy Jefus being adjured ' by fo fa cred a Name, . would not now refti fe an anfwer, but he confeffed himfelf~ to be the (hrift, the Son oft he lh ·ing Cod: and this the high Prieft was pleafed (as tbedefi gne w~s layd) to call blajphemy; and in token thereof he rends his cl o:uhs, Prophet ically lignifying that rae Priefthood . 1hould be ren t from himfelfe. , We are taught in all this quietly to fulfer wrong, ifmy aJ.yer- ' v fe Jary fhould write a hook_ againft me, furely .] would tak§ it upon my Job 3'• 35o3 6,. Jl;ou fder (faith Job) and bind it M a cr9wn to me ; it . is impoffible, Dddd 3 ~ -
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