Chap.1.Se~.3_ Looking unto 1ef~. BooidV,Part.3 593 condemn one to death, and efpecially to fuch a ckath, and no crime committed ? come on (faith Pilate) what evil hath he dme ? . eA~Jgufiineupon thefa words, ask (faith he) ' 'and let them an- " fwer with whom he converfed moft, let the poffeffed who Au• tra!lif " were freed, the fick and languifhing who were healed, r he supc'r '!ob. ' "leprous that were cleanfed, the deafe tfiat heare,,the duinb that •' fpeak, tbe dead that were raifed, let them anfwer the quefiion, . "what evil hath be done? Sometimes the Jews themfelves could fay, he hath done tf/t the[e things well, hemt~/zythboththc Mark. 7 .i 7 , deafe to heare, and the dHmb to f}eak.: Surely he had done all things well; he frilled the winds, and calmed the feas, with the fpittle ofsis mouth he cured the blind, he raifed the dead, · he prayed all night, be gave grace, and he forgave fins, and by his death he merited for his Saints everlafting life : why then fhould he dye, that hath done all things well? no wonder if Pilate objed againft thefe malicious ones, what evil hath he done? 7· For their reduplication on his reply, they cryedoat the mere Ibid. [aying, let him be crucified. Infiead of proving fome evil againft him, they cr7ed out the m!h"e; as Luk,e,they were inftant with loud L 1r ~3 ~3' voycn ; they made fuch a clamour, that the earth rang with it, u ' · ' theny was doubled, and redoubled, crucifie him, crucifie him; twice crucifie him, as if they thought one croffe too little for him. 0 inconilant favour ofmen! their Anthemesof Rofanna, and benediElus not long fince joyfully fpoken, are now turned into jarring hideous notes , let him be cr11cijird. And now is Pilate threatAed into another opinion, they require his judge- . ment, and the voyces of them, and of thuhief FriPft prevailed; ver. IJ • fo it follows, and when he Jaw be ceuld prevaile nothing, Mat·l7·H• but that rt~ther a tumnlt was rnade, why then 'i>arabbas is releafed unto them, and Jefus is deli"ered to be fceurged. I would not dwell too long on Pilate, the high Prieils, and Jewes, the application is the life ofall.---now thenf. Give me leave to look among£1: our felves, is there not fom~ Vfe or other amongil us that prefer Barabbas before Jefus? 0 yes! thofe that lifien to that old mutinous murtherer in his feditiOUii temptations ; thofe that rejea: the bletfed motions of Gods own • G g g g Spirit,
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