-------~----~--- ·co4 Book.lV. Part+ Looking unto 'fe(us. (b:1p.z. Sed,) ver.I r. J er, t% i, Cant, I::. ~ra. 5 p .. M him an.i 1Jiew him well, u he JM well P"Jdfor calling /.oimftife King of the Jewes? naw (ee himftript, •md>vhipt, a11d crOil'nrd with thornes, (mJfccpm'd with a reede, anoynted with JPettle, and c!.?c.'t hrd with purple; what would you more? z. We Iinde the Jewi more enraged againfr Jefus, when the chi~( Prieftsand officers (aw him, they Ct)'ed outJ•i)ing,cruCJjiehim, cru,·ijie him. The rnore 'Pilate endea~ours to appeafl!: them, the more were the people enraged ag .1infl hirn ; and therefore they cry away with him, away with him,; C'rucijie i.im, crucijie him. Now was ful fi lled that prophefJe of {tremy, my l:rritatTe u unto rr;e .u a lyon in the forrrft, . it cryeth out againft me. The Naturalifrsreporc of the Lyon, that when he is neare to his prey, h~: gives out 1 mighty roare, when:by rhe puore hunted beafr is fo amned and terrified, that almofr dead with feare he fa! s flat on the ground, and fo becomes the Lyons prey indeed: And fhus the Jews (who were the heritage of the Lord) wen~ uhto Chrifl as a Lyon in the forrefr, they hunted and purfued him to his death, and being neare it, they give our a mighty Owur, -that the earth rung againe, away with him, aw11y with /;im ; crucifte him, crn;jie him. 0 ye Jews. childn:n of ifr.tel, [~ed of Ahrah<~m, lfaac, and J,.cub, is not thi~ he concerning whom your fatherscryed, Oh thatthouwoula"ft rent the hrav,:u, th{{tthort wou!/ft come down, that the muuntair;es might jloH> down P.t thy pre· fence? how is iuhat you ihould defp ife him prefent, whom they deflred abfent? how is it that yom cry and theirs ihould be , fo contrary? The Panther (fay they) is of fo fweet a favour, tlnt if he be but within the compa!fe offent, all the b~:afls ofthe field run cowards him, bur when thC"y fee his ugly vifage they fly fi'om him, and run away; fothe Jc:ws a f:lr offfeeling the fweec favours ofChrifrs oyntments, they cryed, draw me, we will run after theF, ctme Lord Jefu, ccme quickly; but now in his paiiion, lookir.g an his forme , they change their note, hehath no forrm, norcom!inefJe, there i& no beauty, tht:t wefhould dejire him, away 'jfith him, 11way wit h him. 3· We finde Pilate and the Jewes yet debating the buG n. lfe ; Pdate is loath t'o pronounce the fentence, and the {hiefell of the Jewe, provoke him to it with a threefold argumenr. As- ' !,- T he] h11d fllmr, fi nd Pf their law he ought to dy, hct~ufo he made
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