thirty pieces offilvcr, but m_an could not be bought without the dearefl: heart .blood of the Son of God. At that time faid (brift,ye be come Mit wtre againft a thiefe with/words and ftave.r, Luk , 5 53-J fate dayly among you teaching in theTemple, andyenever ,t ' ~. lay a. hands on me, but this is your hourc, and the power if darkzuJJe. Now the Prince ofdarknelfe exercifed his power, now the heiliih rout, andmalicious rabble ofravenous wolves, alfaulted the moil: innocent tambe in the world; now they moll: ·furioufly haled him this way and that way ; 0 how ungently did they handle him? how uncouneoufly fpake they unto him? how many blows and buffets did they give him? what cries, and ihoucs, and cl amours made they over him ? now they lay hold on his holy hands, and bind them hard with rough and knotty coards, fo that ·they gall the skin off his armes,and make the very blood fpring out; now they bring him back agaige over Cedron, and they make him once·againe to drink! of the brook. in the way; now they lead him openly through the high fl:reets of {erufalem and carry him to the houfe of Am~M in great triumph. ·o my foul confider thefe feveral palfages, confider them leafurely, and •with good attention, confider them till thou feeleft fome motions or alterations ip thy affections; is not this he that is the infinite vertue, the patterne of inn<;>cency, tbeeverlalling wifdome, the honour of ear-th ' the glory of heaven, the very fountaine of all beauty whether of ll)en or Angels.? how is it then that this vertue or power is tyed with bands, that innocency is appre- .hended ,' ·that wifdome is flouted and laughed to fcorne, that honour iscontemned, that glory istormented, that he that is fairer than all the children ofmen, is befmeared with weeping, ·. and troubled with forrow ot heart ? furely there is fome thing ''0 my foul in thee, tl~at caufed all this : hadfl: not thou finned , the Sun of righteoufnelfe had never been . eclipfed. : 3. ··Confider the hurryings of Jefusfrom AmtM t0 CaiphM; · there a counce! is called, and CaiphM·the high Priefl: adjures our Lordtotellhlin if hewM Chrifl the SonofGod: nofoonerhe Mar6•} 6 · 6J• affirmesit,out he is dodtned guiky of blafphemy, and foguilt~ cf ver. ... './ death. ·Now ·againe they a1fault him like mad dogs, and dif- .gorge upon hitrl'ilil their malice, fury, and revenge; each one , to the·utmoft ofhis power gives him buffets, and ftrokes; there · ' they
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