64o aria on the Crofre,theone. OfourSaviours death. lyobieúof admiration. mortem, eiff+eelaeulum . Men fee many things with admiration, butthey fee not the Angelis : and manyfee the Angt1s, but they feenot God. But our Sauiour Christ torneand tormentedon the Croffe ; Men,Angells, and God,may behold this with admiration (if it werepoflible that God could be fùbieEt toadmirati- on) but men areapt to be taken therewith. The Angelis alto did admire the ensignsof the Grolle. And to God, the Sonne faid ; MyGod, my God, looke vpon me. In aword, ifthcrebe any thing that may caufe agenerall aftonill;nienr, and admiration in all creatures whatfoeuer, it isour Saviour Chrift crucified. The floodwas a caufeofgreat amafernent,beholding thewaters, theheauens,and the dead bodies. Theburning ofSodom , and the fwallowirìg vp of Dathan; were things tobeadmired : but tofee Chtiftfo true lly tormented as he was, and Pi- lo inpittieofhim, leaninghimfelfe in the window,and faying, Eccehemp, Both drowne all other kindsofaftonilbment and admiration. Et baiulansfabicrucem. AndtakingvphisCroffe. WhenPilat did looke that the Iewes would haue rested fatisfied and well contented , then did they cry out louder than before, Away withhim, away with him, crucìfte him, crucifiehim. And being ouercome by the confufednoyfeof that rafcall rabble going from the window vp vnto his Throne, whichtheEuangelíft cals Lithoflratos,aplace paued withfquare stones, pronouncing fentence againít him , hee condemned him to the death of the Crofre. Saint Chryfoflome faith, Sententiamnon tulit, fedtradendoenm,permii t illos fuavti tyrannide, That he dadnot pronouocefentence affairfthim, but bydeliuering him vp intotheir hands, hepermittedtherm tovfe their owneTyrannie, Hee dcliueredhim vnto them todoe what they would withhim. But themore probabilitie is, that he pronounced fentenceagainft him. tob.ro, Firft, becaufeSaint John faith, Hefat dorone in the iudgement f at : There being no needofhis fitting downe, hadhe not beene topronounce fentcnce.Gelliuo,Vl- pianus, and Plinie report, Thatwith the Roman Iudges, it was fo inuiolablea cu- Rome to fit downe whenthey pronounced fentence,that theyaccounted that for no sentence, whichwas pronounced ftanding : In token, that any fentence either ciuill orcriminali, ought to proceedefroma well fetled mind,andaRayed judg- ment. Secondly, Saint Luke faith, Pilatgarrefentence, That itJhouldbe aq they required. Dike23. Whereweare to weighthe word, .Adiudicauit, Gauefentence. Thirdly, Thelewes had alledged forthemfelues, It is not lawfullfarvste Pilatpronoun- put anyman todeath. Which is to beevnderflood (as the Cardinali of Toledo ced o fde_ of death proouesit) rule 'ethe entenceo the Judgedoe recede andgoebefore and then they P ) fl' l f g p g Y againfChria. may. The Tenor orfubftanceofthat which Pilat pronounced,yourgraue Doctors deliuer thefame in different words, but thefummeof iris this. We PontiusPilat by thewill ofthe immortall gods, andby theauthoritieof Roman Princes, be- , ingPrefidentof this facredEmpire, condemne vntodeath, Iefus of Nazareth, for hauingmade himfelfeKingoftheIewes, as appeareth by theteftimonie of theHigh Prieftsoflerufalem. Wherefore we will andcomtnand,that he be car- ryed from this place, forth ofthe Citie, to theplace of Execution, commonly called Golgotha, and there to be crucified betweene two theeues, Difmzsand Gifmae,hereconuinted andcondemnedfor their thefts and robberies, to the end that this his deathmaymake for thegood and fafetieofthispeople, and forthe peaceableneffeofthisCommon wealth.Dated in Ierufalem,inLithoflratos,vul- I gayly
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