642. TheCrone conuer- OfourSauiours death. ted into a Crowne. Firlt,That he might notasheretofore efcape theirhands. Secondly, That in cafe he fhouldefcape their hands the Temple fhouldhot ferue his turne. For, as Gelliue dothaffirme in his.2ec7ibtra (.4tticú, Thole that were condemned to carry their Croffe , had not the benefit of taking San- duarie. Thirdly, Becaufethedeathofthe Croffewas fo infamous a death, that none but theeuesand traytors to the Common wealth, couldbee condemned to this fhamefullkind of death.And this (as S. Chryfoflome hath notedit)wasconfirmed by the authoritieof Rome. Fourthly , Becaufe theywould euen thenprefentl y put him tobegin hisfuffe- ring. For, it was a common ceremonieamongfi them, thatthey whowere con- demned todeath, fhould haue a napkin faftned before their eyes,leaft byPeeing the Executioner, and the inftrumentsofdeath prepared for them , they might chance tofall intoa fwound,orfaint in theway. But they would that Chrift, to grieue him the more,fhould hauehis punifhment fet bef)re his eyes. Fiftly, The diuine prouidence (faith Saint Augufline) had fo ordered it ; for it was very fit andconuenient, that the Croffe which Kings vfe to weare on the tops oftheir Crownesand Scepters and Knights of dicers' noble Orders on their hreafts , That thePrince ofheauen fhould firft beare the fame vpon his (boulders, conucrting thereby thegreateft infamie into the greatcft glorie that eúer was in this world : fo that that which on the onefide was a fad and hea iie fepEiacle, on the other is a great andglorious myfterie. Thepeople makinga confufd raoyfc,the Trumpets fend forth ahoarfevoice, the drums a dead found, the theeues go.cheeke by ioleclofeto our Sauiors fide, the cryers lift vp their voyces , and ball out aloud ; This is the Iuftice, which ,, the Emperour of Rome, andPontius Pilot in his name, with thecontent andlip- ), probation ofthe Princes of Ierufalem, bathcommanded to be done vponthis ,, man , asa feditious perfon, ablafphemer,an impoftor, abroacher ofnew erro- ,, noes doEtrine, (tiling himfelfe theMeffias and Sauiour ofthe world , theKing ,, of ICrael , and the Sonneof God. Ile- had toMount Caluarie (according tothe teftimonie of fume graue Au- Mount Cal b varie why fo thours,whichhauerneafured out that, pace of ground) roarpaces, which a- called mount to iömewhat more than 3000 feet. Andit was called Caluarie, either from thefeulls of thole that hadbeene there putto death, (as Saint leremwould haue it):or from the(Cull of Adam, whowas buryed there; ofwhich opinion is the glorious Athanaftea,Bafll, origen, Tertudian, and Saint Augxfline r To theend that it might bethere moreelpecially verified, newt ìn atdam,omnes moriuntur,ita inChrito omnes viesificabuntxr, 4s in Adamallmen were dead, inaridall men[ha! beyulcknedaxel refloredto life. Chaff (offered The Diuine Prouidence had likewife foordered the bufnefi'e,that the place in themtdR where. our Sauiour Chriftwas todie, fhould be in the midft of the world. And of theworld. howbeit fome Doéiors doe not admit, that it is in'rigourand ftriEtnefïeiuft inthe middle, accordingtie' aGeometricall proportion or Mathematicall ac- count, yet moildocagree in this,that it was in themid(t ofthe land ofPaleftine, (as it feemethto _ tifephies hi his third booke, Debelle Judaico, as alfo tó Arideus) Out may befaidno"be in;the midit ofthe world, PerPriuilegium, BywayofPried- ledge,Becaufe'thatwásthepIace where God had (hewed his, greateft rsiracles. And of this mind,is venerableBede t yet nótwithftandingofgreat force is that PAL 74.t 2. place ofDauid, Operaria r faeotem'iti'medio term, -Hebathwroughtfal iation in the E*Eb's midfl ofthe earth. And that ofEzechiel, ¡a ell Hierufalem, inmedrogentiumpofxi l tam,
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