On the Paffiott. 299 behold the traitor, and with him a great ' n1ultitude from the chief priefis, and elders of the people. . They con1e oi.lt as againll:: a thief with fwords and Haves, for to take hirp. That n1onfter of ingratitude gives . then1 the figr1al; and, with an horrid .im– pudence, dares approach his infamous and . facrilegious lips to that facrcd and venerable face; which we 111ay reckon as the firfl: woi1nd he received fron1 his en mic • 0 what an indignity, to be kilfed by a trai an apofiate, an enemy to God, poffeffed the devil, and who was to be lodged in helf" _ ere twenty four hours expired! P :: 0 the .. ' _infupcrable n1eeknefs of our bl,. ~~ "d Savi- . our, who fuffcrs the indignity, af·:::- hecks it with no hadher tern1s than this; P'rie11d, -wherefore art tbou come? Juda"..r, betr'(Jyefl thou the fim of nwJz with a klfi? Tl1en h~ turneth unto the armed bands, and faid ,un– to thGm, lf/hom ftek ]e? They an.ft.Vered bim, Jifus if Nazareth. Jejits .foith ·unto , them, I am he. The tnceknefs of this anfwer aftoniihed the foldiers, and the power that accompanied it, maJe them go bad{ . and fall to the ground: And whydid they not fall into hell? The wicked enterpr:ze _they were prefently about to do did juftly deferve it; and how eafy was it for hitn to , , have
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