On the P~!flon. 301 not raife an in11noderate paffion in our blef~ fed Saviour, yet his bleifed fpirit had a great abhorrence and detefration of that bafe and uBworthy ufage; which was infinitely heightened by the wofth and excellency of the perfon who fuffered it. What loyal l1eart can read or hear of the indignities done by the rude foldiers to our late fove– reign,.'but with regret and abhorrence! But, alas! what are they, if compared with thofe that were put upon the king of heaven, when they fcoffed and reproached hinl, when they £note hitn on the cheek, and b6und thofe hands which had cured fo nla– ny difeafes, and defiled that facred face , with fpittle, which faints and angels delight to behold? All which he fuffered with that 111eeknefs which the prophet had foretold: He gave his back to the jiniters,, and his cheeks to them that plucked o/f_the hair: he did Jtot hide his face from, jhame and JPit;– ting *. They \Vould needs be 'ingenious in their fcoffings, and mock him in all his of .. fices. He 'was a1Prophet, and they ddire him to prophefy who it )Vas that did fi11i te him: he was a Prietl, and they bid hi1n fave himfelf as he did others: he was a King, and they cro\Yll hi1n with thorns, and array C c hiu1 ., If. t 6; .
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