On the P~j]ion. 303 his eyes, his whole body difcolourcd with the marks of the fcourge! I-i'ronl the top of h is head, to the foie of his foot there W 3£ no foundnefs in him. li7 aJ there ever any jorrow like u11to bis jorrow? There ren1aineth yet another fcene, avery fad and difn1al one. When nothing could prevail \Vith ' the Jews, Pi/ate yieldeth, and delivereth our Saviour to their hands. They carry him away, · fo faint and weak with what he had already endured, that he could not bear the weight of his crofs, but ano– ther n1uft carry i~ for hin1. But now they ne1il him unto it, hang hin1 up betwixt two · thieves, as the mofl: notorious offender of the three. .It cannot be expreifed how– painful this kind of death was. The very firetching forth of the arms w-ithout any weight,/ can fiardly be endured any confi– derable time: but, wh ..en the weight of the body did hang upon then1, and thereby tear the wounds that were n1ade in the hands; when this torn1ent 'Was continued, till pain alone had overco1ne ~e power of · nature, and forced the foul to dHlodge with– _ out any hurt to the vital parts, fcarce any .could be invented tnore dreadful and cruel · . ' to fay nothin g. of the ihame that attended i.t,- aeing, only deftincd for the n1canefi ilaves, C c. 2 . and.
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