6o8 A Commentary upon the Goflel Chap.27. neffe, that fleece of the Lamb of God, Who taleth away, &c. andput on him fcarlet robe] Oreworn and threed-'pare no doubt : fu to fet him forth asan hiaoricall King, in contempt of him : but the KingdomofChritl came not by observation. He is anobfcure King, as Melch fedeehwas, but yet a King, as he told Pilate, and this was thatgood confefgion Witneffedby him, and t ele- bratedby S.Parsl, i Tim.6.i 3. Verle 29. AndWhen they hadplatted crown, &c.] Chriil, by wearing this crownoftborns, i he frß-fruits ofthe curfe,took a- way the fin and curfeofall his people : who mutt therefore, by their obedience let a crown ofgold on his head, Cant.3.11. as ea- MOM in his fuperftitious way fet his crown upon the crucifix. See the Note on yob. 19 2. and.: reed inhis right-hand] So do all thofe ['rill, that fubmit not to the fcepterof his kingdom, that give him not full fose- raignty over their fouls. Bowed the knee before him ] With ludibrieus devotion : So do hypocritt s to thisday. KingRichard the fecond, when he was Daniels Hia. to be depofed, was brought forth in royall array, whereof he contin.by wasprefently defpoiled. Never was Prince fo gorgeous with Troia 42. Idleglory, and more grief. Verfe 3o. And theyfpit upon him] So doth profaneneff HI caPt dirt Ind drivell intoChrifus face. See theNte On 640,26. 67. Robert Smith, Martyr, in his examination before Bonner, madeone of his Doftours to fay, that his brcadcn god mutt needs enter into the belly, and fo141 into the draught.To which he an- fwered : What derogation was it to Chrift, when the Jews fpit Adí. and Moil. in his face? Smith prefently replied, 1f theJews, being his ene- Jot. :536. mies,dtd but fpit in his face, and we, being his friends, throwhim into the draught, which of us defe:ryerh thegreateft damnation ? :is W.PaA411. Andfmote him on the head] Or into the head : drove the thorns intohis holy head with' bats and blows, as Bafiliades the Duke cf Rena, nail'd an Embafíadours hat to his head, upon famedifpleafure conceived againtt him. At the taking of Hey- delberg, the Spaniards took Ivlonfieur Myliau, anancient Miniticr . eeret.&eni f¢ and man ofGod, and having abufedhis daughter before his face, eri,n,If 6. they tied a fmall cord about his head, which wich truncheons L874dMoro, y ¡ot s7, they wreathed acotYt, till they íqueezed out his brains. The Monks of Pigneroll matted the Minilter of S. germain, till his eyes dropt out, And theSpaniard: fuppofe they thew the inn nt
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