118 A : :Comfi;entary.s:pon the Gofpel Chap.i8'. 'How the Popehash lifteduphimfelf , ¿«n Trdv ati,óxcpx, above alh_' that is called efiuguflus , or, Emperors( , isbetter known, then that it need behere related. And ifBifhops forbear (faith he) to touch the Scepter ( which therftrive to fway )Í it is but as once Mercury fpared Niters thunder-bolts , which he durit not $gale , left they thould roare too loud , or at- leaft burn his- fingers. Verfe i i. Put up thy Sword.] Our Saviour checks him for his inordinate zeal; wherein to be over-carried, is eafieand ordinary... The memorable Rory of William Gardiner Martyr in Portugall, who in the very prefenceoftheKingand hisNoblescould not for- bear , butfell upon the Cardinal' , as he was acinga Mafhe. See l f. and Monum. fol. 1 242. So William Flower, upon an Eafter- dayat Wefhninffer ,, feeing a Prieft miiniftring the Sacrament of the Altar to thepeople, ftruck and wounded him upon the head, and all° upon his arm and hand witha wood knife : In the which fodoing , as indeed he didnot well, nor Evangelically : fo being afterwards examined by BithopBonner, hedid no leihe confel1 his not-well-doing in the fame, fubmitting therefore himfelfwil- lingly to punifhmeut , when it fhould come. Howbeit touching his belief in theSacrament , and Popifh miniftration , he neither did, nor would fubmit himfelf : But when he was tempted to turn , and alfo threatned, he anfwered , Do what ye will, I ant at a point : for the heavens shall as ,foon fall, as I will forfake. At &Mon. mine opinion, &c. At his execution ñrft his hand being heldup fat. r ¢3o, againft the,ftake,was ftricken off: At thewhich, fome that were ;prefent affirmed , that he fhrunknot , but oncea little ftirred his fhoulders. Verfe 12, rook 7efru and hound him.] Thiswas done rsis 241, 1j,yR.:ovi , as /mumhathit, whiles the Deity refled : for he could as eafily have delivered himfelf, as he did his Difciples ; but this Sacrifice was to be bound with cords to the Altar : he was . pinnionedandmanacled, as a malefaaour.. So was not Abner : Hishands Were not bound,nor hisfeet put into thefetters, 2Sam.3 .34. But Chrift was boundfor our tranfgrelfions, hewas bruifedfor our vet fi s'Nu iniquities. Paul by his priviledgewas freed fromwhipping ; but T¢gTdtw,RS, we byChrifts bondage, from thofe chains ofdarkneffe , 2 Pet.a.4. from thofefcourges and fcorpions in hell. Verfe 13. And lecthim away to Annas firs.] Who would not go tobed ( late though it were) till he . hadPeen Chrift brboughtt.
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