122 A Commentary upon the Goj el Chap.t 8. plagues, as, through exceffe ofpain, and defect of patience, gnaw their own tongues, Rev.i6.io. Verfe a6. whole ear Peter cut off:] A great mercy it was, that Peter had not been then hewed in ahundred pieces, by the ruffi- anly fouldiers. But God had defigned him to a further fervice. My times are in thyhand, faith David. They were deceived, that fwore to kill Paul by fuchanhour, 467.23.12. Verfe 27. Peter then denied again.] He that is falle;:i down one roundofhells ladder, knows not where he (hall ftopor flay, till he come to thebottome. Sin is of an encroaching nature , mo- deft and maidenly at firft ; but yeeld to it once,and there's no hoe with ir. The Cock creW.] And withall Chrift looked back upon him,as a pieceofhis fufréring, with xs evTigRov rrárte,what thou myfriend, Peter ? Scipio had rather Annibal fhould eat his heart with fait , thenDelius givehim a crof eword. Verfe 28. Left they fbould be defiled.] Putidhypocrifie !they äydptxdTa 'land encesw with innocent bloud. defilements What care not to but fitrainhatra cònfci- gnat, , and 1xPï«úkH,, andfirallow a Camel ? So Saul feemed to make a hainous matter of eating the flethwith the bloud , r Sam. 14. 3 3. when it was nothing withhim to fpill the bloud of innocent ?onathan. Nay , he was fo fcrupulous , that he wouldnot fo much as name aguilty man, or /inner , but, incarting oflots , in Readof Paying , thew the nocent or guilty , hefaid, thew the innocent or upright perfon, as Tremellites reads it ; yet at the fame time ( as is well obferved ) he made noconfcience of bloudy oaths. So Doegwasdetained be- fore the Lord , either becaufe it was the Sabbath , or his vowwas not finiíhed,&c. But when hewent thence, he becamedeaths-man to the Lords Priefts. Verfe 29. Pilate then Went out unto them. ] It was muchhe Breerw. Enq.4. would gratifie them fo far in their Hand further off , for I am 68. holier then thou ; that he would yeeld to their [uperftition, which he could not but contemn. But the veryTurk , fo theChriftians pay him his yearly tribute ( which is one fourth part of their en- creafe, and a Sultan for every poll) permitteth them the libertyof their religion. Verfe 3o. Ifhe were not a malefadour] why ? What evil had he done them ? Might he not have faid to them as Themiftocles to his 4thenians ? Are ye wearyof receiving fomany benefitsbyone man? Verfe
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