O 4::Cvmmentary upan the Gofpel Chap. i q, kickt off the benchby Caiva, for his perverting ofjuftice , and, fol. grief and fhamebecame his own deathf- man. Verfe i2. But the 7ews cried out,faying , roc.] They return a-- gain to their formeraccufation, and enforce it. Onewayor other they are.bent to havehis bloud.In K.Edivard the Sixths daies,when theDuke ofSommerfet was clearedof the treafon laid tohis charg, yet he muff fuller (fo his potent enemies would haveit) for I know not what flight fufpitions of.felony.. Atwhich time alfo, SrTho- g;, .7Ah,Heyw. n as eArundelwas, among others, with fome difficulty condemned. lire ofEdv. G. Unhappyman ( faith the Hiftorian) who found the doing of any 2.143e thing, or of nothing dangerous alike.. Verfe 13. when Pilatetherefore heard thatfaying] That laying, and thebafe fear of being fhentbyCafar makes him;warp and go . againft his confcience. But fhould not Judges be men ofcourage ? Should not the ftandardbe ofReel ? the chiefpofts in the houfe be heart ofOak ? So/omens tribunal! was underpropt withLions , to {hewwhat metal.! a MagiftrateShould be made of. It is a mercy Cic.pro Milo: to have Judges, Mod audeant quafentiunt , faith the Oratour , fo they daredo their confciences. Verfe 14. Beholdyour King.] d. .A likelymatter that this poor man fhould affea the Kingdom;and not rather that he is like A&.&Mon. to lofe his life, by forged cavillation, Chrift himfelf was mifre- fa.159o. ported and falfely accufed ( faith father Latymer) both as touch- ing his words and meaning alfo,&c. Core and his complices object Lie. in Tacit. to the meekeft of menwith one breath pride, ambition, ufurpati- on of authority , Invenies apudTaciturn frequentatas accufationes rnajeftath : unicum crimen eorumqui criminevacabant. Verfe 15. We have no King but afar. ] Why but, Is there no King in Sion:? is her C'ouncellour perifhed ? faith the Prophet, Mica.4.9. Did-not thefe men look for a Mefftah ? Or if not, will they rejea the Lord from being their King ? Oh how blind is ma- lice, how defperately fet upon it's ends and enterprizes ! But in Chriftskingdoón this is wonderful!, faith Zanchius , that this King In>regnoChrifli willeth andcaufeth that theKingdoms of the world be fubjea to hoc toirabile his Kingdom : and again he.willech and caufeth that his Kingdom tfl,qund itte be alto fubjea to the Kingdoms ofthe world. fti . r v. ET:tC. t dr ef- V erfe 16. Then deliveredhe him,i-c. ] Overcome by their im- zaneh.Mifcel portunity, and over-awed by the fear of.C'efar,to condemn the in- nocent. It was C'ato's complaint, that private mens theeves are laid by theheels and incold irons.but there theeves that wrong
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