A Golden Chain

^aSomewhat before his death, partly fear arising from the sense of Gods wrath imminent upon him, partly grief possessing, as it were, each part of him, so disturbed his sacred mind, ^bthat inwardly for a while it stroke into him a strange kind of astonishment, or rather oblivion of his duty imposed upon him: and outwardly ^cmade him pray unto his Father (if he would) to remove that cup from him, the which he did express with no small cry, many tears, and a bloody sweat, ^dtrickling from his body unto the ground. But when he came again unto himself, ^ehe freely yielded himself unto his Father to satisfy upon the cross for the transgression of man. After this his agony was overpassed, ^fby Judas his treachery Christ is apprehended, and ^gfirst he is brought to Annas, after to Caiaphas, where Peter denieth him: ^hfrom Caiaphas is he lead bound to Pilate, ⁱPilate posteth him over to Herod, ^khe transposeth him back again to Pilate, ^lwho acknowledgeth his innocency, and yet condemneth him as an offender. This innocent thus condemned, is ^mpitifully scourged, crowned with thorns, scoffed, spitted at, spitefully ⟨p. 30⟩