Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

And now they have his leave, Oh with what fierce and cruel countenances, with what menacing and threatening looks, with what malicious and spiteful minds, do they invade and assault our Saviour? they encompass him round; then they lay their wicked and violent hands upon him: in the Original, [Greek or Hebrew] signifies a violent taking. One speaks the manner of his apprehension in these words^† Some of them lay hold on his Garments, others on the h•ir of his head; some pluck him by the beard, others struck him with their impious fists, and being enraged, that with a word he had thrown them backwards on the ground, they therefore throw him on his back, and basely tread him under their dirty feet. Another Author gives it thus;^† As a roaring, ramping Lion draws along ⟨p. 352⟩the Earth his prey, and tears it, and pulls it; so they haled Christ all along the Earth, spitting, buffeting, pulling him by the hair. Another in like manner thus;^† they all rush violently upon him, they fling him to the ground, they kick him, tear him, spurn him, pull off the hair, both off his Head and Beard. Of every of these passages we find Scriptures full; Many Bulls have compassed me, strong Bulls of Bashan have beset me round, they gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and roaring Lion.

And now they have his leave, Oh with what fierce and cruel countenances, with what menacing and threatning looks, with what malicious and spightful minds, do they invade and assault our Saviour? they encompass him round; then they lay their wicked and violent hands upon him: in the Original, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies a violent taking. One speaks the manner of his apprehension in these words^† Some of them lay hold on his Garments, others on the h•ir of his head; some pluck him by the beard, others struck him with their impious fists, and being enraged, that with a word he had thrown them backwards on the ground, they therefore throw him on his back, and basely tread him under their dirty feet. Another Author gives it thus;