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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. For Pilate's quaere upon the vote, What shall I do then with Jesus,1 which is called Christ? Pilate gives him his name to the full, Jesus, who is called Christ; his name is Jesus Christ. There is more pity in a gentle Pilate, than in all the Jews; in some things Pilate did Justly, and very well; as first, he would not condemn him before his accusations were brought in; nor then neither before he was convicted of some capital crime; and because he perceives that it was envy all along that drove on their design, he endeavours to save his life by balancing him with Barabbas; and now he sees that they prefer Barabbas before Jesus, he puts forth the question, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? q. d. I know not what to do with him, it is against my light to condemn him to death, who is of innocent life: I could tell what to do with Barabbas, for he is a thief, a mutineer, a murderer, a notable malefactor; but there is no such thing proved against Jesus, who is called Christ, What then shall I do with him?
4. For Pilate's quaere upon the vote, What shall I do then with Jesus,1 which is called Christ? Pilate gives him his name to the full, Jesus, who is called Christ; his name is Jesus Christ. There is more pitty in a gentle Pilate, than in all the Jews; in some things Pilate did Justly, and very well; as first, he would not condemn him before his accusations were brought in; nor then neither before he was convicted of some capital crime; and because he perceives that it was envy all along that drove on their design, he endeavours to save his life by ballancing him with Barabbas; and now he sees that they prefer Barabbas before Jesus, he puts forth the question, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? q. d. I know not what to do with him, it is against my light to condemn him to death, who is of innocent life: I could tell what to do with Barabbas, for he is a thief, a mutiniere, a murtherer, a notable malefactor; but there is no such thing proved against Jesus, who is called Christ, What then shall I do with him?