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

2. They led him away. Some say they cast a Rope or Chain about his neck,¹ by which they led him out of the City to Mount Calvary, and that all along the way, multitudes attended him, and a Crier went before him, proclaiming to all hearers the cause of his death; namely, that Jesus Christ was a Seducer, Blasphemer, Necromancer, a Teacher of false Doctrines, saying of himself that he was the Messiah, King of Israel, and the Son of God.

2. They led him away. Some say they cast a Rope or Chain about his neck,¹ by which they led him out of the City to Mount Calvary, and that all along the way, multitudes attended him, and a Cryer went before him, proclaming to all hearers the cause of his death; namely, that Jesus Christ was a Seducer, Blasphemer, Negromancer, a Teacher of false Doctrines, saying of himself that he was the Messias, King of Israel, and the Son of God.

1. 1Mat. 27.31.

3. He bore his Cross. So John relates; before it bears him, he must bear it;¹ and thus they make good their double cry, Crucify him, Crucify him; first Crucify him with it as a burden, and then crucify him with it as a Cross; those shoulders which had been unmercifully battered with whips before, are now again tormented with the weight of his Cross. As a true Isaac bears the wood for the sacrifice of himself; or Uriah-like, he carries with him the very Instrument of his own sad death. O the cruelty of this passage! they had scarce left him so much blood or strength as to carry himself, and must •e now bear his heavy Cross? yes, till he faint and sink, so long he must bear it, and longer too, did they not fear that he should dye with less shame and smart than they intended him: