The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

1. The Covetousness of Judas, and a desire to pilfer, and rob the bag which Jesus his Master had trusted him with, was the bottom wheel of this Treason, as appeareth,

1. The Covetousness of Judas, and a desire to pilfer, and rob the bag which Jesus his Master had trusted him with, was the bottome wheel of this Treason, as appeareth,

Joh. 12.4, 5, 6. Then said one of his Disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simons son, which should betray him, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief & had the bag, and bare what was put therein. It is a dangerous temptation to a covetous man, to carry another mans Bag. Matthew says Math. 26.8. the Disciples had indignation, showing that Judas spake from an heart filled with anger and disdain against his Master, that had caused him to lose such a fat gob of gain: and the rest of the Disciples in their innocency were led to consent to Judas. Mark 14.4. saith some of them had indignation: but John showeth, that it was the spirit of Judas that so vented himself, and why he did so. The rest that consented to him were only such as were misled in their ignorance of Judas his treachery.

Joh. 12.4, 5, 6. Then said one of his Disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simons son, which should betray him, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief & had the bag, and bare what was put therein. It is a dangerous temptation to a covetous man, to carry another mans Bag. Mathew sayes Math. 26.8. the Disciples had indignation, shewing that Judas spake from an heart filled with anger and disdain against his Master, that had caused him to lose such a fat gob of gain: and the rest of the Disciples in their innocency were led to consent to Judas.