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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 11 › Section 5
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6. The high Priest put it to the Vote, what think you?
7. They all passed their Vote, and so the sentence of condemnation was pronounced against our Lord Jesus, for confessing that he is Christ, the Son of the living God. And no other cause, or appearance of a cause could the• find against him, saving this only: a blessed cause, wherein Christ himself was the first Gospel Martyr, John Baptist was martyred for his faithful discharging the office of a Prophet, in telling Herod of his sins.
But Jesus Christ was condemned to dye merely, purely for this his confession, and for nothing else, no not so much as pretended.
But Jesus Christ was condemned to dye meerly, purely for this his confession, and for nothing else, no not so much as pretended.
All this was done in the night, the blackest work of darkness that ever was done in this world. They began their clandestine night Court about midnight, they pursued their work in the manner above related, until about the second crowing of the Cocks, about that time they condemned him.