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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
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. Unto this high vapouring of Pilate, Jesus Christ answereth two things,
4. Vnto this high vapouring of Pilate, Jesus Christ answereth two things,
First. Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. viz. Not from Caesar so much, as he might understand it, but from the God of Israel, whom thou neither knowest, nor professest to serve.
Secondly. For this cause the Jews who delivered me to thee have the greater sin, because they know God and profess to serve him, and they know the promises touching me, and yet they persecute me. Thou sinnest, but they are the greater sinners.
And herein Jesus Christ testified of his divinity before Pilate, only it was but subobscurely, so much as in his divine wisdom he saw fitting.
And herein Jesus Christ testified of his divinity before Pilate, only it was but subobscurely, so much as in his divine wisdome he saw fitting.