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

A 2d. device shall I call it, or rather a prudent means Pilate used to qualify ⟨p. 99⟩and divert their minds, viz. upon the point of their Religion, & though it was not his Religion) as thus he argueth, all men know that you Jews expect a Messiah a Christ, a King, to be your Saviour and deliverer, behold he is come, this is he, and will you crucify and kill him? and would you have me to crucify your King?

A 2d. device shall I call it, or rather a prudent means Pilate used to qualifie ⟨p. 99⟩and divert their minds, viz. upon the point of their Religion, & though it was not his Religion) as thus he argueth, all men know that you Jews expect a Messiah a Christ, a King, to be your Saviour and deliverer, behold he is come, this is he, and will you crucifie and kill him? and would you have me to crucifie your King?

Unto this arguing of Pilate they return a sad answer. 1. They renounce Jesus Christ to be their King and Saviour. 2. They acknowledge no King but Cesar, Joh. 19.15. the chief Priest answered, we have no King but Cesar, thus they renounce Jesus Christ, yea, and the government of God, and put themselves under the government of the world, Act. 3.13, 14, 15, 16. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our Fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go, but ye denied the holy one, and the just, and desired a Murderer to be granted unto you, and killed the Prince of life whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

Vnto this arguing of Pilate they return a sad answer. 1. They renounce Jesus Christ to be their King and Saviour. 2. They acknowledge no King but Cesar,