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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.
Joh. 19.13, 14. part of it, when Pilate therefore heard that saying (if thou let him go thou art no friend to Cesar) he brought Jesus forth, and sate down in the Judgement seat, in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabatha. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour.
Ioh. 19.13, 14. part of it, when Pilate therefore heard that saying (if thou let him go thou art no friend to Cesar) he brought Iesus forth, and sate down in the Iudgement seat, in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabatha. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour.
First. Here we must first consider the causes that moved Pilate to yield unto the high Priest and Jews. 1. They struck him on the right vein for their purpose, and when they pleaded him to be no friend to Cesar, if he released Jesus, Joh. 19.12. he could not endure the impeachment of that Argument; he had rather offend God, and Conscience, or any thing, then to offend Cesar, he must claw and curry favour with the Emperor, he could not bear with the breath of that Sentence, he is no friend to Cesar, and therefore when he heard that saying it turned his wheel, he yielded, ver. 13.
First. Here we must first consider the causes that moved Pilate to yield unto the high Priest and Jews. 1. They struck him on the right vein for their purpose, and when they pleaded him to be no friend to Cesar, if he released Jesus, Ioh. 19.12. he could not indure the impeachment of that Argument; he had rather offend God, and Conscience, or any thing, then to offend Cesar, he must claw and curry favour with the Emperour, he could not bear with the breath of that Sentence, he is no friend to Cesar, and therefore when he heard that saying it turned his wheel, he yielded, ver. 13.
2. He yielded to please and content the people, Mark. 15.15. Pilate willing to content the people, released Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to them, &c.
2. He yielded to please and content the people, Mark. 15.15. Pilate willing to content the people, released Barrabas, and delivered Iesus to them, &c.
3. He yielded to please the high Priest and people too, Luk. 23.23. and the voices of them and of the chief Priests prevailed.
4. He yielded to prevent a tumult, which his delays and their haste hurried them unto, Math. 27.24. When Pilate saw he could prevail nothing, but rather a tumult was made, &c. these are the causes expressed, that brought about pilate, especially the first.
4. He yielded to prevent a tumult, which his delayes and their haste hurryed them unto, Math. 27.24. When Pilate saw he could prevail nothing, but rather a tumult was made, &c. these are the causes expressed, that brought about pilate, especially the first.
2. Here is noted the place where he passed that black Sentence, not in the Roman judgement-Hall, but in the Jews judgement-Hall, a Roman Judge, in the Jews judgement-Hall, to show their absolute subjection to the Roman Yoke, and that voluntarily. The SCEPTRE was departed from Judah by their own voluntary choice, and to show the concurrence both of Jews and Gentiles in the condemning and crucifying of Jesus Christ.
2. Here is noted the place where he passed that black Sentence, not in the Roman judgement-Hall, but in the Jews judgement-Hall, a Romane Judge, in the Jews judgement-Hall, to shew their absolute subjection to the Romane Yoke, and that voluntarily. The SCEPTER was departed from Iudah by their own voluntary choice, and to shew the concurrence both of Jews and Gentiles in the condemning and crucifying of Jesus Christ.
3. The time of this act was about the beginning of the sixth hour, the exact time of the preparation of the Passover Lamb, that is near noon? Then began the preparation to kill the paschal lamb. And little did Pilate think, or the Jews regard, that this person was the pure, innocent, spotless Lamb of God, which they were preparing to kill and Sacrifice.
3. The time of this act was about the beginning of the sixth hour, the exact time of the preparation of the Passover Lamb, that is near noon? Then began the preparation to kill the pascal lamb. And little did Pilate think, or the Iews regard, that this person was the pure, innocent, spotless Lamb of God, which they were preparing to kill and Sacrifice.
Quest. How can this be the day and time of the Passover, seeing Jesus Christ and his Disciples kept the Passover yesterday, the evening before he suffered?
Quest. How can this be the day and time of the Passover, seeing Iesus Christ and his Disciples kept the Passover yesterday, the evening before he suffered?
Answ. Reverend Calvin helps me with an answer. The Elders had made a Tradition, that when the fourteenth day of the Month falleth to be the fifth day of the week, that it might be lawful for any that would, to defer the Passover one day, that so the Sabbath day might be the day after the Passover, that so that Sabbath should be an high day, as the Sabbath after the suffering of Jesus Christ was accounted to be, Joh. 19.31. because it was a double holy convocation, much may be said about this, but I will pass on. Now Jesus would not keep the day allowed by Tradition, but took the day that was by institution, he kept the fourteenth day. And it was a divine providence so to order it, & this gave Judas the opportunity to betray Jesus Christ, to the Jews the day before their Passover, who followed the Tradition of the Fathers, and this gave the occasion that Jesus was crucified just at the time of their Passover, for on the sixth day of the week about the sixth hour, which was about noon, they began to kill Jesus, for at or about that time he was condemned by Pilate.
Answ. Reverend Calvin helps me with an answer. The Elders had made a Tradition, that when the fourteenth day of the Moneth falleth to be the fifth day of the week, that it might be lawful for any that would, to defer the Passover one day, that so the Sabbath day might be the day after the Passover, that so that Sabbath should be an high day, as the Sabbath after the suffering of Iesus Christ was accompted to be, Ioh. 19.31. because it was a double holy convocation, much may be said about this, but I will pass on. Now Iesus would not keep the day allowed by Tradition, but took the day that was by institution, he kept the fourteenth day. And it was a divine providence so to order it, & this gave Iudas the opportunity to betray Iesus Christ, to the Jews the day before their Passover, who followed the Tradition of the Fathers, and this gave the occasion that Jesus was crucified just at the time of their Passover, for on the sixth day of the week about the sixth hour, which was about noon, they began to kill Iesus, for at or about that time he was condemned by Pilate.
4. Here was a great check given unto Pilate before he had passed the Sentence, hitherto he had strove with the Jews (the Spirit of God in common grace assisting him) to stop them from this abominable sin, by behaving himself like a wise, prudent, diligent, just judge; yet they grew the worse by all his pains. But at last they lighted on an Argument that touched him, and overcame him to do unjustice for the sake of man, now God strives with Pilate, that he might still be valiant in doing justly, and not condemn the innocent, and the striving of Gods Spirit was by his wives terrible message sent unto him, Math. 27.19. When he was set down on the Judgment Seat, his wife sent unto him saying, have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. where see 1. The time when the message came, when he was set down on the Judgement Seat, and making ready to pronounce the Sentence. 2. The matter of the message in sundry things
4. Here was a great check given unto Pilate before he had passed the Sentence, hitherto he had strove with the Iews (the Spirit of God in common grace assisting him) to stop them from this abominable sin, by behaving himself like a wise, prudent, diligent, just judge; yet they grew the worse by all his pains. But at last they lighted on an Argument that touched him, and overcame him to do unjustice for the sake of man, now God strives with Pilate, that he might still be valiant in doing justly, and not condemn the innocent, and the striving of Gods Spirit was by his wives terrible message sent unto him, Math. 27.19. When he was set down on the Iudgment Seat, his wife sent unto him saying, have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. where see 1. The time when the message came, when he was set down on the Iudgement Seat, and making ready to pronounce the Sentence. 2. The matter of the message in sundry things
1. She eminently asserts the innocency of the person of Jesus that just man.
1. She eminently asserts the innocency of the person of Iesus that just man.
2. She warneth and exhorteth Pilate her husband to have nothing to do with, or to do nothing against that just man, in judging or condemning of him to die.
2. She warneth and exhorteth Pilate her husband to have nothing to do with, or to do nothing against that just man, in judging or condemning of him to dy.
