The Fountain of Life Opened

(4.) To conclude, in some respect he was preferred to the rest. For he had not only a joint commission with them to preach the Gospel to others; (though poor unhappy wretch, himself became a cast away.) but he had a peculiar office. He bare the bag. (i. e.) he was Almoner, or the Steward of the family, to take care to provide for the necessary accommodations of Christ, and them. Now who could ever have suspected, that such a man as this should have sold the blood of Christ for a little money? that ever he should have proved a perfidious Traitor to his Lord, who had called him, honoured him, and carried himself so tenderly towards him? and yet so it was, lo Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a multitude: O whither will not a busy Devil, and a bad heart carry a man!

(4.) To conclude, in some respect he was preferred to the rest. For he had not only a joint commission with them to preach the Gospel to others; (though poor unhappy wretch, himself became a cast away.) but he had a peculiar office. He bare the bag. (i. e.) he was Almoner, or the Steward of the family, to take care to provide for the necessary accommodations of Christ, and them. Now who could ever have suspected, that such a man as this should have sold the blood of Christ for a little mony? that ever he should have proved a perfidious Traytor to his Lord, who had called him, honoured him, and carried himself so tenderly towards him? and yet so it was, lo Judas one of the twelve came, and with him a multitude: O whither will not a busie Devil, and a bad heart carry a man!

Secondly, But what did this man do? And what are the just §2aggravations of his fact? Why, he most basely and unworthily sold and delivered Christ, into his enemies hands, to be butchered and destroyed: and all this for thirty pieces of silver.