The Fountain of Life Opened

Fourthly, He sells him, and he sells him at a low rate too; which showed how vile an esteem he had of Christ. He is content to part with him for thirty pieces of silver. If these pieces or shekels were the shekels of the sanctuary, they amounted but to three pounds fifteen shillings. But it's supposed they were the common shekels,¹ which were mostly used in buying and selling; and then his price that he put upon the Saviour of the world was but one pound seventeen shillings and six pence. A goodly price (as the Prophet calls it) that he was valued at, Zech. 11.12, 13. I confess it's a wonder he asked no more, knowing how much they longed for his blood; and •hat they offered no more for him; but how then should the Scriptures have been fulfilled? O what a sale was this! to sell that blood, which all the Gold and Silver in the world is not worth one drop of, for a trifle! Still the wickedness of this fact rises higher, and higher.

Fourthly, He sells him, and he sells him at a low rate too; which shewed how vile an esteem he had of Christ. He is content to part with him for thirty pieces of silver. If these pieces or sheckles were the sheckles of the sanctuary, they amounted but to three pounds fifteen shillings. But it's supposed they were the common sheckles,¹ which were mostly used in buying and selling; and then his price that he put upon the Saviour of the world was but one pound seaventeen shillings and six pence. A goodly price (as the Prophet calls it) that he was valued at, Zech. 11.12, 13. I confess it's a wonder he asked no more, knowing how much they longed for his blood; and •hat they offered no more for him; but how then should the Scriptures have been fulfilled? O what a sale was this! to sell that blood, which all the Gold and Silver in the world is not worth one drop of, for a trifle! Still the wickedness of this fact rises higher, and higher.

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