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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, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
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.
Sect. 6. The fifth act of the Council.
When they had done this wicked deed, in condemning our Lord Jesus to dye, it being deep in the right, They committed their condemned Prisoner unto a company of men, to keep him fast and safe until the morning, and then adjourned the Court •ill the morning. And so this dark Sessions of this Court was ended.
WHen they had done this wicked deed, in condemning our Lord Jesus to dye, it being deep in the right, They committed their condemned Prisoner unto a company of men, to keep him fast and safe until the morning, and then adjourned the Court •ill the morning. And so this dark Sessions of this Court was ended.
It cometh now to be considered how they used him this latter part of the night until the morning, when the Council met again, if any bowels of mercy had moved in them, they should have given him some refreshing, and opportunity to take some rest. but they were merciless unto him, who is the spring of all mercy to us, they used him cruelly, which usage is set forth.
It cometh now to be considered how they used him this latter part of the night until the morning, when the Council met again, if any bowels of mercy had moved in them, they should have given him some refreshing, and opportunity to take some rest. but they were mercyless unto him, who is the spring of all mercy to us, they used him cruelly, which usage is set forth.