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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.
2. They platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head. A cruel mockage, as Hebr. 11.36.
3. They put on him a purple Robe, to make him a mock-King.
4. They said Hail King of the Jews, deriding hereby both his person and his people.
4. They said Hail King of the Iews, deriding hereby both his person and his people.
5. They smote him or gave him blows with their hands, fists, palms, and with staves. The word which the holy Ghost useth, signifieth any, or all these kinds of blows, and we may justly conceive that they spared him not in any thing.