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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.
2dly. Then Jesus came forth, wearing the Crown of thorns, and the purple Robe all bloody, battered and abused, baptized with his own blood.
3dl. Pilate saith, behold the man. that is, you see I have punished him, to pacify you, let that suffice, and so I will release him, though thus much of the sense of the words is not expressed, yet tis probable, he laboured to work upon their compassion and pity: but we see that no humane policy can quench the rage of the wicked ⟨p. 96⟩against innocent Jesus Christ, and his innocent servants.
3dl. Pilate saith, behold the man. that is, you see I have punished him, to pacifie you, let that suffice, and so I will release him, though thus much of the sense of the words is not expressed, yet tis probable, he laboured to work upon their compassion and pitty: but we see that no humane policy can quench the rage of the wicked ⟨p. 96⟩against innocent Jesus Christ, and his innocent servants.
3. When the chief Priests and Officers saw him, they cried out, crucify him, crucify him, they made a general out-cry, that little quantity of his blood which Pilate had shed, could not satisfy them, nothing but his heart and life blood will content them.
3. When the chief Priests and Officers saw him, they cried out, crucifie him, crucifie him, they made a general out-cry, that little quantity of his blood which Pilate had shed, could not satisfie them, nothing but his heart and life blood will content them.