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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.
Thus Pilate got a sad blow, which wounded his very heart, and wrought a sad effect and change in him, for this very Argument brought Pilate about, to condemn Jesus. They argued, if you dismiss him upon this point, that he is the King of the Jews, you are a Jew, and an Enemy to Cesar, as we that oppose you are Romans and friends to Cesar. Thus we see what ill success Pilate had in all the pains he took to deliver Jesus Christ out of their hands.
So much for the sixth act of Pilate in this sad Court, the seventh act followeth, wherein finally he yieldeth to the chief Priests and Jews to condemn Jesus.
Joh. 19.1•, 14. part of it, when Pilate therefore heard that saying (if thou let him go thou art no friend to Cesar) he brought Jesus forth, and sate down in the Judgement seat, in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabatha. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour.
Ioh. 19.1•, 14. part of it, when Pilate therefore heard that saying (if thou let him go thou art no friend to Cesar) he brought Iesus forth, and sate down in the Iudgement seat, in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabatha. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour.