The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

Answ. Reverend Calvin helps me with an answer. The Elders had made a Tradition, that when the fourteenth day of the Month falleth to be the fifth day of the week, that it might be lawful for any that would, to defer the Passover one day, that so the Sabbath day might be the day after the Passover, that so that Sabbath should be an high day, as the Sabbath after the suffering of Jesus Christ was accounted to be, Joh, 19.31. because it was a double holy convocation, much may be said about this, but I will pass on. Now Jesus would not keep the day allowed by Tradition, but took the day that was by institution, he kept the fourteenth day. And it was a divine providence so to order it, & this gave Judas the opportunity to betray Jesus Christ, to the Jews the day before their Passover, who followed the Tradition of the Fathers, and this gave the occasion that Jesus was crucified just at the time of their Passover, for on the sixth day of the week about the sixth hour, which was about noon, they began to kill Jesus, for at or about that time he was condemned by Pilate.

Answ. Reverend Calvin helps me with an answer. The Elders had made a Tradition, that when the fourteenth day of the Moneth falleth to be the fifth day of the week, that it might be lawful for any that would, to defer the Passover one day, that so the Sabbath day might be the day after the Passover, that so that Sabbath should be an high day, as the Sabbath after the suffering of Iesus Christ was accompted to be, Ioh, 19.31. because it was a double holy convocation, much may be said about this, but I will pass on. Now Iesus would not keep the day allowed by Tradition, but took the day that was by institution, he kept the fourteenth day. And it was a divine providence so to order it, & this gave Iudas the opportunity to betray Iesus Christ, to the Jews the day before their Passover, who followed the Tradition of the Fathers, and this gave the occasion that Jesus was crucified just at the time of their Passover, for on the sixth day of the week about the sixth hour, which was about noon, they began to kill Iesus, for at or about that time he was condemned by Pilate.

4. Here was a great check given unto Pilate before he had passed the Sentence, hitherto he had strove with the Jews (the Spirit of God in common grace assisting him) to stop them from this abominable sin, by behaving himself like a wise, prudent, diligent just judge; yet they grew the worse by all his pains. But at last they lighted on an Argument that touched him, and overcame him to do unjustice for the sake of man, now God strives with Pilate, that he might still be valiant in doing justly, and not condemn the innocent, and the striving of Gods Spirit was by his wives terrible message sent unto him,