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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.
So endeth the sadest Court that ever was held in this World many ⟨p. 103⟩many sons of glory have been condemned in many Courts in this world. But the Lord of glory was never condemned in any Court save in this Court of Pilate, and in the Council of the Jews. Great & many instructions are h•re, but I pass them all. this only note, the many and admirable evidences of the innocency of this blessed Lamb of God do shine in the faces both of Jews and Gentiles, and all the world. Never was there such an innocent person condemned.
Before I finish this sad Chapter, here remaineth another cruel act, to increase the sufferings of our Lord Jesus, which I cannot fully say was an act of Pilate, yet it was done by his permission, and by his Soldiers, and he committed them to their will, and therefore he must give an account of it before Jesus Christ, his judge and ours, at the last day.
Before I finish this sad Chapter, here remaineth another cruel act, to increase the sufferings of our Lord Jesus, which I cannot fully say was an act of Pilate, yet it was done by his permission, and by his Souldiers, and he committed them to their will, and therefore he must give an account of it before Jesus Christ, his judge and ours, at the last day.
1. It is the fourth act of mockery done unto our Lord Jesus. The first act of mockery was done unto him by the Jews, after the Council had condemned him, and committed him to a guard, to be kept till morning, they spent the remainder of the night in mocking of him, Luk. 22.63, 64, 65.