Verse 17. Whom will ye that I release?]
Pilate hoped they would never be so grossely wicked, as to prefer such a stigmati∣call varlet. But why did he give them the liberty of such a
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Pilate hoped they would never be so grossely wicked, as to prefer such a stigmati∣call varlet. But why did he give them the liberty of such a
choice? Why did he not rather (as Iob) break the jaws of the wic∣ked, and pluck the spoil out of their teeth? Should not the standard* 1.1 be made of hardest metals? the chief post of the house be heart of Oak? Was it not pusillanimity and popularity that missed 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and so muzzled him, that he could not contradict the many-head∣ed multitude?
Job 〈◊〉〈◊〉 17.