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THou wert brought before the High-Priests, Iohn 18.24. who maliced and hated thy vnblame∣able life, wickedly imagined, and cruelly sought thy bloody death.
When thou wert churlishly ex∣amined, and falsly accused, thy modest reply was voyd of bitter∣nesse, and thou didst confesse the truth vvith much humilitie and mildnesse: yet they cried out in their raging madnesse, He speaketh blasphemous words; What neede
we stand vpon further triall? He is worthie of a shamefull death.
Oh most louing Lord, how shamefully wert thou handled, how despightfully wert thou scor∣ned, how cruelly wert thou abu∣sed of thine owne people? They polluted thy amiable face vvith their noysome spettle. Mat. 26.67. which the Angels doe alwaies de∣sire to behold; and which hath fil∣led the heauens with ioy; and shall be desired of the most rich & No∣ble of the people: And which not long before, shined more bright then the Sunne, & appeared most beautifull in glory, they did beat, and strike it with their sacriligious hands. They couered it vvith a vaile, to floute and deride thee, and did cruelly buffet thee with their fists, being Lord of eue∣rie creature, like a base and con∣temptible seruant. Yea, they de∣liuered thee to bee swallowed vp,
and deuoured of the vncircum∣cised.