in the 7 none - par plougt'y him, knew the place, for Feſus oft-times re- Judas —_ with bis Diſciples. And then goerh on, Judas, then orted HI ed a Band of Mer, and Officers, from the Chief Prieſts Þcuing _ - es cometh thither, with Lanthorns, and Torches, and Wea- a ney <killed in the Jewiſh Learning tell us, thar the or- _— Guari of the Temple belonged to the Prieſts, and ſuch Ot- _ hey employed ; bur upon their great Feſtivals, the Ro- _ yin added a Sand of his Souldiers, wi.o yer were under = — of the Prieſts. Ir is choughr theſe Othcers, Souldt- the _ thers, Came wich a Warrant to apprehend our Saviour "_ As Jewiſh Sanhedrim or higheſt Court, which was made up _— " Priefes Scribes, and Phariſees, and the Elders of the Pev- : , he | had Torches and Lanthorns, becauſe ir was yer dark, be- of. bo Day was broke. Swords and Staves to be ready againſt
any Oppaticions Fudas the Traytor comes before as their
Leader. : 48 Now he that betrayed him, gave them a ſign,
ſaying, Whomloever I ſhall kiſs, that ſame 1s he,
him faſt. : w_ And forthwith he came to Jeſus, and 1aid,
hail maſter, and kifled him.
\ Ch. 14. 4%. 4, 45. differs not, only inſtead of Hold M - he w_ Lok him away ſafely, and inſtead of Hil Mi -r | he faich, iter, Maſter. There 1s in theſe Words nothing JiFculr or doubtful, Zudas had given them a fign how to know Cixiſt, char was his Riſſing of him, being come where he was he ſteps ro our Saviour and kiſſed him, by which he let chem Know, chic he was the Perſon againſt whom their Warrant Was.
59 And Jeſus faid unto him, Friend , where: fore art thou come? Then came they and laid hands on Jeſus, and took him.
Mark fairh nothing of what Chriſt faid ro him. Luke, Ch. 22. 48, adds, that Chriſt ſaid ro him, Fudas, hetrayef# thou the Son if Man with a Kiſs * Whether Chriſt uſed this Compellation of Friend ro Judas, ro mind him whar he formeriy had been, and {till ouzhrt ro have been, or as a Common Compellation, (as we oft uſe ir) is nor much material. A Rifs is the Symbol of Friendſhip and Kindneſs, and therefore very improperly uſed by a Traytor and profeſſed Enemy, (yer fo uſed by Foab ro Ama- ſa, 2 Sam. 20. 9. ) That makes our Saviour ack him, if he vere not aſhamed to betray the Son of Man by;a Kits. 7uaas, by calling him Maſter, Maſter, acknowledged he had been once his Diſciple. By. his Kiſs, he pretended Friendſhip to him, yer be- trazza him. O the . depth of deſperate Wickednefſs which is ia the Heart of Man ! eſpecially ſuch as Apoſtatize from a for- mer Profeſſim ;, they are commonly the worſt and falſeſt Enemies of Chriſt, and his Goſpel.
51 And behold,oneof them which were with]eſus, ſtretched out his hand, and drew his Sword,and ſtroke a ſervant of the high prieſt's, and ſmote oft his ear.
\.. $52 Then ſaid Jeſus unto him, Put up again thy
ſword into his place; * for all they that take the ſword, ſhall periſh with the ſword. $2 Thinkeſt thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he ſhall preſently give me more than twelve legions of angels? ; 1 54 But how then {ſhall the * ſcriptures be fulfil- led, that thus it muſt be ?
* Matthew relates this Hiſtory ſhortly, but Mark much more,
” Ch, 14.47. he ſaith no more than this. And one of them that flood ly, drew a Sword, and ſmnte a Servant of the High Prie$St, and cut of bis Ear. Luke alſo relates ſomething of it in, Ch. 22, 50, 51. And me of them ſwmote a Servant of the High Prieſt, and cut off his Right Ear, And Jeſus anſwered and ſaid, Suffer ye thus far, and he touched his Ear and healed it. John relates the ſame paſſage with ſome more particulars, Chap. 18. 10. Then Simon Peter ha- wing a Sword drew it, and ſmote the High Prieſts Servart, and cut of bis Right Ear. ( The Servant's Name was Malchus.”) Then ſaid Feſus unto Perer, Put up thy Sword into the Sheath. The Cup which my Father hath given Me to Drink, ſhall I not Drink it 2 It any ack, how Chriſt and his Difciples came to have a Sword, he may be {arisfied that they had two, from Luke 22. v.35, 36, 37, 38. (which Verſes being in none of the other Eyangelifts, I have letr, t5 be ſpoken to in their Order.) The Diſciples feeing the OHi- cers (as was ſaid v. 50) laying Hands on Chriſt, as Luke faith, bnwing what would follow, One of them, (St. Fohn tells us ic was Peter ) drew a Sword, and ſmote off the Right Ear of one of the High Prie$'s Servants. John tells us his Name was Malchus. Our Saytour reproverh Peter, commanding him to put up the Sword a- gin into its Sheath, and telling him, That he who taketh the Sword, foul Periſh with the Sword, Tt is to be underſtood of private Perſons raking up the Sword to deſtroy their Lawful Magiſtrates, and this Lefſon ir teacherh all Chriſtiars; Men muſt have the Sword given orderly into their Hands, before they may ufe it, and that no private Perſon can have againſt the Supream Hagiſtrate. 2, Secondly, (faith our Saviour) I needed nor thy help ro deiend me, 1tI were to make any defence, I could pray to my Fither, and he ſhould give me more then ewelve Legions of Anzels, there 1 therefore no need of thy drawing a Sword in my defence. 3: The Scripture (ſaich he) mu be fulfilled, Tt was Propheficd of me that F ſhould be thus uſed, and thoſe Propheſies mult 5e Ful- hike, Having reproved Peter, and filenced his Paifion, Lye tells us, he begged leave ſo far as to torch bis Ear, and he healed ”" 3 tus doing good to thoſe that hated him, and workings a Mi- racle n the ſfighr of chem, which (had nor rheir Hearts been har- ned) might have convinced them g@ borh of his Innocency
ind lis Divine Power ; bus they take no notice of his
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kindneſs, Now he applicth himſelf to the Multitude of his Ene- mies.
55 In that ſame hour ſaid Teſas ro the multi- tudes, Are ye come out 1s agiinſt a thick, with {words and faves, for to take me ? I 1ate daily wirk you teaching in the Temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But all this was done, that * the Scriptures
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of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all tho dif ciples forfook him, and fled.