charge thee with a terrible 1imprecation on thee, if thou "Mk dc falſly, or wilt be filent, co declare if thou be the Chriſt the Sc ſt of rhe living God. ks Fe 64 Jeſus ſaith unto him, Thou haſt ſaid : never. h theleſs, I ſay unto you, * Hereatter {hall ye ſee the *Plt, j0! Son of man * ſitting on the right hand of power. Ing * Gaps t- coming in theclouds of heaven. : Fig " Marl:, Ch. 14, 62. ſaith, And Jeſus ſaid, T am, and yy ſhalt Ken, \: | fee, &yc, Luke laith, And he ſaid unto them, If T tell you, ba " i2..-4 '# ; : . » JU will © nt believe. And if T alſo ask you, you will not Anſwer me. n,y fop I Thel, | } meg). Hereafter ſhall the Sm of Man fit on the Right Hm if the 15. Power of God. What all the Evangeliſts ſay, pur together, makes B+ 1.% up our Saviour's pertet Anſwer. To what purpoſe (faich Chil ſhould I Anfiver you ? This 1s nowbut a Caprious Queſtion , nc rh propounded by you to that end that you might be ſatisfied 1x m the Trurh, bur only ro enſnare me, for if I ſhould tel] you 1 _ F114 you would not believe it, If 1fhould argue the matter with *hy | you would give me no Anſiver, I have given you Proof encyst! but yer, Caiaphas, thou haſt ſaid the Truth, I am the Chriſt he ”— Son of the Ever-living Blefled God , and to confirm vou further: Hereatrer you ſhall ſee me, whom you think to be no more chan wa” the Son of Man, ſitting on the right hand of the Power if God, ,..4 _y coming in the Clouds of Heaven, There 1s a time for 4 Man tg my ſpeak, and a time for him to hold his Peace : In the matter of gi Confeſſion of Truth, the ſeaſons for Silence, or Speech, are to 1; aſl judged from the Honour and Glory of God; when we ag = nct be filent without betraying the Truth, we are boung :, ito? ſpeak. Our Lord therefore, being ſo ſolemnly adjured in tt one Name of God, to tell them what was the Truth ; now confeſſerh, ” and denieth nor, thar he was the Son of God, and tells them "Wh Hereafter they ſhould ſee ir, Whether the term Hereafter, rejer RO! to the time ſoon following *( as &7' «477 in this Evangeliſt, and AM. a7 Rvyv, itt Lube ſeem to ſignifie) and be ro be underſtocg at | ot Chriſt's ReſurreQion, his Aſcenſion into Heaven, the coming rt & of rhe Holy Ghoſt, and the carrying of the Gofpel to a!l Narinrs ER orto the day of Judgment (which the New Teſtamenr often Jiarti 1 ſpeaks of, as a thing at hand, and that Phraſe coming in the C!1y7; ether c of Heaven, feems rather to fignifie) or (asothers think) to yt him, | referring the fitting on the right hand of Power, to the former, und Ml the coming in the Clouds to the latrer, 1s hard rodetermine, t Name 65 Then the high prieſt rent his cloaths, ſaying, Ho He hath ſpoken blaſphemy ; what further need have nam, 1 we of witneſſes? behold, now ye have heard hislaf dec phemy. es 66 What think ye, They anſwered and ſid, * He *1z, his Mo IS guilty of death. 16, Peter, Mark hath much the ſame, Ch.'14. 63, 64. only he faith, 7!vy - all, Condemned him to be Guilty of Death, "4 Ch, 22. 70, 71. faith, Pray, 1 Then ſaid they all, Art thou then the Son of God, And he” ſaid wn fake h them, ye ſay that T am ? And thej ſaid, what need we any futie Wicked Witneſs * For we our ſetves have heard f his own Mouth, Thisrend- To tel ing ot Cloaths was a thing very ordinary amongſt che Fews, uſet baftily by them in Teſtimony of Sorrow, and of Indignation : They uſd rand " 1£ 1n Cauſes of great Sorrow, and Mourning, even before the 1: Tempta _ ba formed into a Nation. We find it Praticed by Rey ain ; en and Facob, Gen. 37. 29, 34. and by Facob's Sons. Gen. 44. 12, ar ahagy by 7oſhua and CA he 4 6. by PA ud. II. = Wa. firſt De1 deed he thar was High Prieſt was forbidden to do it, Levit. 21, to, 75 t which Command, yet the Jews reſtrain to his Prieſtly Garments, 21d ur bur upon other occaſions he might rend his Cloarhs, as Caiath:s dony here did. It was uſual in Caſe of Blaſphemy, both ro ſhew their vily IN Sorrow tor it, and Derteſtation of it, 2 Kings 19. I. Fer. 36.24. Mark Afts 14. 14. So as they Convicted our Saviour, rot upon Oath; f "a Pete, Witneſſes, but upon Words which they interpreted co be Bl:/p/e- J-1e He ( my, The High Prieſt , being bur the Preſident in this Council, r'ought 7 asks the Opinion of the reſt of the Council. They all condemn 1:0Red, 4 him as Guilty of a Capital Crime, which is here Phrafed Guilt) if Lira, hy Death; that is, one who by their Law ought to die, bf ON alt Vert - 67 * Then did they ſpit in his face , and bufkred *cnl A good him, and * others ſmore hi» with the || Hams of TP -n riſe nc their hands, _ 68 daying, * Prophefie unto us, thou Chriſt, Who {0:; this Derc 15 he that ſmote thee ? * [26 jhdid) Mark hath much the ſame, Ch, 14. 65. And ſome bgg.m to pit on "_ _ $i, him, and to ever his Face, and to buffet him, and to ſay unto hin, ER, hi Prophefie : And the Servants did ſtribe him with the pains it ther Gray, hands, Tho' there be nothing more Barbarous and inhumane, {Je Ty
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. . A , þ Urn ting 1n the Face, was burfan ordinary Token of Contempt, M7 abs, 12. 14. Deut. 25. 9, And perhaps in all theſe Indignirics, 7. wt bs was a Typeof Chriſt, 7. 50. 6. if that Text be nor to be under- nn ſtood of Chriſt immediately, in the mean time ir lets us fee, that 7 _ "ke there 15 no Degree, or Mark of Contempr, or Shame, or Suffer- F i, ing, which we oughr to decline , and grudge ir, for the Name a+ of Chriſt ; who tho' much more Excellent than us, yer tor Cur F OW ſake Endured the Crofs, and Deſpiſed the Shame. More > + Ca 69 * Now Peter ſite without inthe palace: and *J Verne wh damizl came unto him, ſaying, Thou alſo waſt with 15? of G Jeſus of Galilee. Ci, hors - © - 7 « l 0 4 70 But hedenied before them all, ſaying, | know him, 7, not what thou ſayeſt, "5 wenr £ A RM 3 d and ] Mak hath this, Ch. 14. 65, 67. only he faith, Peter Was © e of 7h, neath in che Palace, and Farming himſelf. Luke hath tis __ v2 his Fa
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