of Silver, and T ca# them to the Potter in the Houſe of the Lyx 7 P "a a very hard Text as i: lies in the Prophet, to give a juſt " ch of. The Propher was one of them who Prophefied after = Caprivity of Babylon, yer ter. 6. he plainly Prophefieth of G = Deſtru&ion of the Fews and ct Feruſalem: Which Defirudi a being (after that of the Ca!deans) tro what it ſhould refer; bar ts che laſt Deſtrution of the Zews by the Romans, I canner - derſtand : ver. 7. he ſaith, f will feed the Bloch of the $1,161,” thar is, the Flock defigned for the Slaughter, or drawing = , the Slaughter, even you, O Poor of the Flock ! Chriſt came in Perf, : ro feed the Church of the Fews, bur they alſo abhorred hin. +. char he abhorred them, and reſolved to caſt them quice of, _
hap. XXVII Chap. P. W, ao Chap 1s (25 it is ſaid ) Repented himſelf; that is, began to be
-- 2-4 in his Conſcience for what he had done. The Con- {on 07 the worlt of Men, will nor always digeſt Mire and but Dmetimes throw it up, yea tho' ic harh firſt incu-
4 pyioned them. Sin is ſiweer in the Mouth, bur bitter 1n to ell, All Repentance is not faving: Nor doth all Con- © 7» of fin obtain Remiſſm. Judas here repents, and con- tciuh le bid ſinned, and his particular Sin, in betraying 4n Inn- con2 P2141 4 yet he findeth no Mercy. He hath nor an Hcart to bes {>roivenefs, nor ro apply himſelt ro Chriſt for Remedy. But te Antiver of the Chief Prieſts and Elders, 15 very remarkable: Fiat is that tous? Toh thou to that.) Wretched Judits? He 1:4 bh--n the Servant of theſe wicked Mens Luſts, and tor a
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poor Waves ſerved them in the higheſt A&t of Villany. He falls into a Diſtreſs of Conſcience for what he had done. - What m1- ſerable Comforters do they prove ? Temprcrs never make good Comforters. Thoſe who are che Devils Inſtruments, ro command, hire, entice, or allure Men to Sin, Will afford them no Relict when they come to be troubled, for what rney have done : Nor will jc now fatisfie the Conſcience of Zudas, to remember that he had a Warrant for apprehending Chriſt , and atted Miniſte- rially. The Prieſts will not cake rhe Money ; [ He throws it down in th: Temple , and goes and hangs himſelf. ] How grear is the Power of Confcience, ſiniting for the Guilt of Sin? Tudas could have no hope of a berter Lite, fo as all his Happinets lay in the rime of this preſent Life. Yer, he 1s not able ro allow himlelt that. The Devil that entred into his Hearr, to tempt him; now encreth again to perſivade him to pur an End to his Miſery 1n this Lite, by haſtning himſelf ro an Eternal Miſery. Let all Apoſtares rirning Perſecutors of Innocent Perſons, read this, and Tremble. There is a Difficulty of reconciling this Text to that of Libe, Afts 1.18. where it is ſaid of him, That he falling head- toms bu: aſunder in the mid$, and all his Bowels guſhed out. That which is uſually faid , is, that he fell from the place where he hanved himſelf,and wich the fall burſt himſelf, 1know there are ſome others, who think thar the word &77yZam, need nor be eraniJaced, he himmced himſelf, but he was ſuffocated, or ſtrangled. ©xme think the Devil ftrangled him, and threw him down a Precinice. Ochers , that he was ſuffocated by ſome Diſeaſe, whici cauſed a Rupture of his Body. Others think (as we trantlate ir) that he hanged himſelf, and ſwelling his Body brake, 21d all his Bowels guſhedout. Concerning the manner of his Death, we can determine nothing, bur that he was ſtrangled, and tz Byeels gufied out; both thefe the Scripture aflerts, bur how it was, We cannot certainly tell.
6 And the chief prieſts took the ſilver pieces, and fiid, Ir is not lawful for to put them into the trea- ſury, becauſe it is the price of blood.
God, Deut. 23. 18. had forbidden to bring the Price of a Whoye or a Dog into the Temple. This they had interpreted of all filthy Gin : Upon which they thus determine, that ir was nor lawful for them to put the Money they had given Zudss for fo ſordid 2 Service as that of Betraying hs Maſter, into the Cheſt, or Place which they had, where they kept the Moneys given for the Repairs of the Temple; and in this they were right enough , per- haps; bur in this they ſhewed themſelves Rapelly blind Hypo- crices, that they ſaw not ir was much leſs lawful tor them, who hed hired him to this ſordid Action, to be employed in the Ser- vice of the Temple; for 7/z. 52. 11. thoſe that bear the Veſſels of the Lord, ought ro be Holy, Thus to juſtifie our Saviour's Words, they ſtrain at a Gnat, and ſwallow a Camel.
7 And they took counſel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury ſtrangers in.
8 Wheretore that field was called, The * field of blood unto this day.
9 ( Then was fulfilled that which was ſpoken by Teremiah the prophet, ſaying, And they took the | thirty pieces of filver , the price of him that was ns ai 4 || valued, whom they of the children of Ifrael did of 1b2 chit. Value dm of 1- 1o And gave them for the potter's field, as the Fare. Lord appointed me.)