ments among them, and upon with a loud voice, yielded up my vesture did they caft lots. the ghoft. And behold, the vail And fitting down, they watch of the temple was rent in twain, ed him there; and fet up over from the top to the bottom,and his head his accufation writ- the earth did quake, and the ten, THIS IS JESUS THE rocks rent, and the graves were KING OF THE JEWS. opened, and many bodies of Then were there two thieves faints which flept, arose, and crucified with him: one on the came out of the graves after right hand, and another on liis refurrection, and went into the left. And they that paffed the holy city, and appeared unby, reviled him, wagging their to many. Now when the centu heads, and faying, Thou that rion, and they that were with deftroyeft the temple, and him, watching Jefus, faw the buildeft it in three days, fave earth-quake, and those things thy felf: if thou be the Son of that were done, they feared God,come down from the crofs. greatly, faying, Truly this was Likewife alfo the chief priests the Son of God. mocking him, with the fcribes and elders faid,He faved others,

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himfelf he cannot fave: if he For the Epiftle. Ifaiah 63. r. be the King of Ifrael, let him from Edom, with dyed be the of let W this that comed now come down from the cross,

and we will believe him. He garments from Bozrah ? this trufted in God; let him deliver that is glorious in his apparel, him now if he will have him: travelling in the greatnefs of for he faid, I am the Son of his ftrength? I that speak in God. The thieves also which righteousness, mighty to save. were crucified with him, caft Wherefore art thou red in thine the fame in his teeth. Now apparel, and thy garments like from the fixth hour there was him that treadeth in the winedarkness over all the land unto fat? I have troden the winethe ninth hour. And about the prefs alone, and of the people ninth hour, Jefus cried with a there was none with me: för I loud voice,faying,Eli,Eli,lama will tread them in mine anger, fabachthani? That is to fay, and trample them in my fury, My God, my C God, why haft and their blood fhall be sprink thou forfaken me? Some of led upon my garments, and I them that ftood there, when will ftain all my raiment. For they heart that, faid, This man the day of vengeance is in mine calleth for Elias. And ftraight, heart, and the year of my reway one of them ran, and took deemed is come. And I looked, a fpunge, and filled it with vi and there was none to help; negar, and put it on a reed, and and I wondred that there was gave him to drink. The reft none to uphold therefore faid, Let be, let us fee whether mine own arm brought falvatiElias will come to fave him. on unto me, and my fury it Jefus, when he had cried again upheld me. And I will tread

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down the people in mine an- thy holiness, and of thy glory ger, and make them drunk in Where is thy zeal, and thy my fury, and I will bring down ftrength, the founding of thy their ftrength to the earth. I bowels, and of thy mercies towill mention the loving kind wards me? are they restrained? neffes of the Lord, and the Doubtless thou art our Father, praises of the Lord, according though Abraham be ignorant to all that the Lord hath be of us, and Ifrael acknowledge ftowed on us, and the great us not: Thou, O Lord, art our goodness towards the house of Father, our Redeemer, thy Ifrael, which he hath beftowed Name is from everlasting. Ó on them, according to his mer- Lord, why haft thou made us cies, and according to the mul- to err from thy ways? and titude of his loving kindneffes. hardned our hearts from thy For he faid, Surely they are my fear? Return for thy fervants people, children that will not fake, the tribes of thine inherilie fo he was their Saviour. In tance. The people of thy holiall their affliction he was af- nefs have poffeffed it but a little flicted, and the angel of his while our adversaries have prefence faved them in his troden down thy fanctuary: love,and in his pity he redeem We are thine, thou never bareft ed them, and he bare them, and rule over them; they were nɔt carried them all the days of old. called by thy Name. But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit,therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Then of unleavened bread: and the he remembred the days of old, chief priests and the scribes Mofes and his people, faying, fought how they might take Where is he that brought them him by craft, and put him to up out out of the fea, with the death. But they faid, Not on fhepherd of his flock? Where the feaft-day, left there be an is he that put his Holy Spirit uprore of the people. And being within him? that led them by in Bethany, in the house of Sithe right hand of Mofes, with mon the leper,as he fat at meat, his glorious arm, dividing the there came a woman having an water before them, to make alabafter-box of ointment of himself an everlafting Name? fpikenard, very precious, and That led them through the the brake the box, and poured deep as an horse in the wilder- it on his head. And there were nefs, that they fhould not ftum- fome that had indignation ble? as a beaft goeth down into within themselves, and faid, the valley, the Spirit of the Why was this waste of the Lord caufed him to reft: fo ointment made? For it might didft thou lead thy people, to have been fold for more than make thy felf a glorious Name. three hundred pence, and have Look down from heaven, and been given to the poor and behold from the habitation of they murmured against her.

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And Jefus faid, Let her alone, he cometh with the twelve. why trouble you her? fhe hath And as they fat, and did eat, wrought a good work on me. Jefus faid, Verily I fay unto

For ye have the poor with you you, one of you which eatalways, and whenfoever ye will eth with me, fhall betray me. ye may do them good: but me And they began to be forrowye have not always. She hath ful, and to fay unto him one done what the could: fhe is by one, Is it ? And another come aforehand to anoint my faid, Is it I? And he answered body to the burying. Verily I and faid unto them, It is one fay unto you, Wherefoever of the twelve that dippeth this Gospel all be preached with me in the difh. The throughout the whole world, Son of man indeed goeth, as this alfo that the hath done it is written of him: but wo to thall be spoken of for a memo- that man by whom the Son of rial of her. And Judas Ifca- man is betrayed: good were it riot, one of the twelve, went for that man if he had never unto the chlef priefts, to betray been born. And as they did him unto them. And when eat, Jefus took bread, and blefthey heard it, they were glad, fed, and brake it, and gave to and promifed to give him mo- them, and faid, Take, eat: ney. And he fought how he This is my body. And he took might conveniently betray him, the cup, and when he had gi And the first day of unleaven- ven thanks, he gave it to them: ed bread, when they killed the and they all drank of it. And paffover, his difciples faid un- he faid unto them, This is my to him, Where wilt thou that blood of the new Teftament, we go and prepare, that thou which is fhed for many. Verimayft eat the paffover? And ly I fay unto you, I will drink he fendeth forth two of his di- no more of the fruit of the vine, fciples, and faith unto them, until that day that I drink it Go ye into the city, and there new in the kingdom of God. fhall meet you a man bearing And when they had fung an a pitcher of water: follow him. hymn, they went out into the And wherefoever he fhall go mount of Olives. And Jefus in, fay ye to the good-man of faith unto them, All ye shall the houfe, The mafter faith, be offended because of me this Where is the gueft-chamber night; for it is written, I will where I fhall eat the paffover fmite the fhepherd, and the with my difciples? And he fheep fhall be fcattered. But will fhew you a large upper after that I am rifen, I will go room furnished, and prepared, before you into Galilee. But there make ready for us. And Peter faid unto him, Although his difciples went forth, and all fhall be offended, yet will came into the city, and found not I. And Jefus faith unto as he had faid unto them: him, Verily I fay unto thee, and they made ready the paf- that this day,even in this night, fover. And in the evening before the cock crow twice,

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thou fhalt deny me thrice. But and with him a great multitude he fpake the more vehemently, with fwords and ftaves from If I thould die with thee, I will the chief priests,and the fcribes, not deny thee in any wife, and the elders. And he that Likewife alfo faid they all. And betrayed him, had given them they came to a place which a token, faying, Whomfoever was named Gethsemane: and I fhall kifs, that fame is he; he faith to his difciples, Sit ye take him, and lead him away here, while I fhall pray. And fafely. And affoon as he was he taketh with him Peter, and come, he goeth ftraightway to James, and John, and began him, and faith, Master, maiter, to be fore amazed, and to be and kiffed him. And they very heavy, and faith unto laid their hands on him, and them, My foul is exceeding took him. And one of them forrowful unto death; tarry ye that ftood by, drew a fword, here, and watch. And he went and fmote a fervant of the high forward a little, and fell on the priest, and cut off his ear. And ground, and prayed, that if it Jefus anfwered and said unto were poffible the hour might them, Are ye come out as apafs from him. And he faid, gainft a thief, with swords and Abba, Father; all things are with ftaves, to take me? I was poffible unto thee; take away daily with you in the temple, this cup from me: nevertheless, teaching, and ye took me not: not what I will, but what thou but the Scriptures must be fulwilt. And he cometh, and find- filled. And they all forfook eth them fleeping, and faith him, and fled. And there fol unto Peter, Simon, fleepeft lowed him a certainyoung man, thou? couldft not thou watch having a linen cloth caft about one hour? Watch ye, and pray, his naked body; and the young left ye enter into temptation: men laid hold on him. And he The fpirit truly is ready, but left the linen cloth, and fled the flesh is weak. And again from them naked. And they he went away, and prayed, and led Jefus away to the high fpake the fame words. And prieft, and with him were afwhen he returned, he found fembled all the chief priests, them afleep again (for their and the elders, and the fcribes, eyes were heavy) neither wift and Peter followed him afar they what to answer him And off, even into the palace of the he cometh the third time, and high prieft: and he fat with the faith unto them, Sleep on now, fervants, and warmed himself and take your reft: it is enough, at the fire. And the chief priests, the hour is come; Behold, the and all the council fought for Son of man is betrayed into witness againft Jefus to put him the hands of finners. Rife up, to death, and found none. For let us go; lo, he that betrayeth many bare falfe witness against me is at hand. And immedi- him, but their witness agreed ately, while he yet fpake, co- not together. And there arofe meth Judas, one of the twelve, certain, and bare falfe witness

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against him, faying, We heard faid again to Peter, Surely thou him fay, I will deftroy this tem- art one of them; for thou art ple that is made with bands, a Galilean, and thy speech aand within three days I will greeth thereto. But he began build another made without to curfe and to fwear, faying, hands. But neither fo did their I know not this man of whom witness agree together. And ye speak. And the second time the high priest ftood up in the the cock crew. And Peter callmidft, and asked Jefus, faying, ed to mind the word that Jefus Anfwereft thou nothing? what faid unto him, Before the cock is it which these witness against crow twice, thou fhalt deny me thee? But he held his peace, thrice. And when he thought and answered nothing. Again thereon, he wept. the high pricft asked him, and faid unto him, Art thou the Chrift, the Son of the Bleffed? And Jefus faid, I am; and ye

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fhall fee the Son of man fitting mine car, and I was not on the right hand of power, and rebellious, neither turned away coming in the clouds of hea- back. I gave my back to the ven. Then the high prieft rent fmiters, and my cheeks to them his clothes, and faith, What that plucked off the hair: I need we any further witneffes? hid not my face from fhame ye have heard the blafphemy: and spitting. For the Lord God what think ye? And they all will help me, therefore shall I condemned him to be guilty not be confounded: therefore of death. And fome began to have I fet my face like a flint, fpit on him, and to cover his and I know that I fhall not be face, and to buffet him, and to afhamed. He is near tlíat jufti. fay unto him, Prophefie; and fieth me, who will contend the fervants did ftrike him with with me? Let us ftand togethe palms of their hands. And ther; who is mine adversary? as Peter was beneath in the pa- let him come near to me. Belace, there cometh one of the hold, the Lord God will help maids of the high priest; and me; who is he that fhall conwhen fhe faw Peter warming demn me? Lo, they all fhall himself, fhe looked upon him, wax old as a garment: the and faid, And thou alfo waft moth fhall eat them up. Who is with Jefus of Nazareth. But among you that feareth the he denied, faying, I know not, Lord, that obeyeth the voice of neither understand I what thou his fervant,that walketh in darkfayft. And he went out into nefs, and hath no light? let the porch, and the cock crew. him trust in the Name of the And a maid faw him again, Lord, and ftay upon his God. and began to fay to them that Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, ftood by, This is one of them. that compass your felves about And he denied it again. And with fparks, walk in the light of a little after, they that ftood by your fire, and in the sparks that

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