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I fubmit my felf wholly to thy Divine
Will and Pleasure.

37. Then coming back to his Dif-
ciples, he found them afleep; For it
was late in the Night, and they were
very drowfy and forrowful. And he
faid to Peter; Are you afleep, Simon?
Could you undertake juft now to die for
my fake, and can you not now watch
with me in my Agony one Hour?

38. Watch and Pray, that God may deliver you from the Dangers, to which ye are going to be expofed. I know your Minds are fincere, and your Difpofitions good; but the natural Wants and Infirmities of the Body will betray you into Danger, if the Refolutions of your Minds be not ftrong enough to overcome them in Time of Peril and Neceffity.

39. Again, Jefus retired from his
Difciples a fecond time, and prayed
after the fame manner, fubmitting him-
felf wholly to the divine Will.

40. And when he came back, he
For they
found them afleep again.
could not keep themfelves awake;
and they understood not what he
meant, nor knew what Answer to make

him.

them the Third time, and prayed after
41. Again, Jefus withdrew from
the fame manner: And when he re-
turned, he faid to the Difciples, Are *See Note
ye yet overcome with Sleep and Drow- on Matt.
finefs? Nay, ye may ev'n fleep on xxvi. 45.
now; I have overcome my Agony,
and 'tis too late for your watching to
be any Comfort or Affiftance to me
now. The Time of my Suffering is
come, and I am juft going to be be-
trayed into the Hands of those who seek
my Life.
42. Come

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42. Come, rife, let us be going: The Traitor, that comes to apprehend me, is just upon us.

43. Scarcely had Jefus faid these Words, when fuddenly Judas appear ed, with a great Number of Officers and Servants following him, armed with Swords and Clubs; whom the Chief Priefts and Rulers of the Jews had fent to apprehend Jefus in his private Retirement, Judas having under

taken to conduct them.

44. Now because the Officers did not know Jesus's Face, and it was alfo Night; Judas agreed to give them this Token, that when they faw him go up to any one and falute him with a Kifs, they fhould thereby know that this was Jefus, and be fure to lay hold on him immediately, and keep him from efcaping.

45. As foon therefore as Judas faw Jefus, he went directly to him, and faluted him with much seeming Respect, and kiffed him.

46. Whereupon the Officers, according to the appointed Signal, prefently apprehended him and held him faft.

47. Which when the Disciples faw, they were affrighted and amazed. But Peter, always couragious and bolder than the reft, drew his Sword, and fmote one of the High Priest's Servants, and wounded him on the Head.

48. But Jefus healed the Man's Wound, and having rebuked Peter for his indifcreet Zeal, he expoftulated mildly with those who apprehended him, faying: Why come ye out at this time of Night, armed and

42 Rife up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

diately, while heyet 43¶ And imme(pake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with fwords and ftaves, from the chief priefts, and the scribes, and the elders.

betrayed him had 44 And he that given them a token, faying, Whomfoever I fhall kifs, the fame is he; take him, and lead bim away fafely.

45 And affoon as he was come, he gohim, and faith, Maeth ftraightway to fter, master; and kiffed him.

46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

47 And one of them that ftood by, fmote a fervant of drew a fword, and the high priest, and

cut off his ear.

48 And Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, Are ye come out as against a thief, flaves, to take me? with fwords andwith

49 I was daily with you in the temple, teaching, and ye took me not: but the fcriptures must be fulfilled.

50 And they all forfook him, and fled.

51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth caft about his naked body;

and the young man
laid hold on him.
52 And he left the
linen cloth, and fled
from them naked.

539 And they led Jefus away to the high priest: and with him were affembled

all the chief priests, and the elders, and

the scribes.

54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest and he fat with the fervants, and warmed

prepared to seize me by Violence; as
if ye were to apprehend fome Robber
that would defend himself, and make
great Refiftance?

49. Did not I ufe to fit conftantly
in the Temple, teaching the People
publickly and at Noon-day? where,
if I had been guilty of any Crime, ye
might have laid hold on me whenever
you pleased? What need then was
there for all this Force and Secrefy
to apprehend me? But now is the Time
which the Wisdom of God has appoint-
ed, and which the Scriptures of the
Prophets have foretold that I should
fuffer in; and therefore am I delivered
into your Hands.

50. Then all the Disciples, feeing there was no Remedy, and that Jefus would not suffer them to endeavour to rescue him, forfook him and fled.

5152. Among whom was one, a young Man; who having only a loofe Cloth about his naked Body; and the Officers, who fufpected him to be a Difciple of Jefus, laying hold of the Cloth to apprehend him; he let go the Cloth, and fled away naked.

53. Jefus therefore being thus fe-
cured, and his Difciples difperfed; he
was led away to Caiphas the High
Prieft's Houfe, where all the Chief
Priefts, and Elders, and Teachers of
the Jews were ready affembled to try
him.

54. And as the Officers were car-
rying him, Peter followed at a dif
tance, and went in after them into
the High Prieft's Houfe, and fat down
as a Stranger among the Servants at
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55. Now the Chief of the fews
having gotten Jefus in their Power,
and being beforehand refolved to put
him to Death; that they might feem
to do That with fome Appearance of
Juftice, which however they were re-
folved in any wife to do, they used
all poffible Means to procure Perfons
to witness fuch Things against him as
might reach his Life, but they could not.

56. For though many came in to witness against him, yet fo frivolous and trifling were the Things they teftified, that even thefe unjust Judges themselves, who had before his Trial refolved to condemn him, could not *ax find therein * fufficient Pretence to give ἦσαν. Sentence against him.

tion.

5758. At laft, after feveral others, there came in fome, who maliciously mifreprefenting and mifinterpreting fome Words of his which they did not underftand, witneffed that they heard him fay, He could pull down the Temple made with Hands, and within Three Days build another made without Hands.

59. But neither did this feem ta fufficient Pretence to put him to

Death.

60. Then the High Prieft ftood up himself, and asked Jefus, faying: Have you nothing to plead for your felf? What fay you to the Things thefe Men witnefs against you?

61. But Jefus, knowing their Injuftice, and that they watched only to Jay hold of his Words, anfwered nothing. Then the High Prieft fpake again, and asked him with an Adju

himself at the fire.

55 And the chief priefts, and all the council fought for fus to put him to witness against Jedeath; and found

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61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high prieft asked him

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65 And fome began to fpit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to fay unto him, Prophefie: and the fervants did ftrike him with the palms

of their hands.

66 And as Peter

was beneath in the
palace, there com-
eth one of the maids
of the high priest.
67 And when the
faw Peter warming
himfelf, fhe looked
upon him, and faid,

ration, faying: Tell me the Truth, in the Prefence of God; Art thou the Chrift, the Son of the most High God?

62. To this fefus anfwered; I am;

And
ye your felves fhall fee convin-
cing Evidences of my being fo; in
the great and dreadful Destruction
which I will fpeedily fend upon the
unbelieving Jews; in the quick and
wonderful Progrefs that my Religion
fhall make over the Earth; and finally,
in my glorious Appearing to judge the
World.

63. When the High Prieft heard this, he rent his Clothes in great Indignation, and faid unto the Council; What need we trouble our felves to feek for any more Witnesses?

64. Ye your felves are Witneffes, and this whole Affembly are Witneffes, that he hath spoken manifeft and notorious Blafphemy; What think ye of it? And they all agreed, that for affuming to himself to be the Meffiah, he deserved to be put to Death.

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