among them, and caft lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, bafte thee to help me. Deliver my foul from the fword, my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorn. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praife thee. Ye that fear the Lord, praife bim: all ye the feed of facob, glorify hin; and fear him, all ye the feed of Ifrael. For be bath not difpifed nor abborred the afflictions of the afflicted: neither bath be bid his face from bim: but when he cried to him be beard. My praife fhall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek fhall eat and be fatisfied: they shall praise the Lord that feek him: your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world fall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations fhall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations. All they that be fat upon the earth fhall eat and worship: all they that go down to the duft fhall bow before him; and none can keep alive his own foul. A feed fball ferve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and fhall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Mofes. "My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me?" Thefe are the words of Meffiah whilft upon the cross, and noted by Matthew and Mark." He trufted in God that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him." Thefe were the words of our

chief priests, with the fcribes and antients at the crucifixion of Chrift, and mentioned in the Gofpel of Matthew. "I am a worm and' no man: a reproach of men, and defpifed of the people." Never was man more derided and defpifed, vilified, and as it were an inherent hatred, than Jefus Chrift, not only by the Jews, but every defcription of men but his own church; and this we fee verified even in this eighteenth century. They fhot out the lip, and fhake the head." This, all agree, Jesus suffered on the crofs." Thou haft brought me into the jaws of death: for dogs have compaffed me; the affembly of the wicked have inclosed me:" And in another pfalm, "Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things: the kings of the earth ftood up, and the princes affembled together, against the Lord, and against his Chrift." All thefe prophecies were accomplifhed at the time appointed in the prophecy of Daniel, by Herod, Pilate, Caiphas, with the other princes, rulers and whole body of people, both Jews and Gentiles, which on that great festival had met from many diftant countries, to join the folemnity. "They pierced my hands and my feet." Jefus Chrift was nailed through his hands and feet to the crofs, an ignominious fpectacle, expofed to the view, and inflicted on none but the moft vile and abandoned wretches; the nails are fhewn at this day. "They part my garments among them, and caft lots upon my vesture." All these things were accomplished, and your four Evangelifts bear record. "He was numbered with the tranfgreffors." All this prophecy

prophecy was truly verified at the crucifixion of Jefus Chrift, and recorded in your Gofpels. This was his prayer for his crucifiers, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do:" And for the penitent thief, "This day thou fhall be with me in Paradife."

Boy. Matthew, chapter 27. "And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took council against Jefus, to put him to death; and they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, who betrayed him, feeing that he was condemned, repenting himfelf, brought back the thirty pieces of filver to the chief priests and the ancients, faying, "I have finned in betraying innocent blood." But they said: "What is that to us? look thou to it," and cafting down the pieces of filver in the temple, he departed, and went fand hanged himself with a halter. But the chief priests having taken the pieces of filver, faid: " It is not lawful to put them into the Corbona, because it is the price of blood." And, after they had confulted together, they bought with them the Potter's Field, to be a burying-place for ftrangers. Wherefore that field was called Haceldama, that is, the Field of Blood, even to this day. Then was fulfilled that which was fpoken by Jeremiah the prophet, faying: "And they took the thirty pieces of filver, the price of him that was valued, whom they prized of the children of Ifrael, and they gave them unto the Potter's Field, as the Lord appointed to me. And Jefus ftood before the governor,

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and the governor afked him, faying: "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jefus faith to him: "Thou fay'ft it." And when he was accufed by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing. Then Pilate faith to him: "Dot thou not hear how great teftimonies they alledge against thee?" And he anfwered him to never a word; fo that the governor wondered exceedingly. Now upon the folemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prifoner, whom they would. And he then had a notorious prifoner, that was called Barabbas. They therefore being gathered together, Pilate faid: "Whom will you that I releafe to you, Barabbas, or Jefus, who is called Chrift?" for he knew that, for envy, they had delivered him. And as he was fitting on the judgmentfeat, his wife fent to him, faying; "Have thou nothing to do with that juft man, for I have fuffered many things this day in a dream, becaufe of him?" But the chief priests and ancients perfuaded the people, that they should afk Barabbas, and make Jesus' away. And the governor answering, faid to them: "Whether will you have of the two to be releafed unto you ?" But they faid, "Barabbas." Pilate faith to them: "What fhill I do then with Jefus, that is called Chrift?" They fay all let him: be crucified." The governor faid to them, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, faying; "Let him be crucified." And Pilate feeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, taking water, washed his hands before the pro

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ple, faying, "I am innocent of the blood of this juft man look ye to it." And all the people answering, faid; "His blood be upon us and upon our children." Then he releafed to them Barabbas, and, having fcourged Jefus, delivered him to them to be crucified. Then the foldiers of the governor taking Jefus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band, and ftripping him, they put a fcarlet cloak about him. And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right-hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, faying; "Hail, king of the Jews." And fpitting upon him, they took the reed, and ftruck his head. And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. And going out they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon; him they forced to take up his Crofs. And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary. And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tafted, he would not drink. And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, cafting lots, that the word might be fulfilled which was fpoken by the prophet, faying, "Ihey divided my garments among them, and upon my vefture they caft lots." And they fat down and watched him; and they put over his head his caufe written: This is Jefus the King of the Jews. Then were there crucified with him two thieves; the one on the right hand, and the other on the left. And they

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