κέρδη παραινεις ἔι τι κέρδος ἐν κακῶις βράχιστα γὰρ κράτιστα τἀν ποσὶν κακὰ. SOPH. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HAMILTON, ADAMS AND CO. PATERNOSTER ROW. PREFACE. THE subject of the following Poem occupies a dark page in the Gospel history: a page as brief as it is gloomy. The defection of Judas Iscariot from his Master, and his venal treachery, are a connecting link in the series of events by which the predeterminate counsel of God is fulfilled in the great moral sacrifice of the Redeemer: and, in perfect keeping with the style of inspired narrative, they are recorded—and no more. The betrayal of Jesus Christ by one of the twelve, and even by such an one, has much in it |