none, though many falfe witneffes had come in; and laft of all there came two falfe witneffes, and they faid; This man faid, I am able to deftroy the temple of God, and in three days to rebuild it. And the high-prieft rifing, faid to him, Anfwereft thou nothing to the things which thefe witness against thee? But Jefus held his peace. And the high-priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Chrift the Son of God? Jefus faith to him, Thou haft faid it. Nevertheless, I fay to you, hereafter you fhall fee the fon of man fitting on the right-hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high-prieft rent his garments, faying, He hath blafphemed, what further need have we of witneffes? Behold now you have heard the blafphemy, what think you? but they anfwering, faid, He is guilty of death. Then did they fpit in his face, and buffeted him, and others ftruck his face with the palms of their hands, faying, Prophecy unto us, O Chrift; who is he that ftruck thee? The traitor Judas is noted in another Pfalm, which is taken notice of by Peter in the first chapter of the Acts. "In those days, Peter rifing up in the midst of the brethren, faid, (now the number of perfons together, was about one hundred and twenty) Men brethren, the fcripture muft' needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghoft fpoke before by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jefus, who was numbered with us, and obtained part of this miniftry. And he indeed hath poffeffed a field

a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged burst asunder in the midft, and all his bowels gufhed out; and it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerufalem; fo that the fame field was called in their tongue Haceldama, that is to fay, the field of blood, as it is written in the book of Pfalms; "Let their habitation become defolate, and let there be none to dwell therein; and his bifhoprick let another take," which was alloted to Matthias in the place of Judas.

Boy. 69th Pfalm. "Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my foul. I fink in deep mire, where there is no ftanding; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God. They that hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I took not away. O God, thou knoweft my foolishness; and my fins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of Hofts, be ashamed for my fake; let not thofe that feek thee, be confounded for my fake, O God of Ifrael. Because for thy fake I have borne reproach; fhame has covered my face. I am become a ftranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine houfe hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee, are falien upon me. When I wept, and chaftened my foul with fafting, that was to my reproach. I made fackcloth alfo my

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garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that fit in the Gate speak against me; and I was the fong of the drunkards. But as for me my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy falvation. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not fink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep fwallow me up; and let not the pit fhut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving-kindness is good; turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies; and hide not thy face from thy fervant; for I am in trouble; hear me fpeedily. Draw nigh unto my foul, and redeem it; deliver me becaufe of my enemies. Thou hast known my reproach, and my fhame, and my dishonour; my adverfaries are all before thee. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heavinefs. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They gave me alfo gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Let their table become a fnare before them; and that which fhould have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened that they fee not; and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be defolate, and let none dwell in their tents. For they perfecute him whom thou haft fmitten; and they talk to the

grief of thofe whom thou haft wounded. Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteoufnefs. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. But I am poor and forrowful; let thy falvation, O God, fet me up on high. I will praise the name of God with a fong, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This alfo fhall praife the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. The humble fhall fee this, and be glad; and your heart fhall live that teck God. For the Lord heareth the poor, and defpifeth not his prifoners. Let the heavens and earth praife him; the fas, and every thing that moveth therein. For God will fave Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; that they may dwell there, and have it in poffeffion. The feed alto of his fervants fhall i herit it; and they that love his name fhall dwell therein.

Mofes. The nature of man is truly pitiable, unftable, and, like a reed, droop under the flightest breeze. I was convinced, and as I painted to myself with an unchangeable conviction, not to be deaf or ftiffnecked, a charge against Ifrael throughout the fcripture, againit the call of Almighty God; and this from my youth, with this refolve: that fhould I at any time be enlightened by my God, to find our long expected Meffiah, manifested according to our fcriptures; that I would quit all other confiderations, and from the happy instant facrifice myfelf to his will. The Almighty, as I believe, has appointed and made ufe of you a chud, to

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over-rule and fupercede prefumption and vain arrogance, that I fear are too deep rooted in my breaft. You have inftructed me a teacher in Ifrael, and opened with inconteftible conviction, the scriptures relating to time, place, and minute circumftances touching the Meffiah, the hope of Ifrael, and expectation of the Gentiles. But fomething more is requifite; for Ifrael, though oppreffed, and, as it were, abandoned by her God, now near two thousand years, a proverb in the mouth of every nation, ftill perfeveres in looking and confidering herself the favorite people of God. Two thoufand years fervitude has foftened and made oppreffion eafy in fome degree, and what we have been accustomed to from our infancy becomes natnral, and we are anxious for no other. So on the other hand to perfuade the Jews that Jefus is the Meffiah, who from their infancy they had been taught to abominate, would be a task equally as difguftful as those fet their forefathers by the Egyptians, in the time of their bondage. The promises of the fcripture prophecies greatly allay and alleviate the unparalelled hardships of fo tedious and opprobrious a captivity; fcorned and hated as a pest offensive to the reft of our fpecies. O that my eyes were fountains that I might pour forth floods of tears without ceafing, before my God, for the miferies of my people. O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, how are once the delight of the Almighty levelled with the duft, and your children fifted and ftigmatized; fcattered, and marked with every infamy throughout all nations of the earth; left without the least glimmer