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Rh he is ſevere, in counſelling, courteous and fair ſpoken; pleaſant in ſpeech, mixed with gravity: it cannot be remembered that any have ſeen him laugh, but many have ſeen him weep; in proportion of body well ſhaped and ſtraight; his hands and arms very delectible to behold, in ſpeaking very temperate, modeſt and wiſe; a man, for his ſingular beauty far exceeding the ſons of men.

Within the thirty-third year of Chriſt's life he was crucified by the wicked hands of the Jews, which cauſed many miracles, atteſted both by Heathens and ChriſtiasChriſtians [sic]. At his death there was a mighty darkneſs in the day time, from ſix till nine, that is, from our twelve, to our three in the afternoon, and yet no eclipſe of the ſun, it being full moon: ſo it was contrary to the order of nature, but the power of God deprived the ſun of his light.

Dionyſius the Areopagite, being that day in Athens, and ſeeing the darkneſs, cried with a loud voice, "either the world is at an end, or the God of nature ſuffers." Then the men of Athens, being aſtoniſhed, built an alter to the UNKNOWN GOD; and afterwards St. Paul declared to them, 'That Chriſt,' who ſuffered that day, 'was the Unknown God; whereby he converted many to the Chriſtian faith. It