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Rh cried with a mighty voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lamma-sabacthani? that is, My God, my God, ″ why hast thou forsaken me? And certaine that stood there and heard, said: He calleth Elias. And incontinent one of them running, tooke a sponge, and filled it with vinegre; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drinke. And other said: Let be, let us see whether Elias come to deliver him. And againe crying with a mighty voice, yealded up the ghost. And behold the vele of the Temple was rent in two peeces, from the top even to the botome, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened: and many bodies of the Saints that had slept, rose. And they going forth out of the graves after his Resurrection, came into the holy citie; and appeared to many. And the Centurion and they that were with him watching, having seen the earth-quake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: In deed this was the Sonne of God.

And there were there many women a farre of which had folowed from Galilee, ministring unto him: among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sonnes of Zebedee. And when it was evening, there came a certaine rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Disciple to. He went to Pilate, and asked the body of. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered. And Joseph taking the body, ″ wrapt it in cleane sindon, and laid it in his owne new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he roled a great stone to the doore of the monument, and went his way. And there was there Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie sitting over against the sepulchre.

And the next day, which is after the Parasceve, the cheefe Priests and the Pharisees came togeather to Pilate, saying: Sir, we have remembred, that that seducer said yet living, After three dayes I wil rise againe. Command therfore the sepulchre to be kept until the third day; lest perhaps his Disciples come, and steale him, and say to the People, he is risen from the dead: and the last errour shal be worse then the first. Pilat said to them: You have a gard: goe, gard it as you know. And they departing, made the sepulchre sure: sealing up the stone, with watchmen.

ANNOTATIONS . XXVII.

3. Repenting him.) Note how speedily the plague of God falleth after sinne; and specially men must note what torment of conscience, and desperation often foloweth the sheading of innocent bloud.

5. Hung himself.) If he had rightly repented, notwithstanding his horrible treason, he might have obtained mercy: but by hanging himself he tooke away al meanes of mercy and salvation, because he died finally impenitent.

24. Innocent of his bloud.) Though Pilate was much more innocent then the Jewes, and would have been free from the murder of our Saviour, seeking al the meanes that he could (without offending the People and the Emperours lawes) to dimisse him: Yet he is damned for being the minister of the Peoples wicked wil against his owne conscience. Even as al Rh