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least way were indifferent, not greatly caring whether God
or the devil reigned, so that they might bide in their au-
thority, feared immediately (as Herod did of the loss of his
kingdom, when the wise men asked where the newborn king
of the Jews was), and conspired with the scribes and Phari-
sees against Christ, and took him and brought him unto
Pilate, saying, "We have found this fellow perverting the
people, and forbidding to pay tribute unto Cæsar, and saying
that he is a 2 king, and moving the people from Galilee unto
this place." Then Pilate, though he likewise was before in-
different, put 3 now in fear of the loss of his office, through
such persuasions, slew innocent Christ. And in very deed,
as the scribes and Pharisees were all their lives before blind
guides, unto the destruction of their souls; even so were
they at their last end blind prophets, unto the destruction of
their bodies. For after that they had slain Christ and divers
of his apostles, and persecuted those poor wretches that be-
lieved on him, God, to avenge the poor innocent blood that
bare witness unto his 4 truth, poured his wrath among them,
that they themselves rose against the emperor: and the
Romans came (according as they blindly prophesied), and
slew the most part of them, and carried the rest captive into
all nations, and put other nations in the realm. But whose
fault was that insurrection against the emperor, and mischief
that followed? Christ's and his apostles, whom they falsely
accused beforehand? Nay 5, Christ taught that they should
give Cæar that which pertained unto Cæsar, and God that
which belonged to God: even that they should give Cæsar
their lawful bodily service, and God the heart; and that
they should love God's law, and repent of their evil, and
come and receive mercy, and let the wrath of God be taken
from off them. And the apostles taught that all souls should
obey the higher powers, or temporal rulers. But their ob-
stinate malice, that so hardened their hearts that they could
not repent, and their railing upon the open and manifest
truth, which they could not improve, and resisting the Holy
Ghost, and slaying of the preachers of righteousness, brought
[ TYNDALE, II.]

The cruel
Jews, by per-
secuting
Christ and
his apostles,
procured the
vengeance of
God to
lighten upon
themselves.

The apostles
taught all
obedience.

The Jews
falsely ac-
cused Christ.

____________________
2 [ So Scoloker and Seres, ed. Day omits a.]
3 [ So Marburg ed. and Day; S. and S. ed. has but.]
4 [ So both the older odd. Day has the.]
5 [ So M. ed; S. and S. has No.]

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Publication Information: Book Title: Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures: Together with the Practice of Prelates. Contributors: William Tyndale - author, Henry Walter - editor. Publisher: University Press of America. Place of Publication: Cambridge. Publication Year: 1849. Page Number: 241.
    
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