κέρδη παραινεις ἔι τι κέρδος ἐν κακδις 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 |
