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The Mysteries of Mount Calvary, Tr., Ed. by O. Shipley
The Mysteries of Mount Calvary Tr Ed by O Shipley Author:Antonio de Guevara General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Cljt 33lotu luttl) tl; t " HPHEY smote Him on the head with a reed," says S. Mark - (xv. 19), which is as much as saying that, not content with a jest, they wounded Him in earnest. For the Son of God to suffer Himself to be crowned with thorns, was indeed marvellous ; but to suffer a reed to be placed in His hand, and then to yield that reed to His tormentors to be converted into an instrument of torture, is not merely to be wondered at, but is also to be feared. O wonderful obedience, unspeakable patience in the Son of GOD ! Let Thy torments cease, O Good Jesus, for Thou hast already suffered enough to replenish heaven and rob hell of its prey! But no ; the sin of my soul is so great, and so often repeated, that it necessitates a prolongation of His pains. " They have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder : and when they leaned upon thee, thou breakest," said GOD by Ezekiel (xxix. 6, 7), threatening King Nebuchadnezzar; that is to say, When thou, O King of Egypt, shouldst have been as a strong staff whereon My servant Israel might have stayed himself, then thou didst prove thyself but a hollow reed that breaks and casts him who leans on it to the ground, therefore will I inflict on thee judgments many and grievous. Our Blessed Lord commends the Baptist because he was not such a reed swaying in the wind. We may then conclude, that the reed in Holy Scripture represents him who hasno stability, and no strength of purpose ; him, in short, upon whom no reliance can be placed. Agmon, in his Commentary on S. Joh...« less