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That all the time He lived on earth, but especially at the end of His life, He bore, in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sin of the whole human race; in order that by His passion, as the only atoning sacrifice, He might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the grace of God, righteousness, and eternal life.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax: it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My stregth is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; they pierced my hands and my feet. Ps. 22, 14-16.

My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matth. 26, 38.

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Cor. 5, 21.

1 Pet. 2, 24 . 1 John 2, 2. Hebr. 5, 7. 8.

That He, being innocent, might be con­demned by the temporal judge, and thereby deliver us from the severe judgment of God, to which we are exposed.

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and