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 and suffered  so  much  for  your  sake. " Lord,"  says  St. Ambrose,  "I  owe  more  to  Your  injuries  for  my  redemption than  to  Your  works  for  my  creation."

V. Hope  for,  and  promise  yourself,  all  the  good  that your heart  can  wish;  for  "  He  who  spared  not  even  His own  Son,  has  He  not  also,  with  Him,  given  us  all  things?" (Rom. viii.  32.)

VI. Thank Him  for  having  suffered  so  much  for  you; " for  the  best  means  of  preserving  a  benefit  is  a  faithful recollection  of  it,  and  a  constant  profession  of  gratitude."

VII. Imitate your  Lord  and  Leader  in  suffering  reproaches and  injuries. He has  suffered  so  much  for  you; and what  return  have  you  made,  what  return  will  you make? " Christ  suffered  for  us,  leaving  you  an  example, that  you  should  follow  His  steps." (1 Pet.  ii.  21.)