Themanner how the amour. did crucifieour Saviour. Of our Saviours death. Ser.+2,. eam, er incircuitoeius terra,, This ú leruf lem, lhauefet it in themidfi of the nations andcountries that are roundabout her. As a11ò the authoritieof Saint lerame; who expounding thisplace, tearfnes it, ultedctullitem terra,eY vmbilicam g The very nauillor middlepart ot the earth. Which opinion isf}rengthened by S. Augufl: difcourring onthe 75 Pfàlme. Of themanneroftheir crucifyingofour SauiourChrifl,thereis thisand that doubtmade, andone more probable thananother. The common receiued opi- MonofthcSaints, is, Thatthe Croflebeing fixed in Mount Caluarie, theyhai- led him vpdn.} with cords, and afterwardsnayledhim therunto. And to feemeth it good to that facredDolour Saint Gregorie, Saint Bernard, SaintCyprian, and the,reuelation ofSaint Bridgetconfirmes the Iame. But Saint terome, Arfclme,An- toninus,and Laurentius lay, That theCrofi'e being laid all along on the ground, they firfl nayled him vnto it, and afterwards reared it vp. And thisparr is much fauoured for two reafons. Theone; Becaufèit was a more fitting and facile way tobe done. The other, Becaufe inthe Holy Land there is an efpeciallplace to beefeene, where they nayled our Sauiour Chrift, which isa little waycs offfrom theplace wherethe Crof ewas fetvp. But takewhich opinion youwill , the plaine truth is, Tharit was oneof thecrueller torments which our SauiourChrift fuffered for they hauing fiat nayled his right hand,they didfo fit-etch and f}raine the fi- newes, that theywere forced with cordsto draw outhis left handat f if length, tomake it meet right with that hole which was bored in the Crcáfe forthat púr- pofe. Andbecaufe they might (retchit out foftr, that thenaylethat fartned the right hand, might break the flefh, and teere the finewes, they were faine like- wife tobind his right arme with cords to the Croffe. And with this fo violent a forceand extreanrereaching`ofhis armes,the bones ofour Sauiour Chrifts bo- die were fo diflocated, and disjoynted, that you might plainely tell them; that prophefieofthat Kingly Prophet Dated, being then verified , Dinumeraxerunt amniaoffs mea, They numbredall my bones, &c. Hilarie faith, That our Sauiour Chrift gaue here greater fignesofhis forrow and griefc,than in all the rcft of tholebitterpaffages ofhispalliion. AndRodulph, and Saint Bridget alfirme, That ofall other his torments, this was the greateft. And it is a thingworthy our confideration, That our Sauiour Chriftfhould bee more fenfible of this naylineof his hands, than of that Crowne of thornes which theyplattedon his head, tholecruell ftripes wherewith they fcourged him,and that vinegreand gall which theygaue him todrinke. Wherofthere are two reafons rendred. The one natural!, whichThomas toucheth vpon. Deliueringvnto vs, thatfo intollerableis the pain? and anguifhofthe finewes,that manythat were crucified; throughthe extrcmiticof the paine, did fwound and were depriued of.their fenFes. And therefore our Sauiours torment mull needes be fo much the more; by how-much his wounds were greater than theirs. Foderuntma»úsmeas, & pe- des meal, Hugo Cardinals, doth ponder the Metaphor of fàderunt; Hee doth not fay, Clauarunt,but effoderunt : Like one that diggesa pit in the earth. Theother, ariorall,bccaufe he heldvs inhis hands : And therefore iris raid, Omaiatradidit Pater inmantas fuw, &nonrapiereaaqut quam de minarua; TheFa- ther hathieliucredall things intohas bands,-andna manllfnatch any thing eut ofhis hand. And in token that hewas morefenfible ofour torments than his öwn; th greater} painehe felt, wasin thenayling ofhishands: Leó thePbpe'faith,Thattó thofe that werecrucified, theydid vfe toput avaÿle or bend before 'theireyes; when 643 Chrifisnay - ling,thecruel. left part of his Pa¡Eon. Two reafons proouing him more fenfible ofthis tor- ment than anyother.
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