Understand, then, ye children of gladness, that the good Lord has foreshown all things to us, that we might know to whom we ought for everything to render thanksgiving and praise. If therefore the Son of God, who is Lord [of all things], and who will judge the living and the dead, suffered, that His stroke might give us life, let us believe that the Son of God could not have suffered except for our sakes. More- over, when fixed to the cross, He had given Him to drink vinegar and gall. Hearken how the priests of the people '- gave previous indica- tions of this. His commandment having been written, the Lord enjoined, that whosoever did not keep the fast should be put to death, be- cause He also Himself was to offer in sacrifice