56. As being man, therefore, He doubts; as
man He is amazed. Neither His power nor His Godhead is amazed,
but His soul; He is amazed by consequence of having taken human
infirmity upon Him. Seeing, then, that He took upon Himself a
soul He also took the affections of a soul, Such as
Aristotle enumerates in the Ethics, II. ch. 4 (5). for God could not have been distressed
or have died in respect of His being God. Finally, He
cried: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken
Me?” Ps. xxii. 1; S. Matt. xxviii. 46; S. Mark xv.
34. As being
man, therefore, He speaks, bearing with Him my terrors, for when we are
in the midst of dangers we think ourself abandoned by God. As
man, therefore, He is distressed, as man He weeps, as man He is
crucified.