10. Now first of all, before we shew from
these very texts, that He was subject to no infirmity of fear or sorrow
on His own account, let us ask, “What can we find for Him to
fear, that the dread of an unendurable pain should have seized
Him?” The objects of His fear, which they allege, are, I
suppose, suffering and death. Now I ask those who are of this
opinion, “Can we reasonably suppose that He feared death, Who
drove away the terrors of death from His Apostles, exhorting them to
the glory of martyrdom with the words, He that doth not take his
cross and follow after Me is not worth of Me; and, He that
findeth his life shall lose it, and he that hath lost his life for My
sake shall find it St. Matt. x. 38, 39.? If
to die for Him is life, what pain can we think He had to suffer in the
mystery of death, Who rewards with life those who die for Him? Could death make
Him fear what could be done to the body, when He exhorted the
disciples, Fear not those which kill the body St. Matt. x. 28.?