of the Son ought else, but the taking of the form of a servant in the womb of the Virgin? Now hear how that this was the work of the Son also. “Who when He was in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but emptied Himself, taking upon Him the form of a servant.”1850 “When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman,”1851 who was “made1852 His Son of the seed of David according to the 262 flesh.”1853 In this then we see that the birth of the Son was the work of the Father; but in that the Son Himself “emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant,” we see that the birth of the Son was the work also of the Son Himself. This then has been proved; so let us pass on from this point, and receive ye with attention that which comes next in order. 12. Let us prove that the Passion also of the Son was the work of the Father and the Son. We may see1854 that the Passion of the Son is the work of the Father, since it is written, “Who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all;”1855 and that the Passion of the Son was His own work also, “Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.”1856 The Father delivered up the Son, and the Son delivered up Himself. This Passion was wrought out for one, but by both. As therefore the birth, so the Passion, of Christ, was not the work of the Son without the Father, nor of the Father without the Son. The Father delivered up the Son, and the Son delivered up Himself. What did Judas in it, but his own sin? Let us then pass on from this point also, and come we to the resurrection. 13. Let us see the Son indeed, and not the Father, rising again, but both the Father and the Son working the resurrection of the Son. The resurrection of the Son is the work of the Father; for it is written, “Wherefore He exalted Him, and gave Him a name which is above every name.”1857 The Father therefore raised the Son to life again, in exalting, and awakening Him from the dead. And did the Son also raise Himself? Assuredly He did. For He said of the temple, as the figure of His own body, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it again.”1858 Lastly, as the laying down of life has reference to the Passion, so the taking it again has reference to the resurrection. Let us see then if the Son laid down His life indeed, and the Father restored His life to Him, and not He to Himself. For that the Father restored it is plain. For so saith the Psalm, “Raise Thou Me up, and I will requite 1850 Phil. ii. 6, 7. 1851 Gal. iv. 4. 1852 i.e.the term made belongs to His birth in the flesh, Who was begotten in eternity. 1853 Rom. i. 3. 1854 Faciat Pater passionem Filii. 1855 Rom. viii. 32. 1856 Gal. ii. 20. 1857 Phil. ii. 9. 1858 John ii. 19. 560 Of the words of St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chap. iii. 13, 'Then Jesus cometh…