724 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XXII. Maw. iscomfortedby an Angel. BEDE. In anotherplacewe read ' thatAngelscame and ministereduntoHim. In testimony then ofeachnature,Angelsaresaidbothtohave ministered to Him and comfortedHim. For the Creatorneeded not the protectionof His creature,but beingmade man asfor our sakes He is sad,so for our sakesHe is comforted. THEOPHYL. But some say thatthe Angel appeared,glori fyingHim, saying,O Lord,Thine isthe power,forThou artableto vanquishdeath,and to deliverweak mankind. CHRYS. And becausenot in appearancebut in realityHe tookupon Himselfour flesh,in orderto confirmthe truth ofthedispensationHe submitsto bearhuman suffering;for itfollows,And beinginan agonyHe prayed more earnestly. AMBROSE. Many areshockedatthisplacewho turnthesor rows of the Saviourto an argument of inherentweakness from the beginning,ratherthau taken upon Him forthe time. But I am sofarfromconsideringita thingtobeex cused,thatI never more admire His mercy and majesty; forHe wouldhaveconferredlessupon me had He nottaken upon Him my feelings.For He tookupon Him my sorrow, thatupon me He might bestowHis joy. "Withconfidence thereforeI name His sadness,becauseI preachHis cross. He must needsthenhaveundergoneaffliction,thatHe might conquer.For theyhaveno praiseoffortitudewhosewounds haveproducedstuporratherthanpain.Piewishedtherefore to instructus how we shouldconquerdeath,and whatisfar greater,theanguishofcoming death. Thou smartedstthen, O Lord, not from Thy own but my wounds; for He wos woundedforourtransgressions.And perhapsHe issad,be causethatafterAdam's fallthe passageby which we must departfrom thisworldwas such thatdeathwas necessary. Nor isitfarfrom the truththatHe was sad forHisper secutors,who He knew would sufferpunishmentfortheir wickedsacrilege. Gref;. GREG. He has expressedalsothe conflictof our mind inMor^24. itself}as deathapproaches,forwe suffera certainthrillof terrorand dread,when by the dissolutionof the fleshwe draw near to the eternaljudgment; and with good reason, forthe soulfindsin a moment thatwhich can neverbe changed.