32. Of this garden I sang of old to My
spouse in the Canticles, and spoke to her thus. I am come into
My garden, My sister, My spouse Cant. v.
1.; (now in
the place where He was crucified was a garden John xix. 41.;) and what takest Thou thence? I
have gathered My myrrh; having drunk wine mingled with myrrh, and
vinegar, after receiving which, He said, It is finished Ib.
30.. For the mystery has been fulfilled;
the things that are written have been accomplished; sins are
forgiven. For Christ being come an High-Priest of the good
things to come, by the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, nor yet by the blood
of goats and calves, but by His own blood, entered in once for all into
the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption; for if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling the defiled,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more the blood of
Christ Heb. ix. 11.? And again,
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh Ib. x.
19.. And because His flesh, this veil, was
dishonoured, therefore the typical veil of the temple was rent asunder,
as it is written, And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in
twain from the top to the bottom Matt. xxvii. 51.; for not a
particle of it was left; for since the Master said, Behold, your
house is left unto you desolate Ib. xxiii.
38., the house
brake all in pieces.