S. Luke xxiii. 11. And Herod with his men of war set Him at nought, and mocked Him.
S. John viii. 48. Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ?
xv. 19. Because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Acts xxvi. 24. Paul, thou art beside thyself ; much learning doth make thee mad.
1 Cor. iv, 9. For we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
S. James ii. 6. But ye have despised the poor.
10. We will next take a section in which the meaning is more recondite ; and the references such as would now probably be used rather by way of illustration than of proof. It is in the original 472 :
That the memory of the LORD'S Passion gives comfort, and sweetens all evils.
Ex. xii. 13. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you.
xv. 25. The LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
xxviii. 38. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things .... and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. [This golden plate is interpreted by mediaeval writers of our LORD Himself; by Whom, according to this explanation, all Christians,
