15. Most complete debility is here portrayed; Jesus likens himself to a
broken piece of earthenware, or an earthen pot, baked in the fire till the last
particle of moisture is driven out of the clay. No doubt a high degree of
feverish burning afflicted the body of our Lord. All his strength was dried up
in the tremendous flames of avenging justice, just as the paschal lamb was roasted
in the fire. Thirst and fever fastened his tongue to his jaws, so that he could
scarcely speak. So tormented in every single part as to feel dissolved into
separate atoms, and each atom full of misery, the full price of our redemption
was paid, and no part of the Surety’s body or soul escaped its share of agony.
The Lord of Glory stoops to the dust of death.
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