9. Of His cross what shall I speak, what say? This extremest kind of death He chose, that not any kind of death might make His Martyrs afraid. The doctrine He shewed in His life as Man, the example of patience He demonstrated in His Cross. There, you have the work, that He was crucified; example of the work, the Cross; reward of the work, Resurrection. He shewed us in the Cross what we ought to endure, He shewed in the Resurrection what we have to hope. Just like a consummate task-master in the matches of the arena, He said, Do, and bear; do the work and receive the prize; strive in the match and thou shall be crowned. What is the work? Obedience. What the prize? Resurrection without death. Why did I add, “without death?” Because “Lazarus rose, and died: Christ rose again, “dieth no more, death will no longer have dominion over Him.”18    Rom. vi. 9

9. De cruce ipsius quid loquar? quid dicam? Extremum genus mortis elegit, ne aliquod genus mortis ejus martyres formidarent. Doctrinam ostendit in homine, exemplum patientiae demonstravit in cruce. Ibi opus, quia crucifixus: exemplum operis, crux; praemium operis, resurrectio. Ostendit nobis in cruce quid tolerare, ostendit in resurrectione quid sperare debeamus. Prorsus tanquam agonotheta summus dixit: Fac, et tolle; fac opus, et accipe praemium; certa in agone, et coronaberis. Quod est opus? Obedientia. Quod est praemium? Resurrectio sine morte. Quare addidi, sine morte? Quia surrexit Lazarus, et mortuus est: resurrexit Christus, jam non moritur, mors ei ultra non dominabitur (Rom. VI, 9).