Book XV, 28: On Christ Crucified

Christ once was nailed naked on the cross, in the midst, with robbers crucified on either side. And His Mother, grieving sore, bewailed Him loudly, standing by and sobbing, and another, His virgin companion. And the wayfarers mocked and reviled Him in His misery, calling Him a man of no account or courage. And the wicked and bloodthirsty people of the Jews offered Him, when He thirsted, an abominable drink, filling a bitter cup with vinegar, the potion of death. But Christ, outstretched there, was silent and resisted not, Christ, the Son of Mary and an immortal Father. A proud man shall be as an infant when he reflects on this in his heart and sees it in pictures; for God is better than men, but man in no way better than God.