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From the Zeal and serious considera∣tion of our Salvation, ordinarily pro∣ceeds an exquisite diligence for the pro∣curing of it; which is the second Conditi∣on necessarily required in this work.
Our B. Saviour hath given us an ad∣mirable example in this kind; the sa∣cred Scripture [Heb. 10.] saith of him, that entring into the world by the miste∣ry of his Incarnation, he said unto his Heavenly Father, You Will not the Sacrifices of the Law, therefore I offer up the body you have given me for a Victime, to honour your Majesty, to satisfie your Justice, to appease your Anger. He did not delay his sufferings to the end of this life, but the first moment he entered in∣to the world as Man, he presented him∣self as a Victime. And when he was then adored by the Angels, at the command of his Heavenly Father, even then he would honour him as his Servant and