of death in the eyes of the law was cursed. Cursed too was our nature in transgressing the law. For it is written: Cursed be he that does not abide by the things laid down in the book of the law.58 And so He takes on Himself the common curse and resolves it by being unjustly put to death. For although He lay outside the curse (for He did no sin, neither was guilt found in his mouth),59 He endured the death of sinners and took action against the common enemy, nature’s avenging spirit.