that they suffered, and all the blood which they poured forth in the defence of his cause? I have taken you up, you see, from the beast to man, from man to God’s chosen men, the martyrs. I have another step to indicate to you: it is a far longer one—it is to the blood of Jesus Christ. Here, powers of speech would fail to convey to you an idea of the preciousness! Behold here, a person innocent, without taint within, or flaw without; a person meritorious, who magnified the law and made it honourable