His persecutors accomplished this wicked purpose, and put Him to death, thinking to extinguish the devotion of His followers; but faith grew from the very thing which these cruel and unbelieving men thought would destroy it. That which human cruelty had executed against Him, He turned to the purposes of His mercy.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: vi. Moral.