Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things

Had purged.]

You see who it is that hath freed us from sin, to wit, Christ our Saviour without a Compurgator; he purged by himself] but what did he by himself? do we say he purged? what need he to purge, who never committed any sin in thought, word, or deed? it is without doubt he needs not, and yet do it he vvill, not to clear himself, but us.

YOu see vvho it is that hath freed us from sin, to vvit, Christ our Saviour vvithout a Compurgator; he purged by himself] but vvhat did he by himself? do vve say he purged? vvhat need he to purge, vvho never committed any sinn in thought, vvord, or deed? it is vvithout doubt he needs not, and yet do it he vvill, not to clear himself, but us.

But this Purge doth imply a medicine, and so we must apply ⟨p. 177⟩it, a medicine it was, and many medicines he used for the curing of mans soul; the first by diet, when he fasted forty days and forty nights. Matth. 4.2.¹ the second by Electuary, when he gave his most precious body and blood in his last Supper, Matth. 26.26.² The third by sweat, when great drops of blood issued from him falling down to the ground, Luk. 22.44.³