For the ransom was now paid and the victory won. It was his. His hellish foes, crushed in his fall, the unicorns and the bulls of Bashan retreated from the encounter with shattered horns; the jaws of the lions had been broken and their claws torn off, and the old dragon, with bruised head, dragged himself slowly away from the scene, in deathlike feebleness. ‘He triumphed over them openly,’ and now is He for ever the Prince and Captain of our salvation, made perfect through sufferings. The graves of the old burial-ground have been thrown open; and from yonder hills gales of life have blown down upon this valley of dry bones, and an exceedingly great army have already been sealed to our God, as among the living in Zion.” {116a} Allusion to the language in which Psalm xxii. predicts the Saviour’s sufferings. The Psalm which our Saviour himself quoted upon the Cross, when he cried, “My God, why hast thou forsaken me.” {116b} Ditto. {116c} Ditto. {116d} Ditto. {116e} Ditto. {132} Was it the amount of suffering, or the dignity of the sufferer, that gave merit to the sacrifice sufficient for the world’s redemption? ED. {148} Dan. xii. 11, 12. {185} This sentiment, in different forms, occurs very frequently in these sermons. It is questionable theology.—ED. {205} Acts iv. 4. {223} Rom. i. 19–21. {224} Acts xvii. 22–28. {256} James ii. 17–26.