meditate upon Christ about to be condemned by Pilate, presented to
the people crowned with thorns and in a purple robe.—John xix. 5.
What will be thy state, O man, when thou shalt stand before Christ
the judge at the Last Day?
_Affections._
“Who will grant me this, that Thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me,
till Thy wrath pass?”—Job xiv. 13.
“I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of
my soul. I will say to God: Do not condemn me.”—Job x. 1, 2.
“For behold I was conceived in iniquities: and in sins did my mother
conceive me.”—Ps. l. 7.