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A Commentary on the Gospel According to S. Luke (1859)
A Commentary on the Gospel According to S Luke - 1859 Author:Cyril Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON LXXXII. c. xi. i9- And when the multitudes were gathered together, He began to am. 7ffo say ; This generation is an evil generation. It seeketh alt... more »erumGi. a yign . an a shall not be given it, except the sign of Jonah. From Mai. THE request originated in malice, and therefore was not Hos. v. 6. granted them, according to the text, " The wicked shall seek " Me, and shall not find Me." From the and which He spake to the divine ynac. Moses; the rod was changed into a serpent. And what thing is this? some one, forsooth, may say; or what is the truth it hints at ? And this certainly we must examine: for I say that of all that is contained in the sacred Scriptures, there is nothing which is not useful for edification. When Israel then had dwelt for a lengthened period in Egypt, and been brought up in the customs of its inhabitants, he wandered far from God, and became like one that had fallen from His hand, and been made a serpent, by which is meant one naturally of a thoroughly wicked disposition. But inasmuch as God again took hold of him, he was restored to his former state, and became a rod, that is to say, a plant of Paradise. For he was called to the true knowledge of God, and enriched with the law as the means of a virtuous life. Moreover God wrought also something further of an equally Ex. hr.6. miraculous character. For He said unto Moses, "Put thy " hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom ; " and he drew forth his hand from his bosom, and his " hand had become leprous, like snow. And he said again, " Put thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his " bosom; and he drew it forth from his bosom, and it had " gained again the colour of his flesh." For as long as Israel adhered to the customs of his fathers, and repr...« less