145. ib. 9.
146. S. John viii. 10, 11.
147. Fleury remarks on this, 'We must remember that the canonical penances inflicted for great crimes were at that time so very severe, that they were equal to a rigorous punishment.'
148. See note g on Letter xxiv.
149. S. Ambrose makes the same statement again, De Spirit, in. 17. 'It is important then to notice where the Lord maintained this argument, for oft-times His oracles derive their value from the quality of the place where He was.'
150. S. John x. 30. ib. vii. 16.
151. Ib. viii. 20.
152. S. Luke xxi. 2.
153. ib. x. 35.
154. Ps. xi. 7.
155. Exod. xii. 3.
156. Lev. xii. 2.
157. S.Luke xxiv. 7.
158. S. Matt. iii. 11.
159. Eccles. xi. 2.
160. Hosea i. 2.
161. Ib. iii. 2.
162. nevel.
163. These words are not in the Heb. In LXX they take the place of the half-homer of barley, gomo_r kriqw~n kai\ ne/bel oi1nou . S. Ambrose combines both.
164. S. Matt. v. 17.
165. Isa. xxxviii. 8.
166. Mal. iv. 2.
167. Gal. i. 18.
168. It was said just afterwards, if this story of the woman taken in adultery be in its right place, which is doubtful.
169. S. John viii. 15. Ib. 4, 5. Lev. xx. 8.