41 '2 Oar l,ord anlorHjHt men ncorned the comwon waya.
Job 39, Father, as lie is Man, receives of the Fatheramong all things,
f-r--T as it is written ; He hath given Hbn authority to execute
27. judgm^ent also, because He is the Son of man. And it is
Johni3, written again ; Knowing that the Father had given all things
John 6 ^^^^^ ^^^ hands. Or as He Himself says ; All that the
37. Father giveth Me shall come to Me. But if it is now asked
what is the difference between a house and a tabernacle ; a
house is for a dwelling place, a tabernacle for a journey.
He possessed therefore on His coming the hearts of the
Gentiles as if they were tabernacles, but, strengthening them
by righteousness, He made them His house by inhabiting.
And because He scorned to imitate the conduct of those to
whom He had come, it is rightly subjoined
;
Ver. 7. He scorneth the m,idtitude ofthe city.
xxiv. 69. That is, He despises the customs of human conver-
sation. For having been made a Man amongst men, He
refused to observe the practice of men. For He was there-
fore made a Man amongst us, not only to redeem us by the
shedding of His bloody but also to change us by setting an
example. He found therefore one thing in our conversation
at His coming, and taught us another by His life. For all
the progeny of the haughty race of Adam were striving to
seek after the prosperity of the present life, to avoid its
adversities, to escape disgrace, to follow glory. The Incar-
nate Lord came amongst them courting adversity, scorning
prosperity, embracing insults, flying from glory. For when
the Jews had wished to make Him their king. He shrunk
from being a king. But when they were endeavouring to
kill Him, He came of His own accord to the scaffold of the
cross. He therefore avoided that which all seek after, He
sought after that which all avoid ; He caused all to marvel
that both He Himself rose again when dead, and by His
death raised others from death, For there are in truth two
lives of a man who exists in the body, one before death, the
other after the resurrection ; one of which all practically
knew, but knew not the other ; and mankind were directing
their thoughts to that only which they knew. The Lord
came in the flesh, and while He took on Himself the one.
He pointed out the other. While He took on Himself that
which was known to us, He pointed out to us that which