84. What shall we admire first? His
powers of mind, with which he descended to the very resting-place of
truth? Or his counsel, whereby he foresaw so great and lasting a
need? Or his watchfulness or justice? By his watchfulness,
when so high an office was given him, he gathered together such vast
supplies; and through his justice he treated all alike. And what
am I to say of his greatness of mind? For though sold by his
brothers into slavery, Gen. xxxvii. 28. he took no revenge
for this wrong, but put an end to their want. What of his
gentleness, whereby by a pious fraud he sought to gain the presence of
his beloved brother whom, under pretence of a well-planned theft, he
declared to have stolen his property, that he might hold him as a
hostage of his love? Gen. xliv. 2 ff.