131. Why? Did not the woman
Delilah’s love of money deceive Samson, the bravest man of
all? Judg. xvi. 6. So he who had torn asunder the roaring
lion with his hands; Judg. xiv. 6. who, when bound and
handed over to his enemies, alone, without help, burst his bonds and
slew a thousand of them; Judg. xv. 14, 15. who broke the cords
interwoven with sinews as though they were but the slight threads of a
net; he, I say, having laid his head on the woman’s knee, was
robbed of the decoration of his victory-bringing hair, that which gave
him his might. Money flowed into the lap of the woman, and the
favour of God forsook the man. Judg. xvi. 20.