17. Above, you read
that “the Lord blessed him, and the Spirit of the Lord began to
go with him.” Judg. xiii. 25. Farther on
it is said: “And the Spirit of the Lord came upon
him.” Judg. xiv. 6. Again he
says: “If I be shaven, my strength will depart from
me.” Judg. xvi. 17. After he was
shaven, see what the Scripture says: “The Lord,” he
says, “departed from him.” Judg. xvi. 20.