Lord? Nevertheless He will snatch him from the waves, and will not suffer Him to perish,
who confesses his own infirmity, and begs His help. But when they had received the Lord
into the ship, and their faith was strengthened and all doubt removed, and the tempests of
the sea assuaged, so that they were come to a firm and secure landing, they all worship Him,
saying, “Of a truth Thou art the Son of God.” For this is that everlasting joy, where Truth
made manifest, and the Word of God, and the Wisdom by which all things were made, and
the exceeding height of His Mercy, are both known and loved.
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On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xiv. 24, ‘But the boat was now in the…