And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
All Commentaries on Matthew 7:27 Go To Matthew 7
Hilary of Poitiers
AD 368
Otherwise; By the showers He signifies the allurements of smooth and gently invading pleasures, with which the faith is at first watered as with spreading rills, afterwards comes down the rush of torrent floods, that is, the motions of fiercer desire, and lastly, the whole force of the driving tempests rages against it, that is, the universal spirits of the Devil’s reign attack it.
