And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Air. Something similar happened at the giving of the law, and at the propagation of the gospel, Exodus xix. 9, 16., and Acts ii. 2. The Lord was pleased to show his prophet the difference between the two laws: the one was full of terror, the other of mildness. (Grotius)
He insinuated likewise, that he could easily exterminate the offenders, but he chose to bear patiently with them; (Tirinus) and taught his prophet to moderate his zeal, and, after terrifying sinners, to being them to a sense of their duty by gentle means. (Sanctius) (Calmet)
"His spirit is most indulgent and mild. ".est teneræ serenitatis, apertus et simplex. (Tertullian, contra Marcion xxiii.)
