And again,
I will put my trust in him.
And again,
Behold I and the children whom God has given me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Christians are the disciples and children of Jesus Christ, begotten upon the cross, and offered with him and through him to his Father. Happy they who ratify this offering and consummate this sacrifice, by works of mortification and penance!
This indeed he brings forward naturally. But this I will put my trust in Him 2 Samuel 22:3, what does it mean? For what follows this is also [introduced] naturally. Behold, I and the children which God has given Me. 385 8:18 For as here He shows Himself a Father, so before, a Brother. I will declare Your name unto My brethren, He says.
And again he indicates the superiority and the great interval [between us], by what follows Hebrews 2:14: Since then the children, he says, are partakers of flesh and blood you see where he says the likeness is? In reference to the flesh), in like manner He also Himself took part of the same. Let all the Heretics be ashamed, let those hide their faces who say that He came in appearance and not in reality. For he did not say, He took part of these only, and then say no more; although had he said thus, it would have been sufficient, but he asserted something more, adding in like manner, not in appearance, he means, or by an image (since in that case in ...
121. – Above, the Apostle, desiring to prove Christ’s eminence over the angels, relied on the authority of a prophet who said something pertaining to Christ’s dignity, such as, ‘you put everything in subjection under his feet’, and something pertaining to His Passion, namely, ‘you have made him a little less than the angels’. But this seems to militate against his chief intention, which is to prefer Christ over the angels. Consequently, he explains this more fully in this section, where he does three thing: first, he shows in what sense that lessening is to be understood; secondly, he describes the suitability of the Passion (v. 10) In regard to the first he does two things: first, he explains a statement he made; secondly, he describes the Passion (v. 9b).
122. – He said therefore: What is man that you are mindful of him? You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have subjected all things under his feet. You have made him a little lower than the angels. These are the things th...
