66.—On Melchisedech giving Wine and Bread to Abraham
"King Melchisedech, priest, who art thou that givest bread and wine?" "A type of truth."
67.—On Abraham receiving God
Here hath God only the form of a man, but later He in truth attained a human nature.
68.—On Jacob blessing Isaac
His hands have smell for the Spirit, and skin for the Letter. The mind that seeth God is pleasing to a father.
69.—On Rebecca
Only begotten bridegroom, thy Gentile bride, loving thee, leapt down from the height of an unclean body.[1]
70.—On the Same
The lady Rebecca was wooed not far from the water, because she is the type of a Gentile bride.
71.—On the Shunamite
The prayer of Elisha, O Shunamite, twice gave thee thy son, first from thy womb, and next from the dead.
72.— On Elijah's Mantle
This skin foretells the Lamb of God, who shall be baptized here for the life of all men.
- ↑ The camel. Gen. xxiv. 64.
