¹⁴⁷ Which is taken, from its form, as a sign of the cross; see below.

¹⁴⁸ Refers to the "when" in 99, above.

¹⁴⁹ Lychno. The "faces" are probably the wicks.

¹⁵⁰ "Scilicet hoc testamen erat virtutis image."

¹⁵¹ The text as it stands is, in Oehler: -

... "Hic Baal Christi victoria signo

Extemplo refugam devicit femina ligno;"which I would read: -

... "Hunc Jael, Christi victorioe signo,

Extemplo," etc.

¹⁵² For "hic" I would incline to read "huic."

¹⁵³ i.e., child.

¹⁵⁴ i.e., instead of.

¹⁵⁵ i.e., to his unshorn Nazarite locks.

¹⁵⁶ Viros ostendere Christos.

¹⁵⁷ See 1 Sam. xxviii. (in LXX. 1 Kings) 11-19.

¹⁵⁸ i.e., to whom, to David.

¹⁵⁹ "Ex utero:" a curious expression for a man; but so it is.

¹⁶⁰ i.e., emulous of David's virtues.

¹⁶¹ Comp. especially 2 Chron. xxix. xxx. xxxi.

¹⁶² Our author is quite correct in his order. A comparison of dates as given in the Scripture history shows us that his reforms preceded his war with Sennacherib.

¹⁶³ The "tactus" of the Latin is without sense, unless indeed it refer to his being twice "touched" by an angel. See 1 Kings (in LXX. 3 Kings) xix. 1-8. I have therefore substituted "raptus," there being no mention of the angel in the Latin.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.