knave, remains in authority. Like the Jews, they release the robber Barabbas and kill the grace of God, the innocent Son of God, who had begun to grow in them. The Psalm (106:13) speaks of them: “They waited not for his counsel,” that is, they would not suffer what God purposed to do with them. 97. The pious are wise and well understand of what use the divine will—that is, trouble of every kind—is, and also know well how they ought to receive it and act in it. They know that no enemy has ever been
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