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 not his hand back wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai." Of the Last Judgment ; (Rev. xvi. 19) " Great Babylon came in remembrance before GOD, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath." Of the Resurrection ; (Gen. viii. 21) "I will not again cui'se the ground any more for man's sake ;" and Cant. i. 4 " Draw me, we will run after Thee ;" as showing that our own resurrection is dependant on that of our LORD ; and S. John xii. 32 " And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me." For the Festival of S. Peter ; (2 Sam. xv. 21)" Surely, in what place my LORD the King shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will Thy servant be." (Compare S. John xiii. 37 " LORD, why cannot I follow Thee now? I will lay down my life for Thy sake.") Of our LORD'S Manifestation of His love in His Passion ; (Gal. vi. 11) "Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with Mine own hand." For the Festival of an Apostle; (Gen. xlii. 13) " Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan." For the Festival of Martyrs; (Nah. ii. 3) " The shield of His mighty men is made red ; the valiant men are in scarlet." For the Festival of a Virgin Martyr; (Cant. iv. 8) "Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon from the lions dens, from the mountains of the leopards." For the Festival of Confessors ; (1 Kings xii. 20) " There was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only."

9. As an example of the more obvious application of Scriptural texts and histories, take the following section, 138 in the original ;