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134 * And he went downe into Capharnaum a citie of Galilee; and there he taught them on the Sabboths. And they were astonished at his doctrine; because his talke was in power. And in the Synagogue there was a man having an uncleane Divel, and he cried out with a loud voice. Saying: Let be, what to us and thee of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Sainct of God. And, rebuked him,, saying: Hold thy peace, and goe out of him. And when the Divel had throwen him into the middes, he went out of him, and hurt him nothing. And there came feare upon al, and they talked togeather one with another, saying: What word is this, that in power and vertue he commandeth the uncleane Spirits, and they goe out? And the fame of him was published into every place of the countrie.

And rising up out of the Synagogue, entred into Simons house. And ″ Simons wives mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And incontinent rising, she ministred to them. And when the sunne was downe, al that had diseased of sundrie maladies, brought them to him. But he imposing hands upon every one, cured them. And Divels went out from many, crying and saying: That thou art the Sonne of God. And rebuking them he suffred them not to speake, that they knew he was Christ.

And when it was day, going forth he went into a desert place; and the multitudes sought him, and came even unto him; and they held him that he should not depart from them. To whom he said: That to other cities also must I evangelize the Kingdom of God; because therfore I was sent. And he was preaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.✠

ANNOTATIONS. IIII.

13. Departed until a time.) No marvel if the Divel be often or alwayes busie with Christian men, seeing after he was plainely overcome by Christ, yet did he not give him over altogether, but for a time.

23. Done in Capharnaum.) God maketh choise of persons and places where he worketh miracles or doeth benefits, though he might doe the same elswhere, if it liked his wisedom. So doth he in doing miracles by Saints, not in al places, nor towards al persons, but as it pleaseth him. Aug. ep. 137.

30. Passing through the middes of them.) Either by making himself invisible, or also more wonderfully, penetrating the multitude and passing through them, as he did through the doore, his body either being without space of place, or with other bodies in one place. By al which and the like doings mentioned in the Ghospel, it is evident that he can alter and order his body as he list, above the natural conditions of a body.

38. Simons wives mother.) It is evident that Peter had a wife, but after his calling to be an Apostle, he left her, as S. Hierom writeth in many places ep. 43 c. 2 ad Julianum. Li. 1 adv. Jovin.  See the Annot. Matth. 19, 29.