Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Kings 8:9

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 32, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 515 (In-Text, Margin)

Like the ark of the covenant Christ’s spouse should be overlaid with gold within and without; she should be the guardian of the law of the Lord. Just as the ark contained nothing but the tables of the covenant,[1 Kings 8:9] so in you there should be no thought of anything that is outside. For it pleases the Lord to sit in your mind as He once sat on the mercy-seat and the cherubims. As He sent His disciples to loose Him the foal of an ass that he might ride on it, so He sends them to release you from the cares of the world, that leaving the bricks and straw of Egypt, you may follow Him, the true Moses, through ...