to
Esdras in a bush, and orders him to assemble the people and
deliver the message. Esdras replies that the law is burnt. Then
God commands him to take five scribes to whom for forty days He
dictates the ancient law. This story conflicted with many passages
in the prophets, and was therefore rejected from the Canon at the
Council of Trent.

[234] P. 181, l. 14. _The Kabbala._--The fantastic secret doctrine of
interpretation of Scripture, held by a number of Jewish rabbis.

[235] P. 181, l. 26. _Ut sciatis_, etc.--Mark ii, 10, 11.

[236] P. 183, l. 29. _This generation_, etc.--Matthew xxiv, 34.

[237] P. 184, l. 11. _Difference between dinner and supper._--Luke xiv,
12.

[238] P. 184, l. 28. _The six ages_, etc.--M. Havet has traced this to a
chapter in St. Augustine, _De Genesi contra Manichaeos_, i, 23.

[239] P. 184, l. 31. _Forma futuri._--Romans v, 14.

[240] P. 186, l. 13. _The Messiah_, etc.--John xii, 34.

[241] P. 186, l. 30. _If the light_, etc.--Matthew vi, 23.

[242] P. 187, l. 1. _Somnum suum._--Ps. lxxvi, 5.

[243] P. 187, l. 1. _Figura hujus mundi._--1 Cor. vii, 31.

[244] P. 187, l. 2. _Comedes panem tuum._--Deut. viii, 9. _Panem
nostrum,_ Luke xi, 3.

[245] P. 187, l. 3. _Inimici Dei terram lingent._--Ps. lxxii, 9.

[246] P. 187, l. 8. _Cum amaritudinibus._--Exodus xii, 8. The Vulgate
has _cum lacticibus agrestibus_.

[247] P. 187, l. 9. _Singularis sum ego donec transeam._--Ps. cxli, 10.

[248] P. 188, l. 19. _Saint Paul._--Galatians iv, 24; I Cor. iii, 16,
17; Hebrews ix, 24; Romans ii, 28, 29.

[249] P. 188, l. 25. _That Moses_, etc.--John vi, 32.

[250] P. 189, l. 3. _For one thing alone is needful._--Luke x, 42.

[251] P. 189, l. 9. _The breasts of the Spouse._--Song of Solomon iv, 5.

[252] P. 189, l. 15. _And the Christians_, etc.--Romans vi, 20; viii,
14, 15.

[253] P. 189, l. 17. _When Saint Peter_, etc.--Acts xv. See Genesis
xvii, 10; Leviticus xii, 3.

[254] P. 189, l. 27. _Fac secundum_, etc.--Exodus xxv, 40.

[255] P. 190, l. 1. _Saint Paul._--1 Tim. iv, 3; 1 Cor. vii.

[256] P. 190, l. 7. _The Jews_, etc.--Hebrews viii, 5.

[257] P. 192, l. 15. _That He should destroy death through
death._--Hebrews ii, 14.

[258] P. 192, l. 30. _Veri adoratores._--John iv, 23.

[259] P. 192, l. 30. _Ecce agnus_, etc.--John i, 29.

[260] P. 193, l. 15. _Ye shall be free indeed._--John vi