10. Mr> xctrappovrisarz, do not despise) They appear to have done so from ver. 1, 2. The adult frequently exhibit pride to wards " little ones," by whose appearance they are reminded of their origin : whence it comes to pass, that they hold them of no account, and pay them no reverence.1 lie despises them who corrupts or neglects to edify them. — oi ayysXo/, the angels) whom you ought not to offend, but imitate, in this very care for the " little ones." — UVTUV, of them) The angels take care of the " little ones," both in body and soul ; and so much the more, the less that they are able to protect themselves. Grown-up men have also their guardian angels, but yet they are in some sort left more to themselves. — fiXevouai, see) as attendants. And this concerns not only the dignity, but also the safety of the " little ones." Their function is twofold ; see Heb. i. 14. — -ri Kpoffuirov, the face) See Ex. xxxiii. 14—20, and Num. vi. 25, 26.
11. rap, X.T-.X., for, etc.) Infants are objects of Divine care, not because they have not been under the curse like others, but because they have been rescued from it. — ™ d-TroXwXoc, that which was lost) The human race was one mass of perdition, in which infants, even those of better disposition, are also included, on account of original sin, but the whole of it has been redeemed. If a king were to say that he would rebuild a city which had been consumed by fire, he would not wish his words to be un derstood of a single street. The loss of a sinner is, in the sight of God, something as it were contingent. Therefore foreknow ledge does not imply necessity.
12. T7 lfj.1v <5o/c£/; X.T.X., what think ye ? etc.) A gracious in stance of Cornmunicatio? — sxarov, an hundred) Otherwise the loss of one out of so great a number would be easier.3 — sv, one) The roundness of the number would be broken, and the exact hundred diminished, by the loss even of one. — atptis, leaving) It is the business of shepherds to give their first care to wandering sheep, as distinguished from those which are in the right way. — sirt ra opt), into the mountains) even with great toil, into solitary
' See Gnomon on ver. 6, voc. axa.voot.'hiay, and footnote. — (I. B.)
• " A figure in rhetoric, whereby the orator consults the audience what they
would do in such a case." — Ainsworth. It is used in this sense by Cicero.
See also explanation of technical terms in Appendix. — (I. B.) 3 i.e. If it were not a round number. — (I. B.)