He  who  was  made  man  in  her,  "  Himself  did  found  her ;  the
Most  High 2  was  made  man  in  her  most  low."  Because  *  the
Word  was  made  flesh,  and  dwelt  among  us."  "He  Himself,
the  Most  High,  founded  her."  Now,  because  He  founded  this
country,  here  let  Him  have  honour.  The  country  in  which
He  was  born  rejected  Him ;  let  that  country  receive  Him  which
He  regenerated.
1 1  Tim.  ii.  5.  *  Ps.  lxxxiv.  7.
TEACTATE     XVII.
Chapter  V.  1-18.
1.  XT  ought  not  to  be  a  matter  of  wonder  that  a  miracle  was
JL  wrought  by  God ;  the  wonder  would  be  if  man  had
wrought  it.  Eather  ought  we  to  rejoice  than  wonder  that  our
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  was  made  man,  than  that  He
performed  divine  works  among  men.  It  is  of  greater  import-
ance to  our  salvation  what  He  was  made  for  men,  than  what
He  did  among  men :  it  is  more  important  that  He  healed  the
faults  of  souls,  than  that  He  healed  the  weaknesses  of  mortal
bodies.  But  as  the  soul  knew  not  Him  by  whom  it  was  to  be
healed,  and  had  eyes  in  the  flesh  whereby  to  see  corporeal
deeds,  but  had  not  yet  sound  eyes  in  the  heart  with  which
to  recognise  Him  as  God  concealed  in  the  flesh,  He  wrought
what  the  soul  was  able  to  see,  in  order  to  heal  that  by  which
it  was  not  able  to  see.
