Luke — Chapter 15
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Verse 7
7. Then vpon ninety nine iust.) Ioy in Heauen for euery penitent. Neither God, nor the Saints in Heauen, nor men in earth do for al that esteeme more of penitent sinners, then they doe of them that continue iust and godly: though by the soden motion and present affection of ioy that man taketh and expresseth in such alteration and new fallen good, it be here signified that the conuersion of euery sinner is exceeding acceptable to God, and giueth his Saints new cause of ioy and thankes-giuing to God in another kind then for the continuance of the iust.
Verse 10
10. Before the Angels.) The Angels and Saints know our hartes. The Angels and other celestial spirits in Heauen, do reioyce at euery sinners conuersion: they know then and haue care of vs, yea our hartes and inward repentance be open to them: how then can they not heare our prayers? *And betwixt Angels and the blessed soules of Saints there is no difference in this case, the one being as highly exalted as the other and as neere God, in whom and by whom only they see and know our affaires, as the other. *Mat. 22,30.
Verse 23
23. The fatted calfe.) The B. Sacrament and Sacrifice of the Altar. This feasting and festiuitie (saith S. Augustine li. 2, qu. Euan. c. 33. to. 34.) are now celebrated throughout the whole world the Church being dilated and spred: for, that calfe, in the body and bloud of our Lord, is both offered to the Father, and also feedeth the whole house. And as the calfe signifieth the B. Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ, so the first stole may signifie our innocencie restored in Baptisme: and the rest, other graces and guifts giuen vs in the other Sacraments.