1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 33:19 | He answered: I will shew thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee: *and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I will be merciful to whom it shall please me. Romans 9:15. | All good, that could reasonably be desired. "I will pass before thee in all my glory," (Septuagint) and principally in my beneficence, Exodus 34:6, 7. (Calmet) --- I will shew thee what great favours I have in reserve for Israel. Divines dispute whether Moses saw the divine essence. (St. Thomas Aquinas, 1. p, q. 12, a. 11.) (Menochius) --- If he requested to do so now, it seems to be denied, ver. 20. and John 1:17. (Tirinus) --- Proclaim, etc. When I pass, I will repeat some of my glorious titles, and particularly that I am merciful. (Menochius) --- Yet I will shew mercy with discretion, and will punish some of you. (Calmet) |