1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Hebrews 2:6 | But one in a certain place hath testified, saying; *What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalm 8:5. | But one; to wit, the author of the 8th Psalm said, what is man, etc. that it, man, or mankind, considered in his own frail nature, corrupted by sin, guilty of eternal death, that thou shouldst be mindful of him, restore him to thy favour, and bestow such graces upon him? But the words of the psalm, and of St. Paul in this place, though they may be understood of every man, yet are to be taken as particularly spoken of Christ as man, or of the human nature of Christ, exalted by the real union with the divine person of the Son of God. (Witham) --- If the sacred humanity of Jesus Christ spoke in this manner, when visited by the eternal word, with what humility ought a sinner to say: What is man? |