bound by the chain of their sins before the door of faith, that is, without the Church. Ambrose, in Luc. 9, 6: Or else, they found it bound before the door, because whosoever is not in Christ is without, in the way; but he who is in Christ, is not without. He has added “in the wa…

volunt a peccatis resipiscere; sicut est illud in Evangelio: Sinite mortuos sepelire mortuos suos (Luc. IX, 6) . Neque enim ii qui corpora sepeliebant corporaliter [Col. 0551A] mortui erant; sed cum essent scelerati, ac propterea mortui, sepeliebant eos quos mors corporis a vit…

dine pertractes, quia nemo mittens manum ad aratrum et respiciens retro, aptus est regno coelorum (Luc. IX, 6) . Antiquus enim hostis tanto enixius non cessabit multimodis te calliditatibus invadere, quanto te videt studiosius velle laqueos ejus evadere. Saepe namque reducet an…