use fulfilment should correspond to promise. Now, the promise of Christ's coming is thus expressed ( Ps. 49:3 ): "God shall come manifestly. But He came by His birth in the flesh." Therefore it seems that His birth should have been made known to the whole world. Objection 2: Furt…

orld the cleansing will be done immediately by God and not by fire. On the contrary, It is written ( Ps. 49:3 ): "A fire shall burn before Him, and a mighty tempest shall be around Him"; and afterwards in reference to the judgment ( Ps. 49:4 ): "He shall call heaven from above, a…

eforehand with certainty. On the other hand, at the second coming, He will come openly, according to Ps. 49:3, "God shall come manifestly." Consequently there can be no error affecting the knowledge of His coming. Hence the comparison fails. Reply to Objection 2: As Augustine say…