He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God." And therefore it is written ( 1 Cor. 15:14 ): "If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and our [Vulg.: 'your'] faith is also vain": and ( Ps. 29:10 ): "What profit is there in my blood?" that…

lgences, does not lie; and so they avail as much as is claimed for them. Further, the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 15:14 ): "If . . . our preaching is vain, your faith is also vain." Therefore whoever utters a falsehood in preaching, so far as he is concerned, makes faith void. and so s…

of the Church who with chiding rouses the slumbering, saying, “Awake, ye righteous, and sin not.” [ 1 Cor 15:14 ] Thus Holy Scripture uses to denote the merit of divers cases [marg. note: meritum causarum] by fixed periods, as Peter sinned at midnight and repented at cock-crow. J…