ulent sale, so that the sale is rendered unlawful. Hence we find it written against certain people ( Is. 1:22 ), "Thy silver is turned into dross, thy wine is mingled with water": because that which is mixed is defective in its substance. Another defect is in respect of quantity…

at. Unde et per Isaiam caupones eos teterrimos appellabat, dicens: Caupones tui miscent vinum aquae (Isa. I, 22) , eo quod sapienti et sincero mero, id est verbo Dei, insipidum et aquatum, id est terrenam et humanam doctrinam, quasi aquam miscentes vino, populo intimabant. Ideo c…

tum est eloquium spirituale, ut in Isaia: «Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam [Note: [Col. 0863] 9 Isa. I, 22.] ,» id est, spirituale legis eloquium sordet fece carnalium desideriorum. Argentum, nitor eloquentiae divinae, ut in Cantico: «Murenulas aureas faciemus tibi vermi…