[318] P. 238, l. 11. Jesus Christ.—Mark ix, 39.
[319] P. 239, l. 7. Rejoice not, etc.—Luke x, 20.
[320] P. 239, l. 12. Scimus, etc.—John iii, 2.
[321] P. 239, l. 25. Nisi fecissem ... haberent.—Ibid., xv, 24.
[322] P. 239, l. 32. The second miracle.—Ibid., iv, 54.
[323] P. 240, l. 6. Montaigne.—Essais, ii, 26, and iii, 11.
[324] P. 242, l. 9. Vatable.—Professor
of Hebrew at the College
Royal, founded
by Francis I. An edition of the Bible with notes
under his name,
which were not his, was published in 1539.
[325] P. 242, l. 19. Omne regnum divisum.—Matthew
xii, 25; Luke xi,
17.
[326] P. 242, l. 23. Si in digito ... vos.—Luke xi, 20.
[327] P. 243, l. 12. Q. 113, A. 10, Ad. 2.—Thomas
Aquinas’s Summa,
Pt. I, Question
113, Article 10, Reply to the Second Objection.
[328] P. 243, l. 18. Judaei signa petunt, etc.—I Cor. i, 22.
[329] P. 243, l. 23. Sed vos, etc.—John x, 26.
[330] P. 246, l. 15. Tu quid dicis? etc.—John ix, 17, 33.
[331] P. 247, l. 14. Though ye believe not, etc.—John x, 38.
[332] P. 247, l. 25. Nemo facit, etc.—Mark ix, 39.
[333] P. 247, l. 27. A sacred relic.—This
is a reference to the
miracle of the
Holy Thorn. Marguerite Perier, Pascal’s
niece, was
cured of a fistula
lachrymalis on 24 March, 1656, after her eye
was touched with
this sacred relic, supposed to be a thorn from
the crown of Christ.
This miracle made a great impression upon
Pascal.
[334] P. 248, l. 23. These nuns.—Of
Port-Royal, as to which, see note
on page 110, line
16, above. They were accused of Calvinism.
[335] P. 248, l. 28. Vide si, etc.—Ps. cxxxix, 24.
[336] P. 249, l. 1. Si tu, etc.—Luke xxii, 67.
[337] P. 249, l. 2. Opera quae, etc.—John v, 36; x, 26-27.
[338] P. 249, l. 7. Nemo potest, etc.—John iii, 2.
[339] P. 249, l. 11. Generatio prava, etc.—Matthew xii, 39.
[340] P. 249, l. 14. Et non poterat facere.—Mark vi, 5.
[341] P. 249, l. 16. Nisi videritis, non creditis.—John iv, 8, 48.
[342] P. 249, l. 23. Tentat enim, etc.—Deut. xiii, 3.
[343] P. 249, l. 25. Ecce praedixi vobis:
vos ergo videte.—Matthew
xxiv, 25, 26.
[344] P. 250, l. 7. We have Moses, etc.—John ix, 29.
[345] P. 250, l. 30. Quid debui.—Is.
v, 3, 4. The Vulgate is Quis
est quod debui
ultra facere vineae meae, et non feci ei.