The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind
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11. And I shall no longer be called a
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The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind
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11. And I shall no longer be called a
Gen. xlix. 27. This passage, referring to St. Paul (who was of the tribe of Benjamin, Rom. xi. 1; Phil. iii. 5), is quoted by Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem, v. 1. [See vol. iii. p. 430, this series.]
Compare Scorpiace, cap. 13 [with reference to Gen. xxv. 34 and xxvii. 25, vol. iii. p. 646, this series. Lardner adds Origen, Hom. in Ezech., iv. tom. iii. p. 731; Theodoret, in Gen. Quæst., cx. tom. i. p. 77; and Augustine, Serm., 279 (and passim), tom. v. ed. Benedict.].
[“Mel in ore, melos in aure, melodia in corde.”—St. Bernard.]