Psalm 44:9
Douay-Rheims
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which
John Chrysostom
Just as on hearing reference to bow and sword and all those similar things you do not take them in a material way, so on hearing mention of myrrh and cassia you would not think of them in a material way but at an intellectual level.
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A.D. 407 · Psalm 44:9
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.