Glossa Ordinaria

If thou know not. Because the Bride, while she sought the helps of God's presence in tribulations, had subjoined in the person of the weak, Lest I begin to wander: at once the Bridegroom, being implored, refuted that same trepidation of hers with a kindly rebuke, according to that word of the Gospel, O thou of little faith, as if he should say: thou fearest to be blotted out by me in tribulation, and complainest that thou art blackened in the burning heat: but I have determined to make thee more beautiful through tribulations. But if perchance thou knowest not this, nor rememberest that no one is crowned unless he has striven lawfully, go forth from my fellowship. She knows herself when, set in mind among sinners, she remembers that she was created to the image of her Author and walks according to the order of the likeness she has received; but if she does not know it, she goes forth from the secret place of the heart into outward concupiscences, and, led to the broad way, follows the examples of the peoples. The Lord, chiding the fearful Church, admonishes her of the grace given to her against the snares of enemies. Thy kids. Because they are instructed not according to the rule of my commandments, but according to thy errors. Beside: in the footsteps of the shepherds thou shalt become the last, not among the sheep but among the kids. Or, beside, that is, that thou mayest be like the true shepherds, because hypocrites seem to follow good men.