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Rabanus Maurus
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 8
Mt 8, Verses 14–15English original
And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and siek of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
(e Bed.) Or, every soul that struggles with fleshly lusts is sick of a fever, but touched with the hand of Divine mercy, it recovers health, and restrains the concupiscence of the flesh by the bridle of continence, and with those limbs with which it had served uncleanness, it now ministers to righteousness.