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Hilary of Poitiers
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.
Or; In Peter’s wife’s mother is shewn the sickly condition of infidelity, to which freedom of will is near akin, being united by the bonds as it were of wedlock. By the Lord’s entrance into Peter’s house, that is into the body, unbelief is cured, which was before sick of the fever of sin, and ministers in duties of righteousness to the Saviour.