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Thirdly, God hereby would show to all the world, his own fullness, and how little he esteems of these ¹carnal things; they are but bones, therefore he gives them to dogs; they are but swill, even the very cream of them, therefore he lets swine have them. Luther ⟨p. 101⟩in his Comment upon Genesis, cap. 21. hath a notable vilifying expression of the great things of the ²world, which God gives to wicked men; The Turkish Empire, says he, as great as it is, it is but a crust of bread, which the rich master of the family casts to dogs: When retainers, when dogs have such allowance, it is a sign of a great deal of plenty in the house.

Thirdly, God hereby would shew to all the world, his own fulness, and how little he esteems of these ¹carnal things; they are but bones, therefore he gives them to dogs; they are but swill, even the very cream of them, therefore he lets swine have them. Luther ⟨p. 101⟩in his Comment upon Genesis, cap. 21. hath a notable vilifying expression of the great things of the ²world, which God gives to wicked men; The Turkish Empire, says he, as great as it is, it is but a crust of bread, which the rich master of the family casts to dogs: When retainers, when dogs have such allowance, it is a sign of a great deal of plenty in the house.

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2. 2Turcicum Imperium quantum quantū est nihil est nisi panis mica quam dives pater familias projicit ca nibus.