quin potius, si requiras, ordinis res est, ut et dives hic purpura byssoque veletur et Lazarus hic ulceribus et paupertate feriatur; ordinis res est, ut, dum in hac allegorica versamur Aegypto, Pharao incedat cum diademate, Israelita cum cophino; ordinis res est, ut, dum in hac figuratae Babylonis fornace decoquimur, nos cum Ieremia spiritalem Ierusalem suspiriosis plangamus ululatibus et Assur fastu regio tonans sanctorum sancta proculcet.
on the contrary, if you ask me, it is the regular thing for the rich man here to be clothed in purple and fine linen and for Lazarus to be smitten with sores and poverty; it is the regular thing that while (allegorically speaking) we dwell in this land of Egypt, Pharaoh should walk abroad bearing his diadem, and the Israelite carrying his work-basket; it is the regular thing that, while (in a figure of speech) we are scorched in this Babylonian furnace, we should (like Jeremiah) lament for the spiritual Jerusalem with sighs and groans, and that the Assyrian thundering in his royal pride should trample the Holy of Holies underfoot.
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