14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces. The mighty dragon of Egypt was utterly slain, and his proud heads
broken in pieces. Our Lord Jesus is the true Hercules; dragons with a hundred
heads are crushed beneath his foot: the infernal hydra he utterly vanquishes. And gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Not only did
the wild beasts feed upon the carcasses of the Egyptians, but the dwellers
along the shores stripped the bodies and enriched themselves with the spoil.
Israel, too, grew rich with the relics of her drowned adversaries. How often do
great afflictions work our lasting good. Let us not give way to fear;
hydra-headed evils will be slain, and monstrous difficulties will be overcome, and
all things will work our lasting good.
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