20. Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. They admit what he had
done, and yet, with superabundant folly and insolence, demand further proofs of
his omnipotence. Can he give bread also? Can he provide flesh for his people? If they had argued, “Can he not
give flesh?” the argument would have been reasonable, but they ran into insanity
when, having seen many marvels of omnipotence, they dared to insinuate that
other things were beyond the divine power. Yet, in this also, we have imitated
their senseless conduct. Each new difficulty has excited fresh incredulity. We
are still fools and slow of heart to believe our God, and this is a fault to be
bemoaned with deepest penitence. For this cause the Lord often chastens us
sorely; for unbelief has in it a degree of provocation of the highest kind.
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