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XXXII. But the enemy, after they had made the discovery of their intended departure by the noise during the night and their not retiring to rest, having placed an ambuscade in two divisions in the woods, in a suitable and concealed place, two miles from the camp, waited for the arrival of the Romans; and when the greater part of the line of march had descended into a considerable valley, they suddenly presented themselves on either side of that valley, and began both to harass the rear and hinder the van from ascending, and to give battle in a place exceedingly disadvantageous to our men.
This will be so abundantly manifested, "when God shall judge the world in righteousness," that an assembled universe will confess, That there is no respect of persons with God. Exodus xxxii. 31, 32. "And Moses returned unto the Lord and said, 'Oh! this people have made them gods of gold.
So too we see in broad day, in all men's daily experience, that more heinous sins and vice occur when there is peace, when all things are cheap and there are good times, than when war, pestilence, sicknesses and all manner of misfortune burden us; so that Moses also fears for his people, lest they forsake God's commandment for no other reason than because they are too full, too well provided for and have too much peace, as he says, Deuteronomy xxxii "My people is waxed rich, full and fat; therefore has it forsaken its God."
This took away the ground of temptation longer to hide his fins, and cleared the way to a public renunciation, and return to duty. And the fallen prince waited no exhortations needed no entreaties "I acknowledged my sin unto thee; and mine iniquity have I not hid; I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou foregavest the iniquity of my sin." * * Psalm xxxii. 5.
Dona Guiomar de Ulloa. See below, ch. xxxii. section 13. If this confessor was F. Baltasar Alvarez, the Saint, F. Bouix observes, passes rapidly over the history of the year 1557, and the greater part, perhaps, of 1558; for F. Baltasar was ordained priest only in the latter year. See Relation, i. section 6. Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject.
Prov. xxx. 8. Eccles. i. 18. 1 Tim. i. 19. 2 Chron. xxxii. 31. 1 Sam. xvii. 37. 1 Kings xi. 1, 4, 5. Ps. xciv. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 7. Mark x. 23. James ii. 5. Matt. xx. 27, xxiii. 8. 1 Cor. xii. 31. 1 Tim. iv. 4. 1 Matt. xxiii. 19. The Season of Epiphany. "This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him." John ii. 11.
XXXII. Now at this period Mnestheus, the son of Peteus, who was the son of Orneus, who was the son of Erechtheus, first of all mankind they say took to the arts of a demagogue, and to currying favour with the people.
For, putting on this guise through fear, they had stolen out of Rome. XXXII. Now Cæsar had about him no more than three hundred horse and five thousand legionary soldiers; for the rest of his army, which had been left beyond the Alps, was to be conducted by those whom he sent for that purpose.
XIV, cap. III, cap. XXXII, cap. VII, cap. III, Lib. IV, cap. XIV, cap. I, Tab. But this painting was made subsequent to the Conquest, as the fact that the parties contending are Indians and Spaniards sufficiently asserts. Occasional mention is made that certain lands "could be sold."
Then he quotes Deut. xxxii. 8-9: "When the Most High divided the nations, when he dispersed the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the Angels of God; and the Lord's portion was his people Jacob, and Israel the cord of his inheritance."
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