and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:

And do not they blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;