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commentary entry

xi.xxiii.iv-p55.2

xi.xxiii.iv-p55.252 words

13. Marvel not—The marvel would be if the world loved you.

the world—of whom Cain is the representative (1Jo 3:12).

hate you—as Cain hated even his own brother, and that to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works.