127. The reference is probably to Prov. xxviii. 13.

128. _In this Penitence_, i. e. in this 'spice' or particular portion of

Penitence; for he is here speaking of Contrition only.

130. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The reference may be to the following

passage: 'Tertius gradus est dolor, sed et ipse _trina connexione_ ligatus.

Vere post cognitionem et poenitentiam _dolor renovatus est_, et in

meditatione mea ignis incanduit, quia _Creatorem offendi, Dominum non

timui, sprevi benefactorem_.'--S. Bernardus, Sermo xl. § 5; ed. Migne, vol.

183, col. 649.

134. I find nothing like this in Job; the nearest passage seems to be [450]

in ch. xxxiii. vv. 26-28, where the idea of forgiveness after confession is

referred to.

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