they came to steal and to kill but the sheep did not hear them. All that ever came at variance with Him were thieves and robbers i.e. Our faith knits together both those who believed that He was about to come, and those who believe that He has come. The times are different, the faith is the same. His humble advent in the flesh was preceded by just men, who believed on Him as about to come, as we believe on Him come. They came with Him, inasmuch as He is always, though He assumed the flesh in time: In the beginning was the Word. He, the Word, the Truth, sent heralds before Him, but the hearts of those whom He sent were His own. They came with Him, who came with the Word of God, who spoke the truth. The Prophets were not at variance with Him. AUG Understand, All that ever came at variance with Me. Quare autem se ostium dixerit, aperit subdens ego sum ostium: per me si quis introierit, salvabitur. Eos ergo non audierunt oves in quibus non erat vox Christi, errantes, vana fingentes, miseros seducentes. Sed non audierunt eos oves illi scilicet de quibus dictum est: novit dominus qui sunt eius. Quotquot ergo praeter illum venerunt, fures fuerunt et latrones idest ad furandum et occidendum venerunt. Ante adventum autem eius, quo humilis venit in carne, praecesserunt iusti, sic eum credentes venturum, quomodo nos credimus in eum qui venit: tempora variata sunt, non fides: eadem enim fides utrosque coniungit, et eos qui venturum esse, et eos qui venisse crediderunt. Intellige ergo: quotquot venerunt praeter me non autem praeter illum prophetae venerunt, quia cum illo venerunt qui cum verbo Dei venerunt, qui veraces fuerunt: quia ipse verbum et veritas venturus praecones mittebat: sed eorum corda quos miserat possidebat: carnem quippe ipse accepit ex tempore qui est semper: in principio enim erat verbum. So he adds in praise of the sheep, The sheep heard them not but he no where praises those who disobeyed the prophets, but condemns them severely. CHRYS He said not this of the Prophets, as the heretics think, but of Theudas, and Judas, and other agitators. Nusquam autem videtur laudare eos qui non obedierunt prophetis sed eis detrahit vehementer. Non de prophetis hoc dicit, sicut haeretici dicunt, sed de seditiosis unde et laudans oves, subiungit sed non audierunt eos oves. All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers. AUG Lo, the very door which He had shut up, He opens He is the Door: let us enter, and let us enter with joy. Sequitur omnes quotquot venerunt, fures sunt et latrones. Ecce quod clausum posuerat, aperuit: ipse est ostium: intremus, et nos intrasse gaudeamus.
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