The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.
The docยญtrine of the Church should be proven, not announced. Thereยญfore show that the Scripยญtures teach these things.