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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Now these things were figures of us." For as the gifts are figures, even so are the punishments figures: and as Baptism and the Table were sketched out prophetically, so also by what ensued, the certainty of punishment coming on those who are unworthy of this gift was proclaimed beforehand for our sake that we by these examples might learn soberness. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Just as the blessings, so also the punishments of the Jews were types. He shows that sinners among Christians will not only be punished, but much more than the Jews, since the blessings of the latter were types, while the good things of the former are the reality, and as in gifts the advantage is on the side of Christians, so also in punishments. In the words "lusted after evil things" he speaks generally of every evil, for every evil comes from lust (James 1:14-15); then he sets forth certain kinds of evil as well. …
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