Quesnel: Moral Reflections on the Gospels Vol 1

CHAPTER XXIV. 379
ber; but every one ought with confidence to think
so, and to confirm that confidence by a good life and
conversation.
" 25. Behold, I have told you before. 26, Where-
fore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret
chambers ; believe it not."
Every secret and strange doctrine, unknown to
the apostles and holy fathers, is false and pernicious.
Let us have no manner of curiosity for these new
discoveries. It is not the good grain, but the chaff,
which is carried about with every wind of doctrine.
There are but too many Christians, who seek here
and there for such remedies in their miseries as God
has not promised them ;
and neglect to have recourse
to Jesus Christ, the sole Deliverer from all our
miseries, whom all the Scriptures point out to us.
Blind and miserable is every one who hopes to mend
his condition by forsaking Christ ! It is to him we
must apply ourselves; it is he whom God has given
us: whatever turns us aside from him is fatal to us.
" 27. For as the lightning cometh out of the
east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be."
The faith received every where in so short a time,
not only without any human assistance, but also not-
withstanding the greatest opposition from all the
powers of the earth, was, as it were, a lightning
which shone from east to west, and a miracle from
heaven, to confound the incredulity of the sages of
the world. The last coming of Christ will be yet
more surprising.
" 28. For wheresoever the carcass is, there will
the eagles be gathered together,"