Anf-02 vi.iv.ix Pg 126.1
Anf-03 vi.vii.xv Pg 6
i.e., as Rigaltius (referred to by Oehler), explains, after the two visions of angels who appeared to him and said, “Arise and eat.” See 1 Kings xix. 4–13. [It was the fourth, but our author having mentioned two, inadvertently calls it the third, referring to the “still small voice,” in which Elijah saw His manifestation.]
For where God is, there too is His foster-child, namely Patience. When God’s Spirit descends, then Patience accompanies Him indivisibly. If we do not give admission to her together with the Spirit, will (He) always tarry with us? Nay, I know not whether He would remain any longer. Without His companion and handmaid, He must of necessity be straitened in every place and at every time. Whatever blow His enemy may inflict He will be unable to endure alone, being without the instrumental means of enduring.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 11
VERSE (15) - 1Ki 19:4 Job 3:20-22; 6:8-10; 7:15 Jon 4:3,8,9 Php 1:20-24
