59.—On Moses and Pharaoh's Daughter
An Egyptian woman, a hidden child, and water near by. These things are types of the Word only to the pious.
60.—On the Same when he stretched forth his hands to discomfit Amalek[1]
Why dost thou, Moses, stretch forth thy hands in the form of a cross? By this type perish both Amaleks.
61.—On the Same
Defend thy Gentile wife by the Well,[2] Moses, because thou art the type of the infallible bridegroom.
62.—On the Ark passing over Jordan
The stream yielded to the golden Ark. Have mercy on us, O Christ; the Ark is a type of thy baptism here.
63.—On Hagar
Hagar, too, is of the Gentiles. But what is the angel, what is the fountain?[3] I, too, am of the Gentiles, therefore I know these things.
64.—On the Seventy Palms and Twelve Hells[4]
Know that the seventy palms and twelve wells of water are types of the number of Christ's disciples.
65.—On Abraham
Abraham takes his son to be sacrificed to God. Be merciful! What sacrifice doth the mind see of which this picture is a type?
