[Footnote 652: S. Matthew v, i.]
[Footnote 653: Psalm xix (Coeli enarrant), 4.]
[Footnote 654: Psalm lxxv (Notus in Judea), I.]
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19. But in a Mass of requiem the gospel is not read in that exalted place, but at the altar, to signify that preaching profiteth not the departed.
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20. Also the gospel is read from an eagle, according to that saying, 'He came flying upon the wings of the winds.' [Footnote 655] And the eagle itself is covered with a covering of cloth or silk, on certain feasts, to signify the softness of the heart: as he saith, 'I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.' [Footnote 656]
[Footnote 655: Psalm xviii (Diligam Te), 10]
[Footnote 656: Ezekiel xi, 19. ]
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21. But he that readeth the gospel passeth to the left side: and setteth his face to the north, that the saying may be fulfilled, which is written, 'I will say to the north give up, and to the south keep not back' [Footnote 657] (Durandus, Book IV, chap. xxiv).
[Footnote 657: Isaiah xliii, 6.]