[104] Joseph another type of Christ.
[105] This serpent, i.e. Christ the rod of Aaron, safe from the devil’s spite, consumes the false idols.
[106] The Brazen Serpent, a type of Christ. Cf. John iii. 14.
[107] Cf. Job xli. 1. The hook (hamus) is Christ’s divinity, whereby He pierces the devil’s jaw.
[108] Cf. Isa. xi. 8. The guiltless child is Christ, and the cockatrice is the devil.
[109] The children who mocked Elisha represent the Jews mocking Christ as He ascended Calvary; the bear is Vespasian and Titus who destroy Jerusalem.
[110] These again are types of Christ: David feigning madness among the Philistines, 1 Sam. xxi. 12-15; the goat cast forth for the people’s sins, Lev. xvi. 21, 22; and the sparrow in the rite of cleansing from leprosy, Lev. xiv. 2-7.
[111] Samson a type of Christ, will not wed a woman of his tribe (Judges xiv. 1-3) as Christ chooses the Gentiles; Samson bursts open Gaza’s gates as Christ the gates of death and hell.
[112] The allusion here is to the statement of mediaeval Bestiaries that the lion cub, when born, lies lifeless for three days, till awakened by his father’s roar. The supernal mother is the Church triumphant.
[113] The body of Christ, i.e. the Church.