α. On the wayside of luxury: for the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes.
β. On the rock of pride: for Eve was tempted by the promise, “Ye shall be as gods.”
γ. Among the thorns of ambition: for the woman saw that the fruit was good to make one wise, and she desired “to know good and evil.”
2. God the Son went forth from the bosom of the Father to sow Himself—
A. In the womb of the ever-blessed Virgin, that good ground where He would spring up and bear an hundredfold. In her womb He sowed—
α. His Divinity.
β. The humanity of Adam’s flesh.
γ. The human soul, which is the breath of God.
B. When He left the womb of Mary He went forth to sow—
α. The Gospel, which fell—