book II, ch. 1 3, he says that « the worst

Demon has an aerial body ». Book 21, ch. 10, he writes : « The bodies of certain De- mons, as has been believed by some learned men, are even made of the thick and damp air which we breathe. i> Book i5, ch. 23 : « He dares not define whether Angels, with an aerial body, could feel the lust which would incite them to communicate with women. » In his commentary on Psalm 85, he says that « the bodies of the blessed will, after resurrection, be like unto the bodies of Angels; » Psalm 14, he observes that « the body of Angels is inferior to the soul. B And, in his book De Divinit. Dce- monum. Tie every-where, and especially ch. 23, teaches that « Demons have subtle bodies ».
90. Our doctrine can also be confirmed
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toritatibus Sacrce Scripturce comprobari, quce licet ab Expositoribus aliter declaren- tur, non incongrue tamen ad nostrum in- tentum possunt aptari. Prima est Psalmi 77. j V. 24. et 25., ubi habetur : panem Angelorum manducavit homo, panem cceH dedit eis. Hie loquitur David de Manna, qua cibatus fuit Populus Israel toto tem- pore quo peregrinus fuit in deserto. Quce- rendum ergo venit, quo sensu Manna did possit panis Angelorum. Scio quidem ple- rosque Doctores exponere hunc possum in sensu mystico, aientes in Manna jigura- tam esse Sacram Eucharistiam, quce voca- tur panis Angelorum, quia Angeli fruun- tur visione Dei, qui per concomitantiam in Eucharistia reperitur.
91. Sed hcec expositio aptissima est qui- dem, etquam amplectitur Ecclesia in offi- cio Sanctissimi Corporis Christi, sed in sensu spirituali est. Ego autem queero sen- sum litteralem : neque enim in illo Psal- mo David loquitur prophetice de futuris, sicut facit in aliis locis, ut proinde facile non sit sensum litteralem habere ; sed lo- quitur historice de preeteritis. llle enim Psalmus, ut patet legenti, est pura anace- phalestis, seu compendium omnium benefi-
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by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures, which, however diversely construed by commentators, are yet capable of adapta- tion to our proposition. First, Psalm 77, v. 24 and 25, it is said : « The Lord had given them of the bread of heaven ; man did eat angels’ food. » David here alludes to Man- na, which fed the People of Israel during the whole time that they wandered in the wilderness. It will be asked in what sense it can be said of Manna that it is the Bread of Angels. I am aware that most Doctors construe this passage in a mystical sense, saying that Manna figures the Holy Eu- charist, which is styled the bread of Angels., because Angels enjoy the sight of God who, by concomitance, is found in the Euclia- rist.
91. A most proper construction assur- edly, and which is adopted by the Church in the office of the Most Holy Body of Jesus-Christ ; but it is in a spiritual sense. Now, what I w'ant, is the literal sense; for, in that Psalm, David does not speak, as a prophet, of things to be, as he does in other places where a literal sense is not easily, to be gathered ; he speaks here as a historian, of things gone by. That Psalm, as is evident to whoever reads it, is a pure
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ciorum, qiice contulit Deus Populo Hebrceo ab egressu ipsiiis de yEgypto, usque ad tempus Davidis, et in eo versu loquitur de Manna Deserti, ut proinde quceratur quo- modo, et quo sensu Manna vocetur Panis Angelorum.
92. Scio alios, Lyran., Euthim., Bel- larm., Titelman., Genebrard., in Psal. 77.