65. Cf. Lv 26.1-13. 66. Cf. Ex 14.21-31. 68. Cf. Ex 32.4. 67. Cf. Ex 32.1.
90 ST. AUGUSTINE even more for us because it is commanded that that be kept spiritually. For the Jews keep the sabbath day in a slave-like spirit, for debauchery and for drunkenness. How better would it be for their women to make wool than to dance on the balconies on that day! Far be it from us, my brothers, to say that they keep the sabbath. A Christian keeps the sabbath spiritually, abstaining from such servile work. For what does "from servile work" mean? From sin. And how do we prove this? Ask the Lord. "Everyone who commits a sin is the slave of sin."^^ Therefore a spiritual observance also of the sabbath is commanded for us.
(2) And likewise all those Commandments are the more commanded for us and must be kept: "You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother. You shall not covet your neighbor's property. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife."^^ Are not all those things commanded for us too? But ask for your reward and you will had it said there: That your enemies may be driven from your face, and you may receive the land which God promised your fathers.*^^ (3) Because they could not grasp the invisible, they were held by the visible. Why were they held? That they might not perish completely and slip into idolatry. For they did this, my brothers, as it is read, having forgotten such great miracles as God performed before their eyes. The sea was split asunder a way was made in the middle of the waves, their pursuing enemy was covered over by the same waters which they passed through. And when Moses, a man of God, had withdrawn from their sight, they sought an idol and said, "Make us gods who may go before us, because that man has abandoned us."^^ All their hope had been placed in a man, not in God. Look, a man died. Did God die who had rescued them out of the land of Egypt? And when they had made the image of a calf for themselves, they adored it and said, "These are your gods, O Israel, that have freed you from the land of Egypt."^^ How
63. Cf.Jn8.34. 65. Cf. Lv 26.1-13. 67. Cf. Ex 32.1.
64. Cf. Ex 20.1217. 66. Cf. Ex 14.21-31. 68. Cf. Ex 32.4.