In the same place: 'But if it be not he, who then is it?' 45. As if it were openly said: Who is ever to be thought wicked, if that people, which persecuted Piety itself, is not wicked? But the holy man, having considered the perfidy of the Jewish multitude, turns the eyes of his mind back upon himself; he grieves that he cannot see Him whom he loves; he is smitten with sorrow, because he is taken away from the present world before the salvation of the world is revealed. Whence also he adds: