trouble in the flesh Tribulation, either as Monica, when she saw her son Augustine falling into sin and infidelity, or as many other Christian parents whose souls the -sword" of the executioner was destined to -pierce through," as they beheld the martyrdom of their children.

but I spare you Either (1) the Apostle from his tenderness towards them spares them the recital of the many sorrows that will befall them, or (2) he is anxious to spare them the sorrows themselves.

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