Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Ver. 1. I would not that ye should] Historiae fidae monitrices, saith Bucholcer. There is very good use to be made of other men's examples. Historia hath its name, saith Plato, from stopping the flux of errors and evil manners. (παρα το ισταναι τον ρουν, in Crat.). For mutate nomine de te fabula narratur. What bitter effects sin hath produced in some men, it may in any man. Lege igitur historiam, ne fias historia.