What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Ver. 21. With a rod, or in love?] Both; but (as children) we think not so. Sed sinite virgam corripientem, ne sentiatis malleum conterentem, saith one father. (Bern.) Non erudit pater nisi quem amat, nec corripit nisi quem diligit, saith another. (Jerome.)