Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Ver. 27. Then saith he to Thomas] Who was not excommunicated by the rest, but gently borne with, till Christ should cure him. Neither did he forsake their meetings, though he believed not their relation. It is good to stand in Christ's way, to be found at the foddering place,Song of Solomon 1:8. But some, like spiritual vagabonds, as Cain, excammunicate themselves from God's presence, in the use of the means; we may write, Lord, have mercy upon such, as utterly deplored.