How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Ver. 12. It is lawful to do well] Nay, it is needful, since not to do well is to do ill, and not to save a life, or a soul, is to destroy it, Mark 3:4. Not to do justice is injustice, and not to show mercy is no better than cruelty, non faciendo nocens, sed patiendo fuit. Aul. de Claud.