O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Ver. 34. How can ye, being evil, &c.] The stream riseth not higher its source; the bell is known of what metal by the clapper; what is in the well will be in the bucket; what in the warehouse will be in the shop; so what is in the heart will be in the mouth. a
" Aera puto nosci tinnitu; pectora verbis:
Sic est; namque id sunt utraque, quale sonant. "
a Qualia sunt principia, talia et principiata.