" [Exurgat Maria, et
dissipentur inimici ejus.--P. 483.]
In the opening of the 93rd psalm there is a most extraordinary, rather,
as it sounds to me, a most impious and blasphemous comparison of the
Supreme God with the Virgin Mary, in reference to the very Attribute,
which shines first, last, and brightest in HIM,--His eternal mercy. Nay,
it draws the contrast in favour of the Virgin, and against God. Most
glad should I be, to find that I had misunderstood this passage; and
that it admits of another acceptation[133]. But I fear its real meaning
is beyond controversy.
[Footnote 133: A similar idea indeed pervades some addresses to
the Virgin of the present day, representing the great and only
potentate as her heavenly husband, in himself full of rage, but
softened into tenderness towards her votaries by her influence.
See a hymn, in the Paris collection already referred to, p. 353,
&c. of this work (Nouveau Recueil de Cantiques, p. 183).
Daignez, Marie, en ce jour Vouchsafe, Mary, on this day
Ecouter nos soupirs, To hear our sighs,
Et seconder nos desirs. And to second our desires.
Daignez, Marie, en ce jour Vouchsafe, Mary, on this day
Recevoir notre encens, notre amour. To receive our incense, our
love.
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