PerhapsnothingshowsmoreclearlythetenacityoftheoldsystemofinterpretationthanthesermonsofSavonarola。Duringthelastdecadeofthefifteenthcentury,justatthecloseofthemedievalperiod,hewasengagedinalife-and-deathstruggleatFlorence。Nomaneverpreachedmorepowerfullythegospelofrighteousness;noneeverlaidmorestressonconduct;evenLutherwasnotmorezealousforreformormorecarelessoftradition;andyetwefindthegreatFlorentineapostleandmartyrabsolutelytiedfasttotheoldsystemofallegoricalinterpretation。Theautographnotesofhissermons,stillpreservedinhiscellatSanMarco,showthisabundantly。Thuswefindhimattachingtothecreationofgrassesandplantsonthethirddayanallegoricalconnectionwiththe“multitudeoftheelect“andwiththe“sounddoctrinesoftheChurch。”andtothecreationoflandanimalsonthesixthdayasimilarrelationto“theJewishpeople“andto“Christiansgivenuptothingsearthly。”[468]
[468]ForAgobard,seetheLiberadversusFredigisum,cap。xii;
alsoReuter’sRelig。AufklarungimMittelalter,vol。i,p。24;
alsoPoole,IllustrationsoftheHistoryofMedievalThought,London,1884,pp。38etseq。ForErigena,seehisDeDivisioneNaturae,lib。iv,cap。v;alsoi,cap。lxvi-lxxi;andforgeneralaccount,seeUeberweg,HistoryofPhilosophy,NewYork,1871,vol。i,pp。358etseq。;andforthetreatmentofhisworkbytheChurch,seetheeditionoftheIndexunderLeoXIII,1881。ForAbelard,seetheSicetNon,Prologue,Migne,vol。iii,pp。371-
377。ForHugoofSt。Victor,seeErudit。Didask。,lib。vii,vi,4,inMigne,clxxvi。ForSavonarola’sinterpretations,seevariousreferencestohispreachinginVillari’slifeofSavonarola,Englishtranslation,London,1890,andespeciallytheexceedinglyinterestingtableintheappendixtovol。i,chap。
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