43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:



Ver. 43. It is better for thee to enter] The Trojans, after long debate, concluded it better to part with Helen, though a lady of incomparable beauty, than by retaining her longer, to venture their utter wreck and ruin.



Áëëá êáé ùò ôïéçðåñ åïõò åí íçõóé íååóèù , say they. (Hom. Iliad.) Did we but forethink what sin will cost us, we dare not but be innocent.