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10.The cities of thy holiness. The Church again recounts her miseries, that she may move God to mercy and obtain pardon. She says that the cities have been reduced to “ wilderness;” and, for the sake of amplification, adds that “ is a desert;” because it was the royal residence, in which God wished that men should call upon him. She adds also Jerusalem, in which Zion was; for it appeared to be shameful that a city, which God had consecrated to himself, should be ruined and destroyed by enemies.
She calls them “ of holiness,” because, as the Lord had sanctified a people, so he also wished that the cities, and even the whole country, should be consecrated to himself. Seeing, therefore, that the cities were dedicated to God, they are justly called “ of his holiness;” for in them God reigned, and men called upon him. In the same manner we may at the present day give the appellation of “ of God’ holiness” to those which, laying aside superstitions, worship him in a sincere and right manner.