80 The Samaritans took their name from the territory which they inhabited. But they called themselves Hebrew [Shomrim], Guardians, that is, of the Law. This idea is referred to here by St. Ambrowse as elsewhere by others of the Fathers.
81 S. Luke x. 33 ff.
82 S. Luke x. 37.
83 S. John iii. 36.
84 S. John iii. 3.
85 S. John xii. 47 [not exact].
86 Ezek. xxiii. 11.
87 S. John iii. 17.
88 Hosea vi. 6.
89 S. Matt. ix. 13.
90 S. John i. 17.
91 S. John xii. 48.
92 Ps. lxxxix. [lxxxviii.] 31, Ps. lxxxix. [lxxxviii.] 32.