Deuteronomy 8:3

Deu 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Ver. 3. And he humbled thee. ] Humbled they were, many of them, but not humble: low, but not lowly. Perdiderunt fructum afflictionum, &c. a

That he might make thee know. ] We never know so well, how good, sweet, and seasonable the Lord is, as when under the cross. Vexatio dat intellecture.

That man cloth not live. ] See Trapp on " Mat 4:4 "

a August.