Recapitulation of former exhortations. Sin brought death and grief into the world, and they tend to its cure. Grief serviceable only for the destruction of sin. Remarks upon the passage, Genesis 1:1 . “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” It is argued that God's forethought for man in the work of creation affords grounds of comfort; and that mercy is shown even in chastisement, as in the saying, “Adam, where are you?” Concluding admonition on the avoidance of oaths.
Source: Homilies on the Statues (New Advent)