Letter, Par.

 501 II, 1|               and all these effects I experienced in the course of a few days.
 502 III  |          tossing on the open sea, and experiencing the cruel waves of bodily
 503 IV, 1|            publishing my praises, and expressing wonder and astonishment
 504  V   |             intimate friends. All his extant letters were written during
 505 IV, 3|               us; so the torches were extinguished. Then the mule which carried
 506  I, 3|               to God? His wisdom, His extraordinary power, His loving-kindness
 507 IV, 2|             feverish heat I was in an extremely distressed condition. At
 508  I, 1|           have increased, and come to extremities, and most persons are reduced
 509  I, 3|             things are reduced to the extremity of ruin. For it is possible
 510  I, 4|               traitor standing by and exulting in his deed? And what was
 511 IV, 3|              me as the apple of their eye; I suppose these things
 512  I, 5|              respites from trial, the fabric of the Church was wrought,
 513  I, 4|               time, although it was a fabrication, and was bought for money;
 514 II, 2|         shameless device, but hid his face and retreated.~
 515 II, 4|              do not show me words but facts, and, if you get well, you
 516 IV, 2|            height of a burning fever, faint and suffering to the last
 517  I, 2|               place, and becoming the faithful herald of the miracles wrought
 518  I, 3|              harlot they called Him a false prophet; "For had He been
 519  I, 3|               but even out of his own family opposition was kindled against
 520 IV, 3|              labourers from her other farms, and thus marshal a force
 521 III  |             countless times round the farther turning post, have won a
 522  I, 4|        scourge upon His back, and was fastened to the wood, how many think
 523 IV, 2|        addition to this there was the fatigue of the journey, the toil,
 524  I   |            Most Reverend And Divinely Favored Deaconess Olympias, I John,
 525  I, 5|            most reverend and divinely favoured lady.~If you wish me to
 526  V   |              it be in a woman's body, feebler than a cobweb, treading
 527 II, 2|                and scarcely seemed to feel the things which had happened,
 528  I, 2|            the furnace, and hands and feet to be bound with great severity
 529 II, 1|               to me. For having again felt somewhat upset, I again
 530  I, 5|              treated in every way, by female sellers of purple, by tentmakers,
 531  I, 5|            and so released from their fetters; others were received into
 532 IV, 2|             lethargy arising from the feverish heat I was in an extremely
 533  I, 2|               king to blaze even more fiercely than the furnace, and hands
 534 IV, 2|         morrow the monks arrived even fiercer than before, and none of
 535 IV, 2|             physicians and allay this fiery fever; for it was now the
 536  I, 5|            they began to appear after fifty days, and to work miracles,
 537 IV, 3|              proconsular soldiers can fill all the city (with the story)
 538 IV, 3|           moon - a circumstance which filled up the measure of our perplexity-we
 539 III  |            indeed a proof of the most finished philosophy. Therefore I
 540  I, 5|             places were built up more firmly than before. For this cause
 541 III  |            shame. It is indeed always fitting to admire those who pursue
 542 IV, 2|        suburban house which was about five miles from the city and
 543 III  |        setting the sails of patience, float on with great serenity,
 544 II, 2|        perished in a distressing way; flocks and whole herds had been
 545  I, 5|             continually grew, when it flourished by means of the signs which
 546 II, 4|       branches continue flowering and flourishing, and producing an unnatural
 547 II, 4|              if the branches continue flowering and flourishing, and producing
 548 IV, 1|        abundantly upon me as out of a flowing spring. I find my lord the
 549 IV, 2|            arising from that cause) I flung myself at high noon into
 550 III  |               leap for joy; I am in a flutter of delight, I am insensible
 551 III  |          baffled, and leave those who fly to them for refuge destitute
 552 III  |         seething with an abundance of foam keep their vessels moored
 553 II, 4|            vexation to my enemies. It follows therefore that you should
 554 II, 1|               excites an appetite for food; and all these effects I
 555  I, 3|         caused so much bloodshed, and forbore to prevent it although He
 556 III  |           under foot the constraining forces of nature, put down their
 557 IV, 3|     threatening her, constraining and forcing her to expel me even from
 558 IV, 1|          would really take place, but formed an impression in my own
 559 II, 2|            and as it excels all other forms of righteousness, so this
 560 IV, 3|             in her house, which had a fortress and was impregnable, that
 561 III  |           thrusting yourself into the forum, or occupying the public
 562 III  |              in their malice the best foundation for the materials of fame.
 563  I, 2|          temple of prayer, a place of fountains and dew, of higher dignity
 564 III  |               you are, clothed with a fragile body, and subject to these
 565 II, 4|              such a feeble and flimsy frame as mine I can support such
 566  I, 1|              things, plots, enmities, frauds, calumnies, insults, accusations,
 567 IV, 4|              you mention what is only freedom and emancipation from care.~
 568 II, 3|            the sea, the larger is the freight which he collects. Do not
 569 IV, 2|           call them, indicating their frenzy by the expression) rushed
 570  I, 5|         cities, and by the sea shore. Frequently moreover they did not dare
 571  I, 3|          lustre to decayed things,and freshness to those which have waxen
 572 II, 3|           poverty, and infirmity, and friendlessness. For this is so great a
 573 II, 3|             you, it nowise hinders me fromsaying it now) this bodily infirmity
 574  I, 5|             hiding and secrecy, being fugitives full of fear and trembling,
 575 IV, 5|             be done, and take care to fulfill your own part, even if all
 576  V   |            others may not occur, thus fulfilling the Lord's precept who bids
 577  I, 4|             softened, but became more furious than before, and the tragedy
 578 III  |             well yourself, and having gained perception by experience,
 579  I, 1|               well as you; none shall gainsay it, and if you like I will
 580 IV, 1|              escaped from that man of Galatia, who nearly threatened me
 581  I, 4|          insulted Him by offering Him gall and vinegar on the sponge
 582  I, 4|               the soldiers parted His garments amongst them and when He
 583 III  |            Having risen from the very gates of death I address this
 584  I, 1|           disperse the thoughts which gather this cloud of care around
 585 III  |         voyagers when they see clouds gathering up, or fierce winds rushing
 586  I, 3|              region? And this removal gave occasion to torrents of
 587  V   |             their contents, and great general similarity of character.~
 588 IV, 4|              apology, by saying "I am generally occupied in thinking how
 589 IV, 2|         things the good Seleucia, the generous wife of my lord Ruffinus (
 590  I, 2|          insults, and reproaches, and gibes inflicted by enemies, and
 591 III  |               increase of the contest gives you an increase of strength.
 592 IV, 1|           pass my time cheerfully and gladly, surrounded by attention.
 593 IV, 3|              and leap for joy, and to glorify God who has counted me worthy
 594  V   |              now shine forth the more gloriously in the contest itself, not
 595  V   |           scorn the fury of lusty men gnashing their teeth upon you; being
 596 III  |             whereas you, after having gone countless times round the
 597  I, 4|         thorns, then arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, then put a reed in
 598 IV, 5|              case of the widow in the gospel, also holds good in the
 599 IV, 1|            they are the theme of much gossip. For my lord Poeanius has
 600 IV, 5|         lately ordained and sent into Gothia, has been laid to rest,
 601 IV, 5|           heed to it. The Marsian and Gothic monks where the Bishop Serapion
 602 IV, 5|           letter from the king of the Goths begging that a bishop might
 603 IV, 2|               some of the clergy also gradually came out and escorted me,
 604 IV, 2|          Pharetrius beseeching him to grant a few days respite on account
 605  I, 1|           with their hands instead of grasping the rudder, bewailing the
 606 III  |              proud on account of your greatness of soul, and the repeated
 607  I, 3|            God, and a gluttonous, and greedy man, and a drunkard, and
 608  I   |        Olympias, I John, Bishop, Send Greeting IN The Lord.~
 609  I, 5|            yet the Church continually grew, when it flourished by means
 610 IV, 1|        desolation of this place which grieves you? Yet what can be pleasanter
 611  I, 1|          night without a moon, and is growing to a head every day, travailing
 612 II, 3|           that such a person will be "guilty of the body and blood of
 613 II, 4|               all, when those who are habituated to the winter are suffering
 614  I, 3|             torn from the breast were handed over to death, and even
 615 II, 3|              who lived then, and that harder tasks are assigned to us,
 616  I, 3|               was conversing with the harlot they called Him a false
 617 II, 4|             written, that "no one can harm the man who does not injure
 618  I, 1|              never ceased continually harping upon this theme; but as
 619 IV, 5|               quietly and secretly to hasten out to me it would be of
 620 IV, 2|            the governor heard this he hastened down to the house intending
 621 III  |        despising death as if you were hastening to quit a foreign country,
 622 IV, 4|              undergone even if no one hastens it: and if you speak of
 623      | hath
 624 IV, 3|            plodded on, led, or rather hauled by the hand, for to walk
 625 III  |               you are like a tower, a haven, and a wall of defence,
 626  V   |              return should again make havoc of my feeble digestion;
 627 III  |               vomiting supervening on headache, loss of appetite, and constant
 628 IV, 5|           even if all men are rushing headlong to ruin. For your reward
 629 II, 1|             once more whilst I try to heal the wounds of thy despondency
 630 IV, 4|             enjoy experience of their healing power, and benefit, and
 631 IV, 4|             and conducting him into a healthy state of serenity. When
 632 IV, 3|               Imagine my condition on hearing this! Then, when I said
 633 II, 3|             is exempt from blame, but hearken to the voice of St. Paul
 634  I, 2|              outpouring of a grateful heart. And when the malicious
 635 III  |              together, and the sea is heaved up from its very depths
 636 II, 3|            the greatest sins from the heaviest burden of them; or if any
 637 IV, 5|           care of the letters; and if Helladius the presbyter be not on
 638 IV, 2|              dared to stand by me and help me, but covered with shame
 639  I, 4|            uproar; alone in the midst hemmed in by all his enemies, and
 640 II, 2|     distressing way; flocks and whole herds had been destroyed, the
 641 IV, 4|              yourself, which makes me hide my head for shame. But read
 642  I, 5|        disciples continued to live in hiding and secrecy, being fugitives
 643  I, 4|               when the servant of the High-Priest dealt Him a blow; and when
 644 II, 2|             this form of patience the highest of all. Nor is the Devil
 645 IV, 5|      perfected.~I am very grateful to Hilarius the bishop: for he wrote
 646 II, 3|           said this to you, it nowise hinders me fromsaying it now) this
 647  I, 4|                 and when they led Him hither and thither, and spent the
 648 III  |                and the most venerable hoar hairs, have fallen into
 649 IV, 5|             widow in the gospel, also holds good in the case of practical
 650 IV, 4|             are confined to their own homes, although they may possibly
 651 II, 1|            few days. Let then my most honoured lord the Count Theophilus
 652  I, 1|             the rudder, bewailing the hopelessness of their situation with
 653 III  |            life to be sensible of the horrors which encircled me, and
 654 III  |        barbarians, nor the devices of hostile men, nor any assaults and
 655  I, 4|         assertion that the robber and housebreaker, the man laden with the
 656  I, 5|         others were received into the houses of common people and artisans
 657 IV, 2|               the peopleshrieking and howling, and imprecating curses
 658 II, 3|               nor ten or twenty, or a hundred, but many in succession
 659 III  |             turn the spears which are hurled at you back upon those who
 660  I, 4|              taken to flight, all had hurried away from Him. And that
 661  I, 2|              melody; and they uttered hymns of thanksgiving to God for
 662 II, 3|             but many in succession in ill health, his body being very
 663 IV, 4|          wearing a chain? or in being ill-treated when it is the occasion
 664  I, 3|            irritated, and agitated by ill-will, and consumed by that passion.
 665  I, 2|            furnace to be heated to an immeasurable height and the wrath of
 666 IV, 3|             and in the expectation of immediate death, I got up, suffering
 667  I, 3|              who was crucified become immediately after his birth a wanderer
 668 IV, 2|               such great terrors were imminent, and death well nigh a certainty,
 669 II, 3|             had received from Him, he imparted to his disciple. For although
 670 IV, 2|               of my infirmity and the impending danger. But even then nothing
 671  I, 1|         visible, but all one deep and impenetrable darkness, so that no one
 672 IV, 5|              a matter of the greatest importance. For there are two things
 673 II, 3|            and entrusted with such an important ministry, and made the circuit
 674 II, 4|               as in a prison, and the impossibility of moving about which I
 675 IV, 2|      peopleshrieking and howling, and imprecating curses on the perpetrator
 676 IV, 3|          which had a fortress and was impregnable, that I might escape the
 677 IV, 1|             take place, but formed an impression in my own mind precisely
 678 II, 2|               of labour and toil, nor imprisonment, and bondage, nor reproaches,
 679 II, 3|            the bonds, the chains, the imprisonments, the being dragged about,
 680 II, 1|     despondency by repeating the same incantations: "for to write the same
 681 II, 3|              the man who had made the incestuous marriage to "destruction
 682 II, 4|               before. And neither the inclemency of the climate, nor the
 683  I, 3|               who have remained in an incurable condition, even after the
 684 II, 1|              of my digestion, and the incursions of the Isaurians. For the
 685 IV, 2|              for so I must call them, indicating their frenzy by the expression)
 686 IV, 3|           This however I could not be induced to do, but remained in the
 687  I, 4|            but also to involve Him in infamy? For they thought that by
 688  I, 3|       soldiers arrayed in battle, and infants torn from the breast were
 689 III  |               latter being a cause of infinite mischief to many who after
 690 II, 3|               s sake, and thine often infirmities." And he who raised the
 691 II, 1|              allays the deep internal inflammation, draws out moisture on the
 692 IV, 5|          service (for he is a devout, inflexible, and zealous man) I have
 693 II, 1|            moderate degree of warmth, infuses no little vigor, and excites
 694 IV, 4|             what is there grievous in inhabiting a prison and wearing a chain?
 695  I, 4|           together, and this drama of iniquity was enacted in the capital
 696 IV, 2|             degree, I lighted upon an inn situated just at the outskirts
 697 II, 4|       oppresses you, and do not exact inordinate and cruel penances from
 698  I, 4|           things according to His own inscrutable wisdom.~
 699  I, 3|               long-suffering for some inscrutably wise purpose. And when Jesus
 700  I, 1|           Paul, desiring to prove the insignificance both of the pleasures and
 701 II, 2|         shameless resistance. In this instance however he found that he
 702 II, 2|              by a violent end, and so instantaneous was their death that it
 703  I, 2|               of universal praise was instituted there by these holy men
 704 III  |               through your sufferings instructing either sex to strip readily
 705 IV, 2|               things were done by the instructions of Pharetrius) they concealed
 706 IV, 3|           make an assault, wishing to insult or maltreat me, he was to
 707  I, 4|               thee." ~Again when they insulted Him by offering Him gall
 708 IV, 2|            hastened down to the house intending to succour me. But the monks
 709  I, 4|               the tragedy became more intense, and the ribaldry increased.
 710 IV, 5|              I was anxious to have an interview with him. Nevertheless let
 711  V   |               Chrysostom wrote to his intimate friends. All his extant
 712 II, 4|            mine I can support such an intolerable amount of cold, or that
 713  I, 5|    illustrious from the manner of its introduction. One disciple for example
 714 II, 2|               found that he could not invent any further shameless device,
 715  I, 2|               there by these holy men inviting every kind of created thing
 716  I, 2|          trouble thee, but ceasing to invoke the aid of this or that
 717  I, 5|              nay even when many times invoked he would not consent but
 718  I, 3|             all things, praising, and invoking Him; beseeching and supplicating;
 719 IV, 4|               mention that which only involves a change of country and
 720 II, 1|               indoors. This indeed is irksome to me, if it were not for
 721  I, 2|               gets the better even of iron and stone, and masters every
 722 III  |            ship to some anchorage, or island or shore. But you, although
 723  I, 2|       everywhere throughout the world issued letters full of reverent
 724 IV, 2|             of their country being in Jeopardy, so that even the old men
 725 II, 2|          slight kind of fortitude, as Jeremiah that great and eminent prophet
 726  I, 3|             Him. And not only did the Jews thus oppose Him, but even
 727  I, 2|              kind of created thing to join in the wondrous melody;
 728  I, 3|              who was with thee beyond Jordan, behold the same baptizeth
 729 II, 3|               that it is an excuse to justify you in desiring death, that
 730  I, 1|              confiscation, exile, the keen sword of the enemy, the
 731 II, 1|          which might arise from them; keeping up a constant fire, setting
 732 II, 2|          excess, a table of brotherly kindness, they were all overwhelmed;
 733  I, 4|               accused Him of usurping kingly power saying "Every one
 734 II, 2|              them laid upon abed, nor kissed their hands, nor heard their
 735 IV, 3|      annoyance, announced, without my knowledge, that the barbarians were
 736  I, 3|              one said, "He would have known who this woman is which
 737 IV, 3|             me, he was to collect the labourers from her other farms, and
 738 III  |            prize of patience, neither labouring, nor toiling, neither feeling
 739  I, 2|           after their death?) and the labours of the heroes were completed,
 740 II, 4|       scarcity of provisions, nor the lack of attendants, nor the unskillfulness
 741  I, 1|           with sharp cries and bitter lamentations, neither sky nor sea clearly
 742 IV, 2|           whilst every one wailed and lamented. But when I got outside
 743 II, 2|          moment of time affecting his lands, his house, his cattle,
 744 II, 3|            his voyage on the sea, the larger is the freight which he
 745 IV, 2|                 2. Now when I arrived late one evening at Cae;sarea,
 746 II, 3|               his circumstances - the law was not given, the prophets
 747  V   |         nature of affliction;-when it lays hold of a brave and noble
 748 IV, 2|            persons say "Where are you leading him away to manifest death?"
 749 III  |            crags and reefs, and rocky ledges and fierce monsters appear
 750 II, 3|             this man's infirmity, but left him in the furnace of his
 751 IV, 1|               tranquillity, plenty of leisure and good bodily health.
 752  I, 4|           raising the dead, cleansing lepers, casting out devils, multiplying
 753 II, 3|      abundance of confidence. For the lessons which Paul himself had enjoyed
 754 IV, 2|                being oppressed by the lethargy arising from the feverish
 755 III  |            put down their tyranny and levelled their citadel. And whilst
 756 II, 3|         penalties to which the sin is liable, he added: "for if we would
 757  I, 2|            captives deprived of their liberty, wandering outcasts from
 758 IV, 5|             it concerns you, so as to lift him up out of the pit. For
 759 IV, 2|       suffering to the last degree, I lighted upon an inn situated just
 760      | likely
 761 II, 2|          table, and the dust, and the limbs of his children, were all
 762 II, 4|               you again exceeding the limits of former communications.
 763 II, 4|              in such a habit of disci line and endurance are found
 764 II, 2|            following billow, and long lines of rocks, and the darkness
 765 IV, 3|          having ordered torches to be lit. These however the presbyter
 766 III  |          therefore I put only a light load on my stomach, so that it
 767 II, 2|            namely death, terrible and loathsome though it be, is so oppressive
 768  I, 4|               out devils, multiplying loaves, and doing all other kinds
 769 IV, 2|          exhorted and entreated me to lodge at her suburban house which
 770 III  |              insensible to my present loneliness, and the other troubles
 771 IV, 3|               sleep, exclaimed with a loud voice "Get up, I pray you,
 772 II, 2|            banquet, a banquet full of love, not of excess, a table
 773  I, 3|              extraordinary power, His loving-kindness and care? Be not therefore
 774  I, 1|            sea upheaved from the very lowest depths, some sailors floating
 775  I, 3|              who are dead, to restore lustre to decayed things,and freshness
 776  V   |            derisive scorn the fury of lusty men gnashing their teeth
 777 III  |            been turned to flight, all lying prostrate before the eyes
 778  I, 4|           power saying "Every one who maketh himself a king is not a
 779  I, 2|          grateful heart. And when the malicious devices of their enemies
 780 II, 2|               an evidence of the most malignant cruelty on the part of his
 781 IV, 3|         assault, wishing to insult or maltreat me, he was to collect the
 782  I, 1|          beyond all expectation, thus manifesting his own power, and training
 783  I, 4|          means they should be able to manufacture the belief that He was worse
 784 IV, 1|              neither market-place nor market that is nothing to me. For
 785 IV, 1|         although the town has neither market-place nor market that is nothing
 786  I, 4|              to the cross, having the marks of the scourge upon His
 787 II, 3|               had made the incestuous marriage to "destruction of the flesh,"
 788 IV, 3|             her other farms, and thus marshal a force against them. Moreover
 789 IV, 5|              diligent heed to it. The Marsian and Gothic monks where the
 790 IV, 5|             cease to pay attention to Maruthas the Bishop, as far as it
 791  I, 2|               and the herald of God's marvellous deed, and everywhere throughout
 792  I, 2|           even of iron and stone, and masters every kind of substance.
 793  I, 1|            sails torn to tatters, the masts sprung, the oars dashed
 794 III  |               best foundation for the materials of fame. And you, knowing
 795 II, 2|             else (for this is what is meant by the expression "skin
 796      | Meanwhile
 797 IV, 3|      circumstance which filled up the measure of our perplexity-we had
 798 IV, 5|               the present time), take measures to put them off for a time
 799 IV, 4|               of them were a salutary medicine capable of reviving any
 800 II, 1|               physicians, and to take medicines which avail to correct these
 801 IV, 3|              for when she came out to meet me she concealed these things
 802  I, 2|               to join in the wondrous melody; and they uttered hymns
 803 II, 3|              purified, the longer the merchant makes his voyage on the
 804 III  |               virtue as a rudder. Now merchants and pilots, and sailors
 805  I, 4|           that neither on the plea of mercy, nor of the privilege of
 806 IV, 4|      confiscation of goods? These are mere words, destitute of any
 807 IV, 1|           honour which far exceeds my merits? Is it the desolation of
 808 III  |            for those who wish to make merry. But you on the contrary,
 809 IV, 1|             those who brought me this message.~
 810 III  |         planks, you plunging into the mid ocean of calamities call
 811 IV, 2|            house which was about five miles from the city and she sent
 812  I, 3|              death, and even when the milk was in their throats, the
 813 II, 4|            feeble and flimsy frame as mine I can support such an intolerable
 814 II, 2|             of his children, were all mingled together. Nevertheless when
 815 IV, 2|             all paid me every kind of ministration and assistance. Yet even
 816 II, 3|      entrusted with such an important ministry, and made the circuit of
 817 III  |              mind by dwelling upon my miseries, from all of them I am now
 818 IV, 1|            all directions for fear of missing the pleasure of meeting
 819 IV, 5|           woman when she had cast two mites into the treasury surpassed
 820  I, 4|               those manifold kinds of mockery, successively repeated,
 821 II, 1|        moisture on the skin, causes a moderate degree of warmth, infuses
 822 II, 1|               inflammation, draws out moisture on the skin, causes a moderate
 823 IV, 1|            regard; and he has set the monasteries of men and women in motion
 824 II, 4|               account of Pelagius the monk. Consider therefore what
 825  I, 4|           they made that dreadful and monstrous assertion that the robber
 826 III  |               and during the last two months I have been no better than
 827 III  |               foam keep their vessels moored inside harbour; and if they
 828 IV, 2|              was effected, and on the morrow the monks arrived even fiercer
 829 IV, 3|            country, and amongst steep mountains in the middle of the night.
 830 IV, 2|             came out and escorted me, mourning as they went. And having
 831 II, 2|          knees, nor did he shut their mouths, or close their eyes when
 832 IV, 4|             honour begging you not to move me from this place. Now
 833 II, 4|              and the impossibility of moving about which I always used
 834 II, 3|               the garlands of victory multiplied; in proportion as the gold
 835  I, 4|           lepers, casting out devils, multiplying loaves, and doing all other
 836 IV, 2|            the Isaurians in countless multitudes were overrunning the district
 837  I, 3|               the preservation of the murderer rather than of the Saviour
 838 IV, 3|              It was midnight, a dark, murky night without a moon - a
 839 II, 3|           holy table and those secret mysteries, and had said that such
 840 III  |            the water, others drifting naked upon planks, you plunging
 841  V   |              by always walking in the narrow and strait path, you have
 842 IV, 3|            inside was thrown down and narrowly escaped destruction, after
 843 IV, 1|              that man of Galatia, who nearly threatened me with death,
 844  I, 3|              was driven through their necks. What could be more distressing
 845  I, 1|               that no one can see his neighbour, whilst mighty is the roaring
 846      | never
 847  V   |              lays hold of a brave and noble soul, this is what it is
 848 III  |          great serenity, as if it was noonday, and calm weather, and a
 849 II, 2|           dealing with one who was no novice in suffering, nor entering
 850 II, 3|            often said this to you, it nowise hinders me fromsaying it
 851 IV, 2|                and the people, monks, nuns, physicians, and I had the
 852  I, 1|        tatters, the masts sprung, the oars dashed out of the sailors'
 853 II, 2|        Perhaps what I have said seems obscure; I will therefore try to
 854  I, 4|        Nevertheless the truth was not obscured, but shone forth all the
 855 II, 3|               and blood of the Lord," observe how he says that they also
 856 II, 3|              And then when he did not obtain his petition, having learned
 857 II, 3|           none of these things yet he obtained this blessing inasmuch as
 858 IV, 3|             afford ample material for obtaining praise with God? Now the
 859 II, 4|             say in your letter, it is obvious that when that has been
 860 II, 2|             utter, although on former occasions he had made the most strenuous
 861 IV, 4|             by saying "I am generally occupied in thinking how to increase
 862  V   |               and that others may not occur, thus fulfilling the Lord'
 863 III  |             you plunging into the mid ocean of calamities call all these
 864  I, 4|            have perpetrated the worst offences, and are not worthy to draw
 865  I, 5|       innumerable stumbling-blocks to offend the weaker brethren, when
 866  I, 4|              not the death of capital offenders? of execrable criminals?
 867  I, 4|             when they insulted Him by offering Him gall and vinegar on
 868 IV, 3|           Caesarea, those who were in official positions, the learned men
 869 III  |               this not after a severe onslaught, nor any alarming muster
 870  I, 1|        transitory and perishable, and operate in a mortal body without
 871  I, 2|           above suspicion even in the opinion of enemies.~
 872  V   |        clothed with a body, but if an opportunity should summon thee to do
 873  I, 3|            not only did the Jews thus oppose Him, but even those who
 874  I, 3|            even out of his own family opposition was kindled against Him.
 875 II, 4|             the despondency which now oppresses you, and do not exact inordinate
 876 II, 2|         loathsome though it be, is so oppressive as infirmity of body. And
 877 IV, 5|        excellent bishop whom I lately ordained and sent into Gothia, has
 878  I, 4| long-suffering God patiently endured, ordering all things according to
 879 IV, 4|               climate now seems to me oriental in character, no less than
 880      | ourselves
 881  I, 2|              their liberty, wandering outcasts from city and home, sojourners
 882 II, 1|              come in contact with the outer air, I suffer no small damage.
 883  I, 2|            land; for all this was the outpouring of a grateful heart. And
 884 III  |       actually insensible to them, to overlook them, and with such little
 885 IV, 2|             countless multitudes were overrunning the district of Caesarea,
 886  I, 1|          fierce black storm which has overtaken the Church, enveloping all
 887  I, 2|        punishment, became himself the panegyrist of those holy heroes, and
 888 II, 2|               not a little to console parents who are being parted from
 889 II, 3|               very awful sin, that of partaking unworthily of the holy table
 890 IV, 4|               perhaps you have made a partial apology, by saying "I am
 891 II, 2|             of righteousness, so this particular species of it is more glorious
 892 IV, 1|       communication or intercourse or partnership with my adversaries. Therefore
 893 IV, 5|            the Bosporus or into those parts at the present time), take
 894  I, 3|        ill-will, and consumed by that passion. For the same reason also
 895  V   |              in the narrow and strait path, you have trained yourself
 896 II, 2|              the credit of any one as patient endurance in suffering.
 897  I, 4|            yet the long-suffering God patiently endured, ordering all things
 898 II, 3|             of the trial, he held his peace, and rejoiced at the things
 899 II, 1|              business perhaps, or the peculiar nature of your sickness,
 900 II, 4|              distressed on account of Pelagius the monk. Consider therefore
 901 II, 3|               namely release from the penalties to which the sin is liable,
 902 II, 4|            exact inordinate and cruel penances from yourself. I sent you
 903 IV, 2|           carried out thence, all the peopleshrieking and howling, and imprecating
 904 IV, 4|              thoroughly, and you will perceive their force and enjoy experience
 905 II, 2|            motion all these trials he perceived that the hero remained untroubled
 906 IV, 2|             in fact he was powerless. Perceiving the great strait in which
 907 III  |           yourself, and having gained perception by experience, naturally
 908 II, 2|             queen of virtues, and the perfection of crowns; and as it excels
 909  I, 1|               sword of the enemy, the peril of the deep, warfare of
 910 IV, 3|            the way, the fears and the perils? as I recall them day by
 911  I, 1|               they are transitory and perishable, and operate in a mortal
 912 II, 2|         distressing; for they too had perished in a distressing way; flocks
 913  I, 4|            Jesus, and having received permission from the judge to make their
 914 II, 1|              in your condition do not permit you to retain what I have
 915 II, 4|        constantly, and if your health permits you, recite it aloud. For
 916  V   |       temptation; but if it should be permitted to happen again I have good
 917 III  |               could not shake off the pernicious effects of the cold; but
 918  I, 4|               death of those who have perpetrated the worst offences, and
 919 IV, 2|             imprecating curses on the perpetrator of these deeds, whilst every
 920  I, 4|             many bewildered, how many perplexed when they smote Him on the
 921 IV, 3|          filled up the measure of our perplexity-we had no companion, no assistant,
 922  I, 5|         Stephen again caused a severe persecution, and dispersed them all,
 923 IV, 5|             account of the affairs in Persia. And ascertain from him,
 924  I, 2|             human alliances), do thou persistently call upon Jesus, whom thou
 925  I, 3|             they also themselves were perverted, from the evangelist adding
 926 II, 3|            when he did not obtain his petition, having learned the benefit
 927 II, 3|      righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter
 928 III  |             of storm - the power of a philosophic soul-which is stronger than
 929 II, 3|          severe, which inflicted much physical pain. "For there was given
 930 IV, 2|               supplies, the want of a physician, the wasting effects of
 931  V   |             And as the fire makes the piece of gold, when it is applied
 932  V   |           unnatural has befallen your Piety, but only what is quite
 933  I, 1|           considering as I do who the pilot is in all this - not one
 934 IV, 5|             to lift him up out of the pit. For I have special need
 935 IV, 2|          strait in which affairs were placed and not daring to advise
 936 II, 3|             from such chastisement is plain from the case of Job, who
 937  V   |                of the natural, almost playful style, and tone of warm
 938 III  |          prize in every course, after playing your part in manifold kinds
 939  I, 4|      transgressor that neither on the plea of mercy, nor of the privilege
 940 IV, 1|          grieves you? Yet what can be pleasanter than my sojourn here? I
 941  I, 1|            insignificance both of the pleasures and sorrows relating to
 942 IV, 1|          quietness, and tranquillity, plenty of leisure and good bodily
 943 IV, 3|              from his mule), and so I plodded on, led, or rather hauled
 944 IV, 3|               not even there was this plot against me to come to an
 945 II, 4|            and when the root has been plucked up, the branches perish
 946 III  |       drifting naked upon planks, you plunging into the mid ocean of calamities
 947 IV, 1|              much gossip. For my lord Poeanius has disclosed to me that
 948 III  |              very outset and starting point, have been overthrown; whereas
 949 IV, 5|        practical affairs. For as that poor woman when she had cast
 950  I, 3|            demanded, and the depraved populace clamoured for the preservation
 951 IV, 3|            those who were in official positions, the learned men who were
 952  I, 5|            have occurred which if not positive signs and wonders do yet
 953 IV, 3|               I suppose, for I do not positively declare it but only suspect
 954 II, 3|              the bosom of the man who possessed a dwelling which he shared
 955 II, 2|            stripped bare of all one's possessions, not the loss of honours,
 956 IV, 4|              homes, although they may possibly come out after Whitsuntide.
 957 III  |             round the farther turning post, have won a prize in every
 958 IV, 5|             correction save delay and postponement (as it is impossible for
 959 IV, 1|             to me. For all things are poured abundantly upon me as out
 960 II, 3|              as he cheerfully endured poverty, and infirmity, and friendlessness.
 961 III  |             ten thousand armies, more powerful than arms, and more secure
 962 IV, 2|      exhortations, and in fact he was powerless. Perceiving the great strait
 963 III  |      destitute of protection. But thy powers do not repel the weapons
 964 IV, 5|              not possible let what is practicable under the circumstances
 965  V   |              also you have constantly practiced by anticipation, and if
 966  V   |              things. Wherefore having practised this most beautiful art
 967 IV, 1|         proclaiming and publishing my praises, and expressing wonder and
 968  I, 3|         thanks to God for all things, praising, and invoking Him; beseeching
 969  I, 5|              For this cause when Paul prayed that the preaching of the
 970  I, 2|            furnace became a temple of prayer, a place of fountains and
 971  I, 5|             when Paul prayed that the preaching of the word might proceed
 972  V   |            thus fulfilling the Lord's precept who bids us pray that we
 973 IV, 1|             impression in my own mind precisely the reverse: but of this
 974  I, 4|            multitude did not know the prediction of the resurrection (and
 975  I, 4|            judge to make their choice preferred Barabbas, desiring not only
 976  V   |           even worse things than they prepare for you. Happy and thrice
 977  I, 3|            populace clamoured for the preservation of the murderer rather than
 978 IV, 2|             more reasonable, but they pressed on, animated by such fierce
 979 IV, 4|              you should say "I take a pride in increasing my sorrow
 980  I, 4|             against Him. For the High Priest rent his clothes saying "
 981 III  |             illustrious career in the priesthood, and after reaching extreme
 982  I, 4|                and followed by Jewish priests making a tumult and uproar;
 983  I, 3|          devils through Beelzebub the prince of the Devils" and they
 984  I, 4|             plea of mercy, nor of the privilege of the Festival was it possible
 985  I, 4|               was being scourged? and probably a vast multitude was present.
 986  V   |        worketh patience, and patience probation." For these reasons I also
 987  I, 5|           preaching of the word might proceed by a smooth course only,
 988 III  |                so also boys have been proclaimed conquerors. while aged men
 989 IV, 1|              me, inasmuch as all were proclaiming and publishing my praises,
 990 IV, 1|          there would have sufficed to procure innumerable rewards for
 991 II, 1|               your ailments have been produced by despondency how is it
 992 II, 4|        flowering and flourishing, and producing an unnatural amount of fruit
 993 II, 3|             punishment, but that some profit will be derived from it,
 994  I, 5|            signs, and are unspeakable proofs of the great providence
 995  I, 5|           letters are a remedy of the proper kind to produce great cheerfulness
 996 II, 2|        bearable, as loss of child, or property, or anything else (for this
 997  I, 4|            Him on the cheek and said "prophesy unto us thou Christ who
 998 II, 3|            the law was not given, the prophets had not appeared, grace
 999  I, 1|            prophet compared all human prosperity not to grass, but to another
1000 III  |           turned to flight, all lying prostrate before the eyes of the world,