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1 II | savour (Eph. v. 3; 2 Cor. ii. 15). A judge is awaited, but
2 II(3) | of St. Leo, note 78, page 187.~
3 Appen | Studies, i. 2, Cambridge, 1891.~------------------~
4 Appen | Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1893 ; of the Passion from Dr.
5 III | the heavens (Phil. iii. 20), the glory unto ages of
6 Appen | African martyrdoms is A.D. 203; the scene, Karthage.~The
7 III | eternity, the prize (1 Cor. ix. 24; Phil. 14), angelic being,
8 III | corruptible wreath (I Cor. ix. 25). Let us, who are destined
9 I | the Holy Spirit (Eph. iv. 30) Who hath entered with you
10 V(11) | p.60 n.1 See above, p. 36, and below, p. 73.~
11 IV(9) | the case of Blandina, p. 37.~
12 I(2) | custom see above, pp. 21, 39, 46.~
13 IV | spirit ready (Matt. xxvi. 41). Let us not therefore flatter
14 Appen(1)| the word. See above, p. 45. They were “witnesses.”
15 I(2) | custom see above, pp. 21, 39, 46.~
16 Appen | APPENDIX~51 So many references have
17 Appen(1)| p. 51 n 1. Tertullian’s use of “
18 I(2) | p.53 n. 1. On this custom see
19 II(3) | p.54 n.1 The reference is to
20 II(4) | p.55 n.1 These words contain
21 IV(10) | p.59 n. 1 Her name was Leæna:
22 II(4) | the true “Way” (John xiv. 6).~
23 V(11) | above, p. 36, and below, p. 73.~
24 II(3) | Sermons of St. Leo, note 78, page 187.~
25 Appen | the African martyrdoms is A.D. 203; the scene, Karthage.~
26 III(8) | house of the devil, the abode of criminals, and yet to
27 II | roam forth, in spirit walk abroad, setting before thyself
28 I | skulk away into his own abyss, coiled up and torpid like
29 I | blessed martyrsdesignate, accept something from me too, which
30 V | instruction also from those accidents which have to be bravely
31 II | hindrances of the soul may have accompanied you to the prison doors,
32 Appen(1)| had not yet done so, is in accordance with the Greek use of the
33 II | race of men. It awaiteth accordingly the judgment, not of the
34 IV | deed. Philosophers have achieved less—Heraclitus, who smeared
35 IV | the sword; led to such an act by their own determination.
36 V | by himself if they have acted against him, or by his opponents
37 IV | of the prisOn, but of the actual contest and battle. The
38 | actually
39 Appen | this volume, and also to add some passages from the Passion
40 II | is requisite, while, in addition, the spirit gains what is
41 I | their own trainers give advice, but even non-professionals
42 IV | into the fires of Mount Ætna; Peregrinus, who no long
43 II | spirit of the age and its affairs! Nor will this dismay you,
44 Appen | of the Address and of the African martyrdoms is A.D. 203;
45 | again
46 IV | Peregrinus, who no long time ago threw himself upon a funeral
47 III | kept from luxury, from more agreeable kinds of food, from pleasanter
48 V(12) | followers of his rivals, Albinus in the west, and Niger in
49 V | have the flames burned men alive! How often have wild beasts
50 IV | Karthaginians, refused to allow his single self to be exchanged
51 | along
52 | although
53 | always
54 | am
55 III | Cor. ix. 24; Phil. 14), angelic being, the citizenship in
56 II | thou not be in prison. The ankle feels naught of the stocks
57 III | Master, Christ Jesus, Who anointed you with the Spirit, and
58 IV | too, blessed women, may answer for your own sex. It would
59 | anything
60 III | day of contest to set you apart from a less restrained condition
61 III | victory. And they, says the Apostle, that they may obtain a
62 Appen | APPENDIX~51 So many references have
63 IV | or bear—which Cleopatra applied to herself lest she should
64 V | actually descend into the arena to the very wild beasts,
65 V | these examples of endurance arising from desire of notoriety.
66 I | him find you fortified and armed with concord; because your
67 Appen | of the Passion from Dr. Armitage Robinson’s edition, Texts
68 III(8) | viewed under five different aspects: It is first the house of
69 IV | the wild beasts and even asps—reptiles surely more dreadful
70 IV | human praise, I am able to assert that those sufferings of
71 IV | tortures. Indeed? then the Athenian harlot10 succumbed to the
72 III | For as everybody knows, athletes are separated for a stricter
73 II(4) | planted with trees, and to the athletic and intellectual contests
74 IV | yours which lead to the attainment of celestial glory and divine
75 I | that which is weak receives attention, that which is weaker ought
76 IV | know that tortures would avail nothing in her case, though
77 V | if we through dread have avoided suffering for the truth’
78 II | Cor. ii. 15). A judge is awaited, but ye are destined to
79 II | the whole race of men. It awaiteth accordingly the judgment,
80 V | having first been tortured, ay, and finally disposed of
81 II(3) | the Vow of Renunciation at Baptism, for the various forms of
82 III(5) | p55 n.2 In the Baptismal Vow of Obedience. The metaphor
83 IV | of the actual contest and battle. The flesh perhaps will
84 III | does he go forth to the battle-line from his bed-chamber, but
85 IV | of mention. Is the glass bead of such value? How much
86 IV | more dreadful than bull or bear—which Cleopatra applied
87 V | run the gauntlet of the beast-fighters’ whips11 with most enduring
88 III | the battle-line from his bed-chamber, but from light and narrow
89 IV | after the loss of her dearly beloved husband; and Hasdrubal’s
90 | below
91 IV | the tyrant, yet refused to betray the conspirators, and in
92 III | toil in these exercises the better hope have they of victory.
93 | between
94 | beyond
95 II | the heavier chains which bind the very souls of men. The
96 V | improved in looks by their bites and scars. Persons, too,
97 IV | her tongue, which she had bitten off, in the tyrant’s face,
98 IV(9) | 2. Compare the case of Blandina, p. 37.~
99 II | the greater darkness which blindeth the hearts of men. The world
100 V | view of their family, rank, bodily condition and age—and all
101 V | which have to be bravely borne, which happen whether we
102 I | the Church, from her own bosom, but also individual brethren
103 IV | pearl! Who, then, is not bound to undergo most willingly
104 V | accidents which have to be bravely borne, which happen whether
105 II | God (cp. Gal. v. 1). Its breath is evil, but ye are an odour
106 II | souls of men. The world breathes the worse impurities, even
107 V | have been put an end to by brigands with the sword, and by enemies
108 II(3) | various forms of which see Bright, Sermons of St. Leo, note
109 V | desire for notoriety in arms bring to the sword! For the same
110 III | with the Spirit, and hath brought you forth to this wrestling-ground,
111 II | public shows, nor by the brutality and madness and indecency
112 III | may have opportunity to build up their strength. They
113 III | judgment-seat: for virtue is built up by hardness but destroyed
114 IV | surely more dreadful than bull or bear—which Cleopatra
115 V | How often have the flames burned men alive! How often have
116 II | joys of life, it is only business to lose somewhat in order
117 II | the name of prison; let us call it a retreat. Even if the
118 III | Christians. We have been called to the military service
119 II | the reward to which God calls martyrs. Let us for a moment
120 Appen | Texts and Studies, i. 2, Cambridge, 1891.~------------------~
121 IV | general of the Romans, when captured by the Karthaginians, refused
122 II | Nay, indeed, through the care of the Church and the love
123 V(12) | Spartian, Severus, 12; Dion. Cass. lxxv. 8, lxxvi. 4; Herodian,
124 II | thee; thou art free from causes of stumbling, temptations,
125 IV | lead to the attainment of celestial glory and divine reward
126 IV | secret; for in that religious ceremony all the noble youths are
127 I | non-professionals and any chance onlookers from outside the
128 I | coiled up and torpid like a charmed or out-smoked snake. Nor
129 IV | relatives to win praise for her chastity. Mucius burnt his own right
130 I | it in yourselves, and to cherish it and guard it, so that
131 IV | crammed into a kind of chest, was pierced all over with
132 IV | Scipio, and flew with her children into the flames of her native
133 III | Therefore your Master, Christ Jesus, Who anointed you
134 III | prison is grievous even to Christians. We have been called to
135 Appen | especial light upon the circumstances under which early Christian
136 V | forests, and in the midst of cities when they have escaped from
137 III | 14), angelic being, the citizenship in the heavens (Phil. iii.
138 IV | the flames of her native city. Regulus, a general of the
139 V | cruelty and torture. How many civilians does a desire for notoriety
140 I | neglected. Not that I have any claims to address you; yet to the
141 III | cuirass, from silence to clamour, from repose to tumult.
142 Appen | for the Delegates of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1893 ; of
143 IV | than bull or bear—which Cleopatra applied to herself lest
144 III | working in the trenches, by closing files so as to form the “
145 I | away into his own abyss, coiled up and torpid like a charmed
146 III | to sun, and from sun to cold weather, from vest to leather
147 III(5) | of the Christian soldier comes from 2 Tim. ii. 3, 4.~
148 IV | instance, lest she should be compelled to wed again, after the
149 IV | endured by many without complaint, nay, have even been willingly
150 I | fortified and armed with concord; because your peace is war
151 IV | from it. Let the spirit confer with the flesh about the
152 Appen(1)| suffered but escaped death (“ confessors “) and those who paid the
153 V | encouragement now, and for our confusion in that day (2 Tim. iv.
154 IV | yield itself to stripes. Consequently, if it is allowed to earthly
155 II | this prison, blessed ones, consider yourselves to have been
156 IV | she who, being privy to a conspiracy, was tortured by the tyrant,
157 IV | yet refused to betray the conspirators, and in the end spat out
158 II(4) | p.55 n.1 These words contain a reference to the recreation
159 II | men. The world in the end contains the more criminals, namely,
160 V | Let us turn to the simple contemplation of ordinary human life,
161 II(4) | philosophers. These are contrasted with Him Who is the true “
162 III | that they may obtain a corruptible wreath (I Cor. ix. 25).
163 IV | to the enemy; and then, crammed into a kind of chest, was
164 I | suggested from the very crowd have often proved profitable.~
165 IV | and experienced so many crucifixions. A woman has even voluntarily
166 V | all these same contests of cruelty and torture. How many civilians
167 III | weather, from vest to leather cuirass, from silence to clamour,
168 I(2) | p.53 n. 1. On this custom see above, pp. 21, 39, 46.~
169 Appen | martyrdoms took place.~The date of the Address and of the
170 II | participate in the solemn days of the heathen. Thou art
171 IV | again, after the loss of her dearly beloved husband; and Hasdrubal’
172 V | dignity are meeting with deaths never dreamt of for them
173 IV | preserve the memory of his deed. Philosophers have achieved
174 II | itself as a prison, we shall deem you rather to have gone
175 Appen | the present writer for the Delegates of the Clarendon Press,
176 V | have escaped from their dens! How many have been put
177 V | same reason they actually descend into the arena to the very
178 II | to the Christian what the desert was to the prophets. The
179 I | your prison, blessed martyrsdesignate, accept something from me
180 IV | woman has even voluntarily desired the wild beasts and even
181 III | built up by hardness but destroyed by softness.~
182 IV | such an act by their own determination. Of women there is a ready
183 IV | fire and all the ingenious devices of the torturer. But against
184 V | How often have wild beasts devoured men both in their natural
185 | did
186 IV | have despised the flames: Dido, for instance, lest she
187 III(8) | prison is viewed under five different aspects: It is first the
188 V | when so many persons of dignity are meeting with deaths
189 V(12) | Spartian, Severus, 12; Dion. Cass. lxxv. 8, lxxvi. 4;
190 II | showed His own glory to His disciples. Let us do away with the
191 III(8) | the scene of the devil’s discomfiture (chap. i.) secondly, it
192 V | too, and a certain mental disease, have ere this trampled
193 II | its affairs! Nor will this dismay you, that you have been
194 V | tortured, ay, and finally disposed of with every kind of insult!
195 Appen(1)| were “witnesses.” Later a distinction was drawn between those
196 IV | attainment of celestial glory and divine reward are unworthy of mention.
197 | done
198 II | accompanied you to the prison doors, just as far as your relatives
199 II | festival-keepers. Open vice doth not parade itself before
200 | down
201 Appen | 1893 ; of the Passion from Dr. Armitage Robinson’s edition,
202 Appen(1)| Later a distinction was drawn between those witnesses
203 V | Tim. iv. 8), if we through dread have avoided suffering for
204 IV | asps—reptiles surely more dreadful than bull or bear—which
205 V | meeting with deaths never dreamt of for them in view of their
206 III | hardships ye experience as a drill of mind and body. You are
207 III | so that, as persons well drilled in all kinds of hardships,
208 III | from pleasanter kinds of drink. They are under restraint,
209 IV | pierced all over with nails driven in from the outside, and
210 V | things which others have eagerly entered upon for vanity’
211 V(12) | Niger in the east, in the earlier years of his reign; Spartian,
212 Appen | circumstances under which early Christian martyrdoms took
213 IV | Consequently, if it is allowed to earthly glory to have such sway
214 V(12) | the west, and Niger in the east, in the earlier years of
215 Appen | been made from the text edited by the present writer for
216 Appen | Dr. Armitage Robinson’s edition, Texts and Studies, i. 2,
217 | either
218 IV | burnt himself to death; Empedocles, who leaped down into the
219 V(12) | p.60 n.2 An emperor, for instance, or a usurper.
220 V | cause, but both for our encouragement now, and for our confusion
221 IV | relatives standing by and encouraging them to endure to the end.
222 V | more of these examples of endurance arising from desire of notoriety.
223 IV | although bitter, have yet been endured by many without complaint,
224 V | beast-fighters’ whips11 with most enduring shoulders.~These things,
225 V | brigands with the sword, and by enemies even on the cross, after
226 I | trampled on him, having engaged with him outside. Let him
227 II | for him who sighs for the enjoyments of the worldly life. The
228 I | lost, have been wont to entreat from martyrs in prison.2
229 IV | be a long tale were I to enumerate one by one those who have
230 III | No soldier goes to a war equipped with luxuries, nor does
231 Appen | St. Perpetua which throw especial light upon the circumstances
232 III | are destined to obtain an eternal one, interpret our prison
233 III | Trainer, the wreath is that of eternity, the prize (1 Cor. ix. 24;
234 III | strengthened within you. For as everybody knows, athletes are separated
235 IV | Of women there is a ready example in the violated Lucretia,
236 V | us say no more of these examples of endurance arising from
237 IV | allow his single self to be exchanged for many Karthaginian prisoners,
238 IV | harlot10 succumbed to the executioner !—she who, being privy to
239 III | more they toil in these exercises the better hope have they
240 III | account whatever hardships ye experience as a drill of mind and body.
241 IV | in from the outside, and experienced so many crucifixions. A
242 I | skilled gladiators, not only experts and their own trainers give
243 Appen(1)| and those who paid the extreme penalty (“ martyrs “).~
244 IV | fury of the beasts and the extremest punishment of fire and all
245 III | Tim. vi. 12; 2 Tim. ii. 4 f.; iv. 8) wherein the living
246 IV | bitten off, in the tyrant’s face, so that he might know that
247 I | them with petty quarrels, failings, and mutual strifes.” Let
248 II | is always serviceable to faith. Thou dost not look upon
249 IV | herself lest she should fall into the hands of her enemy.
250 IV | real as others do for the false?~
251 II | the prison doors, just as far as your relatives did. From
252 III | they are worn out with fatigue; and the more they toil
253 II | shut in and the flesh held fašt, all things are open to
254 II | be in prison. The ankle feels naught of the stocks when
255 II | madness and indecency of the festival-keepers. Open vice doth not parade
256 III(8) | training (chap. iii.) ; and fifthly, a wrestlingschool.~
257 III | the trenches, by closing files so as to form the “testudo.”6
258 I | well for the body to be filled and for the spirit to hunger.
259 II | Thou art not tormented with filthy fumes of sacrifices, thou
260 V | first been tortured, ay, and finally disposed of with every kind
261 I | at variance, but let him find you fortified and armed
262 IV | who leaped down into the fires of Mount Ætna; Peregrinus,
263 III(8) | prison is viewed under five different aspects: It is
264 IV | amongst the Lacedemonians, the flagellation, is no secret; for in that
265 IV | 41). Let us not therefore flatter ourselves, because the Lord
266 IV | suppliant before Scipio, and flew with her children into the
267 I | mutual strifes.” Let him fly from your sight and skulk
268 V(12) | inflicted by Severus on the followers of his rivals, Albinus in
269 V(12) | instance, or a usurper. The following words refer to the ruthless
270 III | more agreeable kinds of food, from pleasanter kinds of
271 Appen | references have been made in the foregoing pages to Tertullian’s Address
272 V | men both in their natural forests, and in the midst of cities
273 III | by closing files so as to form the “testudo.”6 Their occupations
274 II(3) | Baptism, for the various forms of which see Bright, Sermons
275 I | variance, but let him find you fortified and armed with concord;
276 | found
277 III(8) | is a retreat (chap. ii.); fourthly, a place for military training (
278 II | itself before thee; thou art free from causes of stumbling,
279 II | chains, but ye have been freed by God (cp. Gal. v. 1).
280 II | retirement to pray the more freely, and to withdraw from the
281 II | prophets. The Lord Himself very frequently used to go into retirement
282 II | not tormented with filthy fumes of sacrifices, thou art
283 IV | ago threw himself upon a funeral pyre—since, even women have
284 V | even the present times may furnish us with proof, when so many
285 IV | uplifted cross,9 and the fury of the beasts and the extremest
286 II | in addition, the spirit gains what is always serviceable
287 II | have been freed by God (cp. Gal. v. 1). Its breath is evil,
288 V | tunic. Others have run the gauntlet of the beast-fighters’ whips11
289 IV | native city. Regulus, a general of the Romans, when captured
290 I | yet to the most skilled gladiators, not only experts and their
291 IV | unworthy of mention. Is the glass bead of such value? How
292 II | the very judges. It may be gloomy for him who sighs for the
293 II | dost not look upon strange gods, thou dost not come upon
294 III | the Sacrament.5 No soldier goes to a war equipped with luxuries,
295 III | You are about to undergo a good contest (1 Tim. vi. 12;
296 III | III. Granted now, blessed ones, that
297 IV | fear of death is not so great as that of tortures. Indeed?
298 V | and regard themselves as greatly improved in looks by their
299 Appen(1)| is in accordance with the Greek use of the word. See above,
300 I | all, then, blessed ones, grieve not the Holy Spirit (Eph.
301 III | ones, that the prison is grievous even to Christians. We have
302 I | yourselves, and to cherish it and guard it, so that you may be able
303 IV | Mucius burnt his own right hand on the altar that fame might
304 IV | she should fall into the hands of her enemy. But, you will
305 V | be bravely borne, which happen whether we will or no. How
306 III | for virtue is built up by hardness but destroyed by softness.~
307 III | narrow tents wherein every hardship and roughness and uncomfortableness
308 IV | Indeed? then the Athenian harlot10 succumbed to the executioner !—
309 IV | dearly beloved husband; and Hasdrubal’s wife, who, when Karthage
310 III(6) | their shields over their heads, so as to resemble the shell
311 II | darkness which blindeth the hearts of men. The world puts on
312 II | in the solemn days of the heathen. Thou art not tormented
313 II | stocks when the mind is in heaven. The mind carries with it
314 III | the citizenship in the heavens (Phil. iii. 20), the glory
315 II | men. The world puts on the heavier chains which bind the very
316 IV | flesh perhaps will fear the heavy sword and the uplifted cross,9
317 I | there to-day. Therefore give heed that He may remain there
318 II | is shut in and the flesh held fašt, all things are open
319 IV | Philosophers have achieved less—Heraclitus, who smeared himself with
320 V(12) | Cass. lxxv. 8, lxxvi. 4; Herodian, iii. 8, 12.~
321 V | sake of a man 12 what he hesitates to undergo in the cause
322 IV | bitter end. Moreover, that highest solemnity to-day amongst
323 II | II. Similarly other hindrances of the soul may have accompanied
324 I | outside the ring, so that hints suggested from the very
325 V | Persons, too, ere this, have hired themselves out to the flames
326 IV(10) | name was Leæna: see Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii. 23; Pausanias,
327 IV | to endure to the end. For honour and glory will be reckoned
328 III | these exercises the better hope have they of victory. And
329 I | filled and for the spirit to hunger. Surely if that which is
330 II | dost not come upon their images, thou dost not, by the mere
331 V | regard themselves as greatly improved in looks by their bites
332 II | world breathes the worse impurities, even the lusts of men.
333 Appen | has been thought well to include that inspiriting Tract in
334 II | brutality and madness and indecency of the festival-keepers.
335 I | her own bosom, but also individual brethren from their own
336 V(12) | the ruthless punishment inflicted by Severus on the followers
337 IV | punishment of fire and all the ingenious devices of the torturer.
338 Appen | thought well to include that inspiriting Tract in this volume, and
339 V | ordinary human life, and learn instruction also from those accidents
340 V | disposed of with every kind of insult! One will even suffer for
341 II(4) | and to the athletic and intellectual contests in the stadium
342 II | not, by the mere fact of intercourse, participate in the solemn
343 III(6) | movement in which the soldiers interlocked their shields over their
344 III | to obtain an eternal one, interpret our prison as a wrestling-school,8
345 III | Therefore your Master, Christ Jesus, Who anointed you with the
346 II(4) | Him Who is the true “Way” (John xiv. 6).~
347 II | ye have lost some of the joys of life, it is only business
348 II | I Cor. vi. 2) the very judges. It may be gloomy for him
349 II | awaiteth accordingly the judgment, not of the proconsul, but
350 III | presented at the stadium of the judgment-seat: for virtue is built up
351 II | you to the prison doors, just as far as your relatives
352 IV | to be exchanged for many Karthaginian prisoners, but preferred
353 IV | Romans, when captured by the Karthaginians, refused to allow his single
354 I | devil’s house wherein he keepeth his own family. But ye have
355 III | their strength. They are kept from luxury, from more agreeable
356 IV | one by one those who have killed themselves with the sword;
357 I | him so prosper in his own kingdom as to set you at variance,
358 III | within you. For as everybody knows, athletes are separated
359 IV | solemnity to-day amongst the Lacedemonians, the flagellation, is no
360 I | body which not only our lady mother, the Church, from
361 | Later
362 II | porches but that way which leads to God.4 As often as thou
363 IV(10) | p.59 n. 1 Her name was Leæna: see Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii.
364 IV | to death; Empedocles, who leaped down into the fires of Mount
365 V | ordinary human life, and learn instruction also from those
366 III | peace soldiers are already learning by toil and hardships to
367 III | cold weather, from vest to leather cuirass, from silence to
368 IV | themselves with the sword; led to such an act by their
369 II(3) | see Bright, Sermons of St. Leo, note 78, page 187.~
370 | like
371 II | to faith. Thou dost not look upon strange gods, thou
372 V | themselves as greatly improved in looks by their bites and scars.
373 II | gain more than the flesh loses. Nay, indeed, through the
374 IV | to wed again, after the loss of her dearly beloved husband;
375 II | care of the Church and the love of the brethren, the flesh
376 IV | example in the violated Lucretia, who stabbed herself in
377 II | worse impurities, even the lusts of men. The world in the
378 III | goes to a war equipped with luxuries, nor does he go forth to
379 III | strength. They are kept from luxury, from more agreeable kinds
380 V(12) | Severus, 12; Dion. Cass. lxxv. 8, lxxvi. 4; Herodian,
381 V(12) | 12; Dion. Cass. lxxv. 8, lxxvi. 4; Herodian, iii. 8, 12.~
382 II | nor by the brutality and madness and indecency of the festival-keepers.
383 III | marching under arms, by manœuvring over the plain, by working
384 III | hardships to endure warfare by marching under arms, by manœuvring
385 III | of ages. Therefore your Master, Christ Jesus, Who anointed
386 II | prison a prison also. It matters not to you who are beyond
387 | me
388 V | many persons of dignity are meeting with deaths never dreamt
389 IV | fame might preserve the memory of his deed. Philosophers
390 V | notoriety too, and a certain mental disease, have ere this trampled
391 IV | divine reward are unworthy of mention. Is the glass bead of such
392 II | images, thou dost not, by the mere fact of intercourse, participate
393 V | natural forests, and in the midst of cities when they have
394 | Moreover
395 I | which not only our lady mother, the Church, from her own
396 V | V. I say no more of the motive of fame. Desire for notoriety
397 IV | leaped down into the fires of Mount Ætna; Peregrinus, who no
398 III(6) | p.56 n.1 A movement in which the soldiers interlocked
399 IV | praise for her chastity. Mucius burnt his own right hand
400 I | quarrels, failings, and mutual strifes.” Let him fly from
401 | my
402 IV | was pierced all over with nails driven in from the outside,
403 III | bed-chamber, but from light and narrow tents wherein every hardship
404 IV(10) | Leæna: see Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii. 23; Pausanias, i.
405 IV | children into the flames of her native city. Regulus, a general
406 V | devoured men both in their natural forests, and in the midst
407 II | prison. The ankle feels naught of the stocks when the mind
408 I | weaker ought still less to be neglected. Not that I have any claims
409 | never
410 V(12) | Albinus in the west, and Niger in the east, in the earlier
411 IV | religious ceremony all the noble youths are scourged before
412 I | trainers give advice, but even non-professionals and any chance onlookers
413 II(3) | Bright, Sermons of St. Leo, note 78, page 187.~
414 III(8) | n. 1. It will have been noticed that the martyrs’ prison
415 I | too, which may serve to nourish your spirit also. For it
416 III(5) | In the Baptismal Vow of Obedience. The metaphor of the Christian
417 III | form the “testudo.”6 Their occupations are all severe, lest body
418 II | breath is evil, but ye are an odour of sweet savour (Eph. v.
419 | off
420 I | non-professionals and any chance onlookers from outside the ring, so
421 V | acted against him, or by his opponents if they have ranged themselves
422 III | training, that they may have opportunity to build up their strength.
423 II | business to lose somewhat in order to gain more. I say nothing
424 V | simple contemplation of ordinary human life, and learn instruction
425 | ourselves
426 I | torpid like a charmed or out-smoked snake. Nor let him so prosper
427 IV | who smeared himself with ox-dung, and burnt himself to death;
428 Appen | of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1893 ; of the Passion from
429 III(5) | p55 n.2 In the Baptismal Vow
430 II(3) | Sermons of St. Leo, note 78, page 187.~
431 Appen | been made in the foregoing pages to Tertullian’s Address
432 Appen(1)| confessors “) and those who paid the extreme penalty (“ martyrs “).~
433 II | sacrifices, thou art not pained by the shouts at the public
434 III(7) | this passage is that of the palæstra,~
435 II | festival-keepers. Open vice doth not parade itself before thee; thou
436 IV | before the altar, their parents and relatives standing by
437 II | mere fact of intercourse, participate in the solemn days of the
438 III(7) | metaphor throughout this passage is that of the palæstra,~
439 Appen | volume, and also to add some passages from the Passion of St.
440 III | and mind should quake at passing from shade to sun, and from
441 IV(10) | Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii. 23; Pausanias, i. 23.~
442 IV | How much more the true pearl! Who, then, is not bound
443 Appen(1)| those who paid the extreme penalty (“ martyrs “).~
444 V | upon for vanity’s sake unto perdition.~VI. But let us say no more
445 IV | the fires of Mount Ætna; Peregrinus, who no long time ago threw
446 | perhaps
447 V | blessed ones, the Lord hath permitted to be in the world not without
448 Appen | from the Passion of St. Perpetua which throw especial light
449 II | recollections, and, now, even from persecutions. The prison is to the Christian
450 I | I will tempt them with petty quarrels, failings, and
451 IV | into a kind of chest, was pierced all over with nails driven
452 III | by manœuvring over the plain, by working in the trenches,
453 II(4) | reference to the recreation walk planted with trees, and to the athletic
454 III | agreeable kinds of food, from pleasanter kinds of drink. They are
455 IV(10) | Her name was Leæna: see Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii. 23; Pausanias,
456 II(4) | contests in the stadium and the Porch or school of Stoic philosophers.
457 II | not shady walks or long porches but that way which leads
458 I(2) | On this custom see above, pp. 21, 39, 46.~
459 II | to go into retirement to pray the more freely, and to
460 IV | Karthaginian prisoners, but preferred to be restored to the enemy;
461 III | of hardships, we may be presented at the stadium of the judgment-seat:
462 IV | the altar that fame might preserve the memory of his deed.
463 III | wherein the living God is the President,7 the Holy Spirit is the
464 Appen | Delegates of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1893 ; of the Passion
465 IV | exchanged for many Karthaginian prisoners, but preferred to be restored
466 I | brethren from their own private resources supply to you
467 IV | executioner !—she who, being privy to a conspiracy, was tortured
468 III | is that of eternity, the prize (1 Cor. ix. 24; Phil. 14),
469 II | the judgment, not of the proconsul, but of God. And from this
470 I | crowd have often proved profitable.~First of all, then, blessed
471 V | times may furnish us with proof, when so many persons of
472 II | what the desert was to the prophets. The Lord Himself very frequently
473 I | out-smoked snake. Nor let him so prosper in his own kingdom as to
474 I | the very crowd have often proved profitable.~First of all,
475 I | I. Amongst the provisions for the body which not only
476 II | pained by the shouts at the public shows, nor by the brutality
477 V | the cause of a man, being punished either by himself if they
478 V | dens! How many have been put an end to by brigands with
479 II | hearts of men. The world puts on the heavier chains which
480 IV | threw himself upon a funeral pyre—since, even women have despised
481 III | lest body and mind should quake at passing from shade to
482 I | will tempt them with petty quarrels, failings, and mutual strifes.”
483 II | criminals, namely, the whole race of men. It awaiteth accordingly
484 III | under restraint, they are racked, they are worn out with
485 V | his opponents if they have ranged themselves on his side.~
486 V | in view of their family, rank, bodily condition and age—
487 IV | willingly as much for the real as others do for the false?~
488 IV | so that itself also may receive strength from it. Let the
489 I | Surely if that which is weak receives attention, that which is
490 IV | honour and glory will be reckoned with greater reason if the
491 II | stumbling, temptations, evil recollections, and, now, even from persecutions.
492 II(4) | contain a reference to the recreation walk planted with trees,
493 V(12) | usurper. The following words refer to the ruthless punishment
494 Appen | APPENDIX~51 So many references have been made in the foregoing
495 IV | flames of her native city. Regulus, a general of the Romans,
496 V(12) | the earlier years of his reign; Spartian, Severus, 12;
497 IV | is no secret; for in that religious ceremony all the noble youths
498 I | Therefore give heed that He may remain there with you, and so may
499 II | even outside the prison has renounced the worldly life,3 and when
500 II(3) | reference is to the Vow of Renunciation at Baptism, for the various
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