121 [May the young Christian who reads this passage learn to abhor all freedom of speech of this kind. This is a very precious chapter.]
127 [How then can Christians frequent theatrical shows, and listen to lewd and profane plays?]
130 [An example may not be out of place, as teaching how we may put such things to silence. "Since the ladies have withdrawn," said one, "I will tell a little anecdote." "But," interposed a dignified person, "let me ask you to count me as representing the ladies; for I am the husband of one of them, and should be sorry to hear what would degrade me in her estimation."]
138 Ecclus. ix. 9. [i.e., reclining at the table.]
145 Prov. xxiv. 28; Ex. xxiii. 1.
147 [A primitive form of Christian salutation, borrowed from the great Example. John xx. 19.]
151 ["Against such there is no law." Emollit Mores, etc.]
156 [We need not refuse this efflorescence as poetry, nor accept it as exposition.]
162 [Considering the use of incense in Hebrew worship, and the imagery of the Apocalypse, the emphasis with which the Fathers reject material incense, is to be noted.]
164 [An idyllic passage illustrative of our author's delight in rural scenes and pleasures.]
165 [Christianity delights in natural beautuy, and always associates its enjoyment with praise to its Author. Ecclus. xliii. 11.]
167 [This was a marked characteristic of Christian manners at war with heathenism.]
Immortal amaranth, a flower which once
In Paradise fast by the tree of life
Began to bloom."
Paradise Lost, iii. 352.]