⁹² 2 Cor. iv. 18.

⁹³ S. Luke xi. 28.

⁹⁴ S. Matt. xii. 50.

⁹⁵ Acts xxvi. 22.

⁹⁶ S. Luke ii. 25.

⁹⁷ Gen. xli. 9 ff.

⁹⁸ Dan. ii.

⁹⁹ Cic. de Off. II. 10, §36.

¹⁰⁰ Ex. xviii. 13.

¹⁰¹ Ezek. xxviii. 3.

¹⁰² Bel and the Dragon v. 39.

¹⁰³ Gen. xli. 33 ff.

¹⁰⁴ Cic. de Off. II. 10, §36.

¹⁰⁵ Vide Virg. Aen. IV. 13: "degeneres animos timor arguit."

¹⁰⁶ Wisd. vii. 29, Wisd. vii. 30.

¹⁰⁷ Wisd. vii. 22, Wisd. vii. 23.

¹⁰⁸ Wisd. viii. 7.

¹⁰⁹ Cic. de Off. II. 11.

¹¹⁰ Ecclus. xxxi. 9.

¹¹¹ Cic. de Off. II. 9, §32.

¹¹² This was in the year 378. These provinces were invaded by the Goths, who after the defeat and death of Valens at Hadrianople ravaged the whole country, and carried away with them a vast number of captives and afterwards sold them into slavery. St Ambrose busied himself in redeeming all he could. He tells us himself how his efforts were met by the Arian party.

¹¹³ Cic. de Off. II. 16.

¹¹⁴ 1 Tim. v. 16.

¹¹⁵ Cic. de Off. II. 15, §52.

¹¹⁶ Gen. xiv. 16.

¹¹⁷ Gen. xli. 53-57.

¹¹⁸ Cic. de Off. II. 15, §55.

¹¹⁹ Cic. de Off. II. 15, §54.

¹²⁰ Gen. xlvii. 14-20.

¹²¹ Cic. de Off. II. 21.

¹²² Gen. xlvii. 25.

¹²³ Cic. de Off. II. 23, 83.

¹²⁴ Gen. xli. 17 ff.

¹²⁵ Gen. xli. 22 ff.

¹²⁶ Gen. xxxvii. 28.

¹²⁷ Gen. xliv. 2 ff.

¹²⁸ Gen. xlix. 22, Gen. xlix. 25, Gen. xlix. 26.

¹²⁹ Deut. xxxiii. 16, Deut. xxxiii. 17.

¹³⁰ 1 Cor. vii. 25.

¹³¹ 1 Tim. iv. 12 ff.

¹³² "propter me." Cod. Dresd., Ed. Med. have "proeter me."

¹³³ Gen. xxxix. 8, Gen. xxxix. 9.

¹³⁴ "humilitatis, quia domino deferebat; honorificentioe, quia referebat gratiam." Others read: "humilitatis ...deferebat honorificentiam, quia," etc.