¹⁸² Cic. de Off. II. 20, §69.

¹⁸³ S. Luke xiv. 12, Luke xiv. 13.

¹⁸⁴ S. Matt. x. 9.

¹⁸⁵ Acts iii. 6.

¹⁸⁶ Cic. de Off. II. 20, §71.

¹⁸⁷ "linguam auream." Other readings are: "lineam auream," or "regulam auream."

¹⁸⁸ Josh. vii. 21.

¹⁸⁹ Ex. xx. 17.

¹⁹⁰ Num. xxii. 17.

¹⁹¹ Judg. xvi. 6.

¹⁹² Judg. xiv. 6.

¹⁹³ Judg. xv. 14, Judg. xv. 15.

¹⁹⁴ Judg. xvi. 20.

¹⁹⁵ Phil. ii. 4.

¹⁹⁶ S. Matt x. 9.

¹⁹⁷ 2 [4] Kings xxiv. 13.

¹⁹⁸ 2 Cor. iv. 7.

¹⁹⁹ S. Matt. xxv. 35.

²⁰⁰ S. Matt. xxv. 40.

²⁰¹ 2 [4] Kings xxiii. 35.

²⁰² 2 Macc. iii.

²⁰³ This was attempted by the Emperor Valentinian II., who was induced to act in this way by his mother Justina. She being an Arian was only too ready to harass in every possible way a Catholic bishop such as Ambrose of Ticinum was.

²⁰⁴ 2 [4] Kings xxiii. 21ff.

²⁰⁵ Ps. lxix. [lxviii.] 9.

²⁰⁶ S. Luke vi. 15.

²⁰⁷ S. John ii. 17. St. John, however, only says: "The disciples remembered that it was written."

¹ Ps. xxxix. [xxxviii.] 1.

² Prov. v. 15.

³ Prov. xx. 5.

⁴ Prov. v. 17-19.

⁵ Cic. de Off. III. 1. Scipio, born b.c. 234. He was the greatest Roman of his time, a famous general and the conqueror of Hannibal. His exploits in Africa won him the surname of Africanus. Owing to jealous intrigues he in b.c. 185 left Rome and retired to his estate, where he passed the rest of his days in peaceful employments. Cicero (de Off. III. 1) relates on Cato's authority that he used to say: "Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus, nec minsolum quam cum solus esset."

⁶ Ex. xiv. 16.

⁷ Ex. xvii. 11.

⁸ Ex. xxiv. 17.

⁹ Ps. lxxxv. [lxxxiv.] 8.

¹⁰ Acts v. 15, Acts v. 16.