letthe shattering in pieces of my whole body, and all the wicked tormentsof the devil come upon me, so I may but attain to Jesus Christ. Theircharacteristic is pride, and an extravagant love of honor. To the same cause may be ascribed his unwillingnessto revisit his native country, his aversion to being in compan Chrysostom, p.
It was his pleasure, in imitation of our blessedRedeemer, to serve others instead of being served by them;{466} on whichaccount he would scarce permit his own servants to do any thing for him. Arius, Eusebius, and many others, wrote to oursaint, begging that he would take off his censures. hat,though short, privation of his presence, said to him: Son, why hastthou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy fath o offend God thanto suffer all the torments of hell, which every one incurs who is not inthis disposition, (p.
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