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demuod ' λ What, then, are tho salutary ea Maias, and What the regulations for Hippery eyes Τ Conversations Minthe righteous, preoccupying and foreaming the ears againstinoso that would lead aWay from the truth.
Evil communicationa corrupi Mod mannera,''
to look on the shameful exposure of the righteous man ; and modesty covered What intoxication expose the spectacle of the transgression os ignorance.' No tres ought me in heoppure hom calumnious reporis, in Which the ears of those Whohave bellovod in Christ ought to bo inaccessible. It is on this account, as appears to me, that ths Instructor does not permit us in givo ulterance to auot unseemin se tibing us at an early stago against licentiousnem. For ΗΘ is admirabie alWays at culting out tho roots of sins, Auch as,
censures licence in names, and thus cula off tho licentions intercourse of excess. For licence in names produces stodestre of Ming indecorous in conduci; and ths observanco os modesty in names is a training in resistance in lascivio nem. We have ahown in a more exhaustive treatis that neister in tho names nor in the members of intermuraeand nuptial embraces, in Which appellations not in commonum ars applied, is there the designation Oi What is reatly
For nesther are taee and leg, and suta other member'
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nor are the names applied in them, and the activity put sortii by them, obscene. And even the secret paris of man are tobe regataed as objecta suggestive os modes , not shame. It is their uesaines activity that is inamesul, and deseruingignominy, and reproach, and punishment. For the onlything that is in reality shameses is michianes' and What is done throno it. In accordance With these remains, conVe sation about deeds of wichedn s is approprialeb termed filthybhamoiulJ spmhing, M talli about adultery and paederastyand the lita. Frivolous prati , too, is to be put in silen . For,' it is sald, in muta spe ing thon inest not esca sin. Sins of the longue, therefore, inali be punis d. - Thero is ho Who is silent, and is found wlae; and there is that is halia for much spoeta. But stili more, the pratermines himself tho object of disgust. - For he stat multupliein speech abominatos his οὐ soul. -
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exhorta us not in ulter scurrilous nor unguit te morti.' MFor is the assemblies at festivals tine placo on account of affection, and the ond of a binquet is triendlinem towariathose Who meet, and meat and drink accompany affection, hoW should not conversation bo conducted in a rationat man-
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licence of intorication is tangerous, and prone to defloWer. d he nam a married woman,' because the danger is greater in him attempta in brea the connubial bond. But ii any necessi arises, commanding the presence of married women, let them bo weli clothe wit ut is riament, wistin by modes . But as sor such as are unmarried, it istae extremest scandat for them to present at a banquet ofmen, especialty men under the influence of Wine. And letae men, fixing their eyes on the couch, and leaning Without moving on their elbows, bo present mitti their ears alone; andis they sit, let them not have thola scet crasset nor place onestio on another, nor apply the hand to tho Ain. For itis vulgar not in bear one's seli Without suppori, and cons
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to ino muta sauce, sor man is not by nature a faue consumer, bnt a brea&eater. A temperate man, too, must risebeiore the generat company, and retire quietly from inobanquet. For at the time for rising,' it is sald, nottho last; hasto homo. Tho tWelve, having called together the multitude os the discipies, sald, It is not meet for us toleave the word of God and serve tables. Is thv aviadedinis, much more did thv shun gluttony. d the apostles themsolves, Writing to the brothren at Antioch, and in Syria
modesty, by shoming the good qualities that bolong to him playsully, by censure of the bad qualities, Which do not. Forthis devico is instructive, confirming as it does What is present by What is not present. Such, certainly, is the intention os
toxicated and drunk. But is there are those who like to jestat people, We must be silent, and dispense missi superfluo motas lita fuit cups. For incli spori is dangemus. Themouth of the impetuous approaches in contrition.' M Thou inest not recalve a laosissi report, .nor ahait thou agrae missi an
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unjust person to M an uniust Miness, in neither in calumnies nor in injurious speeches, muta lem erit practices. I alsos Ud thiis it right to imposo a limit on the speech os rightly
regulated persons, Who are impelled to speis to one Who maintaius a conversatiou With stem. For silence is the excellenco
os Women, and the sala priete of the young; but good speechis characteristic os experienced, mature age. Speah, old man, at a banquet, for it is becoming to you. But speis Mithout
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ing them, is the sign os arrogance and disorderitness. Those, t , Who scrupe their laeth, bleeding the wounti, are di agree io to themselves and detest te to thoir neioboura. Scrattaing tho ears and tho irritation of sneeging are sWinishisthings, and attend unbridled sornication. Both shame ulsighis and shamesul conversation about them are to beshunned. Let the look bo steady, and the turning and movement of the neta, and the motions of the hands in conversation, be decorous. In a Word, the Christian is chara teriaed is composure, tranquilli , calmness, and Peace.
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and preMbed the gospei, are figurativeb called tho Det oi tho Lord, of whom also the Ηoly Spirit foretelis in the psalm,
Let us adoro at tho place Where His Det stood,'' that is, Where the apostles, His seet, arrived; since, preached by them, He came to tho ends of the earth. And tears are repentance;
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tippus Was a luxurious man. He ashed an ans er is a sophi licia proposition in the fosso ing tems : A horae anointed mith oiniment is not injured in his excellenco as a horae, noris a dog Whicli has been ano ted, in his excellence as a dog; no more is a man, ' he added, and so finishod. But tho dogand horae inho no account of the oiniment, Whilst in the caseos those Whose perceptions are more rationes, applying orlishscents to their persons, ita use is more censurabie. of theso Oinimenta there are endlem varieties, such as the Brenthian, the
Metallian, and the royal; the Plangonian and tho Psagdianos Egypt. Simonides is not ashamed in Iambic sines in san
For a merchant Was present. They use, too, the unguent mado from lilies, and that from tho cypress. Nard is in hi estimation with them, and the oiniment prepared hom roses and tho othera Which Women uso besides, both moisi and viri
thoughis are directed to the gratification os insatiabie destre, to the exhaustieas variety os fragrance. Wheretare also theyare redolent of an excessive luxuriousness. And they sumigato and sprinhle their clothes, their bed-clothes, and theirho es. Luxury ali but competi vesseis for the meanest usesto smeli os periume. There are some who, annoyed at the attention bestowed onthis, appeis to me to rightly so averse to periumes on