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mmo good artista aliae Ailled to the ulmost in their ari and liboriab furnished in the matter os coloure, to possem the liber of pariling thela vor&pictures, not simply of a unilam complexion, but also of Various descriptions and of richest beauu in tho abundant mixtum os flowers, Without let or hindrance.
re undar tho necessity oi using, as it Were, onj charcoaland tiles, that is in say, those rude and common Worda and phrasos; and is means of these, to the best of our abili , o represoni the nativo dispositions of our mind, expres ing them in auch language as is at our service, and Ende
inen Ming to the dissimi oxperieneod in learning the lava, in tho Wayes haemoniaing thono vhich apparently op ae each other.
- δανιμις, lor hiis Ger. V sius oves ἀσεβεῖς, Pi s.' εἰ καὶ βουλητον, etc., lor hich Hoeschelius oves ο- βουλητόν, eto. o Latin version oves, non enim aliter sentire aut posse aut velle me remquam diaerim. - ἀσπασαμενοι ηδέως, ἐπεὶ καὶ προφρονήσαmo The Passage is con
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tion. Nor, again, is it his strength or beaub; for these formitie eulogies of youths, of whicli it matters littio Whether the
os a temporary and fugitive nature, Which peristi in many Various Ways and quichly, and to disco se of theso withali tho grandeur and digni of great astatra, and with such timorous delus, mould seem a Vain and sutile procedure. And certainly, is it had been proposed to me to speak of anyot thoso things whicli are useless and unsubstanties, and suchas I should novor voluntarily have thought of speahing o is, I say, it had been proposed to me to spea os mythingos that character, my speech Mould have had nono of this caution or fear, test in any stalament I might Mem to como bonoath the merit of the subjeci. But nori my subjectdealing With that whicli is most godliho in the man, and that in him whicli has most amni with God, that whicli is indoed confinod wistin the limits of this visibis and mortalio , but whicli strains nevertheless most ardently aster the
Horachellua ives ἀλλα oη. Bengel fosso a Um, and rendera it, sed rursum, tertio loco, aliud est quod prohibet. Delarue proposes, αλλὰ γαρ
This is the rendering according to tho Latin version. The texi is,
ἀπεσκευασμενου ηδη μείζονι παρασκευ' μεταναστάσεως της προς το θεῖον. Vomiua reada, με r ἀναστάσεως.
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ailance seems to me to M also the salo co se, test, With thoahow of an expression of thantagiving, I may chance, in myrashness, to discourso of noble and sacred subjecta in te sim te and pHtry and ulterly trite, and thus not only missattaining the truth, but even, so sar as it depends on me, do it somo injury with those who may bellove that it standa
in such a category, When a discourse thereon is composed
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42 GREGORY THAUMATURGUS tho Divino Word mmmis ot indoed With covered feet, asis sto case With the generat mass of men, and, as it mere, under tho thich coverings of enigmatical and obscuro δ in
noW solourns; While me, Who have but refuso and mud tooster in these human motas of oura, havo been bold enouoto pour them into eam Which are pracssed in hearing onlywοrds that ars divine and pure. It might indeed sussico us, thereiare, to have transgressed thus sar; and noW, at leas it might be but right to restrian ourseives, and to adVaneo nofurther With our disco se. And verily I Would sisp heremost gladb. Neverihelem, as I have onm made thΘ rashVenture, it may be allowed me fidit os ali to explain thoreason under the fores of which I havo been led into this arduous ente rise, is indeed any pardon can bo extended tomo for my for ardness in this matter. III. Ingratitude appears to me to bo a diro erit; a dire erit indeed, yea, the direst os eviis. For When one has received some benefit, his falling to attempt to maho anyretum is at least the orat expression os inanis, Where auot esse is Myond his poWer, maas him out either as an ulterly irrationes person, or as one devoid of the sense of obligations conferreri or as a man Without any memory. And, again, though ono is possessed naturalty and at once by the senseand the knowledge of benefiis received, yet, uniem he also carries the memory of these obligations to future days, and offers some evidenco os gratitude to tho auctor of the boons, suta a person is a duli, and ungratesul, and implous felloW ;and lis commits an offenco which can be excused Deither in the cass of the great nor in stat of the smali: f Wo sudi se the case of a great and high-minded man not Maring constantly on his lips his great benefiis With ali gratitude and hono , or that os a mali and contemptibio man not pria
' Massing AR, With Ηceschelius, Benges, and the Paria editor, hila
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benefactor, not simpb in great services, but also in amasser. Upon the great, therelare, and those Who excet in poWersos mind, it is incumbent, as out of their greater abundanco and larger mealth, to render greater and Worthier presse, according to thela capaci , to their benefactora. But thohumble also, and thoso in narro circumstances, it bes manetther in neglect those Who do them service, nor to tae their
ho is hononred, and in no lem consideration mith him thanit movid have been hia it been some great and splendid offer-ing, is it is onj presented Min decided earn iness, and witha sincere mind. Thus is it Iaid down in the sacred writings, that a certain and lowly moman, Who Was With the richand poWerful that Wero contributing largeb and richly out ottheir mealth, alone and by hersest cast in a small, yea, the Verysmallest offering, Which mas, however, ali the while her Whola substanee, and received the testimony of having presentedae largest oblation. For, as Ι judge, the sacred Word hasnes set M tho large out aes quantity of the substance oven, t rat e the m d and disposition of the giver, as insatandard by Which ths Worth and the magnificenco of thooffering are to be meas ed. Whereiare it is not meet evensor us by any means to strink irom this duin throuo thesear that our thanhWivings bo not adequale to our Altigations; but, on the contram, me ought to Ventum andauempi everything, so as in offer inanisgivings, is not ad quate, at least such as me hine it in Our poWer to exhibit, asin due retum. And would that our disco se, even thoughit comes inori of the perfeci measum, might at least machtho mark in some degrae, and be smed iram ali appearanceos ingratitudo i For a persistent silence, maintainin under
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44 GREGORY THAUMATURGUS the plausibio cover os an inability to say anything Worthy of the subjeci, is a vain and ovil thing; but it is tho mark of
a good disposition alWays to maho the attempt at a suitabis return, even although the poWer of the person Who offers the gratesul achnowledgment bo inferior to tho desert os tho subjeci. For my pari, even although I am unable to speah
impure, and mixed up With and stained by every unhal-lowod and polluting ovil-but sincere and as pure M pure may be, and most genuine, and most unsophisticaled, and uncontaminated by anything vile;-not even, I say, thoughI Wore thus to devote myself wholly, and with ait the puri of tho ne ly born, to this tas should I produce of myselfany sultable giit in the way of honour and acknowledgmentio tho Rulor and originator of est things, Whom neither menseparalely and individually, nor yet ali men in concert, actingwith one spirit and one concordant impulso, as though ali thatis pure mere made to meet in one, and ali that is diverso homiliat mere tumed also to that service, could ever celebrate in a manner Wortis of Him. For, in Whata ver me ure any man is able to form right and adequale conceptions of His
regarding Him, then, so sar as stat Very capaciu is concerned, -a capacity with Which he has not been gisted by any otherono, but which he has received from Him alone, ho cannot possibiy find any greater matter of thanksgiving than Whatis implied in iis possession.
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IV. But let us commit the presses and hymns in honouros the Κing and Superintendent of ali things, the perenniat Fount of ali bl sings, to the hand of Him Who, in this matteras in ali ostere, is the Ηeater of our infirmi , and Who Monsis able to supply that whicli is laching; to ths Championand Saviour os our fouis, His firatinorn Word, tho Maherand Ruler os est things, with whom also alone it is possibi' in for Himmis and for ali, whether privatoly and individually, or publicly and collectively, to send up to the
Hs is Ilimseli tho Truth, and the Wisdom, and the Ρower of tho Fathor of the universo, and Ho is besides in Him, and is uuly and entirely made one With Him, it cannot
ence on Him alone, and thus present the meet oblation of
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46 GREGORY THA UMATURO USladment of that ceaselem providenco Which Watches over allos us, althe in the greatest and in the smallest concerns, and
though he, inde , as being himseli illustrio , did in theso
tems designate some anget exalted enough to fit his oWndigni and whether it Was some oster one, or Whether it Wasperchance the angel of tho Mighty Counset Himself, tho Common Saviour os ali, that he received as his oWn peculiarguardian throuo his persection, I do not clearly know), e, I say, did recognise and presse some superior angel as his oWn, Whos ver that Was. But we, in addition to tho homago κε offer in tho Common Ruter of ali men, achnowledge and pratio that Ming, Whos ver ho is, Who has Men the w-doriae Dido of our childhood, Who in ali other matters has Men in time past my beneficent tutor and guardian for this ossice ot tutorand Mardian is one Which evidently can fuit' notther mo
inis present timo sustains, and instructa, and conducta me;
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mo into connection mith this man, Which, in truth, is themost important of est the services done me: and this, too, hehas effected for me, although bet en myself and that manos Whom I disco se thero mas no Enship of race or blood, nor any other lie, nor any relatio hip in nolo urhood oreo tW Wharaomer things Which are mado tho ground of
mendisip and union among tho majori of mon). But tos is in briet, in the exercise of a trub divine and wiso
forethought he brought us together, Who mero uniso n toeach other, and strangere, and fore ners, separatia as in rouoly hom inta other as intervening nations, and mo-tains, and rivera can divido man hom man, and thus he made
What mannis this has beon realized it Wouid tae long toremunt fulin not mereb ii I Wem to enter minutely into tho holo subjeci, and wem to attempt to omit nothing, but even