³¹¹² This lady lived in Gaul and was a diligent student of scripture. Letter CXX. is address to her.

³¹¹³ Joh. i. 41, Joh. i. 45.

³¹¹⁴ Joh. i. 42.

³¹¹⁵ Joh. i. 47.

³¹¹⁶ Gen. xix. 15-26.

³¹¹⁷ Cf. Wisdom, x. 7.

³¹¹⁸ Jas. ii. 23.

³¹¹⁹ Gen. xviii. 1.

³¹²⁰ Cant. i. 7.

³¹²¹ 1 Sam. xv. 35.

³¹²² 2 Cor. ii. 4.

³¹²³ Ezek. ii. 10, LXX.

³¹²⁴ Prov. xviii. 3, LXX.

³¹²⁵ Isa. xxii. 12, Isa. xxii. 13.

³¹²⁶ Ezek. xxxiii. 10, Ezek. xxxiii. 11.

³¹²⁷ Jer. ii. 25, LXX.

³¹²⁸ Jer. viii. 4.

³¹²⁹ Isa. xxx. 15, LXX.

³¹³⁰ Ezek. xviii. 30-32.

³¹³¹ Ezek. xxxiii. 11.

³¹³² Ps. lxxxv. 4.

³¹³³ Ps. xxx. 7.

³¹³⁴ Ps. xviii. 37, R.V.

³¹³⁵ Hos. ii. 7-9.

³¹³⁶ Hos. ii. 6.

³¹³⁷ Joh. xiv. 6.

³¹³⁸ Ps. cxxvi. 5, Ps. cxxvi. 6.

³¹³⁹ Ps. vi. 6.

³¹⁴⁰ Ps. xlii. 1-3.

³¹⁴¹ Ps. lxiii. 1-3 R.V.

³¹⁴² Luke xix. 41.

³¹⁴³ Luke xxii. 62.

³¹⁴⁴ Ps. cxix. 136.

³¹⁴⁵ Jer. ix. 1.

³¹⁴⁶ Jer. xxii. 10.

³¹⁴⁷ Matt. viii. 22.

³¹⁴⁸ Lam. ii. 18.

³¹⁴⁹ Rom. xii. 15.

³¹⁵⁰ Jer. ii. 21.

³¹⁵¹ Jer. ii. 27.

³¹⁵² Jer. iii. 6, Jer. iii. 7.

³¹⁵³ Jer. iii. 1, Vulg. The Hebrew contains nothing corresponding to the words "and I will receive thee." The Latin Version mentioned in the text is of course the old Latin.

³¹⁵⁴ Isa. xxxi. 6, LXX.

³¹⁵⁵ Isa. xlv. 21, Isa. xlv. 22.

³¹⁵⁶ Isa. xlvi. 8, 9, LXX.

³¹⁵⁷ Joel ii. 12, Joel ii. 13.

³¹⁵⁸ Hos. xi. 8, Hos. xi. 9.

³¹⁵⁹ Ps. vi. 5.

³¹⁶⁰ Ps. xxxii. 5, Ps. xxxii. 6.

³¹⁶¹ Lam. ii. 18.

³¹⁶² Ps. lxxxv. 10.

³¹⁶³ In the Vulg. the fiftieth.

³¹⁶⁴ Cf. the heading of the psalm in A.V.

³¹⁶⁵ 2 Sam. xii. 13.

³¹⁶⁶ Ps. li. 1.

³¹⁶⁷ Ps. li. 2-4.

³¹⁶⁸ Rom. xi. 32.

³¹⁶⁹ Ps. li. 13.

³¹⁷⁰ Ps. xcvi. 6, Vulg.

³¹⁷¹ Ps. xxxviii. 5.

³¹⁷² Prov. xxviii. 13.

³¹⁷³ 1 Kings xxi. 19, 1 Kings xxi. 23.

³¹⁷⁴ 1 Kings xxi. 27-29.

³¹⁷⁵ Matt. xii. 41.

³¹⁷⁶ Matt. ix. 13.

³¹⁷⁷ Luke xv. 8-10.

³¹⁷⁸ Luke xv. 4, Luke xv. 5.

³¹⁷⁹ Luke xv. 10.

³¹⁸⁰ Matt. iii. 2.

³¹⁸¹ Luke xv. 11-24.

³¹⁸² Eccles. ix. 8.

³¹⁸³ Ps. iv. 6, acc. to the Gallican and Roman psalters. The allusions throughout are to the ritual practised in Jerome's day in connection with the reception of penitents.

³¹⁸⁴ Ezek. xxxiii. 12.

³¹⁸⁵ Prov. xxiv. 16.

³¹⁸⁶ Cf. Matt. xviii. 21, Matt. xviii. 22.

³¹⁸⁷ Cf. Luke vii. 47.

³¹⁸⁸ Luke vii. 48.

³¹⁸⁹ Cf. Luke xviii. 14.

³¹⁹⁰ Jer. xviii. 7-12.

³¹⁹¹ Luke ii. 34.

³¹⁹² 1 Cor. v. 1, 1 Cor. v. 2.

³¹⁹³ 2 Cor. ii. 7.

³¹⁹⁴ Job xiv. 4, 5, LXX.

³¹⁹⁵ Job xxv. 5.

³¹⁹⁶ Job iv. 18.

³¹⁹⁷ Rom. vii. 24.

³¹⁹⁸ Rom. vii. 18.

³¹⁹⁹ Prov. xxiv. 16.

³²⁰⁰ Cf. Ezek. xxxiii. 12.