⁴³¹ Jer. iii. 3.

⁴³² Plebeians wore a narrow stripe, patricians abroad one.

⁴³³ Beloved ones, viz., women who lived with the unmarried clergy professedly as spiritual sisters, but really (in too many cases) as mistresses. The evil custom was widely prevalent and called forth many protests. The councils of Elvira, Ancyra, and Nicaea passed canons against it.

⁴³⁴ Prov. vi. 27, Prov. vi. 28.

⁴³⁵ Matt. xiii. 8.

⁴³⁶ Cena dubia. The allusion is to Terence, Phormio, 342.

⁴³⁷ Cant. i. 7, R.V.

⁴³⁸ Phil. i. 23.

⁴³⁹ Luke ii. 51.

⁴⁴⁰ Eph. vi. 16.

⁴⁴¹ Hos. vii. 4, Hos. vii. 6, R.V.

⁴⁴² Luke xxiv. 32.

⁴⁴³ Ps. cxix. 140, P.B.V.

⁴⁴⁴ Cant. iii. 1.

⁴⁴⁵ Col. iii. 5.

⁴⁴⁶ Gal. ii. 20.

⁴⁴⁷ Ps. xxxix. 6, Vulg. That is, who knows that the world is vanity.

⁴⁴⁸ Ps. cxix. 83 Vulg.

⁴⁴⁹ Ps. cix. 24; cii. 5.

⁴⁵⁰ Ps. vi. 6, P.B.V.

⁴⁵¹ Ps. cii. 7.

⁴⁵² 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

⁴⁵³ Ps. ciii. 2-4.

⁴⁵⁴ Ps. cii. 9.

⁴⁵⁵ 2 K. ii. 13.

⁴⁵⁶ Gen. iii. 16.

⁴⁵⁷ Gen. ii. 17.

⁴⁵⁸ Gen. i. 28.

⁴⁵⁹ Gen. iii. 18, Gen. iii. 19.

⁴⁶⁰ See Letter XLVIII. 3.

⁴⁶¹ Matt. xix. 11, Matt. xix. 12.

⁴⁶² Eccles. iii. 5.

⁴⁶³ Matt. iii. 9.

⁴⁶⁴ Zech. ix. 16, LXX.

⁴⁶⁵ Joh. xix. 23.

⁴⁶⁶ Ps. cxvi. 7.

⁴⁶⁷ Isa. xi. 1, LXX.

⁴⁶⁸ In the Latin there is a play on words here between virga and virgo.

⁴⁶⁹ Cant. ii. 1.

⁴⁷⁰ Dan. ii. 45.

⁴⁷¹ Cant. ii. 6.

⁴⁷² Gen. vii. 2.

⁴⁷³ Ex. iii. 5: Josh. v. 15.

⁴⁷⁴ Matt. x. 10. According to Letter XXIII. these typify dead works.

⁴⁷⁵ Joh. xix. 23, Joh. xix. 24.

⁴⁷⁶ Isa. xxviii. 24.

⁴⁷⁷ 1 Cor. vii. 25.

⁴⁷⁸ 1 Cor. vii. 7, 1 Cor. vii. 8.

⁴⁷⁹ 1 Cor. ix. 5.

⁴⁸⁰ Isa. xxxi. 9, LXX.

⁴⁸¹ Isa. liv. 1, LXX. (?)

⁴⁸² Ps. cxxviii. 3.

⁴⁸³ Ps. cv. 37.

⁴⁸⁴ Isa. lvi. 3.

⁴⁸⁵ Cf. Luke xvi. 19 sqq.

⁴⁸⁶ Gen. xxv. 1.

⁴⁸⁷ Gen. xxx. 14-16.

⁴⁸⁸ Gen. xxx. 1, Gen. xxx. 2.

⁴⁸⁹ Jer. xvi. 2.

⁴⁹⁰ Jer. i. 5.

⁴⁹¹ 1 Cor. vii. 26, R.V.

⁴⁹² 1 Cor. vii. 29.

⁴⁹³ Lam. iv. 4.

⁴⁹⁴ Isa. vii. 14.

⁴⁹⁵ Isa. ix. 6.

⁴⁹⁶ Judith xiii.

⁴⁹⁷ Esther vii. 10.

⁴⁹⁸ Mark viii. 34.

⁴⁹⁹ Matt. viii. 20-22.

⁵⁰⁰ 1 Cor. vii. 32-34.

⁵⁰¹ See the treatise Against Helvidius, in this volume.

⁵⁰² 1 Thess. v. 17.

⁵⁰³ 1 Cor. vii. 3, R.V.

⁵⁰⁴ 1 Cor. vii. 28.

⁵⁰⁵ Not extant. Jerome alludes to it again in his treatise against Jovinian.

⁵⁰⁶ See Migne's "Patrologia," xiii., col. 347-418.

⁵⁰⁷ Ambrose de Virg. Migne's "Patrologia," xvi., col. 187.

⁵⁰⁸ Matt. xxiv. 13.

⁵⁰⁹ Matt. xx. 16; Matt. xxii. 14.

⁵¹⁰ 2 Sam. vi. 6, 2 Sam. vi. 7.

⁵¹¹ 2 Kings xx. 12, 2 Kings xx. 13.

⁵¹² Dan. v. 1-3.

⁵¹³ Ex. xxv. 11.

⁵¹⁴ 1 K. viii. 9.

⁵¹⁵ Ex. xxv. 22.

⁵¹⁶ Matt. xxi. 1-3.

⁵¹⁷ Ex. vii. 16.