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Chapter
LV.—Examples of Such Love.
To bring forward some examples4293
| 4293 I. ὑπομνήματα
(memorials). |
from among the heathen: Many kings and princes, in times of
pestilence, when they had been instructed by an oracle, have given
themselves up to death, in order that by their own blood they might
deliver their fellow-citizens [from destruction]. Many have gone
forth from their own cities, that so sedition might be brought to an
end within them. We know many among ourselves who have given
themselves up to bonds, in order that they might ransom others.
Many, too, have surrendered themselves to slavery, that with the
price4294
| 4294 Literally, “and
having received their prices, fed others.” | which they received for themselves, they
might provide food for others. Many women also, being
strengthened by the grace of God, have performed numerous manly
exploits. The blessed Judith, when her city was besieged, asked
of the elders permission to go forth into the camp of the strangers;
and, exposing herself to danger, she went out for the love which she
bare to her country and people then besieged; and the Lord delivered
Holofernes into the hands of a woman.4295
Esther also, being perfect in faith,
exposed herself to no less danger, in order to deliver the twelve
tribes of Israel from impending destruction. For with fasting and
humiliation she entreated the everlasting4296
| 4296 I. omits δεσπότην
(Lord). |
God, who seeth all things; and He, perceiving the humility of her
spirit, delivered the people for whose sake she had encountered
peril.4297
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