118 Ecclus. xxi. 20.

119 Odyss., xiv. 463-466.

120 Matt. xv. 18.

121 [May the young Christian who reads this passage learn to abhor all freedom of speech of this kind. This is a very precious chapter.]

122 Eph. iv. 29.

123 Eph. v. 3, 4.

124 Matt. v. 22, xii. 36.

125 Matt. xii. 37.

126 Rom. xii. 9.

127 [How then can Christians frequent theatrical shows, and listen to lewd and profane plays?]

128 Gen. ix. 23.

129 Ex. xx. 14, 17.

130 [An example may not be out of place, as teaching how we may put such things to silence. "Since the ladies have withdrawn," said one, "I will tell a little anecdote." "But," interposed a dignified person, "let me ask you to count me as representing the ladies; for I am the husband of one of them, and should be sorry to hear what would degrade me in her estimation."]

131 Prov. x. 19.

132 Ecclus. xx. 5.

133 Ecclus. xx. 8.

134 Ecclus. xxxi. 31.

135 Prov. xiv. 3.

136 Eph. v. 4.

137 Ecclus. xiv. 1.

138 Ecclus. ix. 9. [i.e., reclining at the table.]

139 Ecclus. ix. 9.

140 Ecclus. xxxi. 16-18.

141 Ecclus. xxxii. 11.

142 Acts. vi. 2.

143 Acts xv. 23, 28, 29.

144 Prov. x. 14.

145 Prov. xxiv. 28; Ex. xxiii. 1.

146 Ecclus. xxxii. 3, 4, 8.

147 [A primitive form of Christian salutation, borrowed from the great Example. John xx. 19.]

148 Iliad, ii. 213.

149 Ecclus. ix. 18.

150 Ecclus. ix. 15.

151 ["Against such there is no law." Emollit Mores, etc.]

152 Matt. xxvi. 7, etc.

153 Luke vii. 47.

154 Ps. xix. 4; Rom. x. 18.

155 Ps. cxxxii.

156 [We need not refuse this efflorescence as poetry, nor accept it as exposition.]

157 Matt. xxvi. 23.

158 Isa. xxix. 13.

159 John xiii. 5.

160 2 Cor. ii. 14-16.

161 Ps. xlv. 7, 8.

162 [Considering the use of incense in Hebrew worship, and the imagery of the Apocalypse, the emphasis with which the Fathers reject material incense, is to be noted.]

163 Ecclus. xxxviii. 1, 2, 8.

164 [An idyllic passage illustrative of our author's delight in rural scenes and pleasures.]

165 [Christianity delights in natural beautuy, and always associates its enjoyment with praise to its Author. Ecclus. xliii. 11.]

166 Prov. xvii. 6.

167 [This was a marked characteristic of Christian manners at war with heathenism.]

168 ["

Paradise Lost, iii. 352.]

169 Matt. xxvii. 29.

170 Isa. i. 3.

171 1 Cor. xv. 55.