³²⁰¹ Luke i. 20-22.

³²⁰² Jer. xxiii. 28.

³²⁰³ Matt. iii. 12.

³²⁰⁴ Ps. lv. 6.

³²⁰⁵ 1 Cor. vii. 5.

³²⁰⁶ Deut. v. 31.

³²⁰⁷ Ps. xl. 2.

³²⁰⁸ Cf. Matt. vii. 24-27.

³²⁰⁹ 1 Cor. vi. 17.

³²¹⁰ Virgil, Aeneid, i. 364.

³²¹¹ A favourite phrase with Jerome. See Letter CXVII.

³²¹² Viz. Artemia.

³²¹³ Matt. ix. 1-7.

³²¹⁴ Matt. xv. 22.

³²¹⁵ Ps. cxix. 176.

³²¹⁶ Cf. Letter LX.

³²¹⁷ Letters LIV., LXXV., LXXIX., and others.

³²¹⁸ Ageruchia = Greatheart.

³²¹⁹ Luke ii. 36, Luke ii. 37.

³²²⁰ See Letter XLVIII., also infra.

³²²¹ Cf. Letter LXXVII.

³²²² 1 Tim. v. 14, 1 Tim. v. 15.

³²²³ 1 Tim. v. 9, 1 Tim. v. 10.

³²²⁴ 1 Tim. v. 5.

³²²⁵ 1 Tim. v. 11, 1 Tim. v. 12.

³²²⁶ 1 Tim. v. 14, 1 Tim. v. 15.

³²²⁷ So Vulg.

³²²⁸ Ovid, Am. iii. 2, 83.

³²²⁹ 1 Cor. vii. 8, 1 Cor. vii. 9.

³²³⁰ Cf. Letters XLVIII. and LXXIX.

³²³¹ So R.V. marg.

³²³² 1 Cor. vii. 39, 1 Cor. vii. 40, cf. Rom. vii. 2.

³²³³ 2 Cor. vi. 14-16.

³²³⁴ Dt. xxii. 10.

³²³⁵ 1 Tim. v. 9.

³²³⁶ 1 Cor. vii. 29.

³²³⁷ 1 Tim. v. 3-5, 1 Tim. v. 16.

³²³⁸ 1 Tim. v. 17.

³²³⁹ Ex. xx. 12.

³²⁴⁰ Mark vii. 11.

³²⁴¹ Text corrupt: probably `quasi0' should be substituted for `si.0'

³²⁴² Cf. Luke xvi. 9.

³²⁴³ A reminiscence of Tert. de Exh. Cast. vii.

³²⁴⁴ 1 Cor. vii. 8, 1 Cor. vii. 9.

³²⁴⁵ Jerome seems to be here relying on tradition.

³²⁴⁶ Lev. xxii. 12, Lev. xxii. 13.

³²⁴⁷ From Tert. de Exh. Cast. xiii.

³²⁴⁸ Julian, Orat. v.

³²⁴⁹ See Dict. Antiq. s.v. flamen.

³²⁵⁰ The sacred bull of Memphis, generally called Apis.

³²⁵¹ Dido.

³²⁵² Who refused to survive the fall of Carthage. The story is told by Polybius.

³²⁵³ See Livy, I. cc. 57, 58.

³²⁵⁴ Against Jov. i. 20.

³²⁵⁵ The battle of Aix was fought in 102 b.c.

³²⁵⁶ The priestesses in these temples seem to have been vowed to chastity.

³²⁵⁷ Val. Max. vi. 1.

³²⁵⁸ Jer. iii. 3.

³²⁵⁹ 2 Tim. ii. 20.

³²⁶⁰ Matt. xiii. 8: for this explanation of the parable see Letter XLVIII.

³²⁶¹ See Letter XLVIII. and note there.

³²⁶² Luke xiii. 32.

³²⁶³ Cf. Joh. iv. 18.

³²⁶⁴ 1 Cor. vi. 12.

³²⁶⁵ Matt. xix. 12.

³²⁶⁶ Job i. 21.

³²⁶⁷ Gen. ii. 21, Gen. ii. 22.

³²⁶⁸ Gen. ii. 24, LXX.

³²⁶⁹ Eph. v. 31, Eph. v. 32.

³²⁷⁰ Gen. iii. 20.

³²⁷¹ Gen. iv. 19.

³²⁷² Rev. ii. 9.

³²⁷³ Cant. vi. 8, Cant. vi. 9.

³²⁷⁴ 2 Joh. i. In Latin `choice0' and `elect0' are one word.

³²⁷⁵ 1 Pet. iii. 20, 1 Pet. iii. 21.

³²⁷⁶ Gen. vii. 13.

³²⁷⁷ Gen. vii. 2.

³²⁷⁸ Gen. viii. 20.