es and perfume, and bearing itsfibres to the last, till it droops and lies exhaled and prostrate in thedust; are to be accepted, as is clear from the example of the Holy Innocents, who are styled martyrs by St. At last, Francis, being at prayer in the same church of St. The council received Meletius and his schismatical adherents upon theirrepentance; but they afterwards relapsed into their schism, and part ofthem joined the Arians.
He from that time laid aside his studies, to fix his thoughtsand heart entirely on eternity, and to aspire with the greatest ardorand most languishing desires to the enjoyment of God in perfect love. A wicked strumpet of Caesarea, calledZoe, hearing his sanctity much extolled, at the instigation of the devilundertook to pervert him. mselves with pleasures which flatter the senses, with readingprofane books, and seeking an empty satisfacti Leo said: Any kind of death is welcome to me, that procuresme the kingdom of heaven, and introduces me into the company of theblessed.
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