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or peril? or sword? As it is written: For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us, and so on.

RULE 4. That he who does His will honors and glorifies God;

but he who transgresses His law dishonors Him. Chap. 1. JOHN. I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which

you gave me to do. MATTHEW. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. TO THE PHILIPPIANS. That you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. TO THE ROMANS. You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law you dishonor God. RULE 5. That one must, being pure from all hatred towards all, love even one's enemies; and lay down one's life for one's friends, when need calls, having such love as God and His Christ had for us. Chap. 1. MATTHEW. You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies; And after a little: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. JOHN. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. LUKE. and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. TO THE ROMANS. But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. TO THE EPHESIANS. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also has 31.709 loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God. That the proof of being Christ's disciples is love for one another in him. Chap. 2. JOHN. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. That the proof of not having Christ's love for one's neighbor is to do anything that harms or grieves him to the cutting off of his faith, even if what is done is permitted by Scripture for its own reason. Chap. 3. TO THE ROMANS. For if your brother be grieved with your meat, now you walk not charitably. Destroy not him with your meat, for whom Christ died. That a Christian ought, in every way possible for him, to heal even the one who is grieved with him. Chap. 4. MATTHEW. Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you; Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 1 CORINTHIANS. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we intreat. That he who has love according to Christ sometimes even grieves the one he loves for his benefit. Chap. 5. JOHN. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you. 2 CORINTHIANS. so that I rather rejoiced: for though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent. For I perceive that the same epistle, even if for a

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ἢ κίνδυνος; ἢ μάχαιρα; Καθὼς γέγραπται· Ὅτι ἕνεκα σοῦ θανατούμεθα πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς. Ἀλλ' ἐν τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

ΟΡΟΣ ∆ʹ. Ὅτι τιμᾷ καὶ δοξάζει τὸν Θεὸν ὁ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐργαζόμενος·

ἀτιμάζει δὲ, ὁ παραβαίνων αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον. Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· τὸ ἔργον ἐτελείωσα, ὃ

δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Οὕτως λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμ προσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα, καὶ δοξάσωσι τὸν Πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠ. Ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρι νεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ, πε πληρωμένοι καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης τῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς δόξαν καὶ ἔπαινον Θεοῦ. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν Θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις. ΟΡΟΣ Εʹ. Ὅτι δεῖ, παντὸς μίσους πρὸς πάντας καθαρεύοντα, καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀγαπᾷν· ὑπὲρ δὲ τῶν φίλων τὴν ψυχὴν τιθέναι, ὅταν χρεία καλῇ, τοιαύτην ἔχοντα ἀγάπην, οἵαν ἔσχε πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ὁ Χρι στὸς αὐτοῦ. Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἠκούσατε, ὅτι ἐῤῥέθη τοῖς ἀρ χαίοις· Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ μισή σεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν· Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν· Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Ἔσε σθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὥσπερ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὑτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν. Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἐγὼ ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς. Μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐ δεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὑτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὑτοῦ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Καὶ ἔσεσθε υἱοὶ τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ὅτι αὐτὸς χρηστός ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀχα ρίστους καὶ πονηρούς. Γίνεσθε οὖν οἰκτίρμονες, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν οἰκτίρμων ἐστί. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Συνίστησι δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην ὁ Θεὸς εἰς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι, ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ἡμῶν ὄντων, Χρι στὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣ. Γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητὰ, καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγά 31.709 πησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ Θεῷ. Ὅτι ἀπόδειξις τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαθητῶν ἡ ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγάπη. Κεφάλ. βʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες, ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγάπην ἔχητε ἐν ἀλλή λοις. Ὅτι ἔλεγχος τοῦ μὴ ἔχειν τὴν Χριστοῦ ἀγάπην πρὸς τὸν πλησίον τὸ ποιῆσαί τι τῶν βλαπτόντων ἢ λυ πούντων αὐτὸν εἰς ἐκκοπὴν τῆς πίστεως, κἂν συγ κεχωρημένον ὑπὸ τῆς Γραφῆς τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ τὸ γινόμενον ᾖ. Κεφάλ. γʹ. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Εἰ γὰρ διὰ βρῶμα ὁ ἀδελφός σου λυπεῖται, οὐκέτι κατὰ ἀγάπην περιπατεῖς. Μὴ τῷ βρώματί σου ἐκεῖνον ἀπόλλυε, ὑπὲρ οὗ ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν. Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν Χριστιανὸν καὶ τὸν λυπούμενον κατ' αὐτοῦ παντὶ τρόπῳ τό γε ἐπ' αὐτῷ θεραπεύειν. Κεφάλ. δʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἐὰν οὖν προσφέρῃς τὸ δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, κἀκεῖ μνησθῇς, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τι κατὰ σοῦ, ἄφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶ ρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ὕπαγε πρῶτον, διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρόσφερε τὸ δῶρόν σου. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν, διωκόμενοι ἀνεχό μεθα, βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν. Ὅτι τὴν κατὰ Χριστὸν ἀγάπην ὁ ἔχων ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ λυπεῖ πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον τὸν ἀγαπώμε νον. Κεφάλ. εʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Νῦν δὲ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐρωτᾷ με· Ποῦ ὑπάγεις; Ἀλλ' ὅτι ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἡ λύπη πεπλή ρωκεν ὑμῶν τὴν καρδίαν. Ἀλλ' ἐγὼ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω ὑμῖν· συμφέρει ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω. Ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἀπέλθω, ὁ Παράκλητος οὐκ ἐλεύσεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. βʹ. Ὥστε με μᾶλλον χα ρῆναι, ὅτι, εἰ καὶ ἐλύπησα ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ, οὐ μεταμέλομαι, εἰ καὶ μετεμελόμην. Βλέπω γὰρ, ὅτι ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἐκείνη, εἰ καὶ πρὸς