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they ceased teaching and proclaiming the good news of Christ Jesus. TO THE COLOSSIANS. Of which I, Paul, became a minister. Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church.

RULE 65. That it is necessary even at the departure itself to pray what is fitting.

Chap. 1. MATTHEW. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a voice

loud, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ And having said this, he breathed his last. ACTS. And they were stoning Stephen as he called upon, and said, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

RULE 60. That one must not abandon those who are struggling for the sake of piety.

Chap. 1. JOHN. Jesus answered them, 'Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming

and has now come, that you may be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone. TO TIMOTHY 2. You are aware of this, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains; but when he arrived in Rome, he searched for me earnestly and found me. may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well how many ways he ministered at 31.805 Ephesus. TO TIMOTHY 2. At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! That one must pray for those being tested in trials. Chap. 2. LUKE. Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. ACTS. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

RULE 67. That for those who have full assurance of the resurrection from the dead,

it is foreign to grieve for those who have fallen asleep. Chap. 1. LUKE. And a great multitude of the people followed him, and

of women, who were mourning and lamenting him. But turning he said to them, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me.' TO THE THESSALONIANS 1. But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

RULE 68. That one must not the properties of this age even after the resurrection

expect, but know an angelic and want-free life in the age to come. Chap. 1. LUKE. Jesus answered and said to them, 'The sons of this age

marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. For they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. TO THE CORINTHIANS 1. But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body

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ἐπαύοντο δι δάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰη σοῦν. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛ. Οὗ ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ Παῦλος διά κονος. Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασί μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώ ματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ Ἐκκλησία.

ΟΡΟΣ ΞΕʹ. Ὅτι δεῖ καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἐξόδῳ προσεύχεσθαι τὰ πρέποντα.

Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Περὶ δὲ τὴν ἐννάτην ὥραν ἀν εβόησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ

μεγάλῃ, λέγων· Ἠλὶ, Ἠλὶ,λαμμὰ σαβαχθανί; τουτέστι· Θεέ μου, Θεέ μου, ἵνα τί με ἐγκατέλιπες; Καὶ φωνήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε· Πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παρατίθημι τὸ πνεῦμά μου. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν, ἐξέπνευσεν. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέ φανον ἐπικαλούμενον, καὶ λέγοντα· Κύριε, μὴ στήσῃς αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν, ἐκοιμήθη.

ΟΡΟΣ Ξʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἐγκαταλιμπάνειν τοὺς ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας ἀγωνιζομένους.

Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἄρτιπιστεύετε; Ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται

ὥρα, καὶ νῦν ἐλήλυθεν, ἵνα σκορπισθῆτε ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ ἴδια, καὶ ἐμὲ μόνον ἀφῆτε. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. βʹ. Οἶδας τοῦτο, ὅτι ἀπεστράφησάν με πάντες οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὧν ἐστι Φύγελλος καὶ Ἑρμογένης. ∆ῴη ὁ Κύριος ἔλεος τῷ Ὀνησιφόρου οἴκῳ· ὅτι πολλάκις με ἀνέψυξε, καὶ τὴν ἅλυσίν μου οὐκ ἐπῃσχύνθη· ἀλλὰ γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ, σπουδαίως ἐζήτησέ με, καὶ εὗρε. ∆ῴη αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. Καὶ ὅσα ἐν 31.805 Ἐφέσῳ διηκόνησε, βέλτιον σὺ γινώσκεις. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. βʹ. Ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μου ἀπολογίᾳ οὐδείς μοι συμπαρεγένετο, ἀλλὰ πάντες με ἐγκατέλιπον· μὴ αὐτοῖς λογισθείη. Ὅτι δεῖ προσεύχεσθαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν πειρασμοῖς ἐξ εταζομένων. Κεφάλ. βʹ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Σίμων, Σίμων, ἰδοὺ ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξ ητήσατο ὑμᾶς, τοῦ σινιάσαι ὡς τὸν σῖτον· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐδεήθην περὶ σοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἡ πίστις σου. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ. Προσευχὴ δὲ ἦν ἐκτενὴς γενομένη ὑπὸ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ.

ΟΡΟΣ ΞΖʹ. Ὅτι τῶν πληροφορίαν ἐχόντων τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀνα στάσεως,

ἀλλότριον τὸ λυπεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖς κεκοι μημένοις. Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ

γυναικῶν, αἳ καὶ ἐκόπτοντο, καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν. Στραφεὶς δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτάς· Θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλὴμ, μὴ κλαίετε ἐπ' ἐμέ. ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣ. αʹ. Περὶ δὲ τῶν κεκοιμημένων οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοὶ, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ, οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα. Εἰ γὰρ πι στεύομεν, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανε, καὶ ἀνέστῃ· οὕτω καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ.

ΟΡΟΣ ΞΗʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τὰ ἰδιώματα τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν

προσδοκᾷν, ἀλλὰ ἀγγελικὸν καὶ ἀπροσδεῆ βίον εἰδέναι ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι. Κεφάλ. αʹ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος

τούτου γαμοῦσι καὶ ἐκγα μίζονται· οἱ δὲ καταξιωθέντες τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐκείνου τυχεῖν καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν οὔτε γαμοῦσιν, οὔτε ἐκγαμίζονται. Οὔτε γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύνανται· ἰσάγγελοι γάρ εἰσι, καὶ υἱοί εἰσι τοῦ Θεοῦ, τῆς ἀναστάσεως υἱοὶ ὄντες. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Ἀλλ' ἐρεῖ τις· Πῶς ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι