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he said: "Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids direct what is right; make straight paths for your feet." But the voice of the Gospel teaches more imperatively concerning chastity, saying: "Everyone who looks at another man's wife to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. and he who marries," he says, "one divorced from her husband commits adultery, and whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her commit adultery." Further, Solomon says: "Can a man take fire in his garment, and his clothes not be burned? Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So is he who goes in to a married woman; he will not be guiltless." And that we should not only be well-disposed to those of our own tribe, as some think, Isaiah the prophet said: "Say to those who hate you and to those who detest you, 'You are our brothers,' so that the name of the Lord may be glorified and be seen in their gladness." And the Gospel: "Love," it says, "your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even robbers and tax collectors do this." And it teaches those who do good not to boast, so that they may not be men-pleasers. "For let not," it says, "your left hand know what your right hand is doing." Moreover, the divine Word also commands us to be subject to rulers and authorities and to pray for them, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life. and it teaches us to render to all all things, to whom honor, honor; to whom fear, fear; to whom tribute, tribute; to owe no one anything, except only to love all. Consider, then, if those who learn such things are able to live indifferently and to be mixed up in unlawful unions, or, the most impious thing of all, to partake of human flesh, when indeed it is forbidden for us to see even the spectacles of the gladiators, so that we may not become participants and accomplices of murders. But neither ought we to see the other shows, so that our eyes and our ears may not be defiled, by becoming participants of the speeches given there. For if one should speak about cannibalism, there the children of Thyestes and Tereus are being eaten; and if about adultery, not only concerning men but also concerning gods, whom they proclaim with sweet voices, with honors and prizes, it is performed in tragedies among them. But far be it from Christians to think of doing any such thing, among whom temperance is present, self-control is practiced, monogamy is observed, chastity is guarded, injustice is driven out, sin is rooted out, righteousness is cultivated, law governs, piety is practiced, God is confessed, truth presides, grace preserves, peace protects, the holy Word guides, wisdom teaches, life directs, God reigns. Therefore, though having many things to say concerning our way of life and of the ordinances of God the creator of all creation, for now we think it sufficient to have mentioned these things, so that you especially might take note from what you have read up to this point, that as you have become a lover of learning until

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γενόμενος, ἔφη· Ὅἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὀρθὰ βλεπέτωσαν, τὰ δὲ βλέφαρά σου νευέτω δίκαια· ὀρθὰς ποίει τροχιὰς σοῖς ποσίν." ἡ δὲ εὐαγγέλιος φωνὴ ἐπιτατικώτερον διδάσκει περὶ ἁγνείας λέγουσα· "Πᾶς ὁ ἰδὼν γυναῖκα ἀλλοτρίαν πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὴν ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὁ γαμῶν", φησίν, "ἀπολελυμένην ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μοιχεύει, καὶ ὃς ἀπολύει γυναῖκα παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι." ἔτι ὁ Σολομών φησιν· "Ἀποδήσει τις πῦρ ἐν ἱματίῳ, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ οὐ κατακαύσει; ἢ περιπατήσει τις ἐπ' ἀνθράκων πυρός, τοὺς δὲ πόδας οὐ κατακαύσει; οὕτως ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος πρὸς γυναῖκα ὕπανδρον οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται." Καὶ τοῦ μὴ μόνον ἡμᾶς εὐνοεῖν τοῖς ὁμοφύλοις, ὡς οἴονταί τινες, Ἠσαΐας ὁ προφήτης ἔφη· Ἕἴπατε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ τοῖς βδελυσσομένοις· ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν ἔστε, ἵνα τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου δοξασθῇ καὶ ὀφθῇ ἐν τῇ εὐφροσύνῃ αὐτῶν." τὸ δὲ εὐαγγέλιον· "Ἀγαπᾶτε, φησίν, τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς. ἐὰν γὰρ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, ποῖον μισθὸν ἔχετε; τοῦτο καὶ οἱ λῃσταὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ποιοῦσιν." Τοὺς δὲ ποιοῦντας τὸ ἀγαθὸν διδάσκει μὴ καυχᾶσθαι, ἵνα μὴ ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι ὦσιν. "Μὴ γνώτω γάρ", φησίν, "ἡ χείρ σου ἡ ἀριστερὰ τί ποιεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ἡ δεξιά." ἔτι μὴν καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὑπο- τάσσεσθαι ἀρχαῖς καὶ ἐξουσίαις καὶ εὔχεσθαι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν κελεύει ἡμᾶς ὁ θεῖος λόγος, ὅπως ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον διάγωμεν. καὶ διδάσκει ἀποδιδόναι πᾶσιν τὰ πάντα, τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν, τῷ τὸν φόβον τὸν φόβον, τῷ τὸν φόρον τὸν φόρον, μηδένι μηδὲν ὀφελεῖν ἢ μόνον τὸ ἀγαπᾶν πάντας. Σκόπει τοίνυν εἰ οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα μανθάνοντες δύνανται ἀδιαφόρως ζῆν καὶ συμφύρεσθαι ταῖς ἀθεμίτοις μίξεσιν, ἢ τὸ ἀθεώτατον πάντων, σαρκῶν ἀνθρωπείων ἐφάπτεσθαι, ὅπου γε καὶ τὰς θέας τῶν μονο- μάχων ἡμῖν ἀπείρηται ὁρᾶν, ἵνα μὴ κοινωνοὶ καὶ συνίστορες φόνων γενώμεθα. ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τὰς λοιπὰς θεωρίας ὁρᾶν χρή, ἵνα μὴ μολύνωνται ἡμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ τὰ ὦτα, γινόμενα συμμέτοχα τῶν ἐκεῖ φωνῶν δομένων. εἰ γὰρ εἴποι τις περὶ ἀνθρωποβορίας, ἐκεῖ τὰ Θυέστου καὶ Τηρέως τέκνα ἐσθιόμενα· εἰ δὲ περὶ μοιχείας, οὐ μόνον περὶ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ θεῶν, ὧν καταγγέλλουσιν εὐφώνως μετὰ τιμῶν καὶ ἄθλων, παρ' αὐτοῖς τραγῳδεῖται. μακρὰν δὲ ἀπείη χριστιανοῖς ἐνθυμηθῆναί τι τοιοῦτο πρᾶξαι, παρ' οἷς σωφροσύνη πάρεστιν, ἐγκράτεια ἀσκεῖται, μονογαμία τηρεῖται, ἁγνεία φυλάσ- σεται, ἀδικία ἐκπορθεῖται, ἁμαρτία ἐκριζοῦται, δικαιοσύνη μελε- τᾶται, νόμος πολιτεύεται, θεοσέβεια πράσσεται, θεὸς ὁμολογεῖται, ἀλήθεια βραβεύει, χάρις συντηρεῖ, εἰρήνη περισκέπει, λόγος ἅγιος ὁδηγεῖ, σοφία διδάσκει, ζωὴ βραβεύει, θεὸς βασιλεύει. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔχοντες λέγειν περὶ τῆς καθ' ἡμᾶς πολιτείας καὶ τῶν δικαιωμάτων τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ δημιουργοῦ πάσης κτίσεως, τὰ νῦν αὐτάρκως ἡγούμεθα ἐπιμεμνῆσθαι, εἰς τὸ καί σε ἐπιστῆσαι μάλιστα ἐξ ὧν ἀναγινώσκεις ἕως τοῦ δεῦρο, ἵνα ὡς φιλομαθὴς ἐγενήθης ἕως