56.  Why should I enter into detail?  He lived not to himself, but to Christ and his preaching.  He crucified the world to himself,159    Gal. vi. 14. and being crucified to the world and the things which are seen, he thought all things little,160    Phil. iii. 8. and too small to be desired; even though from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum161    Rom. xv. 19. he had fully preached the Gospel, even though he had been prematurely caught up to the third heaven, and had a vision of Paradise, and had heard unspeakable words.162    2 Cor. xii. 2, 4.  Such was Paul, and everyone of like spirit with him.  But we fear that, in comparison with them, we may be foolish princes of Zoan,163    Isa. xix. 11. or extortioners, who exact the fruits of the ground, or falsely bless the people:164    Ib. ix. 16.  and further make themselves happy, and confuse the way of your feet,165    Ib. iii. 12. or mockers ruling over you, or children in authority,166    Ib. iii. 4. immature in mind, not even having bread and clothing enough to be rulers over any;167    Ib. iii. 7. or prophets teaching lies,168    Ib. ix. 15. or rebellious princes,169    Ib. i. 23. deserving to share the reproach of their elders for the straitness of the famine,170    Ib. viii. 21. or priests very far from speaking comfortably171    Ib. xl. 2. to Jerusalem, according to the reproaches and protests urged by Isaiah, who was purged by the Seraphim with a live coal.172    Ib. vi. 6, 7.

Ν#2ʹ. Καὶ τί λέγω καθ' ἕκαστον; ζῶν γὰρ οὐχ ἑαυτῷ, Χριστῷ δὲ καὶ τῷ κηρύγματι, καὶ κόσμον ἑαυτῷ σταυρώσας, καὶ σταυρωθεὶς κόσμῳ καὶ τοῖς ὁρωμένοις, πάντα ἡγεῖται μικρὰ καὶ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἐλάττονα: κἂν ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ κύκλῳ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ πληρώσῃ τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον, κἂν ἐπὶ τὸν τρίτον οὐρανὸν φθάσῃ δι' ἁρπαγῆς, κἂν τοῦ παραδείσου γένηται θεατὴς, κἂν τῶν ἀῤῥήτων ἡμῖν ῥημάτων ἀκροατής. Ταῦτα Παῦλος, καὶ εἴ τις κατ' ἐκεῖνον τῷ πνεύματι. Ἡμεῖς δὲ δεδοίκαμεν παρὰ τούτους, μὴ μωροί τινες ὦμεν ἄρχοντες Τάνεως, ἢ πράκτορες καλαμώμενοι, ἢ μακαρίζοντες τὸν λαὸν ψευδῶς: προσθήσω δὲ, καὶ μακαριζόμενοι, καὶ τὴν τρίβον τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ταράσσοντες: ἢ ἐμπαῖκται κυριεύοντες, ἢ νεανίσκοι προστάται καὶ ἀτελεῖς τὴν φρόνησιν, μηδ' ὅσον ἄρτου καὶ ἱματίου πρὸς τὸ καθηγεῖσθαί τινων εὐποροῦντες: ἢ προφῆται διδάσκοντες ἄνομα, ἢ ἄρχοντες ἀπειθοῦντες, καὶ κακῶς ἀκούειν μετὰ τῶν πατρίων ἄξιοι διὰ λιμοῦ σκληρότητα: ἢ ἱερεῖς τοῦ λαλεῖν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν Ἱερουσαλὴμ πλεῖστον ἀπέχοντες, ἃ δὴ πάντα ὁ τῷ Σεραφὶμ καὶ τῷ ἄνθρακι καθαρθεὶς Ἡσαΐας ὀνειδίζει καλῶς καὶ μαρτύρεται.