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Greg. Nyss. The harvest is worthy of your sowing. Did you sow bitterness? reap the sheaves? Did you honor mercilessness? have what you loved. Did you flee mercy? Mercy will flee you. Did you abhor the poor man? He who for our sake became poor will abhor you.

(15E_342>Of Philo. It is not from God for a wicked man to lose the good reward for one good deed, when it was not done with many good deeds; nor again for a good man to lose the punishment and not receive it, even against many good deeds, if something wicked occurs. For it is necessary for God to render all things by scale and weight.

To be punished here is not evil, but to become worthy of the punishment there.

Of Zaleucus. Let this be commanded to us, to all such male and female citizens and housemates; to remember God as being, and sending judgments upon the unjust; and to set before your eyes this time, in which the end of each one's departure from life occurs. For repentance befalls all who are about to die, remembering the wrongs they have done, and an impulse to wish that all things had been done justly by them.

Of Apollonius. But if there is perception in Hades, and care for the departed from the divinity, as we suppose, may those who helped the honors of the Gods that were being destroyed, receive the greatest care from the divinity.

Of Plutarch. Certain deep gates of Hades are opened, and rivers of fire and unbroken streams of wailing are mingled, and darkness is filled with phantoms of many forms, bringing harsh sights, and piteous voices. And judges and punishers and chasms, and recesses full of countless evils.

DISCOURSE 46. Concerning glory. (15E_344> Matth. 6. Seek the kingdom of God, and his glory,

and all these things shall be added to you. 933Rom. 8. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming

glory to be revealed in us. Prov. 3. The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly shall exalt dishonor. Prov. 21. The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. Prov. 21. The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. Prov. 22. To a wise generation the fear of the Lord, and wealth and glory and life. Sirach 34. Do not give a blemish in your glory, and in the day of glory do not be lifted up. Sirach 7. Do not seek from the Lord leadership, nor from a king a throne

of glory. Sirach 11. Many rulers were greatly dishonored, and glorious ones were delivered

into the hands of others. Sirach 9. Do not envy the glory of sinners. Sirach 4. To a great man, bow your head. Sirach 8. Do not contend with a powerful man, lest you fall into

his hands. Sirach 13. But when a powerful man calls, be retiring, and then especially

he will call. Sirach 32. In the midst of great men do not make yourself equal. Sirach 42. He made nothing lacking; one confirmed the good things of the other;

and who will be satisfied seeing his glory?

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Γρηγ. Νύσσ. Ἅξιόν σοι τῆς σπορᾶς τό θέρος. Πικρίαν ἔσπειρας; δρέπου τά δράγματα; Τό ἀνηλεές ἐτίμησας; ἔχε ὅπερ ἠγάπησας. Ἔφυγες τόν ἔλεον; Φεύξεταί σε ὁ ἔλεος. Ἐβδελύξω πτωχόν; βδελύξεταί σε ὁ δι᾿ ἡμᾶς πτωχεύσας.

(15Ε_342>Φίλωνος. Οὐκ ἔστι παρά Θεοῦ, οὔτε πονηρόν ὄντα ἀπολέσαι τόν ἀγαθόν μισθόν περί ἑνός ἀγαθοῦ, μετ᾿ οὐ πλειόνων ἀγαθῶν πεπραγμένου· οὔτε πάλιν ἀγαθόν ὄντα ἀπολέσαι τήν κόλασιν καί μή λαβεῖν αὐτήν, καί κατά πλειόνων ἀγαθῶν, ἐάν τι γένηται πονηρόν. Ἀνάγκη γάρ ζυγῷ καί σταθμῷ πάντα ἀποδιδόναι τόν Θεόν.

Οὐ τό κολάζεσθαι ἐνταῦθα κακόν, ἀλλά τό ἄξιον τῆς ἐκεῖσε γενέσθαι κολάσεως.

Ζαλεύκου. Ὧδ᾿ ἡμῖν παρηγγέλθω πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις πολίταις καί πολίτισι καί συνοίκοις· μεμνῆσθαι Θεόν ὡς ὄντα, καί δίκας ἐπιπέμπτοντα τοῖς ἀδίκοις· καί τίθεσθαι πρό ὀμμάτων τόν καιρόν τοῦτον, ἐν ᾧ γίνεται τό τέλος ἑκάστου τῆς ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ ζῇν. Πᾶσι γάρ ἐμπίπτει μεταμέλεια τῖς μέλλουσι τελευτᾷν, μεμνημένοις ὧν ἠδικήσασι, καί ὁρμή τοῦ βούλεσθαι πάντα πεπράχθαι δικαίως αὐτοῖς.

Ἁπολλωνίου. Εἰ δ᾿ ἔστιν αἴσθησις ἐν ᾅδου, καί ἐπιμέλεια τῶν οἰχομένων παρά τοῦ δαιμονίου, ὥσπερ ὑπολαμβανόμεν, εἴη τούς ταῖς τιμαῖς τῶν Θεῶν καταλυομέναις βοηθήσαντας, πλείστης ἐπιμελείας ὑπό τοῦ δαιμονίου τυγχάνειν.

Πλουτάρχου. ᾍδου τινός ἀνοίγονται πύλαι βαθεῖαι, καί ποταμοί πυρός καί στηγός ἀπρῤῥῶγες ἀνακεράννυνται καί σκότος ἐμπίπλαται πολυφαντάστων εἰδώλων, χαλεπάς μέν ὄψεις, οἰκτράς δέ φωνάς ἐπιφερόντων. ∆ικασταί δέ καί κολασταί καί χάσματα, καί μυχοί μυρίων κακῶν γέμοντες.

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΜΣτ´. Περί δόξης. (15Ε_344> Ματθ. ς´. Ζητεῖτε τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καί τήν δόξαν αὐτοῦ,

καί ταῦτα πάντα πάντα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν. 933Ῥωμ. η´. Οὐκ ἄξια τά παθήματα τοῦ νῦν καιροῦ πρός τήν μέλλουσαν

δόξαν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι εἰς ἡμᾶς. Παροιμ. γ΄ . ∆όξαν σοφοί κληρονομήσουσι· οἱ δέ ἀσεβεῖς, ὑψώσουσιν ἀτιμίαν. Παροιμ. κα´. Ὁδός δικαιοσύνης καί ἐλεημοσύνης εὑρήσει ζωήν καί δόξαν. Παροιμ. κα΄ . Ὁδός δικαιοσύνης καί ἐλεημοσύνης εὑρήσει ζωήν καί δόξαν. Παροιμ. κβ΄ . Γενεᾷ σοφῆ φόβος Κυρίου, καί πλοῦτος καί δόξα καί ζωή. Σιράχ λδ´. Μή δῷς μῶμον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου, καί ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δόξης μή ἐπαίρου. Σιράχ ζ´. Μή ζήτει παρά Κυρίου ἡγεμονίαν, μηδέ παρά βασιλέως καθέδραν

δόξης. Σιράχ ια´. Πολλοί δυνάσται ἡτιμάσθησαν σφόδρα, καί ἔνδοξοι παρεδόθησαν

εἰς χεῖρας ἑτέρων. Σιράχ θ´.Μή ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλῶν. Σιράχ δ´. Μεγιστᾶνι ταπείνου τήν κεφαλήν σου. Σιράχ η´. Μή διαμάχου μετ᾿ ἀνθρώπου δυνάστου, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τάς

χεῖρας αὐτοῦ. Σιράχ ιγ´. Προσκαλουμένου δε δυνάστου, ὑποχωρῶν γίνου, καί τότε μάλιστα

προσκαλέσεται. Σιράχ λβ΄ . Ἐν μέσῳ μεγιστάνων μή ἐξισάζου. Σιράχ μβ´. Οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδέν ἐλλεῖπον· ἕν τοῦ ἑνός ἐστερέωσε τά ἀγαθά·

καί τίς πλησθήσεται ὁρῶν δόξαν αὐτοῦ;