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DISCOURSE 68. Concerning that it is necessary to honor virtue and punish vice. (15Ε_470> John 5. those who have done good will come out to the resurrection

of life; but those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. 2 Peter 2. The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation; but the unrighteous

to keep for the day of judgment to be punished. Proverbs 22. A clever man, seeing a wicked man punished, himself is mightily

instructed. Sirach 10. It is not right to dishonor a wise poor man, and it is not fitting to glorify

a sinner. Basil. If the prudent see the wicked dishonored, much

more eagerly will they hold to virtue. Let another, therefore, be bold and noble concerning these things; or rather, let no one be.

But I hesitate to give to vice the punishment hence of all, or to piety, relief. But there are times when it is also for some useful purpose, either when vice is cut off, the suffering of the wicked; or when virtue's way is being prepared, the well-being of the better; but not always, nor in every case; but this is only for the time to come, in which some will receive the prizes of virtue, and others the penalties of vice.

Chrysostom. Give to the one in need, and do not give to the dancer, so that you do not destroy his soul along with your money (15Ε_472>. For you are the cause of his destruction, through ill-timed love of honor. For if those in the orchestra knew that their occupation was going to be unprofitable, they would long ago have ceased practicing these things.

Isaiah 3. He who spares the wicked wrongs the good. As many as punish the wrongdoers, these prevent others from being wronged. He who honors virtue honors the first truth, and especially as of all good

ruling. Solon.Solon the wise said that city is best governed in which the

good happen to be honored; and worst governed, in which the wicked are. Sextus. Two principles move a man to the care of God: punishment

for impiety, and rewards for a pious mind. Vice, when praised, becomes unbearable. Procopius the Rhetor. When virtue is not honored, vice speaks boldly. 1012 Philo. If you wish to be doubly esteemed, both those who do best

prefer, and rebuke those who do worse things. Socrates. Being asked which city is best governed, he said, The one living with law,

and prosecuting the wrongdoers. DISCOURSE 69. Concerning self-love. (15Ε_474> John 12. He who loves his life will lose it; and he who

hates it in this world will keep it for eternal life. 2 Corinthians 10. Not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord

commends. Philippians 2. All seek their own interests, not those of Christ. Sirach 37. Child, in your life test your soul, and see what is bad

for it, and do not give it to it; for not all things are profitable for all.

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ΛΟΓΟΣ ΞΗ´. Περί τοῦ, ὅτι δεῖ τιμᾷν ἀρετήν καί κολάζειν κακίαν. (15Ε_470> Ἰωάν. ε´. Ἐκπορεύσονται οἱ τά ἀγαθά ποιήσαντες, εἰς ἀνάστασιν

ζωῆς· οἱ δέ τά φαῦλα πράξαντες, εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως. Β´ Πέτρ. β´. Οἴδεν Κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι· ἀδίκους δέ εἰς

ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν. Παροιμ. κβ´. Πανοῦργος, ἰδών πονηρόν τιμωρούμενον, κραταιῶς αὐτός

παιδεύεται. Σιράχ ι´. Οὐ δίκαιον ἀτιμάσαι πτωχόν συνετόν, καί οὐ καθῆκον δοξάσαι

ἁμαρτωλόν. Βασιλείου. Ἐάν οἱ σωφρονοῦντες τούς φαύλους ἴδωσιν ἀτιμαζομένους, πολύ

προθυμότερον τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀνθέξονται. Ἄλλος μέν οὖν εἴη περί ταῦτα τολμηρός καί γεννάδας· μᾶλλον δέ εἴη μηδείς.

Ἐγώ δέ ὀκνῶ κακίᾳ δοῦναι πάντων τήν ἐντεῦθεν κόλασιν, ἤ εὐσεβείᾳ τήν ἄνεσιν. Ἀλλ᾿ ἔστι μέν ὅτε καί πρός τι χρήσιμον, ἤ κακίας ἐγκοπτομένης, δυσπάθεια τῶν πονηρῶν· ἤ ἀρετῆς ὁδοποιουμένης, εὐπάθεια τῶν βελτιόνων· οὐκ ἀεί δέ, οὐδέ πάντως· ἀλλ᾿ εἶναι τοῦτο μόνον καιροῦ τοῦ μέλλοντος, καθ᾿ ὅν οἱ μέν τά τῆς ἀρετῆς ἆθλα, οἱ δέ τά τῆς κακίας ἐπιτίμια δέξονται.

Χρυσοστ. ∆ός τῷ δεομένῳ, καί μή δῷς τῷ ὀρχουμένῳ, ἵνα μή μετά τῶν σῶν χρημάτων καί τήν ψυχήν (15Ε_472> ἀπολέσῃς τήν ἐκείνου. Σύ γάρ αἴτιος εἶ τῆς ἐκείνου ἀπωλείας, διά τῆς ἀκαίρου φιλοτιμίας. Εἰ γάρ οἱ ἐπί τῆς ὀρχήστρας ᾔδεσαν, ὅτι τό ἐπιτήδευμα αὐτοῖς ἀκερδές ἔμελλεν ἔσεσθαι, πάλαι ἄν ἐπαύσαντο ταῦτα ἐπιτηδεύοντες.

Ἡσαΐ. γ´. Ἀδικεῖ τούς ἀγαθούς, ὁ φειδόμενος τῶν κακῶν. Ὅσοι τούς ἀδικοῦντας κολάζουσιν, οὗτοι τούς ἄλλους ἀδικεῖσθαι κωλύουσιν. Ὁ ἀρετήν τιμῶν, πρώτην ἀλήθειαν τιμᾷ, καί μάλιστα ὡς ἀγαθοῦ παντός

ἡγεμονεύουσαν. Σόλων.Σόλων ὁ σοφός, ἐκείνην εἶπεν ἄριστα οἰκεῖσθαι τήν πόλιν, ἐν ᾗ τούς

ἀγαθούς συμβαίνει τιμᾶσθαι· κάκιστα δέ οἰκεῖσθαι, ἐν ᾗ τούς κακούς. Σέξτου. ∆ύο ἀφορμαί κινοῦσιν ἄνθρωπον εἰς Θεοῦ ἐπιμέλειαν· τιμωρία

δυσσεβείας, καί γνώμης εὐσεβοῦς ἀμοιβαί. Ἀφόρητος γίνεται κακία ἐπαινουμένη. Προκοπίου ῥήτορος. Μή τιμωμένης ἀρετῆς, ἡ κακία παῤῥησιάζεται. 1012 Φίλωνος. Εἰ βούλει διττῶς εὐδοκιμεῖν, καί τούς κάλλιστα ποιοῦντας

προτίμα, καί τούς τά χείρονα πράττοντας ἐπιτίμα. Σωκράτης. Ἐρωτηθείς ποία πόλις ἄριστα οἰκεῖται, ἔφη, Ἡ μετά νόμου ζῶσα,

καί τοῖς ἀδικοῦσιν ἐπεξιοῦσα. ΛΟΓΟΣ ΞΘ´. Περί φιλαυτίας. (15Ε_474> Ἰωάν. ιβ´. Ὁ φιλῶν τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· καί ὁ

μισῶν αὐτήν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ, εἰς ζωήν αἰώνιον φυλάξει αὐτήν. Β´. Κορινθ. ι´. Οὐχ ὁ ἑαυτόν συνιστῶν, ἐκεῖνός ἐστι δόκιμος, ἀλλ᾿ ὅν ὁ Κύριος

συνίστησιν. Φιλιππ. β´. Οἱ πάντες τά ἑαυτῶν ζητοῦσιν, οὐ τά τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Σιράχ λξ´. Τέκνον, ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου πείρασον τήν ψυχήν σου, καί ἴδε τί πονηρόν

αὐτῇ, καί μή δῷς αὐτῇ· οὐ γάρ πάντα πᾶσι συμφέρει.