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st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul

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than grayness <strong>of</strong> hair in forming an old man.&quot;<br />

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COMMENTARIES ON HOLY SCIUPTURE.<br />

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to you and what is the great my<strong>st</strong>ery you betoken.<br />

The whole world is<br />

put into your hands, ruled over<br />

by a htt e d.adem and a few rags. What is<br />

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above!<br />

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?ods? beneath fS<br />

y UrS also- Bec<br />

gods, then, he n ,f f I T<br />

may utter a bold expression, to<br />

beneath<br />

those<br />

you. The king s heart is in tke<br />

Lod.. han so d<strong>of</strong>tl J<br />

lt 1S wntten) and SQ we<br />

ye couriers also, who are about the<br />

palace and the throne, be not over-elated with you r<br />

ON OLD MEN, AND THE HONOUR DUE TO THEM<br />

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skalt<br />

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rise<br />

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up *&amp;lt;<br />

, and honour the face <strong>of</strong> the old man i<br />

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~ The beauty f d &quot;en ,s the gray<br />

Eccles. xxv., 6,-Sfuch experience is the crown <strong>of</strong><br />

old men, and the fear <strong>of</strong> God is their glory.<br />

St.<br />

(And ten other passages.)<br />

Basil.-&quot;<br />

Maturity <strong>of</strong> judgment has more to do<br />

len^h<br />

m<br />

old not his<br />

ength <strong>of</strong> years, but by a praiseworthy and<br />

e with 7 V , SPCnt a 10ng Priod in this ol<br />

ife, Without goodness, they should rather be called<br />

Srth r n r r havin been trained - - S<br />

the hoary head. Old age is a haven with no<br />

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