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 leaving to us their bodies, that, in their holy bones, we may continually have a monument of this virtue. For if a coward, when he beholds the bloody arms of a warrior, his shield, his spear, his helmet, is roused to action, and burns to emulate his prowess; shall not we, though of all the most dastardly, when we look on, not the weapons, but the body itself of the Saint, which was deemed worthy to bleed in the cause of Christ, shall not we feel a promptitude of mind to engage in the same warfare?-For this reason it is, that God, until the day of the resurrection, has entrusted to us the bodies of his Saints.” Homil. xlvii. de St. Juliano. Ibid. p. 676.—“ Next to the power of speech, the monuments of Saints are best adapted, when we look on them, to excite us to the imitation of their virtues. Here when any one stands, he feels himself seized by a certain force : the view of the shrine strikes on his heart; he is affected, as if he that there lies were present, and offered up prayers for him. Thus does a certain alacrity come over him, and changed almost to another man, he quits the place. For this reason then, has God left us the remains of Saints.” Lib. contra Gentiles. Ibid. p. 555.-See Hom. de St. Pelagia, Ibid. p. 585.—Hom. de St. Ignatio, M. p. 592.-Hom. de SS. Bérénice, &c. p. 634.- Hom. de Martyr. Ægypt. p. 699.

ST. JEROM, L. C. Writing against Vigilantius, who denied that veneration was due to the sepulchres of Martyrs, he says: “ Are we then guilty of sacrilege; when we enter the Basilics (Churches) of the Apostles? Was the Emperor Constantius guilty, who translated to Constantinople the holy remains of Andrew, Luke, and Timothy, before which the devils tremble, and confess the presence of those Saints ?