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 alone, but by every word that proceedeth," etc. Vocal words: God's commands, His promises, the dogmatic teaching of the Catholic faith this the Saints learn and hear " by preaching ( S. Luke viii. 8 ), ' He that hath ears to hear, let him hear' " (p. 19). Take heed how ye hear. Office of preaching in the Church. Duty of hearers and of preachers. Sum up these words: Incarnate Word, to be believed on; Inspired Word, to be felt; Preached Word, to be lived upon.

After all, it must be left to the preacher's own peculiar habit of thought to determine which of the heads shall be expanded; and the manner in which this is to be done. The Homily upon which the attempt has been made is not as favourable as some others for the experiment; it seemed fairer to take a more unlikely one to illustrate in the process, as far as the translator had the power to do so. Almost a course of Sermons could be founded upon Homily XLV., for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity.

In regard to the Author of these Homilies, he was born A.D. 1224, in the castle of Aquin, in the territory of Lahore, in Italy, being descended from the Kings of Sicily and Aragon. Educated firstly in the Monastery of Mount Cassino, afterwards at Naples. In 1244, studied at Cologne under Albertus Magnus. Doctor of Paris, 1255. Returned into Italy, 1263. Professor of Scholastic Theology at Naples. Died 1274, in the Monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina. An old distich prefixed to his portrait runs thus: -

Nobilibus Thomas generatus utroque parente Terrarum scriptis claret ubique suis.

And he will shine as long as profound Scriptural