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OF THE CHARITY OF OUR LORD.


APPLICATION.

My beloved, the soldier is Christ, who, having warred in our behalf against the devil, was joined to the soul in baptism, which is emblemed by the wife. That wife too often regards another—that is, the world. As the motion of the pulse revealed the lady's attachment, so does the beating of the heart, our love of worldly vanities.





TALE XLI.

OF THE CONQUESTS AND CHARITY OF OUR LORD.

Cosdras, king of the Athenians, (39) having declared war against the Dorians, assembled