245. 2 Cor. i. 19.
246. Exod. iii. 14.
247. Ps. cxix. 109.
248. S. Matt. v. 44, 45.
249. Ib. 48.
250. Rom. xiii. 10.
251. Isa. xl. 31.
252. Wisd. ix. 15.
253. Rom. xi. 36.
254. Ps. xvi. 2.
255. S. Matt. xix. 26.
256. 'Veri vana.' This is simply one of the Virgilian expressions of which S. Ambrose is so full. It is taken from Aen x. 630, Nunc manet insontem gravis exitus, aut ego veri Vana feror.
257. Cant. iv. 9.
258. Ib. vii. 8.
259. Rev. xxi. 23.
260. S. John viii. 12.
261. S. Luke xxiv. 32.
262. Gen. xix. 30.
263. Ib. 17.
264. Joel iii. 13.
265. S. Luke xvii. 31.
266. Ps. civ. 2.
267. Joel iii. 9. The Engl. Vers. is 'Prepare war, wake up the mighty men.' The Vulg. 'Sanctificate bellum, suscitate robustos.'
268. Phil. iv. 13.
269. Joel iii. 18,