Anf-03 iv.iv.xv Pg 12
Dan. vi.
for, to avoid undergoing that danger, he feared the royal lions no more than they the royal fires. Let, therefore, them who have no light, light their lamps daily; let them over whom the fires of hell are imminent, affix to their posts, laurels doomed presently to burn: to them the testimonies of darkness and the omens of their penalties are suitable. You are a light of the world,286 286
Anf-03 vi.iv.xxix Pg 5
Dan. vi.
and from famine;8948 8948
Anf-03 vi.iv.xxv Pg 9
Dan. vi. 10; comp. Ps. lv. 17 (in the LXX. it is liv. 18).
in accordance (of course) with Israel’s discipline—we pray at least not less than thrice in the day, debtors as we are to Three—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: of course, in addition to our regular prayers which are due, without any admonition, on the entrance of light and of night. But, withal, it becomes believers not to take food, and not to go to the bath, before interposing a prayer; for the refreshments and nourishments of the spirit are to be held prior to those of the flesh, and things heavenly prior to things earthly.