142. Really from John viii. 34; but cf. 2 Pet. ii. 19.

143. Here, again, the reference is wrong. The text intended is, probably,

Job xlii. 6, where the Vulgate has:--'Idcirco ipse me reprehendo, et ago

poenitentiam in favilla et cinere.' Cf. Ps. xxxviii. 6.

144. The allusions to Seneca are numerous, and sentences from other authors

are frequently attributed to him.

150. 'Vis ut tibi seruiat cum quo factus es, et non uis seruire ei a quo

factus es? Ergo cum uis ut seruiat tibi seruus tuus homo, et tu non uis

seruire Deo, facis Deo quod tu pati non uis.'--S. Aug. Opp. Basil. 1569,

tom. ix. col. 929 D; De Decem Chordis, cap. x.

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