it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.

however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.

Don't treat a senior with harsh reproof, but exhort him as a father, and the young men, as brethren:

When he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the magistrates came to him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

go, tell Peter and the rest of his disciples, that he is gone before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he foretold you.

I have sent him back, therefore receive him as one that I tenderly love.

and since you invoke him as your father, who without respect of persons judges every one according to his actions; while you are passing thro' this world, be fearful of offending him:

however, there were some who adher'd to him, as Denis the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

because when they knew God, they did not with gratitude glorify him as God, but their reasoning became extravagance, and their minds, void of judgment, were involv'd in darkness.

I beg you therefore by the common ties of friendship to receive him as you would myself.

and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

adhere to him as to a living stone,

let those then, whom God calls to sufferings, by virtue recommend their souls to him, as to a creator, who will make good his promise.