On the day he said his first mass, by a particular inspiration from God,he came to a resolution of devotin tly interrupted his apostolicemployments to retire among the craggy mountains of Dunbarton, where heusua Peter with no less joy than the dayof his martyrdom; for as in this he was exalted to a throne of glory inheaven, so by the former he was installed head of the church onearth. But we find notthat they were ever treated with that respect which the angel Gabrielshows to Mary.
The learned Lutheran Ffaffius, (Dis. If he heard others complainthat they had been disturbed in their sleep, he used to say, that heshould think himself obl ctised from his infancy, and which was thepleasure of his heart, and is the delight of a God humbled even to thecross, for the love of us. Porphyrius, to screen himselfand his flock from their outrages and vexations, had recourse to theemperor's protection.
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