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impura, non probati in bono, sed in malo opere præsciti ministrantes, et innumera crimina habentes, sacro ministerio adsciscantur. Audistis etiam illo die, quo multo dignius multoque rectius erat, ut ad carcerem vel catastam pœna- 5 lem, quam ad sacerdotium, traheremini, Domino sciscitanti, quem se esse putarent discipuli, Petrum respondisse; Tu es Christus filius Dei vivi, eique Dominum pro tali confessione dixisse, Beatus es Simon Barjona, quia caro et sanguis non 10 revelavit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cœlis est. Ergo Petrus a Deo Patre doctus, recte confitetur Christum. Vos autem moniti a patre vestro diabolo inique Salvatorem malis actibus denegatis. Vero sacerdoti dicitur, Tu es Petrus, 15 et super hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam. Vos quidem assimilamini viro stulto, qui ædificavit domum suam super arenam. Notandum ergo est, quod insipientibus in ædificanda domo arenarum pendulæ mobilitati Dominus non co- 20 operetur, secundum illud, Fecerunt sibi reges, et non per me. Itidemque quod sequitur eadem sonat dicendo, Et portæ inferni non prævalebunt, ejusque peccata intelliguntur. De vestra quid exitiabili structura pronunciatur? Vene- 25 runt flumina et flaverunt venti, et impegerunt in domum illam, et cecidit, et fuit ruina ejus magna. Petro ejusdemque successoribus dicit Dominus, et tibi dabo claves regni coelorum; vobis vero, non novi vos, discedite a me operarii 30 iniquitatis, ut separati sinistræ patris cum hædis, eatis in ignem æternum. Itemque omni sancto sacerdoti promittitur, et quæcunque solveris su

2 Et innumera.] V.; in universa, B.

8 Respondisse.] Matth. xvi. 16, 17, 18.

15 Tu es.] Matth. xvi. 18; vii. 25, 26.

23 Et porta.] Matth. xvi. 17.
25 Venerunt.] Matth. vii. 25.
32 Sancto.] Om, B.

per terram, erunt soluta et in cœlis; et quæcunque ligaveris super terram, erunt ligata et in cœlis. Sed quomodo vos aliquid solvetis, ut sit solutum et in cœlis, a cœlo ob scelera ademti 5 et immanium peccatorum funibus compediti, ut Salomon quoque ait, Criniculis peccatorum suorum unusquisque constringitur? Quaque ratione aliquid in terra ligabitis quod ultra modum etiam ligetur præter vosmetipsos, qui ita ligati 10 iniquitatibus in hoc mundo tenemini, ut in cœlis nequaquam ascendatis, sed infaustis Tartari ergastulis, non conversi in hac vita ad Dominum, decidatis ?

§ 110. Nec sibi quisquam sacerdotum de cor- Conclusion. 15 poris mundi solum conscientia supplaudat, cum eorum quibus præest, si qui propter ejus imperitiam, vel desidiam, seu adulationem, perierint, in die Judicii de ejusdem manibus, veluti interfectoris, animæ exquirantur. Quia nec dulcior 20 mors, quæ infertur a bono quoque homine, quam malo; alioquin non dixisset Apostolus, velut paternum legatum suis successoribus derelinquens, Mundus ego sum ab omnium sanguine; Non enim subterfugi quo minus annunciarem vobis. 25 omne mysterium Dei. Multum namque usu ac

frequentia peccatorum inebriati, et incessanter irruentibus vobis scelerum cumulatorum acsi undis quassati, unam veluti post naufragium, in qua ad vivorum terram evadatis, pœnitentiæ tabulam 30 toto animi nisu exquiratis, ut avertatur furor Domini a vobis misericorditer dicentis, Nolo au

A calo ob scelera.] V.; a coelo ob scelo ob scelera, B. 4 Ademti.] V.; adepti, B. Funibus.] V.; finibus, B. 6 Ait.] Prov. v. 22.

8 Ultra modum.] B.; supra mundum, V.

9 Præter.] B.; propter, V.

16 Qui.] B.; om. V.

20 Mors... malo.] Mors, quam
quæ infertur ab unoquoque ho-
mineque malo, V.

23 Mundus.] Act. xx. 26.
30 Exquiratis.] B.; exquirite, V.

tem mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat. Ipse omnipotens Deus totius consolationis et misericordiæ paucissimos bonos pastores conservet ab omni malo, et municipes faciat, subacto communi hoste, civitatis Hierusa- 5 lem cœlestis, hoc est, sanctorum omnium congregationis, Pater, et Filius, et Spiritus Sanctus, cui sit honor, et gloria in secula seculorum. AMEN.

EXPLICIT LIBER S. GILDE ABBATIS ET HISTORIOGRAPHI ANGLORUM, ET CETERA.

5 Subacto... hoste.] Om. V.

INDEX.

AARON, St., his martyrdom, 17.
Abercurnig, the monastery of, 6.
Aetius, embassy from the Britons to,

26.

Agricola, the disciple of Arius, intro-
duces the Arian heresy into Britain,
19, note 12.

Alban, St., history of his martyrdom,
17.

Alcluth, the city of, 6.

Ambrosius, Aurelius, defeats the
Saxons, 33.

Amphibalus, St., 17, note 19.

Arian heresy infects the British
church, 19.

Arthur, king, Gildas contemporary
with him, 11, note 1.
Aurelius Conanus, see Conan.

'Badonicus Mons,' its siege, 34.

Basil, of Cesaræa, St., reference to his
conduct, 85.

Belgica, Gallia, its divisions, 11,
note "1.

Bible, The Holy, passages cited from
the Vetus Italica' version of, viz.

OLD TESTAMENT.

Genesis, 77, note 10.

Exodus, 78, note 1.

notes 21, 23

Proverbs, 29, note 10; 46, notes
1,4; 47, notes "1, ; 117,
note 6.
Ecclesiastes, 45, notes 23, 31; 46,
note; 47, note 14; 84, note 29.
Isaiah, 29, note 16; 32, note 19;
38, note; 43, note 7; 47,
note 32; 51, note 26; 52, note 29;
79, note ; 84, note ; 87,

14 18

note "
Jeremiah, 45, note 19; 46, notes 12
14, ; 51, note 24; 57, note 26
61, note 3; 76, note 14 89,
note 5

Lamentations, 71, note 22.
Ezekiel, 39, note 9; 68, note
98, note 12.

Hosea, 62, note 30; 93, note 1.
Joel, 92, note 15

Amos, 63, note; 93, note 9.

Micah, 64, note 16; 93, note 26.

Habakkuk, 62, note 16.

Deuteronomy, 39, note

1 Samuel, 49, notes 1, 14; 79,

note 29; 86, note7.

2 Samuel, 50, note 7.

1 Kings, 50, notes 2, 31; 51, notes
9, 17; 80, note 16.

Apocryphal Books.

Esdras, 67, note 9.

Ecclesiasticus, 71, note 12.
Wisdom, Book of, 69, note 11; 70,
note 23.

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Ephesians, Epistle to the, 108,
note 7.

Philippians, Epistle to the, 71,
note 25.

Colossians, Epistle to the, 109,
note 12.

Thessalonians, First Epistle to the,
108, note 21

Timothy, First Epistle to, 41, note
23; 114, note 9.

Second Epistle to, 109,
note 20; 110, note 14.
Titus, Epistle to, 76, note 12; 110,
note 9.

Hebrews, Epistle to the, 48, note 23.
Peter, First Epistle of, 47, note 20;
111, note 16

Second Epistle of, 111,
note 16.
Boadicea, her rebellion alluded to,
(in the opinion of Camden,) 14,
note 23

Britain, general observations upon its
degraded condition, 3; its position
and description, 11; its contumacy,
12; styled Romana insula,' 15,
19; happy condition of the church
in, 18; infected by the Arian he-
resy, 19; seized by Maximus, 20;
exposed to the irruptions of the
Scots and Picts, ib., 22; its sove-
reigns rebuked, 36.

British documents, destroyed when
Gildas wrote, 13.
British coinage impressed with the
image of the Roman emperor, 15.
Britons, subdued by the Romans, 14;
rebel against the Romans, ib.;
their cowardice and infidelity made
the subject of a proverb, 15; again

subdued by the Romans, 15; their
first embassy to Rome, 21; their
second embassy, 22; vainly oppose
the attacks of the Scots and Picts,
24, 25; miserable condition to
which they are reduced, 25; their
embassy to Aetius, 26; their pro-
fligacy, ib.; invite the Saxons, 30;
by whom they are massacred, 31,
32; many of them save themselves
by going abroad, 32; gain a victory
over the Saxons, 33; their condition
when Gildas wrote, 34; the princes
rebuked individually, 37-47; gene-
rally, 47.

Cair-Eden, see Kair-Eden.
'Caput Muri,' see Wallesende.
Christ, birth of, 15, 16.
Christianity introduced into Britain,
16.

'Cichica Vallis,' 24.

Clergy, the British, rebuked, 72.
Coinage, British, impressed with the
image of the Roman emperor, 15.
Conan, Aurelius, rebuke addressed to
him, 39.

Constantine, rebuke addressed to him,
37.
Cormac, 35.

Cuneglas, rebuke addressed to him,
40.

'Damnonia,' see Devon.

Demetia, Vortipore prince of, rebuke
addressed to him, 40.

Devon, Constantine prince of, 37.
Diocletian, persecution of the Chris-
tians under, 16; its duration, 18.

Fountains, divine honours paid to
them by the Britons, 13.

'Gallia Belgica,' 11.
Galloway, the sea of, 6.
Galwadia,' see Galloway.

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