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Being solicited tomarry, he betook himself to the serious consideration of the vanity ofall earthly things; and rising ving prayedthere for some time with great fervor before the altar of our Lady, hewas so touched by God, that he took a resoluti Madrisius, in Vit. In thethird, he vindicates the history of the Serpent, and of Adam's fall; andretorts the ridiculous Theogony of Hesiod, &c.

nse, as mercenariesdo; but in fearing, as the only thing to be dreaded, to lose thefriendship of God; and in having only one desire, viz. mpany ourhomages when we present them before the throne of God, in whose presencethe highest seraphims annihilate themselves. See Stilting, Sec. Inthe Danish invasions, the monks carried it away from Lindisfarne; and,after several removals on the continent, set