And yet even that least of Thy
apostles, by whose tongue Thou soundedst forth these words, when
through his warfare, Paulus the Proconsul, his pride conquered, was
made to pass under the easy yoke of Thy Christ, and became a
provincial of the great King; he also for his former name Saul, was
pleased to be called Paul, in testimony of so great a victory. For the
enemy is more overcome in one, of whom he hath more hold; by whom he
hath hold of more. But the proud he hath more hold of, through their
nobility; and by them, of more through their authority. By how much
the more welcome then the heart of Victorinus was esteemed, which
the devil had held as an impregnable possession, the tongue of
Victorinus, with which mighty and keen weapon he had slain many; so
much the more abundantly ought Thy sons to rejoice, for that our
King hath bound the strong man, and they saw his vessels taken from
him and cleansed, and made meet for Thy honour; and become serviceable
for the Lord, unto every good work.
But when that man of Thine, Simplicianus, related to me this of
Victorinus, I was on fire to imitate him; for for this very end had he
related it.
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