xxxii D E S. E P H R Æ M S Y R O .
Bafilium * aitque focio fuo : fic , pu-
to > in vanum laboravimusfrater: ifte
enim in tan to gradu pofitus , non eft
qualem vidi . Confpiciebat enim ami-
£tum ftola Candida , facrumque circa—*
ipfum clerum albis indutum , & ei ob-
lequentem . Stans ergo in fecreto loco
fanifbe illius Ecclefise , coepit ve-
lut de propolito delperare , dicens in-
tra fe : nos qui portavimus pondus diei
8r jeftus , nihil profecimus : hic autem
in tanto gradu pofitus » eft columna
ignis ? Plane miror . Hsec itaque-»
ipfo cogitante', mifit ad eum Sandlus
Pater nofter Bafilius Archidiaconum
fuum , dicens : vade ad portam quse
refpicit Occidentem , ibique in Ecclefise
angulo reperies monachum cucul-
lam habentem cum quodam alio, rari-
barbium , pufillum , & cetera vultus
ejus , dicefque ei : Quasfo , ingredere
in facrarium : vocat te Archiepifcopus
. Archidiaconus autem difcifla mul-
to cum labore populi multitudine, ve-
nit ad locum , ubi Sandlus Ephram
eonftiterat : & ait illi ; Benedic Domine
, velis ingredi in facrarium : vocat
te Archiepifcopus . Ubi autem in-
tellexit per Interpretern quod diceba-
tur , excufavit dicens : Erras, frater :
nos homines peregrini fumus , & ei
ignoti . Rediens autem Archidiaconus,
nunciavit hxc iSandtiftimo Pontifici. Por-
ro dum magnus Bafilius libros facros
exponit populo , videt Sandlus Ephraem
linguam igneam ejüs ore loquentem .
Aitque rurfus Archidiacono magnus Pater
nofter Bafilius : Vade rurfus , & di-
cito ei : Domine Ephram , velis ingredi
ad lacrum Altäre : vocat te Arch
iepjfcopus. Et abiens Archidiaconus,
ejufque veftigiis imprelfo ofculo , dixit
illi . Domine Ephraim , quasfo , te^*
accerfit Pater tuus Archiepifcopus , ut
ingrediaris ad facrum ,Altare . Sandlus
ergo Ephram fuper his attonitus , dedit
gloriam Deo , ac reverentiam faciens ,
excufanfque fe fe , ait : Vere magnus
Bafilius : vere columna ignis Bafilius :
vere per venerandum os ejus loquitur
Spiritus Sandlus . Rogavit vero Archidiaconum
, ut relponderet , oppor-
tunius poll peradlam facram Liturgiam
falutaturum eum in fcevophylacio . In-
greflus igitur Pater nofter in fcevophy-
lacium , eo Sanlsum Ephrasmum accerfit
, danfque in Domino ofculum .
ait : Bene venifti , pater filiorum ere-
mi : Bene venifti qui in ea eremo di-
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XXX111
fcipulorum Çhrifti , tamquam agnorum»
numerum auxifti , & dæmones ex ea
expulifti . Sed quorfum hune tibi la-
borem fufeepifti , o pater ? Venifti in-
vifurus hominem peccatorem? Largiatur
tibi mercedem Deus juxta tuum labo-
rem . Ubi porro omnia in corde fuo
nata didlaque focio Abbati relppndens
enarralïct , Communionem è lacris ma-
nibus Sanefli Patris noftri Bafilii acce-
p it, ab ilia quoque pro hofpitii religione
convivio exceptus. Tum vero ait San-
<5lus Ephræm ad ipfum : Pater Reve-
rendiflime , unam abs te depofeo gra-
tiam , & hanc mihi annuas velim Deo
favente concedi . Ad quem magnux
Pater nofter Bafilius : jubé pater , die
quæ videntur : multum enim tibi de-
beo , maxime ob tui ad me adventux
fufeeptum laborem . & honorabilis E-
phræm ad ipfum : novi , Pater fandle,
fore ut fi quæ à Deo popofeeris, ipfe
tibi præbeat , tamquam fuo lyncero &
fideli fervo . Cupio autem , Deum ro-
ges , ut Græce loqui pollîm . Cui
Sandlus Bafilius 1 Rem poftulafti exce-
dentem vires . Quia nihilominus fide
petifti , fiat tibi , ficut credidifti. Ve-
ni igitur, Pater Venerabiliflïme, eremi-
que præpofite , & Dominum ambo
rogemus : potens enim eft , ut faciat
voluntatem tuam ; nam lcriptum eft :
voluntatem timen tium fe faciet , & de-
precationem eorum exaudiet , & falvos
faciet eos . Quum autem diu oraflent t
& furrexiffent , ait magnus Bafilius :
Cur Domine Ephræm facram Presbyte-
ri ordinationem , tibi tamquam digno
congruam , non accipis i Cui Ephræm
per Interpretern : quia peccator fum ,
Domine . Refpondit ei fanftus : Uti-
nam & ego talis peccator elfem . Di-
xitque ad eum rurfus Sandlus Pater nofter
. Fledlamus genua . & quum hu-
mi in faciem proftrati elfent , impo-
fuit magnus Hierarcha manum fuam_>
Sandlo Ephræmo : recitanfque oratio-
nem Diaconi , dicit ad ipfum : jubé,
nos érigé : Atque tune ftatim foluta
& expedita ejus lingua , dixit San&us
Ephræm lingua Græca : falva, mifere-
re , fufeita , & euftodi nos Deus tua
gratia . Tunc impleta eft feriptura :
Tunc faliet , ficut cervus claudus , &
aperta erit lingua balbutientium. Quum-
que ille ex tempore omnia Græce lo-
queretur ipfa hora, glorificarunt Deum,
qui omnia poteft , & exaudit vocem
precationemque timentium eum , facit-
que