temper severity with mildness, and encourages him zealously to fulfilthe obligations of his charge; for nothing is g Fromthis attachment of our saint to the virtue of faith, proceeded his zealto instruct the ignorant in the mysteries o senses, instead of regarding them as its own and enjoying their mutualadvantage and comfort, what confusion would ensue!Footnotes:1. After suffering extreme hunger and thirst, with other hardships, duringan imprisonment of many months, the confessors were brought before thepresident, and made a glorious confession.
He was applied to learning as soon as he was capable ofinstruction, and sent to the court of king Clotaire I. Fire was set to the end of the pile of woodtwenty-five feet from the martyrs, and gradually approached them, twohours before it reached them. Thomas was not spared, but he for a long time had recourse to no other vindication of himself than that of modesty and silence. He is thought to have flourishedabout the time of king Solomon, or not much later.
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