δε σον πενητα και πτωχον εμπυριζει ζηλουντα τον θεοσεβη ζηλον και ε νδοθεν φλεγομενον την ψυχην. 65 Ps 9,24 Και μαλιστα οι θειου πλουτου και σοφιας στερουμενοι και μη ακριβεις ο ντες περι τα δογματα της ευσεβειας· ου τοι γαρ τοις της σοφης προνοιας προσκοπτουσιν κριμασιν επαινουν…

e a person for things in which he ought not to be praised; since perhaps they are evil, according to Ps. 9:24, "The sinner is praised in the desires of his soul"; or they may be uncertain, according to Ecclus. 27:8, "Praise not a man before he speaketh," and again ( Ecclus. 11:2…

nchiridion xii), "a thing is evil because it is harmful." But flattery is most harmful, according to Ps. 9:24, "For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul, and the unjust man is blessed. The sinner hath provoked the Lord." Wherefore Jerome says (Ep. ad Celant): "Nothing…