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LVIII 



THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 



Son. These examples apply very well to such men as 

 are avaricious or obstinate or both. 



Father. You shall know of a truth, that wherever jus- 

 tice is sold for money or is stricken down by arrogance, 

 divine revenge and punishment, physical or spiritual, 

 will surely come; and an instance of this can be cited, 

 if it is desired. There was a prominent citizen in Athens 

 named Stephen; he was judge in all those cases that 

 arose within the city; he was not known as an unjust 

 man. Now it came to pass that Stephen departed this 

 life, and two groups of angels came to meet him, the 

 one wishing to support his cause, the other charging 

 him with much and heavy guilt and wishing to lead 

 him with them to death. But whereas a dispute arose 

 between them and neither side would yield, one of the 

 angels proposed that they should lead Stephen before 

 the Judge and let the dispute be settled by His judg- 

 ment. When they came into court, the accusing lawyers 

 cried out saying that they had a grave charge against 

 Stephen, namely, that he had taken a plot of ground 

 from the church of Saint Lawrence by an unjust decree. 

 But the judge said that the saint should decide that 

 case, seeing that he was the one robbed. Now just as 

 Saint Lawrence came up to hear how the suit was going 

 forward, one of the angels said to Stephen: "Why do 

 you not call the holy priest Justin, whom you honored 

 so highly as to have a chapel built for him near your 

 hall and whom you have served in many things? He 



