ss. I was there, I
was at Milan, I know the miracles which were done, God attesting to
the precious death of His Saints; that by those miracles
henceforth, not in the Lord's sight only, but in the sight of men
also, that death might be precious. A blind man, perfectly well
known to the whole city, was restored to sight; he ran, he caused
himself to be brought near, he returned without a guide. We have
not yet heard of his death; perhaps he is still alive. In the very
church where their bodies are, he has vowed his whole life to
religious service. We rejoiced in his restoration, we left him in
service."--_Serm._ 286. _vid._ also 318.

The third passage will be found in the ninth book of St. Augustine's
Confessions, and adds to the foregoing extracts the important fact that
the miracle was the cause of Justina's relinquishing her persecution of
the Catholics.

2. Now let us proceed to the evidence of St Ambrose, as contained in the
sermons which he preached upon the occasion. In the former of the two he
speaks as follows of the miracles wrought by the relics:--

"Ye know, nay, ye have yourselves seen, many cleansed from evil
spirits, and numbers loosed from their infirmities, on laying their
hands on the garment of the saints. Ye see renewed the miracles of
the old time, when, through the advent of the Lord Jesus, a fuller
grace poured itself upon the earth; ye see most men healed by the
very shadow of the sacred bodies. How many are the napkins which
pass to and fro! what anxiety for garments which are laid upon the
most holy relics, and made salutary by their very touch! It is an
object with all to reach even to the extreme border, and he who
reaches it will be made whole. Thanks be to Thee, Lord Jesus, for
awakening for us at this time the spirits of the holy martyrs, when
Thy Church needs greater guardianship. Let all understand the sort
of champions I ask for--those who may act as champions, not as
assailants. And such have I gained for you, my religious people,
such as benefit all, and harm none. Such defenders I solicit, such
soldiers I possess, not the world's soldiers, but soldiers of
Christ. I fear not that such will give offence; because the higher
is their guardianship, the less exceptionable is it also. Nay, for
them even who grudge me the martyrs, do I desire the