tinus which has
since given a name to all "palaces." Bishop Lightfoot however has made
it clear (_a_) that such a use at Rome, by Romans, of the word
_Praetorium_ was probably not known; (_b_) that the word _Praetorium_
was a familiar word for the great body of the Imperial Life-guards; and
that it would probably be often so used by the (praetorian) "soldiers
who kept him." On the whole it seems clear that, at Rome, the word
would denote a body, not a place. It never appears as a name for the
great _camp_ of the Praetorians, outside Rome at the east.

[1] See note at the end of this chapter.

[2] The A.V. rendering "in all other _places_" is obviously due to the
belief that _praitorion_ signified a place, not a body of men.

[3] I thus convey the force of _hoste_, across the break we have made
in the original sentence.

[4] Literally perhaps, "relying on my bonds," as a new _ground_ for
their assurance of the goodness of the cause.--It is possible to render
here, "the brethren, _having in the Lord confidence_, are, in view of
my bonds, much more bold," etc. But the rhythm of the Greek is in
favour of our rendering (which is essentially that of A.V. and R.V.).

[5] I adopt here the order of the Greek clauses which is best attested.

[6] See note at the end of this chapter.

[7] I venture to refer to my book, _Bishop Ridley on the Lord's Supper_
(Seeley), pp. 54, 55, 72.

[8] See the close of the volume.

_THE CHRISTIAN'S PEACE AND THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSISTENCY_

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just
works do proceed; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world
cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments,
and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies
may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus
Christ our Saviour. Amen.

_The Second Collect at Evening Prayer_.

CHAPTER IV

THE CHRISTIAN'S PEACE AND THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSISTENCY

PHILIPPIANS i. 21-30

He will be spared to them--Spiritual wealth of the paragraph--Adolphe
Monod's exposition--Charles Simeon's testimony--The equilibrium and its
secret--The intermediate bliss--He longs for their full
consistency--The "gift" of suffering

Ver. 21. +For to me, to live is Christ+; the consciousness and
experiences of living, in the body, are so full of Christ, my supreme
Interest, that CHRIST sums them all up; +and to die+, the act