Pacian answers, Not I, but only God, who both blotsout sin in baptism, and does not reject the tears of penitents. It is always the spirit of the cross. See also the bull of his canonization, and an excellentcollection of his maxims and private actions, compiled by his intimatefriend and real admirer, M. Seethe brief of Benedict XIV.
ts or fine speculations ondivine secrets, on the eternal generation of the Word, or the processionof the Holy Ghost. Paulinus wrote to our saint that he hoped to have met himat Rome, whither he went to keep the feast of the 10, in 1Tim,) he says: We have great reason to weep: scarce the least part ofthe world is saved: almost all live in danger of eternal death. So great was his fervor and desire of suffering, that by the fatiguesand length of the voyage, which was a very bad one, he appeared thestronger and more courageous.
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