Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Here again he makes mention of his trial, not wishing merely to censure and accuse the man but to prepare his disciple for the conflicts, that he might bear them firmly. Though they be mean and contemptible persons, and without honor, who cause these trials, they ought all, he says, to be borne with fortitude.
