But his fatigues were rewarded by the daily increase of his fame and his congregation; and he enjoyed the pleasure of observing, that the greater part of his numerous audience retired from his sermons satisfied with the eloquence of the preacher, [35] or dissatisfied with the manifold imperfections of their faith and practice.

[36] [Footnote 24: Sozomen, l.vii.c.v.Socrates, l.v.c.7.

Marcellin.
in Chron.

The account of forty years must be dated from the election or intrusion of Eusebius, who wisely exchanged the bishopric of Nicomedia for the throne of Constantinople.] [Footnote 25: See Jortin's Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, vol.iv.
p.71.The thirty-third Oration of Gregory Nazianzen affords indeed some similar ideas, even some still more ridiculous; but I have not yet found the words of this remarkable passage, which I allege on the faith of a correct and liberal scholar.] [Footnote 26: See the thirty-second Oration of Gregory Nazianzen, and the account of his own life, which he has composed in 1800 iambics.
Yet every physician is prone to exaggerate the inveterate nature of the disease which he has cured.] [Footnote 27: I confess myself deeply indebted to the two lives of Gregory Nazianzen, composed, with very different views, by Tillemont (Mem.Eccles.tom.ix.p.

305-560, 692-731) and Le Clerc, (Bibliotheque Universelle, tom.xviii.p.