praise.a And not idly is this too a symbolical example, for “Noah” is a sort of cognomenb of justice, by participationc in which the mind gives us rest from the evil of labours and will give us rest from sorrows and fears, making us fearless and sorrowless. And it gives us rest from that earthly nature by whose curse the body is afflicted with sickness; and they are guilty who consume their lives in pursuit of pleasures.d But in the realization of the predictione the prophecy spoke falsely, for