hesurvivedtheCatholictyrantofAlexandria，and，aftersixteenyears\'banishment，thesynodofChalcedonwouldperhapshaverestoredhimtothehonors，oratleasttothecommunion，ofthechurch。ThedeathofNestoriuspreventedhisobediencetotheirwelcomesummons；^55andhisdiseasemightaffordsomecolortothescandalousreport，thathistongue，theorganofblasphemy，hadbeeneatenbytheworms。HewasburiedinacityofUpperEgypt，knownbythenamesofChemnis，orPanopolis，orAkmim；^56

　　buttheimmortalmaliceoftheJacobiteshasperseveredforagestocaststonesagainsthissepulchre，andtopropagatethefoolishtradition，thatitwasneverwateredbytherainofheaven，whichequallydescendsontherighteousandtheungodly。

　　^57HumanitymaydropatearonthefateofNestorius；yetjusticemustobserve，thathesufferedthepersecutionwhichhehadapprovedandinflicted。^58

　　[Footnote52:Evagrius，l。i。c。7。TheoriginallettersintheSynodiconc。15，24，25，26justifytheappearanceofavoluntaryresignation，whichisassertedbyEbed—Jesu，aNestorianwriter，apudAsseman。Bibliot。Oriental。tom。iii。p。

　　299，302。]

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