6.  A second sign.  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars Matt. xxiv. 6.  The war with Sapor II., King of Persia, which broke out immediately on the death of Constantine, and continued throughout the reign of Constantius, was raging fiercely at the date of these Lectures, the great battle of Singara being fought in the year 348 a.d..  Is there then at this time war between Persians and Romans for Mesopotamia, or no?  Does nation rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom, or no?  And there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places.  These things have already come to pass; and again, And fearful sights from heaven, and mighty storms Luke xxi. 11.  Jerome in the Chronicon mentions a great earthquake in 346 a.d., by which Dyrrachium was destroyed, and Rome and other cities of Italy greatly injured (Ben. Ed.). Cyril substitutes χειμῶνες for σημεῖα, the better reading in Luke xxi. 11..  Watch therefore, He says; for ye know not at what hour your Lord doth come Matt. xxiv. 42..