7. Another Psalm which was read says:
“Who is like unto the Lord our God, Who dwelleth on high, and
regardeth lowly things in heaven and in the earth?” Ps. cxiii.
[cxii.] 5, 6. The Lord regarded indeed lowly
things when He revealed to His Church the relics of the holy martyrs
lying hidden under the unnoted turf, whose souls were in heaven, their
bodies in the earth: “raising the poor out of the dust, and
lifting the needy from the mire,” Ps. cxiii.
[cxii.] 7. and you see how He hath “set them
with the princes of His people.” Ps. cxiii.
[cxii.] 8. Whom are we to esteem as the
princes of the people but the holy martyrs? amongst whose number
Protasius and Gervasius long unknown are now enrolled, who have caused
the Church of Milan, barren of martyrs hitherto, now as the mother of
many children, to rejoice in the distinctions and instances of her own
sufferings.