896 e0perxo/mene. The true Christ is o9 e0rxo/menoj.

897 Totem apud te.

898 De tuo commisisti.

899 Quam olim

900 Imputes.

901 This fable is not extant (Oehler).

902 Adhuc.

903 Insiliit.

904 Nisi quod nec ille. This ille, of course, means the Creator's Christ.

905 Diligit: or loves.

906 Luke ix. 47, 48.

907 Autem.

908 2 Kings ii. 23,24.

909 Committit.

910 Parvulos.

911 Pueros: [young lads].

912 Partus Habraeos.

913 Ex. ii. 15-21.

914 See a like comparison in book i. chap. xxix. p. 294.

915 Qui de infantia primus est: i.e., cujus qui de infantia, etc. [Elucidation VIII.]

916 Repraesentat plagam.

917 2 Kings i. 9-12.

918 I translate after Oehler's text, which is supported by the oldest authorities. Pamelius and Rigaltius, however, read "Christi lenitatem increpantis eandem animadversionem," etc. ("On the contrary, I recognize the gentleness of Christ, who rebuked His disciples when they," etc.) This reading is only conjectural, suggested by the "Christi lenitatem" of the context.

919 Destinantes.

920 Luke ix. 51-56.

921 Isa. xlii. 2,3.

922 Compare De Patientia, chap. xv.

923 1 Kings xix. 12.

924 Luke ix. 57, 58.

925 Salutem: i.e., "Christ, who is our salvation" (Fr. Junius).

926 Luke ix. 59,60.

927 Animam defunctam.

928 Lev. xxi. I, according to our author's reading.

929 Num. vi. 6,7.

930 Imbuerat.

931 Sectam.

932 Gen. xix. 17.

933 Apostolos: Luke x. i.

934 Compare above, book iv. chap. xiii. p. 364.

935 Ex. xv. 27 and Num. xxxiii. 9.

936 Causarum: "occasions" or circumstances.

937 Potestatum. In Marcionite terms, "The Gods of the Old and the New Testaments."

938 Consparsionum. [Punic Latin.] Ex. xii. 34,35.

939 Virgam, Luke x. 4, and Matt x. 10.

940 Causarum offerentiam.

941 Expeditionem, with the sense also of "supplies" in the next clause.

942 Circumcidens.

943 Struxerat.

944 Deut. xxix. 5.

945 Luke x. 4.

946 See 2 Kings iv. 29.

947 Literally, "bless him not, i.e., salute him not."

948 Literally, "answer him not, i.e., return not his salvation."

949 Luke x. 5.

950 2 Kings iv. 26. He reads the optative instead of the indicative.

951 Luke x. 7.

952 Deut. xxv. 4.

953 Compare above, book ii. chap. 17, p. 311.

954 See this argued at length above, in book ii. chap. 20. p. 313.

955 Dominatoribus.

956 Luke x. 9.

957 Subitum.

958 Accipit tempus.

959 Inducens speciem.

960 Tardasse.

961 The announcement (According to the definition) defining the beginning of its existence in time.

962 Appropinquasse.

963 Luke x. 11.

964 Et judicem in utroque.

965 Hoerentia.

966 Nedum.

967 Luke x. 11.

968 Inhumanitas.

969 Ecclesiam. There is force in thus using Christian terms for Jewish ordinances, full as he is of the identity of the God of the old with Him of the ne covenant.

970 Deut. xxiii. 3.

971 Luke x. 16.

972 Num. xiv. 27.

973 Luke x. 19.

974 Isa. xi. 8,9.

975 Deputetur.

976 Penes Creatorem.

977 Ps. xci. 13.

978 Isa. xxvii. I, Sept.

979 Isa. xxxv. 8,9, Sept.

980 Evacuationem.

981 Isa. xxxv. 3,5,6, Sept.

982 Secundum ordinem praedicationis.

983 Ostenditur.

984 Luke x. 21.

985 Satis inique.

986 Praemiserat.

987 Argumenta.

988 Deliquerant.