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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1184] [Ennius; also in Cicero, De Offic., i. cap. 16]
[1186] In aram Dei. Others read “arcam,” the chest.
[1187] i.e., “gladiators purchased from a trainer for the gratification of the people.”
[1188] Bestiarios: men who fought with beasts in the amphitheatre.
[1189] [Matt. xviii. 21-35. Exposition of vi. 14.]
Chap. XIII.—Of Repentance, of Mercy, and the Forgiveness of Sins.
[1191] In cogitationem. Others read “cogitatione.”
[1192] Lapsos. [All this shows the need of an Augustine.]
[1193] Temporariæ. [Admirable so far as our author goes.]
[1194] Contrahetur.
Chap. XV.—Of the Affections, and the Opinion of the Peripatetics Respecting Them.
[1195] [After fifteen centuries, physicians know as little about the spleen as ever. See Dunglison, Med. Dict., sub voce “spleen.”]
[1196] Ubertas animorum.
[1197] Exuberat in sentes, “luxuriates into briars.”
[1198] [Cap. xiv. p. 179, supra.]
[1199] [After Pharsalia. Note this love of freedom.]
[1200] Curta, i.e., “maimed.”
[1201] [See Augustine against Pelagius: another view.]
[1202] [Again this love of liberty, but loosely said.]
Chap. XVII.—Of the Affections and Their Use; Of Patience, and the Chief Good of Christians.
[1203] Ventri ac gulæ ingeras.
[1204] Sed earum modum non tenent. [Augustine’s anthropology better.]
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