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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1275] i.e., no known sins. Thus the Psalmist prays: “Cleanse thou me from my secret faults.” [So St. Paul, 1 Cor. iv. 4, where the archaic “by” = adversus.]
[1276] Satisfaciat, “let him make satisfaction by fruits worthy of repentance.”
[1277] The subject of the first and second books.
[1278] The subject of the sixth book.
[1279] The subject of the third book.
[1280] The subject of the fourth book.
[1281] The subject of the fifth book.
[1282] The subject of the sixth book.
[1283] Nuda.
[1284] Præscriptionem.
[1285] Ita leviter odoratos.
[1286] Odor.
[1287] Virg., Georg., iii. 244.
[1288] Adjudicaverunt.
[1289] Latrant.
[1290] Impedimentis.
[1292] Ad confundendos. Others read “consolandos.”
Chap. II.—Of the Error of the Philosophers, and of the Divine Wisdom, and of the Golden Age.
[1293] Decurso temporum spatio. A metaphor taken from the chariot course; spatium being used for the length of the course, between the metæ, or goals.
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