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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1711] Lib. vii.
[1712] Arbitrantur; some editions have “arbitrabantur,” which appears preferable.
[1713] [“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. ix. 10). See p. 262, cap. 6, note 6, supra.]
Chap. XII.—Of Religion and the Fear of God.
[1714] Prudentiæ; reading to “imprudentiæ.”
[1715] Stultitiam.
Chap. XIII.—Of the Advantage and Use of the World and of the Seasons.
[1716] Lignorum.
[1717] Spatiis. The word properly refers to a racecourse.
[1718] Herbidæ fruges.
[1719] Amissi ac recepti luminis vicibus.
[1720] Virg., Georg., i. 289.
[1721] Opportunitates temporum.
[1722] Certis stationibus. Others read “sationibus,” for certain kinds of sowing; but “statio” is applied to the stars by Seneca and Pliny.
[1723] Designati.
[1724] An objection is here met and answered.
[1725] Gignentium.
[1726] Adhuc, omitted in many manuscripts.
[1727] [I have heretofore noted the elements of a theodicy to be found in Lactantius.]
[1728] Propter exiguum compendium sublatorum malorum.
[1729] [I cease to note this perpetually recurrent thought. It had profoundly impressed our author as an element of natural religion.]
[1730] Et Deum colere, etc. Some editions read, “et eum, qui tanta præstiterit,” omitting the word “colere.”
[1731] i. 10.
Chap. XV.—Whence Sins Extended to Man.
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