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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[274] Terrea. Another reading is ferrea, “the race of iron.”
[275] The origin.
[276] The fable of the three Parcæ—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—is derived from Hesiod.
[277] Frailty.
[278] Ripeness, or suitableness.
[279] Little bags, or follicles.
[280] Book v. 806. [Uteri terram radicibus apti.]
[281] A perpetual temperature and an equable spring.
[282] The seasons were varied.
[283] Be rough.
[284] Inextricabilis, that cannot be disentangled.
[285] [De Legibus, book i. cap. 7.]
[286] That is, according to the notions of the heathen.
[287] Made fast, established.
[288] i.e., man.
[289] It was necessary to remove ambiguity from the heathen, to whom the word death conveys no such meaning. In the sacred writings the departure of the soul from the body is often spoken of as sleep, or rest. Thus Lazarus is said to sleep. 1 Thess. iv. 14, “Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him,”—an expression of great beauty and propriety as applied to Christians. On the other hand, the prophets speak of “the shadow of death.”
[290] Extinguishes. Compare the words of Christ Himself, John v. 29; Acts xxiv. 15.
[291] [Must not be overlooked. See vol. iv. p. 495, and elucidation (after book. iv.) on p. 542.]
[292] [Eccles. iii. 18-21. Answered, Eccles. xii. 7.]
[293] Portrayed or expressed.
[294] It is not to be supposed that Lactantius, following the error of Marcion, believed that the body of man had been formed by the devil, for he has already described its creation by God. He rather speaks of the devil as exercising a power permitted to him over the earth and the bodies of men. Compare 2 Cor. iv. 4.
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