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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[488] Cicero, De Offic., ii. 6. The expressions are borrowed from the figure of a ship at sea.
[489] Æn., viii. 33.
[490] Sallust, Cat., viii.
[491] Chapter xvi.
[492] Satire x. 365: Nullum numen abest. Others read, Nullum numen habes. You have no divine power, O Fortune, if there is prudence, etc.
[493] Acad., i. 7. [Let our sophists feel this rebuke of Tully.]
[494] [A noble utterance from Christian philosophy, now first gaining the ear and heart of humanity.]
[495] Figmenta. [Rom. i. 21-23.]
[496] Thus St. Paul, 1 Cor. ii. 9: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
[497] In its rewards.
[498] The seven wise men were, Thales, Pittacus, Bias, Solon, Cleobulus, Chilo, and Periander. To these some add Anacharsis the Scythian. [Vol. v. p. 11, supra. For Thales, vol. ii. p. 140.]
[499] This was the opinion of Pythagoras. See Book iii. 2.
Chap. II.—Where Wisdom is to Be Found; Why Pythagoras and Plato Did Not Approach the Jews.
[500] See 1 Cor. i. 20-22.
[501] [“Thou art a God that hidest thyself,” Isa xlv. 15. Wisdom must be searched after as hidden treasure.]
[502] See Eph. i. 9, 10; Col. i. 26, 27. [This is a mysterious truth: God’s election of men and nations has been according to their desire to be enlightened. Christ must be the “Desire of Nations.”]
[503] The last time is the last dispensation, the time of the new covenant. Heb. i. 2.
[504] See Isa. lv. 4: “Behold, I have given Him for a leader and commander to the people.”
[506] [Iidem sunt doctores sapientiæ qui et De. sacerdotes.]
[507] [The satirist, not Cicero’s friend; Nat. Deor., iii.]
[508] Fathers in ancient times had the greatest power over their children, so that they had the right of life and death, as masters had over their slaves.
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