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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[575] Converteret, “turn to.”
[576] Alienigenis. Comp. Eph. ii. 12: “Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise.”
[577] Exquisitis.
[579] From generation to generation.
[580] Neh. ix. 26. The book of Nehemiah is called by the Greek writers the second book of Ezra. The words quoted are spoken by the Levites.
[581] 1 Kings xix. 10. The 1st and 2d Samuel are in the Septuagint 1st and 2d Kings, and 1st and 2d Kings are 3d and 4th.
[582] I have been jealous with jealousy—Æmulando æmulatus sum,—a Hebraism. So Luke xxii. 15; John iii. 29.
[583] Fathers were said to disown (abdicare) and cast off degenerate sons.
[584] Thus Col. i. 18, “who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead.”
[585] The nations.
[587] In the Septuagint δεδόξασται, “has been glorified.”
[588] Ps. xviii. 43. The quotation is from the Septuagint, καταστήεις; our version reads, “Thou hast made me.”
[589] Isa. lxvi. 18, 19. The quotation is again taken from the Septuagint.
[590] See Ezek. xli., where an angel measures the temple; and Rev. xi., where an angel directs John to measure it.
[591] The Scriptures do not make mention of the death of Isaiah. It is supposed that there is an allusion to it in Heb. xi. 37.
[593] Filios genui et exaltavi. This is quoted from the Septuagint.
[595] This is quoted from the Septuagint; literally, have watched for, custodierunt.
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