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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[618] From the Israelites, to whom He first revealed Himself, to the Gentile world at large.
[619] ἀπάτωρ and ἀμήτωρ. See Heb. vii. 3, where Melchisedec is a type of Christ.
[620] Ex utroque genere permistum. Though the Godhead and the manhood are joined together in one person in our Lord Jesus Christ, there is no confounding of the two natures: each is whole and perfect. While Nestorius held that there were two persons in Christ, Eutyches fell into the opposite error, and taught that the two natures were so blended together as to form one mixed nature. The expression in the text is not very clear.
[622] Fatigata est Ægyptus. This is taken from the Septuagint.
[623] This quotation is from the apocryphal book of Baruch iii. 35-37, which is sometimes spoken of as the book of Jeremiah Baruch.
[625] Jer. xvii. 9. The passage is quoted from the Septuagint.
[626] Isa. xix. 20, quoted from the Septuagint.
[627] Num. xxiv. 17. The well-known prophecy of Balaam is here spoken of as though given by Moses, who only records it. [In an elucidation touching the Sibyls, I shall recur to the case of Balaam.]
[628] Exsurget homo ex Israel This is taken from the Septuagint, instead of the ordinary reading, “A sceptre shall rise out of Israel.”
[629] [The oracle of Apollo Didymæus; from the Milesian temple burnt by Xerxes. Readers will remember the humour of Arnobius about these divers names, vol. vi. p. 419, this series.]
[633] Flos. Quoted from the Septuagint, ἄνθος.
[634] Implebit eum spiritus timoris Dei.
[635] 2 Sam. vii. 4-5, 12:12–14, 16.
[636] Fidem consequetur, following the Septuagint πιστωθήσεται.
[637] Hierosolyma. As though derived from ἰερόν and Σολομω̑ν. But Solomon was not the founder of the city. The name is probably derived from Salem, of which city Melchisedec was king. Some derive it from Jebus (the ancient name of the city) and Salem. [See vol. ii. p. 107, note 3, this series.]
[638] Non est fidem consecuta, as above.
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