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[209] i.e., by naming the stars after them.
[210] Comp. chap. iv., and the references there given. The idea seems founded on an ancient reading found in the Codex Alexandrinus of the LXX. in Gen. vi. 2, “angels of God,” for “sons of God.”
[211] See Tac. Ann. ii. 31, etc. (Oehler.)
[213] Because the names of the heathen divinities, which used to be given to the stars, were in many cases only names of dead men deified.
[214] Or, heathenish.
[215] Or, sect.
[216] See Exod. 7-8; 2 Tim. 3.8.
[217] See Acts viii. 9-24.
[218] See Acts xiii. 6-11.
[220] See Acts viii. 21.
[221] See 1 Cor. vii. 31, “They that use this world as not abusing it.” The astrologer abuses the heavens by putting the heavenly bodies to a sinful use.
Chapter X.—Of Schoolmasters and Their Difficulties.
[222] i.e., the seven planets.
[223] See 1 Cor. viii. 10.
[224] i.e., because “he does not nominally eat,” etc.
[225] [Note the Christian Schoolmaster, already distinguished as such, implying the existence and the character of Christian schools. Of which, learn more from the Emperor Julian, afterwards.]
[226] i.e., the name of gods.
[227] Ex. xxiii. 13; Josh. xxiii. 7; Ps. xvi. 4; Hos. ii. 17; Zech. xiii. 2.
[228] i.e., the name of God.
[229] i.e., on an idol, which, as Isaiah says, is “vanity.”
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