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Apologetic
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[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.”
[232] Col. iii. 5. It has been suggested that for “quamvis” we should read “quum bis;” i.e., “seeing covetousness is twice called,” etc. The two places are Col. 3.5; Eph. 5.5.
[233] Matt. v. 34-37; Jas. v. 12.
[234] [The aversion of the early Christian Fathers passim to the ceremonial use of incense finds one explanation here.]
[235] i.e., the demons, or idols, to whom incense is burned.
[236] i.e., from one possessed.
[237] i.e., The demon, in gratitude for the incense which the man daily feeds him with, ought to depart out of the possessed at his request.
Chapter XII.—Further Answers to the Plea, How Am I to Live?
[238] i.e., in baptism.
[239] See above, chaps. v. and viii. [One is reminded here of the famous pleasantry of Dr. Johnson; see Boswell.]
[240] See Luke xiv. 28-30.
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