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[269] i.e., by sinning (Oehler), for “the wages of sin is death.”
[270] There seems to be a play on the word “convivere” (whence “convivium,” etc.), as in Cic. de Sen. xiii.
[271] Isa. i. 14, etc.
[272] [This is noteworthy. In the earlier days sabbaths (Saturdays) were not unobserved, but, it was a concession pro tempore, to Hebrew Christians.]
[273] i.e., perhaps your own birthdays. [See cap. xvi. infra.] Oehler seems to think it means, “all other Christian festivals beside Sunday.”
[274] [“An Easter Day in every week.”—Keble.]
[275] i.e., a space of fifty days, see Deut. xvi. 10; and comp. Hooker, Ecc. Pol. iv. 13, 7, ed. Keble.
[277] See chap. ix. p. 152, note 4.
[278] Matt. xxii. 21; Mark xii. 17; Luke xx. 25.
[279] See Gen. i. 26-27; ix. 6; and comp. 1 Cor. xi. 7.
[280] The word is the same as that for “the mouth” of a river, etc. Hence Oehler supposes the “entrances” or “mouths” here referred to to be the mouths of fountains, where nymphs were supposed to dwell. Nympha is supposed to be the same word as Lympha. See Hor. Sat. i. 5, 97; and Macleane’s note.
[281] [He seems to refer to some Providential event, perhaps announced in a dream, not necessarily out of the course of common occurrences.]
[282] Rom. xiii. 1, etc.; 1 Pet. ii, 13, 14.
[286] Matt. v. 14; Phil. ii. 15.
[287] Ps. i. 1-3; xcii. 12-15.
Chapter XVI.—Concerning Private Festivals.
[288] Tertullian should have added, “and a man’s on a woman.” See Deut. xxii. 5. Moreover, the word “cursed” is not used there, but “abomination” is.
[289] Because it was called toga virilis—“the manly toga.”
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