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largely quoted they epistle to the Hebrews, the second epistle of John, and the epistle of Jude.

Lucifer has quoted almost the whole of the epistle of St. Jude. Undoubtedly he used the ancient Latin version; and there are in him two readings, which deserve our notice.

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Jude, ver. 4," Denying the only Lord God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ." He omits the word " God," saying, "the only Lord :" as do many Greek manuscripts.

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Jude, ver. 7," And going after strange flesh, are set forth an example." He reads thus: "And going after the flesh, have been set forth an example by ashes."

Both these readings are mightily confirmed by 2 Pet. ii. 6, 10. For at ver. 10, the expression is," But chiefly them that walk after the flesh :" without the word "strange." And at ver. 6, "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes." Upon these readings should be consulted Mr. Beausobre's notes upon Jude, ver. 4, 7. and a Latin letter in the third volume of Mr. La Roche's Literary Journal, p. 192, 193.

II. Faustinus and Marcellinus, in their request to the emperors Valentinian, Theodosius, and Arcadius, say, that one thing for which Lucifer was eminent, was the study of the sacred scriptures: that Athanasius commended his writings. for the many passages therein collected out of the prophetical, evangelical, and apostolical scriptures. They continually speak with the highest veneration for the writings of

› Beatus apostolus Paulus dicit ad Hebræos: Et Moyses quidem fidelis erat in totâ domo ejus tanquam servus,' &c. [ad Hebr. cap. iii. et iv.] Ibid. p. 424. E. F. G.

2 Idcirco etenim etiam apostolus in hac dicit secundâ epistolâ: Omnis qui recedit, et non manet in doctrinâ Christi, Deum non habet. Qui autem manet in doctrinâ ejus, ille et Patrem et Filium habet.' Ib. p. 226. F. Vid. et ib. B. a Cum exhortetur Judas, gloriosus apostolus, frater Jacobi apostoli- Judas, Jesu Christi servus, frater autem Jacobi,' &c. [Jud. ver. 1-8. ver. 10-13, 18, 20.] Ibid. p. 227. C—E.

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-et qui est dominator noster et Dominus, Jesus Christus, eum negantes. Ib. p. 227. D. c Vid. Mill, in loc.

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-cum adulterium fecissent, et carnem secuta essent, cinis [cineris] propositæ sunt exemplum, ignis æterni pœnam sustinentes. Ibid.

Sed et apostolicus vir Lucifer de Sardinia Caralitane urbis episcopus, ob hoc, quod bene esset agnitus per contemptum seculi, per studium sacrarum literarum, per vitæ puritatem. A Romanâ ecclesiâ missus est legatus ad Constantium. Lib. Prec ap. Bib. PP. T. v. p. 654. C.

Idem Athanasius eosdem libros prædicat, ut prophetarum, et evangelistarum, atque apostolorum doctrinis, et pià confessione contextos. Ib. p. 658. E. -illam fidem sine dolo vindicant, quæ apud Nicæam evangelicâ atque apostolicâ ratione conscripta est. p. 653. F.

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Si quidem, dicentibus divinis scripturis, doctrina dæmoniorum hæresis est. p. 654. F.

the prophets, evangelists, and apostles: and they blame those who practise any thing contrary to their authority. The epistle to the Hebrews is quoted here very respectfully. Finally, they complain that they were called Luciferians. They say, that Christ is their master, and his doctrine they follow: they ought therefore to be called by no other that the sacred name of christians, as they hold nothing but what Christ taught by his apostles.

III. Beside that request, there is a book ascribed to Faustinus, Concerning the Trinity, against the Arians, in seven chapters, addressed to the empress Flaccilla, first wife of Theodosius, who died in 385.

I now transcribe below m a chapter of Gennadius, giving an account of Faustinus and Marcellinus. And I shall observe a few things in this book of Faustinus.

The writer expresseth" the highest respect for the divine scriptures, from which alone all doctrines of religion ought to be proved. Here are quoted the Acts of the Apostles, epistle to the Hebrews, and the Revelation of the apostle John. Moreover Jerom, in his book against the Luciferians, quotes the Revelation by way of proof very freely; which shows that it was received by them.

hevertentes illa forte statuta, quæ prius adversus eos propheticâ atque apostolicâ auctoritate decreverant. p. 656. C. Vid. et p. 658. F.

Annon scripturæ Divinæ impugnantur, quando cum episcopis, Filii Dei negatoribus, pax ecclesiæ copulatur? p. 656. H.

Credite, religiosissimi Imperatores, beatum Heraclidem unum esse de illo numero sanctorum, de quibus refert scriptura Divina, dicens: Circuierunt in

melotis et caprinis pellibus.'-Hebr. xi. 37, 38. p. 658. C.

Nam et hoc ipsum necessarium est, ut falsi cognomenti discutiamus invidiam, quà nos jactant esse Luciferianos- -Sed nobis Christus magister est, cujus doctrinam sequimur, atque ideo cognomenti illius sacra appellatione censemur; ut non aliud jure dici debeamus, quam christiani, qui nec aliud sequimur, quam quod Christus per apostolos docuit. p. 858. D.

De Trinitate, seu de Fide, adv. Arrian. Ap. Bib. PP. T. v. p. 637–651. m Faustinus presbyter scripsit ad personam Flaccillæ reginæ adversum Arianos et Macedonianos libros septem: his eos maxime sanctarum scripturarum testimoniis arguens et convincens, quibus illi pravo sensu abutuntur ad blasphemiam. Scripsit et librum, quem Valentiniano et Arcadio Imperatoribus, pro defensione suorum, cum Marcellino quodam presbytero, obtulit. Ex quo ostenditur, Luciferiano schismati consensisse, quia Hilarium Pictaviensem, et Damasum urbis Romanæ, episcopos in eodem libro culpat, quasi male consuluerint ecclesiæ, quod prevaricatores episcopos in communionem et sacerdotium recepissent. Quod Luciferianis ita displicuit, recipere episcopos, qui in Ariminensi Concilio Arianis communicaverant, quo modo Novatianis apostatas pœnitentes. Gennad. De V. I. cap. xvi.

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Cap. v. p. 647. H. a Sed et apostolus

Inspice potius divinos libros, et de divinâ fide divinis utere sermonibus. De Trinit. adv. Arian. cap. i. ib. p. 639. G. P Cap. ii. p. 645. A. et passim. Johannes in Apocalypsi hæc dicit. Contr. Lucifer. T. iv. p. 290. f.

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CHAP. XCII.

GREGORY, BISHOP OF ELVIRA.

1. As he is in Jerom's Catalogue, I add here Gregory, bishop of Illiberis or Elvira, in the province of Bætica in Spain, Jerom says that Gregory was still living in 392, when he wrote his Catalogue; but was of a great age. He had written several treatises in a plain style, and a good book Concerning the Faith, esteemed more polite than his other works.

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2. Gregory is placed by Cave, as flourishing about the year 370; but Tillemont, from a story told in the Request of Faustinus and Marcellinus, concludes he was bishop before the year 357. And indeed, if their authority may be relied upon, I should think him to have been bishop in 355; I therefore place him next after Eusebius of Vercelli, and Lucifer. Du Pind says, he flourished from 357, to the end of that age.

3. It is very probable, that this Gregory was a Luciferian, In the fore-cited Request he is spoken of as a man of remarkable firmness: hef alone of those who would not comply with the Arians in the time of Constantius was not banished. Again, he is spoken of as an admirable man: and he is honourably mentioned in the Rescript of Theodosius. Moreover, in Jerom's Chronicle he is joined with others, who never complied with the Arians.

4. Whether the book Concerning the Faith, mentioned by Jerom, be now extant, is somewhat doubtful. There is a tract with a like title, called Gregory Nazianzen's 49th

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Gregorius Bæticus, Iliberi episcopus, usque ad extremam senectutem diversos mediocri sermone tractatus composuit, et de Fide elegantem librum, qui hodieque superesse dicitur. De V. L. cap. 105. bH. L. T. i. p. 235.

Lucifer de Cagliari. Art. viii. Mem. T. vii. d Bib. des Aut. Ec. T. ii. p. 106.

p. 654. H. et 655. A.

e Vid. Libr. Pr.

f Inde est, quod solus Gregorius ex numero vindicantium integram fidem, nec in fugam versus, nec passus exilium, cum unusquisque timeret de illo ulterius vindicare. Ibid. p. 655. E.

Jam quantus vir Lucifer fuerit, cum illum admiretur et Gregorius, qui apud cunctos admirabilis est. p. 658. F. Vid. et p. 657. E.

h Ibid. p. 661. D.

i Lucifer, Caralitanus episcopus, moritur, qui, cum Gregorio episcopo Hispaniarum, et Philone Libyæ, nunquam se Arianæ miscuit pravitati. Chr. p. 186. * Ap. Greg. Naz. Öpp. T. i. p. 726—736.

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Oration, and usually joined also with the works of St. Ambrose; which Quesnell thinks to be the work of Gregory of Illiberis: others" say, it is not his. It is however the work of some ancient writer. Concerning this point several moderns may be consulted.

5. I scarce need make any extracts out of this treatise. I only observe that the scriptures of the Old and New Tes tament are here quoted with great respect. The book of the Acts is here quoted; and here occurs the phrase, which we have sometimes observed formerly, of the Lord's scriptures; meaning thereby, more particularly, the scriptures of the New Testament.

CHAP. XCIII.

PHOEBADIUS, BISHOP OF AGEN.

1. SAYS Jerom in his Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers: Phœbadius bishop of Agen in Gaul, has published a book against the Arians. He is said to have written some other small pieces, which I have not yet seen. He is still living, at a great age.'

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2. There is honourable mention inade of Phoebadius by Sulpicius Severus in his Sacred History. The book against the Arians is still extant. The author is placed by Caved at the year 359, the supposed time of writing that work.

1 De Fide Orthodoxâ contra Arianos. In Append. Opp. S. Ambros. Ti. p. 346-359. ed. Bened.

m Vid. Diss. xiv. in S. Leon. M. opp. sect. vii. n Vid. Benedictin. Monitum. p. 346.

• Vid. Cav. H. L. T.

i. p. 235. in Greg. Bæt. Fabr. ad Hieron. de V. I. cap. 105. et Bib. Lat. T. iii. p. 429. Tillem. Mem. T. vii. Lucif. de Cagl. Art. 8.

P Et Spiritum sicut ignem esse, Apostolorum Acta declarant. Apud Greg. Naz. T. i. p. 735. in. 4 Sed ego probo, Deum de Deo

in scripturis Dominicis contineri. Ibid. p. 730. fin.

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Phœbadius, Agenni Galliarum episcopus, edidit contra Arianos librum. Dicuntur et ejus alia esse opuscula, quæ necdum vidi. Vivit usque hodie decrepitâ senectute. De V. I. cap. 108. b L. ii. cap. 44. al. 59.

• Phœbadii episcopi liber contra Arianos. Ap. Bib. PP. T. iv. p. 300–305. d Hist. Lit. T. i. p. 217. Conf. Fabr. ad Hieron. de V. I. c. 108. et Bib. Lat. T. iii. p. 420. Du Pin, Bib. T. ii. p. 107. Tillem. Mem. Ec. T. vi. Les Ariens, art. 72.

3. I need say nothing more of it, than that the author quotes very frequently the generally received books of scripture. There is supposed to be a reference to the epistle to the Hebrews, but it is not clear: a reference tof the Revelation may be reckoned undoubted.

4. Throughout the whole work Phœbadius shows great respect for the holy scriptures. Thes bishops of the Nicene council, he says, first consulted the sacred volumes, and then declared their faith. He himself professeth a strong resolution, not to forsake the doctrine taught by the prophets, the gospels, and the apostles.

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CHAP. XCIV.

CAIUS MARIUS VICTORINUS AFER.

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1. 'CAIUS MARIUS VICTORINUS, born in Africa,' says Jerom, in his Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers, taught rhetoric at Rome in the time of the emperor Constantius. And in his old age embracing the Christian religion, he ' wrote some books against the Arians, which are so obscure, that they are understood by the learned only. He like'wise wrote Commentaries upon the apostle Paul's epis'tles.'

2. Victorinus is mentioned by Jerom several times elsewhere. In his Chronicle he says, that Victorinus had e Vid. p. 304. F. Bib. PP. 74. T. iv.

Quod Johannes in Filio recognoscens: Qui est,' inquit, et qui erat, et qui venturus est, Omnipotens.' Ibid. p. 303. D.

Quid egistis, o beatæ memoriæ viri, qui, ex omnibus orbis partibus Nicæam congregati, et sacris voluminibus pertractatis, perfectam fidei catholicæ regulam circumspecto sermone fecistis? Ib. p. 301. C.

h Hoc credimus, hoc tenemus, quia hoc accepimus a prophetis. Hoc nobis evangelia locuta sunt, hoc apostoli tradiderunt, hoc martyres passione confessi sunt. Ib. p. 305. B. a Vid. Cav. H. L. T. i. p. 228. Fabr. ad Hieron. de V. I. c. 101. et Bib. Lat. T. iii. p. 421. et seqq. Du Pin, Bib. T. ii. p. 100. Tillem. Mem. T. x. dans S. Simplicien.

b Victorinus, natione Afer, Romæ sub Constantio Principe rhetoricam docuit. Et in extremâ senectute Christi se tradens fidei, scripsit adversus Arium libros more dialectico valde obscuros, qui nisi ab eruditis non intelliguntur, et commentarios in apostolum. De V. I. c. 101.

< Victorinus Rhetor, et Donatus Grammaticus, Præceptor meus, Romæ insignes habentur. E quibus Victorinus etiam statuam in Foro Trajani meruit. Chr. p. 184.

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