¹⁵ In praedicationibus: "in the declarations of the prophets."

¹⁶ Scrupulis.

¹⁷ See books ii. and iii. of our Anti-Marcion.

¹⁸ He means the De Carne Christi.

¹⁹ Tanquam penes nos quoque incerta, id est penes Creatorem. This obscure clause is very variously read. One reading, approved by Fr. Junius, has: "Tanquam penes nos incertum, dum sit quotue certum penes Creatorem," q.d., "As a subject full of uncertainty as respects ourselves, although of an opposite character in relation to the Creator;" whatever that may mean.

²⁰ Hoc latere.

²¹ Compare Adv. Omnes Hoereses, c. vi.

²² Varro's words help us to understand this rought joke: "Ursi Lucana origo," etc. (De Ling. Lat. v. 100.)

²³ Iste: rather his subject than his person.

²⁴ i.e. the De Anima.

²⁵ Compare the De Test. Anim. ii., and De Anim. xliii.

²⁶ Isa. xliv. 20.

²⁷ 1 Cor. i. 20, iii. 19.

²⁸ Of the resurrection of the body.

²⁹ Frivolae.

³⁰ Isto.

³¹ Gula.

³² Natandum pulmonibus.

³³ 1 Cor. vii. 31.

³⁴ John i. 3.

³⁵ Formam.

³⁶ Gen. i. 26.

³⁷ Universitati.

³⁸ Gen. i. 27.

³⁹ Limum de terra: Gen. ii. 7.

⁴⁰ Gen. ii. 7, 8.

⁴¹ It having just been said that flesh was man's prior designation.

⁴² Quid enim si.

⁴³ Adeo.

⁴⁴ Ista.

⁴⁵ Gen. i. 26.

⁴⁶ Constitutus.

⁴⁷ Phil. ii. 6.

⁴⁸ Gen. iii. 19. ["Earth thou art, etc." in text.]

⁴⁹ Gen. iii. 31.

⁵⁰ A Valentinian notion.

⁵¹ Gen. ii. 23.

⁵² Rom. ix. 20.

⁵³ 2 Cor. vi. 7.

⁵⁴ Col. ii. 11.

⁵⁵ Invehi.

⁵⁶ Dominari.

⁵⁷ John iv. 24.

⁵⁸ Instaurat.

⁵⁹ Una notitia ejus = monogamia.

⁶⁰ Afflatus.

⁶¹ Matt. xxii. 37-40.

⁶² 2 Cor. xii. 9.

⁶³ Luke v. 31.

⁶⁴ 1 Cor. xii. 23.

⁶⁵ Luke xix. 10.

⁶⁶ Ezek. xviii. 23.

⁶⁷ Deut. xxxii. 39.

⁶⁸ Vacuisset.

⁶⁹ Isa. xl. 7.

⁷⁰ Isa. xl. 5.

⁷¹ Gen. vi. 3, Sept.

⁷² Joel iii. 1.

⁷³ Rom. viii. 18.

⁷⁴ Rom. viii. 8.

⁷⁵ Gal. v. 17.

⁷⁶ Below, in ch. xvi.

⁷⁷ Gal. vi. 17.

⁷⁸ 1 Cor. iii. 16.

⁷⁹ 1 Cor. vi. 15.

⁸⁰ Ver. 20.

⁸¹ Carnes. [To explain the state of mind in which this sentence is written, let the reader kindly turn back to Vol. II. p. 4, the paragraph."As Eusebius informs us, etc."]

⁸² Licentiam.

⁸³ Oehler explains "devoratum" by "interceptum."