1 1 Cor. x. 6, 11.

2 Luke xxiv. 44.

3 Isa. vii. 9.

4 Matt. xiii. 52.

5 2 Tim. ii. 16-18.

6 [A good argumentum ad hominem, a species of argument which Augustine is fond of using.-A. H. N.].

1 Matt. xix. 29.

2 Matt. v. 3-11.

3 Matt. xi. 2-6.

4 [This is a good description of ideal Manichaean religious life. Whether Faustus lived up to the claims here set forth is another question.-A. H. N.]

5 Matt. vii. 21.

6 Matt. xxviii. 19, 20.

7 John xv. 14.

8 John xv. 10.

9 Matt v. 3-10.

10 Matt. xxv. 35.

11 Matt. xix. 21.

12 Matt. xvi. 7.

13 1 Cor. xv. 47.

14 Gal. i. 8, 9.

15 2 Tim. ii. 8.

16 Rom. iv. 25.

17 John v. 25-27.

18 Acts. i. 14.

19 John iii. 14, 15.

20 1 John v. 20, iv. 3.

21 1 Cor. xiii. 3.

22 1 Tim. i. 5.

23 [Augustine confounds saving faith with orthodox doctrine, as has been too commonly done since.-A. H. N.].

24 1 Cor. vii. 5, 6.

25 1 Cor. vi. 7, 4.

26 Matt. x. 38-42.

1 Book iv.

2 1 Cor. x. 6.

3 Col. ii. 16, 17.

4 Tit. i. 15.

5 Wisd. vii. 24, 25.

6 [In bringing to notice the absurdities of the Manichaean moral system, Augustine may seem to be trifling, but he is in reality striking at the root of the heresy.-A, H. N.]

7 1 Cor. x. 11.

8 Matt. viii. 32.

9 Luke v. 14.

10 Phil. iii. 19.

11 Tit. i. 15.

12 Matt. xvi. 11.

13 Tit. i. 15.

14 Prov. xxi. 20.

15 [Compare the Introduction, where an abstract is given of the Fihrist's account of the creation.-A. H. N.].

16 [These biological blunders belong to the age, and are not Augustine's peculiar fancies. Of course, the argumentative value of them depends on their general acceptance.-A. H. N.]

17 1 Cor. x. 11.

18 Rom. xv. 4.

19 [It will be seen in subsequent portions of this treatise that Augustine carries the typological idea to an absurd extreme.-A. H. N.].

20 1 Cor. ix. 9, 10.

21 Cf. Lev. xxi. 18.

1 Matt. xii. 48.

2 Matt. xxiii. 9.

3 John i. 1-5.



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