pro. Christianis," c. 10.

[455:3] "Legat. pro. Christ." c. 12.

[456:1] "Monarchiam, inquiunt, tenemus."--_Tertullian, Adv. Praxean_, c.
3.

[456:2] "Athanas de Synodis," c. 7.

[456:3] Hippolytus, "Philosophumena," book ix.

[456:4] He flourished about A.D. 220, and was contemporary with
Hippolytus. See Bunsen, i. 131.

[457:1] Hermias speaks of the Trinity of Plato as "God, and matter, and
example."--Sec. 5.

[457:2] "Doleo bona fide Platonem omnium haereticorum condimentarium
factum. ... Cum igitur hujusmodi argumento illa insinuentur a Platone
quae haeretici mutuantur, satis haereticos repercutiam, si argumentum
Platonis elidam."--_De Anima_, c. 23.

[457:3] "Adversus Praxeam," c. 2, 3.

[458:1] "Paedagogue," book i. c. 5, 6, 11.

[458:2] Opera, p. 74.

[458:3] "Paedagogue," book i. c. 1.

[458:4] "Stromata," book ii.

[458:5] Justin, Opera, p. 500.

[459:1] See Kaye's "Clement," pp. 431, 435.

[459:2] Epist. i. ad Donatum, Opera, p. 3.

[459:3] The philosophers, according to Justin, maintained a general, but
denied a particular providence. Dial, with Trypho, Opera, p. 218. Some
who call themselves Christians adopt this portion of the pagan theology.

[460:1] "Non facti solum, verum et voluntatis delicta vitanda, et
poenitentia purganda esse."--_Tertullian, De Paenitentia_, c. iii.

[460:2] "Hoc enim pretio Dominus veniam addicere instituit."--_Tert. De
Paenit_. c. vi.

[460:3] Clemens Alexandrinus, "Strom." book vi.

[460:4] "Sufficiat martyri propria delicta purgasse."--_Tertullian, De
Pudicitia_, c. 22.

[460:5] See Kaye's "Tertullian," p. 431. Origen speaks of the baptism of
blood (martyrdom) rendering us purer than the baptism of water. Opera,
ii. p. 473.

[460:6] Epist. lxxvi. Opera, p. 322.

[460:7] Epist. lv. p. 181.

[461:1] Ps. cxix 18, 19.

[463:1] See the Apology of Athenagoras, secs. 3, 10; and Minucius Felix,
c. 10.

[463:2] "Nostrae columbae etiam domus simplex, in editis semper et
apertis, et ad lucem."--_Tertullian, Advers. Valent._ c. 3.

[463:3] Life of Alexander Severus, by Lampridius, c. 49.

[464:1] See Kennett's "Antiquities of Rome," p. 41.

[464:2] Bingham has proved, by a variety of testimonies, that such was
the order of the ancient service. See his "Origines," iv. 383, 400, 417.
The early Christians thus literally obeyed the commandment--"Come before
his presence with singing;" "_Enter into his gates_ with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with pr