se scriptas, id vero nimium temere affirmari sentio." He
then goes on to mention the recent publication of the Vossian Epistles
and the version of Usher, and the learned Jesuit Father has no more
decided opinion to express than: "ut haec prudens, ac justa suspicio
sit, illas esse genuinas Ignatii epistolas, quas antiquorum consensus
illustribus testimoniis commendatas ac approbatas reliquit." [67:3]

The next note (3), p. 260, was only separated from the preceding for
convenience of reference, and Dr. Lightfoot quotes and comments upon it
as follows:--

"The next note (3), p. 260, is as follows:--"'[Wotton, _Praef.
Clem. R. Epp._ 1718]; J. Owen, _Enquiry into Original Nature, &c.,
Evang. Church, Works_, ed. Russel, 1826, vol. xx. p. 147; Oudin,
_Comm. de Script. Eccles._ &c. 1722, p. 88; Lampe, _Comm. analyt. ex
Evang. Joan._ 1724, i. p. 184; Lardner, _Credibility_, &c., _Works_,
ii. p. 68 f.; Beausobre, _Hist. Crit. de Manichee_, &c. 1734, i.
p. 378, note 3; Ernesti, _N. Theol. Biblioth._ 1761, ii. p. 489;
[Mosheim, _De Rebus Christ._ p. 159 f.]; Weismann, _Introd. in
Memorab. Eccles._ 1745, i. p. 137; Heumann, _Conspect. Reipub. Lit._
1763, p. 492; Schroeckh, _Chr. Kirchengesch._ 1775, ii. p. 341;
Griesbach, _Opuscula Academ._ 1824, i. p. 26; Rosenmueller, _Hist.
Interpr. Libr. Sacr. in Eccles._ 1795, i. p. 116; Semler, _Paraphr.
in Epist II. Petri._ 1784, _Praef._; Kestner, _Comm. de Eusebii H.E.
condit._ 1816, p. 63; Henke, _Allg. Gesch. chr. Kirche_, 1818, i.
p. 96; Neander, _K.G._ 1843, ii. p. 1140 [cf. i. p. 327, Anm. 11;
Baumgarten-Crusius, _Lehrb. chr. Dogmengesch._ 1832, p. 83; cf.
_Comp. chr. Dogmengesch._ 1840, p. 79; [Niedner, _Gesch. chr. K._
p. 196; Thiersch, _Die K. im ap. Zeit._ p. 322; Hagenbach, _K.G._ i.
p. 115 f.]; cf. _Cureton, Vind. Ign. Append._; Ziegler, _Versuch
eine prag. Gesch. d. kirchl. Verfassungsformen, u.s.w._ 1798, p. 16;
J.E.C. Schmidt, _Versuch ueb. d. gedopp. Recens. d. Br. S. Ignat._,
in Henke's _Mag. f. Rel. Phil. u.s.w._ [1795; cf. _Biblioth. f.
Krit. u.s.w., N.T._ i. p 463 ff. _Urspr. kath. Kirche_, II. i.
p. 1 f.]; _Handbuch Chr. K.G._ i. p. 200.'

"The brackets are not the author's, but my own.

"This is doubtless one of those exhibitions of learning which have
made such a deep impression on the reviewers. Certainly, as it
stands, this note suggests a thorough acqu