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CHAP.

X.

He advises the Philadelphians to send a Dea-
con to congratulate the Church of Antioch, on
the peace which they enjoyed..

XI. And concludes with a salutation..

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THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNEANS.

I.

IGNATIUS praises their immoveable faith in
Christ who truly lived and suffered for us...............

II. III. As He also truly raised himself from the dead,
and appeared to Peter and to many...

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IV.

He warns them against heretics, and commands
them to pray for them: although their con-
version rests with Christ......

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V.

Ignatius will not mention the names of those
who hold erroneous opinions.....

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VI. VII. But refers to their conduct, and refusal to par-
take of the Eucharist; and exhorts the Smyr-
neans to abstain from such men....

VIII. IX. And to follow their Bishop, Presbytery, and
Deacons, according to God's ordinance ....
He commends them for receiving Philo, and
Rheus......

X.

XI.

Glories in that he is counted worthy to suffer: recommends them to send to congratulate the Syrian Church, for the peace which it enjoyed. XII. XIII. And concludes with a salutation......

THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP. I. He exhorts Polycarp to persevere in the diligent discharge of his Episcopal office....

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II.

III.

To be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove
To endure all things..

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IV.

To care for all......

V.

He exhorts the married and single.....

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CHAP.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

Knowing that God requires not material offer-
ings, but purity and holiness of life; and will
admit those, who obey his will, to immortality
and glory..

The kingdom, which Christians expect, is not
of this world ........

Their religion is the best means of preserving
peace.....

And enables them to defy their persecutors....
Jesus Christ foretold their persecutions...
Justin proceeds to shew what Christianity is...
The worship of the Christians consists in prayer
and praise to God, the Creator, to his Son,
Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit...

XVII. A most beneficial change had taken place, in
the lives of those who had become Christians
XVIII. Many precepts of Christ teach chastity.......
-The love of all men......

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Christ declared that they who live not as he
taught, are not Christians indeed...........

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XXIII. And commanded his followers to pay tribute, and honour those in authority.

XXIV. The superstitions of the heathens themselves might make them believe that the soul survives death......

xxv. The resurrection of the body is not so incredible as its first formation would be, to one who had had no experience of it.....

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XXVI. Christ taught that things impossible with man are possible with God.....

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XXVII. The punishment of hell reserved for the unrighteous, is hinted at by some heathens......

XXVIII. It is, therefore, unreasonable that Christians

alone should be hated, while poets and philoso-
phers, who entertain less just and sublime no-
tions, are honoured.............

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CHAP. XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

Justin compares the opinions which the hea-
then falsely maintained respecting Jupiter and
others, with the more reasonable tenets of the
Christians.....

And shews that their opinions respecting Christ
might well obtain credence from those who
held notions of a similar nature respecting
their own deities.....

The truths of Christianity are more ancient
than the fables of heathenism...

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XXXII. Yet Christians alone are punished, while the most absurd idolatries are permitted......

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XXXIII. They have reformed their lives in embracing a purer faith.........

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XXXIV. Even after the ascension of Christ the evil spirits have instigated men to call themselves gods: as in the instance of SIMON MAGUS and Menander....

xxxv. The heresy of Marcion..

XXXVI. Justin refutes the calumnies, brought against
the Christians, of devouring children, and in-
cest: and retorts the charges upon the heathen

XXXVII. The purity and continence of the Christians...
Lest the miracles of Christ should be ascribed
to magic, Justin appeals to prophecy......
XXXVIII. And relates the history of the translation of the
Hebrew Scriptures into Greek by the order of
Ptolemy.....

XXXIX. In those prophecies, the miraculous birth of
Jesus, his being made man, his miracles, suf-
ferings, death, resurrection, and ascension, his
Divine nature, and the extension of his reli-
gion over the whole world are expressly predicted

XL.-LII. This is shewn by various quotations
LIII. Justin explains why the Holy prophetic Spirit
speaks of future events as already past..........
Christians consider not that events happen by
fatal necessity; which would be inconsistent.
with the free-will of man.

LIV.

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CHAP.

LV.

LVI.

But believe this only to be irreversibly deter-
mined, that they who choose the good shall be
rewarded, and they who choose the evil shall
be punished.......

This is proved by quotations from Scripture...
LVII. And shewn to agree with the opinion of Plato
LVIII. Prophecy therefore implies not a fatal necessity,
but shews the foreknowledge of God....
The evil spirits endeavoured to prevent the
knowledge of prophecy, but in vain

LIX.

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LX.

David predicted that God the Father should
receive Christ into heaven....

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LXI.

Justin asserts that all men, in all ages, who
lived agreeably to right reason, were Christians
in spirit.....

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LXII.

Various prophecies, shewing that Jerusalem.
should be destroyed.....

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LXIII. That Christ should heal the sick, and raise the dead.....

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LXIV. That He should be made man, and suffer many things, and come again in glory...

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LXV.

That He hath an origin which cannot be ex-
pressed.....

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LXVI.

The fulfilment of these prophecies is an earnest that those yet unaccomplished will be fulfilled. LXVII. And, therefore, that Christ will come the second time, to judgment.

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LXVIII. These prophecies had fully persuaded the Christians to believe Christ, who was crucified, to be the first-born of the unbegotten God..... LXIX. The conversion of the Gentiles was foretold... LXX. The evil demons, knowing the prophecies respecting Christ, invented fables of a similar nature, to deceive men

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LXXI.

As in the fables of Bacchus, Bellerophon, Per-
seus, and Hercules..............

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LXXII. But in no fable was the crucifixion of Christ

imitated......

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