[228:2] Min. c. 11. Lact. v. 1, 2, vid. Arnob. ii. 8, &c. [228:3] Origen, contr. Cels. i. 9, iii. 44, 50, vi. 44. [229:1] Prudent. in hon. Fruct. 37. [229:2] Evan. Dem. iii. 3, 4. [229:3] Mort. Peregr. 13. [229:4] c. 108. [229:5] i. e. Philop. 16. [229:6] De Mort. Pereg. ibid. [229:7] Ruin. Mart. pp. 100, 594, &c. [230:1] Prud. in hon. Rom. vv. 404, 868. [230:2] We have specimens of _carmina_ ascribed to Christians in the Philopatris. [230:3] Goth. in Cod. Th. t. 5, p. 120, ed. 1665. Again, "Qui malefici vulgi consuetudine nuncupantur." Leg. 6. So Lactantius, "Magi et ii quos verè maleficos vulgus appellat." Inst. ii. 17. "Quos et maleficos vulgus appellat." August. Civ. Dei, x. 19. "Quos vulgus mathematicos vocat." Hieron. in Dan. c. ii. Vid. Gothof. in loc. Other laws speak of those who were "maleficiorum labe polluti," and of the "maleficiorum scabies." [230:4] Tertullian too mentions the charge of "hostes principum Romanorum, populi, generis humani, Deorum, Imperatorum, legum, morum, naturæ totius inimici." Apol. 2, 35, 38, ad. Scap. 4, ad. Nat. i. 17. [231:1] Evid. part ii. ch. 4. [232:1] Heathen Test. 9. [233:1] Gothof. in Cod. Th. t. 5, p. 121. [233:2] Cic. pro Cluent. 61. Gieseler transl. vol. i. p. 21, note 5. Acad. Inscr. t. 34, hist. p. 110. [234:1] De Harusp. Resp. 9. [234:2] De Legg. ii. 8. [234:3] Acad. Inscr. ibid. [234:4] Neander, Eccl. Hist. tr. vol. i. p. 81. [234:5] Muller, p. 21, 22, 30. Tertull. Ox. tr. p. 12, note _p_. [235:1] Gibbon, Hist. ch. 16, note 14. [235:2] Epit. Instit. 55. [236:1] Gibbon, ibid. Origen admits and defends the violation of the laws: οὐκ ἄλογον συνθήκας παρὰ τὰ νενομισμένα ποιεῖν, τὰς ὑπὲρ ἁληθείας. c. Cels. i. 1. [237:1] Hist. p. 418. [237:2] In hon. Rom. 62. In Act. S. Cypr. 4, Tert. Apol. 10, &c. [238:1] Apol. i. 3, 39, Oxf. tr. [241:1] Julian ap. Cyril, pp. 39, 194, 206, 335. Epp. pp. 305, 429, 438, ed. Spanh. [242:1] Niebuhr ascribes it to the beginning of the tenth. [245:1] Sirm. Opp. ii. p. 225, ed. Ven. [247:1] Proph. Office, p. 132 [Via Media, vol. i. p. 109]. [247:2] [Since the publication of this volume in 1845, a writer in a Conservative periodical of great name has considered that no happier designation could be bestowed upon us than that which heathen statesmen gave to the first Christians, "enemies of the human race." What a remarkable witness to our identity with the Church of St. Paul ("a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition throughout the world"), of St. Ignatius, St. Polycarp, and the other Martyrs! In this matter, Conservative politicians join with Liberals, and with the movement parties in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, in their view of our religion.