_ 84 De mens. et pond._, chapters 22, 23, vol. ii. p. 180, ed. Petav. _ 85 Baba Bathra_, fol. 14, 2. 86 See _Fürst, Der Kanon u. s. w. p._ 14, &c. _ 87 Studien zur Geschichte der alttestamentliche Literatur, u. s. w._, p. 18, etc. 88 Hody _De Bibliorum textibus originalibus_, p. 644. 89 Hody gives lists of the order in which the books stand in some early printed editions and in a few MSS., p. 645. _ 90 Die Apokryphen, u. s. w._, p. 14, &c. _ 91 Studien und Kritiken_ for 1853, p. 267, &c. _ 92 A Scholastical History of the Canon_, p. 22. 93 See Rothe, _Zur Dogmatik, Studien u. Kritiken_ for 1860, p. 67, &c. The apostle’s argument rests on the occurrence of the singular (_seed_, σπέρμα) in Genesis xvii. 8 (LXX.), not the plural (_seeds_, σπέρματα); though the plural of the corresponding Hebrew word could not have been used, because it has a different signification. Grammatical inaccuracy is made the basis of a certain theological interpretation. Those who wish to see a specimen of labored ingenuity unsuccessfully applied to the justification of St. Paul’s argument in this passage, may consult Tholuck’s _Das alte Testament in neuem Testament_, p. 63, etc. Vierte Auflage. (Epist. to the Galatians iii. 16.) 94 Died 202 A.D. _ 95 Advers. Hares._, v. 35, referring to Baruch iv. 36, and v. p. 335, ed. Massuet. _ 96 Ibid._, iv., 26, referring to Daniel xiii. 20 in the Septuagint. 97 Died 220A.D. _ 98 Pædagog._ vi. 3. _ 99 Stromata_, ii. 23. _ 100 Stromata_, iv. 16. _ 101 Ibid._, ii. 7. _ 102 Ex Script. prophet. eclogae_, c. 1. _ 103 Stromateis_, ii. 15. 104 Died 264 A.D. _ 105 De Natura; Routh’s Reliquiae Sacrae_, vol. iv. p. 356. _ 106 Fragment. Nicet._, in _Reliq. Sacrae_, vol. ii. p. 404. _ 107 Ibid._, p. 407. _ 108 Ibid._, p. 406. _ 109 Epistola ad. Dionys. Roman_, in _Reliq. Sacr._, vol. iii. p. 195. _ 110 Reliq. Sacr._, vol. ii. p. 408. 111 Died 220 A.D. _ 112 Advers. Valentinianos._ ch. 2. _ 113 De Exhortatione Castitatis_, ch. 2. _ 114 Contra Gnosticos_, ch. 8. _ 115 De Habitu Muliebri_, ch. 3. _ 116 Epist._ 55, p. 110, ed. Fell. _ 117 De Orat. Domin._ p. 153. _ 118 De Exhortat. Martyrii_, ch. 12, p. 182. _ 119 De Mortal_, p. 161. _ 120 De Orat. Domin._, p. 141. _ 121 Testim._ iii. 4, p. 62. _ 122 De Lapsis_, p. 133, &c. _ 123 Adv. Noel._ v. 124 See Migne’s edition, p. 689, &c. 125 Died after 171. _ 126 Ap._ Euseb. H. E., lib. iv. ch. 26. 127 Died 254, A.D. _ 128 Ap._ Euseb. H. E., lib. iv. ch. 25. _ 129 Comment. in Joann._ tom. xxxii. ch. 14, ed. Huet. p, 409. _ 130 Contra Cels._ iii. 72; vol. i. p. 494, ed. Delarue. _ 131 In Exodus_, Hom. vi. i; Levit. Hom. v. 2. _ 132 In Levit._, Hom. xii. 4. _ 133 In Lukam_, Hom. 21. _ 134 De Oratione_, ii. p. 215. _ 135 Opp. ed_ Delarue, vol. i. p. 12. 136 Died 311.