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[558] Ausnaga was in Zeugitana.
[559] John i. 33.
[560] Victoriana was in Byzacene.
[561] Ps. l. 16, 18.
[562] Matt. vii. 23.
[563] Tucca was in Numidia.
[564] He is alluding to Stephen, bishop of Rome, of whom Cyprian says
in his seventy-fourth epistle (to Pompeius): "Why has the perverse
obstinacy of our brother Stephen burst out to such a point, that
he should even contend that sons of God are born of the baptism of
Marcion, and others who blaspheme against God the Father?"
[565] Zama was in Numidia, famous for Hannibal's defeat by Scipio.
[566] Ululi and Cibaliana were both in Byzacene.
[567] Tharassa was in Numidia.
[568] Gal. ii. 11.
[569] Telepte, or Thala, was in Byzacene.
[570] John iii. 27.
[571] Timida Regia was in Zeugitana.
[572] Furni was in Zeugitana.
[573] Phil. iii. 15.
[574] Nova was in Zeugitana.
[575] Bulla Regia was an inland town of Numidia.
[576] Cypr. _Ep._ lxxiii. sec. 20.
[577] Membresa was in Zeugitana.
[578] John ix. 31.
[579] Buslaceni is probably Byzacium, the capital of Byzacene, since we
know that it was also called Bizica Lucana.
[580] Abitini was in Byzacene.
[581] Aggya, probably the same as Aggiva.
[582] The position of Marcelliana is unknown.
[583] Matt. vi. 24.
[584] Horrea Celiae was a village of Byzacene, ten miles north of
Hadrumetum.
[585] Assura was in Zeugitana.
[586] See Eph. iv. 4-6.
[587] Capsa was in Byzacene.
[588] Rusiccada was at the mouth of the Thapsus, in Numidia.
[589] Cuiculi was in Numidia Cæsariensis.
[590] Hippo Diarrhytus was on the coast of Zeugitana.
[591] Ausafa was in Zeugitana.
[592] Gurgites was in Byzacene.
[593] Lamasba was in Numidia.
[594] 2 Cor. ii. 15.
[595] Mark ix. 38.
[596] Gazaufala was in Numidia.
[597] Tucca was in Mauritania Cæsariensis.
[598] Octavus and Mascula were in Numidia.
[599] Matt. xvi. 18, 19.
[600] Thambei was in Byzacene.
[601] Isa. xxix. 13.
[602] Chullabi, or Cululi, was in Byzacene.
[603] 2 John 10, 11.
[604] 1 Tim. i. 5.
[605] Hos. ii.
[606] 1 Cor. v. 11.
[607] Gemelli was a Roman colony in Numidia.
[608] Matt. xv. 14.
[609] Illuminare; baptism being often called [Greek: phôtismos].
[610] Sabrata, Oea, and Leptis Magna, were the three cities whose
combination gave its name to Tripolis. The privilege of bishops to
give their votes by proxy in a Council appears to have existed in very
early times, and is perhaps referable to the example of St. Paul's
interference in the Council of Achæan Bishops, though absent in body, 1
Cor. v. 4.
[611] Neapolis was in Zeugitana.
[612] Cypr. _Ep._ lxxiii.
[613] Cypr. _Ep._ lxix. sec. 4.
[614] Phil. i. 15, 17.
[615] Ps. lxviii. 6, from the LXX.
[616] John vi. 51.
[617] Matt. xxvi. 26-29.
[618] Phil. i. 18.
[619] Matt. xvi. 18.
[620] Cant. vi. 9.
[621] Eph. v. 27; cp. _Retract._ ii. 18.
[622] Cant. iv. 12, 13.
[623] Matt. xvi. 19.
[624] Matt. xviii. 17.
[625] Ps. xxvi. 8.
[626] Ps. lxviii. 6, from the LXX.
[627] Ps. cxxii. 1.
[628] Ps. lxxxiv. 4.
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