Section 1

Notes

1. 2

   A slight and scarcely noticeable difference occurs here in the Oxford text, which reads the passage, “that the Son was sent, and willed to be called the Son of man.”

2. 3

   Portaverat; “had brought” (Oxf. transl.).

3. 4

   “Poisons of the old serpent.”

4. 5

   [The beauty of Cyprian’s exordiums and perorations proves that he was a true orator. “Great and manifold,” etc., Translators of King James.]