¹ 1 Cor. x. 6, 11.

² Luke xxiv. 44.

³ Isa. vii. 9.

⁴ Matt. xiii. 52.

⁵ 2 Tim. ii. 16-18.

⁶ [A good argumentum ad hominem, a species of argument which Augustin is fond of using.-A. H. N.].

¹ Matt. xix. 29.

² Matt. v. 3-11.

³ Matt. xi. 2-6.

⁴ [This is a good description of ideal Manichaean religious life. Whether Faustus lived up to the claims here set forth is another question.-A. H. N.]

⁵ Matt. vii. 21.

⁶ Matt. xxviii. 19, 20.

⁷ John xv. 14.

⁸ John xv. 10.

⁹ Matt v. 3-10.

¹⁰ Matt. xxv. 35.

¹¹ Matt. xix. 21.

¹² Matt. xvi. 7.

¹³ 1 Cor. xv. 47.

¹⁴ Gal. i. 8, 9.

¹⁵ 2 Tim. ii. 8.

¹⁶ Rom. iv. 25.

¹⁷ John v. 25-27.

¹⁸ Acts. i. 14.

¹⁹ John iii. 14, 15.

²⁰ 1 John v. 20, iv. 3.

²¹ 1 Cor. xiii. 3.

²² 1 Tim. i. 5.

²³ [Augustin confounds saving faith with orthodox doctrine, as has been too commonly done since.-A. H. N.].

²⁴ 1 Cor. vii. 5, 6.

²⁵ 1 Cor. vi. 7, 4.

²⁶ Matt. x. 38-42.

¹ Book iv.

² 1 Cor. x. 6.

³ Col. ii. 16, 17.

⁴ Tit. i. 15.

⁵ Wisd. vii. 24, 25.

⁶ [In bringing to notice the absurdities of the Manichaean moral system, Augustin may seem to be trifling, but he is in reality striking at the root of the heresy.-A, H. N.]

⁷ 1 Cor. x. 11.

⁸ Matt. viii. 32.

⁹ Luke v. 14.

¹⁰ Phil. iii. 19.

¹¹ Tit. i. 15.

¹² Matt. xvi. 11.

¹³ Tit. i. 15.

¹⁴ Prov. xxi. 20.

¹⁵ [Compare the Introduction, where an abstract is given of the Fihrist's account of the creation.-A. H. N.].

¹⁶ [These biological blunders belong to the age, and are not Augustin's peculiar fancies. Of course, the argumentative value of them depends on their general acceptance.-A. H. N.]

¹⁷ 1 Cor. x. 11.

¹⁸ Rom. xv. 4.

¹⁹ [It will be seen in subsequent portions of this treatise that Augustin carries the typological idea to an absurd extreme.-A. H. N.].

²⁰ 1 Cor. ix. 9, 10.

²¹ Cf. Lev. xxi. 18.

¹ Matt. xii. 48.

² Matt. xxiii. 9.

³ John i. 1-5.

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