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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers

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81. Literally, “in my inwards.”
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84. Literally, “Becoming partakers of many great and glorious deeds, let us return to the aim of peace delivered to us from the beginning.” Comp. Heb. xii. 1.
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89. Comp. Heb.xiii. 17; 1 Thess. v. 12, 13.
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91. Some read, “by their silence.”
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93. Some translate, “who turn to Him.”
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96. Or, as some render, “neither let us have any doubt of.”
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97. Some regard these words as taken from an apocryphal book, others as derived from a fusion of James i. 8 and 2 Pet. iii. 3, 4.
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100. Comp. 1 Cor.xv. 20; Col. i. 18.
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102. This fable respecting the phœnix is mentioned by Herodotus (ii. 73), and by Pliny (Nat. Hist. x. 2), and is used as above by Tertullian (De Resurr. § 13), and by others of the fathers.
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103. Literally, “the mightiness of His promise.”
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104. Ps.xxviii. 7, or from some apocryphal book.
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111. Literally, “If the heavens,” etc.
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113. Literally, “abominable lusts of evil deeds.”
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115. Literally, “has made us to Himself a part of election.”
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116. Literally, “sowed abroad.”
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118. Formed apparently from Num.xviii. 27 and 2 Chron. xxxi. 14. Literally, the closing words are, “the holy of holies.”
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119. Some translate, “youthful lusts.”
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120. Prov.iii. 34; James iv. 6; 1 Pet. v. 5.

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