⁷² i.e., eternal life; comp. "consecutio aeternitatis," de Bapt., c. ii..

⁷³ 1 Cor. xv. 53; 2 Cor. v. 4.

⁷⁴ Saeculo.

⁷⁵ Mundo.

⁷⁶ "Matrimonio," or "by matrimony." Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 27: dedesai gunaiki\ mh zhtei lusin lelusai apo gunaiko\ mh zhtei gunaika. Tertullian's rendering, it will be seen, is not verbatim.

⁷⁷ "Matrimonio," or "by matrimony." Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 27: dedesai gunaiki\ mh zhtei lusin lelusai apo gunaiko\ mh zhtei gunaika. Tertullian's rendering, it will be seen, is not verbatim.

⁷⁸ 1 Cor. vii. 28.

⁷⁹ Or, "been able" - valuminus. But comp. c. vi.

⁸⁰ See c. iii., "quod autem necessitas praestat, depretiat ipsa," etc.

⁸¹ 1 Tim. ii. 2; Tit. i. 6.

⁸² 1 Tim. v. 9, 10.

⁸³ Aram.

⁸⁴ Comp. de Cor., c. i., "et de martyrii candida melius coronatus, " and Oehler's note.

⁸⁵ Saeculi.

⁸⁶ Or, "Pontifex maximus."

⁸⁷ Or, "has been decreed by."

⁸⁸ So Oehler reads, with Rhenanus and the mss. The other edd. have the plural in each case, as the LXX. in the passage referred to (Isa. i. 17, 18).

⁸⁹ So Oehler reads, with Rhenanus and the mss. The other edd. have the plural in each case, as the LXX. in the passage referred to (Isa. i. 17, 18).

⁹⁰ Desideraveris. Oehler reads "desideres."

⁹¹ Comp. c. iii.

⁹² 1 Tim. v. 13.

⁹³ Saeculum.

⁹⁴ A verse said to be Menander's, quoted by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xv. 33; quoted again, but somewhat differently rendered, by Tertullian in b. i. c. iii.

⁹⁵ i.e., here "female companions."

⁹⁶ Phil. iii. 19.

⁹⁷ Comp. c. i.

⁹⁸ i.e., if I be called before you; comp. c. i.

¹ Potissimum; Gr. "monon," 1 Cor. vii. 39.

² Proclivium.

³ Ps. lxix. 23 (according to the "Great Bible" version, ed. 1539. This is the translation found in the "Book of Common Prayer"). Comp. Rom. xiv. 13.

⁴ Necessitatibus.

⁵ 1 Cor. vii. 6-8.

⁶ Exerte. Comp. the use of "exertus" in de Bapt., cc. xii. and xviii.

⁷ 1 Cor. vii. 39, where the monon en Kuriw is on the same footing as <\dq_gunh dedetai ef oson xronon zh o anhr auth<\|dq_: comp. c. ix. and Rom. vii. 1 (kn the Eng. ver. 2).

⁸ Praevaricationem. Comp. de Paen., c. iii.: "Dissimulator et praevaricator perspicaciae suae (Deus) non est."

⁹ 1 Cor. vii. 12-14, in sense, not verbatim.

¹⁰ Mulieris.

¹¹ Femina.

¹² Comp. Eph. ii. 12, 19.

¹³ Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 15, 16, and Phil. iii. 8, in Vulg., for the word "lucrifieri."

¹⁴ 1 Cor. vii. 17, inexactly given, like the two preceding citations.

¹⁵ 1 Cor. vii. 39, not verbatim.

¹⁶ i.e., St. Paul, who, as inspired by the Holy Spirit, is regarded by Tertullian as merged, so to speak, in the Spirit.

¹⁷ "Exemplum," a rarer use of the word, but found in Cic. The reference is to 1 Cor. vii. 7.

¹⁸ Detrimenta.

¹⁹ Districta (? = dis-stricta, "doubly strict").

²⁰ Comp. Phil. iii. 12, and c. vii. ad init.

²¹ See 1 Cor. vii. 14.

²² Comp. Jude 7, and above, "an alien and stranger," with the reference there.

²³ Comp. de Pa., c. xii. (mid.), and the note there.

²⁴ Comp. 1 Cor. v. 11.

²⁵ The translator has ventured to read "die illo" here, instead of Oehler's "de illo."

²⁶ 1 Cor. iii. 16, comp. vi. 19.

²⁷ 1 Cor. vi. 15.

²⁸ 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.

²⁹ See the last reference, and Acts xx. 28, where the mss. vary between Qeou and Kuriou.

³⁰ De proximo. Comp. de Pa., cc. v. and vii. "Deo de proximo amicus;" "de proximo in Deum peccat."

³¹ Comp. b. i. c. viii. sub. fin., where Tertullian quotes the same passage, but renders it somewhat differently.

³² Comp. Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.

³³ Saeculares.

³⁴ For the meaning of "statio," see de Or., c. xix.

³⁵ 1 Tim. v. 10.

³⁶ Comp. Matt. vi. 1-4.

³⁷ Matt. vii. 6.

³⁸ Insignia.

³⁹ Comp. de Idol., c. xi. sub fin.

⁴⁰ "Speculatorem;" also = an executioner. Comp. vi. 27.

⁴¹ Comp. Luke i. 38, and de Cult. Fem., b. ii. c. i. ad init.

⁴² Nominibus; al. honoribus.

⁴³ Sanctis - inquis. Comp. St. Paul's antithesis of adikwn and agiwn in 1 Cor. vi. 1.

⁴⁴ See 1 Cor. vi. 2,3.

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