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3. Polycarp, Ep. ad Philipp. c. v. tors, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God." See the same words in 1 Cor. vi. 9.'

III. But the references and allusions to the evangelical writings are in part vague and fluctuating, and in part they relate to the apocryphal Gospels.

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1. Barnabas, Ep. c. 4. "Let us therefore take heed, lest, as it is written, Many of us shall be found called, but few chosen." "

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"Thus he [Jesus] says, 'Those who wish to see me, and to touch my kingdom, ought, when !! me through afflicted and suffering, to receive me."" Compare Matt. affliction andxvi. 24. Mark viii. 34. Luke xvi. 23. secf cring.

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• Ignat. Eph. c. 2:......ἵνα ἐν μιᾷ ὑποταγῇ ἦτε κατηρτισμένοι τῷ αὐτῷ Genuineness vot xal tỷ avtý prúuy xai tò avid héynte návres negi tov avrov.] Comp. loubtful. Lee 1 Cor. i. 10: ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ λέγητε πάντες...... ἦτε δὲ κατηρτισμένοι ἐν τῷ avrợ vot xal lv tỷ avtỷ próuŋ. Lardner, ubi sup. p. 123, sqq. See Lardner, l. c. vol. ii. pp. 82, 83.

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• Polycarp, Ep. ad Philipp. c. 5: Καὶ οὔτε πόρνοι, οὔτε μαλακοί, οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσι. Comp. 1 Cor. vi. 9, sq. Lardner, p. 159. See Lardner, vol. ii. p. 101. See Norton, 1. c. p. cclxii.] See Lardner, vol. ii. 21. [See Norton, l. c. p. cclxviii. sqq., who denies the authenticity of this work of Barnabas.] Ep. Barnab. c. 4: Attendamus ergo, ne forte, sicut scriptum est, multi vocati, pauci electi inveniamur. The words sicut scriptum est are perhaps added by the translator. See Credner, Beiträge zur Einleit. in b. Schriften, vol. i. p. 28. Cap. 7: Ovī, φησὶν (Ιησούς), οἱ θέλοντές με ἰδεῖν καὶ ἅψασθαί μου τῆς βασιλείας, ὀφείλουσι θλιβέντες καὶ παθόντες λαβεῖν με. Comp. Matt. xvi. 24. Mark viii. 34. Luke ix. 23. (?) Lardner, p. 10, sqq.

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may be forgiven you: as you do, so shall it be done unto you as you give, so shall it be given unto you as you judge, so shall you be judged: with what measure you mete, with the same shall it be measured to you."" Compare Luke vi. 36-38, Matt. vi. 12—15, vii. 1. Compare chap. xlvi. with Matt. xviii. 6, Mark ix. 42, and Luke xvii. 2.a

Clement of Rome, Ep. 2. "And another scripture says, 'I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners."" Compare Matt. ix. 13.

Again, chap. x. (viii.) "For the Lord says in the gospel, 'If you have not kept the little, who shall give you the great? I say to you, He that is faithful in the least, is faithful also in much.' Compare Luke xvi. 11, 12. If you are not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust you with the true? And if you are not faithful in another's possessions, who will give you your

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3. Ignatius ad Trall. c. 11.

Father's planting."

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Again, ad Philad. c. 3. "Because they are not the Father's planting." Compare Matt. xv. 13.

Lardner, vol. ii. p. 37. Clem. Rom. Ep. 1 ad Cor. c. 13: Máhoτa μɛμvŋμένοι τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου ̓Ιησοῦ, οὓς ἐλάλησε διδάσκων ἐπιείκειαν καὶ μακροθυμίαν· οὕτως γὰρ εἶπεν· Ελεεῖτε, ἵνα ἐλεηθῆτε· ἀφίετε, ἵνα ἀφεθῇ ὑμῖν· ὡς ποιεῖτε, οὕτω ποιηθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς δίδοτε, οὕτω δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς κρίνετε, οὕτω κριθήσεται ὑμῖν· ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, ἐν αὐτῷ μετ 1970ńostaι vuiv. Comp. Luke vi. 36-38, Matt. vi. 12—15, vii. 1. Comp. c. 46, with Matt. xviii. 6, Mark ix. 42, Luke xvii. 2. Lardner, p. 39, sq.

Lardner, vol. ii. p. 36. Clem. Rom. Ep. 2: Kal Téqa yoaqǹ héɣɛi, öt ovx ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς. Comp. Matt. ix. 13. Cap. 10 (8)· Λέγει γὰρ κύριος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ· Εἰ τὸ μικρὸν οὐκ ἐτηρήσατε, τὸ μέγα τίς ὑμῖν δώσει; λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ, καὶ ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν. Comp. Luke xvi. 11, 12: Εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει; καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοί οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς ὑμῖν δώσει; Lardner, p. 72.

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• Polycarp, c. 2: Μνημονεύσαντες δὲ ὧν εἶπεν ὁ κύριος διδάσκων· Μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε· ἀφίετε, καὶ ἀφεθήσεται ὑμῖν· ἐλεεῖτε, ἵνα ἐλεηθῆτε· ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρῆτε, ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν. Comp. Matt. vi. 12, sqq., vii. 1, and Clem. Rom. Ep. 1 ad Cor. c. 13. Lardner, vol. ii. p. 102. Eichhorn's Einleit. in d. N. T. vol. i. p. 113, [where this subject is treated at length. See, also, Norton, 1. c. vol. i. Appendix, p. cclviii. sqq.]

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Clem. Rom. Ep. 2, c. 12: Επερωτηθεὶς αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ὑπό τινος, πότε ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ βασιλεία, εἶπεν· ° Οταν ἔσται τὰ δύο ἓν, καὶ τὸ ἔξω ὡς τὸ ἔσω, καὶ τὸ ἄρσεν μετὰ τῆς θηλείας, οὔτε ἄρσεν, οὔτε θῆλυ.

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4. Jerome says, "In that Epistle, (to the Smyrne- he also pro!! ans,) and the work on the Gospels, which has recently duces a tes been translated by me, he [Ignatius] gives his testimony limony... on the person of Christ, and says, After the resurrection, from the Gos I saw him in the flesh, and believe that it was he. Andel which has when he came to Peter, and to those who were with Pe-ecently been by ter, he said to them, Behold, touch me, and see that I me am not an incorporeal demon;' and immediately they touched him, and believed.”

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δύο ἓν, καὶ τὸ ἄῤῥεν μετὰ τῆς θηλείας, οὔτε ἄρρην, ούτε τηλε. Πρώτον Σουμέω, Π. μὲν οὖν ἐν τοῖς παραδεδομένοις ἡμῖν τέτταρσιν Εὐαγγελίοις οὐκ ἔχομεν το 242, 2. ed. ῥητὸν, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ κατ' Αἰγυπτίους.

• Ignat. Ep. ad Smyrn. c. 3: Καὶ ὅτε πρὸς τοὺς περὶ Πέτρον ἦλθεν, ἔφη αὐτοῖς· λάβετε, ψηλαφήσατέ με, καὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ δαιμόνιον ἀσώματον· καὶ εὐθὺς αὐτοῦ ἥψαντο, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν.

Hieron. Catal. Scriptt. ecclesiast. n. 23, v. Ignat.: In qua epistola (ad Smyrnæos) et de Evangelio, quod nuper a me translatum est, super persona Christi ponit testimonium, dicens: Ego vero et post resurrectionem in carne eum vidi et credo quia sit. Et quando venit ad Petrum et ad eos, qui cum Petro erant, dixit eis: Ecce palpate me et videte, quia non sum dæmonium incorporale. Et statim tetigerunt eum et crediderunt.

Hieron. procm. ad libr. 18, Jes.: Cum enim apostoli eum putarent spiritum, vel juxta Evangelium quod Hebræorum lectitant Nazaræi, incorporale dæmonium, dixit eis: quid turbatis estis, etc.

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TRACES OF THE USE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE
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1. Justin Martyr, who died A. C. 166, was acquainted with our Gospels, as it appears from the following passages: "For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them which are called Gospels, have thus informed us," &c. "And the memoirs by the apostles, or the writings of the prophets, were read," &c."

However, it has been conjectured that these writings referred to were different from our Gospels. Justin quotes none of the catholic Epistles, though sometimes he seems to allude to them. But, on the other hand, he considers the Apocalypse as the work of John the apostle.

2. Tatian, who died A. C. 176, makes use of the Gospel of John. He says, "It is this which was spoken: The darkness does not receive (or comprehend)

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Eichhorn, Einl. ins N. T. vol. i. p. 78, sqq. Münscher, Dogmengeschichte, vol. i. p. 295, sq. On the other hand, see Winer, Justinum Mart. Evangeliis De Wette, Eincanonicis Usum fuisse ostenditur; Lips. 1819, 4to. See his Lehrbuch, vol. ii. beit. in d... § 66, 67. According to Credner, 1. c. p. 268, sqq., besides our canonical Gospels, Justin made use of the Gospel of Peter.

* See Lardner, vol. ii. ch. x., especially p. 137. [See, also, Norton, 1. c.

p. 195, 199, 201, 224, and his Appendix, note E, p. ccvii. and p. ccxxxii. sqq.] d Dialog. cum Tryphone, c. 81, p. 179.

• Orat. c. Græcos, c. 13, p. 255 : Καὶ τοῦτο ἐστὶν ἄρα τὸ εἰρημένον· ἡ σκοτία τὸ φῶς οὐ καταλαμβάνει.

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