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Fragments of Lost Works

1. Introduction
   Eusebius the Historian, in his Ecclesiastical History, Book v chapter 20, mentions...
2. Fragment 1
   I adjure thee who shalt copy this book by our Lord Jesus...
3. Fragment 2
   These doctrines, Florinus, (to speak sparingly) are of no sound mind: these...
4. Fragment 3
   Not only respecting the day is the dispute, but also as to...
5. Fragment 4
   Wherein a man is able to do good to his neighbours and...
6. Fragment 5
   Maximus Conf. (opp. ii. 152 ed. Combefis. Par. 1675) quotes this from...
7. Fragment 6
   God, in that He is immeasurable and Creator of the world and...
8. Fragment 7
   Not bending the knee on the Lord’s Day, is a symbol of...
9. Fragment 8
   In Latin, in Leontius of Byzantium, Lib. 1 against Nestorius and Eutyches...
10. Fragment 9
    From St. John Dam. Parallela Sacra lit. O tit. ix. t. ii....
11. Fragment 10
    From the same, Lit. π, tit. iv. (ii 637)....
12. Fragment 11
    From the the same, Lit. X tit. iv (ii. 724). The Editor...
13. Fragment 12
    We therefore believe that our bodies too will rise. For even though...
14. Fragment 13
    For the Greeks seizing the slaves of Christian Catechumens, then torturing them...
15. Fragment 14
    How were it possible that the serpent who was created by God...
16. Fragment 15
    The fragments which follow are chiefly from Mss. Catenae on portions of...
17. Fragment 16
    Having anew gone through the Law to the generation which came after...
18. Fragment 17
    From whom Christ was fore-typified and acknowledged and born: for in Joseph...
19. Fragment 18
    And this not idly, but in order that through the number of...
20. Fragment 19
    Take to thee Jesus the son of Nun. For it was right...
21. Fragment 20
    Thou shalt not go with them neither shalt thou curse the people....
22. Fragment 21
    And this man was riding upon his ass. The ass embraced the...
23. Fragment 22
    God is not as man. He shews that all men changing their...
24. Fragment 23
    To render vengeance from the Lord to Midian. For he that no...
25. Fragment 24
    Know that every man is either empty or full. For if &c....
26. Fragment 25
    The lad therefore which led Sampson by the hand will typify John...
27. Fragment 26
    And the man of God said, Where fell it? and he shewed...
28. Fragment 27
    The Gospel according to Matthew was written to Jews, for these were...
29. Fragment 28
    The axe at the root, he says, rousing unto the acknowledgement of...
30. Fragment 29
    See the grain of mustard seed shewn by the parable and the...
31. Fragment 30
    belongs to Book III. xviii. 7. as Mr. Harvey notes....
32. Fragment 31
    Josephus says that while Moses was being brought up in the Palace,...
33. Fragment 32
    From another Book of Irenæus the Compiler On matter being not originate....
34. Fragment 33
    And dipped, he says, in Jordan seven times. Not in vain in...
35. Fragment 34
    If the body of Elisha itself dead raised a dead man, how...
36. Fragment 35
    The true knowledge therefore is understanding Christ-ward, which Paul calls the wisdom...
37. Fragment 36
    They who have close followed the second constitutions of the Apostles know...
38. Fragment 37
    The Apostles enjoined that we should not judge any in meat and...
39. Fragment 38
    Christ called the Son of God before the ages, was seen in...
40. Fragment 39
    This and the 4 next were printed by Muenter from Vatican Mss....
41. Fragment 40
    from Cod. Vat. 746....
42. Fragment 41
    the same as IX...
43. Fragment 42
    from Cod. Vat. 756....
44. Fragment 43
    It is not easy to persuade a soul holden of error....
45. Fragment 44
    The same as XXIII...
46. Fragment 45
    Here Stieren gave from Dr. Cramer’s Catena [whence Mr. Harvey gathered it...
47. Fragment 46
    John at his birth looses Zachariah’s silence. For verily it softened not...
48. Fragment 47
    belongs to Book III. x. 4. as Mr. Harvey notes....