²³⁰ Plato, Rep., book vii.

²³¹ [Pearson, On the Creed, p. 47.]

²³² According to the reading in Eusebius, pa=n e!qnoj e9w=|on pa=n de\ e9speri/wn h0|o/nwn, bo/reio/n te kai\ to/, k.t.l..

²³³ Instead of pro/noian, Eusebius has pronomi/an (privilege).

²³⁴ Clement seems to mean that they knew God only in a roundabout and inaccurate way. The text has peri/fasin; but peri/frasin, which is in Eusebius, is preferable.

²³⁵ [See p. 379, Elucidation I., supra.]

²³⁶ Isa xxxvi. 7, 8, 10.

²³⁷ Jonah i. 6, 9, 14.

²³⁸ Mal. i. 10, 11, 14. [The prophetic present-future.]

²³⁹ Perhaps Bacchylides.

²⁴⁰ a0rxai/an.

²⁴¹ The reading of H. Stephanus, a0gaqa\s !Wraj, is adopted in the translation. The text has a0gaqa\ swth=raj. Some supply !Wraj, and at the same time retain swth=raj.

²⁴² Jer. iii. 19.

²⁴³ [This strong testimony of Clement is worthy of special note.]

²⁴⁴ De Nat. Deor., ed. Delphin., vol. xiv. p. 852.

²⁴⁵ Boston, 1850.

²⁴⁶ In the Provincial Letters, passim.

²⁴⁷ Hippol., vol. iii. p. 200.

²⁴⁸ Chrysostom.

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