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QUOTATIONS AND REFERENCES.
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Of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and martyr, from the Epistle to
the Romans.
Permit ye me to be an imitator of the sufferiig of my God. But it is
found in other copies, which are more ancient than these, thus : Permit
ye me to be a disciple of the suffering of my God {Rom. 6).
Of the same, from the Epistle to Polycarp.
Be observant of the times. Expect Him who is above the times, Him
who is 7vithout times, Him invisible, Him who for our sakes became
visible, Him impalpable, Him without suffering.
Him who for our sakes
became subject to suffering.
Him who for our sakes endured in every
manner {Polyc. 3).
Of the same, from the Epistle to the Ephesians.
When ye were inflamed in the blood of God, ye perfectly accomplished
a deed of like kind {Ephes. i ).
Of the same, from the Epistle to those who are in Magnesia.
Take care to do every thing, the bishop sitting in the place of God, and
the presbyters
in the place of the session of the Apostles, who are entrusted
with the ministry of Jesus Christ ; who before
Father, and in the end was jnanifested {Magn. 6).
Of the same, from the same Epistle.
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For the divine prophets lived in Jesus Christ : on this account, they
were also persecuted,
who by His grace were inspired with the
Spirit, so
that they who were not persuaded might be persuaded, that there is one
God who revealed Himself through Jesus Christ His Son, who is His
Word, who proceeded from silence, who in every thing pleased Him ivho
sent Him {Magn. 8).
That He proceeded from silence is, that He was ineffably begotten of
the Father, and so as that no word, be it what it
may, can comprehend,
or mind. Therefore it is just that He should be honoured in silence,
and not that His divine and unprecedented birth should be enquired
into :
who, having this exaltation, for our sakes became man, not convertibly,
but truly, and in every thing pleased the Father when He
fulfilled the obedience for us.
Of the same, from the Epistle to the Trallians.
For when ye are subject to the bishop as to Jesus Christ, ye
seem to
me not to be living as men, but as Jesus Christ : who for our sakes died.