Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxiv Pg 47
Compare Heb. ii. 2 with x. 35 and xi. 26.
This consummation will then be manifested in heavenly promises, which Marcion, however, claims for his own god, just as if the Creator had never announced them. Amos, however, tells us of “those stories towards heaven”4848 4848
Anf-02 vi.iv.ii.xix Pg 3.1
Anf-01 v.vi.iii Pg 8
Deut. xiii. 6; 18.
You ought therefore to “hate those that hate God, and to waste away [with grief] on account of His enemies.”899 899
Anf-03 v.x.ii Pg 14
Deut. xiii. 6.
He adds likewise concerning cities, that if it appeared that one of these had, through the advice of unrighteous men, passed over to other gods, all its inhabitants should be slain, and everything belonging to it become accursed, and all the spoil of it be gathered together into all its places of egress, and be, even with all the people, burned with fire in all its streets in the sight of the Lord God; and, says He, “it shall not be for dwelling in for ever: it shall not be built again any more, and there shall cleave to thy hands nought of its accursed plunder, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger.”8240 8240
Anf-03 vi.iv.viii Pg 6
i.e. no children even. The reference is apparently to Matt. x. 37 and Luke xiv. 26, with which may be compared Deut. xiii. 6–; 10 and xxxiii. 9. If Oehler’s reading, which I have followed, be correct, the precept, which is not verbally given till ages after Abraham, is made to have a retrospective force on him.
He Himself, when tempted by the devil, demonstrated who it is that presides over and is the originator of temptation.8820 8820
Anf-03 vi.iv.viii Pg 6
i.e. no children even. The reference is apparently to Matt. x. 37 and Luke xiv. 26, with which may be compared Deut. xiii. 6–; 10 and xxxiii. 9. If Oehler’s reading, which I have followed, be correct, the precept, which is not verbally given till ages after Abraham, is made to have a retrospective force on him.
He Himself, when tempted by the devil, demonstrated who it is that presides over and is the originator of temptation.8820 8820
Anf-03 v.iv.iii.xvii Pg 10
2 Sam. xii. 13.
which also restored the house of Israel as often as it condemned it, and addressed to it consolation no less frequently than reproof. Do not therefore look at God simply as Judge, but turn your attention also to examples of His conduct as the Most Good.2906 2906 Optimi.
Noting Him, as you do, when He takes vengeance, consider Him likewise when He shows mercy.2907 2907 Indulget.
In the scale, against His severity place His gentleness. When you shall have discovered both qualities to co-exist in the Creator, you will find in Him that very circumstance which induces you to think there is another God. Lastly, come and examine into His doctrine, discipline, precepts, and counsels. You will perhaps say that there are equally good prescriptions in human laws. But Moses and God existed before all your Lycurguses and Solons. There is not one after-age2908 2908 Posteritas.
which does not take from primitive sources. At any rate, my Creator did not learn from your God to issue such commandments as: Thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness; thou shalt not covet what is thy neighbour’s; honour thy father and thy mother; and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. To these prime counsels of innocence, chastity, and justice, and piety, are also added prescriptions of humanity, as when every seventh year slaves are released for liberty;2909 2909
Anf-03 v.iv.v.x Pg 13
2 Sam. xii. 13.
how king Ahab in like manner, the husband of Jezebel, guilty of idolatry and of the blood of Naboth, obtained pardon because of his repentance;3772 3772
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xi Pg 12
2 Sam. xii. 13.
—preferring, indeed, the sinner’s repentance to his death, of course because of His gracious attribute of mercy.5689 5689
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 10
VERSE (28) - Heb 2:2 Nu 15:30,31,36 De 13:6-10; 17:2-13 2Sa 12:9,13
