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1 Text(5) | Isaiah xxxviii 8), p. 129, 11. 15-22. ~
2 Text | P.113 1. 16.] a rent worse than
3 Text | DISCOURSE AGAINST MARCION.~[P. 117.] IF the organs 1 of the
4 Text | did the body commit [P. 118.] so as to be deprived of
5 Text | P. 119, l.5] ... [And as] Fire
6 Text | life to the body which [P. 120.] [was] without life, or
7 Text | demand of us victory in a [P. 121] region where there is no
8 Text | find fault, but He was] [P. 123.] one who repaired the normal
9 Text | men more strangeness [P. 124.] [would arise] . . . .~* * * * * * *~
10 Text | is not the son of a [P. 125] stranger.~But if He is
11 Text | But here this man, [P. 126.] whoever he may be, is
12 Text | for their hearing [P. 127.] is at variance with their
13 Text | perfection, but He gave [P. 128.] many laws in account of
14 Text | P.130. l.29][For the Will that
15 Text | will of its Maker ; [P. 131.] for where there is power
16 Text | Just One would not act [P. 132.] wrongly so as to come,
17 Text | the (two) assertions [P. 133.] therefore annuls the other.
18 Text | P.134, l.26] let them learn that
19 Text | P.135, l. 21.] On that account
20 Text | is no strangeness in [P. 136.] a real purchase, how can
21 Text | that which He did not [P. 137.] wish to sell. But perhaps
22 Text | Why therefore have the [P. 138.] Marcionites adorned with
23 Text | we see that if our [P. 139.] Lord came and diverged
24 Text | be hurt. But He who [P. 140.] sets in order organs that
25 Text | which set it in order.~[p. 141.] But when this perfect
26 Text | perhaps if our Lord [P. 142.] had done contrary to Nature
27 Text | P.135, l. 21.] On that account He gave
28 Text | P.134, l.26] let them learn that it
29 Text | P.130. l.29][For the Will that bound
30 Text | again, did He [make it [1. 33.] appear] to them by His
31 Text(13)| 2 Luke v 36 (Matt, ix 16).~
32 Text | Laws was Himself the l. 38.] establisher of the Laws.]
33 Text(2) | 2 P. 122, ll. 44, 45, are obscure, but the
34 Text(2) | 2 P. 122, ll. 44, 45, are obscure, but the sense
35 Text | P. 119, l.5] ... [And as] Fire is not [
36 Text(6) | same phrase as James iii 6.~
37 Text(5) | Sundial (Isaiah xxxviii 8), p. 129, 11. 15-22. ~
38 Text | this [convention] (vd. n. 9) of the Maker it is evident
39 Text | former subject, which we abandoned for a while on account of
40 Text | law) which was followed by Abel and by Enoch who did not
41 Text | the audacity which did not abide by the former law which
42 Text | imperfection. For if we had abided perfectly by the law which
43 Text | which is wont to resist abundant (proofs), which, though
44 Text | thou mayest hear from us abundantly, if there is not with thee
45 Text | of the advantage (which accrues) to them, and if they are
46 Text | with its labour it really acquires them, does not [know] that
47 Text | away from beside itself an acquisition without labour. For the
48 Text | real purchase, as one who acted humbly, how was 'might'
49 Text | evil-doers are found to be acting, not in an evil manner,
50 Text | akin to it in virtue of his activity.4 But let us see which is
51 | actually
52 Text | destroy that which was well adjusted ? Or was it as an evil and
53 Text | the Maker,' nor (do they admit) that He was (sent) by the
54 Text | the [P. 138.] Marcionites adorned with fair titles One who
55 Text | detriment, on account of the advantage (which accrues) to them,
56 Text | He had actually received advice or had been taught to create
57 Text | might' involved in the affair ? For either let them choose
58 Text | And again, if there is no affinity between the purchaser and
59 Text | and demand the paid debt afresh, nor again would the Mighty
60 | after
61 Text | latter one it is seen that He agrees with the former one, and
62 Text | virtue of his teaching and akin to it in virtue of his activity.4
63 Text | soul which was (already) alive ? . . . And henceforth they
64 Text | Mighty One be mocked, so to allow His real possessions to
65 Text(5) | illegible page, containing an allusion to Hezekiah and the Sundial (
66 Text | of Nature 6 (is able to alter it) and we learn that He
67 Text | justice, so as to incline altogether towards iniquity. For that
68 | always
69 Text | assertions [P. 133.] therefore annuls the other. For if it is
70 Text | Evil is not constituted apart from its power. But how
71 Text | did He [make it [1. 33.] appear] to them by His creative
72 Text | reality ; but if it was in appearance that He died, that debt
73 Text | strange creature has (ever) appeared in the world. If therefore
74 Text | term 'violent robbery' (as applicable) in the case of the Stranger,
75 Note1 | words. In respect to this an approximately correct inference may be
76 Note2 | numbered with Roman numerals. Arabic numbers and line numbers
77 Text | strangeness [P. 124.] [would arise] . . . .~* * * * * * *~
78 Text | and) in which the normal arrangements were included from the Beginning—
79 Text | learn that it is a doctrine (artificially) constructed and . . .,
80 Text | followers of Marcion were ashamed to be sponsors for the term '
81 Text | He is a stranger, as they assert concerning Him, then this
82 Text | do they blame the body by asserting that 'it causes the soul
83 Text | Maker). Each of the (two) assertions [P. 133.] therefore annuls
84 Note1 | mutilation, italics indicate an attempt to summarise the argument
85 Text | who in all respects is audacious. God, therefore, did not
86 Text | ways) He might restrain the audacity which did not abide by the
87 Note2 | Syriac text printed at the back of the paper volume. ~ ~
88 Text | to adjust that which was badly constructed ? But if it
89 Text | construct fables out of bare names, their fables being
90 Note1 | or asterisks intended to bear any exact relation to the
91 Text | into anything, its change bears witness concerning it that
92 | become
93 | becomes
94 Text | the footprints of Him that begat Him, for He also . . . But
95 Text | will, as also other created beings testify who serve according
96 Note1 | seem to be quotations or to belong to a special terminology.~
97 Text | it is manifest that this beseemed the Son that His steps should
98 | beside
99 Text | again, when He healed did He bestow abnormal organs, nor, again,
100 Text | proclaimed. For instead of bestowing strange eyes, that it might
101 | between
102 Text | purged ? And why then do they blame the body by asserting that '
103 Text | But even if we utter the blasphemy (only) with our lips, and
104 Text | that He did not change the bodily organs He annulled the strangeness.
105 Text | create a strange creation the bold preaching ought to have
106 Note1 | in italics inside square brackets are to be regarded as conjectural
107 Text | preaching ought to have been buried in silence (lit. confined
108 Text | remain in doubt ; for if they called Him a stranger on account
109 Text | not keep it lovingly and carefully after taking it away ? And
110 Note1 | commas are used in numerous cases where the words seem to
111 Text | body by asserting that 'it causes the soul to sin,' when in
112 Text(11)| 1 Cf. Colossians i 15.~
113 Text | The sole reason of His not changing (them) was that they might
114 Text | it [can] be changed in character. For this ye have learnt, (
115 Text | Stranger ? In which of the two circumstances, then, was strangeness most
116 Text(14)| reference to the ' rent' is clear. [...]~
117 Text | of the Creator. But it is clearly seen that this is a thing
118 Text | heat, when that which is cold did not remain in its natural
119 Text(11)| 1 Cf. Colossians i 15.~
120 Text | notion of) violent robbery comes in with it . . .~* * * * * * *~* * * * * * *~[
121 Text | If therefore before the coming of Isu this [convention] 9
122 Text | empowered, as a just Maker, to command that the hands should wither
123 Text | But instead of this He commanded that hand which was withered
124 Text | He abrogated the former commandments and maintained the former
125 Text | evil, what sin did the body commit [P. 118.] so as to be deprived
126 Text | which was their own, they committed thefts from that which was
127 Text | just law, for if He has compassion with regard to the law of
128 Text | that He wishes to do is completely visible to Him: But perhaps
129 Text | consent (lit. will) and not compulsion is involved, but if the
130 Text(14)| 3 The concluding sentence is mostly illegible,
131 Text | from their own mouth their condemnation is proclaimed. For instead
132 Text | fair titles One who in His conduct is not different from evil-doers ?
133 Text | buried in silence (lit. confined within silence). For the
134 Text | penalty for it, that their confusion (of mind) led us to use
135 Note1 | brackets are to be regarded as conjectural translations or paraphrases.~
136 Text | purchase in humble fashion,' consent (lit. will) and not compulsion
137 Text | is also Grace. . . . For consider that One who is good cannot
138 Text | in deeds. If that which consist in sayings is true, their
139 Note2 | footnotes to the end. Those consisting of "Read [syriac] for [syriac]"
140 Text | from Heat, so Evil is not constituted apart from its power. But
141 Text | for the poets likewise construct fables out of bare names,
142 Note1 | inference may be drawn by consulting the Syriac text.~Double
143 Text(5) | follows a very illegible page, containing an allusion to Hezekiah
144 Text | without labour. For the contention of the hearer is [an impediment
145 Text | in sayings is true, their contentious doctrine is true, but if
146 Text | there is not with thee that contentiousness which is wont to resist
147 Text(9) | which occurs twice in this context, is legible in the Palimpsest.
148 Text | nature 10 was fixed and . continued (lit. came) through all
149 Text | was) in order that when contumacious persons treat Him as a stranger
150 Text | abrogated laws they may be convicted of error by the fact that
151 Note1 | to this an approximately correct inference may be drawn by
152 Text | restoring and repairing the corruption of the natures they call
153 Text | the Will that bound the course of Nature 6 (is able to
154 Text | For when the work of a craftsman is injured it cannot be
155 Text | this is proved to thee by craftsmen, that is to say, even by
156 Text | difficulty ! For when new creations came to pass [in] men more
157 Text | stranger, since no strange creature has (ever) appeared in the
158 Text | debtors necessarily wrongs the creditor. "But," it is said, "He
159 Text | our faith has received the crown.~Let us know therefore who
160 Text | therefore also weapons and crucifixion are necessary to them (?)
161 Text | organs that were healthy, and cured organs that were hurt. But (?)
162 Note1 | l.2] means line 2 of the current page of the accompanying
163 Text | of 'strangeness' from the days of Isaiah onwards, who said 8 "
164 Text | with his lips (only), the deadly poison ? For as to that
165 Text | becomes the pardoner of debtors necessarily wrongs the creditor. "
166 Text | also was pleased by this deception, that He should come and
167 Text | strange' to Nature, if His deed had been contrary to Nature
168 Text | itself deprives those who deprive Him of active power, especially
169 Text | commit [P. 118.] so as to be deprived of this desirable change ?
170 Text | His active power itself deprives those who deprive Him of
171 Text | does not please them is derived from that (statement) which
172 Text | household," 3 this is (a description of) the foolish Marcion,
173 Text | that He did not wish to destroy that which was well adjusted ?
174 Text | not found to resemble a destroyer, nor a stranger, for He
175 Text | be reckoned to us to our detriment, on account of the advantage (
176 Text | names, their fables being devoid of foundation, for the poets
177 Text | replaced the Old Covenant (diaqh&kh) by a New Covenant, but
178 Text | who in His conduct is not different from evil-doers ? But far
179 Text | its excellence and not its difficulty ! For when new creations
180 Text | slippery places how] can they [direct] their goings ? 14~END OF
181 Text | there is also wisdom which directs the things that are made,
182 Text | they themselves are seen to disagree with the latter (and) also
183 Text | But when this perfect Disciple of that perfect Architect
184 Text(10)| natures,' i.e. the various distinct species.~
185 Text(9) | Palimpsest. It is probably a distortion of some foreign word, e.g.
186 Text | P. 139.] Lord came and diverged from this [convention] (
187 Text | laws (are concerned, the diversity is due to) the imperfection
188 Text | Call] Him therefore a doer of violence and not a purchaser.
189 | done
190 Note1 | consulting the Syriac text.~Double inverted commas mark quotations
191 Text | true things, to remain in doubt ; for if they called Him
192 Text | And henceforth they are dragged again [l. 17.] from struggle
193 Note1 | correct inference may be drawn by consulting the Syriac
194 Text | does not [know] that it is driving away from beside itself
195 Text(9) | distortion of some foreign word, e.g. to_ eu0a&reston or the Latin
196 Text | eye for His light, and the ear for His voice, why then
197 Text | forth ; 12 for He knew the effrontery of the Marcionites, that
198 | either
199 Note2 | Note of the electronic source~I have moved the
200 Text | which He created them He was empowered, as a just Maker, to command
201 Text | followed by Abel and by Enoch who did not taste death—
202 Text | had never in our life (?) entered our mind !~But nevertheless
203 Text | it is an Existence and an Entity, they are [not] changed
204 Text | Or was it as an evil and envious Being that He did not wish
205 Text(1) | see p. xxi, 1. ] 1, where Ephraim says "by thy haddame, that
206 Text | they may be convicted of error by the fact that He maintained
207 Text | deprive Him of active power, especially because that active power
208 Text | the evil was not in the essence (of the soul) but in the
209 Text | is always 'bound' by its essential nature ; for, (in the case
210 Text | was Himself the l. 38.] establisher of the Laws.] For a composite
211 Text(9) | some foreign word, e.g. to_ eu0a&reston or the Latin orbita.~
212 | ever
213 Text(3) | 2 This is evidently quoted as a Marcionite saying.~
214 Text | souls) are purged of all evils. Why did he who came come ?
215 Note1 | asterisks intended to bear any exact relation to the number of
216 Text | this thing which He did was exceeding foolish ; for He abrogated
217 Text | that [a man] might see its excellence and not its difficulty !
218 Text | receiving anything real in exchange for His real possessions. "
219 Text | something, is taught by his experience of former things to do something
220 Text | Marcion, that is to say, the eye for His light, and the ear
221 Text(4) | pp. lv (last line), lxiii f.~
222 Text | Marcionites adorned with fair titles One who in His conduct
223 Text | consists in deeds is true our faith has received the crown.~
224 Text | different from evil-doers ? But far be it from us to speak thus
225 Text | might testify, as their Father did, that the creatures
226 Text | change of organs ? For even a feeble human being can change laws,
227 | few
228 Text | forth to take away or to filch something hateful and [undesirable]
229 Text | 119, l.5] ... [And as] Fire is not [separated from Heat,
230 | first
231 Text | the order of nature 10 was fixed and . continued (lit. came)
232 Text | heart—(the law) which was followed by Abel and by Enoch who
233 Note2 | source~I have moved the footnotes to the end. Those consisting
234 Text | steps should hasten in the footprints of Him that begat Him, for
235 Text(9) | probably a distortion of some foreign word, e.g. to_ eu0a&reston
236 Text | primeval nature may come forward and prove concerning Him
237 Text | there be strangeness in a fraudulent purchase ? But if they say
238 Note1 | translation by dots, and longer gaps by asterisks, but in neither
239 Text(1) | translation of haddame, generally rendered 'limbs,' see p.
240 Text | lit. came) through all generations, we see that if our [P.
241 Text | who creates natures and gives laws, just as it was easy
242 Text | such) that, instead of giving alms from that which was
243 Text | can they [direct] their goings ? 14~END OF DISCOURSE AGAINST
244 Text | another He has deflected from goodness and also ignored justice,
245 Text | punishes sins there is also Grace. . . . For consider that
246 Note1 | where the text has suffered great mutilation, italics indicate
247 Text | things themselves that they grieve the heart of their possessors.
248 Text | of this He commanded that hand which was withered to be
249 Text | Son that His steps should hasten in the footprints of Him
250 Text | away or to filch something hateful and [undesirable] in his
251 Text | also preserved by His healing the normal arrangement of
252 Text | to both. But if they have heard only the word 'purchase'
253 Text | For the contention of the hearer is [an impediment to] the
254 Text | one — for He gave to the hearers additional interpretations
255 Text | already) alive ? . . . And henceforth they are dragged again [
256 Text(5) | containing an allusion to Hezekiah and the Sundial (Isaiah
257 Text | which is raised above and higher than HULE. And if they say
258 Text | a stranger to the world— Ho who instituted in it new
259 Text | wherefore does that which is hot retain its natural heat,
260 Text | in His action one of the household," 3 this is (a description
261 Text | raised above and higher than HULE. And if they say that they (
262 Text | organs ? For even a feeble human being can change laws, but (
263 Text | purchase, as one who acted humbly, how was 'might' involved
264 Text | deflected from goodness and also ignored justice, so as to incline
265 Text(6) | the same phrase as James iii 6.~
266 Text | contention of the hearer is [an impediment to] the gifts that come
267 Text | ignored justice, so as to incline altogether towards iniquity.
268 Text | normal arrangements were included from the Beginning—when
269 Note1 | great mutilation, italics indicate an attempt to summarise
270 Note1 | 10):~[Short lacunae are indicated in the translation by dots,
271 Note1 | the fragments.]~[P.101] indicates page 101 of the accompanying
272 Note1 | an approximately correct inference may be drawn by consulting
273 Text | incline altogether towards iniquity. For that Stranger who becomes
274 Text | stranger, for He did not injure healthy organs . . . nor,
275 Text | stranger to the world— Ho who instituted in it new laws, or He who
276 Text | strange creatures ? For He who institutes in the world new laws is
277 Text | learner, nor was His Teacher instructed, in virtue of that workmanship
278 Note1 | of the dots or asterisks intended to bear any exact relation
279 Text | their tongue, just as their intention is at variance with their
280 Text | to the hearers additional interpretations which were not in the Law,
281 Text | in reality, in all this interval of time, the nature of the
282 Text | violence. If therefore they introduce (the mention of) His might,
283 Text | purchase' and hence have introduced the mention of 'strangeness' (
284 Note1 | Note from Vol. 1 Introduction, p. (10):~[Short lacunae
285 Text | world new laws have been issued from generation to generation ;
286 Text(13)| 2 Luke v 36 (Matt, ix 16).~
287 Text(6) | quite the same phrase as James iii 6.~
288 Text | his neighbour and will not keep it lovingly and carefully
289 Text | the Old Covenant (diaqh&kh) by a New Covenant, but
290 Text | manner, but mercifully and kindly. For what robber is there
291 Text | stretched forth ; 12 for He knew the effrontery of the Marcionites,
292 Text | the heart sufficient for knowledge of the Stranger, nor hearing
293 Text | might give alms to those who lacked health, whereas He found
294 Note1 | Introduction, p. (10):~[Short lacunae are indicated in the translation
295 Text(9) | e.g. to_ eu0a&reston or the Latin orbita.~
296 Text | He ought, as a strange law-giver, to have created on that
297 Text | Maker. For the Creator and Lawgiver abolished the former laws
298 Text | came, not that He was a learner, nor was His Teacher instructed,
299 Text | their confusion (of mind) led us to use words that are
300 Text(9) | twice in this context, is legible in the Palimpsest. It is
301 Text | abolish the former creatures, lest we should think that He
302 Text | this respect He was on a level with all robbers. For he
303 Text | the body of Sin and are lifted up again to a region which
304 Text | to say, the eye for His light, and the ear for His voice,
305 Text(8) | 1 Isaiah lii 3.~
306 Text(1) | haddame, generally rendered 'limbs,' see p. xxi, 1. ] 1, where
307 Text | why then does the body not live at the last ? But if the
308 Text(2) | 2 P. 122, ll. 44, 45, are obscure, but
309 Note1 | translation by dots, and longer gaps by asterisks, but in
310 Text | ought therefore, if they are lovers of true things, to remain
311 Text | took us to Himself in a loving manner." (But this is no
312 Text | neighbour and will not keep it lovingly and carefully after taking
313 Text(4) | translated 'creative power,' pp. lv (last line), lxiii f.~
314 Text(4) | power,' pp. lv (last line), lxiii f.~
315 Text | accordance with this order it is manifest that this beseemed the Son
316 Text(3) | is evidently quoted as a Marcionite saying.~
317 Note1 | Double inverted commas mark quotations where the original
318 Text | that it should serve its masters. But if there is no strangeness
319 Text(13)| 2 Luke v 36 (Matt, ix 16).~
320 Text | they are refuted in the matter of the purchase, they have
321 Text | change the creation thou mayest hear from us abundantly,
322 Text | thing learnt from Him, (I mean) that primeval Teacher who
323 Text | not in an evil manner, but mercifully and kindly. For what robber
324 Text | who is good cannot shew mercy save to those who have transgressed
325 Text | violence they say that He merely purchased, and when again
326 Text(7) | they name purchase in the midst ? "~
327 Note1 | relation to the number of the missing words. In respect to this
328 | most
329 | mostly
330 Note2 | electronic source~I have moved the footnotes to the end.
331 | must
332 Note1 | text has suffered great mutilation, italics indicate an attempt
333 Text | and the seller, in their mutual action, they cannot give
334 Text | from this [convention] (vd. n. 9) of the Maker it is evident
335 Text(7) | 1 Lit. "How do they name purchase in the midst ? "~
336 Text | lit. and from it have named strangeness), they ought
337 Text | weapons and crucifixion are necessary to them (?) in the Kingdom.
338 Text | precious pearl from his neighbour and will not keep it lovingly
339 | never
340 Text | is a plausible term, (the notion of) violent robbery comes
341 Text | onwards, who said 8 "For nought have ye been sold," and
342 Note2 | of Syriac. The pages are numbered with Roman numerals. Arabic
343 Note2 | are numbered with Roman numerals. Arabic numbers and line
344 Note1 | inverted commas are used in numerous cases where the words seem
345 Text | Marcionites) that we are obliged to say these things for
346 Text(2) | P. 122, ll. 44, 45, are obscure, but the sense seems to
347 Text(9) | The word [Syriac], which occurs twice in this context, is
348 Note2 | syriac]" or similar have been omitted, as it has not been possible
349 Text | from the days of Isaiah onwards, who said 8 "For nought
350 Text(9) | eu0a&reston or the Latin orbita.~
351 Text | when He came, therefore, He ordered aright the hands which He
352 Note1 | mark quotations where the original has [Syriac]~Single inverted
353 | others
354 | ours
355 Text | partly inside and partly outside. And they ought therefore,
356 Text | than He." If therefore He overcame Him by might, how 7 do they
357 Text | involved, but if the purchaser overcomes by force he does not really
358 Text | death." But know that we owed a real debt: if therefore
359 Text | purchase something which its owner did not wish to sell—something
360 Text | take away things from their owners; it is because of the love
361 Note2 | fragments of Syriac. The pages are numbered with Roman
362 Text(9) | context, is legible in the Palimpsest. It is probably a distortion
363 Note2 | printed at the back of the paper volume. ~ ~
364 Note1 | conjectural translations or paraphrases.~In a few passages, where
365 Text | Stranger who becomes the pardoner of debtors necessarily wrongs
366 Text | did not even adjust any part of it, how do they say that
367 Text | when new creations came to pass [in] men more strangeness [
368 Note1 | or paraphrases.~In a few passages, where the text has suffered
369 Text | who will steal a precious pearl from his neighbour and will
370 Text | convinced they will pay the penalty for it, that their confusion (
371 Text | purchase in reality, that the People was sold, that it should
372 Text | imperfection. For if we had abided perfectly by the law which He has
373 Text | because the hands did not perform that service on account
374 Text | creatures (are concerned, permanence of species is due to) the
375 Text | was a Stranger, and (so) persecute Him.' The laws therefore
376 Text | order that when contumacious persons treat Him as a stranger
377 Text | as it were able to learn perversely, yet for the upright Teacher
378 Text | ones He also should teach perversity,~* * * * * * *~[
379 Text | account of the tyranny of Pharaoh, but they did not undergo
380 Text(6) | 2 Not quite the same phrase as James iii 6.~
381 Text | able to walk, in slippery places how] can they [direct] their
382 Text | that they may not be hurt, plainly testifies concerning Him
383 Text | of) His might, which is a plausible term, (the notion of) violent
384 Text | that the Good One also was pleased by this deception, that
385 Text | that which they receive is pleasing and profitable to both.
386 Text | or are they good from the point where they stripped off
387 Text | lips (only), the deadly poison ? For as to that which is
388 Text | Sin, the souls are still polluted even there, how do they
389 Text | own puts pressure on the possessor by reason of his love for
390 Text | grieve the heart of their possessors. But they say, "Even if
391 Text | region where there is no possibility of our being victorious.
392 Text | that is to say, even by potters and smiths.~But if when
393 Text | change laws, but (only) a powerful Maker can change organs.
394 Text | then, was strangeness most powerfully to be seen, in the change
395 Text(4) | translated 'creative power,' pp. lv (last line), lxiii f.~
396 Text | how again, when our Lord praises it, do they find fault with
397 Text | silence). For the Marcionites preach two things concerning our
398 Text | is there who will steal a precious pearl from his neighbour
399 Text | be evil ? And how at the present time do the souls become
400 Text | were hurt. But (?) He who preserves healthy organs, in order
401 Text | while on account of the pretext of 'purchase.' If therefore
402 Note2 | relate to the Syriac text printed at the back of the paper
403 Text(9) | in the Palimpsest. It is probably a distortion of some foreign
404 Text | mouth their condemnation is proclaimed. For instead of bestowing
405 Text | wont to resist abundant (proofs), which, though it is supposed
406 Text | nature may come forward and prove concerning Him that He is
407 Text | preaching does not; and this is proved to thee by craftsmen, that
408 Text | where there is Justice which punishes sins there is also Grace. . . .
409 Text | say, "Even if the Good One put pressure on the Just One
410 Text | possession that is not his own puts pressure on the possessor
411 Text(6) | 2 Not quite the same phrase as James
412 Text(3) | 2 This is evidently quoted as a Marcionite saying.~
413 Note2 | end. Those consisting of "Read [syriac] for [syriac]" or
414 Text | hearing for the study (lit. reading) of Him. Moreover, as to
415 Text | a Stranger, it would be reasonable that just as He gave us
416 Text | snatched from Him, without receiving anything real in exchange
417 Text | these things will not be reckoned to us to our detriment,
418 Text | say these things for their refutation, so that if they are convinced
419 Text | fashion,' and because they are refuted in the matter of the purchase,
420 Note1 | square brackets are to be regarded as conjectural translations
421 Note2 | numbers and line numbers relate to the Syriac text printed
422 Note1 | intended to bear any exact relation to the number of the missing
423 Text | and we learn that He who relaxed the Laws was Himself the
424 Text(1) | translation of haddame, generally rendered 'limbs,' see p. xxi, 1. ]
425 Text | had been created. For the repair of a work can only be wrought
426 Text | He was] [P. 123.] one who repaired the normal arrangement ? 2
427 Text | they say that the Maker repented of the work to which our
428 Text | create another sun ; again He replaced the Old Covenant (diaqh&
429 Text | nation would not even be required. Thus where the creatures (
430 Text | therefore is not found to resemble a destroyer, nor a stranger,
431 Text | contentiousness which is wont to resist abundant (proofs), which,
432 Text(9) | foreign word, e.g. to_ eu0a&reston or the Latin orbita.~
433 Text | that He was a stranger, He restored to health these former ones,
434 Text | Marcionites, that if when He was restoring and repairing the corruption
435 Text | in many (ways) He might restrain the audacity which did not
436 Text | wherefore does that which is hot retain its natural heat, when that
437 Text | But nevertheless let us return to our former subject, which
438 Text | mercifully and kindly. For what robber is there who goes forth
439 Text | was on a level with all robbers. For he also who goes forth
440 Text | concerning that Good One that He robs with violence. But this (
441 Note2 | pages are numbered with Roman numerals. Arabic numbers
442 Text | has no foundation (lit. root); for the poets likewise
443 Note1 | the accompanying Syriac. [RP]~ ~
444 | s
445 Text | force it was only for our salvation that He compelled Him by
446 Text | it was because our Lord saw it to be rightly fashioned
447 Text(3) | evidently quoted as a Marcionite saying.~
448 Text(1) | xxi, 1. ] 1, where Ephraim says "by thy haddame, that is,
449 | seem
450 | seems
451 Text | not really purchase but seizes by violence. If therefore
452 Text | between the purchaser and the seller, in their mutual action,
453 Text(2) | 45, are obscure, but the sense seems to be as above.~
454 Text(1) | haddame, that is, by thy senses."~
455 Text(14)| 3 The concluding sentence is mostly illegible, but
456 Text | before He creates, each separate thing that He wishes to
457 Text | And as] Fire is not [separated from Heat, so Evil is not
458 Text | hands did not perform that service on account of which He created
459 Text | hurt. But He who [P. 140.] sets in order organs that have
460 Text | that One who is good cannot shew mercy save to those who
461 Text | He [changed] the laws He shewed [l. 22.] strangeness, [so]
462 Note1 | Introduction, p. (10):~[Short lacunae are indicated in
463 Note2 | syriac] for [syriac]" or similar have been omitted, as it
464 Note1 | the original has [Syriac]~Single inverted commas are used
465 Text | are not [able to walk, in slippery places how] can they [direct]
466 Text | say, even by potters and smiths.~But if when our Lord came
467 Text | His real possessions to be snatched from Him, without receiving
468 Text | pressure on the Just One by snatching us from Him, He only took
469 Text | generation.~But they say, 'The sole reason of His not changing (
470 Note2 | Note of the electronic source~I have moved the footnotes
471 Text | But far be it from us to speak thus concerning our Lord !
472 Text | forth from the mouth of the speaker.~Hear therefore why it was
473 Note1 | quotations or to belong to a special terminology.~Words in italics
474 Text | Marcion were ashamed to be sponsors for the term 'violent robbery' (
475 Note1 | Words in italics inside square brackets are to be regarded
476 Text | thief is there who will steal a precious pearl from his
477 Text | beseemed the Son that His steps should hasten in the footprints
478 | still
479 Text | to learn. For if in the [straight] way the followers of Marcion
480 Text | which was withered to be stretched forth ; 12 for He knew the
481 Text | possible for the souls to strip off their bodies, they (
482 Text | Stranger, nor hearing for the study (lit. reading) of Him. Moreover,
483 Text | us return to our former subject, which we abandoned for
484 | such
485 Note1 | passages, where the text has suffered great mutilation, italics
486 Text | thing] else in this world suffices for them. Therefore neither
487 Text | Therefore neither is the heart sufficient for knowledge of the Stranger,
488 Note1 | summarise the argument from suggestions in the fragments.]~[P.101]
489 Note1 | italics indicate an attempt to summarise the argument from suggestions
490 Text(5) | allusion to Hezekiah and the Sundial (Isaiah xxxviii 8), p. 129,
491 Text | taught to create creatures superior to the former creatures ;
492 Text | proofs), which, though it is supposed that with its labour it
493 Text | taking it away ? And on this supposition all evil-doers are found
494 | taking
495 Text | perverse ones He also should teach perversity,~* * * * * * *~[
496 Text | creation in virtue of his teaching and akin to it in virtue
497 Note1 | or to belong to a special terminology.~Words in italics inside
498 Text | to which our Lord Himself testified that it was rightly fashioned ?
499 Text | their own, they committed thefts from that which was not
500 Text | have ye been sold," and thenceforward it would have been a purchase