[49] See Kentish Bache's "Letters to Dr. Davidson," p. 22.

[50] "Adv. Hær." iv. 20, § 2; Euseb. "H. E." v. 8, and cf. iii. 3.

[51] "Leg. pro Christ." § 1.

[52] "Leg. pro Christ." § 11. See Matt. v. 44, 45.

[53] "Leg. pro. Christ." § 12. Comp. with Matt. v. 46.

[54] The word Synoptics, applied to Matthew, Mark, and Luke's Gospels, indicates abridgment—the bringing of all parts under one view.—See Dr. Hyde Clark's Dictionary.

[55] "Negative critics, as we have seen, have been compelled again to raise the age of the Gospels, and to place them in the apostolic age, between A.D. 50 and A.D. 100."—Dr. Christlieb, p. 541.

[56] "Hist. Eccl." v. 20.

[57] Ibid. iv. 32.

[58] "Apol." i. 46.