184 On this version of Ps. xlv. 1., and its application by Tertullian, see our Anti-Marcion (p. 299, note 5).
185 John i. 1.
186 John x. 30.
188 Originale instrumentum: which may mean "the document which treats of the origin of all things."
191 Gen. i. 1.
197 Prov. viii. 22.
203 John i. 1.
204 Gen. i. 1.
205 John i. 1-3.
207 Dum ostenditur: which Oehler and Rigalt. construe as "donec ostendatur." One reading has "dum non ostenditur," "so long as it is not shown."
209 In totum habebat intelligi.
210 Gen. i. 11, 12.
211 Gen. i. 20, 21.
213 Quid unde protulerit: properly a double question = "what was produced, and whence?"
215 Quid unde processerit: properly a double question = "what was produced, and whence?"
216 Gen. i. 1.
218 John i. 3.
221 Gen. i. 2.
223 Inconditam: we have combined the two senses of the word.
229 We have construed Oehler's reading: "Quanto non comparet" (i.e., by a frequent ellipse of Tertullian, "quanto magis non comparet"). Fr. Junius, however, suspects that instead of "quanto" we should read "quando": this would produce the sense, "since it is not apparent to what object it may be ascribed," etc.
232 Gen. i. 2.
233 Quae cui nomen terrae accommodare debeat. This is literally a double question, asking about the fitness of the name, and to which earth it is best adapted.
234 He means those who have gone wrong on the eternity of matter.
236 A mixed metal, of the colour of amber.
237 Gen. i. 31.
238 Gen. i. 1.
239 Qualitatem ejus: unless this means "how He made it," like the "qualiter fecerit" below.
240 Gen. i. 1.
241 Gen. i. 7.
243 Gen. i. 27.
244 Gen. ii. 7.
247 Primo praefari, postea prosequi; nominare, deinde describere.
249 Hermogenes, whose view of the narrative is criticised.
252 Gen. i. 1, 2.
254 The "autem" of the note just before this.