THE

APOLOGIES

OF

JUSTIN MARTYR, TERTULLIAN,

and MINUCIUS FELIX,

In Defence of the

Primitive RULE of FAITH,
Translated from their Originals:
With NOTES, for the Advantage chiefly of
English Readers, and a PRELIMINARY
DISCOURSE upon each Author.

Together with

A PREFATORY DISSERTATION about
the Right Use of the FATHERS.
By WILLIAM REEVES, M. A. Rector of
Craneford, in Middlesex.

Vol. II.

Tu scito nobis nihil esse antiquius quam Christi jura servare, nec Patrum transferre terminos.

Hieronym. Epis. 68. ad Theo.

LONDON, Printed by W. B. for A. and J. Churchill, at the
Black-Swan in Pater-Nofter-Row. 1709.

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THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION

T

TO THE

Octavius of Minucius Felix.

HE Difference between Tertullian and Minuci-
us in point of Stile, with the Reason for that

Difference

P. 1, 2

2

The Design and Structure of the Dialogue

Cæcilius, Octavius, and Minucius, all three Afri-

cans, with their feveral Parts in this Dialogue 3

All three Heathens

ibid.

Octavius, and Minucius, both Lawyers, with their

Charater and Converfion

3,4

The Conversion of these two famous Advocates gave

new Life and Luftre to the Christian Caufe

4,5

The Character of Cacilius, with the Difficulty of his

Converfion

5

Octavius dies first, and the Primitive Way of expref.

fing our Sorrow upon the Death of our Friends, in

the Example of Minucius

5,6

This a real Dialogue, put together by Minucius after

the Death of Octavius

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