ad Roman.c.4, 5, ap.

Patres Apostol.

tom.
ii.p.27.It suited the purpose of Bishop Pearson (see Vindiciae Ignatianae, part ii.c.

9) to justify, by a profusion of examples and authorities, the sentiments of Ignatius.] [Footnote 94: The story of Polyeuctes, on which Corneille has founded a very beautiful tragedy, is one of the most celebrated, though not perhaps the most authentic, instances of this excessive zeal.

We should observe, that the 60th canon of the council of Illiberis refuses the title of martyrs to those who exposed themselves to death, by publicly destroying the idols.] [Footnote 95: See Epictetus, l.iv.c.7, (though there is some doubt whether he alludes to the Christians.) Marcus Antoninus de Rebus suis, l.xi.c.3 Lucian in Peregrin.] [Footnote 96: Tertullian ad Scapul.c.5.The learned are divided between three persons of the same name, who were all proconsuls of Asia.