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CHAP. IV. <strong>of</strong> Original Sin. 109<br />

truth, was <strong>the</strong> great fact which influenced Clement <strong>on</strong> this<br />

questi<strong>on</strong>, and whicli elicited his greatest admissi<strong>on</strong>s, both<br />

as to <strong>the</strong> reality and <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n goodness.<br />

Hea<strong>the</strong>n philosophy, <strong>the</strong>n, was, in his view, a reaching<br />

forward to Divine truth and a reflecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> it. It <strong>on</strong>ly<br />

taught, indeed, comprehensible and not mysterious truth ;<br />

but <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>e prepared <strong>the</strong> way for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. Hea<strong>the</strong>n<br />

philosophy was <strong>the</strong> forerunner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Grospel, 1<br />

and, as being<br />

so excellent a thing, it could have no o<strong>the</strong>r source than a<br />

Divine <strong>on</strong>e. Philosophy was <strong>the</strong> great gift <strong>of</strong> God to <strong>the</strong><br />

gentile world ; and <strong>the</strong> less perfect law and <strong>the</strong> more perfect<br />

law came both from <strong>the</strong> same Fountain Head. 2 And though<br />

some called its truths stolen <strong>on</strong>es, or attributed <strong>the</strong>m to<br />

<strong>the</strong> devil, or to nature as <strong>the</strong>ir teacher ; still philosophy, if<br />

it had stolen its truths, had <strong>the</strong>m ; <strong>the</strong> devil, if he taught<br />

1<br />

Ope-yerai T<br />

ouSeVco 8e rvyxdvfi. Strom. 1. 6. C.<br />

7. The true Gnostic or Christian<br />

al<strong>on</strong>e attained this knowledge: O<br />

Se (Kftvos, TCI So/coGt/ra<br />

eli/ai TO?S $AArus, avrbs<br />

KaTaAa/j.dv(i Tncrreuo as STI ouSer/<br />

aKaTaATjTTTpr/ T&amp;lt;<br />

vtV<br />

ToG 0eoG. L. 6.<br />

c. 8. But <strong>the</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n philosophy<br />

supplied <strong>the</strong> elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine :<br />

Aib Kal (rroix tc &amp;gt;TaT<br />

*/ T ^ s effriv T\<br />

i\o&amp;lt;ro&amp;lt;&amp;gt;ia TT)S reAe/as<br />

TTfpl TO VOTJTO, KO.I 6Ti TOUTO)!/ TO<br />

Trvtvp.ariK(aTfpa avaff rpfty<strong>of</strong>j.tvTis.<br />

8. npo/caTarTKeuaet rV 68bv<br />

c.<br />

rfj<br />

PaffiXiKurdrr) 8i$a&amp;lt;TKa\ta. L. 1. c.<br />

16* AA\a ffv\Xa/j,dverai ye T(JU<br />

ffftrovSaK^r. avQa-<br />

\oyiit&amp;gt;s eTrixetpeTv<br />

iTT6ff0ot yvdffews. c. 20. Kairoi eV<br />

iro\Ao?s TO ^oi/cdra eTrt^f ^pet Kal iriQa-<br />

i/ctJerai QiX<strong>of</strong>fotyla aAXd ray atpe-<br />

&amp;lt;rejs ^Trt^air^et. c. 19. Kal /car<br />

$lJL&amp;lt;l&amp;gt;a&amp;lt;Tiv Se<br />

Kal Sidtyaffiv ol aKpicas<br />

irapa &quot;E\Arj&amp;lt;rt &amp;lt;f&amp;gt;jAo(ro&amp;lt;p7j(ra&amp;gt; Tes Sto-<br />

pSxri rbv. e6v. c. 19. IlaGAos eV<br />

TOIS e7rt(TToAo?? ov &amp;lt;pL\o(ro&amp;lt;t&amp;gt;iav Staov<br />

It6ff/j.ov<br />

Ttva <strong>of</strong>iffav, Kal irp<strong>of</strong>firaififiav rr/s<br />

oATjflefas. Strom. 1. 6. c. 8,<br />

Strom. 1. 1. c. 2. Aywybv Se rb<br />

epaarbi irpbs T^V eauroG Sewpiav, irav-<br />

Tbs rov o\ov eavrdv ry TT)? yv&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ras<br />

aydirri eVtfie&ATjKoros rrj dfcapia. Aib<br />

Kal TOS fVToXas as eSco/fev, ray TC<br />

irpoTfpas rds re Seurepas e /c<br />

fj.ias<br />

apvT r6^vos irriyiris 6 L. 7. c. 2.<br />

Kvpios, K. T. A.<br />

&quot;EffTi yap rcf ovri ^)iAo&amp;lt;ro&amp;lt;/)ia /j.eyi-<br />

ffrov Krri/j.a, Kal rip-Ltararov ecU.<br />

Justin Martyr, Dial. c. 2. Though<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Cohortatio ad Gr&cos, he dis<br />

parages Pagan philosophy, while he<br />

acknowledges its possessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> some<br />

truths, such as <strong>the</strong> unity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Deity as taught by Plato ; which, as<br />

well as his doctrine <strong>of</strong> ideas, how<br />

ever, he c<strong>on</strong>siders him to have got<br />

from <strong>the</strong> Scriptures which he saw in<br />

Egypt <strong>the</strong> latter from <strong>the</strong> menti<strong>on</strong><br />

;<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pattern shown to Moses <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

mount. Ad Grsec. c. 21. et<br />

seq.<br />

Ea quidem quse ad sapientes se-<br />

culi deveritatis scientia pervenerunt,<br />

Deorevelantepervenerunt; seddum<br />

aut vanse gloriae student, aut adulantur<br />

erroribus vetustis, aut metu<br />

principum refrenantur, damnati<strong>on</strong>is<br />

suse ipsi judices fiunt. Origen, in<br />

Kom. i. 18., vol. 4. p. 471.

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