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The Manichces. Sect. I. 259
xii. 9, Satan is represented b}' tlic character of the ' great
dragon.' And in this dispute he is spoken of y as ' the
dragon, our perpetual enemy.'
13. The Avriter's respect for the scriptures now commonly
received, is manifest from his very numerous and frequent
quotations of them as decisive, and of authority in all disputed
points of religion.
CHAP. LXIII.
MANI, AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
Sect. I. Jl tjerieral history of the Manichees,
I. Passages oj^ ancient writers concerning them. 1. Eusebins
oj' Ccesarea ; 2. Socrates ; 3. Lihanius, II. Authors
tcho ic rote against them; I. Heracleati; 2. Alexander
of LijcopoUs ; 3. Augnstine ; 4. Serapion ; 5. Titus of
Bostra ; 6. Didijmus ; 7. Authors omitted by Fabricius ;
8. Syrian authors against them. III. Though they were
in many places, they icere no where numerous. IV.
Eminent men among the Manichees; 1. Alexander of
Lycopolis ; 2. Augustine ; 3. Adimantus ; 4. Agapius ;
5. Apthonius ; 6. Faustus ; 7. Hierax ; 8. Sebastian ; 9.
Sccundinns. V. Their ecclesiastical constitution. VI.
Their manners vindicated from aspersions. VII. A
brief account of the persecutions tchich they suffered.
I CHOOSE to begin this chapter Avith a general history of
Mani, and the sect called after his name.
I. In the first place I would allege some passages ©f
ancient writers who have mentioned them.
1. Eusebius's article concerning them in his Ecclesiastical
History is to this purpose :
' =* About the same time that
* madman, fitly named Manes, formed the wild heresy called
' after his name, being set up for the ruin of many by Satan
' the adversary of God. This person'' was a barbarian in
>' Credo, quod habeat adjutorem draconem ilium, qui nobis semper inimicus
est. c. 40. p. 69. * Ev tht