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putes to the Endeavours of Maximus in the se-venth Century. For if such a Persuasion couldhave prevailed, the Revelations must have comeinto general Credit with the Greeks an Age ortwo sooner: For Pjeudo-Dionysius imposed onmany in the fifth and sixth Centuries, and seemsnot to have been without his Admirers about theEnd of the fourth *.

P. 93. He repeats an Observation first made,p. bo. “ that most of the Wejlern Fathers who" had spread (he should have said, continued)" the Reputation of this Book in the fourth Cen-" tury were either Spaniards or born near the" Pyrenees, ” i. e. were either Spaniards or ofSouth Fra?tce. Nothing depends upon this Ob-servation : But to strew our Adversary how lit-tle Reason he had to be fond of it, I desire himto observe, that to four Authors of the Countriesaforesaid, who espoused the Revelations in thefourth Century, viz. Hilary of PoiSliers, Pauli-nas, Pacianus, and Prudentius , we can opposeabove double the Number of Wejlern Writerswho did the fame from other Countries, viz.LaSlantius, ViSlorinus, Pechonius, and St. Aujlin,from Aj'rica ; Hilarius Diaconus, Ambrose, Phi-lajlrius, Jerome, and Ruffin, from Italy . Fietakes for granted in the same Page, a most no-torious Falsehood, viz. that the Greeks did notfirst receive the Revelations. For Papias , JuJlinMartyr, Irenceus, and Clemens Alexandrinus , theearliest Writers, that mention the Revelations ,

* See Pearjo,i'% Vindic. ignat. par. I. c. 10.

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