CHA P. XII. St. Luke's Gospel is Canonical. It is in the antient Catalogues, cited by the primitive Fathers, read in the Churches, and put in the Syriack Verfion. Arg. I. ST (T. Luke's Gofpel is to be efteemed of Canonical authority, by Prop. IV. because it is in all the Catalogues of Canonical books, which we have among the writings of the primitive Chriftians. These Catalogues I have collected, Vol. I. Part I. Ch. VIII. and referred to, in proving the authority of Matthew and Mark's Gospels above, viz. the Catalogue of Origen, Eufebius, Athanafius, Cyril, that in the council of Laodicea, Epiphanius, Gregory Nazianzen, Philaftrius, Jerome, Ruffin, Austin, that in the third council of Carthage, and in the books under the name of Dionyfius the Areopagite. To which I add, the general proof I have above made in this Part (Differt. Præf.), that the four Gofpels which we now receive, were received by the primitive Chriftians. Arg. II. The Gofpel of St. Luke is Canonical, because it is cited as Scripture in the writings of the primitive Chriftians, Prop. V. I intend here, as in the former Gofpels, to fhew the feveral authors who have cited, and the places wherein. they have cited this Gofpel, and fhall begin with, I. St. PAUL. It has been supposed by many of the antients (as I have obferved above, Ch. XI.), that as often as St. Paul ufes the words My GOSPEL, he cites and refers to St. Luke (fee Rom. ii. 16. 2 Tim. ii. 8.). So many of the Chriftians before the time of Eufebius and Jerome thought, and Origen a Hift. Eccl. lib. 3. c. 4. b Catalog. Vir. Illuftr. in Luca. exprefsly exprefsly calls it the Gofpel ὑπὸ Παύλε ἐπαινούμενον, i. e. commended or cited by Paul; but I confefs, though I have mentioned this, it is not because I believe St. Paul did cite this Gospel (it being wrote, in my opinion, fome years after the Epiftle to the Romans, though perhaps not after that to Timothy), but because it gives us clear intimation, how highly efteemed this Gospel was in the most antient times of Chriftianity, being judged worthy by them to be cited by St. Paul, and called his own Gospel. II. CLEMENS ROMANUS. The first Epistle of CLEMENS ROMANUS to the Corinthians. 1 Chap. xiii. Several fayings of our Lord are here referred to; fome of which are in St. Matthew (as above faid), and fome in St. Luke. 2 Chap. xlvi. Cotelerius has obferved upon this place, that Clemens not only cites Matthew, but Luke; and indeed the order of his words is more agreeable to this last. The Second Epistle of CLE- 3 Ch. iv. This seems to be rather taken out of Luke than Matthew, because Apud Eufeb. Hist. Ecclef. lib. 6. c. 25. St. That he has cited Luke xxiv. 39. in his Epiftle to the V. IRENÆUS. St. Luke's Gospel is fo frequently cited by this Father, that it would be fuperfluous to collect the citations; befides Feuardentius has with fo much exactness collected them at the end of his edition of Irenæus, that it will be sufficient to refer the reader to his index. I fhall only observe, 1. That there are above a hundred citations of this Gospel made by Irenæus in his works. 2. That (Lib. 3. adv. Hæref. c. 14.) he vindicates the authority and perfection of St. Luke's Gofpel, and has made there a collection of many or moft of the histories which this Evangelift has recorded, which are not mentioned by either of the other, and says, the Hiftories of Chrift, which St. Luke alone has recorded, were received by all Chriftians. 3. That he in very many places cites this Gofpel by the name of Luke, which the reader may fee in the following inftances. Many other fuch inftances might eafily be collected; but I suppose these, with what has been said above (Dissert. præfix.) may be fufficient to evidence to any one the fentiments, which Irenæus had of this Gospel. a Et plurimos actus Domini per bus et onmes utuntur. Lune (fc. Lucam) didicimus, qui |