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eight in St. Matthew, and the firft of them commences at ch. ii. 

 ver. I. By whom this divifion was introduced is unknown; 

 but Dr. Mill fuppofcs (Proleg. 354) with great probability, that 

 it was made by Tatian in the fecond century, for the purpofe of 

 compofing his harmony. For that it was made for the purpofe 

 of an harmony Dr. ikf/7/ proves ; and the filence of Eufebius con- 

 cerning this, when he mentions the other divifion introduced by 

 Ammonius in the third century for the fame purpofe, is a fuffi- 

 cient proof that it was not made by Ammonius. The next divi- 

 fion was into the Ammonian fedions, made by Ammonius in the 

 third century ; of thefe there are three hundred and fifty-five in 

 St. Matthew. In the fourth century Eufebius accommodated the 

 numbers of his canons to thefe fedions. The Alexandrian and 

 Ephrem have all thefe numbers : the Teftament of Beza, or 

 manufcript of Cambridge, has the fedions of Ammonius, but not 

 the numbers of Eufebius (Millii Proleg. 1271) which are alfo 

 wanting in this manufcript, which has all the reft. But Dr. 

 Mill's reafon for the omifllon of thefe numbers in Beza's manu- 

 fcript, " that the tranfcriber had not the vermillion ready in 

 " which it was ufual to write them, and therefore poftponed it," 

 cannot have a place here ; as we have an inftance in this manu- 

 fcript of an Ammonian fedion that is written in vermillion. The 

 xeipaAa/a are put both in the margin and at the top of the page, 

 which is done alfo in one part of the Alexandrian. 



With refped to orthography, we may obferve in it the moft 

 perfed agreement with the above mentioned manufcripts, which 

 are the moft ancient extant ; as will appear in the following par- 

 ticulars : 



(Q. 2) First. 



