The many who are mentioned, he reckons not so much by their number, as by the variety of their manifold heresies; men who were not endued with the gift of the Holy Spirit, but engaging in a vain work, have rather set forth in order a relation of events, than woven a true history.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: in proœm. Lucæ.