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St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.
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- St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.
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- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
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- 1610.
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to Domitius Aenobarbus and Agrippina, daughter to Germanicus: adopted by Cl. Caesar, his Stepfather, and named Nero •…•…aesar, after him he succeded him, and was the last of Caesars bloud that was emperor: a man of strange cruelty and beastlinesse, and for these vices left noted to all posterity: otherwise, as Suetonius saith, he was desirous of eternity of same. He called Apr•…•…, after him-selfe Neroneus, and ment to haue named Rome Neropolis. (c) Least Tirans.] Of * 1.1 this before, the King & the tyran, diffred not of old, the word comes of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, to command or sway. Uirgill. Te propter lybicae gentis Nomadumque Tyranni Odêre incensi: for thee, the Libi∣ans * 1.2 and Numidian Kings, hated him fore. &c. and Horace carm. 3. Princeps et innantem Maricae Littoribus tenuisse Lyrim, latè Tyrannus. &c. Tyrannus is some-times Lord & some-times a cruell Prince, sometimes a Potent Prince. Acron. So Augustine here putteth worthy, for Potent, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Greeke being both power, and fortitude: as Homer & Pindarus, often vse it: In Nemeis de Her∣cule. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, my sonnes valor. (d) Some peace.] Latinus his words of Aeneas, whom he held to be a good man. (e) In possessing.] A falty place, the sence is: when they haue that desire of hu∣man glory they are of more vse in an ea thly state, thē when they want it. (f) Those that.] They are the true Philosopers and if they should rule, or the rulers were like them, happy should the states be, saith Plato. (g) Who gaue.] Iames. 1. 5, 6. If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, which giueth, to all men liberally and reprocheth no man, and he shall giue it him. But let him aske in faith and wauer not. &c.
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* 1.1
Tyrannus.
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* 1.2
Anea•…•….