The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.

CHAP. XXII. Concerning Hegesippus, and those he makes men∣tion of.

MOreover, Hegesippus, in his five books of Hi∣storicall memorials, which are come to our hands, has le••t a most full and compleat account of his own faith and opinion. Wherein he declareth, that travelling as far as Rome, he discourst with many Bishops, and from them all heard one and the same doctrine. You may please to hear him (a 1.1 after some words of his concerning the Epistle of Clemens to the Corinthians) continuing his discourse thus;

And the Corinthian Church con∣tinued in the true faith untill Primus came to be Bishop there: with whom I had some discourse in my voyage to Rome, and was conversant with the Corinthians a sufficient time; wherein we received mutual refresh∣ment from the true faith. But arriving at Rome, I b 1.2 staied there till Anice∣tus's time, whose Deacon Eleutherus then was: after Anicetus succeeded Soter, and next to him Eluthe∣rus. Now in every suc∣cession [of Bishops] and throughout each City the doctrine is conformable to what the Law, the Prophets, and our Lord Preach't.

And the same Authour sub∣joines an account of the He∣resies which were broacht in his age, in these words;

And after James the Just had suffered Martyrdom (as the Lord had also) for the preaching of his do∣ctrine, Simeon the son of Cleophas (which [Cleo∣phas] was Uncle by the mothers side to our Sa∣viour) was constituted Bishop in his room; whom all preferred to be second Bishop there, because he was the Lords c 1.3 Cousingerman by the mothers side. Upon which account that Church was stiled a Virgin; for it was not hitherto cor∣rupted with vain opinions. d 1.4 Thebuthis (be∣cause he was not made a Bishop) was the first that began to vitiate it. This man was e 1.5 one of those that took his rise from the seven Sects, which were amongst the [Jewish] peo∣ple: of which Simon was another, from whom the Symoni••ns; and Cleobius, from whom the Cleobi∣ans; f 1.6 and Dositheus, from whom the Dositheans; and Gortheus, from whom the g 1.7 Gortheans; and Masbo∣theus, from whom the Masbotheans, had their denomination: from these also came the Menandri∣ans, and the Marcionists, and the Cartocratians, and the Valentinians▪ and the Basilidians, and the Sa∣turnilians; each of which men in particular was an introducer of his own o∣pinion. From these came the false Christs, the false-Prophets, and the false-A∣postles; who rent asunder the Unity of the Church by their corrupt opinions brought in against God, and his Christ.

Moreover, the same Writer gives an account of the Heresies which were heretofore amongst the Jews▪ in these words;

There were divers Sects and Opinions in▪ the Circumcision among the children of Israel, which were opposite both to the h 1.8 tribe of Ju∣dah, and also to Christ; to wit, the i 1.9 Essaeans, the k 1.10 Galilaeans, the Hemero∣baptists, the l 1.11 Masbothe∣ans, the Samarit••s, the Sadducees, and the Phari∣sees.

And he writes many other things, of which we have partly made mention be∣fore, and inserted his rela∣tions in their proper and op∣portune places and times. Al∣so, he produces several pas∣sages out of the Gospel ac∣cording to the Hebrews, out of the Syriack, and particu∣larly out of the Hebrew tongue; whereby he plainly intimates himself to have been converted from being a Jew to the faith of Christ. He makes mention also of other things as contained in the un∣written

traditions of the Jews. Now, not onely he, but also Irenaeus, and all the Antients, doe call the Proverbs of Solomon, the book of Wisdom that m 1.12 contains the Precepts of all Virtue: and, trea∣ting of those books which are termed The Apocry∣pha, he relates that some of them were forged by certain Hereticks in his times. But we must now proceed to another Writer.

Notes

• a 1.1

  In stead of [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.] as it is in the Kings M. S. and in Rob. Stephens Edit. it should be [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. after some words; as we translate it. Vales.
• b 1.2

  S^r Henry Savil, at the Mar∣gin of his M. S. made it [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] that is, I staied there. In Robert Stephens Edit. 'tis [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.] Whe∣ther the learned Knight cor∣rected this passage from his own conjecture, or by the autority of some M. S. copie, is to me uncertain: However this emen∣dation is very necessary. Fur∣ther, Eusebius quotes this pas∣sage of Hegesippus's in chap. 11. of this book; between which place and this here there seems to be some disagreement. For Eusebius writes there, that He∣gesippus came to Rome in the times of Anicetus, and staid there till Eleutherius was promoted to that See. But Hegesippus him∣self does not say so here, onely, that he staied at Rome untill A∣nicetus was Bishop there. There∣fore Hegesippus came thither a∣bout the latter end of Pius's Reign. Vales.
• c 1.3

  See note (a) on c. 11. book 3.
• d 1.4

  In the Kings, the Maz. and Fuk. M. SS. his name is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Thebuthis. In Rob. Stephens Edit. he is called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Thebulis. Rufinus, in his Version, calls him Theobutes, and Thobutes. Vales.
• e 1.5

  That is, he was one that ga∣thered up his errours from the false opinions of those seven Sects amongst the Jews; as did also Simon, Cleobius, Dositheus, &c. Vales.
• f 1.6

  Some think that this Dositheus was much antienter than these times he is here mentioned to have lived in: Drusius (in Res∣pons. ad Minerval S••raii, cap. 10.) asserts he lived in the times of Sennach••rib King of Assyria; and Jerom is of that opinion, as ap∣pears by what he says in Dialog. Advers. Luciferian. But Scali∣g••r, (in Elencho tribaeres.) and Origen (book 1. against Celsus) affirm he lived since our Saviours incarnation, and was co-tempora∣ry with Simon Magus. See Photii Bibliothec. cap. 230. Vales.
• g 1.7

  Or, Goratheans: for so these Hereticks are named in the Kings, Maz. Med. Fuk. and S^r Henry Sa∣vills M. SS. Vales.
• h 1.8

  By this passage Hegesippus seems to have thought the tribe of Judah clear of all Sects and Heresies; so that none of that tribe were followers of the Essens, Sadducees, and Pharisees, &c. But this is very improbable. Hege∣sippus said it only in favour of that Tribe, from whence Christ sprang. Vales.
• i 1.9

  These were the seven Sects amongst the Jews; of which Hege∣sippus makes frequent mention, as may be seen from some quota∣tions out of him, which occur in the foregoing books. Justin (in disputat. advers. Triphon.) men∣tions them, but calls them by other names, to wit, Sadducees, Genists, Merists Galilaeans, Hel∣lenians, Pharisees, and Baptists. Epiphanius terms them, Scribes, Pharisces, Sadducees, Essens, Na∣zareans, Hemerobaptists, and He∣rodians. Vales.
• k 1.10

  Judas Galilaeus was the ori∣ginal authour of this Sect, (says Josephus, Antiq. B. 18. chap. 2.) who▪ having joyned Saddock, a Pharisee, to him, sollicited the people to defection, telling them, that God was to be their onely Prince and Master, and no mortal to be acknowledged as such; that the requiring a Tax from them, if it were by them paid, was a manifest profession of servitude, and that 'twas their duty to vindi∣cate their liberty; by which means he raised a great Sedition among the Jews, and was the cause (under pretence of defending the pub∣lick liberty) of innumerable mischiefs to the nation. See Joseph. Antiq. B. 18. chap. 2.
• l 1.11

  They are called also Marboneans and Morboneans; they must be distinguisht from those whom Hegesippus mentions a little before; for these here were one of the seven Sects amongst the Jews; but those were propagated from the seven Sects; as were also the Simonians, Dositheans, &c. Vales.
• m 1.12

  Indeed, Jerom gives this Epithet to that B. called the Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, (in his Preface to the books of Solomon) his words are these: Fertur & panaeretos Jesu filii Sirach liber, & alius pseudepigra∣phus, qui sapientia Solomonis inscribitur. Quorum priorem Hebraicum reperi; non Ecclesiasticum, ut apud Latinos, sed parabolas pranota∣tum, &c.