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. XIII. Concerning the writings of Clemens.

CLemens his a 1.1 Stromata's, which are in all eight books, are extant amongst us, which books he thus intituled, The variegated contexture of b 1.2 discourses of Titus Flavius Clemens concerning all things which appertain to the know∣ledge of the true Philosophy: of the same number with these are his books intitul'd Institutions: in which he by name mentions Pantaenus, as be∣ing his Master, and he writes down his c 1.3 opinions he had receiv'd concerning the scope of Scripture, and explains his traditions: he has also an Hortatory discourse to the Gentiles. And three books In∣titl'd the Tutor. And another book of his with this title, What Rich man can be sav'd? And a book concerning Ea∣ster. Disputations also con∣cerning the Fasting▪ And concerning detraction. And an exhortation to patience to those who were newly baptiz'd. And a book intitl'd the Eccle∣siastick Canon, or against those who Judaized, which book he dedicated to Alexander the fore-mention'd Bishop. Moreover, in his Stromata he does not onely compose mis∣cellaneous discourses out of the holy Writings, but he also mentions some things out of the Gentile Writers, if any thing seems profitable which was spoken by them: he also explains various o∣pinions [which occur] in several books both of the Greeks, and Barbarians. He moreover con∣sutes the false opinions of the Arch-hereticks. He laies open much of History, affording us large subject-matter of several sorts of learning▪ A∣mongst all these he intermixes the Philosophers Opinions. Hence he fitly made the Title Stro∣mata, answerable to the subject of the book. In the same book he produces authorities out of those Scriptures which are not allow'd of [as Canonical;] out of that which is call'd The Wisdom of Solomon, and out of the book of Jesus the son of Sirac. And out of The Epistle to the Hebrews. And out of the [Epistles] of Bar∣nabas, Clemens, and Jude. He also makes men∣tion of Tatianus's book against the Grecians, and of Cassianus, d 1.4 who also made a Chronographie. Moreover, he mentions Philo, e 1.5 Aristobulus, Jo∣sephus, Demetrius, and Eupolemus, Jewish Wri∣ters; who all have prov'd by their writings, that

MOSES, and the Originals of the Jewish Na∣tion are ancienter then any thing of antiquity amongst the Grecians. And this mans books afore-mention'd are stuff'd with very much excel∣lent learning, of several kinds. In the first of these books he saies concerning himself, that he was born next to the first successours of the Apostles. He promises also in them that he would write Com∣mentaries upon Genesis. And in his book con∣cerning Easter, he confesses he was constrained by his friends to commit to writing [for the bene∣fit of] posterity those traditions which he had heard from his Ancestours. In that same book also is mention'd Melito, Irenaeus, and some others, whose explications he sets down.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Rufinus very well translates this Title 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 thus, Opus varie con∣textum. Plutark calls some books of his, which are part History, and part Poetry, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eu∣sebius takes the books to be so call'd from the divers sorts of matter which they treat of, and so says Baronius in his Annals, and Suidas in his History: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in Greek signifies Carpets or Hangings which were woven of divers colours: hence these books are metaphorically entitl'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, from the mixture of things they treat of: for he inter∣mixes Grecian, Barbarian, and Latine Opinions, confutes Here∣ticks, and composes a kind of a various History. Photius Bib∣lioth.
• b 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (which is the term here,) are such writings as contain onely the heads, and some particulars of some special things, or as Cicero in Verrem says, sunt scripta quae▪ domi continentur, nec in vulgus efferuntur: but now the word has got a larger signifi∣cation.
• c 1.3

  Langus renders this word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Dictates, Musculus verbal∣ly, Excerptions, Rufinus, exposi∣tions, and Christophorson Com∣mentaries upon the Scriptures, but none of them sufficiently explain the propriety of the word: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 are the sence and meanings of Scripture. So Origen uses is in his 4^th book de principiis Chap. 2. speaking of the double sence of Scripture, that is the literal, and the spiritual sence, and so also does Methodius, Epiphanius and Dionysius. Alexandrinus use the term. Vales.
• d 1.4

  These words 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, made Rufinus believe, that the preceding person Tatianus wrote a Chrono∣graphie as well as Cassianus▪ but we must in no-wise think that true. Vales.
• e 1.5

  Some Copies read, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 but in all our M. SS. and in Ni∣cephorus 'tis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. This Aristobulus here is that same Aristobulus the Peripatetick who wrote books of the Explications of the Mosaical Law to Ptolomy Philometor, as Eusebius records in his Chronicle, and he produces a fragment of these books, in his 8^th book Praeparationis, Origen also mentions something of these books in his 4^th book against Celsus, pag. 204. Vales.