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.
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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.
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Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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1683.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38749.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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CHAP. XXXIX. How Constantine, falling into a distemper, ended his life.
THe Year after, the Emperour Constantine, having just entred the sixty fifth year of his age, falls sick. He therefore left Constantinople and went by water to Helenopolis, to make use of the medicinal hot springs situate in the vici∣nage of that City. But when he was sensible that his distemper increased, he deferred bathing. And removed from Helenopolis to Nicome∣dia. He kept his Court there in the Suburbs, and received Christian Baptism. He was here∣upon very chearfull, and made his will, wherein he left his three sons heirs of the Empire, allot∣ting to every one of them their part, as he had done in his life time. He left many Legacies both to a 1.1Rome and to Constantinople, and he in∣trusted his Will with that b 1.2 Presbyter, by whose intercession Arius was recalled, of whom we spoke something * 1.3 before: injoyning him not to deliver it into any mans hands, except his Son Constantius's, whom he had constituted Governour of the East. After he had made his Will, he lived some few days and then died. Moreover, none of his Sons were with him at his death. Therefore there was one immediately dispatcht into the East, to inform Constantius of his Fa∣thers death.
Notes
a 1.1
Concer∣ning this gift, which Constantine by his will bequeathed to the El∣der-Rome, our Euse∣bius is a witness; in his 4th book of Constan∣tines Life, chap. 63. Vales.
Socrates borrowed this out of Rufinus, book 1. Eccles. Hist. chap. 11. But this story seems to me very improbable. For who can believe that the Emperour Constantine, who then had many Bishops about him, (for so Eusebius says expresly;) as also Grandees and great Offi∣cers, should make choice of one Presbyter, an unknown person, (for his name is always concealed) to whom he might commit the keeping of his Will, when he died. Wherefore, I had rather follow Philo∣storgius here, who says, that Constantine delivered his Will to Eu∣sebius of Nicomedia, by whom he had been baptized a little be∣fore. Vales.