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. XIX. Concerning the Emperours wrath, and concerning Theodorus the Confessour.

MOreover, the Emperours Genius and dispo∣sition, which he had [hitherto] kept concealed, was at that time clearly discovered and manifested. For he who before profest him∣self to be a Philosopher, could not moderate himself any longer. But being very easily pro∣vokt to anger by those reproachfull Hymns, was ready to inflict the same punishments upon the Christians, which Diocletian heretofore laid on them. But in regard his sollicitude about the Per∣sian Expedition afforded him not a convenient opportunity of prosecuting this design, he or∣dered Salustius Prefect of the Pretorium, to ap∣prehend those persons that had been most zea∣lous and busie in singing Psalms, in order to their being punished. The Prefect (although as to his Religion he was an Heathen, yet) did not willingly receive that Order. But, in regard he could not contradict it, he commands many of the Christians to be apprehended, and confines some of them to Prison. Upon one young man (whose name was Theodorus, whom the Hea∣thens brought before him,) he inflicted Tortures, and various sorts of punishment, ordering that his body should be lacerated all over; and then, when 'twas supposed he could live no longer, he released him from his tortures. But God pre∣served this person. For he survived that confes∣sion a long time. Rufinus, who wrote an Eccle∣siastick History in Latine, * 1.1 says, that he con∣verst with this Theodorus a long while after this, and enquired of him, whether, during his being scourged and racked, he felt an acuteness of pain. And that his answer was, that the pain [pro∣ceeding] from his tortures was very little: and that there stood by him a certain young man, who both wiped off the sweat caused by his agony, and also corroborated his mind, and that he cau∣sed that space of time wherein he was tortured, to be a delight to him, rather than a conflict. Let thus much be said concerning the admirable Theodorus. At the same time arrived Embas∣sadours from the Persians, requesting [the Em∣perour] to put an end to the War a 1.2 upon cer∣tain express articles and conditions. But he dismist them, with these words, You shall ere long see Us in person, and so there will be no need of an Embassy.

Notes

• * 1.1

  See Ru∣finus's Ec∣cles. Hist. book 1. chap. 36.
• a 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, is the phrase in the Ori∣ginal; which nei∣ther Mus∣culus, nor Christophorson understood, as appears from their Versions. Vales.