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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Title: 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.
Author: Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
Publication: Cambridge :: Printed by John Hayes ... for Han. Sawbridge ...,; 1683.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.; Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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CHAP. IV. Again concerning the Controversies [raised] in Egypt by Arius.

THese things he performed with a compla∣cency of mind. But the blackness of Envy, which [at that time] in an horrid manner disturbed the Churches of God at Alexandria, and the a 1.1 pestilent Schism of those of Thebais and Egypt, troubled him not a little. For the Bishops in each City * 1.2 Strove with the Bishops, and the people made insurrections against the people, and, dasht one against another like the b 1.3 Symplegades, were cut in pieces by mutual wounds. In so much that, spurred on at length by a fury and desperateness of mind, they attempted impious and nefarious Facts, and were so audacious as to do violence to the Pictures of the Emperour. But these things did not so much excite the Em∣perour's anger, as they grieved and disquieted his mind; in regard he was extreamly troubled at the madness of men that were impaired as to their Intellectualls.

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a 1.1

Or, The Schismati∣cal Mis∣chief. He means the Schism of the Me∣letians. For Egypt at that time was sick of a double dis∣ease; to wit, the A∣rian He∣resie, and the Schism of Meletius. Vales.

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* 1.2

Or, Were dashed a∣gainst.

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b 1.3

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In the Fuketian Copy the reading is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Symplegades; in which manner Turnebus had mended it at the margin of his Copy. Vales. The Symplegades are two Islands or Rocks in the Bosphorus; which had this name given them, because (as 'tis fabulously reported) they met one time, and fought.

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