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. XXXIX. That in Phoenice there was a City made [termed Constantina;] and in other Cities the Idols were destroyed, and Churches erected.

THe same thing was likewise done in many other places. For instance, in a City of the Province of Phoenice, which is called by the Emperour's name. The inhabitants where∣of having committed their innumerable Images to the flames, changed their worship of them, for the observation of the salutary Law. More∣over, in other Provinces, they came over in great companies, as well in the Country as in the Cities, to the saving knowledge [of God,] and destroyed their Images consisting of all sorts of matter (which before had been accounted sacred by them,) as if they were nothing: they also demolished their own Temples and places of worship, which were raised to a vast height, when no person ordered them to do it. But they erected Churches from the very foundations, and made a change of their former opinion, or errour rather. But, a 1.1 to give a particular Narrative of all this pious Emperour's Actions, is not so much our business, as theirs who were vouchsafed a continual converse with him. After therefore we have in short b 1.2 recorded in this work those matters which came to our knowledge, we will pass to the * 1.3 later part of his Life.

Notes

• a 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; In the King's, and Fuke∣tian Copies, 'tis written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in one word; which I ra∣ther approve of. For it follows, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. But it would be better, were it thus written, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• b 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Translatour renders this place thus: nos verò quoniam breviter quae nobis nota fuerunt, literarum mo∣numentis mandavimus; but because we have in short committed to wri∣ting, those things which were known to us. But I render it thus; post∣quam ea quae nobis nota sunt breviter exposuerimus, ad extremum ejus vitae tempus Sermonem trans••eremus; after we have briefly declared those things which are known to us, we will turn our discourse to the last time of his Life. Which rendition is doubtless truer, and more agreeable to the words and meaning of Eusebius. For, if Eusebius had meant so as the Translatour thought he did, he would have said, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• * 1.3

  Or, Last time.