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. XLI. That in this interim He ordered a Synod to be convened at Tyre, because of some controver∣sies [started] in Egypt.

BUt the envious Devill, that Enemy to all good, a like some dark cloud opposed a∣gainst the most splendid Rayes of the Sun, at∣tempted to disturb the brightness of this Cele∣brity;

and again disquieted the Churches in Egypt with his own contentions. But the Em∣perour, whom God himself took care of, having again armed a Synod of many Bishops resem∣bling the Host of God, set them in array a∣gainst the Malevolent Devil: an Order having been issued forth from him, that [the Prelates] of all Egypt and Libya, Asia and Europe, should hasten, in the first place to a determination of the Controversie, and from thence to make a de∣dication of the formentioned Martyrium. Where∣fore he commanded them, that by the by they should compose the differences, at the Metropolis of Phoenice. For, it was [he said] unfit, to approach the worship of God with dissenting mindes; in regard the Divine Law prohibits those that are at variance, from bringing their Gifts [to God,] b before they have embraced friendship, and are peaceably affected one towards another. These wholesome precepts [of our Saviour] the Em∣perour gave new Life to, by a continual medi∣tation on them within his own mind; and advised them to set about the business with all imaginable consent and agreement of mind, by his Letter which runs thus.

Notes

• a

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. It must be written in one word, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 like, or, as 'twere; as I found it mended at the margin of Moraeus's Copy: and a little after, the reading must be 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• b

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Some bo∣dy, who it was I know not, has noted at the margin of the Gene∣va Edition, that it should be 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. But I had rather reade 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, before they have entred into a League. Nevertheless, in the Fuketian and Savil. Copies the reading is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and we have rendred it accordingly. Vales.