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. LXVII. That even after His Death, he was honoured by the Comites and the rest, in the same manner as when he was alive.

MOreover, the * 1.1 Duces, Comites, and the whole Order of the Judges and Magistrates, whose usage it had here∣tofore been to a 1.2 adore the Emperour, made not the least alteration in their former Custom, but came in at set times, and on their knees saluted the Emperour when dead, and laid in his Coffin, as if he had been yet alive. After these Grandees, those of the Senate, b 1.3 and all the Honorati, came in, and did the same. After whom, mul∣titudes of all sorts of people, together with women and children, approacht to the sight hereof. And these things were thus performed during a long space of time: the Milice having taken a Resolution, that the Corps should lie and be guarded in this manner, till such time as his Sons could come, who might honour their Fa∣ther by * 1.4 a personal attendance at his Funeral. [In fine,] this most Blessed [Prince] was the only Mortal who c 1.5 Rei∣gned after death; and all things were performed in the usual manner, as if he had been still alive: this being the sole person, from the utmost memory of man, on whom God conferred this. For, whereas he of all the Emperours had been the only one, who by acti∣ons of all sorts whatever had honoured God the su∣pream King, and his Christ; he alone, and that deserved∣ly, had these honours al∣lotted him: and the su∣pream God was pleased to vouchsafe him this, that even his dead Body should Reign amongst men. Whereby God clearly shew∣ed them, whose minds are not * 1.6 totally stupified, that † 1.7 the Empire of his Soul is endless and immor∣tall. In this manner were these things per∣formed.

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* 1.1

Generals, or Com∣manders in chief.

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a 1.2

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Concerning the manner of salu∣ting the Roman Emperours, con∣sult the Learned D^r Howells Hi∣story, Second Part, pag. 52. This Adoration was little more than what is now a days used to Prin∣ces, namely, a kneeling to them, and bowing the head.

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b 1.3

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. That is, the Honorati. So the Latines termed those who bore honours, as I have at large remarked at the 14^th Book of Amm. Marcellinus. Whereto add a passage of Gauden∣tius Bishop of Brixia, in his Let∣ter to Benevolus. Nam sicut Ho∣noratorum nostrae urbis, ita etiam dominicae plebis, domino annuente, dignissimum caput es. Vales.

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* 1.4

Or, Their own car∣riage of him.

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c 1.5

After Constantine's death, there was an Interregnum, nor did any Augustus Reign in the Ro∣man world. Which interregnum [i. e. a time when there was no Emperour,] continued not only till Constantine's Burial, but to the fifth of the Ides of September, as Idatius attests in his Fasti. So, for the space of three months and an half, the Roman world was without the Empire of an Augustus. For during that whole time, which is between the e∣leventh of the Calends of Jun•• and the fifth of the Ides of Septem∣ber, his Sons were styled only Cae-sars. 'Tis certain, Constantinus Junior, in his Letter so the Alexan∣drians, which bears date after his Fathers death, in the Consulate of Felicianus and Titianus, on the fifteenth of the Calends of July, has the Title of Caesar only. This Let∣ter is extant in Atbanasius, in his Second Apologie, near the end. Vales.

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* 1.6

Or, Turned into stone.

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† 1.7

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c; in Stephens 'tis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c; and we have rendred it accordingly.

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