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A38744	The abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's ecclesiastical history in two parts ... whereunto is added a catalogue of the synods and councels which were after the days of the apostles : together with a hint of what was decreed in the same / by William Caton.; Ecclesiastical history. English	Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Caton, William, 1636-1665.	1698 (1698)	Wing E3420; ESTC R1923	127,007	269

of God who am banished from God bewail him who is bereaved of the Holy Ghost bewail me that am thrust out of the Wedding-Chamber of Christ Bewail me who once was thought worthy the Kingdom of God but now altogether unworthy Bewail me that am abhorred of the Angels and severed from the Saints of God Bewail me for that I am condemned to eternal Punishments Bewail me for that I am here on Earth and now tormented with the Prick of Conscience And what shall I do I wot not being thus on every side beset with Misery If there be any Man that can I beseech him now to help me with his earnest Prayers and with his sorrowful Tears for now it behoveth me to shed infinite Tears for me great Sin Who knoweth whether the Lord will have mercy upon me whether he will pity my Fall whether he will tender my Person whether he will be moved with my Desolation whether he will have respect unto my Humility and encline his tender Compassion towards me who have no taste nor relish of him but am as the unsavoury Salt Now let the Elders mourn for that the Staff whereto they leaned is broken Now let the Young Men mourn for that their School-Master is fallen Now let the Virgins mourn for that the Advancer thereof is defiled Now let the Priests mourn for that their Patron i. e. a great Friend and Defender is shamefully fallen Now let all the Clergy i. e. Bishop Priests Deacons c. mourn for that their Priest is fallen from the Faith Wo is me that I sell so lewdly who is me that I fell most dangerously and cannot rise again Now all ye which behold my Wound tremble for fear and take heed that ye slumber not neither fall into the like Crime i. e. Fault or Offence but come jointly which have the same measure of Faith let us assemble together and rend our Hearts and provoke streams of Tears to gush out of the Temples of our Heads I mourn and am sorry from the Heart root O ye my Friends that ever I fell from aloft I have fallen and am bruised there is no Health in me Let the Angels lament over me because of this my dangerous Fall Let the Garlands and Crowns of the Saints lament over me for that I am severed from among their blessed Assemblies Let the Holy-Church lament over me for that I am ruinously decayed Let all the People lament over me for that I have my deaths Wound I was constrained of the Holy Bishops to break out into some Words of Exhortation and taking the Book of Psalms in my hand I prayed and opened and I lighted upon that Sentence the which I am ashamed to repeat yet compelled to pronounce Unto the ungodly said God Why dost thou preach my Laws and takest my Covenant in thy Mouth But bewail me and lament this my bitter Sorrow bewail me who am in like case with the reprobate Jews i. e. Cast-aways for that which was said unto them by the Prophet now soundeth alike in my Ears What shall I do that am thus beset with many Mischief Alas O Death why dost thou linger to wit that thou mayst spite and bear me malice O Satan what mischief hast thou wrought unto me How hast thou pierced my Breast with thy poisonous Dart Thinkest thou that my ruine will avail thee any thing at all thinkest thou to procure unto thy self ease and rest while that I am grievously tormented Who is able to signifie unto me whether my Sins be wiped and done away whether that I have escaped the Pains which greatly I feared Who is able to signifie to me whether again I shall be coupled and made a Companion of the Saints Alas O the Bosom of the Father which I am deprived of Alas that I became Partaker with the rich Man of his Condemnation in the horrible Pit and partner of his Thirst in the bitter place full of sorrow and heaviness why hast thou broke down my hedge and strong hold The wild Boar out of the Wood hath destroyed me and the wild Beast of the field hath eaten me up rid me O Lord from the roaring Lion The whole Assembly of Saints do make intercession unto thee for me which am an unprofitable Servant have me O Lord out of the mouth of the ravenous Wolf and suffer me not to become the Sacrifice of Sin but let down upon me thy Holy Spirit that with his fiery Countenance he might put to flight the crooked Fiend of the Devil that I may be brought home again unto thy Bosom that the Bill of Sin written against me may be blotted out that my Lamentation may cease in the Evening and receive Joy in the Morning Let my Sack-cloth be rent asunder and gird me with Joy and Gladness let me be received again into the Joy of my God let me be thought worthy of his Kingdom through the Prayers and Intercession of the Saints through the earnest Petition of the Church which sorroweth over me and humbleth her self unto Jesus Christ to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all Glory and Honour for ever Amen Dionysius professed that he was profited by reading the Books of the Heretick Dionysius writeth thus unto Philemon a Roman Minister I have read over the Traditions and Commentaries i. e. Registers or Records of He eticks not infecting my mind with their impure cogitations i. e. unclean thoughts or thinkings bu●… profiting my self so much thereby that I reprehend i. e. reprove them with my self and detest i. e. abhor them utterly And when I was brotherly and charitably forbidden by a ●…ertain Minister who feared lest I should wallow in the Puddle of their Maliciour writings whereby my Soul might perish who as I thought said the truth a certain Vision came to me from Heaven above plainly commanding and saying Read all whatsoever cometh into thy hands for thou shalt be able to weigh to prove and try all and by this means at the first thou came unto the Faith Concerning Valerianus the Emperour We have to consider how that above all his Predecessors i. e. those that were in Place or Office before he was disposed at the first gentle before all the men of God meek friendly-minded for there was none of all the Emperours so Courteous and Friendly affected towards them no not they which openly were accounted Christians He at the first embraced our men most Familiarly most Lovingly and that openly so that his Place was replenished with professors of the Faith and accounted for the Church of God Yet afterwards he became so exceeding Cruel and Wicked that he brought to pass Impure Ceremonies i. e. unclean Rites or Customs execrable i. e. Herrible or Wicked Enchantments and abominable Sacrifices He made a Slaughter of miserable Children He Sacrificed the Sons of Unfortunate i. e. unhapy Parents he searched the Bowells of newly born Babes spoyling asunder the shaped Creatures of God as if by such

set forth himself Is it seemly for a Prophet to Dice and Cards Is it seemly for a Prophet to be a Usurer Let them answer me Of Apollonius's Apology before the Senate Apollonius who was said to be a Christian Philosopher i. e. a Lover of Wisdom and Learning was brought before the Tribunal i. e. Judgment-Seat at Rome and being earnestly intreated of the Judge to render an account of his Faith before the Noble Senate i. e. the Council he exhibited i. e. gave or presented in the presence of them all a notable Apology i. e. Defence or Speech of his Faith in which he suffered Martyrdom i. e. a suffering of grievous torment unto death for constant perseverance in true Religion For the antient Deeree was of Force and prevailed among them that the Christians which were once presented before the Tribunal-Seat and not revoked i. e. called back again their Opinions should no more be set a liberty A Controversie among the Bistops about celebrating Easter Immediately upon this Victor Bishop of Rome goeth about to sever from the unity in the Communion all the Churches of Asia together with the adjoining Congregations as savouring not aright and inveighing i. e. speaks bitterly against them in his Epistles and pronounceth flatly all the Brethren there for excommunicated Persons But this not pleasing all the Bishops they exhorted him to seek after those things which concerned Peace and Unity and Love between Brethren And one amongst the rest wrote to him saying Neither is this Controversie only of the Day but also of the kind or manner of fasting some think they ought to fast one Day some two some forty and telling the Hours throughout day and night they count a day Moreover he added how that they that were Bishops before Soter of the See which thou governest neither did so observe it themselves neither left they any such Commandment unto their Posterity and yet they though not observing the same Custom were at unity with them which resorted to them from other Churches and did observe the same although their Observation was contrary to the Minds of such as observed it not The Sixth BOOK OF EUSEBIUS Concerning Origen THis Origen when he was yet young bear in his Mind fervent desire of Martyrdom He exhorted his Father not to Faint when he was in close Prison He was of a Child trained up in the Holy Scriptures and he contented not himself with the bare and casual i. e. that which happened by chance or uncertain reading of the Words but sought farther searching the perfect profound understanding thereof When his Father died a Martyr he was left an Orphan i. e. one that wanteth Father or Mother of the years of seventeen He was also afterwards received of a certain Matron i. e. a grave Motherly Woman who was very rich and also Religious He was one that detested the Doctrine of Hereticks He purchased unto himself a Famous Opinion among the Faithful in that he cheerfully embraced in the heat of Persecution all the Martyrs not only of his Acquaintance but such as were unto him unknown He visited not only such as were fettered in deep Dungeons and close Imprisonment neither only such as looked for the last Sentence of Execution but after Judgment given and Sentence pronounced He was present with the Martyrs boldly accompanying them to the place of execution putting himself in great peril oftentimes boldly embracing them so that once the furious Rage of the fond Multitude of the Gentiles i. e. such as did not profess the Faith of Christ or Heathen had stoned him to death if the divine power of God had not marvelously delivered him Souldiers were commanded to watch about his House because of the multitude that came to be instructed of him in the Christian Faith It is said of him that as he taught so he lived that as he lived so he taught When he perceived many Disciples to frequent unto him and that the Charge of the School was now by Demetrius the Bishop committed unto him alone he supposed the reading of Humanity i. e. Courtesie or Pleasant Manners to be out of Season and transformed the School as altogether ●…nprofitable by reason of prophane Literature to the exercise of godly Discipline i. e. Instruction After good advice taken for necessary Provision he sold the prophane Writers which he had diligently perused and laid by him enjoing the Buyer ●…ay by day four half penny of the set Price wherewith he contented himself Of the Martyrdom of Potamaiaena a Virgin Marcella her Mother and Basilides a Souldier It is said that Potamaiaena for the Chastity of her Body and Purity of Mind strove very stoutly with her Lovers and that after she had suffered very much for the Faith of Christ with her Mother Marcella she was burnt with fire and consumed to ashes after Sentence pronounced Potamaiaena was taken and led to Basilidos a Souldier of Authority among the Host to execution And when the Multitude molested her fore spitefully handling her with opprobrious i. e. repro●…chful Terms Basilides repressed and rebuked their raging Speeches pitying her very much and practising great Courtesie towards her And on the other side she approved and acknowledged his courteous Dealings towards her and bade him be of Good Cheer c. When she had done speaking to him Pitch scalding hot was poured by little and little over all her Body and such was the suffering that this Worthy Virgin sustained But not long after Basilides being required by his Fellow-Souldiers to swoar for some occasion or other he refused and said That it did not become him or it was n●…t lawful for him to swear for h●… was a Christian. At the first he was thought to dally but when he constantly a vouched it i. e. affirmed it boldly he was brought before the Judge and there confessing the same was clapt in Prison afterwards he was beheaded and suffered Martyrdom Clemens Bishop of Alexandria of the Canonical Scripture The Epistle unto the Hebrews he affirmeth to be Paul's for undoubted and therefore written in the Hebrew Tongues for the Hebrews sakes but faithfully translated by Luke and preached unto the Gentiles It is not to be misliked at all saith he that Paul an Apostle is not prefixed to this Epistle for saith he writing unto the Hebrews because of the ill Opinion they conceived of him very wisely concealed his Name lest that at first he should dismay them i. e. astonish them Afterwards of the Order of the Evangelists according unto the Tradition of the Elders he writeth thus The Gospels which contain the Genealogies i. e. a description of Stocks Lineages or Pedigrees are placed and counted first The Gospel after Mark was written upon this occasion When Peter preached openly at Rome and published the Gospel by rote many of the Auditors intreated Mark being the Hearer and Follower of the Apostle a long while

Martyrdom The cause was this There is a certain Dignity among the Romans called the Centurions Vine the which whosoever doth obtain is called a Centurion i. e. a Captain of a hundred when the Room was void the Company called Marinus to this Degree and he being preferred another came before the Tribunal or Judgmen-seat and accused him affirming that it was not lawful by the antient Laws for him to enjoy that Roman Dignity because he was a Christian and sacrificed not unto the Emperor and that it was his turn next to come in place The Judge being very much moved with this first demanded what Opinion Marinus was of and when he saw him constantly confessing himself to be a Christian he granted him three Hours space to deliberate i. e. advise or consider This being done Theote●…nus Bishop of Caesarea took Marinus in hand with Exhortations and shewed him the Sword that hung by his side and pulled out of his Pocket the New Testament and set it over against the Sword and bade him chuse whether of these two he preferred or liked best for the health of his Soul when he immediately stretching out his Hand had taken up the Book of Holy Scriptures Hold fast then saith Theote●…nus unto him cleave unto God and thou shalt enjoy the things thou hast chosen being strengthned by him and get in peace After he had returned thence the Crier lifted up his Voice and called him to appear at the Barr the time granted for deliberation being now ended Standing therefore at the Barr he gave Tokens of the noble Courage of his Faith wherefore in a while after as he was led he had the Sentence of Condemnation and was beheaded Several Bishops wrote unto Dionysius Bishop of Rome and to others concerning Paulus Samosatenus who was rejected as a Heretick by them They say that neither by Art Trade or Exercise he attained unto the abundance of Wealth he enjoyed but with lewd Acts and Sacriledge i. e. robbing of a Church or stealing of holy things by injurious or wrongful and tyrannical oppressing of the Brethren whom he made to tremble for fear with his guileful gain and wily promise of hired Patronship i. e. defence or protection by which subtilty and deceit he gained so much that Procured the Givers to be liberal to the end they might be delivered from their Adversaries and so he turned Godliness into Gain Neither need we declare how that he being puffed up with Pride usurped secular D●…gnities i. e. took into his use contrary to right worldly Honours and would rather be called a warlike Captain than a Bishop of the Church walking stately through the Streets and Market-place reading Letters and withal openly inditing maintaining about him a great troop to guard his Person some going before and some coming after so that our Faith and Religion ran to great spight slander and hatred by reason of his swelling Pride and haughty Disdain Neither will we rehearse the monstrous Figments i. e. Lyes which he feigned his glorious Brags the uglisome Spectacles i. e. horrible Sights he devised to amaze the minds of the simple sort He made for himself a lofty Seat and high Throne not like the Disciple of Christ but severed in shew and title after the manner of the Princes of the World smiting the thigh with the hand pouncing the foot-stool with his Feet If any extolled him not as the use is upon Theaters i. e. places where People sit to behold solemn Games or Plays with clapping of their Hands with shouting and hurling of their Caps if any also both of Men and Women had not skipped to and fro with busie-bodies and undescent obeisance i. e. uncomely Obedience by bowing the knee if any as in the House of God had behaved themselves honestly and decently i. e. comely or handsomely the same he checked and all to be reviled He licensed the Bishops and Ministers of the adjoining Villages and Cities which honoured him to preach unto the People the Elders and Deacons which accompany with him know his Wickedness but dare not accuse him insomuch as they themselves are guilty of the same Crimes for he enricheth them wherefore he is both beloved and honoured of them that gape after the like Gudgeons i. e. Gift or Reward We know beloved Brethren that a Bishop and the whole Order of Priesthood ought to be a Patern of Good Works unto the common People neither are we ignorant of this that many are fallen by reason of the closely kept Women and many again are subject to suspicion and slander The Eighth BOOK OF EUSEBIUS Concerning the Peace and prosperous Success of the Christian Affairs and Calamity which followed after THE Clemency or Mercy of the Emperors was so increased towards the Christians that they committed the Government of the Gentiles to them And for the great Favour they bore to our Doctrine saith Eusebius they granted Liberty and Security to the Professors of Christian Religion What shall I say of them who in the very Palace of the Emperours and in the presence of Princes lived most familiarly Yea the Bishops of all Churches came to be in great Reverence and Favour among all sorts of Men and with all Magistrates who can worthily describe those innumerable Heaps flocking Multitudes throughout all Cities and Famous Assemblies frequenting the Places dedicated or appointed unto Prayer because of which Circumstances they not contented with the old and antient Buildings which could not receive them have throughout all Cities Builded them from the Foundation wide and ample Churches But then after that our Affairs through too much liberty ease and security degenerated i. e. turned out of kind from the natural Rule of Piety and after that one pursued another with open contumely i. e. disgrace or reproach and hatred and when that we impugned i. e. resisted or assaulted our selves by no other than our selves with the Armour of Spite 2nd sharp Spears of opprobrious i. e. reproachful Words so that Bishops against Bishops and People against People raised Sedition i. e. discord or strife Last of all when that cursed Hypocrisie and Dissimulation had swom even to the brim of Malice the heavy hand of Gods high Iudgment after his wonted mann●…r whilst as yet the Ecclesiastical Companies i. e. them of or such as belonged to the Church assembled themselves nevertheless began softly by little and little to visit us so that the Persecution that was raised against us took its first original i. e. first beginning from the Brethren which were under Banner in Camp whenas we were touched with no Sense or Feeling thereof neither went about to pacifice God we heaped Sin upon Sin thinking like careless Epicures i. e. such as are given to excess in Gluttony that God neither cared nor would visit our Sins And they which seemed our Shepherds laying aside the Rule of Piety practised Contention and Schism among themselves i. e. division in matters of Religion