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the_o nicene_n father_n for_o this_o sect_n that_o a_o bishop_n of_o they_o acesius_n have_v his_o place_n in_o that_o general_n council_n and_o a_o canon_n be_v there_o make_v whereby_o such_o as_o come_v over_o from_o they_o unto_o the_o catholic_n shall_v immediate_o be_v admit_v to_o communion_n according_a to_o the_o rank_n they_o hold_v during_o their_o novatianism_n as_o layman_n presbyter_n
or_o bishop_n and_o constantine_n in_o the_o year_n follow_v that_o council_n make_v this_o decree_n in_o favour_n of_o they_o cod._n theodos._n lib._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 2._o we_o have_v not_o find_v that_o the_o novatian_o have_v be_v so_o absolute_o condemn_v heretofore_o as_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o grant_v unto_o they_o their_o request_n we_o do_v therefore_o enact_v that_o they_o shall_v without_o let_v or_o molestation_n possess_v the_o meeting-house_n appertain_v unto_o their_o church_n and_o their_o burying-place_n that_o be_v such_o as_o they_o have_v either_o buy_v or_o otherwise_o acquire_v to_o themselves_o since_o their_o separation_n but_o care_v aught_o to_o be_v take_v that_o they_o do_v not_o usurp_v any_o of_o those_o which_o before_o their_o schism_n do_v appertain_v unto_o the_o church_n retain_v a_o perpetual_a sanctity_n give_v at_o spoletum_n on_o the_o calends_o of_o october_n constantine_n a._n 7._o and_o constantius_n coss._n 326._o the_o sect_n 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arian_n king_n and_o he_o obtain_v a_o toleration_n of_o the_o arian_n in_o the_o east_n to_o prevent_v the_o indignation_n of_o theodoric_n against_o italy_n which_o he_o threaten_v to_o lay_v waste_n in_o case_n that_o justin_n continue_v his_o persecution_n of_o the_o arian_n when_o a_o kingdom_n be_v bring_v to_o these_o resolution_n man_n ought_v not_o to_o despond_v or_o prognosticate_v fatal_a inconvenience_n when_o law_n be_v indulge_v there_o be_v still_o a_o great_a influence_n upon_o the_o mad_a multitude_n by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o unblamable_a life_n sound_a doctrine_n and_o great_a learning_n of_o the_o orthodox_n clergy_n thus_o we_o resolve_v the_o question_n if_o bare_a heresy_n be_v the_o subject_a thereof_o but_o if_o other_o crime_n mingle_v with_o heresy_n if_o they_o be_v sway_v by_o ambition_n and_o not_o a_o imaginary_a piety_n if_o the_o heretic_n propagate_v their_o sect_n by_o force_n and_o violence_n not_o gentle_a pcrswasion_n then_o the_o prince_n ought_v to_o prosecute_v they_o in_o such_o manner_n as_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n
sozomen_n hist._n eccles._n l._n 7._o c._n 2._o socrates_n hist_o eccles._n l._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o constant._n august_n porphyrogennet_n in_o excerptisex_v jo._n antiocheno_n suidas_n iâ—…_n vote_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jac._n gothofredus_n in_o cod._n theod._n l._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 4._o sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 2_o 3._o socrates_n lib._n 5._o c._n 3_o 4_o 5._o jacob._n gothofredus_n in_o chronolog_n cod._n theodos._n a._n d._n 379._o socrates_n l._n 5._o c._n 7._o sozomen_fw-fr l_o 7._o c._n 2_o 5._o socrates_n hist._n eccles._n l._n 5._o c._n 7._o sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o jac._n gothofred_n dissertat_fw-la in_o philostorg_n l._n 9_o c._n 19_o sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o socrates_n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o cod._n theodos._n lib._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 6._o &_o do_fw-mi 2._o lege_fw-la 3._o et_fw-la grave_n quidem_fw-la paenas_fw-la legibus_fw-la suis_fw-la adscripsit_fw-la haudquaquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la executioni_fw-la mandavit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la punire_fw-la sâ—…bditos_fw-la sed_fw-la terrere_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la studebat_fw-la ut_fw-la idem_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la de_fw-la divinitate_fw-la sentirent_fw-la no_o &_o illos_fw-la laudabat_fw-la qui_fw-la suâ_fw-la sponte_fw-la converterentur_fw-la sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 12._o socrates_n hist._n eceles_n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o sozomen_n hist._n eccles._n l._n 7._o c._n 12._o &_o lib._n 8._o c._n 1._o socrates_n hist._n eccles._n l._n 5._o 20._o socrates_n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 6._o c._n 8._o zozoman_n lib._n lib._n 8_o c._n 8._o procopius_n in_o histor._n arcanâ_fw-la ex_fw-la edit_fw-la alemanni_n p._n 51._o erant_fw-la quidem_fw-la alemanne_n complures_fw-la christianorum_fw-la sectae_fw-la quas_fw-la vulgò_fw-la haereses_fw-la vocant_fw-la manichaeorum_fw-la samaritarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la templa_fw-la &_o fana_fw-la ubique_fw-la locorum_fw-la possidebant_fw-la illa_fw-la verò_fw-la praesertim_fw-la quae_fw-la arianorum_n furori_fw-la serviebant_fw-la auro_fw-la &_o argento_fw-la gemmisque_fw-la &_o prâ—…sis_fw-la lapidilus_fw-la omni_fw-la denique_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la &_o opum_fw-la genere_fw-la incredibiliter_fw-la abundabant_fw-la tho._n rivius_n in_o defence_n justiaian_n adu_fw-la alemann_n p._n 62._o cod._n theodos._n lib._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 21._o jacob._n gothofredus_n in_o cod._n theodos_fw-la lib._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 39_o cod._n theodos_fw-la lib_n 16._o tit_v 1._o lege_fw-la 4_o cum_fw-la notis_fw-la jac._n gothofredi_n alemannus_n in_o procop._n hist._n arc_n p._n 56._o jac._n gothofredus_n dissert_v in_o philostorg_n l._n 10._o c._n 3._o cyrill_a bishop_n of_o alexandria_n that_o see_v be_v raise_v â—…nto_o a_o principallity_n do_v shut_v up_o about_o the_o same_o time_n the_o church_n of_o the_o novatian_o at_o alexandria_n and_o seize_v on_o the_o furniture_n and_o afterward_o confiscate_v all_o the_o estate_n of_o theopemptus_n their_o bishop_n socrates_n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n live_v in_o his_o day_n jac._n gothofredus_n in_o cod._n theodos._n lib._n 1â—…_n do_fw-mi 10._o in_o paratitlo_n id._n ibid._n tit_n 8._o in_o paratitlo_n athanasius_n &_o nonaginta_fw-la per_fw-la libyam_n &_o aegyptum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la in_o africâ_fw-la p._n aerodius_n rer._n judicat_fw-la l._n 1._o tit_n 6._o c._n 1â—_n quantum_fw-la inde_fw-la vulnus_fw-la aerariis_fw-la regis_fw-la inflictum_fw-la sit_fw-la quid_fw-la attinet_fw-la dicere_fw-la cum_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la omni_fw-la testificatione_n luculentius_fw-la clamet_fw-la sed_fw-la vincit_fw-la amor_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o cupido_fw-la propagandae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la sceptris_fw-la &_o prae_fw-la sceptris_fw-la commendatam_fw-la tuendamque_fw-la suscepit_fw-la alex._n patricius_n atmacan_a mars_n gallicus_n lib._n 2._o c._n 30._o tanta_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o theodoricho_n cura_fw-la ejus_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la profitebatur_fw-la ipse_fw-la religionis_fw-la ut_fw-la optimos_fw-la ei_fw-la semper_fw-la episcopos_fw-la daret_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la sic_fw-la nepos_fw-la ejus_fw-la athalarichus_fw-la cassiodor_n varior_fw-la l._n 8._o cp_n 15._o senatui_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la gratissimum_fw-la nostro_fw-la profitemur_fw-la animo_fw-la quod_fw-la gloriosi_fw-la domini_fw-la avi_fw-la nostri_fw-la respondistis_fw-la in_o episcopatûs_fw-la electione_n judicio_fw-la oportebat_fw-la enim_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la boni_fw-la principis_fw-la obediri_fw-la qui_fw-la sapienti_fw-la deliberatione_n pertractans_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o alienâ_fw-la religione_fw-la talem_fw-la visus_fw-la est_fw-la pontificem_fw-la delegisse_fw-la ut_fw-la agnosceretis_fw-la illum_fw-la hoc_fw-la optâsse_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la bonis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la omnium_fw-la religio_fw-la pullularet_fw-la recepistis_fw-la itaque_fw-la virum_fw-la &_o divinâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la probabiliter_fw-la institutum_fw-la &_o regali_fw-la examinatione_fw-la laudatum_fw-la h._n grotius_n in_o prolegom_n ad_fw-la hist._n gotthorum_fw-la cod._n theodos._n lib._n 16._o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 26._o &_o do_fw-mi 1._o lege_fw-la 2._o socrates_n hist._n eccles._n l._n 6._o c._n 8._o sozomen_n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 8._o c._n 8._o aerodius_n ver_fw-la judicat_fw-la lib._n 1._o tit_n 6._o c._n 15._o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 5._o vires_fw-la quae_fw-la supersunt_fw-la tempestiuè_fw-la fovendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nè_fw-la penitùs_fw-la deficiant_fw-la in_o extremis_fw-la consilia_fw-la etiam_fw-la necessitate_v honesta_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ac_fw-la sinuanda_fw-la vela_fw-la cum_fw-la tempestas_fw-la jubet_fw-la omnia_fw-la maris_fw-la mala_fw-la naufragio_fw-la minora_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o gubernator_n ut_fw-la aureis_fw-la curtij_n verbis_fw-la utar_fw-la ubi_fw-la naufragium_fw-la timet_fw-la jactura_fw-la quicquid_fw-la seruari_fw-la potest_fw-la redimit_fw-la puteanus_n in_o statera_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la alberic_n gentilis_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 10._o &_o in_o commentat_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la p._n 28._o let_v our_o pseudo-politician_n mark_v this_o and_o they_o will_v find_v that_o the_o penal_a law_n be_v much_o better_o suspend_v by_o a_o extraordinary_a declaration_n then_o by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n the_o case_n of_o ship-money_n brief_o discourse_v according_a to_o the_o ground_n of_o law_n policy_n and_o conscience_n present_v to_o the_o parliament_n nou._n 3._o 1640._o the_o ancient_a strength_n of_o ship_n in_o england_n heretofore_o consider_v the_o condition_n of_o our_o neighbour_n do_v far_o transcend_v we_o of_o late_a william_n â—…ulbeck's_n pandect_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n c._n 4._o see_v the_o plea_n of_o chizzola_n for_o the_o venetian_a sovereignty_n over_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o english_a selden_n and_o 〈◊〉_d archbishop_n of_o jadera_n in_o â—…is_n supplement_n of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o usâ—…chi_n joan_n palatius_n the_o domin_v maris_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o joan._n marquardus_n j._n comitus_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la mercator_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 5._o &_o 41._o etc._n etc._n leo_fw-la ab_fw-la aitzma_fw-la p._n 177._o jo._n loccenius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la marit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 4._o &_o 10._o meminerimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la claudum_fw-la esse_fw-la imperium_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la &_o maris_fw-la sit_fw-la imò_fw-la imperium_fw-la maris_fw-la imperare_fw-la terrae_fw-la quoque_fw-la alberie_n gentilis_fw-la disput_n regal_a 2._o flores_n historiar_fw-la radulfus_n cestrensis_fw-la matheus_n westmonasteriensis_n â—…um_fw-la oram_fw-la maritimam_fw-la praedonibus_fw-la liberasset_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la maris_fw-la populo_fw-la romano_n restituisset_fw-la exit_fw-la asiâ_fw-la ponto_n armeniâ_fw-la paphlagonia_n cappadociâ_fw-la ciliciâ_fw-la syriâ_fw-la scythis_n judaeis_n albanis_n iberiâ_fw-la insulâ_fw-la cretâ_fw-la bastarnis_n &_o super_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la regibus_fw-la mithridate_n &_o tigrane_n triumphavit_fw-la plinius_n nat_n hist._n l._n 7._o c._n 26._o gambden_n elizabeth_n an._n dom._n 1561._o lord_n bacon_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o a_o libel_n publish_v in_o 1592._o c._n 7._o id._n ibidem_fw-la c._n 2._o stat._n de_fw-fr a_fw-fr 2_o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o c._n 36._o philippus_n honorius_n praxis_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la polit._n pag._n 466._o id._n ibid._n pag._n 202._o disquisit_a politic_n case_z 19_o ibid._n disquisit_a 41._o machiavelli_n discur_v l._n 1._o c._n 8._o id_fw-la ibid._n c._n 31._o alberic_n gentilis_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o clapmar_n de_fw-fr arcan_fw-fr â—…ip_n l._n 4._o c._n 21._o machiavelli_n disput_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o daillè_fw-la de_fw-la usu_fw-la patrum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 6._o chillingworth_n against_o knot_n ch_n 5._o sect._n 96._o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la de_fw-la juâ—…e_fw-la belli_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o see_v the_o oration_n and_o memorial_n print_v with_o the_o declaration_n of_o war_n 1652._o see_v the_o declaration_n and_o anâ—…ers_n of_o the_o council_n ofâ—…_n state_n â—…652_n adrian_z pauw_v in_o his_o memorial_n tender_v to_o the_o council_n of_o state_n ibid._n mss._n comment_fw-fr of_o the_o treaty_n and_o arâ—…icles_n betwixt_o the_o english_a and_o dutch_a in_o 1653._o leo_fw-la ab_fw-la aitzma_fw-la hist._n trac_fw-la pacis_fw-la belgicae_fw-la p._n 841._o de_fw-fr mari_fw-fr &_o piscationâ—…_n mentio_fw-la fuit_fw-la de_fw-la iis_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la conveâ—…endum_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo_fw-la ab_fw-la aitzma_fw-la p._n 845._o this_o be_v express_v in_o his_o memorial_n give_v in_o to_o the_o council_n of_o state_n and_o print_v with_o the_o declaration_n mss._n comment_fw-fr leo_fw-la ab_fw-la
his_o official_o to_o infest_v they_o contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n and_o practice_n of_o orthodox_n christian_n julian_n at_o their_o petition_n have_v resettled_n they_o in_o their_o land_n church_n and_o bishopric_n and_o their_o specious_a zeal_n together_o with_o the_o glory_n of_o their_o suffering_n have_v create_v in_o the_o people_n such_o a_o reverence_n for_o they_o that_o they_o prevail_v every_o be_v in_o that_o province_n they_o rebaptise_v such_o as_o they_o convert_v from_o the_o catholic_n and_o esteem_v none_o to_o be_v true_a church_n but_o they_o the_o pagan_n be_v very_o numerous_a and_o powerful_a at_o rome_n in_o asrick_n and_o elsewhere_o retain_v most_o of_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o their_o rural_a and_o city_n pontificate_n valentinian_n behold_v the_o posture_n of_o the_o empire_n decree_v unto_o his_o subject_n a_o universal_a liberty_n of_o conscience_n and_o though_o he_o do_v always_o antiocheno_fw-la manifest_v his_o own_o judgement_n and_o kindness_n unto_o those_o of_o the_o nicene_n faith_n yet_o do_v not_o he_o molest_v those_o of_o a_o different_a persuasion_n such_o be_v his_o demeanour_n unto_o the_o arian_n and_o to_o the_o pagan_n he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o remove_v the_o altar_n of_o victory_n which_o stand_v at_o the_o entry_n into_o the_o senate_n and_o where_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v and_o the_o christian_a senator_n be_v compel_v to_o assist_v with_o their_o presence_n he_o do_v indeed_o prohibit_v nocturnal_a 30._o sacrifice_n but_o none_o else_o the_o first_o law_n of_o his_o concern_v this_o indulgence_n be_v lose_v but_o this_o follow_v sufficient_o speak_v his_o proceed_n cod._n theodos._n lib._n 9_o tit_n 16._o lege_fw-la 9_o the_o emppp._n valentinianus_n valens_n &_o gratianus_n a_o a_o a._n unto_o the_o senate_n i_o do_v judge_v that_o augury_n or_o soothsay_a be_v not_o to_o be_v rank_v among_o those_o maleficia_fw-la or_o execrable_a sorcery_n which_o be_v prohibit_v nor_o do_v i_o esteem_v either_o that_o or_o any_o other_o religion_n gothofredi_n tolerate_v by_o my_o ancestor_n to_o be_v a_o crime_n those_o law_n which_o i_o enact_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o my_o empire_n do_v attest_v this_o to_o be_v my_o sense_n i_o do_v thereby_o permit_v every_o man_n to_o pursue_v that_o way_n of_o worship_n which_o please_v he_o nor_o do_v woe_n regrâ—…hend_v augury_n but_o allow_v the_o innocent_a use_n thereof_o give_v at_o trier_n gratian_n a._n 11._o &_o probus_n coss._n anno_fw-la dom._n 371._o the_o charactr_n which_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n give_v of_o he_o after_o his_o death_n be_v this_o his_o reign_n be_v famous_a for_o the_o moderation_n 3â—…_n use_v therein_o the_o emperor_n carry_v himself_o with_o a_o even_a hand_n amid_o that_o diversity_n of_o religion_n neither_o do_v he_o molest_v any_o one_o nor_o command_v that_o he_o shall_v believe_v and_o worship_v thus_o or_o thus_o neither_o do_v he_o by_o any_o menace_a edict_n gothofredi_n incline_v or_o â—…ffright_v his_o subject_n to_o embrace_v the_o religion_n of_o their_o prince_n but_o he_o leave_v the_o several_a party_n untouched_a as_o he_o find_v they_o as_o for_o valens_n he_o do_v give_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n unto_o all_o but_o the_o orthodox_n church_n who_o bishop_n he_o depose_v banish_a and_o put_v to_o death_n punish_v their_o follower_n by_o fines_n imprisonment_n 7._o etc._n etc._n he_o tolerate_v all_o other_o sect_n and_o religion_n even_o unto_o open_a paganism_n except_o the_o novatian_o who_o be_v subject_v to_o like_a persecution_n with_o the_o catholic_n be_v it_o possible_a for_o to_o extirpate_v by_o violence_n a_o inveterate_a and_o numerous_a sect_n that_o emperor_n have_v atcheive_v his_o design_n but_o at_o last_o he_o find_v division_n discontent_n and_o tumult_n to_o increase_v at_o home_n and_o danger_n to_o threaten_v he_o from_o abroad_o and_o by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o themistius_n a_o pagan_a philosopher_n senator_n of_o constantinople_n and_o favourite_n of_o all_o the_o christian_a emperor_n of_o his_o age_n he_o stay_v his_o fury_n and_o leave_v every_o man_n to_o adhere_v unto_o what_o religion_n he_o please_v without_o any_o menace_n or_o penalty_n valentem_fw-la unto_o the_o contrary_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o all_o ecclesiastical_a immunity_n and_o privilege_n be_v limit_v by_o he_o unto_o the_o arian_n and_o some_o say_v he_o do_v continue_v to_o send_v into_o exile_n the_o orthodox_n clergy_n but_o whither_o all_o or_o some_o and_o whither_o 37._o upon_o a_o civil_a or_o religious_a account_n it_o be_v uncertain_a but_o themistius_n do_v aver_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o do_v not_o by_o his_o persecution_n make_v any_o convert_v unto_o arianism_n but_o atheism_n and_o bring_v man_n rather_o to_o worship_v the_o imperial_a diadem_n than_o the_o true_a god_n valenâ—…inian_n have_v two_o son_n gratian_n and_o valentinian_n the_o young_a their_o father_n die_v anno_fw-la dom._n 375._o gratian_n be_v 375._o immediate_o proclaim_v emperor_n and_o though_o young_a valentinian_n be_v at_o that_o time_n augustus_n yet_o do_v not_o he_o share_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o empire_n until_o the_o death_n of_o valens_n it_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o learned_a gothofredus_n that_o during_o the_o reign_n of_o jovian_a valentinian_n the_o elder_a and_o gratian_n there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v one_o law_n against_o paganism_n in_o order_n unto_o its_o 7._o suppression_n he_o do_v remove_v the_o altar_n of_o victory_n from_o the_o senate-house_n he_o do_v withdraw_v those_o public_a revenue_n and_o confiscate_v the_o land_n which_o appertain_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o vestal_n but_o neither_o eject_v the_o pagan_n out_o of_o the_o senate_n and_o chief_n command_v military_a or_o civil_a nor_o do_v he_o shut_v up_o or_o despoil_v their_o temple_n and_o altar_n or_o render_v they_o incapable_a 7._o of_o donation_n and_o legacy_n in_o which_o last_o point_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o law_n make_v by_o valentinian_n in_o 370._o the_o pagan_a priest_n and_o temple_n be_v in_o a_o better_a condition_n than_o the_o church_n of_o the_o catholic_n neither_o do_v he_o prohibit_v the_o pagan_a ceremony_n but_o that_o the_o public_a sacrifice_n be_v continue_v at_o rome_n until_o 391._o as_o to_o the_o heretical_a christian_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o while_o he_o rule_v only_o in_o the_o west_n that_o he_o do_v make_v severe_a law_n against_o all_o heretic_n that_o they_o shall_v forbear_v their_o assembly_n in_o city_n and_o country_n and_o that_o all_o their_o meeting-place_n or_o church_n shall_v be_v confiscate_v the_o first_o law_n in_o 370._o be_v not_o record_v but_o the_o second_o run_v thus_o cod._n theodos._n lib._n 16_o tit_n 5._o lege_fw-la 4._o the_o emppp._n valens_n gratian_n and_o valentinian_n a._n a._n a._n unto_o hesperius_n p_o f._n p._n we_o do_v heretofore_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o catholic_n religion_n gothofredi_n that_o the_o heretical_a meeting_n may_v cease_v ordain_v that_o wheresoever_o any_o assembly_n be_v hold_v in_o city_n or_o country_n different_a from_o those_o of_o our_o religion_n all_o such_o place_n shall_v be_v decree_n seize_v upon_o and_o sell_v notwithstanding_o any_o pretence_n to_o the_o contrary_a as_o if_o they_o be_v mere_o set_v apart_o for_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o false_a religion_n whither_o the_o connivance_n and_o dissemble_n of_o the_o magistrate_n or_o the_o refractoriness_n of_o those_o profane_a person_n shall_v hinder_v the_o execution_n thereof_o the_o same_o death_n shall_v be_v inflict_v on_o those_o that_o give_v the_o occasion_n give_v at_o trier_n on_o the_o ten_o of_o the_o calends_o of_o may._n valens_n and_o valentinian_n be_v coss._n a._n d._n 308._o but_o notwithstanding_o that_o this_o penal_a law_n be_v so_o strict_a and_o so_o rigorous_o enforce_v in_o the_o same_o year_n when_o valens_n be_v dead_a the_o whole_a empire_n devolve_v unto_o gratian_n and_o he_o embark_v in_o a_o war_n with_o the_o arian_n goth_n in_o the_o east_n either_o out_o of_o reason_n of_o state_n to_o create_v a_o good_a opinion_n of_o he_o among_o 4._o his_o new_a subject_n to_o prevent_v foreign_a correspondency_n with_o his_o enemy_n or_o the_o better_a to_o recall_v those_o from_o among_o the_o goth_n who_o be_v banish_v or_o flee_v unto_o they_o from_o the_o fury_n of_o valens_n or_o other_o motive_n as_o dislike_a the_o proceed_n of_o his_o uncle_n in_o banish_v such_o as_o be_v not_o of_o his_o judgement_n in_o point_n of_o religion_n he_o by_o a_o law_n bear_v date_n at_o sirmium_n do_v recall_v from_o banishment_n all_o those_o that_o be_v exile_v for_o religion_n and_o give_v they_o free_a leave_n to_o profess_v what_o religion_n they_o please_v and_o to_o assemble_v public_o in_o their_o separate_a church_n except_v the_o manichee_n photinian_o and_o eunomian_o hereupon_o many_o orthodox_n bishop_n do_v return_v to_o their_o sea_n and_o in_o the_o same_o town_n there_o