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A59121 Remarques relating to the state of the church of the first centuries wherein are intersperst animadversions on J.H.'s View of antiquity. Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705. 1680 (1680) Wing S2460; ESTC R27007 303,311 521

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p._n 166._o l._n 29._o r._n l._n 4._o p._n 175._o l._n 26._o del_o as_o he_o continue_v p._n 186._o l._n 2._o r._n to_o partake_v p._n 194._o l._n 12._o r._n gamala_fw-mi p._n 196._o l._n 11._o r._n martyr_n p._n 198._o l._n 8._o r._n more_o beautify_v p._n ●07_n l._n 19_o for_o in_o r._n out_o of_o p._n 214._o l._n 10._o r._n of_o saint_n p._n 237._o l._n 18._o for_o i_o r._n first_o p._n 241._o l._n 18._o r._n no_o power_n p._n 337._o l._n 10._o r._n eulalius_n p._n 348._o l._n 26._o r._n before_o that_o time_n p._n 356._o l._n 22._o r._n the_o heathen_a magician_n p._n 371._o l._n 24._o r._n quiriacus_n l._n 28._o r._n rescript_n p._n 390._o l._n 34._o r._n saturnilus_fw-la p._n 406._o l._n 34._o r._n callecas_n p._n 421._o l._n 5._o del_o whereas_o it_o p._n 465._o l._n 7._o r._n raynaudus_n in_o the_o margin_n p._n 27._o l._n mark_fw-mi 8._o r._n cod._a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 37._o
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of_o the_o life_n of_o lactantius_n but_o neither_o the_o time_n nor_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n nor_o death_n though_o without_o out_o he_o we_o shall_v hardly_o know_v more_o than_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o advocate_n for_o the_o christian_a faith_n for_o his_o country_n i_o be_o altogether_o of_o mr._n h.'s_n opinion_n that_o he_o be_v a_o italian_a whatever_o baronius_n and_o possevine_n opine_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o his_o name_n ought_v to_o be_v as_o much_o celebrate_v as_o his_o country_n of_o he_o p._n 319._o we_o be_v tell_v that_o he_o write_v his_o excellent_a book_n of_o institution_n against_o the_o gentile_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o calumny_n of_o two_o great_a enemy_n of_o christianity_n who_o according_a to_o baronius_n he_o make_v to_o be_v porphyry_n and_o hierocles_n that_o porphyry_n can_v not_o be_v the_o first_o whatever_o that_o admirable_a annalist_n do_v assert_v i_o be_o very_o sure_a from_o the_o character_n that_o 2._o that_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o whereas_o viror_fw-la whereas_o catalogue_n illustr_n viror_fw-la s._n hierome_n reckon_v methodius_n eusebius_n and_o apollinaris_n as_o the_o defender_n of_o the_o christian_a verity_n against_o porphyry_n he_o never_o say_v a_o word_n of_o lactantius_n which_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v have_v do_v have_v porphyry_n be_v the_o person_n against_o who_o this_o father_n write_v ii_o that_o the_o nicomedian_n judge_n be_v hierocles_n i_o be_o over_o and_o above_o persuade_v a_o man_n famous_a and_o eminent_a both_o for_o his_o part_n and_o employment_n he_o be_v the_o supr_fw-la the_o lactant._n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la author_n of_o raise_v the_o persecution_n at_o nicomedia_n against_o the_o christian_n and_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v by_o this_o industry_n and_o acumen_n his_o zeal_n for_o paganism_n and_o brisk_a opposition_n of_o whatever_o be_v call_v christian_n that_o he_o endear_v himself_o to_o dioclesian_n and_o not_o content_a with_o that_o he_o also_o employ_v 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the_o good_a man_n to_o the_o wild_a beast_n and_o the_o flame_n take_v whatever_o those_o cruel_a executioner_n of_o vengeance_n have_v spare_v and_o first_o crumble_v they_o into_o small_a piece_n than_o set_v a_o guard_n on_o they_o for_o six_o day_n after_o which_o the_o body_n have_v be_v so_o long_o public_o expose_v and_o again_o burn_v and_o reduce_v to_o ash_n those_o very_a ash_n not_o the_o least_o handful_n be_v rescue_v be_v throw_v into_o the_o river_n rhosne_fw-fr as_o if_o they_o will_v have_v study_v a_o way_n how_o not_o only_o to_o affront_n christianity_n but_o to_o baffle_v god_n and_o hinder_v his_o almightiness_n from_o give_v they_o a_o resurrection_n but_o this_o brutish_a zeal_n of_o their_o pagan_a enemy_n engage_v the_o proselyte_n of_o christianity_n to_o a_o great_a studiousness_n and_o circumspection_n in_o prevent_v these_o barbarous_a attempt_n of_o their_o malice_n inasmuch_o as_o 43._o as_o cypr._n ep._n 3._o p._n 10._o &_o ep._n 37._o p._n 43._o the_o church_n threaten_v those_o man_n with_o the_o divine_a plague_n to_o who_o the_o duty_n do_v belong_v if_o they_o neglect_v it_o for_o there_o be_v a_o order_n of_o man_n appoint_v for_o this_o office_n of_o bury_v the_o dead_a who_o be_v style_v copiatae_n fossarii_fw-la &_o lecticarii_fw-la as_o there_o be_v devout_a man_n who_o carry_v s._n stephen_n to_o his_o grave_n act._n 8.2_o and_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o 81._o the_o can._n 81._o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n that_o the_o paenitentes_fw-la those_o that_o be_v under_o the_o discipline_n of_o penance_n be_v employ_v in_o this_o office_n as_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n the_o college_n of_o widow_n do_v it_o act._n 9.37_o 39_o xi_o and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o have_v be_v know_v that_o any_o christian_n have_v be_v crucify_v where_o they_o be_v to_o hang_v not_o as_o among_o the_o jew_n only_o till_o the_o evening_n but_o till_o the_o dead_a body_n do_v rot_v and_o fall_v off_o they_o spare_v no_o cost_n to_o redeem_v and_o bury_v those_o body_n as_o the_o act_n of_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n boniface_n testisie_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o unusual_a custom_n among_o the_o soldier_n to_o sell_v the_o body_n of_o malefactor_n and_o the_o christian_n ubi●supr_fw-la christian_n ubi●supr_fw-la of_o lion_n and_o vien_fw-it complain_n that_o when_o they_o have_v set_v all_o their_o engine_n on_o work_n they_o neither_o by_o entreaty_n nor_o offer_n can_v prevail_v to_o ransom_n their_o dead_a brethren_n from_o the_o public_a ignominy_n to_o which_o they_o be_v expose_v that_o they_o may_v give_v they_o their_o funeral_n rite_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o great_a trouble_n and_o sorrow_n xii_o to_o this_o end_n they_o be_v very_o industrious_a in_o collect_v their_o relic_n 634._o relic_n mart._n fructuosi_n &_o apud_fw-la baron_n tom._n 2._o a_o 262._o p._n 634._o they_o quench_v their_o half-burnt_a bone_n with_o wine_n and_o in_o that_o liquor_n wash_v the_o shatter_a fragment_n of_o their_o tear_a body_n they_o kiss_v and_o reverence_v those_o remains_o of_o their_o mortality_n by_o which_o action_n in_o the_o decian_a persecution_n julian_n the_o cappadocian_n be_v discover_v to_o be_v a_o christian_n and_o for_o it_o hurry_v to_o the_o flame_n than_o they_o embalm_v what_o be_v leave_v as_o joseph_n nicodemus_n and_o the_o devout_a woman_n treat_v our_o saviour_n and_o for_o 42._o for_o tert._n apol_n c._n 42._o this_o purpose_n do_v bestow_v more_o money_n with_o the_o sabaean_n than_o the_o roman_n do_v for_o all_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o for_o it_o be_v sarcastical_o mock_v by_o 65._o by_o in_o aedes_fw-la p._n 65._o eunapius_n and_o if_o they_o be_v in_o holy_a order_n eutychiano_n order_n lib._n pontif_n in_o eutychiano_n they_o inter_v they_o in_o their_o sacerdotal_a vestment_n they_o not_o only_o allow_v they_o a_o place_n of_o sepulture_n in_o their_o coemetery_n which_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n be_v to_o be_v without_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n where_o they_o oblige_v all_o good_a christian_n to_o inter_v their_o dead_a it_o be_v one_o article_n against_o 9●_n against_o cypr._n ep._n 63._o p._n 9●_n martiaiis_n bishop_n of_o astorga_n in_o spain_n that_o he_o have_v bury_v his_o decease_a son_n in_o the_o gentile_a sepulcher_n among_o man_n of_o a_o strange_a faith_n but_o a_o decent_a and_o honourable_a tomb_n for_o their_o coemetery_n be_v both_o their_o charnel-house_n and_o in_o time_n of_o danger_n their_o temple_n 273._o temple_n proleg_n in_o martyrol_n c._n 6._o p._n 9_o &_o tem._n 2._o a_o 275._o p._n 687._o vid._n ambr._n lib._n 10._o ep._n 85._o tom._n 3._o p._n 273._o baronius_n from_o that_o of_o the_o revelation_n the_o 6_o and_o 9th_o probable_o conjecture_n their_o grave_n be_v under_o the_o altar_n the_o most_o honourable_a place_n in_o the_o church_n near_o who_o the_o passim_fw-la the_o maxim_n taurinens_n p._n 2●7_n edit_fw-la raynand_n &_o aug._n de_fw-fr ●ura_fw-la pro_fw-la mort_fw-fr passim_fw-la succeed_a servant_n of_o god_n be_v willing_a to_o lie_v when_o they_o put_v off_o mortality_n as_o the_o old_a prophet_n will_v be_v bury_v in_o the_o same_o grave_a with_o the_o man_n of_o god_n that_o upbraid_v jeroboam_n and_o decry_v the_o altar_n at_o bethel_n 1_o reg._n 13.31_o xiii_o in_o these_o their_o tomb_n they_o be_v deposit_v in_o expectation_n of_o a_o joyful_a resurrection_n every_o one_o with_o his_o particular_a inscription_n probable_o of_o his_o name_n and_o employment_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n a_o breviate_v of_o his_o life_n and_o particular_n of_o his_o passion_n and_o this_o the_o ecclesiastic_a 24._o ecclesiastic_a euseb_n l._n 2._o c._n 24._o historian_n confirm_v that_o there_o be_v in_o his_o time_n to_o be_v see_v a_o epitaph_n in_o the_o coemetery_n at_o rome_n contain_v the_o particular_n of_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o the_o apostle_n s_o peter_n and_o s._n paul_n and_o before_o he_o ibid._n he_o ibid._n cajus_n the_o contemporary_a of_o tertullian_n say_v that_o whoever_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o go_v to_o the_o vatican_n and_o to_o the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o ostia_n may_v see_v these_o trophy_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o ancient_a table_n of_o stone_n find_v in_o the_o coemetery_n of_o 18._o of_o apud_fw-la baron_n not_o in_o martyr_n jan._n 3._o p._n 18._o calistus_n with_o this_o title_n haec_fw-la est_fw-la notitia_fw-la natalitiorum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la hic_fw-la requiescentium_fw-la mens_fw-la jan._n die_v 3._o natalis_n s._n anteri_fw-la papae_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o their_o fame_n may_v be_v adequate_a to_o their_o merit_n the_o canon_n of_o holy_a church_n take_v care_n to_o secure_v it_o by_o prohibit_v all_o person_n to_o speak_v ill_o of_o the_o martyr_n which_o crime_n if_o any_o man_n dare_v impudent_o commit_v 2._o commit_v conc._n carth._n 1_o can._n 2._o for_o the_o offence_n a_o layman_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_a and_o a_o clergyman_n degrade_v fourteen_o these_o burying-place_n of_o they_o which_o in_o the_o father_n and_o martyrology_n be_v call_v arenaria_fw-la cryptae_fw-la concilia_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la tumbae_fw-la catatumbae_fw-la polyandria_fw-la cryptae_fw-la arenariae_fw-la and_o among_o the_o african_n frequent_o areae_fw-la &_o areae_fw-la sepulturarum_fw-la be_v spacious_a and_o well-adorned_n vault_n 85._o vault_n tom._n 2._o a_o 130._o p._n 85._o baronius_n describe_v that_o find_v out_o in_o the_o via_fw-la salaria_n three_o mile_n from_o rome_n which_o he_o have_v often_o see_v as_o if_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o city_n underground_o subterran_v de_fw-fr coemeteriis_fw-la consulas_fw-la baron_n tom._n ●_o a_o 226._o p._n 370._o &_o p._n aringh_n roma_n subterran_v than_o a_o charnel-house_n furnish_v with_o variety_n of_o apartment_n and_o have_v divers_a way_n and_o street_n in_o it_o and_o oratory_n as_o well_o as_o tomb_n as_o what_o be_v fit_v not_o only_o for_o a_o sepulchre_n and_o a_o chapel_n but_o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n to_o the_o distress_a and_o persecute_a servant_n of_o god_n at_o these_o memory_n of_o the_o martyr_n the_o devout_a christian_n etc._n christian_n martyr_n polyc._n p._n 28._o cypr._n ep._n 31._o p._n 43._o etc._n etc._n use_v to_o meet_v on_o the_o anniverssary_n of_o their_o martyrdom_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o every_o day_n of_o the_o year_n and_o be_v every_o day_n celebrate_v as_o before_o we_o remark_v except_o in_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n 52._o lent_n conc._n la●dicen_n can_v 51._o &_o 52._o when_o the_o solemn_a observation_n of_o those_o festival_n be_v confine_v to_o the_o saturday_n and_o sunday_n in_o that_o time_n of_o humiliation_n the_o meeting_n at_o the_o tomb_n of_o holy_a man_n be_v a_o general_a practice_n so_o the_o 224._o the_o hot_v cipp_n hebr._n p._n 26._o vide_fw-la pocock_n not_o in_o port_n mos_fw-la p._n 224._o jew_n use_v annual_o to_o meet_v at_o the_o sepulcher_n of_o the_o
nicen_n can_v 30._o in_o cod_n arabic_n be_v prohibit_v to_o give_v they_o heathen_a name_n as_o if_o they_o study_v all_o way_n to_o perpetuate_v and_o eternize_v their_o memory_n and_o induce_v their_o posterity_n to_o a_o imitation_n of_o those_o virtue_n that_o give_v those_o reverend_a man_n their_o immortality_n thus_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o there_o be_v many_o paul_n and_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n john_n have_v not_o a_o few_o namesake_n say_v 20._o say_v lib._n de_fw-fr promis_fw-fr adv_fw-la nepot_n apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 7._o c._n 25._o lat._n 20._o st._n dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n man_n be_v desirous_a to_o give_v their_o offspring_n such_o name_n out_o of_o love_n to_o the_o holy_a martyr_n and_o admiration_n of_o his_o stupendous_a piety_n out_o of_o zeal_n and_o earnestness_n to_o engage_v their_o child_n to_o walk_v in_o such_o step_n and_o because_o they_o think_v thereby_o to_o get_v a_o equal_a share_n in_o the_o divine_a favour_n with_o those_o belove_a disciple_n nor_o be_v supr_fw-la be_v theod._n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la they_o without_o hope_n this_o way_n to_o procure_v some_o assistance_n from_o the_o martyr_n to_o that_o pupil_n to_o who_o they_o design_v the_o saint_n in_o a_o sort_n a_o guardian_n that_o he_o may_v be_v engage_v to_o his_o protection_n which_o custody_n of_o what_o nature_n they_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v i_o will_v not_o now_o determine_v xxvii_o these_o with_o other_o consideration_n be_v the_o great_a incentives_n of_o martyrdom_n and_o engage_v all_o sort_n of_o person_n among_o the_o christian_n to_o a_o passionate_a court_v of_o suffering_n 528._o tiberian_a palaest_a 1._o praes_n ep._n trajan_n p._n 9_o ed._n usser_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plin._n lib._n 10._o ep._n 97._o pervicaciam_fw-la &_o inflevibilem_fw-la obstinationem_fw-la debere_fw-la puniri_fw-la dio_fw-mi chrys_n orat._n 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n de_fw-fr morte_fw-la poregr_fw-la p_o 996._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arrian_n in_o epictet_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 7._o p._n 417._o ed._n wolfii_n colon._n 1595._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antonin_n imper._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 11._o sect_n 3._o p._n 134._o edit_fw-la xylandr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arrius_n antoninus_n apud_fw-la t●●tull_n ad_fw-la scapul_n c._n 4._o arrius_n antoninus_n in_o asia_n cum_fw-la persequeretur_fw-la instanter_fw-la omnes_fw-la illius_fw-la civitatis_fw-la christiani_n ante_fw-la tribunalia_fw-la eju●●e_fw-la manu_fw-la jactá_fw-la obtulerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la paucis_fw-la duci_fw-la jussis_fw-la reliquis_fw-la ait_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d porphyr_n lib._n contr_n christian_n apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 6._o hist_o eccles_n cap._n 19_o gr._n 13._o lat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la rude_a &_o barbarum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la genus_fw-la reddit_fw-la interpres_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la juliani_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oper_n part_n 1._o p._n 528._o in_o as_o much_o as_o their_o heathen_a adversary_n admire_v their_o courage_n when_o they_o condemn_v their_o rashness_n some_o attribute_v it_o to_o the_o barbarousness_n and_o rudeness_n of_o their_o manner_n other_o to_o custom_n a_o three_o sort_n to_o superstition_n and_o a_o ungrounded_a belief_n of_o a_o resurrection_n a_o four_o to_o obstinacy_n and_o a_o mind_n bend_v to_o opposition_n and_o for_o these_o reason_n volentibus_fw-la mori_fw-la non_fw-la permittebatur_fw-la occidi_fw-la say_v st._n cyprian_n they_o be_v debar_v the_o liberty_n of_o take_v sanctuary_n in_o the_o grave_n or_o advise_v to_o betake_v themselves_o to_o precipice_n and_o halter_n and_o not_o tire_v out_o their_o governor_n in_o denounce_v sentence_n and_o seal_v writ_n of_o execution_n for_o such_o inforcive_n of_o a_o sudden_a swell_v the_o martyrology_n and_o every_o day_n make_v new_a candidate_n for_o heaven_n 197._o heaven_n cypr._n exhort_v mart_n c._n 11._o p._n 197._o for_o who_o can_v think_v it_o 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the_o other_o of_o magic_n the_o first_o convert_v by_o caecilius_n a_o presbyter_n of_o carthage_n and_o there_o baptize_v the_o last_o by_o justina_n a_o noble_a virgin_n of_o antioch_n and_o in_o that_o city_n baptize_v by_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o the_o one_o martyr_v with_o crescentianus_fw-la and_o three_o other_o near_o that_o metropolis_n of_o africa_n have_v be_v condemn_v by_o galerius_n maximus_n under_o the_o emperor_n valerian_n and_o gallienus_n the_o other_o at_o nicomedia_n condemn_v by_o eutholmius_n under_o diocletian_a and_o there_o near_o the_o river_n gallus_n behead_v with_o his_o justina_n and_o therefore_o the_o latin_a martyrology_n allow_v they_o two_o distinct_a festival_n the_o elder_a on_o septemb_n 14._o the_o other_o on_o septemb_n 26._o which_o plain_o evince_v
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