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A06472 The glory of their times. Or The liues of ye primitiue fathers Co[n]tayning their chiefest actions, workes, sentences, and deaths. Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.; Glover, George, b. ca. 1618, engraver. 1640 (1640) STC 16943; ESTC S108921 238,060 544

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this_o great_a conflict_n and_o to_o speak_v truth_n his_o learning_n procure_v he_o all_o good_a man_n love_n and_o hatred_n from_o the_o arrian_n well_o his_o old_a lord_n bishop_n die_v short_o after_o the_o nicene_n council_n this_o athanasius_n be_v not_o only_o by_o his_o last_o will_n but_o by_o the_o general_n suffrage_n of_o all_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n choose_a bishop_n of_o that_o see_v and_o that_o not_o without_o the_o singular_a providence_n of_o god_n so_o dispose_v it_o for_o he_o prove_v so_o eminent_a that_o few_o in_o after_o time_n equal_v he_o take_v but_o a_o judicious_a man_n testimony_n of_o he_o judicium_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d vis_fw-la ingenii_fw-la excellent_a 118._o eloquentia_fw-la eximia_fw-la inveris_fw-la sententiis_fw-la tuendis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o adversariis_fw-la refutandis_fw-la firmitas_fw-la inexpugnabilis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la res_fw-la adversas_fw-la perferendas_fw-la magnanimitas_fw-la verò_fw-la heroica_fw-la à_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it 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fin●●●_n most_o of_o their_o effigy_n be_v obtain_v as_o they_o be_v place_v before_o their_o work_v ●_o some_o out_o of_o divers_a book_n of_o holy_a order_n where_o they_o be_v figure_v for_o saint_n other_o out_o of_o several_a library_n &_o place_n of_o antiquity_n but_o look_v not_o so_o much_o upon_o the_o outward_a figure_n of_o their_o body_n as_o the_o inward_a figure_n of_o their_o mind_n ruffi_n c_o 9_o niceph._n c._n 18._o lib._n 2._o euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o joseph_n p._n 989._o in_o vita_fw-la jos._n 1029._o trithem_n de_fw-fr scrip._n ecc._n fol._n 5._o l._n 1._o ant._n jud._n l._n 18._o eus._n eccl._n hist._n l._n 3._o c._n 30._o in_o ep._n ad_fw-la smy●_n &_o ad_fw-la polycarp_n ruffin_n cap._n 36._o eus●b_v eccles_n hist_n li._n 3._o c._n 30._o biblioth_n p●t●am_n tom._n ●_o pag._n 76._o niceph._n hist._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 35_o niceph._n hist._n lib._n 13._o cap._n 8._o socrat._v l._n 6._o ●_o 9_o niceph._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o &_o 19_o euseb._n li●_n 3●_n iren._n l._n 5_o c._n 28._o in_o vita_fw-la ignat._n pag._n 91._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la pag._n ●_o in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la ignatii_n prope_fw-la finem_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la p._n 55._o epist._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n p._n 96._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la polycarp_n p._n 209._o epist._n ad_fw-la mariam_n cass●bi_fw-la pag._n 3._o niceph._n cap._n 30_o &_o 35._o lib_n 3._o euseb._n ecc._n h●st_a l._n 4._o c._n 13._o ruffi_n cap._n 50._o polycarpus_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n parisis_n 1555._o dionysius_n be_v 25_o year_n old_a at_o the_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o live_v a_o long_a time_n after_o with_o the_o apostle_n as_o himself_o record_v in_o the_o 1●_n epistle_n to_o apollophanes_n michael_n syngellus_n in_o encomio_fw-la s._n dionys●i_fw-la s._n dionys._n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la polyca●_n chrysost._n tom._n 5._o lib._n 4._o the_o sacerd_v why_o call_v areopagite_n dionysius_n and_o his_o wife_n la_fw-fr maris_fw-la convert_v by_o st._n paul_n to_o the_o true_a faith_n dionysius_n journey_n to_o visit_v st._n paul_n at_o ephesus_n hildrin_n in_o ejus_fw-la vita_fw-la c._n 32._o baron_fw-fr tom._n 2._o pag._n 37._o bell._n in_o scrip_n eccles._n p._n 29._o dion_z ar._n ep._n ad_fw-la polycarp_n dion_n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la tim._n photius_n in_o bib._n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n l_o 4._o cap._n 11_o hiero._n in_o illa_fw-la eccles._n scripto_fw-la epiphan_n lib._n 1._o tom._n 3._o contra_fw-la 46._o haeresin_fw-la tatianorum_fw-la photii_fw-la bib._n fol._n 303._o ●aro_fw-la aural_a tom._n 2._o fol_n 118_o sect._n 15._o baron_fw-fr tom._n 2._o p._n 111._o baron_fw-fr tom._n ●_o pag._n 107._o justin_n in_o apol_n a●_n anton●um_n this_o just_a martyr_n flourish_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 103._o biblioth_n pat●_n tom._n 2_o pag_n 1_o ep._n ad_fw-la diognetum_n apud_fw-la anton._n melissam_n lib._n 1._o se●m_fw-la he_o be_v behead_v in_o the_o year_n 149_o or_o 150._o cap._n 3._o epist._n ●_o lib._n advers._fw-la valent._n cap._n 5._o euseb._n eccles._n histor._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 19_o epiph._n 〈…〉_z hierom._n in_o cap._n 36._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 34._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o lib._n 1_o cap_n 29._o hist._n fr●nc_n euseb._n hist._n eccles_n lib._n 5._o c._n 1._o 2_o 3._o in_o catalogo_fw-la scrip._n eccles._n lib._n 11._o spec._n hist._n cap._n 124._o euseb._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o tertu●●●_n in_o apolog_n iren._n lib._n cap._n 8._o &_o 9_o greg._n turo_n lib._n cap._n 29._o trithemius_n in_o vitâ_fw-la irenaei_n iren._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o lib._n 2._o c._n 6._o bell●r_n descrip_n eccles._n lactant._n in_o lib._n instit_n c._n 1._o lib._n 5._o jerom._n ep_a 12●_n niceph._n l._n 5._o c_o 2_o eccles._n hist._n tom._n 1._o apolog._n c._n 5._o n._n 65._o 70._o &_o 71._o tom._n 1._o li._n ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 3._o n._n 20._o ibi●_n apo_n c._n 19_o n._n 273_o 274_o 275._o 276._o 277._o lib._n de_fw-fr pallio_fw-la c._n 2._o &_o apolog._n c._n 40._o tom._n 3._o l._n adver_o ●●alent_n c._n 5._o n._n 41._o 42._o 43._o a._n d._n 197._o tom._n 2_o lib_n the_o 〈◊〉_d mu●ieb_v c._n 3._o n._n 33._o ap●l_n c._n 18._o tom_n 1_o apolog._n c._n 19_o n_o 292._o tom._n 3._o l._n adversus_fw-la haer●s_fw-la c._n 32._o n._n 185._o 186._o tom._n 4._o op_n be_v tertull._n tom._n 3._o l._n the_o prescript_n adv_fw-la haeres_fw-la c._n 53._o bae●●s_fw-la 22._o n._n 328_o &_o lib._n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d c._n 14._o n._n 84._o ibid._n c._n 〈…〉_z act_n 〈◊〉_d tom._n 1._o l._n ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 4._o n._n 36._o tom_fw-mi ●_o apolog._n c._n 1._o n._n 9_o apolog._n c._n 4._o n._n 50._o 51._o 52._o ibid._n c._n 37._o n._n 490._o tom_n 3._o l._n de_fw-la anima_fw-la c._n 20._o n._n 226_o tom._n 1._o l._n ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 2._o n._n 〈…〉_z tom._n 3._o lib._n the_o praes●rip_n adv_fw-la haeres_fw-la c_o 45._o n._n 293._o 294._o tom_n 2._o de_fw-mi spect_n n._n 1._o tom._n 3._o l._n de_fw-fr resur_n car._n c._n 2._o n._n 25._o &_o 45._o n._n 320._o tom._n 3._o l._n 1._o advers._fw-la martion_n c._n 15._o n._n 102._o tom._n 2._o de_fw-la co●o_fw-la 〈◊〉_d hiero●●_n in_o c●talogo_n script_n eccles._n tertull._n de_fw-fr praescrip_n contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr jejunio_fw-la cap._n 10._o tertull._n in_o apolog._n his_o history_n poetry_n philosophy_n photius_n in_o biblio_fw-la become_v p._n 287._o trithem_n de_fw-fr scrip_n eccles._n fol._n 8._o hieron_n cat●●_n script_n eccles_n fol._n 95._o hierom._n epist._n ad_fw-la madge_n tom._n 2_o pag._n 108._o clem._n alex._n ●_o ●_o pedag_n c._n 21._o ibid._n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n l._n ●_o c._n 11._o ruffin_n c._n 11._o nyceph_n c._n 33._o lib._n 4._o euseb_n lib._n 6._o jerom._n in_o catal_a illust._n virorum_fw-la euseb._n eccles._n histor._n lib._n 6._o ruff_n cap._n 29._o nyceph_n c._n 27._o 32._o 33._o lib._n 5._o euseb._n lib._n eccles_n hist._n 6._o pag._n 173._o trithe_n descrip_n eccles._n fol._n 10._o origen_n super_fw-la levit._fw-la origen_n super_fw-la ezec._n hom_n 10._o origen_n super_fw-la illud_fw-la mat._n 20._o c._n origen_n super_fw-la numb_a 22._o p●ae●at_fw-la gerard_n voss●i_fw-la sanctus_n basil._n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr s._n s._n cap._n 29._o s_o ●_o basil._n loco_fw-la citat_fw-la s_o basil_n in_o ep._n 62._o co●solatar_n ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la naeo_n caesari_fw-la euseb._n l._n 7._o eccles_n histor._n euseb._n lib._n 7._o eccles._n hist._n c._n 25._o euseb._n aec_fw-la hist._n l●b_fw-la 7._o c._n 25._o euseb_n aec_fw-la hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 25._o greg._n nyssen_n in_o vit_fw-fr s._n greg._n s._n hi●rom_n in_o s●●pt_n ec●l●s_n in_o theodoro_n hieron_n in_o ep._n s●_n ad_fw-la oratorem_fw-la rom●num_fw-la 〈◊〉_d graeco_fw-la m●nolog_n ●_o exit_fw-la rom._n breviario_fw-la 17._o n●vembris_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr ilustr_n scriptor_n ecclesiae_fw-la pontius_n diaconus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la cypriani_fw-la cypr._n l._n 3._o ep._n ult_n pontius_n in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la cypriani_fw-la ribud_n in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la cyp._n 439._o sanctus_n cypr._n epist._n 33._o sanctus_n aug._n ser._n 113._o 114._o 115._o &_o 116._o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z sixt._n sene●s_v loco_fw-la predict_v sixt._n senen_n loco_fw-la p●ae_fw-la ●icto_fw-la 〈…〉_z e●cl●s_v fol._n 14._o erasmus_n in_o epist._n dedicat_fw-la in_o comment_n in_o ps●●_n fortunatus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la s._n h●llarii_n an●e_fw-la ejus_fw-la opera_fw-la biblioth_n sacra_fw-la pag._n 248._o euseb._n demonstrat_n evangel_n pag._n 144._o ibidem_fw-la ibid._n p._n 165._o ibid._n p._n 159._o ibid._n p._n 163._o ibid._n p._n 188._o ibid_fw-la p._n 191._o ibid_fw-la p._n 168._o ibid._n p._n 496._o 〈…〉_z ●ieron_fw-gr de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d illust_n in_o ●act●n_n hieron_n in_o tra●s_n euseb._n sub_fw-la const._n magno_fw-la hieron_n in_o epist._n platina_n in_o vitis_fw-la pontif._n p._n 38._o euseb._n eccl●●_n h●stor_n l._n 8_o c._n ●_o baron_fw-fr ●nno_fw-la 302._o ●um_fw-la 16._o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr scrip_n eccles._n p._n 45._o hi●ron_n in_o scrip_n eccles._n in_o lactantio_n hieron_n in_o scriptis_fw-la eccles._n in_o lactantio_n bell._n the_o scrip_n eccles._n p._n 46._o greg._n nazian_n encomium_fw-la s._n athanasi●_n p._n 5._o g●eg_n nazian_n encom_n s._n athanas_n p._n 3._o l._n 1._o lampad_n in_o vita_fw-la s._n athan._n tom._n 2._o p._n 27._o in_o vita_fw-la s._n atha_n scripta_fw-la per_fw-la virum_fw-la doct_n tom._n 2._o p._n 118._o ep._n 48._o &_o 49._o de_fw-fr side_n cap._n 6._o lib._n 10._o gal._n 3._o 26._o athan._n in_o gal._n fortunatus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la s._n hillarii_n ante_fw-la eius_fw-la oper●_fw-la sex●i_fw-la sin●si●_n et●●ioth_n p._n 248_o bell._n the_o script_n ecclesiast_n surius_n in_o vit_fw-mi be_v sanct._n theod._n eccles._n histor._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o exit_fw-la rom._n martyrol_n theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o niceph._n l._n 9_o c._n 14._o eccles_n hist._n loco_fw-la citato_fw-la dan._n c._n 9_o ma●_n c._n 24._o luk._n 19_o socrat._v l._n 3._o c._n 17_o &_o 20._o eccl●s_n hist._n niceph._n lib._n 9_o c._n 22._o