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A00440 The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories; Ecclesiastical history. English Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604.; Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Dorotheus, Saint, 255-362, attributed name. aut 1577 (1577) STC 10572; ESTC S121374 989,961 618

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origen_n the_o choice_n be_v that_o either_o a_o black_a moor_n shall_v play_v the_o sodomite_n with_o he_o or_o he_o himself_o shall_v sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n psal_n 50._o the_o lamentation_n of_o origen_n he_o call_v upon_o the_o sayncte_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o he_o do_v in_o this_o sorowefull_a plight_n upon_o all_o other_o creature_n under_o heaven_n the_o policy_n of_o satan_n be_v to_o have_v origen_n to_o confirm_v the_o christian_n at_o the_o time_n of_o sacrifice_n not_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v be_v save_v as_o his_o pretence_n be_v but_o that_o origen_n may_v be_v take_v with_o the_o manner_n and_o present_o constrain_v either_o to_o sacrifice_n or_o deny_v his_o master_n which_o fall_v out_o in_o the_o end_n it_o seem_v by_o this_o that_o some_o promise_v origen_n they_o will_v be_v baptize_v but_o when_o it_o come_v to_o the_o pinch_n they_o make_v he_o to_o sacrifice_v origen_n bewail_v his_o excommunication_n excommunication_n origen_n geld_v himself_o to_o embrace_v virginity_n therefore_o just_o may_v he_o be_v term_v a_o advancer_n in_o the_o end_n he_o do_v sacrifice_n and_o commit_v whore_n doom_n with_o the_o devil_n than_o be_v he_o defile_v psal_n 102._o psal_n 50._o psal_n 51._o math._n 26._o psal_n 50._o luc._n 16._o psal_n 80._o luc._n 15._o psal_n 30._o lucius_n b._n of_o rome_n stephan_n b._n of_o rome_n the_o error_n of_o cyprian_a cyprian_a cap._n 5._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o stephan_n b._n of_o rome_n xystus_fw-la b._n of_o rome_n dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o xystus_n b._n of_o rome_n cap._n 6._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o xystus_n b._n of_o rome_n cap._n 7._o in_o 〈◊〉_d greek_n dionysius_n of_o alexandri_n epist_n 3._o of_o baptism_n unto_o philemo●_n a_o minister_n 〈◊〉_d rome_n 1._o pet._n 4._o heraclas_n b._n of_o alexandria_n call_v a_o pope_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o the_o peculiar_a title_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n rome_n the_o canon_n of_o heraclas_n deut._n 19_o proverb_n 22._o 22._o cap._n 8._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o dionysiꝰ_n a_o minister_n of_o rome_n but_o afterward_o b._n epist_n 4._o of_o baptism_n cap._n 9_o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n epist_n 5._o unto_o xystus_n b._n of_o rome_n cap._n 10._o in_o the_o greek_a valerianus_n create_v emperor_n together_o with_o galienus_n his_o son_n anno_fw-la dom._n 256._o under_o he_o be_v raise_v the_o eyghth_n persecution_n against_o the_o church_n of_o god_n god_n dionysiꝰ_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o hermammon_n apo●_n 13._o satan_n macrinus_n signify_v one_o stand_a a_n far_o of_o esay_n 66._o exod._n 20._o 20._o cap._n 11._o in_o the_o greek_a tob._n 12._o dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n against_o germanus_n epist_n ad_fw-la hermamon_n act._n 5._o dionysius_n with_o his_o company_n be_v banish_v into_o a_o certain_a desert_n call_v cephro_n what_o dionysius_n suffer_v for_o the_o faith_n dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o domitius_n &_o didymus_n esay_n 49._o 2._o corinth_n 6._o of_o eusebius_n b._n of_o laodicea_n ●eade_v the_o last_o cap._n of_o this_o 7._o book_n maximus_n faustus_n cap._n 12._o a●t●_n the_o greek_a priscus_n malchus_n &_o alexander_n tome_n in_o piece_n of_o wild_a beast_n a_o woman_n tear_v in_o piece_n of_o wild_a beast_n cap._n 13._o in_o the_o greek_a a●●●_n dom●_n 262._o galienus_n the_o emperor_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o christian_n cap._n 14_z ▪_o in_o the_o greek_a xystus_fw-la demetrianus_n firmilianus_n gregorius_n nazianzenꝰ_n ▪_o athenodorꝰ_n domnus_n theo●ecnu●_n hymenaeus_n cap._n 15._o in_o the_o greek_a marinus_n be_v behead_v a_o notable_a persuasion_n unto_o martyrdom_n cap._n 16._o after_o the_o greek_a astyrius_n a_o senator_n of_o rone_n &_o a_o favourer_n of_o the_o christian_n cap._n 17._o after_o the_o greek_a the_o devil_n be_v put_v to_o flight_n by_o fast_v &_o prayer_n cap._n 18._o in_o the_o greek_a luk._n 8._o matth._n 9_o monument_n of_o memory_n &_o not_o for_o superstition_n to_o erect_v a_o image_n be_v a_o heathenish_a custom_n cap._n 19_o after_o the_o greek_a the_o seae_n of_o jerusalem_n long_o preserve_v and_o continue_a cap._n 20._o in_o the_o greek_a cap._n 21._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n unto_o hierax_n b._n of_o egypt_n cap._n 22._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n epist_n unto_o the_o brethren_n in_o egypt_n exod._n 12._o plague_n war_n famine_n misery_n make_v the_o wicked_a to_o despair_v but_o tri_v the_o godly_a as_o the_o gold_n in_o the_o furnace_n the_o christian_n in_o the_o plague_n time_n love_v not_o only_o their_o brethren_n but_o also_o their_o enemy_n the_o heathenish_a inhumanity_n cap._n 23._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n alex._n unto_o hermammon_n galienꝰ_n be_v emperor_n together_o with_o his_o father_n valerianus_n but_o after_o his_o father_n be_v take_v captive_a of_o the_o persian_n he_o rule_v alone_o esay_n 43._o apocal._n 21._o 21._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 266._o nepos_n a_o chi_fw-mi liast_n chiliastae_fw-la of_o the_o grecian_n &_o millenarij_fw-la of_o the_o latins_n be_v so_o call_v because_o that_o like_a here_o tike_n they_o dream_v that_o christ_n shall_v personal_o reign_v as_o king_n here_o onearth_v a_o thousand_o year_n year_n cap._n 24._o in_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n lib._n 2._o of_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n god_n here_o busy_a body_n &_o sting_a wasp_n may_v learn_v a_o lesson_n which_o reprehend_v every_o thing_n &_o like_a of_o nothing_o where_o the_o error_n of_o the_o chiliast_n first_o spring_v dionysius_n dispute_v with_o the_o chiliast_n coration_n the_o chiliast_n be_v consute_v and_o convert_v by_o dionysius_n cap._n 25._o after_o the_o greek_a dionysius_n b._n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o 2._o book_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n some_o of_o old_a thought_n the_o revelation_n to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o cerinthus_n the_o