them joying and tryumphing at their end as if she had been invited to a Wedding Dinner and not to be cast among wild Beasts after scourging after buckling with wild Beasts after the broyling of her body as it were in a Frying-pan at length she was wrapped in a Net and tumbled before a wild Bull which fanned and tossed her with his Horns to and fro yet had she no feeling of all these things her mind being fixed and wholly set upon the conference she had with Christ and in the end she was beheaded the Pagans themselves pronouncing That never any Woman was heard of among them to have suffered so many and so great torments Neither did their rage and cruelty against the Christians so cease for the barbarous Gentiles being provoked by a wicked Fiend saith the History could not quiet themselves but that their furious rage practised another kind of malitious spight upon the dead Carkasses neither were they pleased in that they were overcome and void of natural feeling and sence but proceeded further like bruit Beasts both President and People were furiously provoked prosecuting them with like hatred that the Scripture may be fulfilled He that is wicked let him be wicked still and he that is just let him work Righteousness still The Bodies of those that were choaked in Prison cast to dogs for as many as were choaked up with the noysome sent of the Prison were thrown to be devoured of Dogs and a continual watch set day and night that none of them should be buried And gathering together the Reliques of the Martyrs Bodies some undevoured by Beasts some And guarâ—ed of them to be devoured unburnt by fire partly torn and partly burned with the Heads and stumps of others uncovered with earth they committed them for the space of many dayes to the custody of Souldiers others fretted and fumed snatching at them with the gnashing of their Teeth seeking further revengement of them others derided and scoffed them magnifying their Idols as cause of this our calamity and such as were of a milder nature and somewhat sorrowed at our suffering upbraided us and said Where is their God and what profited them this Religion which they Others said Where is their God prefer before their lives And such was the variable and devilish disposition of the Infidels to our great sorrow because we were not permitted to bury the dead bodies of the Martyrs neither stood the night in any stead to us for that purpose neither would money perswade the Keepers nor our Prayers move them but they kept the bruised Carkasses of the Saints as if some great Commodity grew unto them by keeping them unburied To be short after that the bodies of the blessed Saints had been every kind of way spitefully and scornfully intreated The stumps of their bodies lying six dayes unburied are burnt and the Ashes cast into the River Rhodanus lest they should rise again or that their God should help them The French sustain lying whole six dayes unburied at length they were burned to Ashes the Ashes also they gathered and scattered in the River Rhodanus which passed by so that no Jot or Relique thereof should longer remain upon Earth This they did to the end they might overcome God and hinder the reviving of the Saints lest that as they said there should be any further hope of the Resurrection whereof say they the Christians being fully perswaded bring amongst us a strange and a new Religion they contemn punishment and hasten themselves chearfully unto death Now let us see whether they can arise and whether their God can help and deliver them from our hands Thus far of the Sufferings of the French under this Emperor out of the Sufferers own Writings which though it be a little prolix and so may seem somewhat besides the intent of this Discourse yet being so pertinent and of so circumstantial a nature I thought it convenient to give the Reader a relation thereof that in the instance of these he may see how grievous the persecution was and how inhumane on the one hand and on the other how the Lord sustained and carried them through like noble Conquerors In the other places the persecutions were not so great nor the inhumanities so long and terrible to flesh and blood but he made them easie and caused those to overcome who were faithful unto the greatest Persecutions him Besides these of cruel Torments and Death they were exercised with Exile as well as Death Exile from their Houses Booths and common Market-places and not only so but every one of them were charged not to shew his face with the weakness also of many who through fear of torments fell from the Faith who notwithstanding many of them came on again and confessed The fallings of many for fear Exeâ—cise the French themselves what they were viz. Christians and died constant in the Faith though the enemy wrought by their first stepping aside no small disadvantage and these were divers of the Ethnicks their own Servants whom those terrible Spectacles of grim Beasts and torments made to start and to accuse their fellow Christians falsly as using the feastings of Thiestes and the incests of Oedipus with divers others which themselves They are falsly accused of disordeâ—ed conversations say may neither Godly be thought upon neither with modesty uttered neither without impiety be believed Through the egging on and perswasions of the Souldiers these things were feigned and reported of them which was the wile of the Devil in all Ages where he cannot otherwise thereto make Truth to suffer and the followers thereof that his Instruments may have something to pretend to sober men that they are not such as he knows them to be and which they are and sober people take them for but on the contrary such as they are themselves who so force the report that they may seem worthily to put them to death wiping off thereby the opinion of their sanctity so far as he is able that neither may their sufferings sink into the hearts of others neither take with them so as to turn them to the Truth but having removed them by such reports out of the Opinion of the Sober he might have also an influence on them to give them sufferings which proved something to these Servants of the Lord for these reports being bruited abroad every body they write was moved and incensed against them insomuch that they who for familiarity sake used moderation before now were exceedingly moved and mad with them Then was say they the saying of our Saviour And thereby cast out of the minds of the most sober fulfilled The time will come when every one that slayeth you shall think that he doth therein God good service Then suffered say they again the holy Martyrs such torments as tongue cannot express and Satan also provoked them with all might possible that they might utter some blasphemy There were certain
spoken I shall mention no more In Alexandria there was a Woman whose name was Hypatia Cap. 15 A third Tragical Scene in Alexandria Hypatia a Woman and the most eminent Philosopher of her time the Daughter of Theon who so profited in profound Learning that she excelled all the Philosophers of her time and not onely succeeded in Plato's School the which exercise Plotinus continued but also expounded to as many as come to her the Precepts and Doctrine of all sorts of Philosophers wherefore many that gave themselves to the study of Philosophy flocked to her from every Countrey Moreover for her grave courage of mind her modest and matron-like behaviour she sticked not to present her self before Princes and Magistrates neither was she abashed to come into the open face of the Assembly wherefore great envy and spight of mind arose against her being had in admiration and reverence of all Women for her singular modesty and because Suspected to influence the difference between the Bishop and Orestes Is set upon by a Reader rude Company Carried to a Church she conferred oft and had a great familiarity with Orestes so that she was charged by the people as the cause why the Bishop and Orestes were not become Friends At length one Peter a Reader of that Church having a company of rude persons with him watched her coming from some place or other pulled her out of her Charriot haled her into the Church called Caesareum stripped Stript stark naked tormented with sharp shells till life departed Her body quartered And burnt to Ashes Cyril and the Church of Alexandria stained with this blood Christians ought to be no fighters by the Historians judgment her stark naked razed the skin and rent the flesh of her body with sharp shells until the breath departed out of it then they quartered her body brought them to a place called Cinaron and burned them to Ashes This heinous offence saith the Historian was no small blemish both to Cyril and the Church of Alexandria For saith he the professors of Christian Religion should be no fighters they ought to be far from commiting of murther and bloodshed This was done the fourth year of Cyril's Consecration the tenth Consulship of Honorius and the seventh of Theodosius in the Ember dayes The Jews also were not without their devises in this day of Cap. 16. The Jews come on with a 4th Tragedy They deride Christ Crucifâ—â— a Child wickedness and mischief who at a certain place called Inmestar between Chalcis and Antioch in Syria at their Interludes and Playes derided Christ Jesus and those that believed in him After this sort they took the Child of a Christian and nailed him to Deride scourge him till breath departed a Tree and set him on high when they had so done first they deride and laugh at him then like mad men they scourge him as long as breath remained in his body This gave occasion of great contention between them and the Christians and the Emperor hearing thereof wrote to the Lieutenant and Magistrates of that Province to make diligent search for the Authors of so great a mischief and to punish them severely They are punished in earnest therefore the Jews for that shameful Act which they had committed in jest were plagued in earnest The Persians also drew a line of blood and cruel torments over Cap. 18. A fifth Scene of blood acted by the Persians upon the Christians of tâ—at Nation with great extremity those of that Nation who in the time of Isdigerdes King of Persia were become Christians whose Son Baratanes succeeded him through the perswasion of the Magicians and Southsayers being forced thereunto vexed the Christians out of measure and punished them with divers torments after the manner of Persia through the extremity of which they fled unto the Romans for They fly for succor to the Romans succor praying them to pitty their case and not to suffer them in that measure to be so lamentably oppressed whom Atticus Bishop Atticus of Constantinople receives them The Emperor determines their relief of Constantinople courteously received and wrought with the Emperor so that what through that and other particulars of difference that lay between them he intends to stand to their relief especially seeing he had sent to demand the fugitive Christians of the Emperor and denyed those whom he had lent for the Gold-Mines to return and also had stopped the Romans Marchandize War is proclaimed so that League was broken and War was proclaimed and the The Persians are beaten again and again and a third time Cap. 20. Persians through the wonderful hand of the Lord who was near them in their straits were again and again overcome and the Persians being yet again overcome upon the refusal of a tender of Peace by perswasion of his Souldiers who were called a certain number of them Immortal who would needs make one attempt more upon the Romans ere they accepted thereof and multitudes were Prisoners many of whom died for Famine and the rest were like so to do Accasius Bishop of Amida gathered his Acacius Bishop of Amida and his Clergy Cap. 21. Redeem the Persian Prisoners with their Cups Dishes Plate Jewels Clergy together upon the commiseration of their lamentable state there being seven thousand that were in this condition said Our God hath no need neither of Dishes nor of Cups for he neither eateth nor drinketh these be not his necessaries Wherefore seeing this Church hath many precious Jewels both of Gold and Silver bestowed of the free will and liberality of the Faithful it is requisite that the captive Souldiers should therewith be redeemed and delivered out of Prison and Bondage and that they also perishing with Famine should be with some part thereof refreshed and relieved Which his Clergy consenting unto and the Treasury being cast and translated he turned it into money and not only paid Turned into money Cloath and send them home which so took on the King of Persia that he lent for Acacius The War turns into Peace and the utter ceasing of Persecution The Saracens under Alamundarus promising great things to the Persians therewith the Ransom-money but supplyed them with necessaries and to carry them home which so took with the King of Persia that he desired earnestly to see Acacius whom the Emperor commanded thither The issue of these Wars procured a Peace and the quite extinguishing the persecution of the Christians in the Kingdom of Persia It is said That in these Wars the Saracens coming to assist the Persians under Alamundarus a valiant Captain who promised not only to beat the Romans but to take in Syria and Antioch being in a sudden fear of the Romans approach that though the Romans were not near them For fear of the Romans ran into Euphrates 100000. drowned they ran into the River Euphrates where an hundred thousand with their Armes were drowned Nor
that gave the fierce on set upon Nero began the first Persecution Euseb lib. 2. cap. 4. Anno 41. Cap. 5. Caius Caligula the Christians for although Caius Caligula made himself a Godd and caused himself to be proclaimed a Godd and the Tributaries to the Romans dedicated Altars and Temples to him and esteemed him in all other respects as God as those in effect do who take upon them to enjoyn as to the Worship of God and though his dealing was so grievous unto all men especially the Nation of the Jews who disdainfully withstood the honour done to him of men and were accustomed to prophane his Name and vexed so many with manifold and innumerable afflictions which are too long to be repeated for beginning at Alexandria he claimed unto himself their Prayers and set up his own Picture every where and dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem to himself unto his proper use which until that time is said to have been undefiled and free every way translating or consecrating the name to New Caius as a famous Godd who told Pilate when he said of Jesus Behold your King shall I crucifie your King We have no other King but Caesar Yet Anno. 46. Claudias c. 25. I read not that he so fell upon the Christians nor Claudius neither who succeeded Caius The Historian saith of him these words Nero now Anno. 56. A particular account of Nero and setled in his Seat fell into abominable facts and took Armour against the Service due unto the Universal and Almighty God how detestable he was become is not for this present time to declare for there be many who have painted out his wilful malice which may easily appear if we consider the furious madness of that man through the which after that beyond all reason he had destroyed an innumerable company he fell into such a sucking vein of slaughter that he abstained not from his most dear and familiar Friends yea he tormented with divers kinds of deaths his own Mother his Wife his Brethren and many of his nearest Kinsfolks as if they had been enemies and deadly foes unto him but it behoved us to note this one thing of him above the rest That he was accounted the first Enemy of all the Emperors to the Service of God This Enemy of God saith he set up himself in the destruction Paul Beheaded Peter crucified How he began and finished the first of the Ten Persecutions The Heathen Lineage of Christs persecuâ—ors Domitian Anno. 63. Euseb l. 3 c. 8. Titus cap 15. Raised the second persecution An account of him and his Persecution Anno. 97. of the Apostles wherein he was first discovered for they write that Paul was Beheaded and Peter Crucified of him at Rome Thus far Eusebius he began and in his Reign was finished the first of the Ten most famous and bloody Persecutions of the Christians being the first Enemy or Persecutor as the Historian saith above of the Christians of the Service of God of all the Emperors So see your Stock and Lineage in these latter dayes ye who have been persecutors of the Truth Domitian was the next who raised and upon the foot of whose cruelty is called the second Persecution he took the Imperial Crown when his Brother Titus had reigned two years and two months he was very wicked and cruel The Historian saith of him Domitian when he had executed much cruelty against many and put to death no small multitude of the Nobles of Rome and notable men beyond all rightful Judgement and punished an infinite company of famous men with exile and loss of their substance dieth and appointed himself successor of Nero in hatred and war against God This man also raised persecution against us although his Father Vespasian practised no presumptuous Lordliness towards us John is said Vespasian c. 16 John banished to be banished by Domitian into the Isle of Patmos the same year in which he died as saith Eusebius lib. 3. cap. 16. Our Religion saith he again so flourished in the aforesaid times that the Heathen Writers noting exactly the times vouchsafed to publish in their Histories this Persecution and the Martyrdoms suffered in the same Trajan is the third whose footsteps were covered in the blood of the Trajan raised Euseb l. 3. c. 18 Anno. 100. The third Persecution Christians great slaughters were made of them and with most cruel torments were many of them drawn unto death he succeeded Nerva who succeeded Domitian the compleating of his cruelty made up what Nerva cap. 30. is called the third Persecution Eusebius saith So great a persecution An account of his Persecution and the Christians Principlâ—s by Plinius Secundus was raised against us in several places that Plinius Secundus a notable President made relation there of unto the Emperor being very much moved with the number of Martyrs which suffered death for the testimony of their Faith signifying withal that they committed no beynous offence nor transgressed any Law saving that they rose before day and celebrated Christ with Hymns as God forbidding Adulteries and Slaughter with such other like abominable facts shewing conformity in all things agreeable to the Laws after which report it is written that Trajan commanded by edict that the Christian Nation Upon which Trajan commanded the Christians not to be enquired for should not be enquired for but if happily they were found they ought to be punished By which Edict the vehement heat of that grievous Persecution was somewhat quallified Yet nevertheless there was scope enough left for such as were willing to afflict us so that in one place the people in another place the Princes and Rulers of the Regions laid wait for our men whereby several persons suffered Martyrdom in their Provinces and sundry of the Faithful with sundry kinds of deaths without open or manifest persecution Which he groundeth out of Tertullians Apology for the Christians Tertul. Apolog cap. 5. Relates the reason of the Inhibition of the Inquisition against the Heathens where yet Tertullian saith Although we have known the Inquisition directed for us to be inhihited it was by reason of Plinius Secundus who having condemned some of the Christians and deprived some others of their Dignities was moved with the greatness of their Multitude and doubted what was best to be done He made the Emperor Trajan privy thereof saying That he found nothing in them that was impious but that they refused the worshipping of Images signifying this And the Christians Principles withal that the manner of the Christians was to rise before day to celebrate Christ as God and to the end their Discipline may straitly be observed they forbid shedding of blood adultery fraud traiterous dealing and such like For answer hereunto Trajan wrote again That there should be no inquisition for Christians but if they were met with they should be punished And thus saith Eusebius went the affairs of the Christians then Marcus
banish Hermogenes with his Souldiers Hermogenes endeavours to disperse them They fall upon him burn the house over his head pull him out by the ears and put him to death endeavours to disperse the people they being in an uproar fell upon him they fire the house over his head they pull him out by the ears and put him to death This was done when both the Emperors were Consuls and when Constans had overcome the French and concluded a peace between them and the Romans hereupon Constantius left Antioch came to Constantinople thrusteth Constantius comes to Constantinople thrusts out â—aulus Fines the City Paulus out of his Church merced the City taking from them so many measures of Grains as their City received above four hundred thousand the which saith the History by his Fathers Yet for fear forbears placing in Macedonius Donation daily was given unto them yet he delayed the placing in of Macedonius for that he was greatly incensed against him not only because he was chosen without his advice and counsel but also in that through the stir and tumult raised between him and Paulus not only Hermogenes his Captain but also many others besides were slain the pretenders also to Arius removed Gregory Gregory removed from Alexandria by the pretenders to Arius The reason why Georgius put in from Alexandria because the people hated him grievously and had set their Church on fire and for that he but slenderly maintained their Opinion and put in his stead Georgius born in Cappadocia one that was nuzled in the Opinion they held By this time Paulus of Constantinople and several other Bishops Cap. 11. Paulus and the other Bishops repair to Julius of Rome being accused one for one thing and another for another and deprived of their Churches go to Rome and having Julius his Letters unto the Bishops of the East that every one should be restored again sharply reproving their rash deposition they depending He gives them letters they repair to their Bishopricks on the Prerogative of Rome went every one to his own charge sending their Letters to those unto whom they were directed and whom it concerned The Eastern Bishops took this correction of Julius Bishop of The Bishops of the East take Julius correction heinously summon a Synod at Antioch They decree against Julius Bishop of Rome Rome as a contumely and summon a Synod at Antioch where being assembled they devise an Epistle by uniform consent wherein they bitterly inveigh against Julius and signifie withal That if any were banished the Church and excommunicated by their Censure and Decree it was not his part to intermeddle neither to sit in Judgment upon their sentence For when as he had removed Novatus out of the Church of Rome they neither resisted neither contraried his doings Athanasius coming to Alexandria Georgius Alexandria in a tumult upon the return of Athanasius by Georgius as some said by Athanasius as others affirm much blood is shed the Arrian so called made great stir and tumults in which much harm murder and bloodshed was committed which the one sort impute to Georgius and the other to Athanasius whom yet the Historian justifies as innocent Well as soon as Constantius who then remained at Antioch Cap. 12. Constantius is displeased at the return of Paulus commands Philip to remove Paulus and place in Macedonius Philip useth a wile to entrap Paulus heard that Paulus was placed again in Constantinople he took great displeasure and was sorely incensed he gave commission to Philip the chiefest of his Lieutenants and called the second person in the Empire to remove Paulus and to appoint Macedonius in his stead Philip fearing the rage and tumult of the multitude circumventeth Paulus very subtilly and covertly concealeth the Emperors pleasure He feigneth the cause of his coming to be for the common Affairs of the City he gets him strait to the publick Bath called Zeuxippus he sends thence one unto Paulus Which taking that he should honourably salute him and will him in any wise to repair unto the Emperors Lieutenant as soon as he came the Governour opened unto him his Lord the Emperors Commandmant The Bishop taketh patiently his Sentence although unjustly decreed against him But the Governour standing in great fear of the furious rage of the multitude and such as stood in compass about him for many by reason of the suspicious rumour flocked unto the publick Bath gave Commandment that one of the back Windows of the Bath should be opened that Paulus He is privily sent to exile should be let down at the said Window into a Ship ready appointed for the purpose and thence be conveyed to exile The Governour had commanded him that he should sail thence strait to Thessalonica the Head City of Macedonia from thence his Ancestors came and there make his aboad Paulus thinking little or nothing of all this is both deprived his Church banished the City and forthwith brought to exile Philip got him with And Macedonius carried by Philip to their Church The Souldiers guard them with naked Swords The people are amazed run thither speed from the Bath to the Church Macedonius accompanies him as it was concluded afore sitting by his side in the Waggon in the face of the whole Multitude the Souldiers guarded them with naked Swords the multitude in compass are amazed thereat and struck with sudden fear all ran to the Church such as defended the Creed that contained the clause of one Substance flocked to the Church saith the History as well as the Arrian To the Nicenians and Arians Hereticks The Governour and Macedonius being come near the Church a marvellous great fear afrighted both the multitude and the Souldiers themselves so great a company gathered together No passing the Company was so great The Souldiers force their passage on this side and that that there was no passing for the Governour to lead Macedonius The Souldiers were fain to force the people of this side and that but the throng was so great and the room so narrow that they could not recoyl The Souldiers supposing that the multitude had set themselves against them and of set purpose stopped their walk that the Governour might have no passage thereaway drew their Swords let fly amongst them and laid on lustily the report was That there fell about three thousand one hundred About three thousand and one hundred slain and stifled and crushed to death Macedonius not regarding is enstalled by the Governor whereof some were slain by the Souldiers others stifled in the throng and crushed to death But Macedonius saith the History after all these famous acts as if he had committed no offence and were innocent and guiltless touching all this heinous and horrible slaughter is stalled in the Bishops Seat more by the censure of the Governour than by the Canon of the Church These be the means saith the History that Macedonius and the
suffer any kind of torment then deny their Saviour Christ Jesus Others Others Sacrifice saith he counterfeit Christians who thought that the Riches and Honour of this World was true felicity it self without any delay fell to Sacrifice Ecebolius the Sophist of Constantinople was Ecebolius the Sophist turns Cat in the Pan again Falls to Idolatry after Julianus death turns again His Speech in the Church Poâ—ch when he laid himself all along for the passers in to tread upon him one of them who in the dayes of Constantine was an earnest follower of the Christian Faith but when Julian succeeded him he fell to Gentility and the Idolatry of the Pagans after the death of Julian he became a Professor of the Doctrine of Christ again and lying along at the Porch of the Church saith the History cryed to such as came in Tread me underfoot for that I am the unsavoury Salt As a scourge for Julian who undertook these enterprizes for Julians Judgments The Persians invade him the Heathen Godds and against the Christians the Persians invaded some of the Romans Jurisdiction of whom to be revenged he took his Journey into the East through the Coasts of Asia and Raiseth money on the Christians for not Sacrificing to maintaâ—n his Wars Whâ—ch was rigorously exactâ—d considering that many evils and inconvenies attended War and great sums of mony were requisite he set a great fine on the heads of those that would not Sacrifice So that the Christians every one rateably were assessed in a certain sum which was very grievous and duly demanded which Law he made of force not onely where he travelled but also in such Countries where he came not The Heathen hereupon insult over the Christians near so that he wonderfully enriched himself with injurious heaps of money unjustly exacted Then did the Gentiles insult over the Christians the Philosophers celebrated their frequented Conferences they solemnized certain detestable Rites and Ceremonies they made slaughter of Infants sparing no Sex They used Perform their Rites Slay Infants their Intrals for Southsaying they tasted of their tender flesh These detestable practises were both at Athens and Alexandria and elsewhere And because Athanasius was returned to Alexandria Cap. 12. Athanasius returned is falsly accused divers false accusations were raised against him that he had subverted Egypt and the whole City of Alexandria so that of necessity they said unto the Emperor that it behoved him to banish Athanasius out of Alexandria so that by the command of the Emperor the Governor was sorely incensed against him concerning The Emperor incenst which Athanasius is said to utter these words to some of Athanasius prophesies of the shortness of the storm Gets away is pursued but lies hid his Familiars My Friends let us go aside for a season this is but a little Cloud which will quickly vanish away He immediately took shipping and went into Egypt his Adversaries pursued him his Followers perswaded him to fly into the Desart so he escaped them and got privily again into Alexandria where he hid himself till the kindled flame of Persecution was quenched Furthermore The Governors enrich themselves by the Taxes on the Christians the Governors of Provinces thinking it now high time to fill their Bags under colour of Religion vexed the Christians far sorer than the Emperors Proclamation bore them out in demanding greater Taxes then they were rated at and sometimes tormented their Bodies which the Emperor winked at and answered The Emperor winks at it and flouts the Christians with their required patience the Christians when they complained It is your part when you have injuries offered you to take it patiently for so your God commanded you At Maris in Phrygia Amachius the Governor commanded the Cap. 13. A notable attempt of three Christians in Maris in Phrygia on the Idols Temple Idols Temple to be set wide open and to be cleansed and set himself to the worshipping of the Idols which pricked not a little in Conscience saith the History the zealous Christians wherefore Macedonius Theodulus and Tatianus brake in the night season into the Temple threw down their Idols and stamped them into ponder at which when the Governor was exceeding wroth and threatned to execute divers of the Citizens the men aforesaid presented themselves who were the Authors thereof that the They present themselves to death lest the guiltless should die guiltless of that Act might not suffer and chose to die themselves for the Truth The Governour commanded them to clear themselves by Sacrifice threatning severely to punish them if they did it not They set nought by his threats and made themselves ready Endure all kind of torments the Gridiron and are broyled to death to suffer The Governor when he had assayed them with all kind of torments last of all set them on the Gridiron and caused fire to be made under and broiled them to death and to the end that they might gloriously encounter saith the History under the glorious Garland of Victory they reasoned thus with the Governor If thou long O Amachius after broyled meat turn up the Their noble Speech on the Gridiron other side of us lest in the eating we seem raw unto thee and the blood run about thy teeth Onward in his Journey towards the Persians the Emperor proceeded Cap. 15. Julian in his expedition against the Persians is derided at Antioch with his long thrum Beard when he had from the Christians heaped up a great sum of money and came to Antioch where the people derided him with his long thrum beard and bad him make halters thereof when he had for the advantage of his Souldiers put down the rates of the Market so playing upon him which he to be revenged of them for the flouting of his Beard answered in an Oration which He avenges it in an Oration he called Antiochian or Misopogon wherein he defamed the City of Antioch for ever He got him also to the Oracle of Apollo at Daphne a little from Cap. 16. Attends the Oracle of Apollo The Devil would not speak He interprets the cause to the Body of Babilas removes it Antioch But the Devil saith the History whose dwelling was in that Den would give the Emperor no answer The Emperor supposing the cause to be the body of Babylas the Martyr which lay there caused his Tomb to be removed thence with speed The Christians of Antioch hearing of this they assembled together their Men Women and Children they rejoyce and are The Christians rejoyce with Songs Julian is plagued determines to do as had Dioclesian glad and sing Psalms in reproof or derision of the Heathen god and such as worshipped Images which plagued the Emperor who thereby discovered his inward mind determined to torment the Christians as Dioclesian had before but his expedition against the His expedition hinders Orders these Christians punishment Persians
the chief in matters of Religion may be seen one against another but that the beginning of the work of condemning of Books after men are dead may be understood and the men that undertook it and the ground on which they went Yet was not the matter ended between John and Epiphanius for Epiphanius not only made a Deacon in Johns Church without Johns License and denyed to lodg with him at his House saying He would neither lie with him nor pray with him unless be would banish Dioscorus and his Brethren out of the City and subscribe with his own hand the Decree which condemneth the works of Origen Which John paused upon and would not rashly undertake but John pauses hereon Epiphanius does both at celebration of the Communion Epiphanius being by the Complices of Theophilus set in the midst in the Church of the Apostles he condemned the Works of Origen and excommunicated Dioscorus and his Brethren all to reprove John for taking their To reflect on John part to whom when John heard this he sent this Message by Serapion Epiphanius Thou dost many things contrary to the Canons Johns Message to him first In that thou hast presumed to make Ministers within my Diocess secondly In that thou hast ministred the Communion of thy own head without my License Again in that thou didst refuse it when I requested thee and now thou didst it of thy self therefore take heed lest Warns him of the hostility of the people the people stomach thy dealings and be set on an uproar If ought come amiss thou hast thy remedy in thy hand This Message stroke Epiphanius with fear who got him away Epiphanius is afraid and hasts away His Message to John by way of pâ—ophesie wishing Johns to him in the same Both take place and it 's said as he went to take Shipping He said of John I hope thou shalt never die a Bishop And John of him I hope thou shalt never come alive into thy Countrey Whether these things were true or not the event proved so for neither came Epiphamus alive to Cyprus for he died on the Sea by the way neither died John a Bishop for he was deposed and banished the Church as aforesaid Well Epiphanius having hoised Sail and John hearing that CAp. 14 John preaches in diâ—praise of all Women because Eudoxia countenanced Epiphanius Eudoxia takes it as including her complains to the Emperor A Councâ—l called at Calcedon thereupon Johns Oppâ—sitâ—s hasten thither Theophilus among the râ—st Eudoxius the Empress had countenanced Epiphanius against him he presently steps up and preached a Sermon wholly in dispraise of all Women which being taken to include the Empress and she complaining to the Emperor that she was contumeliously dealt withal A Council was called of Bishops at Chalcedon witherto gladly resorted all those that owed John a displeasure or that were cast out by him or did not like him and Theophilus hasted thither also to take the opportunity which John himself had administred to have him out which was the end and drift of all his other contrivance and negotiation where he was enveighed bitterly against as a wicked man and an arrogant and sullen Bishop John charged to be an arrogant and sullen Bishop He is cited to appear Refuses four times because they were his Enemies And appeals to the General Council He is deposed So they babble not saith the Historian against the Books of Origen but they fall to forming false accusations against him and cite him to appear which he refusing four times to appear after their citations because they were his Enemies and therefore no indifferent Judges and appealing from them to the General Council They notwithstanding proceed against him and depose him of his Bishoprick after they had condemned him because he refused to appear and for no other cause But the people took The people â—ise this ill and made an uproar and would not suffer him to be cast out of the Church yet he privily got away the third day to Exile Hegoes of himself privily to Exile The Emperor forced to fetch him back He refuses to come into the City of himself having respect to the publick peace but from Exile the Emperor was constrained to fetch him who sent Briso aforesaid the Empress Eunuch for that purpose who refused to come into the City till his Cause was heard and would have staid in the Suburbs at Marianae till then but the multitude forceth The people force him him thence and also to take his place of a Bishop again and both to Pray and to Preach which administred occasion to his Adversaries And to Pray Preach to accuse him again though for the present they were constrained His Enemies lay it up to let it lie dead because of the multitude Now whilst these things were and that his Adversaries watched Cap. 15. Heraclides is charged for occasion the second time to have him deposed Heraclides business was endeavoured to be brought on the Stage as to what was done at Ephesus viz. his unjust punishing of certain persons imprisoning and leading them ignominiously through the streets of Ephesus intending thereby a reflection upon John who had made Heraclides who was a Deacon of his Church yet of Cyprus the Bishops of that place to cease the tumult upon the death of the former John answered That of right no man ought to be judged John opposes the prosecution because of Heraclides absence Those of Alexandria urge iâ— in his absence without the presence of the party and the hearing of his own Cause Those of Alexandria urged notwithstanding the hearing of the Witnesses as that which ought to be though he was absent So great contention and strife hereupon arose between the Citizens of Constantinople and the Inhabitants of Alexandria The people fall out wound and kill one another thereabouts Theophilus and the Bishop hie them home hereupon Blood the fruit of most of their contentions and whilst they skirmished one with another many were sore wounded and divers also presently dispatched This being done Theophilus got him in all haste to Alexandria and the other Bishops to their several places having shed blood upon their quarrels the understanding of which was then come to light And this was the fruit of most of their contentions and quarrels So Theophilus got home but left behind him greater hatred An account of Theophilus than ever because that though he condemned Origens Books yet he looked into them more studiously than before for indeed it was John he aimed at not so much Origen when he went about by the Judgment on Origen to reach John a man of such convertibility and transformation into any thing his craft and cunning led him to accomplish his innate desire of revenge and blood as one ordinarily shall meet withal To whom I have given no more than the History allows when I have so spoken Dioscorus died not
Whereupon He gets away Sabbatius steps up for the Bishopâ—ick Getshimself consecrated to the breaking of his Oath not to be a Bishop Sabbatius aforesaid thinking this to be his opportunity got a Company of obscure Bishops to consecrate him and so contrary to his solemn Oath and dreadful Protestations steps up a Bishop one of them that consecrated him being Harmogenes whom before he had excommunicated But this fetch served not his turn for the Novations detesting his abominable proceedings sought Town Chrysanthus is found out and stalled a Bish Sabbat disappointed He is the first of the Bishops that gave Gold to the poor His allowance but two loaves of Blessed Bread every Sunday A Tragical Scene at Alexandria and Countrey after Chrysanthus and having found him lurking in Bythinia forced him thence and stalled him Bishop He was the first that of his own Substance gave Gold to the poor he took nothing but every Sunday two Loaves of the Blessed Bread as the Historian tearms it Now I have a Tragical Scaene again to enter upon for without Blood and Persecution hardly was any thing accomplished among the Bishops of Alexandria where the people of any are most prone to such things it so fell out That on a Saturday the people gathered in great multitudes to see a certain Dancer and to Through occasion of the Jews present on the Sabbath day at the publick Dancing pass time therewith and because the Jews spent not that day in the hearing of their Law being the Sabbath day but gave themselves wholly to the hearing of Comedies and Interludes to the beholding of Shews and Spectacles That day was the occasion of great Schism and contention among the people which though The ground of the Quarrel it was partly appeased by Orestes the Lieutenant of Alexandria yet the Jews gave not over their quarrel for the spight they owed unto the one part of the Faction for the Jews as they were found alwayes deadly foes unto the Christians so then above all other times they were incensed because of the Dancers Wherefore when as Orestes had nailed on the Theatre the Writ of Politick Government for so they called the Lieutenants Proclamation some of Cyrillus's familiar Friends stepped up and among the rest one Hierax to examine what the Lieutenant had written whom when the Jews had espied there they exclaimed that he came thither for no other cause but to set the people together by the Ears Orestes although he envied the Bishops because they had cut short the credit and power of the Magistrates which was done by reason of them with the Emperors yet then he spighted Cyrillus above all other times because of his prying into the Lieutenants Writings and curiously sifting out the Contents and meanings of them therefore he caused Hierax openly to be apprehended Hierax punished on the Theatre and extreamly to be punished Cyrillus hereupon cited the chief of the Jews to appear before him Cyril threatens the Jews and told them plainly That if they would not give over their Rebellions and Traiterous Conspiracies against the Christians he would punish them according to their deserts The Jews stomached the They stomached iâ— as the Governor did his medling with the Civil Authority They plot against the Christians Bishops Threats and therefore devising with themselves set an opportunity wherein to set upon the Christians on a certain time in the night season they caused certain to cry out Fire Fire The Christians running out to see what was the matter the Jews that watched under the Penthouses and had a sign of a Ring of Palm Trees every one fell upon the Christians and dispatched Many Christians are slain Cyril executes some of the Jews in their Synagogue plunders and banishes the rest them which being understood Cyrillus with great power got him to the Jews Synagogue and executed presently some of the Jews and others he banished others he bereaved of their Substance upon occasion whereof the Jews who had inhabited Alexandria from the time of Alexander King of Macedonia were banished thence and dispersed over all the Countries Orestes took this Deed of Cyrils very ill being sorry that so Orestes is troubled informs the Emperor Noble a City should be deprived of so great a multitude therefore he certified the Emperor thereof Cyril also painted in Paper Cyril doth the same the conspiracy of the Jews and sent it in writing to the Emperor yet he sought to be Friends with Orestes which when Seeks Orestes friendship He refuses yea the New Testament also which Cyril put into his hand Orestes would not hearken unto he reached into his hand the New Testament supposing that he would reverence the Book and receive him the better But when the mind of Orestes would not be turned another Scaene was acted which was as followeth Fifty Monks of Nitria partakers in the quarrel of Cyril came Cap 14. A second Trag. Scene at Alexandria Fifty Monks assault Orestes in Cyrils quarrel to Alexandria and encountered the Lieutenant in his Chariot calling him Sacrificer and an Ethnick with such like he supposing that Cyril was in the consparacy cryed out That he was a Christian and that Atticus Bishop of Constantinople had Baptized him But the Monks having no regard to his words one of them viz. Ammonius took him in the Head with a Stone with which His head is wounded having sorely wounded the Lieutenant so that the blood ran The blood runs down His Guard flies The people rescue him The Monks flie Ammonius that did the Act taken about his ears the Sergeants or his Guard for the most part fled away the stones flying about them and held down their heads among the multitude In the mean time the people came and in the Lieutenants behalf set upon the Monks so that the Monks ran all away only Ammonius who being taken and brought before the Lieutenant he according to the Law reasoned with him concerning the matter pronounced against him the Sentence of Justice and tormented him as long as he had breath in his Body Tormented him whiâ—st he had breath Cyril buried his body changed his Name Extolled his courage Commands him to he called a Martyr who was a Ryoter Sober Christians allow it not Cyril took his body calling him not Ammonius but Thamnasius and in the Church extolled the noble courage of the man and the great combate he endured for Godliness who was a Rioter and commanded he should be called a Martyr which the more modest and sober Christians allowed not of knowing him not to have dyed because he would not deny Christ but to have suffered due punishment for his rash enterprises So by little and little Cyril was enforced to let the matter fall unto the ground yet the Cyril forced to let the matter fall quarrel between Cyrill and Orestes was not at an end but produced this third Scene of which when I have