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A28235 A looking-glass for the times being a tract concerning the original and rise of truth and the original and rise of Antichrist : showing by pregnant instances of Scripture, history, and other writings, that the principles and practices of the people called Quakers in this day and their sufferings are the same as were the principles and practices of Christ and His apostles ... / by George Bishope. Bishop, George, d. 1668. 1668 (1668) Wing B2998; ESTC R14705 345,237 250

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men preferred him unto this Dignity Ambrose being thus chose Bishop the Citizens of Millain who aforetime were at discord among themselves thenceforth imbraced Peace and Unity The City at quiet After the aforesaid stir was ended the Emperor Valentinianus Cap. 26. Valentine marches against the Sarmatians having raised great power made expedition against the Sarmatians who had assaulted the Roman Dominion they supposing themselves too weak to engage such a power sent Ambassadors to the They send Ambassadors to him He despises them as Abjects Emperor to joyn with them in League to establish a Peace between them He perceiving that they were but Abjects Rascals as the Historian termed them demanded Whether the rest of the Sarmatians were such as they When they had answered Yes O Emperor thou seest the chief of the Sarmatians before thee The Emperor He vext that the Romans should be infested by such a base people Burst forth into passionate words was so incensed thereat that breaking out into vehement Language he said The Empire of Rome hath ill luck to fall into my hands under whose reign so beggerly and so abject a kind of Barbarians could not be quiet and content themselves with safety within their own bounds but they must take Armor and rebel against the Roman Empire and so boldly proclaim open War And straining himself so with his extream speaking he opened every Vein in Opens his Veins breaks his Arteries dies his body and broke the Arteries asunder upon which there gushed out such a stream of blood that he died in the Castle commonly called Bergitium he lived fifty and four years and reigned thirteen Valentinianus being thus dead the same day at Acanicum the Anno. 380. His Son Valentine the younger proclaimed Souldiers of Italy proclaimed Valentinianus the younger so called after his Fathers Name who was of very tender years Emperor This the other Emperors took very much to heart not The other Emperors offended because chosen by the Souldiers not by them Yet gave their consent because he was Brother to the one and Brothers Son to the other but because he was appointed without their consent unto whom belonged to create him Emperor but both gave their consent that he should be Emperor Valens still continuing at Antioch and having little War with Cap. 27. Valens being quiet from Wars troubles the Christians Torments them with new devices Themistius the Philosophers Oration in their behalf quiets him the Barbarous Nations who kept themselves within their bounds still pursued those that held the Faith of one Substance and ceased not daily to invent new devices and strange torments wherewith he might plague them till the Oration of Themistius the Philosopher aforesaid somewhat mittigated him who admonished him not to marvel that the Christians varied among themselves in Religion that if Christianity were compared with the infinite Opinions reigning among the Heathen Poilosophers for there were above three hundred Opinions and great dissentions about Rules and Precepts whereunto every Sect necessarily addicted themselves it would seem but a very small thing and that God would set forth his Glory by the Diversity and Discord in Opinions to the end that every one might therefore the more stand in awe of his Majesty because it was not easie for every one to Afterwards he puts none to death know him perfectly So that afterwards he put none to death though he yet punished the Clergy with Exile or Banishment so Yet he ba●i●●es the Clergy till he was stopt upon occasion of the Goths long till his mischievous enterprizes were stopped upon such an occasion as followeth The Goths beyond Istrum by reason of civil Wars were divided Who being divided among themselves One party got the upper hand The other prays Valens help He orders it they prevail and become Christians in recompence among themselves into two parts Athanaricus seemed to get the upper hand Phritigernes thereupon sought aid of the Romans Valens commanded his Souldiers in Thrace to aid the one side against the other The Souldiers foiled Athanaricus which occasioned many of the Goths to imbrace the Faith of Christ for Phritigernes to requite the Emperors courtesie imbraced his Religion and perswaded his Subjects unto the same Ulphilas also Vlphilas their Bishop gets the Scriptures Translated into the Gotthick Letters Both Factions thereby became Christians but Arrians The subdued side persecu●es Bishop of the Goths having got the Gotthick Letters translated the Scripture into that Tongue so that as well those of the Faction of Athanaricus as of Phritegernes imbraced the Christian Religion but it was that of the Arrians because of the Emperor who was one himself These Athanaricus tormented grievously as if his Countrey Laws and Ordinances were corrupted thereby so that divers of them suffered Martyrdom Now saith the Historian Many put to death and suff●red not as Arius e●bracing the Christian Faith Arius because he could not withstand the error of Sabbellius the African fell from the right Faith saying That the Son of God was but lately created But these men received the Christian Faith with simplicity of mind sticked not to spend their lives in But in simplicity of mind the quarrel One thing more concurred in the wisdom of God quite to The Goths coming to Unity are over●un by the Hunni they flie to the Romans Valens receives them the onely thing in which he shewed himself clement Le ts them inhabit in Thracia Embraces them as his Guard extinguish persecution with Valens the Goths coming to Unity among themselves were over-run with the Hunni They flie to the Romans and protest Loyalty and Subjection Valens commanded not foreseeing the consequence that they should be received courteously and in this one thing onely shewed himself clement he appointed them certain Countries to inhabit in Thracia thinking himself happy for their coming supposing thereby to have alwayes ready an exercised Army on all occasions and that the Barbarians Guard would be a greater terror unto the Enemy then the Roman Souldiers Hence it came to pass that the Neglects the Romans old Souldiers Roman Souldiers were neglected to be exercised in feats of Arms and set at nought and the old Weather-beaten Warriors and valliant Captains laid aside and fourscore Crowns required for every Souldier that was pricked and mustred in every Village was required This he did when first he released them of their Tribute and which was the Original cause that the Roman Affairs prospered not a long time after But the Goths forgetting the The Goths over-run the Countrey kindness done them took Arms against the Romans over-ran and spoiled the Countrey When Valens heard of this he thought Valens hereupon forbears banishing the Nicenians Turns against the Rebels The persecution ceases it high time for him to leave exiling the true Christians and to turn himself unto these Rebels by this means the heat of Persecution kindled