~------------------~~--~ Sermon 13 • Ofthe R. E suR RE c T 1 oN. ~~~------------- 'lit f Ale~andria to hdpe them our : As he did. And the like fell out in Saint · ~mb~V.· stim.e, Damafruand all, were to feeke about it, and he then faine to cleare . b his LXXXIII. Epiflle, ro the Btfhops of .IEmylla. . • . 1t Ny tpon tlle confulrin" oftheBtfhop ofAle:<andrra, rhere hangs athud proofe. Fl Pwofc. ' ow,t " r b b h s I . d fc rr <Om the pa{- The Pafchalcs epiffol£yearely tent a road y r at cc, tor us en •Leocon enerh to <h,•l~s Ep;flot~, h E erour That becaufe, they of .!Egypt were held for the moll: sktlfullm the 0 ' "JP."'r– c e mp ' l I · · b h • fl: C 11 N' I 'd """"''of<he Marhematikes, bell ar ea cu artons ; tt was y r e hr oun~e at . m JI upon Bilhop of A. them (this rrull} yearely to calculate the day exatlly, and to giVe nonce oftt mume ttxandda, to other ch11rdm, yea, to Rome and all. . . . Andir w2s a1Jtiq11a conjimt~do, CnrhCaftan (who.hved With ChryfoH_ume, and was c,a.,.10.~. his Deacon) thateveryyeare, the morrow afterrhetr Eptphama, the Bt!hop ofAle:<• .wdria[enrabroadhis·Pafchales epifM.e,towarne Eafl:er,over the world. And, when (after) by reafon ofwarres in the fpring rime, in many places they were inte~cepted, chat they came not time enough : Order was taken anew by the great Councell of Jfricke, thatletters for warning Eafl:er fhould come forth fooner, by the one and . . rwenrierh ofAttgtlji every yeare, that fo they might have timeto come, whithenhey ~::~};~rth"!,. w~refem fooneenough. Thefe Pafchales epif1ol~: were ever famous, and of high ?Ccount, for othergood mmer contained in rhem. Three ofrhem ofTheophiJm,we have extant, {o highly efieemed by Saint Hierom, as herooke the paincs ro turnerhem into Latine, and to him we ow~them. But,chough by rheNicene Coun.:e/1ehis was bid upon the Bifhop oft..Ale:<andria; I would nor have yoH conceive, itbeganchen. llu(fi'nfairh, the L.•.c.G. Councell did bur antiqmtm Canonem tradert, deliver the old Canon, that had beene L. 7 ,,, 0 , before in ufe.For, long beforeEufehiJu mentioned rhofePafchales epijlol,; fent about, Niceph.l.,.,,; by DionyfeBi01~p there, evenu~der t~e perfecurion. Nowifwcwtllfollow • Iobsadvrce, andfetourfelvesto..ukeo(theFathers:we t1~;,o~~·8. !hall finde habem/14 talemconfuetudmem, cleere wuh them for It. 1 Thofe tirfl:,rhat li- Fmm •be Fa. vcdafter the Churches peace: • Then thofe, thatduring the perfecution. Tho{e in ~~:,;~,:"' thechurches peace,fourewayes : '·By rheHomtlwor Sermons made purpofcly by pcacc,rhohr– them, robe preached on this Day. We have a full Iury,GrukeandLatine,ofthem; "'· ,oo. 1 ,.,., and that ofchemol! chiefeand eminent among them. Saint Bajil, Nar:.ianzen,Chry. ~phc H,,.;. feriOIIfe, Ny.Jfin,Theophilm,Alexandrinm,Cyril, Chryfologtu,Leo, &c. And yet I dcale ;~;~;;:• li•: not with any ofthofe in Amhrofe, dt•guffine,Ma:<imm, now extant; 1know, chey are qucllioned. I rely onely on the reporrofSlint Hierom and GennAdim, who fawthe rightcopies, and what they faw, have reported. Iwill give you atalleofone. ItfhallbeNazianzm, furnamed the Divine, and fo one thatknew what belonged to Divinity. ThllS begins hea Sermon ofhts upon it. Eafltr-day)uome, Go o s owneEaf1er-day: and againel fay, EaHer-day is come,in tln P<[iba. honourofthe Trinitie: the Feafl: ofJ:ealls, the folemnirie ofall folemnities, fo farre · palling all orher Fealls, holden nor onely by or for men, but even in honour of CH R r s T Himfdfe, as the Snnnedoth the Starres. And, in his funeral! Sermon for his father, having occafion but to name it by the wa~ (forrhatlus father once, brought to the lafl: cafl:, in afickndfe ofhis, fuddenly (as;rwcreby amiracle) recovered upon an Eaf1er-day morning.) It was (faichhe) Easler~the great arid famous Feafl: ofEaSier, the Q:eeneand the Soveraigne ofall the _dayesmtheycare•.That, in his day~s they had (fure)fuch a"'flame. (And fo tt feemes they had in Ignatim daycs : for, from him borrowed he that terme ofLady and .f<!!_uneofdayes, out ofhis Epi!HeadMagmjianos.) . . 2 By the Hymnes fer for this day, to be fung onir. By Pmdenrim that lived in Bytbe Hymnts Same <.Amb .~ • · B S · r. ,r: h' {i I' r . . 'i upon /iaf/tr• Bur Pal' "J'Htme. y am: v1_mvro 1 e tm elre. BerorehtmbySamcHt "')!· ,, 1 , - cula~all" h""' Imu.fl on. Hee, m hts Panegyrtcke for F<Plix, fersdownemparnch· li F t e Fea!lsmthe yeare, as they were then in ufe amoncr them : Eafter fora cu~e e c 1 aft. Heliued with Saint Auguftine. A pregnant Rec~rd,fortheChurches 'J'omtr lCn. .Bnheir Wri.. 3 By theirWritings. ' Someofrhemintheir Commentaries (as Saint Rierom) cingstourning B b b and f•llc..
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