.ß AgainfBel1anninel CAP .14,, greatly, anddidpromifè that hewould worfhip noother God after- wards, Beufeb. on the life ofConflant. Books. Andhewas asgoodas he promifed tobe, as it isevident out ofthofe Proclamations ofhis he made in favor of theChriftians,which he caufed to be promulga- ted,when he reigned,together with Liciniz c; Eufeh. Book to.Chap. f. And was not he become a Chriftian till Sylvefier had initiated him, whowaged war against Licinius upon ties quarrel', becaufe he handled the Chrittians fo ill, and nothing fo curteouflyas he ought? But whereas he rcporteth , That Peter andPatti did appearunto him in adreame by night, andcommandedhim, that he hou1dfondfor Syl- vefter,and that be enquiredofhim,vehether there Wcrefuel Clods wor- ¡hippedameng the ChriJliansas they ca°ledPeter & Paul.Thefethings are exceeding ridiculous and incredible. What witnefl'es I pray-you were there that could fay that Peter and Paulappeared untohim by night ? to whom did Conflantine tell thi. ? what did he tell it Sylve- Jier,nct to Eufebitu? or how could he be ignorant of the Godofthe Chrittians,who had been taught longbefore this and that fo perfect. ly by the Chriftians,and whohad read the Scriptures himfelfe, who had alfovowed, that he would have no otherGodbut Chrift, as we have taught right nowout ofEufebieu ? For it is marvel! that he did not fend for Sylvefier.But when he was bidden todo fo by a Vihon, . who was fo familiarly acquainted with theholy minifters from the beginningofhisconverfìon,that he made them hiscompanions for foEufburs faith in the fame place, that he made Gods Priefis tofit as it tjVere a.flants tt'ith himfelfe. Therefore Zonaras was rafh inpre- ferring the Romilh rovingLegends, before the ancient Hittory that did aime more faithfully at the right mat'k. As for Necephoruu he was moved by the authority ofthe Romifh Church, and by the Font which is laid to be fet up at Romeby Con- fiantsee, as alfo becaufe the Emperour was admitted into theNicene Counted, wch as he thinks theNiceneFathers would not have done unleffehehad bin baptized before.But as the authority of theRoman Church& the Font,they fhall have their due moment & forcewith . all wife men, when theyof theChurchof Rome (hall prove them- felves not toplay legerdemain in thisand inmoft other matters,like a companyof cogging.mates. But that third thingabout his place in theSynod is lighter, then that it candiminifh the credit offuchand fo futfcient witneffes. For why fhould they not admit him into- their Synode, whom they ought to admit to publick prayers, and to the holy Sermons ? Ñ Synoc`,e is as it were an affemblyof thofe that
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