68 Mofes hra Selfdeniall. The©. li. 4. cap. Ergteb. lib. 5. cap. 1. give commandement , that the Statue which you havecharged Petronius to e- red in the Temple of the Serves may never be advanced there ; this hee did, although heknew it was as muchas his lifewas worth, to aske any thing of Caius that was not anfwerable to his ho- nour. Many Chriflians would hardly goe fo farre in venturing themselves, either for Church or counrrey; as hee heredid for the laves. Theadoret like- wife tells us if a Noble Spirit in one Terentius, a.Captaineof the Emperour Valens, who being returned out of Ar- menia with a great vietory, the Empe- rout bad him aske a reward ; hee asked onely that hewouldbe pleafed togrant to thofe of the Orthodoxe Religion, one publike Church inAltiOrh 5 and al- though the Emperour were angry, and tore his Petition, bade him aske force- thingelfe, yet heperlitfed in this, and refufed any other reward for all the fervicehe had done. And Eufebius relates a noble exam- ple of a great Nobleman Vetius Epaga- thus appearing in thecaufeof theChri- ftians, not beingable to bearethe un- juft
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