A general ecclesiastical history from the nativity of our blessed saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by human laws, : under the Emperor Constantine the Great, containing the space of about 313 years ..To which is added, a large chronological table of all the Roman and ecclesiastical affairs, included in the same period of time . mfelf that he might have one Hour for being granted, he betook himfelf to his Devotions,and being repleniuYd with divine Grace, continud prayingtwo Hours together, .earneftly recommending to God theCafe of all his Friends and Acquaintance,
A general ecclesiastical history from the nativity of our blessed saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by human laws, : under the Emperor Constantine the Great, containing the space of about 313 years ..To which is added, a large chronological table of all the Roman and ecclesiastical affairs, included in the same period of time . mfelf that he might have one Hour for being granted, he betook himfelf to his Devotions,and being repleniuYd with divine Grace, continud prayingtwo Hours together, .earneftly recommending to God theCafe of all his Friends and Acquaintance, fmall and great,noble and ignoble, and the State of the Catholick Churchthroughout the whole world, to the Admiration of allthat henrd him; fo that many of the Soldiers began to re-pent that they were come out againft fo holy and divine anold Man. His Prayer being ended, they fat him upon an Afs,and condu6ted him towards the City; being upon theRoad he was met by Herod the Irenarch, and his FatherNiceftcs, who took hirn into rheir Chariot, and by plaufi-ble Infinuations fought to undermine his Conftancy, ask-ing him, What ill there was in calling the Emperor DO-MINUS, arid facrificing, by which he might efcape Pu-pigment2. Polycarp at mil returning no Anfwer, and allait refuling to comply, they turnd their feeming Kindnefs >..-/ into. thex^ into Scorn and Reproaches, and thruft him out of theChariot with fo much violence, that his Thigh was bruisdwith the Fall. Whereat nothing daunted, as if he had re~ceivM no hurt, he chearfully haftned to the Place of hisExecution under the Conduct of his Guard ; and being ar-rived there, after a confusd Noife and Tumult among theMultitude, a Voice from Heaven was many, butnone feen who deliverd trefex^ords, Be con-agious, Poly-carp, and quit thy [elf like a Mant Which could not but re-mind him of that glorious Promife made to him by JefusChrift about 70 Years before, Rev. Be thou faithfulunto D
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