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Show .. 1sg of W~tr Ana PeAce Emperours t:~re in errou~~they make L:rwt to maintain errour tJtgarnft the truth , by which laws the rig"tcous, are exami~ted and cr1wned.The fame elfwhere: Princes Epi{l. t66. ttre (o to be .1o_ rne Wtt h b') t he L/ 'o mmons, and Mafters by their'Jervants ,that by the ,exerci{e of patimce temporall things may ·l' "' ./u mdured, anJ eternal/ things af[ured, Which in another place he explains by the example of the antient ChrifHans J?tCivit.Dii.l. thus. The City cifChriff , though as yet ~... travelling on et~trth , ~'!1d having Jo great ·' , ·. mnltitt~des againft ungodly per[ecutm, did not fight for temporall [afety ; but, to obttJtin eterna/l,refufedto fight. They wm /Jound, they were imprifoned, they were be~t.ten , they were tormented, they were l11trn'd, torn in paces, crr#llJ Jlain, and ftill they were multiplyed. They c~u!d not fight for {alvation, unle[s for [alvation they did contemn their {afety . And {yri/lJ · w.ords upon that of John , concerning the [word of Peter , are of like fenfe,and no ldfe to the purpofe. I L X X I. The famous examplt of the 'Thebean Legion. THe Thcb£an Leoion , as the aCts do lhew us, confifi:~d if fix thoufand fix hundred fixty fix Soldiers, all Chriltians, Who ,when Maxtmianus (tt{arat ~~o· durum compelld his Army to facrifile to falfe Gods, marched away firil to 4tA"· nHt» 'I'he Firfl P~trt. t~Hm :and, when the Empetour had fent feme thither tO' command them co come to facl'ifife , upon their refufall , Maxi-mianus commaJ.tded every tenth man to tOe h · be fl a1' n , by h'I S SerJ•e a.ms. The com- MartyrUiJsU Sh O.: mand was executed eaftly without refi- noribu~ ap~d ficnce of any one. biauritius t the chief He!vcttos v1de of that legion , from whom .A1.annum 1~nuv1clltc:~a~ll:01 . f d , . eu JCCl ~ was ~ terwar call d Plcns UUauritii,at to de tranfla- • that time fpake thus to hia fellow ioldiers tione lanai · as Eucherius Bilhop of Lions hath rela~ Juftini ia noted : How afraid was I' [~fl. anw ove h11 vba-!" Cor- J. f d ,+, r h J~ J / e1am : Vn'- way ~ eJenJe C'W 1ch is eafy for armedjNxta jide111 ":en) foou/d attempt by .viDlence to Jave cbroni,oru• tmfe Meffed men from death ? For the re .. fub.Atroeiflim• flraint whtrof I was preparinr th1 examp'e bO:,.'~&omp.r._ .J Ch ; fl. h L h 6 '' ~~• 1/la dtci!IM "J IUr rtJ• ' w ' "} t e W()rJ of his own pi} NlrfJ11tJ11 (•mmand fH_t H_P the drawn (word of his !er(eeNtilnepaf-i. .Apoft/e a~am tnto the Jheath : jhewin fu• tNIII eolti..-that the vertue of (hriftian confidence~; gi'!'~s: IJNII & grtater than all arms. that none {houl'JP,~~~o;•b~bs Pt;fe-opp f. h L ' . a ,. IDJJI Ns 1111• 'Je~ emortalwor,.,_withmorta!lhands,ma•iDr;dum · 6ut fa,~h{ully accomplijh his undertak.!n 'lltne~ahile, dut!-w•t~a per{evering re!zg1im.After this multzt11dinem dectmatlOn,when the.Emperour gave tb M_m-tyrull!etZ/14 fame co d h r. ~ e mmeret, mter ·anf ~rna? t~ t e lUfV.Lvors ' they all1~os cti•"' pr~t.:. 0 v:er t us· CteJar, we are indeed thy '~!.~NIIIS.Mt~u• ~~ld_ters .,~and have t~tk.!n arms for defen[e mz~ Collegium, 0J the Roman Commonwealth .. h & m11mnti~t we ever ; • nor ave fPeeul11m. De defervcda~n rup-awa~es or traytors; nor Thebzis mar- , ard :r . '1 mark_ of difhonour for out· cow- tyribws Brun~ 111• .And willingly foot~ldwe obey the[e v.icu?J nanfla-your. c~mmands , unle[s the laws o~ o tl~ Vldc CraQt· Chrtftumity did forbid II th (h'J . ur z ·um Saxoni- . s e wtJr tp of c;orum.7. 16. Devils a |
