In Meroe a city of Phrygia, three honest citizens, Macedonius, Theodulus, & Tacianus, when as the day before, the chief officer of the city had set open a temple of Idols, which had until that time bin shut up, to the intent there should now be sacrifice done in it, in the night entering into it they plucked down the Idols, and brake them. But when this judge and chief officer Amatius began to have tormented sundry Christians whereby he might come to knowledge who had broken the Idols: these three coming unto the judge, desired him not to torment any man for breaking the Idols, for they were the doers of it. Wherefore they were taken and roasted a great while, & at length burnt. In the same persecution Artemius lieutenant of egypt, because he constantly professed y• faith of Christ: was spoiled of all his goods, & in the end lost his head: y• like whereof many good, and honest men suffered. whoso desireth a more large description of these things: let him read y• 6. book of y• Tripartite history, also the histories of Ruffi. Theodo. and Sozo. ⟨image 52⟩Moreover, Julianus to y• intent he might 1molest the Christians, whom he could not compel to the Gentiles religion: he gave licence to the miserable Jews, to return to Jerusalem, there to assemble themselves together and to build a temple, and to frequent their sacrifice, promising unto them his assistance for the better accomplishing the same. But after that a great multitude of them was gathered together out of all nations and had prepared stuff for their present business, erected scaffolds to work upon and partly had digged their foundations and partly laid them, being busy about their building: behold, a great earthquake shook the foundations, and cast them down: there flamed also an horrible fire out of the very foundations, and a strange and terrible tempest over threw the scaffolds, shaking down what ever they had builded, and slew a great multitude of the Jews. There was also a terrible boule of fire tumbling there about all the day long, which hindered and endamaged them very much: and whereas before the Jews, ⟨p. 50⟩and Gentiles triumphed, insulted over, and threatened the Christians, Cyrillus bishop of Jerusalem, with great gravity & constancy forewarned them out of Daniel the prophet and the Gospel, that it 2was not possible y• they should sacrifice here, or else build up y• Jewish temple.
In Meroe a citie of Phrygia, thrée honest citizens, Macedonius, Theodulus, & Tacianus, when as the day before, the cheif officer of the citie had set open a temple of Idols, whiche had vntyll that time bin shutte vp, to th'eintent there should now be sacrifice done in it, in the night entring into it they plucked down the Idoles, and brake them. But when this iudge and chief officer Amatius began to haue tormented sundry Christians whereby hée might come to knowledge who had broken the Idols: these thrée comming vnto the iudge, desired him not to torment any man for breakyng the Idols, for they were the doers of it. Wherefore they were taken and rosted a great while, & at length burnt. In the same persecution Artemius lieutenant of egipt, bicause he cōstantly professed y• faith of Christ: was spoyled of al his goods, & in the end lost his head: y• like wherof many good, and honest men suffred. whoso desireth a more large description of these things: let him read y• 6. booke of y• Tripartite history, also the histories of Ruffi. Theodo. and Sozo. ⟨image 52⟩Moreouer, Iulianus to y• intēt he might 1molest the Christans, whom hée could not compell to the Gentiles religion: he gaue licence to the miserable Iewes, to returne to Ierusalem, there to assemble themselues togither and to build a temple, and to frequent their sacrifice, promisinge vnto them his asistance for the better accomplishinge the same. But after that a great multitude of them was gathered togither out of al nations and had prepared stuf for their present busines, erected scaffoldes to woork vpō and partly had digged their foundations and partly layd them, being busie about their buildinge: béeholde, a great earthquake shooke the foundations, and cast them downe: there flamed also an horrible fier out of the verie foundations, and a strange and terrible tempest ouer threwe the scaffoldes, shakinge downe what euer they had builded, and slew a great multitude of the Iewes. There was also a terrible boule of fier tūbling there about all the day longe, whiche hindred and indamaged them verye mutch: and wheras béefore the Iewes, ⟨p. 50⟩and Gentiles triumphed, insulted ouer, and threatned the Christians, Cyrillus bishop of Ierusalem, wt great grauity & constancie forewarned them out of Daniell the prophet and the Gospell, that it 2
- 1Julian sendeth the Jews build the Temple at Jerusalem.Iulian sendeth the Iewes build the Temple at Ierusalem.
- 2Dan. 9. Mat. 24. Luk. 21.
