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^4^ ^^^ (^^onnds of
cient Witnefles^ all which are cited in feveral
late Writers, to whom I refer the Reader. And
fome of the Miracles wrought in thefe Ages, are
not only teftified by Chrittians, but alfo by Heathens
^ for Marcus Aurelius himfelf teftified publickly
in his Letters to the Senate, the Miracle
that was wrought at his Battel with the Marcomanni^
when the Chriftian Soldiers obtain'd by
their Prayers a refrefliing Shower to the Koman
Army diftrefs'd for Water; while at the fame
time the Forces of the Barbarians were overwhelmed
with Hail and Thunder. It appears to
be a thing fo commonly known, that it is mentioned
by the Poet Claudiart^ in 6 Conf, Hon.
Chald^a magofeu carmina ritu
Armavere Deos^ feu quod reor omne Tonantk
Ohfequium Marci mores potuere merer
And the Prodigy by which Theodoftus crufh'd
the Rebellion of Eugenius and Arbegdftes , is
alfo mentioned by the fame Poetj in thefe
Words :
n'mium dileUe Deo^ cuifundlt ab antris
JEolus armatas hyemes^ ^ mil'itat ather^
Et conjurati veniunt in clajjica vehti»
Claud, de 3 Conf.Hon.
Porphyry confefles, that wonderful Cures were
done at the T>,mbs of Chriftian Martyrs, Hier.
adv. Vigilant, c, 4. And that the Heathen Gods
could give no help to Men, after that Jefus began
to be worfliipped, Eujeb, lib, 5;. prap. Evang.
And ilp^//(?deular'd from the Oracle, that certain
juft Men. VIZ, the Chriftians, hinder'd him from
foretelling the truth , EuJeL de Vit. Conflant,
And