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sound Christians, ' for asserting the Truth impliedunder that Title against the Nestorians , viz. thatthe eternal Son of God was conceived and , bornof the Virgin Mary . Another Imputation uponCyril isj " that he headed the Populace in repulsing" the sews from Alexandria ; in which Tumult the“ Governor himself was wounded, and had proba-" bly lost his Life, if his Guards had not advancedu to his Assistance.” But firs, this Story is of dis-putable Credit as coming from Socrates , who wasan Enemy to Cyril. That active Patriarch , up-on his first Promotion, put the Laws of Honoriusin Execution against the Novatians of Alexandria ,shutting up their Churches and confiscating theirEstates. This Socrates , who was ever favourableto those IJereticks , and probably one of themhimself, falsely charges as done by Cyril’s properAuthority : And it is observable, that this Histo-rian never mentions him* without faying some-thing to his disadvantage. Secondly, The Provo-cation, even by Socrates ' s Account, was verygreat on the Jews Side. * " They had, fays he,“ designedly drawn the Christians together in the" Night, by a false Alarm as if one of their“ Churches was on Fire, and then fell upon them" and put as many as they could to the Sword .”If therefore so daring and bloody an Insult uponhis People carried Cyril beyond the Bounds of hisOffice, human Infirmity upon such a Provocationwill plead ejscdlually for him. Especially consi-dering, that Orejles the Governor, who shouldhave done the Christians Justice , had before
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