I hope the Reader will pardon me, if I here go a little out of my way, to vindicate the Story of _Constantine_’s seeing the Cross in the Heavens, from the Charge of Fiction and Imposture. There is scarce any Miracle, in my Opinion, which seems to be better attested than this, or which is capable of being confirm’d by more Eye-witnesses; for _Eusebius_, who lived in those Times, writes, that it was not only seen by _Constantine_ himself, but also by his whole Army, and that too in the Middle of the Day; and adds, that the Truth of the Fact was not only believed by the _Christians_, but by those who were Enemies to the Cross of _Christ_. So prevalent was the Report of this Miracle, that the Inhabitants testify in the triumphal Arch, which they dedicated to _Constantine_, that he conquer’d _Maxentius_ by the immediate Direction and Assistance of the Divinity, although but a little before many of them were of _Maxentius_’s Party, and Enemies to the Christian Name: So that they did not, in that triumphal Arch, made in Honour of _Constantine_, change the Form of the Cross into that of our Saviour’s, but order’d it to be figur’d with such Sculptures and Expressions, as were carv’d on the Arches of _Trajan_, _Severus_, and other _Roman_ Emperors, as appears by some such Monuments of _Antiquity_ as are at present to be seen at _Rome_. I cannot conclude with so much Certainty, that _Nazarius_ was a Christian, because his Daughter _Euphemia_ was such, as I can, from his panegyrical Address to _Constantine_. _’Tis the general Discourse among the_ Gauls, says he, _that there was an Angelick Host seen in the Air, and that they were sent by God; and although Things of a celestial Nature are imperceptible by human Sight, because a simple and incompounded Substance is not properly the Object of our Senses; yet_, as he proceeds, _these your auxiliary Forces of Heaven, who are cloath’d with visible Appearances, attended upon you, as Witnesses of your great Merits, and then withdrew into their etherial Mansions. But of what Species of the Creation were these exalted Spirits? Of what Firmness and Vigour of Body; of what Largeness of Limbs? Their glittering Shields blaz’d in an awful Manner, and the Splendour of their celestial Armour was terrible: They march’d in such formidable Array, that they seem’d to wait on you as your Guards. This was the Language which was heard among them: We are flying to the Assistance of_ Constantine. _Beings of a heavenly Nature may be allow’d to triumph, and there’s an Ambition which becomes them. This noble Army of Spirits who descended from above, were sent down by Omnipotence itself, and gloried that they fought for you._ But I shall add nothing farther of our Author, and shall only observe, that some Historians take Notice, that this large Cross was plac’d upon a gilded Column in the _Philadelphium_, which was the _Poets College_, and, as the following Inscription shews, was built near the _Porphyry_ Pillar.