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A42048
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The grand presvmption of the Roman Church in equalling their own traditions to the written word of God by Francis Gregory.
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Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.
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Wing G1894; ESTC R13146
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ancient_o so_o read_v and_o that_o about_o a_o thousand_o year_n ago_o it_o be_v thus_o translate_v out_o of_o the_o greek_a copy_n into_o latin_a by_o a_o certain_a abbot_n name_v dionysius_n and_o that_o such_o a_o copy_n be_v find_v in_o the_o roman_a library_n and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o read_v by_o paschasianus_fw-la the_o legate_n of_o pope_n leo_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o there_o approve_v but_o in_o desperate_a case_n the_o old_a rule_n must_v be_v observe_v scelere_fw-la tutandum_fw-la est_fw-la scelus_fw-la one_o lie_n must_v be_v justify_v by_o another_o for_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o believe_v that_o the_o only_a true_a copy_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n and_o that_o in_o a_o latin_a translation_n too_o shall_v be_v preserve_v at_o rome_n nor_o be_v it_o easy_a to_o imagine_v that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v such_o a_o authentic_a copy_n of_o that_o famous_a council_n lodge_v at_o rome_n it_o will_v have_v be_v permit_v so_o long_o 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particular_o in_o matter_n of_o appeal_n but_o how_o little_a these_o pretence_n be_v like_v by_o the_o council_n we_o may_v easy_o guess_v by_o that_o answer_n which_o be_v return_v by_o alipius_n who_o be_v a_o great_a man_n there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o trouble_v i_o that_o though_o we_o have_v examine_v the_o greek_a copy_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n yet_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v i_o can_v tell_v we_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n find_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o the_o roman_a bishop_n pretend_v and_o claim_v and_o so_o much_o do_v they_o certify_v pope_n boniface_n himself_o in_o their_o synodical_a letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v many_o greek_a copy_n before_o we_o we_o can_v not_o find_v what_o be_v intimate_v and_o demand_v from_o rome_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o any_o one_o however_o that_o they_o may_v satisfy_v themselves_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n too_o so_o much_o the_o better_a they_o think_v fit_a to_o dispatch_v away_o their_o letter_n to_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o atticus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n desire_v they_o to_o send_v over_o what_o copy_n and_o register_n they_o have_v of_o the_o nicene_n council_n who_o according_o do_v so_o for_o thus_o cyril_n tell_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thus_o atticus_n too_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v evident_a by_o these_o expression_n that_o these_o two_o bishop_n send_v over_o to_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n the_o act_n decree_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n entire_a uncorrupted_a and_o unquestionable_a and_o what_o be_v the_o issue_n do_v any_o one_o of_o these_o copy_n agree_v with_o that_o of_o rome_n no_o the_o council_n have_v peruse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o true_a copy_n send_v this_o message_n to_o caelestinus_n who_o be_v now_o become_v pope_n and_o have_v make_v the_o same_o demand_n with_o zosimus_n and_o boniface_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o can_v find_v any_o such_o canon_n as_o be_v pretend_v no_o not_o in_o the_o most_o authentic_a copy_n that_o we_o have_v peruse_v but_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o copy_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n mention_v by_o the_o pope_n legate_n to_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n be_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v unworthy_o and_o base_o corrupt_v and_o those_o word_n mention_v by_o bellarmine_n ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la primatum_fw-la be_v de_fw-fr novo_fw-la how_o politic_o soever_o yet_o knavish_o enough_o add_v to_o the_o old_a canon_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n resolve_v to_o alter_v nothing_o that_o have_v be_v define_v by_o the_o nicene_n father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o expression_n be_v enough_o to_o convince_v all_o reasonable_a man_n that_o this_o council_n of_o carthage_n have_v no_o inclination_n to_o change_v any_o but_o confirm_v all_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n but_o as_o to_o that_o canon_n which_o the_o pope_n legate_n pretend_v require_v or_o allow_v the_o african_a clergy_n to_o appeal_v from_o their_o own_o bishop_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o confirm_v this_o that_o they_o establish_v a_o express_a canon_n against_o it_o and_o thus_o it_o run_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n deacon_n and_o other_o inferior_a clergyman_n in_o whatever_o cause_n they_o have_v let_v they_o not_o appeal_v to_o any_o tribunal_n beyond_o the_o sea_n i._n e._n as_o the_o council_n express_o word_n it_o in_o their_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v they_o not_o appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n this_o canon_n do_v so_o nettle_n the_o roman_a bishop_n that_o upon_o this_o occasion_n boniface_n the_o second_o tell_v eulalius_n bishop_n of_o carthage_n who_o have_v now_o unworthy_o submit_v his_o chair_n to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n that_o his_o predecessor_n aurelius_n st._n austin_n and_o above_o two_o hundred_o more_o learned_a and_o pious_a bishop_n assemble_v in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n have_v deny_v subjection_n to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n because_o they_o be_v as_o he_o impudent_o affirm_v inspire_v and_o instigate_v by_o the_o devil_n but_o as_o from_o this_o determination_n of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n we_o may_v conclude_v that_o pretend_a canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n bishop_n allege_v by_o faustinus_n in_o the_o pope_n behalf_n to_o be_v spurious_a and_o forge_a so_o may_v we_o reasonable_o infer_v as_o much_o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o its_o matter_n which_o be_v altogether_o untrue_a and_o evident_o false_a for_o be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o so_o early_a a_o council_n as_o that_o of_o nice_n shall_v acknowledge_v and_o ratify_v the_o perpetual_a primacy_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n since_o it_o be_v notorious_o know_v that_o the_o primacy_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v first_o derive_v from_o that_o bloody_a emperor_n phocas_n and_o procure_v by_o the_o crafty_a insinuation_n of_o boniface_n the_o three_o who_o magna_fw-la cum_fw-la contentione_n as_o platina_n write_v with_o much_o ado_n procure_v but_o most_o willing_o assume_v to_o himself_o the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n and_o head_n of_o all_o other_o church_n that_o it_o be_v not_o thus_o in_o former_a age_n we_o have_v the_o confession_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a who_o tell_v we_o 36._o nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la praedecessorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la prophano_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la uti_fw-la consuevit_fw-la none_o of_o all_o my_o predecessor_n will_v ever_o assume_v to_o himself_o this_o profane_a title_n and_o as_o for_o himself_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o own_v it_o that_o he_o be_v the_o very_a first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n that_o style_v himself_o servus_n servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o servant_n of_o the_o servant_n of_o
to_o the_o very_a write_v oracle_n of_o god_n yet_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o that_o himself_o baronius_n and_o other_o of_o the_o roman_a faith_n do_v use_v the_o authority_n of_o these_o forge_a epistle_n to_o countenance_v several_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n wherein_o the_o reform_a church_n and_o they_o differ_v and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o there_o be_v several_a learned_a writer_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n who_o can_v but_o acknowledge_v that_o such_o and_o such_o epistle_n constitution_n recognition_n father_v upon_o their_o primitive_a and_o martyr_a bishop_n be_v shrewd_o suspect_v yea_o and_o clear_o prove_v too_o to_o be_v false_a and_o counterfeit_a 20.35_o thus_o lorinus_n verborum_fw-la domini_fw-la libre_fw-la tam_fw-la est_fw-la apocryphus_n quam_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la memorantur_fw-la clementis_fw-la recognitiones_fw-la the_o book_n of_o our_o lord_n word_n be_v as_o apocryphal_a as_o the_o recognition_n of_o clemens_n wherein_o that_o book_n be_v mention_v he_o 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very_a canon_n which_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o apostle_n whereof_o this_o be_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n the_o council_n of_o nice_a too_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o canon_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o st._n paul_n require_v the_o testimony_n two_o or_o three_o witness_n only_o even_o against_o a_o bishop_n whereas_o the_o pretend_a decree_n of_o zephyrinus_n demand_v seventy_o two_o and_o that_o with_o a_o appeal_n to_o rome_n which_o be_v enough_o to_o prove_v it_o false_a and_o forge_a such_o a_o counterfeit_a epistle_n too_o be_v the_o second_o of_o those_o two_o father_v upon_o pontianus_n which_o begin_v thus_o pontianus_n sanctae_fw-la &_o vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pontianus_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o holy_a and_o universal_a church_n this_o title_n in_o those_o early_a day_n unknown_a to_o the_o world_n be_v as_o yet_o not_o claim_v nor_o assume_v by_o any_o roman_a bishop_n but_o afterward_o deny_v and_o decry_v by_o gregory_n the_o great_a give_v we_o a_o fair_a and_o clear_a evidence_n that_o this_o epistle_n be_v counterfeit_a and_o write_v by_o some_o other_o hand_n as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o fabianus_n stephanus_n and_o some_o other_o succeed_a bishop_n with_o a_o design_n to_o pretend_v something_o of_o antiquity_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o those_o unwarrantable_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n for_o which_o they_o can_v produce_v no_o fair_a and_o clear_a evidence_n from_o the_o genuine_a and_o acknowledge_v write_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a father_n and_o as_o for_o the_o decree_n constitution_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o have_v sit_v in_o that_o chair_n since_o the_o time_n of_o sylvester_n what_o security_n have_v we_o but_o that_o these_o also_o may_v have_v be_v change_v corrupt_a and_o falsify_v according_a as_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n have_v so_o require_v bellarmine_n tell_v we_o palea_v that_o pope_n leo_n complain_v that_o whilst_o he_o himself_o be_v yet_o alive_a the_o grecian_n have_v corrupt_v his_o epistle_n to_o flavianus_n and_o why_o may_v not_o the_o latin_n for_o their_o own_o end_n do_v as_o much_o what_o reason_n have_v we_o to_o give_v credit_n to_o such_o and_o such_o papal_a decretal_n 12._o when_o bellarmine_n himself_o be_v press_v with_o a_o canon_n of_o zacharias_n that_o make_v against_o he_o have_v little_a to_o say_v but_o this_o zachariae_fw-la canon_n mihi_fw-la valde_fw-la suspectus_fw-la est_fw-la this_o canon_n of_o zacharias_n i_o do_v very_o much_o suspect_v and_o the_o truth_n be_v we_o be_v so_o much_o of_o his_o mind_n and_o have_v so_o much_o cause_n to_o be_v jealous_a that_o many_o canon_n and_o constitution_n ascribe_v to_o such_o and_o such_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v indeed_o none_o of_o they_o but_o only_o forge_v and_o counterfeit_v that_o we_o can_v upon_o their_o authority_n admit_v those_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n for_o which_o we_o can_v find_v no_o warrant_n in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n but_o 2._o the_o testimony_n of_o roman_a bishop_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o tradition_n be_v not_o firm_a and_o sure_a because_o the_o pope_n at_o least_o in_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n notwithstanding_o their_o pretence_n of_o his_o be_v infallible_a may_v possible_o be_v deceive_v himself_o and_o if_o so_o he_o may_v deceive_v we_o too_o it_o be_v the_o free_a concession_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o that_o as_o he_o say_v wherein_o all_o catholic_n do_v agree_v posse_fw-la pontificem_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la pontificem_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la svo_fw-la coetu_fw-la consiliariorum_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la generali_fw-la concilio_n errare_fw-la in_o controversiis_fw-la facti_fw-la particularibus_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la informatione_fw-la testimoniÃsque_fw-la hominum_fw-la pendent_fw-la that_o the_o pope_n consider_v as_o pope_n with_o his_o private_a or_o general_a council_n may_v err_v in_o particular_a matter_n of_o fact_n which_o depend_v upon_o the_o information_n and_o testimony_n of_o other_o man_n and_o that_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o case_n in_o hand_n the_o business_n of_o tradition_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o the_o whole_a controversy_n under_o our_o present_a disquisition_n be_v only_o this_o whether_o christ_n deliver_v to_o his_o apostle_n the_o apostle_n to_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n they_o to_o their_o immediate_a successor_n and_o so_o from_o age_n to_o age_n such_o and_o such_o particular_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n as_o be_v now_o contend_v for_o by_o the_o roman_a church_n so_o that_o the_o whole_a question_n in_o hand_n be_v concern_v about_o matter_n of_o fact_n wherein_o they_o themselves_o acknowledge_v the_o fallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n we_o have_v little_a reason_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o his_o determination_n and_o to_o be_v so_o well_o satisfy_v with_o his_o testimony_n as_o to_o think_v ourselves_o oblige_v thereby_o to_o believe_v and_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o the_o scripture_n do_v neither_o assert_v nor_o command_v but_o what_o if_o the_o pope_n may_v err_v in_o considerable_a point_n of_o faith_n too_o and_o become_v a_o heretic_n be_v we_o oblige_v to_o believe_v his_o testimony_n even_o then_o too_o photius_n tell_v we_o that_o by_o the_o canon-law_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heretic_n may_v not_o in_o any_o judicature_n be_v admit_v to_o bear_v witness_n against_o any_o orthodox_n christian_n within_o the_o church_n and_o certain_o if_o heresy_n be_v a_o crime_n of_o that_o nature_n as_o that_o it_o have_v be_v think_v enough_o to_o exclude_v or_o evacuate_v any_o man_n evidence_n in_o civil_a cause_n we_o shall_v have_v but_o little_a reason_n to_o admit_v any_o person_n that_o be_v as_o liable_a to_o heresy_n as_o other_o man_n as_o a_o infallible_a witness_n in_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a and_o sacred_a concern_v and_o that_o several_a bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v be_v not_o only_o shrewd_o suspect_v but_o public_o accuse_v and_o condemn_v too_o and_o that_o of_o the_o foul_a heresy_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v by_o any_o man_n who_o brow_n be_v not_o make_v of_o brass_n it_o be_v record_v by_o several_a author_n and_o those_o of_o good_a name_n and_o credit_n that_o some_o roman_a bishop_n have_v be_v monothelites_n some_o montanist_n some_o eutychian_o some_o arrian_n yea_o and_o some_o downright_a atheist_n too_o but_o the_o charge_n be_v heavy_a against_o they_o and_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v lie_v at_o stake_n and_o the_o pope_n infallibility_n also_o be_v herein_o somewhat_o concern_v we_o must_v inquire_v into_o the_o witness_n and_o see_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o deserve_v to_o be_v believe_v for_o so_o just_o tender_a be_v the_o christian_a church_n of_o the_o reputation_n of_o her_o bishop_n that_o she_o will_v not_o admit_v all_o person_n whatsoever_o to_o bring_v in_o evidence_n against_o they_o no_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o general_n council_n forbid_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d