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in_o all_o the_o affair_n relate_v to_o the_o saxon_a church_n which_o will_v seem_v very_o strange_a consider_v its_o novelty_n at_o that_o time_n and_o what_o small_a reputation_n it_o be_v in_o either_o in_o france_n or_o italy_n 43._o and_o however_o wilfrid_n or_o benedict_n biscop_n may_v in_o some_o particular_a monastery_n introduce_v the_o benedictin_a rule_n yet_o as_o that_o learned_a gentleman_n sr._n john_n marsham_n have_v observe_v anglican_n there_o be_v no_o general_n constitution_n prescribe_v it_o before_o the_o council_n of_o winchester_n under_o dunstan_n a._n d._n 965._o and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o the_o pure_a benedictin_a rule_n but_o a_o collection_n of_o ancient_a custom_n accommodate_v to_o that_o rule_n as_o will_v easy_o appear_v to_o any_o that_o will_v compare_v the_o rule_n and_o that_o concordia_fw-la regularis_fw-la together_o not_o as_o it_o be_v imperfect_o publish_v by_o mr._n selden_n but_o as_o it_o be_v extant_a entire_a in_o reyner_n appendix_n 77._o methinks_v so_o great_a a_o zealot_n as_o dunstan_n be_v for_o the_o benedictin_a order_n shall_v not_o have_v continue_v the_o old_a custom_n together_o with_o that_o rule_n if_o he_o have_v be_v of_o mr._n cressy_n mind_n in_o believe_v it_o to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o divine_a inspiration_n nay_o wilfrid_n and_o benedict_n biscop_n be_v not_o for_o the_o pure_a benedictin_a rule_n for_o the_o former_a some_o say_v join_v the_o gregorian_a office_n with_o it_o and_o the_o latter_a declare_v express_o 89._o that_o he_o have_v gather_v his_o rule_n out_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o seventeen_o monastery_n which_o be_v a_o very_a vain_a and_o fruitless_a labour_n if_o he_o have_v think_v s._n benedict_n write_v his_o rule_n by_o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o french_a benedictin_n who_o have_v late_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o benedictin_n convert_v england_n do_v suppose_v without_o reason_n that_o since_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o boniface_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v monk_n very_o early_o in_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n 8._o they_o must_v be_v either_o equitian_n or_o benedictin_a monk_n we_o meddle_v not_o with_o equitian_n monk_n which_o our_o learned_a antiquary_n upon_o good_a ground_n say_v they_o meet_v with_o no_o footstep_n of_o in_o our_o record_n that_o be_v a_o particular_a conceit_n of_o baronius_n and_o be_v quit_v by_o his_o defender_n gallonius_n but_o we_o say_v that_o in_o italy_n at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v several_a institution_n of_o monk_n different_a from_o those_o of_o s._n equitius_n and_o s._n benedict_n for_o every_o person_n who_o affect_v that_o kind_n of_o life_n and_o be_v able_a to_o found_v a_o monastery_n give_v such_o rule_n to_o it_o as_o he_o think_v fit_a some_o be_v first_o institute_v for_o devotion_n and_o labour_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a the_o benedictin_a order_n be_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o it_o other_o for_o devotion_n and_o study_n as_o it_o be_v evident_a 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the_o lateran_n church_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o cassino_n yet_o this_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o prove_v that_o augustin_n or_o the_o preach_a monk_n be_v of_o that_o order_n which_o it_o be_v their_o design_n to_o prove_v and_o themselves_o suggest_v that_o concern_v the_o council_n of_o boniface_n when_o mellitus_n be_v at_o rome_n which_o afford_v we_o a_o good_a argument_n against_o they_o viz._n 22._o that_o when_o melâ—itus_n be_v send_v to_o rome_n about_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o english_a church_n they_o confess_v that_o a_o dispute_n be_v raise_v about_o the_o benedictin_a monk_n whether_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o priesthood_n or_o no_o but_o what_o likelihood_n be_v there_o that_o shall_v have_v be_v ever_o call_v in_o question_n at_o rome_n if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o thing_n so_o notorious_a that_o gregory_n and_o augustin_n and_o his_o companion_n be_v of_o that_o order_n and_o have_v bear_v the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n who_o dare_v 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sanxerunt_fw-la 15._o eadmerus_n make_v the_o command_n to_o come_v from_o s._n john_n himself_o in_o those_o church_n which_o be_v under_o his_o care_n which_o practice_n say_v colman_n have_v be_v deliver_v down_o to_o we_o by_o a_o uninterrupted_a succession_n of_o holy_a and_o prudent_a man_n and_o have_v be_v inviolable_o observe_v hitherto_o and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o still_o what_o can_v those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n desire_v more_o than_o they_o bring_v for_o this_o practice_n nay_o i._n s._n will_v have_v tell_v they_o the_o pope_n infallibility_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v to_o that_o of_o oral_a tradition_n what_o certainty_n will_v he_o say_v can_v they_o have_v have_v of_o any_o thing_n if_o they_o reject_v such_o evidence_n as_o this_o but_o it_o seem_v this_o kind_n of_o tradition_n be_v not_o value_v so_o much_o then_o no_o nor_o any_o thing_n else_o when_o it_o oppose_v their_o interest_n it_o be_v not_o this_o or_o that_o day_n be_v in_o truth_n the_o occasion_n of_o the_o dispute_n but_o the_o poor_a british_a and_o scottish_a christian_n must_v submit_v to_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n and_o do_v as_o they_o will_v have_v they_o 4._o beda_n say_v express_o that_o they_o do_v not_o comply_v with_o the_o jew_n as_o to_o the_o day_n of_o the_o week_n but_o ignorant_o and_o by_o follow_v uncertain_a cycle_n they_o mistake_v in_o the_o certain_a sunday_n be_v man_n of_o very_a great_a devotion_n and_o goodness_n and_o learn_v only_o what_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o prophet_n evangelist_n and_o apostle_n but_o be_v that_o as_o it_o will_v no_o favour_n be_v to_o be_v show_v they_o without_o present_a compliance_n and_o for_o this_o purpose_n wilfrid_n be_v a_o excellent_a instrument_n who_o begin_v in_o bede_n his_o answer_n to_o colman_n by_o say_v 2d_o the_o easter_n we_o observe_v we_o see_v observe_v at_o rome_n by_o all_o person_n where_o peter_n and_o paul_n live_v and_o teach_v and_o suffer_v and_o be_v bury_v the_o same_o say_v he_o be_v observe_v in_o italy_n and_o gaul_n in_o africa_n asia_n egypt_n and_o greece_n and_o all_o the_o world_n over_o except_o these_o obstinate_a britain_n and_o pict_n very_o confident_o say_v how_o true_o will_v be_v see_v afterward_o however_o he_o confess_v that_o s._n john_n practice_n be_v agreeable_a to_o they_o but_o s._n peter_n when_o he_o preach_v at_o rome_n there_o be_v the_o emphasis_n of_o it_o appoint_v otherwise_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v keep_v on_o the_o sunday_n that_o do_v fall_v between_o the_o fifteen_o and_o one_o and_o twenty_o it_o seem_v s._n peter_n and_o s._n john_n differ_v as_o much_o about_o easter_n as_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n do_v about_o tonsure_v and_o this_o say_v he_o all_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n after_o s._n john_n death_n and_o his_o successor_n observe_v it_o seem_v his_o authority_n vanish_v at_o his_o death_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o be_v not_o first_o decree_v but_o confirm_v 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petrus_n &_o super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o i_o confess_v be_v home_n to_o the_o business_n 25._o although_o the_o saxon_a homily_n with_o no_o less_o than_o malignant_a ingratitude_n understand_v the_o rock_n of_o christ_n himself_o and_o the_o faith_n which_o peter_n confess_v but_o however_o wilfrid_n make_v such_o a_o noise_n with_o s._n peter_n key_n that_o the_o good_a king_n oswi_n very_o believe_v that_o he_o keep_v heaven-gate_n tell_v they_o all_o plain_o that_o for_o his_o part_n he_o will_v follow_v s._n peter_n for_o fear_n he_o shall_v shut_v heaven-gate_n against_o he_o when_o he_o come_v thither_o and_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a the_o people_n can_v not_o but_o be_v mighty_o move_v with_o this_o by_o which_o mean_v wilfrid_n prevail_v and_o colman_n be_v force_v to_o retire_v from_o his_o bishopric_n steph._n heddius_n add_v only_o far_o 10._o that_o wilfrid_n insist_v on_o this_o that_o the_o nicene_n father_n have_v appoint_v the_o cycle_n of_o 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divine_a inspiration_n tell_v he_o god_n have_v not_o call_v he_o to_o it_o a._n d._n 1575._o gregory_n the_o thirteen_o give_v they_o his_o bull_n for_o settle_v the_o congregation_n of_o the_o oratory_n in_o the_o church_n of_o s._n maria_n in_o vallâ—cellâ—_n with_o the_o parochial_a charge_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o in_o imitation_n of_o this_o other_o be_v set_v up_o at_o naples_n and_o several_a other_o place_n of_o italy_n philip_n nerius_n be_v make_v precedent_n of_o the_o congregation_n set_v himself_o to_o the_o frame_v the_o constitution_n of_o it_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v his_o mind_n that_o none_o who_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v of_o that_o order_n shall_v enter_v into_o any_o vow_n at_o all_o 313_o and_o that_o if_o any_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o make_v solemn_a vow_n they_o shall_v leave_v the_o congregation_n and_o betake_v themselves_o to_o some_o religious_a order_n for_o be_v design_v those_o of_o his_o society_n shall_v be_v think_v 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paris_n without_o any_o vow_n 2._o and_o with_o a_o full_a liberty_n of_o the_o member_n of_o it_o as_o to_o the_o disposal_n of_o their_o estate_n so_o as_o they_o obtain_v no_o right_a they_o lose_v none_o by_o be_v of_o the_o congregation_n and_o pretend_v to_o no_o privilege_n or_o exemption_n from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o profess_v to_o live_v as_o much_o as_o any_o other_o clergyman_n in_o subjection_n to_o they_o which_o congregation_n by_o the_o encouragement_n of_o the_o bishop_n have_v spread_v very_o much_o in_o france_n in_o a_o little_a time_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o peter_n de_fw-fr berulle_n a._n d._n 1611._o and_o before_o his_o death_n a._n d._n 1628._o the_o sammarthani_n say_v 993._o that_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o oratory_n be_v diffuse_v almost_o over_o all_o france_n and_o i_o do_v not_o question_v it_o find_v the_o great_a
thing_n and_o why_o shall_v we_o wonder_v if_o they_o have_v do_v it_o in_o england_n trithemius_n who_o be_v no_o fool_n 279._o for_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o the_o benedictin_n reckon_v caprasius_n among_o the_o famous_a man_n of_o that_o order_n but_o the_o mischief_n of_o it_o be_v that_o caprasius_n live_v about_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o s._n benedict_n as_o vincentius_n baralis_fw-la observe_v 193_o so_o likewise_o he_o piace_v s._n câ—â—sarius_n among_o they_o who_o die_v after_o he_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o arles_n forty_o year_n before_o s._n benedict_n and_o therefore_o be_v somewhat_o unlikely_a to_o be_v breed_v up_o a_o monk_n in_o his_o order_n indeed_o in_o one_o of_o his_o homily_n he_o call_v s._n benedict_n our_o father_n 84._o but_o the_o same_o vincentius_n observe_v that_o the_o name_n benedict_n be_v soi_v in_o by_o the_o monk_n no_o such_o name_n appear_v in_o the_o ancient_a ms._n â—61_n and_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o forego_n chapter_n that_o this_o demonstration_n will_v not_o hold_v in_o france_n and_o certain_o there_o be_v as_o little_a reason_n it_o shall_v in_o england_n §_o 5._o for_o mr._n broughton_n have_v take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o prove_v etc._n that_o there_o be_v other_o ancient_a order_n which_o continue_v after_o the_o come_n of_o augustin_n that_o neither_o gregory_n nor_o augustin_n nor_o his_o companion_n can_v be_v benedictin_n that_o the_o monastic_a rule_n introduce_v by_o augustin_n be_v very_o different_a from_o those_o of_o benedict_n both_o in_o habit_n custom_n public_a service_n and_o other_o particular_n 30._o and_o that_o not_o any_o one_o monastery_n till_o about_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o augustin_n be_v come_v into_o england_n be_v or_o can_v be_v of_o s._n benedict_v rule_n or_o order_n and_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o former_a demonstration_n he_o say_v that_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o ethelbert_n and_o s._n augustine_n time_n the_o 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that_o the_o design_n of_o it_o be_v to_o prove_v that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n of_o the_o saxon_n there_o be_v no_o rule_n nor_o order_n from_o egypt_n nor_o of_o s._n benedict_n nor_o of_o s._n equitius_n and_o in_o the_o body_n of_o his_o book_n he_o very_o often_o disprove_v their_o opinion_n who_o make_v augustin_n and_o his_o companion_n to_o be_v of_o a_o equitâ—â—n_a order_n and_o mr._n broughton_n write_v since_o their_o testimony_n and_o in_o confutation_n of_o it_o now_o their_o testimony_n as_o it_o be_v set_v down_o by_o mr._n cressy_n be_v thus_o that_o they_o have_v spend_v much_o time_n in_o search_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o nation_n do_v affirm_v they_o can_v find_v only_o two_o sort_n of_o monk_n in_o the_o ancient_a saxon_a church_n the_o first_o such_o as_o follow_v the_o egyptian_a form_n of_o monachism_n before_o s._n austin_n be_v arrival_n which_o plain_o make_v against_o mr._n cressy_n be_v a_o express_a acknowledgement_n that_o there_o be_v 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and_o his_o companion_n do_v bring_v the_o benedictin_a order_n hither_o the_o time_n of_o who_o come_n they_o as_o certain_o know_v as_o of_o any_o other_o order_n look_v too_o much_o like_o a_o contradiction_n for_o such_o great_a man_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o but_o we_o must_v suppose_v they_o mean_v any_o year_n after_o augustins_n come_v yet_o i_o can_v hardly_o think_v such_o know_a person_n shall_v not_o at_o least_o be_v able_a to_o give_v a_o very_a probable_a conjecture_n concern_v it_o for_o in_o the_o ms._n life_n of_o wilfrid_a extant_a in_o the_o library_n of_o one_o of_o those_o learned_a person_n and_o write_v by_o one_o that_o live_v in_o the_o same_o time_n with_o he_o and_o who_o name_n be_v mention_v by_o bede_n in_o his_o history_n viz._n steph._n eddius_n or_o heddius_n we_o have_v this_o account_n of_o he_o that_o at_o fourteen_o year_n of_o age_n 2._o he_o be_v send_v by_o queen_n eanfâ—ed_v to_o attend_v upon_o a_o noble_a man_n call_v cudda_n in_o the_o 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eighty_o four_o other_o a_o cycle_n of_o twenty_o five_o other_o of_o thirty_o and_o he_o mention_n the_o endeavour_n of_o isidore_n hierom_n clement_n and_o origen_n all_o of_o egypt_n to_o compose_v this_o matter_n but_o notwithstanding_o all_o the_o care_n use_v to_o settle_v this_o controversy_n the_o breach_n of_o the_o church_n continue_v about_o it_o and_o if_o we_o believe_v hen._n valesius_fw-la 23._o the_o inhabitant_n of_o syria_n and_o mesopotamia_n have_v espouse_v the_o celebrate_n easter_n on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n not_o long_o before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a but_o what_o difference_n soever_o happen_v before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v not_o a_o uniform_a practice_n settle_v by_o the_o decree_n of_o it_o and_o all_o church_n oblige_v to_o reckon_v the_o paschal_n sunday_n from_o the_o fifteen_o to_o the_o twenty_o first_o and_o consequent_o the_o british_a and_o scottish_a church_n be_v guilty_a of_o oppose_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o the_o 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aegidius_n bucherius_n a_o learned_a jesuit_n have_v full_o prove_v that_o no_o cycle_n or_o certain_a rule_n be_v at_o all_o appoint_v by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a 6._o although_o soon_o after_o he_o confess_v the_o cycle_n of_o 19_o be_v find_v out_o as_o he_o probable_o think_v by_o eusebius_n of_o caesarea_n and_o afterward_o perfect_v by_o theophilus_n of_o alexandria_n in_o the_o time_n of_o theodosius_n the_o elder_a but_o if_o the_o alexandrian_a cycle_n have_v be_v determine_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a 34._o how_o come_v it_o to_o be_v omit_v in_o the_o kalendarium_n romanum_n publish_v by_o herwart_n which_o he_o say_v be_v set_v forth_o the_o very_a year_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n a._n d._n 325._o wherein_o though_o there_o be_v dominical_a letter_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o golden_a number_n but_o if_o he_o be_v mistake_v in_o the_o time_n and_o it_o come_v forth_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o constantius_n the_o argument_n will_v still_o hold_v and_o if_o there_o be_v so_o universal_a a_o consent_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n after_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o s._n cyrill_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o paschal_n epistle_n say_v 482._o there_o be_v so_o much_o confusion_n in_o the_o account_n of_o easter_n in_o the_o church_n the_o camp_n and_o the_o palace_n how_o come_v theodosius_n to_o send_v so_o earnest_o to_o theophilus_n of_o alexandria_n about_o it_o but_o above_o all_o whence_o come_v such_o mighty_a difference_n between_o the_o eastern_a and_o western_a church_n about_o easter_n long_o after_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a of_o which_o a_o full_a account_n be_v give_v by_o the_o two_o learned_a jesuit_n 6._o petavius_n and_o bucherius_n which_o latter_a have_v at_o large_a prove_v that_o the_o latin_a church_n do_v still_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o jewish_a cycle_n of_o eighty_o four_o and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o alexandrian_a of_o nineteen_o and_o that_o they_o reckon_v not_o from_o fifteen_o to_o twenty_o one_o but_o from_o sixteen_o to_o twenty_o two_o from_o whence_o arise_v those_o hot_a contest_v about_o the_o right_a easter_n between_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o alexandria_n especial_o in_o the_o time_n of_o leo_n in_o the_o year_n 444._o and_o 455._o and_o paschasinus_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o leo_n about_o the_o former_a easter_n mention_n the_o romana_fw-la supputatio_fw-la 63._o as_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o alexandria_n and_o as_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o dispute_n in_o a._n d._n 455._o there_o be_v eight_o day_n difference_n between_o the_o easter_n at_o rome_n and_o at_o alexandria_n which_o cause_v great_a dispute_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o letter_n of_o leo_n to_o martianus_n and_o eudocia_n 65._o and_o the_o answer_n of_o proterius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n of_o which_o prosper_v in_o his_o chronicon_fw-la say_v 455._o that_o although_o the_o latin_a church_n do_v submit_v for_o peace_n sake_n yet_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o right_n and_o such_o a_o example_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v follow_v and_o the_o same_o prosper_n 382._o do_v often_o mention_v the_o cycle_n of_o eighty_o four_o as_o that_o which_o the_o latin_a church_n do_v make_v use_n of_o at_o that_o time_n but_o this_o be_v find_v too_o short_a and_o insufficient_a victorius_n be_v employ_v to_o frame_v a_o new_a paschal_n canon_n fit_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o latin_a church_n which_o be_v first_o print_v by_o bucherius_n 9â—_n wherein_o although_o he_o differ_v from_o the_o old_a latin_a calculation_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o lunar_a month_n yet_o he_o proceed_v still_o in_o the_o old_a way_n of_o reckon_n from_o sixteen_o to_o twenty_o two_o victorius_n write_v his_o paschal_n canon_n a._n d._n 457._o to_o hilarus_n archdeacon_n of_o rome_n who_o succeed_v leo_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o write_v it_o be_v from_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o roman_a church_n in_o the_o computation_n of_o 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