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will_v say_v be_v 1._o let_v he_o that_o be_v without_o error_n be_v the_o first_o in_o damn_v he_o 2._o but_o it_o be_v just_a with_o god_n to_o leave_v he_o to_o be_v number_v with_o heretic_n who_o be_v so_o blind_o zealous_a in_o execute_v the_o sentence_n of_o hereticate_a prelate_n the_o case_n of_o nestorius_n and_o many_o other_o before_o §_o 3._o in_o his_o time_n the_o indian_a auxumite_n turn_v to_o christ_n and_o justinian_n joyful_o send_v they_o a_o bishop_n and_o i_o take_v it_o for_o more_o dishonour_n to_o the_o bishop_n than_o to_o he_o that_o nicephorus_n say_v c._n 32._o in_o pontifices_fw-la quos_fw-la admodum_fw-la de_fw-la sodomorum_fw-la haeresi_fw-la insanire_fw-la compererat_fw-la acerbe_fw-la seu_fw-la potius_fw-la faede_fw-la justinianus_n animadvertit_fw-la and_o it_o be_v note_v ibid._n that_o in_o a_o famine_n he_o command_v flesh_n to_o be_v sell_v in_o lent_n but_o the_o people_n will_v die_v rather_o than_o buy_v it_o and_o break_v their_o custom_n §_o 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distance_n 4._o because_o it_o alter_v the_o ancient_a office_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o set_v new_a one_o in_o the_o stead_n as_o a_o bishop_n be_v the_o bishop_n of_o one_o church_n so_o a_o presbyter_n be_v his_o assistant_n ejusdem_fw-la ordinis_fw-la in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n who_o now_o be_v turn_v into_o a_o mere_a usher_n or_o worshipping-teacher_n or_o chaplain_n 5._o because_o it_o certain_o divide_v the_o church_n for_o christian_n will_v unite_v in_o a_o divine_a institution_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o true_a discipline_n that_o will_v never_o unite_v in_o a_o humane_a policy_n which_o abrogate_v the_o divine_a and_o certain_o destroy_v command_v necessary_a discipline_n §_o 35._o the_o very_a work_n also_o of_o the_o bishop_n and_o so_o the_o office_n come_v thus_o to_o be_v change_v christ_n have_v appoint_v no_o other_o church_n
forsake_v the_o party_n call_v the_o catholic_n church_n and_o gather_v separate_v church_n and_o become_v the_o head_n of_o a_o schism_n call_v since_o luciferian_a heretic_n mere_o because_o the_o church_n receive_v the_o confess_v return_v arian_n to_o communion_n and_o he_o own_v elavianus_fw-la and_o thus_o even_o good_a bishop_n can_v not_o agree_v nor_o escape_v the_o imputation_n of_o heresy_n §_o 10._o baronius_n and_o binnius_n after_o he_o say_v nazianzenus_n hunc_fw-la discordiam_fw-la suâ_fw-la abdicatione_n compositum_fw-la iri_fw-la arbitratus_fw-la sedi_fw-la constantinopolitanae_n cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magno_fw-la bonorum_fw-la ac_fw-la populi_fw-la fletu_fw-la renunâ—iat_fw-la atque_fw-la statim_fw-la post_fw-la habitas_fw-la in_o synodo_fw-la aliquot_fw-la actiones_fw-la comitantibus_fw-la optimis_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la orientalibus_fw-la in_fw-la cappadociam_fw-la discedit_fw-la tum_o qui_fw-la supererant_fw-la ibi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ac_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la nundinarii_fw-la in_fw-la locum_fw-la christiani_n perfectissimi_fw-la theologi_fw-la absolutissimi_fw-la monachi_fw-la castissimi_fw-la nectarium_fw-la hominem_fw-la nondum_fw-la christianum_fw-la sed_fw-la adhuc_fw-la catechumenum_fw-la rerum_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la penitùs_fw-la imperitum_fw-la in_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la saeculi_fw-la &_o carnis_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la versatum_fw-la suffecerunt_fw-la §_o 11._o this_o council_n add_v to_o the_o nicene_n creed_n some_o word_n about_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o advancement_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n by_o this_o synod_n with_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o breed_v such_o a_o jealousy_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o have_v break_v the_o church_n of_o the_o east_n and_o west_n which_o be_v unhealed_a to_o this_o day_n §_o 12._o lxxii_o two_o bishop_n palladius_n and_o secundianus_n complain_v to_o gratian_n that_o they_o be_v unjust_o judge_v arian_n and_o desire_v a_o council_n to_o try_v they_o ambrose_n persuade_v he_o not_o to_o trouble_v all_o the_o world_n for_o two_o men._n a_o council_n of_o 32_o bishop_n be_v call_v for_o they_o at_o aquileia_n they_o refuse_v to_o be_v accountable_a to_o so_o few_o and_o be_v condemn_v §_o 13._o lxxiii_o an._n 381._o twelve_o bishop_n meet_v at_o caesaraugusta_n against_o the_o priscillianist_n these_o man_n have_v divers_a other_o council_n in_o those_o time_n ithacius_n and_o idacius_n be_v the_o leader_n the_o whole_a story_n you_o may_v find_v in_o sulpitius_n severus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o martin_n etc._n etc._n the_o sum_n be_v this_o priscillianus_n a_o rich_a man_n of_o much_o wit_n and_o learning_n be_v infect_v with_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o gnostic_n and_o manichee_n many_o follow_v he_o his_o party_n be_v much_o in_o fast_v and_o read_v the_o bishop_n in_o council_n excommunicate_v they_o yet_o they_o keep_v up_o the_o bishop_n in_o council_n seek_v to_o the_o emperor_n gratian_n to_o suppress_v they_o by_o the_o sword_n a_o while_n they_o prevail_v but_o the_o priscillianist_n quick_o learn_v that_o way_n and_o get_v a_o great_a courtier_n to_o be_v their_o friend_n and_o gratian_n restore_v they_o gratian_n be_v kill_v when_o maximus_n be_v choose_v emperor_n by_o his_o army_n the_o bishop_n go_v to_o maximus_n for_o help_v the_o arian_n have_v get_v head_n against_o ambrose_n at_o milan_n and_o these_o sectary_n trouble_v the_o church_n in_o france_n spain_n and_o italy_n maximus_n a_o man_n high_o commend_v for_o piety_n by_o most_o writer_n see_v that_o be_v force_v by_o his_o army_n to_o accept_v the_o empire_n he_o be_v a_o usurper_n be_v once_o engage_v think_v the_o defence_n of_o the_o orthodox_n will_v strengthen_v he_o so_o he_o force_v valentinian_n by_o threat_n to_o forbear_v wrong_v ambrose_n and_o to_o please_v the_o bishop_n he_o put_v priscillian_n to_o death_n and_o banish_v some_o of_o his_o follower_n martin_n bishop_n of_o tom_n be_v a_o man_n 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unlearned_a man_n a_o schismatic_a suspect_v of_o favour_a priscillianism_n but_o martin_n holiness_n and_o miracle_n magnify_v he_o with_o the_o religious_a sort_n at_o last_o a_o great_a priscillianist_n be_v sentence_v to_o death_n martin_n travel_v to_o the_o emperor_n maximus_n to_o beg_v his_o life_n maximus_n tell_v he_o he_o will_v grant_v his_o desire_n if_o he_o will_v but_o once_o communicate_v with_o the_o bishop_n martin_n prefer_v mercy_n before_o sacrifice_n yield_v and_o do_v once_o communicate_v with_o they_o but_o profess_v that_o in_o his_o way_n home_o a_o angel_n correct_v he_o and_o threaten_v he_o if_o he_o do_v so_o any_o more_o and_o that_o from_o that_o time_n his_o gift_n of_o miracle_n be_v diminish_v and_o so_o he_o never_o communicate_v with_o they_o more_o to_o the_o death_n sulpitius_n his_o narrative_n put_v the_o reader_n to_o a_o great_a difficulty_n either_o to_o believe_v so_o many_o and_o great_a miracle_n as_o he_o report_v or_o not_o to_o believe_v so_o learned_a pious_a and_o credible_a a_o historian_n who_o profess_v to_o say_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o either_o see_v himself_o or_o have_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o martin_n or_o those_o that_o see_v they_o and_o who_o speak_v his_o own_o knowledge_n of_o his_o eximious_a piety_n he_o speak_v hardly_o of_o the_o bishop_n not_o only_o as_o comply_v with_o a_o usurper_n but_o that_o ithacius_n in_o particular_a of_o his_o knowledge_n be_v one_o that_o much_o care_v not_o what_o he_o say_v or_o do_v the_o bishop_n will_v have_v deny_v that_o the_o death_n of_o priscillian_n be_v by_o their_o mean_n be_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n shall_v canonize_v martin_n for_o a_o saint_n believe_v his_o great_a miracle_n and_o yet_o themselves_o go_v a_o hundred_o time_n further_o against_o the_o blood_n of_o dissenter_n than_o the_o bishop_n do_v who_o saint_n martin_n therefore_o oppose_v and_o separate_v from_o to_o the_o death_n the_o church_n in_o spain_n and_o elsewhere_o be_v disturb_v and_o scatter_a or_o endanger_v by_o soldier_n to_o please_v these_o bishop_n not_o as_o some_o forge_n that_o maximus_n do_v persecute_v the_o christian_n for_o the_o prey_n for_o most_o writer_n magnify_v his_o piety_n and_o defence_n of_o ambrose_n and_o the_o orthodox_n that_o condemn_v his_o usurpation_n though_o he_o say_v the_o soldier_n in_o britain_n force_v he_o to_o it_o §_o 14._o lxxiv_o a_o general_n council_n be_v call_v to_o rome_n by_o the_o emperor_n and_o damasus_n but_o the_o oriental_a bishop_n will_v not_o come_v so_o far_o but_o meet_v at_o constantinople_n here_o damasus_n own_v paulinus_n at_o antioch_n as_o the_o council_n of_o const._n have_v own_a meletius_n and_o so_o neither_o will_v be_v obedient_a to_o the_o other_o the_o general_n council_n nor_o the_o pope_n but_o damasus_n dare_v not_o excommunicate_a flavianus_n but_o permit_v two_o bishop_n to_o continue_v at_o antioch_n account_v a_o schism_n which_o continue_v long_o §_o 15._o lxxv_o the_o oriental_a bishop_n that_o will_v not_o come_v to_o rome_n meet_v at_o constantinople_n write_v to_o rome_n to_o tell_v they_o their_o case_n and_o faith_n &_o mind_v they_o that_o it_o be_v according_a to_o the_o canon_n that_o neighbour_n bishop_n and_o not_o stranger_n shall_v ordain_v bishop_n to_o vacant_a seat_n to_o justify_v their_o set_n up_o flavianus_n when_o rome_n set_v up_o paulinus_n and_o they_o give_v account_n of_o the_o advancement_n of_o const._n and_o jerusalem_n and_o call_v jerusalem_n the_o mother_n of_o all_o other_o church_n §_o 16._o a_o synod_n hold_v at_o syda_o against_o the_o massalian_o little_a be_v know_v of_o §_o 17._o lxxvi_o a_o council_n at_o bourdeaux_n condemn_v instantius_fw-la priscillian_n who_o thereupon_o be_v slay_v at_o trever_n §_o 18._o lxxvii_o an._n 386._o a_o council_n at_o rome_n under_o syricius_n repeat_v some_o of_o the_o old_a canon_n §_o 19_o lxxviii_o theognostus_n have_v excommunicate_v ithacius_n and_o reprehend_v the_o bishop_n as_o irregular_a and_o bloody_a for_o procure_v the_o death_n of_o priscillian_n a_o council_n call_v at_o trever_n do_v justify_v and_o acquit_v
administer_a the_o communion_n without_o his_o licence_n and_o yet_o refuse_v to_o do_v it_o when_o he_o desire_v it_o wherefore_o he_o bid_v he_o take_v heed_n lest_o he_o set_v the_o people_n in_o a_o uproar_n for_o if_o aught_o come_v amiss_o he_o have_v his_o remedy_n in_o his_o hand_n epiphanius_n hear_v this_o go_v away_o in_o fear_n and_o take_v ship_n for_o cyprus_n the_o report_n go_v say_v socrates_n cap._n 13._o that_o as_o he_o go_v he_o say_v of_o john_n i_o hope_v thou_o shall_v never_o die_v a_o bishop_n and_o that_o chrysostome_n answer_v he_o i_o hope_v thou_o shall_v never_o come_v alive_a into_o thy_o country_n and_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o for_o epiphanius_n die_v at_o sea_n by_o the_o way_n and_o chysostome_n die_v depose_v and_o banish_v §_o 42._o the_o empress_n eudoxia_n be_v say_v to_o set_v epiphanius_n on_o work_n chrysostome_n be_v hot_a make_v a_o sermon_n of_o the_o fault_n of_o woman_n which_o be_v interpret_v to_o be_v against_o the_o empress_n she_o irritate_v the_o emperor_n against_o he_o and_o get_v theophilus_n to_o call_v a_o council_n against_o he_o at_o quercus_fw-la near_o chalcedon_n and_o constant._n thither_o come_v sâ—verianus_n and_o many_o bishop_n that_o chrysostome_n have_v depose_v and_o many_o that_o be_v his_o enemy_n for_o his_o strictness_n but_o especial_o time-servers_a that_o know_v the_o will_n of_o the_o empress_n if_o not_o the_o emperor_n when_o they_o summon_v he_o to_o appear_v before_o they_o he_o answer_v that_o by_o the_o canon_n there_o must_v be_v more_o patriarch_n and_o he_o appeal_v to_o a_o general_n council_n yet_o not_o deny_v to_o answer_v any_o where_o if_o they_o will_v put_v out_o his_o enemy_n from_o be_v his_o judge_n and_o that_o in_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o but_o they_o sentence_v he_o depose_v for_o not_o appear_v the_o people_n be_v present_o in_o a_o uproar_n and_o will_v not_o let_v he_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o church_n the_o emperor_n command_v his_o banishment_n to_o avoid_v tumult_n the_o three_o day_n he_o yield_v himself_o to_o the_o soldier_n to_o be_v transport_v the_o people_n hereupon_o be_v all_o in_o a_o uproar_n and_o it_o please_v god_n that_o there_o be_v a_o earthquake_n that_o night_n whereupon_o the_o emperor_n send_v after_o he_o to_o entreat_v he_o to_o return_v when_o he_o come_v back_o he_o will_v not_o have_v officiate_v till_o his_o cause_n be_v hear_v by_o equal_a judge_n but_o the_o people_n constrain_v he_o to_o pray_o and_o preach_v which_o be_v after_o make_v the_o matter_n of_o his_o accusation_n theophilus_n be_v hate_v as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o and_o severianus_n as_o the_o second_o after_o this_o theophilus_n turn_v his_o accusation_n upon_o heraclide_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n put_v in_o by_o chrysostome_n they_o condemn_v he_o unheard_a in_o his_o absence_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o alexandrian_n say_v it_o be_v just_a they_o go_v hereupon_o together_o by_o the_o ear_n and_o some_o be_v wound_v and_o some_o be_v kill_v and_o theophilus_n glad_a to_o fly_v home_o to_o alexandria_n but_o be_v hate_v by_o the_o people_n §_o 43._o after_o this_o a_o silver_n image_n of_o the_o empress_n be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o street_n and_o play_n and_o show_v about_o it_o which_o chrysostome_n perhaps_o too_o sharp_o reproach_v this_o provoke_v the_o empress_n to_o call_v another_o council_n which_o depose_v chrysostome_n for_o seize_v upon_o his_o place_n before_o a_o council_n restore_v he_o he_o cease_v his_o office_n the_o emperor_n banish_v he_o his_o people_n in_o passion_n set_v the_o church_n on_o fire_n which_o burn_v down_o the_o senator_n court_n for_o which_o grievous_a suffering_n befall_v they_o upon_o this_o they_o forsake_v the_o church_n and_o the_o new_a bishop_n arsacius_n a_o old_a useless_a man_n and_o gather_v conventicle_n by_o themselves_o ☞_o and_o be_v long_o call_v joannites_n from_o his_o name_n and_o take_v for_o schismatic_n but_o they_o never_o return_v till_o the_o name_n and_o bone_n of_o chrysostome_n be_v restore_v to_o honour_n §_o 44._o the_o novatian_o quarrel_v with_o chrysostome_n as_o too_o loose_a in_o his_o doctrine_n and_o too_o strict_a in_o his_o life_n because_o he_o say_v in_o a_o sermon_n if_o you_o sin_n a_o hundred_o time_n the_o church_n door_n shall_v be_v open_a to_o you_o if_o you_o repent_v and_o chrysostome_n angry_a with_o sisinnius_n the_o novatian_a bishop_n tell_v he_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o city_n and_o threaten_v to_o silence_v he_o from_o preach_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v behold_v to_o he_o then_o for_o save_v he_o his_o labour_n but_o chrysostome_n answer_v he_o nay_o if_o it_o be_v a_o labour_n go_v on_o §_o 45._o xcv_o a_o council_n in_o africa_n to_o renew_v the_o privilege_n of_o church_n for_o sanctuary_n that_o none_o that_o flee_v to_o they_o for_o any_o crime_n shall_v be_v take_v out_o by_o force_n justice_n be_v take_v for_o wickedness_n §_o 46._o xcvi_o two_o council_n meet_v one_o at_o const._n to_o judge_n antonius_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n for_o simony_n and_o many_o other_o crime_n another_o at_o ephesus_n to_o judge_n six_o bishop_n for_o simony_n §_o 47._o xcvii_o about_o an._n 400._o a_o council_n of_o 19_o bishop_n at_o toletum_n repress_v the_o priscillian_o and_o make_v divers_a canon_n for_o discipline_n as_o that_o a_o clergyman_n shall_v have_v power_n over_o his_o offend_a wife_n by_o force_n but_o not_o to_o put_v she_o to_o death_n that_o a_o man_n that_o have_v no_o wife_n but_o one_o concubine_n shall_v not_o be_v keep_v from_o communion_n though_o some_o think_v that_o this_o concubine_n be_v true_o a_o wife_n but_o not_o according_a to_o law_n but_o private_a contract_n and_o more_o servile_a many_o other_o better_a there_o be_v there_o be_v adjoin_v a_o regula_n fidei_fw-la of_o many_o bishop_n approve_v by_o pope_n leo_n in_o bin._n p._n 563._o to_o which_o be_v adjoin_v anathematism_n against_o the_o priscillian_o one_o of_o they_o be_v if_o any_o one_o say_v or_o believe_v that_o other_o scripture_n be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o authority_n and_o reverence_n beside_o those_o which_o the_o catholic_n church_n receive_v let_v he_o be_v anathema_n yet_o the_o papist_n receive_v more_o another_o be_v ☞_o if_o any_o one_o think_v that_o astrology_n or_o mathematics_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v or_o trust_v let_v he_o be_v anathema_n there_o be_v in_o bin._n divers_a fragment_n cite_v as_o of_o the_o tolet._n council_n one_o say_v that_o archpresbyter_n be_v under_o the_o arch-deacon_n and_o yet_o have_v curam_fw-la animarum_fw-la over_o all_o the_o presbyter_n another_o determine_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o baptismal_a church_n which_o be_v there_o call_v the_o mother_n church_n with_o its_o chapel_n in_o the_o limit_n assign_v and_o another_o distinguish_v of_o offering_n make_v at_o the_o parish_n church_n and_o offering_n at_o the_o altar_n which_o show_v that_o then_o there_o be_v no_o altar_n but_o where_o the_o bishop_n be_v §_o 48._o xcviii_o two_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o carthage_n about_o 401._o the_o late_a about_o the_o donatist_n §_o 49._o xcix_o an._n 402._o be_v the_o council_n melevitan_n about_o certain_a bishop_n quarrel_n and_o who_o shall_v be_v the_o high_a bishop_n in_o numidia_n §_o 50._o c._n an._n 403._o be_v the_o synod_n ad_fw-la quercum_fw-la which_o depose_v chrysostoâ—â—_n §_o 51._o câ—_n an._n 403_o 404_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v seven_o council_n in_o africa_n against_o the_o donatist_n to_o procure_v honorius_n to_o suppress_v they_o by_o the_o sword_n not_o as_o a_o heresy_n but_o because_o they_o rise_v up_o by_o fire_n and_o sword_n against_o the_o catholic_n and_o abuse_v and_o kill_v many_o but_o when_o attalus_n invade_v africa_n the_o emperor_n proclaim_v liberty_n for_o they_o to_o quiet_v they_o which_o he_o after_o recall_v another_o synod_n be_v hold_v against_o they_o at_o cyrta_n one_o at_o toletum_n about_o ordination_n and_o one_o at_o ptolemais_n to_o excommunicate_a andronicus_n a_o oppress_a governor_n §_o 52._o cii_o the_o donatist_n bishop_n hold_v a_o council_n decree_a that_o when_o a_o sentence_n of_o banishment_n be_v pass_v on_o they_o they_o will_v not_o forsake_v their_o church_n but_o rather_o voluntary_o die_v as_o many_o do_v by_o their_o own_o hand_n for_o they_o take_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o true_a church_n and_o bishop_n and_o the_o rest_n persecute_v schismatic_n §_o 53._o ciii_o the_o concilium_fw-la diospolitanum_fw-la of_o 14_o bishop_n in_o palestine_n acquit_v pelagius_n upon_o his_o renounce_v his_o error_n §_o 54._o an._n 416._o a_o council_n at_o carthage_n of_o 67_o bishop_n condemn_v pelagius_n and_o câ—lestine_n who_o the_o former_a have_v absolve_v §_o 55._o cv_o a_o council_n of_o 60_o bishop_n at_o milevis_n condemn_v pelagius_n the_o 22._o
attribute_v the_o same_o operation_n and_o the_o same_o attribute_n to_o both_o nature_n his_o six_o proof_n be_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o ibas_n edes_n apud_fw-la facund_a l._n 6._o c._n 3._o geâ—ad_a const._n ibid._n l._n 2._o p._n 77_o 78._o johan._n antioch_n theodoret_n etc._n etc._n §_o 20._o for_o my_o part_n i_o again_o say_v past_a doubt_n that_o neither_o nestorius_n nor_o cyril_n be_v heretical_a de_fw-fr re_fw-mi but_o that_o they_o be_v of_o one_o mind_n and_o that_o one_o speak_v of_o the_o concrete_a and_o the_o other_o of_o the_o abstract_n that_o one_o speak_v of_o christus_fw-la qui_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o the_o other_o of_o christus_fw-la quà _fw-la deus_fw-la but_o pardon_n truth_n or_o be_v deceive_v still_o ignorance_n pride_n and_o envy_n and_o faction_n and_o desire_v to_o please_v the_o court_n make_v cyril_n and_o his_o party_n by_o quarrelsome_a heretication_n to_o kindle_v that_o lamentable_a flame_n in_o the_o world_n but_o sin_n serve_v the_o sinner_n turn_v but_o for_o the_o present_a and_o become_v afterward_o his_o shame_n all_o the_o bishop_n will_v not_o follow_v cyril_n at_o this_o day_n the_o false_o hereticated_a nestorian_n say_v breerwood_n enquir_n p._n 139._o inhabit_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o east_n for_o beside_o the_o country_n of_o babylon_n assyria_n mesopotamia_n parthia_n and_o media_n they_o be_v spread_v far_o and_o wide_a both_o northerly_a to_o cataya_n and_o southerly_a to_o india_n marcus_n paulus_n tell_v we_o of_o they_o and_o no_o other_o christian_n in_o tartary_n as_o in_o cassar_n sarmacham_n carcham_n chinchintalas_n tauguth_n suchir_n ergimul_fw-la tenduc_n caraim_n mangi_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o beyond_o tigris_n there_o be_v few_o other_o christian_n the_o persian_a emperor_n force_v the_o christian_n to_o nestorianisme_n their_o patriarch_n have_v his_o seat_n at_o musal_n in_o mesopotamia_n or_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n ermes_n near_o it_o in_o which_o city_n the_o nestorian_n have_v 15_o temple_n they_o be_v false_o accuse_v still_o to_o hold_v two_o person_n in_o christ_n they_o say_v as_o nestorius_n himself_o say_v you_o may_v say_v that_o christ_n mother_n be_v the_o parent_n of_o god_n if_o you_o will_v expound_v it_o well_o but_o it_o be_v improper_a and_o dangerous_a they_o take_v nestorius_n diodorus_n tarsensis_n and_o theodorus_n mopsue_v for_o holy_a man_n they_o renounce_v the_o council_n ephes._n and_o all_o that_o own_v it_o and_o detest_v cyril_n they_o communicate_v in_o both_o kind_n they_o use_v not_o auricular_a confession_n nor_o confirmation_n nor_o crucifix_n on_o their_o cross_n their_o priest_n have_v liberty_n for_o first_o second_o or_o three_o marriage_n etc._n etc._n breerwood_n ibid._n p._n 144._o §_o 21._o i_o need_v no_o other_o proof_n for_o my_o opinion_n that_o these_o bishop_n set_v the_o world_n on_o fire_n about_o a_o word_n be_v agree_v in_o sense_n than_o the_o reconciliation_n of_o the_o patriarch_n cyril_n and_o john_n when_o force_v and_o their_o party_n profess_v that_o they_o mean_v the_o same_o and_o know_v it_o not_o obj._n but_o they_o all_o condemn_a nestorius_n ans._n to_o quiet_a the_o world_n and_o to_o please_v the_o courtier_n and_o violent_a bishop_n and_o the_o emperor_n himself_o say_v socrates_n l._n 7._o c._n 41._o one_o that_o excel_v all_o the_o priest_n in_o modesty_n and_o meekness_n and_o can_v not_o away_o with_o persecution_n be_v the_o more_o against_o nestorius_n because_o he_o be_v a_o persecutor_n himself_o read_v theodoret_n homily_n against_o cyril_n bin._n p._n â—07_n and_o johan._n antioch_n ibid._n but_o neither_o the_o one_o side_n nestorius_n haeresiarcha_fw-la impiissimus_fw-la nor_o the_o other_o side_n cyrillus_n superbus_fw-la &_o blasphemus_fw-la shall_v signify_v much_o with_o man_n that_o know_v what_o liberty_n adverse_a bishop_n use_v §_o 22._o as_o for_o they_o that_o say_v nestorius_n do_v dissemble_v when_o he_o assert_v the_o unity_n of_o two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o by_o his_o own_o word_n i_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o firebrand_n of_o the_o world_n and_o unworthy_a the_o regard_n of_o sober_a man_n who_o pretend_v to_o know_v man_n judgement_n better_o than_o themselves_o and_o allow_v not_o man_n own_o deliberate_a profession_n to_o be_v the_o notice_n of_o their_o faith_n §_o 23._o when_o the_o emperor_n see_v that_o there_o be_v no_o reconcile_n the_o bishop_n but_o by_o force_n he_o authorize_v aristolaus_n a_o lay-magistrate_n to_o call_v cyril_n and_o joh._n antioch_n to_o nicomedia_n and_o keep_v they_o both_o there_o till_o they_o be_v agree_v whereupon_o john_n commune_v with_o his_o bishop_n and_o they_o yield_v have_v no_o remedy_n to_o the_o deposition_n of_o nestorius_n the_o ordination_n of_o maximinianus_fw-la in_o his_o stead_n and_o communion_n among_o themselves_o this_o be_v call_v another_o council_n it_o will_v grieve_v one_o to_o read_v the_o emperor_n theodosius_n importune_v simeon_n stylites_n a_o poor_a anchorite_n to_o try_v whether_o by_o prayer_n and_o counsel_n he_o can_v bring_v the_o bishop_n to_o unity_n and_o conclude_v this_o discord_n do_v so_o trouble_v i_o that_o i_o judge_v that_o this_o only_a have_v be_v the_o chief_a occasion_n of_o all_o my_o calamity_n bin._n p._n 928._o §_o 24._o cxiv_o an._n 433._o there_o be_v a_o council_n call_v at_o rome_n to_o clear_a pope_n sixtus_n from_o a_o accusation_n of_o one_o bassus_n of_o ravish_v a_o nun._n §_o 25._o cxv_o there_o be_v talk_v of_o a_o council_n at_o rome_n to_o clear_v one_o polychronius_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n of_o accusation_n of_o simony_n but_o contradiction_n make_v this_o and_o the_o former_a to_o be_v altogether_o uncertain_a §_o 26._o cxvi_o the_o armenian_n in_o council_n be_v say_v to_o condemn_v nestorian_a book_n §_o 27._o cxvii_o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o constant._n to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n between_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o constant._n bishop_n which_o shall_v be_v great_a and_o rule_v the_o east_n where_o it_o be_v carry_v for_o constant._n and_o theodoret_n plead_v for_o antioch_n dioscorus_n the_o alex._n agent_n hate_v he_o ever_o after_o as_o he_o say_v epist._n 86._o §_o 28._o cxviii_o an._n 439._o a_o council_n at_o regiense_n of_o 13_o bishop_n do_v somewhat_o about_o ordination_n etc._n etc._n §_o 29._o about_o this_o time_n leo_n at_o rome_n be_v fain_o to_o forbid_v bow_v towards_o the_o east_n ☞_o because_o the_o manichee_n join_v among_o they_o and_o bow_v to_o the_o sun_n and_o can_v not_o be_v else_o distinguish_v from_o the_o orthodox_n bin._n de_fw-fr leone_n §_o 30._o cxix_o a_o council_n at_o aransican_n repeat_v some_o old_a disciplinary_a canon_n §_o 31._o cxx_o leo_n hold_v a_o council_n at_o rome_n of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o layman_n to_o detect_v the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o manichee_n and_o warn_v man_n to_o avoid_v they_o §_o 32._o cxxi_o an._n 445._o leo_n hold_v a_o council_n at_o rome_n against_o hilary_n bishop_n of_o arles_n for_o disobedience_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 33._o cxxii_o a_o council_n call_v general_n in_o spain_n recite_v the_o profession_n of_o faith_n against_o the_o priscillianist_n chap._n vi_o council_n about_o the_o eutychian_a heresy_n and_o some_o other_o §_o 1._o cxxiii_o cyril_n have_v by_o many_o word_n so_o carry_v the_o business_n at_o ephesus_n against_o nestorius_n and_o himself_o so_o often_o say_v that_o after_o the_o union_n the_o nature_n be_v one_o that_o his_o admirer_n take_v that_o for_o a_o certain_a truth_n but_o when_o that_o quarrel_n be_v over_o truth_n be_v truth_n still_o and_o the_o orthodox_n will_v not_o fly_v from_o it_o for_o fear_v of_o be_v call_v nestorian_n for_o they_o disclaim_v nestorius_n but_o disown_v the_o doctrine_n of_o one_o nature_n eutyches_n a_o archimandrite_n and_o dioscorus_n successor_n to_o cyril_n belive_v that_o they_o do_v but_o tread_v in_o his_o step_n and_o hold_v to_o the_o ephes._n council_n but_o that_o will_v not_o now_o serve_v when_o the_o scene_n be_v change_v §_o 2._o reader_n it_o be_v useful_a to_o thou_o to_o know_v true_o the_o state_n of_o this_o tragical_a controversy_n which_o have_v more_o divide_v and_o direful_a effect_n than_o the_o former_a the_o eutychian_o say_v that_o christ_n before_o their_o union_n by_o incarnation_n have_v two_o nature_n ☜_o that_o be_v consider_v mental_o as_o not_o unite_v but_o after_o the_o union_n have_v but_o one_o nature_n they_o take_v up_o this_o as_o against_o nestorianisme_n the_o truth_n be_v though_o they_o still_o go_v for_o desperate_a heretic_n i_o very_o believe_v that_o all_o the_o quarrel_n be_v but_o about_o ambiguous_a word_n some_o of_o they_o understand_v the_o word_n nature_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o their_o adversary_n take_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la or_o person_n and_o its_o sad_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v true_a but_o most_o of_o they_o confound_v unity_n undistinguished_a and_o unite_n
must_v not_o say_v that_o after_o the_o union_n there_o be_v two_o nature_n but_o one_o incarnate_a nature_n of_o god_n the_o word_n i_o be_o eject_v with_o the_o father_n i_o defend_v the_o father_n saying_n i_o transgress_v not_o in_o any_o thing_n i_o have_v their_o testimony_n not_o simple_o or_o transitory_o but_o in_o book_n §_o 23._o aethericus_fw-la bishop_n of_o smyrna_n be_v question_v about_o his_o subscription_n say_v he_o do_v as_o he_o be_v bid_v in_o the_o second_o action_n dioscorus_n deliver_v his_o opinion_n say_v exit_fw-la duabus_fw-la suscipio_fw-la dvas_fw-la non_fw-la suscipio_fw-la that_o christ_n be_v of_o two_o nature_n but_o not_o that_o he_o be_v or_o have_v two_o nature_n ☞_o eusebius_n doryl_n tell_v he_o of_o his_o wrong_n to_o flavianus_n and_o he_o dioscorus_n confess_v say_v then_o offer_v satisfaction_n to_o god_n and_o you_o meaning_n repentance_n but_o eusebius_n say_v that_o he_o must_v satisfy_v the_o law_n and_o so_o the_o verbal_a quarrel_n turn_v to_o personal_a revenge_n basil_n seleuc._n though_o before_o accuse_v of_o heresy_n well_o reconcile_v the_o controversy_n at_o last_o if_o they_o will_v have_v hear_v he_o say_v cognoscimus_fw-la dvas_fw-la naturas_fw-la ☞_o non_fw-la dividimus_fw-la neque_fw-la divisas_fw-la neque_fw-la confusas_fw-la dicimus_fw-la eutyches_n word_n at_o constantinople_n be_v recite_v he_o say_v that_o he_o follow_v cyril_n athanasius_n and_o the_o father_n after_o dioscorus_n and_o other_o have_v deny_v what_o each_o other_o say_v in_o the_o ephesine_fw-la council_n the_o say_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n be_v read_v each_o one_o absolve_v eutyches_n in_o word_n and_o reason_n at_o large_a after_o which_o the_o bishop_n cry_v again_o omnes_fw-la erravimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la veniam_fw-la mereamur_fw-la in_o the_o three_o action_n many_o thing_n be_v read_v that_o concern_v their_o proceed_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n a_o law_n of_o theodesius_fw-la jun._n for_o the_o confirm_v of_o the_o second_o ephesine_n council_n and_o the_o condemnation_n of_o nestorius_n and_o of_o flavianus_n domnus_n eusebius_n and_o theodoret_n as_o nestorian_a heretic_n depose_v all_o of_o their_o mind_n forbid_v any_o upon_o pain_n of_o confiscation_n to_o receive_v they_o and_o command_v that_o none_o read_v the_o book_n of_o nestorius_n or_o theodoret_n but_o bring_v they_o forth_o to_o be_v burn_v etc._n etc._n so_o far_o can_v fierce_a and_o factious_a prelate_n prevail_v with_o a_o pious_a and_o peaceable_a prince_n by_o the_o pretence_n of_o oppose_a heresy_n and_o schism_n martian_a make_v law_n also_o clean_o contrary_a for_o the_o justify_n of_o the_o man_n before_o condemn_v §_o 24._o in_o the_o five_o action_n the_o egyptian_a bishop_n petition_v be_v read_v who_o be_v account_v eutychian_o adhere_v to_o dioscorus_n they_o profess_v their_o adherence_n to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o ephesus_n 1._o and_o to_o athanasius_n theophilus_n and_o cyril_n the_o bishop_n cry_v out_o why_o do_v they_o not_o curse_v the_o opinion_n of_o eutiche_n they_o offer_v we_o their_o petition_n in_o imposture_n they_o will_v delude_v we_o and_o so_o depart_v let_v they_o curse_n eutyches_n and_o his_o opinion_n and_o consent_n to_o leo_n '_o s_o epistle_n while_o they_o cry_v out_o to_o they_o to_o curse_n eutyches_n they_o answer_v by_o hieracus_fw-la if_o any_o whether_o eutyches_n or_o any_o other_o hold_v contrary_a to_o the_o thing_n contain_v in_o our_o profession_n the_o nicene_n and_o ephes._n council_n let_v he_o be_v accurse_v but_o for_o leo_n epistle_n we_o must_v not_o go_v before_o the_o sentence_n of_o our_o archbishop_n of_o alexandria_n for_o we_o follow_v he_o in_o all_o thing_n the_o council_n of_o nice_a order_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o egypt_n do_v nothing_o without_o he_o eusebius_n doryl_n say_v they_o lie_v other_o bid_v they_o prove_v it_o other_o bishop_n cry_v out_o open_o curse_v the_o opinion_n of_o eutyches_n he_o that_o subscribe_v not_o 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