as slander the Reformed Churches to be variably distracted and rent in sunder with infinite differences of Faith Beza hath put out the Harmony of Confessions with Notes upon it The most famous is the Augustane Confession The Elector of Saxony with the other Princes and Protestant Cities joyned with him presented to the Emperour Charles the fifth the Confession of their Faith written in Latine and Dutch which afterward from this place where it was read was called Augustana It contained two parts in the first was expounded one and twenty Articles of their Creed In the second were expounded the Doctrines which were different from the Church of Rome and the abuses which the Confessionists reproved The Cities which followed the Doctrine of Zuinglius presented apart the Confession of their Faith not differing from the former but onely in the point of the Eucharist History of the Councel of Trent translated by Sir Nathan Brent l. 1. p. 54. See Sleid. Comment lib. 7. and Melch. Ad. in vita Brentii Conformities There was printed at Bononia in Italy Anno 1590. a book intituled Liber Conformitatum Beati ac Seraphici Patris Francisci written by one Bartholomeus Pisanus a Franciscan Frier and published by one Hieronymus Buchius of which book it is affirmed in the Title page that it is Liber Aureus a golden book There he paints a tree at the top whereof is Christ and at the root S t Francis the tree hath twenty branches on the right and twenty on the left side and every branch hath four particular fruits in all eighty These are equally divided between Christ and S t Francis fourty to the one and fourty to the other and each couple or pair of these is one point of Conformity between Christ and S t Francis consisting in all upon fourty particulars wherein they begin at the birth and the conception nay at the very Prophecies and Promises made of Christ and so proceed to his life his death his resurrection and ascension and in all and every of these and every thing else whatsoever may be said of Christ the very same do they not shame to affirm of that man Francis This was not the superfluity of idle and superstitious Monks brains but the publick Act of their Church and many Popes one after another allowed it and by their Charters have confirmed the truth of this Story Constantine the Great was born in Britain of Helena a Britain as Baronius shews Tom. 3. Annal. Eccles. ad ann 306. and B. Usher De Primord Eccles. Britan. cap. 8. M r Selden in his Notes on Eutychius Constantine the sonne of a Bretan Lady Helena rarely godly but as women too often are too zealous beyond knowledge See Balaeus his first Century of the Writers of Britain concerning Helene Ut fidei forma cunctis videretur Evangelium Iesu Christi ante se semper ferri fecit Biblia sacra ad omnes provincias derinari diademaque monarchicum primus Brittannis regibus dedit Balaeus de Script Britan. Cent. 1. Robert Constantine He was Beza's great friend he was saith Thuanus trium linguarum peritissimus most skilifull in three Languages especially in Greek and Latine He lived till he was a hundred and three years old his senses of body and minde being perfect and his memory strong These are his Works Lexicon Graeco-Latinum Nomenclator insignium Scriptorum Dictionarium abstrusorum vocabulorum Gasper Contarenus a Cardinal a learned and pious man say some The Doctrine of Justification is handled by him conformable to the Doctrine of Luther and Calvin and directly against that which was concluded in the Councel of Trent this he wrote in the year 1541. a little before that Councel His Works are in one Volume He hath written De Elementis corumque mixtionibus De Potestate Summi Pontificis Summa de Conciliis De Rep. Veneta and other Works Ant. Contiâ—s a great Lawyer He hath written many Works about the Civil-Law Adam Contzen a subtill Jesuite He hath written Politicorum l. 10. Coronis omnium Iubilorum anno saeculari Evangelico Scriptorum In quatucr Evangelia Comment Comment in Epistolam ad Romanes Aulae speculum sive de Statu vita aulicorum Methodus doctrinae Civilis and other things Sir Edward Cook very expert in the municipal Laws of our Land as his Reports Commentary on Littletons Institutes and other learned Works in the Law shew Robert Cook of Leeds in Yorkshire hath published a learned Book styled Censura quorundam Scriptorum veterum Nicolaus Copernicus a great Mathematician Tycho Brahe cals him Alterum Ptolomaeum Nay he saith Epist. Astronom l. 1. Chrystoph Rothman Hypothesium concinnitate compendiosa Harmonia invenienda eum longè exuperaâ—at scientia ingenio si quis alius eminebat quaeque à Geometria Arithmeticaque ad hanc Artem constituendam requirebantur perfectissimè callebat He held That the Earth moved and the Heavens stood still by occasion of which Hypothesis our Countreyman William Gilbert brought in his Magnetical Philosophy Hinc ergo videtur fuisse primùm facta Gulielmo Gilberto occasio cudendae atque invehendae Philosophiae magneticae quatenus terram magnum magnetem magnetem terellam seâ— parram terram habuit ac à diurna terrae circa suum axem verticitate pendere eam quae est in magnete magneticisque corporibus statuit Gassend in vita Copernici Nec tot inconvenientia à terrae motu proveniunt quot plerique arbitrantur qui quoniam naturalis erit insensibilis â—vadit Tych. Brah. Epist. Astron. lib. 1. Christ. Rothman Maturinus Corderius His Latine Works are reckoned by Gesner in his Bibliotheca and his French by Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque Corinnas There were three learned women of that name The first a Thebane which is reported to have overcome Pindar the Prince of the Lyricks five times and to have put forth five Books of Epigrams Propertius in his second Book speaks of her Et suae cum antiquae committit scripta Corinnae The second was a Thespian very much celebrated by the Ancients The third flourished in the times of Ovid and was most dear to him Iohannes Cornarius a most famous Physician Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi she hath left Epistles written most accurately From her the eloquence of her sons did proceed Nam Gracchorum Eloquentiae multum contulisse accepimus Corneliam matrem cujus doctissimus sermo in posteros quoque est Epistolis traditus Corradus Vir doctissimus eruditus Ciceronis interpres Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 1. Io. Arn. Corvinus as subtill an Arminian as any next Arminius himself Joannes Arnoldi Corvinus solus plura pro hac Remonstrantium causa scripsit quam omnes reliqui cujus adversus Tilenum responso Tileni à nobis ad ipsos defectionem acceptam ferunt Walaei Epist. Dedicat. ad Respons ad ejus censuram Fr. Costerus Our Bishop Hall met with him in his
of which there is no salvation and cannot nor will not bear these which differ Hence it is a common speech amongst them there is no other way to agreement then by the receiving and approving of the Councel of Trent Many of those which professe to follow Luther are of that opinion also refusing to joyn with those which they reproachfully call Calvinists unlesse they will receive the Augustane Confession as it is wont to be explained by them and the book of Concord The third opinion is of them who go the middle way between these extreams and affirm That there may be an agreement among those that differ in some Controversies but not in others These are the Orthodox Teachers of the Reformed Churches A universal conjunction is impossible the rule of consent about Religion is only the word of God The enemies of Christian Religion are twofold Open or Close Those openly oppose the Doctrine of Christ and persecute his Church viz. the Heathens Mahometans and Iews these treacherously and under the name of Christ as Hereticks but especially Arminians Pelagians and Papists Altingius and others hold an agreement with both these unlawfull To endeavour to soder different Religions and persons holding to their principles will make up but a medly and patcht Religion As some in the Apostles time mingled Circumcision with Baptism and the Sacrifices with the death of Christ. This was the way which the great Emperour Charles the fifth took to reunite the two Religions in Germany by the Tract called the Interim which was composed by an Apostate Minister named Islebius But it was opposed by the faithfull Ministers and although out of fear it was admitted by some Princes and Commonwealths yet it was soon abolisht Circa idem tempus monstrosus partus toti Germaniae pestilens in lucem infelici sidere prodiit quem Interim seu inter Religionem Augustanam nominarunt cum edicto Caesaris quo promulgata est certa quaedam Religionis formula interim servanda donec universali Concilio coacto Religionis controversiae cognoscantur tollantur Melchior Adam in vita Joan. Wigand Vide plura ibid. Et in vita Joan. Iâ—lebii Brentii Castam Christi Sponsam decet casta concordia said Doctor Sibbes in a Clerum in Doctrine as well as Worship Malefida semper fuit Religionum ferruminatio publicis calamitatibus praevia said the same Reverend Divine in that Latine Sermon The Samaritans with their patcht Religion retarded Christs work Some distinguish between Consent and Concord others make a difference between Consent Concord and Peace Consent we call Unity in judgment Concord Unity of will and desire peace quiet and calme conversation a life void of janglings and free from tumults There may be Consent without Concord Concord without Consent and Peace without both Men may agree in their opinion and yet differ in their desires they may differ in opinion and desires yet live in peace That there should be a mutual amity and forbearance amongst those who differ in matters of Church-Government or the like but agree in the Fundamentals is most reasonable It is a Question An Ecclesia Protestantiúm conciliari possit cum Pontificiis Whether the Church of the Protestants may be reconciled with the Papists Roma irreconciliabilis was D r Hall's tenet Franciscus de Sancta Clara Cassander the Archbishop of Spalato and Millitier and other Conciliators there have been but all in vain Gentilettus in his Preface to his Apologia pro Christianis Gallis Religionis Reformatae saith well Imprimis hoc verissimum esse statuo inter Catholicos Romanos Evangelicos Religionis Reformatae in multi dogmatum Articulis quidem praecipuis magnam esse contrarietatem Nihilominus tamen in hoc omnes conveniunt ut agnoscant profiteantur veritatem personae Iesu Christi in duabus naturis non confusis nec non sanctam Trinitatem Patris Filii Spiritus sancti amplectanturque omnes sanctam Scripturam Veteris Novi Testamenti Though the Papists and we agree in these things that we both acknowledge the Unity of the Person of Christ in two Natures not confounded and the Trinity of the Father Sonne and holy Ghost and all the holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament yet in many Articles of Religion we much differ and chiefly in the Doctrine of Justification Vide Whitak dâ— notis Eccles. Some make the great difference between the Papists and us to be about the corporal presence of Christ in the Sacrament and the Infallibility of the Pope It is a Question An cura Religionis ad Magistratum Civilem pertineat Whether any thing of Religion come under the Magistrates Cognizance or belong to his care That it doth appears First From the Nature of Christianity it goes through his whole conversation 1 Pet. 1. 15. and reacheth to all his relations A Heathen Magistrate or Parent is as truly a Magistrate and Parent as a Christian Magistrate or Parent Christianity gives no farther power but a higher Law The name of Christianity lies in exercising it in all our relations Secondly The Gospel is given for Nations and is their great priviledge that receive it Magistrates ought to take care of all National priviledges Rev. 11. 15. Thirdly That which God hath promised to his people as a mercy Magistrates should labour to be and fulfill in duty Isa. 49. 22. Psal. 2. 11. It is a great Question An Magistratus plures Religiones in una republica tolerare debeat Whether it be lawfull for a Magistrate to tolerate many Religions in one Commonwealth Some give this distinction in the Doctrine of Toleration They put a difference inter Tolerationem approbationem a Magistrate must discountenance all corrupt Doctrines and before hand Dissensum suum publicè declarare debet Religio non potest cogi Religion cannot be constrained and yet blasphephemies must be restrained See Revel 2. 20. Hereticks should sure not be advanced to high places Toleration intolerable Toleration is the great Diana much cried up in these times Some think there is no love among men unlesse they allow an universal Toleration of all blasphemies and heresies We must distinguish between loving of mens persons and their errours Ephes. 4. 15. 2 Ioh. v. 1 3. We should joyn grace and truth and charity together Some give these Cautions First If they be such Religions as do not overthrow the foundation Secondly Nor such as disturb the Government established in the State or Kingdom Thirdly If the Professors thereof be not factious ambitious or pertinacious but honest simple tractable obedient to their Superiours Some say Take heed of two destroying extreams First That of the Libertines that all should be tolerated without limitation Secondly Others who would have liberty for none but themselves and men of their own opinion For the Papists They are not tolerated in Holland The Jews are not only tolerated but have the publick
himself to the searching of the Scripture and had considered diligently that Article of Justification comparing the sentences together he giveth place and judgeth the Bishop of Romes Doctrine to be false Whereupon they rejoyced together And as the duty of Bishops is began to instruct the people in Istria and preach diligently the benefit of Christ imploy'd upon mankinde and declare what works God requireth of us to the intent they might call men again to the true Religion Iacobus Verheidenus That Book of his is of good use Effigies Elogia Theologorum qui Romanum Antichristum praecipuè oppugnarunt Andreas Vesalius He was born at Bruxels in Brabant Anno Christi 1514. A famous Physician He professed Anatomy at Basil Padua and almost in all the Universities of Italy He wrote Opus admirandum De humani corporis fabricâ in which he so expressed all its members in figures that he even seems to expose them to view and this he put forth at 28 years Et sanè opus illud De corporis humani fabricâ certissimis demonstrationibus aptum gravissimo dicendi genere conditum robusti ingenii divinum vigorem eruditionemque pertinaci studio auctam longè lateque ostentat Castellani vitae Illust. Medic. Many of his Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue Sextus Aurelius Victor A most elegant Historian who lived under Constantius and Iulian. There is his Origo gentis Rom. De viris illustribus De Caesaribus Histor. Augustae Epitome which was rather anothers of the same name Hugo de S. Victore His Works are in three Tomes Many of which are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue Richardus de S. Victore He flourished in the time of Hugo de S. Victore about the year 1130. and lived in the same Monastery with him His Works are extant in two Tomes and many of them mentioned in Oxford Catalogue Fr. à Victoria Professour at Salamanca Clenard in his second book of Epistles pag. 241 242. makes honourable mention of him Ignorat Salmantica saith he quem possideat thesaurum in nostro Victoria gratulentur sibi Dominici monasteria quod tale decus meruerunt So called from Victoria a Town of Cantabria in Spain There be his Relect. Theologicae Summa Sacramentorum Ecclesiae Victorinus Afer Anno Dom. 270. There are these Works of his Adversus Arianos De Trinitate Hymni tres De Macchabaeis fratribus Liber contra Manichaeos Item de principio diei Petrus Victorius a singular Grecian Many of his Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue Marcus Hieron Vidas He so excelled in Poetry Ut proximè ad Vergilianam excellentiam illum pervenisse omnes judicent Cujus rei insigne testimonium praebet insigne illud nunquam satis laudatum opus Christiadâ—s Poema proculdubio quod tam materia quam compositione stylo debet meritò praeferri caeteris omnibus scriptis quae à nostri saeculi Poetis melioribus tradita sunt Continet enim vitam Christi ac gesta libris 6. Scripsit eadem felicitate De arte Poetica lib. 3. Boissardi Bihliotheca Vide plura ibid. Franciscus Vieta a learned French Mathematician There are his Opera Mathematica Vol. 2. Relatio Calendarii vere Gregoriani cum aliis opusâ— Universalium inspectionum ad Canonem Mathemat lib. singularis De Aequatione recognitione emendatione Nic. Vignerius a learned French Historiographer There are To 3. de la. Bibliotheq Hist. and other Works of his Nic. Vignerius Sonne to the other a learned Divine He hath published an excellent Treatise in French styled Theatre de l' Antichrist and a Dissertation in Latine of the Excommunication of the Venetians against Cardinal Baronius And Theses of the Satisfaction of Christ which Rivet highly commends and annexeth unto his own Disputations Io. Bapt. Villalpandus A learned Divine and Mathematician He hath written well upon Ezekiel Arnaldus de Villa-novax or Villa-novanus There is a Town in Catalouia in Spain which is called Villa-nova His several Physical Works are mentioned by Castellanus De vitis Medicorum Longolius commends Simon Villa-novanus Longolius Epist. lib. 3. Octaviano Grimoaldo hath this passage of him Non dici potest quam de Villanovano laborem nec co tam amicitia nostra quae quidem summa est adductus moveor quà m humanitate naturameâ— qui tam praeclarum ingenii lumen tam misere extingui doleam Otium illi ad aliquot annos est opus non quo vel cum Budaeis vel cum Erasmis nostris quos jam elegantia dicendi subtilitate vicit sed cum veteribus illis aliquando contendat See also there several Epistles of his to Baptista Egnatius wherin he commends him Alexander de Villa Dei Loquendi quondam magister singularis habebatur Ram. Orat. Refor Par. Acad. Laurentius Villa-vincentius a Spaniard He wrote a Book De rectè formando Theologiae studio which he took from Hyperius who wrote of the same Argument viz. De ratione studii Theologici So Solinus takes all he hath from Plinie Vide Salmos Prolegom in Solinum Vincentius Belluacensis seu Bellovacensis He made four Tomes and gave them the name of a Glasse Speculum Historiale l. 32. Speculum Naturale l. 33. Speculum Doctrinale l. 13. Speculum Morale l. 3. Vincentius Lirinensis Anno Dom. 430. He writes against the Pelagians and Nestorians Scripsit opusculum parvum mole sed virtute maximum Bellarm Vossius Hist. Pelag. lib. 1. cap. 9. reckons him among the Semi-Pelagians and thinks his Commonitorium was either written against Austen himself or those at least who followed Austens opinion concerning Predestination Et fortè saith he hac ratio est cur nomen suum praeterierit quod adversariis illis suspectum esse sciret Nam sub Peregrini nomine commonitorium suum edidissâ— ex Praefatione cognoscimus Petrus de Vineis He hath written Epist. l. 6. Elias Vinetus a most learned and eloquent man he hath written a Commentary and illustrations upon Ausonius A Preface and Annotations on Persius Upon Aurelius Victor Antonius Viperanus There is an Oration of his at the funeral of the Emperour Charles the fifth A Work Describenda Historia And other Works CHAP. VI. PEt. Viretus an eloquent French Divine whom Calvin desired for his Colleague His French Books are mentioned by Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque Virgilius a Bishop in Bavaria much renowned for his Piety and Learning being seen in all Sciences especially in the Mathematicks was condemned for an heretick for affirming that there were Antipodes Polyd. Virgilius or Vergilius a man not much to be trusted for his relation of English affairs Vir multis nominibus clarissimus Lel. Comment in Cygneam cantionâ—m Utinam Polydorus tam oculatus fuisset testis in rebus Britannicis quam interim est tersus nitidus elegans Nae ille tum exegisset opus immortalitate planè dignissimum modo eadem opera
omnium saeculorum posteritati commendavit Euclides sphaera Io de Sacro Bosco commentariis illustrata est talis ut in arce poni possit quasi Minerva ill Phidiae in qua nihil est nisi absolutum atque perfectum Iani Nicii Erythraei Pinacotheca Vide plura ibid. Anno Aerae Christianae 161. Helv. Chron. Clementis Alexandrini antiquitas summa consummataque eruditio Erat acer vehemensque sensu sententiisque pollens Montacut Antidiat Clemens Alexandrinus scriptor in primitiva olim Ecclesia admodum celebris tum pietatis tum eruditionis nomine floruit circiter 200 Domini annum Illyr Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 2. Feruntur ejus insignia volumina plenaque eruditionis eloquentiae tam de Scripturis divinis quam de saecularis literaturae instrumento Hieron de Script Eccles Sub Clementis Romani nomine jam olim prodiit liber cujus â—iâ—â—lâ—s Constitutiones Apostolorum Nec defuerunt nostris temporibus ex Adversariis nonnulli viri alioquin eruditi sed judicio hac in parte non uâ—entes qui Clementis genuinum opus esse pertinaciter contenderent Albortinus De Sacramento Eucharistiae l. 2. c. 3. Vide plura ibid. De illis libris Constitutionum nihil habent Eusebius nihil Hieronymus nihil Gennadius Gethardi Patrologia Exoticarum linguarum peritia vel exterorum hominum testimonio Belgarum poenè propria est Argumento in eruditis linguis unus è millibus Clenardus sit qui easdem ratione traditas non Lovanii modò sed apud exteros etiam magna sui admiratione propagavit Testantur id Libri Epistolarum peregrinationis suae quarum plerasque Iacobo Latomo Doctori suo Ioachimâ— Politae Rutgero Relcio aliisque amicis inscripsit Auberit Miraei Elog. Belg. Praeter Latinam Graecam Hebraeam quae in omnibus pene Academiis regnant â—rabicam quoque Grammaticam conscripsit extatque manuscripta in Hispania apud I. Peeresium Valentinum hominem doctissimum Id. ibid. Graecis Hebraicisque literis imbutus eas Lovanii maxima cum laude docuit Linguae Arabicae discendae studio in Africam trajecit Swertii Athenae Belgicae In Academia Fessana Saracenicae gentis linguam Arabicam didicit Neand. Geog. parte tertia Linguarum septem utpote Latinae Graecae Italicae Gallicae Hispanicae Lusitanicae Belgicae exactam habuit peritiam Historiarum vulgo incognitarum scriptor censor acutissimus uti Cosmographiae doctissimus Melch. Ad. vit Germ. medic Et Boissardi Icones Petrus abbas Cluniacensis floruit duodecimo seculo Is unus eorum est qui Romanam tyrannidem anim advertit accusavit Illyr Catal. Test. Verit. Novum orbem in Atlantico mari Hispanis primus aperuit Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. lib. 1. Vide Uberti Folietae Elogis Et Boissardi Iconeâ— a Extant ejus de re Anatomica libri 15. Ubi multis ostenditur quid ipse veterum ante se recentiorum â—â—venis hic addiderit Neand. Geog. part 1. * Floret Anno Aeâ—aè Christi 1â—71 Petri Lombardi frater nothus Galvâ—â— Chron. Presbyter â—celeâ—â—â— Trecensis comestor cognominatus est ut Trithemius autumat quod Bibliorum Testimoniâ— in suiâ— scriptis concionibus adeo frequenter citare solitus sit ut Scripturarum facrâ—râ—m codicem velut comedissâ— diceretur Illyr Catal. Test. verit l. 15. Fuit is ex illustri apud Flandros gente Comminaea Aurei velleris equestri ornamento splendescente viâ— forma eleganti procera corporis dignitate Res gestas omnium gentium ac praesertim Romanorum Gallicè redditus neque enim Latinè sciebat diligentissimè legerat memoria prope tenebat Qua in primis valuit adeò ut Iulii Casaris exemplo quatuor saepè scribiâ— litteras de variis gravissimisque Reipub. negotiis eodem tempote dictaret tanta quidem facilitate quasi unum tantùm tractaret argumentum Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica Vide Scaev. Samarth Gallorum doctrina illust Elog. Entre autres il faut auouer que Philippe de Commines qui ne scavoit pass'ly avoit vn Polybe u'n Tacite aumonde C. Car câ—s excellans Historiens combutâ—oient encor auâ—c la poudre les vers dans les Bibliothequeâ— des momes ne laisse pas de s'accorderau eâ— eux d estre de mesme aduis en la pluspart de les ingements Apologie pour M de Balzac Scripâ—it Historiam ante annos paulo minus Centum Philippus Comminaeus ita laudabiliter ut nihil veâ—ear componâ—re eum cum quovis antiquorum Incredibile est quam ille omnia videat penetret arcana consiliorum erat subinde instruat nos salutaribus rarisque praeceptis piis id diffuse Polybiano quodam exemplo Dignum Alexandris omnibus hic Philippus Lips Not. in 1. l. Politic. Vide plura ibid. Philippus Comminaeus Historicus quinto decimo exeunte seculo sed cum antiquis melioribus est comparandus Possev Biblioth Select Tom. 2. l. 16. c. 39. * Natione Gallus rem literariam multum juvit editis tum veterum Graecorum plurimis nunquam antea editis monumentis tum Athanasio imprimis B. Io Chrysostomi magna operum parte Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 119. Sex fuisse Generalia legitima Concilia nemini est dubium Ea sunt Nicenum habitum contra Arium an 325. Constantinopolitanum primum contra Macedonium anno 383. Ephefinum contra Nestorium an 431. Chalcedonense contra Eutychetem an 452. Constantinopolitanum secundum sub Iustiniano tempore Vigilii contra trium capitulorum defensores an 553. Constantinopolitanum tertium sub Constantino Pogonato contra Monothelicas an 680. His sex duo addenda Sardicense an 347. Constantinopolitanum sub Menuâ— an 536. quae utraque Generalia utraque Legitima sed idcirco in numero Conciliorum non recensentur quia in eorum neutro controvesia ulla nova de fide definita est sed quae antea in aliis Conciliis fuerant definita in his firmata corroborata fuere Crakanth Log. l. 5. c. 16. a Extat refutatio Concilii Tridentini à Martino Chemnitio adornata nomine Examinis adversus Iacobum Payvam Andradium Lufitanum anno 7â— edita Nec non Iob. Calvini Antidoton Innocintii Gentiletti Examen quo demonstrat in multis Articulis hoc Concilium antiquis Conciliis Canonibus Regisque Galliae autoritati esse contrarium ac proinde nullum Conciliabulum Pharisaicum esse convincit Pezel Mellific Histor. part 3. History of the Councel of Trent l. 6. p. 147. The Tridentine Councel was celebrated in the City of Trent in the year 1546. under Pope Paul the third Between the first and last Session of the Councel of Trent were eighteen years All the Articles of the Popish Doctrine were confirmed in it Historia Concilii Tridentini Petri Suavis l. 6. Cujus Germanus author à quibusdam creditur esse Pater Paulus qui causam Venetorum adversus Paulum V. Pont. acerrimè defendit à quo primùm Italica lingua