as_o man_n and_o not_o as_o god_n that_o it_o be_v not_o god_n that_o be_v ignorant_a he_o mean_v not_o as_o god_n or_o not_o the_o deity_n but_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n which_o know_v no_o more_o than_o the_o deity_n reveal_v and_o so_o of_o many_o other_o property_n or_o act_n of_o the_o humanity_n he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o deus_fw-la verbum_fw-la that_o weep_v that_o learn_v obedience_n etc._n etc._n meaning_n only_o not_o quâ_fw-la deus_fw-la or_o not_o deitas_fw-la for_o want_v of_o care_n in_o speak_v and_o ep._n ad_fw-la joh._n antioch_n bin._n p._n 559._o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o he_o also_o misunderstand_v cyril_n and_o think_v he_o hold_v that_o by_o unity_n of_o nature_n the_o deity_n be_v proper_o become_v very_o flesh_n a_o severe_a epist._n ad_fw-la joan._n antioch_n against_o cyril_n after_o his_o death_n be_v there_o charge_v on_o he_o in_o which_o he_o with_o great_a saltness_n rejoice_v in_o his_o death_n miserum_fw-la illum_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la aliorum_fw-la dimisit_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la animarum_fw-la gubernator_fw-la diutius_fw-la eorum_fw-la potiri_fw-la quae_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la delectabilia_fw-la sed_fw-la crescentem_fw-la quotidie_fw-la viri_fw-la malignitatem_fw-la sciens_fw-la &_o corpori_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nocentem_fw-la quasi_fw-la pestem_fw-la quandam_fw-la amputavit_fw-la &_o abstulit_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la à _fw-la filiis_fw-la israel_n laetificabit_fw-la superstites_fw-la ejus_fw-la discessio_fw-la contristavit_fw-la verò_fw-la forsitan_fw-la mortuos_fw-la &_o timor_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la praegravati_fw-la ejus_fw-la conversatione_fw-la iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la remittant_fw-la vel_fw-la illos_fw-la diffugiat_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la abducunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la ille_fw-la tyrannus_fw-la cyri_n ciliciam_fw-la procurandum_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o oportet_fw-la tuam_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la maxim_n hanc_fw-la suscipere_fw-la festinantiam_fw-la &_o jubere_fw-la collegio_fw-la mortuos_fw-la asportantium_fw-la lapidem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la maximum_fw-la &_o gravissimum_fw-la sepulchro_fw-la imponere_fw-la ne_fw-la iterum_fw-la huc_fw-la perveniret_fw-la &_o instabilem_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la iterum_fw-la demonstraret_fw-la infernis_fw-la nova_fw-la dogmata_fw-la adferat_fw-la ibi_fw-la diu_fw-la noctuque_fw-la sicut_fw-la vult_fw-la sermocinetur_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la timemus_fw-la ne_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la divideret_fw-la silet_fw-la miser_n invitus_fw-la nudata_fw-la illus_fw-la facta_fw-la alligant_a linguam_fw-la obstruunt_fw-la os_fw-la fraenant_fw-la sensum_fw-la ideo_fw-la plango_fw-la miserum_fw-la &_o ploro_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la puram_fw-la mihi_fw-la delectationem_fw-la fecit_fw-la mortis_fw-la ejus_fw-la denunciatio_fw-la sed_fw-la dolore_fw-la permixtam_fw-la laetor_fw-la &_o jucundor_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la pestilentiâ_fw-la common_a ecclesiae_fw-la videns_fw-la liberatum_fw-la contristor_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o ploro_fw-la cogitans_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la requiem_n malorum_fw-la miserabilis_fw-la susceperit_fw-la sed_fw-la majora_fw-la &_o pejora_fw-la pertentans_fw-la defunctus_fw-la est_fw-la somniavit_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la dicunt_fw-la &_o regiam_fw-la urbem_fw-la perturbare_fw-la &_o tuam_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la accusare_fw-la utpote_fw-la ea_fw-la colentem_fw-la sed_fw-la vidit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la despexit_fw-la immisit_fw-la fimum_fw-la in_o os_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o fraenum_fw-la in_o labia_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n binnius_n think_v some_o bad_a man_n father_v this_o false_o on_o theodoret_n i_o will_v hope_v so_o too_o but_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o the_o council_n father_v it_o on_o he_o and_o none_o do_v vindicate_v he_o and_o the_o next_o charge_n bin._n p._n 559._o rebuke_v his_o charity_n viz._n his_o speech_n at_o antioch_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o domnus_n nemo_fw-la neminem_fw-la jam_fw-la cogit_fw-la blasphemare_fw-la non_fw-la jam_fw-la est_fw-la contentio_fw-la oriens_fw-la &_o aegyptus_n sub_fw-la uno_fw-la jugo_fw-la est_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la inuidia_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la eo_fw-la obruta_fw-la est_fw-la contentio_fw-la requiescant_fw-la theopathitae_fw-la be_v not_o this_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o this_o be_v not_o deny_v to_o be_v he_o whosoever_o it_o be_v it_o be_v sad_a that_o bishop_n shall_v have_v such_o mind_n and_o use_v such_o word_n of_o one_o another_o especial_o if_o it_o be_v as_o i_o confident_o believe_v viz._n that_o not_o distinguish_v the_o concrete_a from_o the_o abstract_n and_o qui_fw-la deus_fw-la from_fw-la quâ_fw-la deus_fw-la they_o both_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o differ_v but_o about_o the_o aptitude_n of_o word_n for_o want_v of_o explication_n and_o distinction_n §_o 18._o in_o brief_a after_o the_o read_n of_o many_o paper_n and_o ibas_n epistle_n the_o tria_fw-la capitula_fw-la be_v condemn_v viz._n theodore_n mopsue_v and_o the_o write_n of_o theodoret_n against_o cyril_n and_o ibas_n epistle_n and_o so_o the_o emperor_n find_v the_o council_n as_o obedient_a as_o he_o desire_v §_o 19_o but_o vigilius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o will_v not_o come_v to_o the_o council_n now_o give_v in_o his_o constitutum_fw-la or_o his_o own_o judgement_n upon_o the_o whole_a case_n and_o that_o with_o great_a moderation_n he_o first_o recite_v many_o passage_n of_o theodore_n mopsue_v which_o he_o renounce_v and_o he_o dispraise_v the_o passage_n of_o theodoret_n and_o ibas_n but_o he_o refuse_v to_o join_v in_o the_o anathematise_v of_o they_o allege_v that_o good_a man_n have_v their_o error_n and_o instance_v in_o many_o who_o error_n be_v note_v and_o yet_o their_o person_n not_o condemn_v especial_o when_o they_o have_v either_o recant_v they_o or_o better_o explain_v their_o word_n and_o he_o note_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o great_a injury_n to_o the_o chalcedon_n council_n to_o have_v its_o own_o member_n now_o thus_o condemn_v that_o be_v by_o they_o accept_v quid_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la mendaces_fw-la aut_fw-la simulantes_fw-la professionem_fw-la rectae_fw-la fidei_fw-la patres_fw-la in_o sancta_fw-la calced_fw-la synodo_fw-la residentes_fw-la ostendere_fw-la quam_fw-la dicere_fw-la aliquos_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_n similia_fw-la sapuisse_fw-la nestorio_n quorum_fw-la judicio_fw-la nestorium_fw-la ejusque_fw-la dogmata_fw-la fuisse_fw-la damnata_fw-la and_o sober_o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o pass_v any_o new_a judgement_n on_o the_o person_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o we_o must_v leave_v all_o man_n in_o the_o case_n that_o death_n find_v they_o and_o in_o special_a theodore_n mopsue_v what_o the_o father_n do_v be_v evident_a from_o what_o be_v say_v i_o dare_v not_o condemn_v he_o by_o my_o sentence_n nor_o yield_v that_o any_o one_o else_o condemn_v he_o but_o far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o to_o admit_v his_o wrong_a opinion_n this_o be_v the_o right_a way_n if_o they_o have_v all_o deal_v as_o wise_o and_o christian-like_a counsel_n have_v not_o be_v the_o confounder_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 20._o nicephorus_n name_v many_o of_o origen_n error_n that_o be_v condemn_v in_o this_o council_n but_o it_o be_v not_o find_v in_o the_o acts._n binnius_n doubt_v not_o but_o the_o origenist_n steal_v they_o out_o and_o falsify_v the_o record_n and_o also_o forge_v those_o epistle_n of_o vigilius_n in_o which_o the_o opinion_n of_o one_o operation_n be_v assert_v but_o will_v they_o allow_v we_o equal_o to_o suspect_v such_o record_n as_o have_v be_v keep_v at_o rome_n §_o 21._o what_o good_a this_o council_n do_v and_o how_o the_o peaceable_a emperor_n attain_v the_o end_n that_o theodore_n caesar._n promise_a he_o of_o unite_n dissenter_n i_o shall_v tell_v you_o but_o in_o the_o word_n of_o binnius_n who_o follow_v baronius_n in_o almost_o all_o what_o theodore_n caesar._n promise_v that_o the_o eutychian_a heretic_n call_v hesitant_n when_o the_o three_o capitula_fw-la be_v condemn_v will_v receive_v the_o holy_a chalcedon_n council_n be_v not_o obtain_v when_o this_o be_v end_v but_o rather_o a_o most_o grievous_a mischief_n be_v add_v to_o the_o church_n for_o when_o the_o defender_n of_o the_o three_o capitula_fw-la with_o vigilius_n the_o pope_n do_v not_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o council_n decree_n the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n be_v tear_v by_o schism_n and_o which_o be_v worse_o the_o emperor_n stir_v up_o persecution_n in_o which_o he_o depose_v or_o banish_v vigilius_n hold_v to_o his_o constitutum_fw-la victor_n afric_n and_o other_o §_o 22._o i_o do_v impartial_o commend_v vigilius_n '_o we_o moderate_v constitutum_fw-la but_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o there_o need_v no_o other_o instance_n than_o vigilius_n that_o interest_n be_v a_o law_n to_o some_o roman_a bishop_n and_o that_o their_o pretence_n of_o infallibility_n tradition_n and_o antiquity_n notwithstanding_o they_o have_v change_v their_o very_a faith_n or_o judgement_n of_o council_n at_o least_o as_o their_o worldly_a motive_n change_v vigilius_n first_o flatter_v the_o emperor_n and_o join_v with_o he_o against_o the_o tria_fw-la capitula_fw-la conc._n calce_v that_o be_v against_o theodore_n mopsu_fw-la theodoret_n and_o ibas_n three_o bishop_n say_v binnius_n p._n 608._o see_v therefore_o that_o before_o this_o council_n a_o schism_n arise_v in_o the_o western_a and_o african_a church_n because_o vigilius_n have_v consent_v to_o the_o emperor_n opinion_n it_o become_v necessary_a for_o the_o avoid_n of_o schism_n sacrilege_n and_o scandal_n that_o he_o shall_v publish_v
paulus_n persuade_v the_o emperor_n to_o publish_v a_o typus_fw-la require_v all_o the_o bishop_n to_o lay_v by_o the_o controversy_n and_o name_n of_o one_o and_o of_o two_o will_n and_o operation_n of_o christ._n but_o this_o which_o be_v approve_v in_o pope_n honorius_n be_v cry_v down_o as_o heretical_a in_o the_o emperor_n pyrrhus_n return_v to_o his_o opinion_n and_o paul_n die_v he_o be_v again_o put_v in_o his_o place_n at_o constantinople_n binnius_n no_o better_a answer_v the_o objection_n that_o the_o emperor_n edict_n say_v but_o what_o pope_n honorius_n say_v then_o by_o say_v that_o the_o time_n make_v the_o difference_n it_o be_v good_a in_o honorius_n time_n and_o bad_a after_o to_o be_v quiet_o silent_a in_o such_o a_o case_n §_o 16._o they_o say_v there_o be_v a_o council_n in_o numidia_n another_o at_o byzacene_n at_o carthage_n another_o of_o 68_o bishop_n about_o the_o monothelite_n §_o 17._o cci_o another_o council_n be_v at_o toletum_n uâ—der_v king_n chindascrindus_fw-la §_o 18._o ccii_o the_o pope_n with_o one_o of_o his_o little_a council_n at_o rome_n for_o the_o foresay_a italian_a bishop_n yet_o disow_v he_o and_o obey_v the_o patriarch_n of_o aquileia_n presume_v to_o condemn_v paulus_n const._n &_o pyrrhus_n and_o the_o emperor_n edict_n typus_fw-la wherefore_o his_o agent_n at_o constantinople_n be_v cast_v out_o beaten_z their_o altar_n overthrow_v etc._n etc._n §_o 19_o martin_n be_v make_v bishop_n at_o rome_n he_o condemn_v the_o emperor_n edict_n of_o silence_n as_o to_o two_o will_n and_o operation_n or_o one._n the_o emperor_n send_v for_o he_o he_o be_v bring_v prisoner_n to_o constantinople_n lay_v in_o iron_n under_o several_a accusation_n banish_v and_o die_v here_o the_o pope_n pretend_v that_o truth_n must_v not_o be_v silence_v the_o emperor_n say_v peace_n must_v not_o be_v break_v for_o needless_a word_n quer._n whether_o he_o be_v a_o martyr_n that_o suffer_v for_o oppugn_v such_o peace_n §_o 20._o cciii_o his_o lateran_n council_n an._n 642._o be_v very_o large_o record_v in_o which_o the_o emperor_n edict_n with_o cyrâ—s_n alex_n sergius_n pyrrbus_n &_o pauluâ—_n constant._n be_v condemn_v and_o two_o operation_n and_o will_n assert_v §_o 21._o cciu_o pass_v by_o a_o synod_n at_o orleans_n an._n 653._o another_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o toletum_n against_o incontinent_a and_o ignorant_a priest_n king_n here_o use_v to_o preach_v to_o the_o bishop_n by_o their_o letter_n and_o decree_n duke_n and_o lord_n here_o subscribe_v §_o 22._o eugenius_n be_v pope_n and_o die_v vitalianus_n succee_v he_o constans_n the_o emperor_n come_v to_o rome_n give_v they_o gift_n and_o communicate_v with_o they_o it_o be_v say_v he_o kill_v his_o brother_n theodosius_n and_o after_o be_v kill_v himself_o mezentius_n usurp_v the_o empire_n constantine_n pogonatus_n son_n to_o constans_n conquer_v he_o and_o reign_v pope_n vitalianus_n help_v he_o and_o therefore_o expect_v his_o help_n rome_n stand_v so_o much_o between_o the_o eastern_a empire_n and_o the_o western_a king_n goths_z lombard_n frank_n etc._n etc._n that_o both_o side_n flatter_v the_o roman_a clergy_n though_o they_o oft_o suffer_v from_o both_o the_o empire_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o turn_v to_o the_o goth_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o goth_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o turn_v to_o the_o empire_n and_o they_o that_o have_v most_o need_n of_o the_o pope_n most_o advance_v they_o and_o they_o that_o have_v least_o need_n and_o most_o dominion_n keep_v they_o under_o §_o 23._o ccv_o another_o council_n at_o toletum_n an._n 655._o call_v by_o k._n recessuinthus_fw-la not_o the_o pope_n make_v divers_a good_a canon_n for_o church-order_n among_o which_o the_o ten_o be_v that_o because_o all_o the_o canon_n oft_o make_v can_v not_o keep_v bishop_n and_o priest_n from_o lechery_n they_o try_v this_o additional_a way_n to_o decree_v that_o all_o their_o child_n beget_v of_o their_o servant_n maid_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v uncapable_a of_o inheritance_n and_o shall_v live_v in_o continual_a servitude_n to_o the_o church_n king_n recaredus_n make_v a_o law_n that_o bishop_n and_o priest_n concubine_n shall_v be_v whip_v with_o a_o hundred_o stripe_n and_o other_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v sell_v for_o slave_n §_o 24._o ccvi_o the_o king_n of_o france_n clodoveus_n call_v his_o bishop_n together_o at_o a_o village_n call_v clypiacum_fw-la and_o make_v a_o sermon_n to_o they_o and_o they_o applaud_v he_o §_o 25._o ccvii_o he_o call_v another_o synod_n at_o cabilone_n for_o church-order_n ☞_o where_o can._n 10._o it_o be_v decree_v that_o all_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n shall_v be_v null_a that_o be_v otherwise_o make_v than_o by_o the_o election_n of_o the_o comprovincial_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o citizen_n a_o threefold_a lock_n be_v not_o easy_o pick_v let_v england_n understand_v this_o to_o be_v the_o old_a canon_n and_o custom_n §_o 26._o ccviii_o a_o council_n emeritense_n call_v by_o king_n recessuinthus_fw-la make_v more_o order_n for_o regulate_a bishop_n and_o priest_n etc._n etc._n §_o 27._o ccix_o a_o synod_n at_o rome_n justify_v a_o bishop_n of_o crete_n wrong_v by_o his_o archbishop_n §_o 28._o ccx_o another_o at_o toletum_n under_o king_n wamban_n an._n 675._o seek_v to_o reform_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n §_o 29._o ccxi_o an._n 675._o the_o same_o king_n wamban_n have_v a_o synod_n at_o braccara_n for_o reform_v the_o clergy_n can._n 5._o be_v to_o correct_v the_o bishop_n that_o have_v turn_v piety_n into_o pride_n and_o vanity_n go_v to_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o martyr_n with_o relic_n hang_v about_o their_o neck_n carry_v in_o chair_n by_o deacon_n in_o white_a etc._n etc._n o_o what_o have_v the_o pride_n of_o prelate_n do_v in_o the_o world_n §_o 30._o pope_n adeodatus_n and_o after_o he_o donus_n reign_v at_o rome_n and_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o antioch_n be_v monothelites_n and_o constantine_n need_v the_o west_n have_v lose_v the_o east_n take_v part_n with_o rome_n after_o donus_n come_v agathy_n in_o who_o time_n the_o bishop_n of_o ravemia_n after_o ☜_o long_o reject_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o heretical_a return_v to_o communion_n with_o he_o constantine_n send_v to_o rome_n to_o require_v the_o bishop_n to_o keep_v missionary_n legate_n at_o constantinople_n and_o entreat_v they_o to_o lay_v by_o philosophical_a controversy_n and_o preach_v the_o pure_a scripture_n that_o the_o church_n at_o last_o may_v have_v peace_n but_o alas_o how_o long_o be_v that_o counsel_n vain_a §_o 31._o ccxii_o beda_n say_v a_o english_a council_n meet_v an._n 679._o under_o theodorus_n to_o own_o the_o catholic_n faith_n bed_n l._n 4._o c._n 13._o §_o 32._o ccxiii_o the_o same_o year_n 679._o a_o council_n at_o milan_n tell_v the_o emperor_n their_o opinion_n for_o two_o will_n and_o operation_n §_o 33._o ccxiu_o a_o synod_n at_o rome_n prepare_v matter_n for_o the_o general_n council_n against_o the_o monothelite_n this_o tend_v to_o please_v the_o separate_a bishop_n of_o italy_n that_o divide_v from_o the_o pope_n for_o seem_v to_o desert_n the_o chalcedon_n council_n by_o condemn_v the_o tria_fw-la capitula_fw-la §_o 34._o ccxv_o now_o come_v the_o 3d_o council_n of_o constantine_n call_v the_o 6_o general_n council_n in_o which_o 289_o bishop_n condemn_v the_o monothelite_n that_o be_v for_o one_o will_v and_o operation_n constantine_n pog._n be_v against_o they_o macarius_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v the_o chief_a of_o they_o who_o will_v have_v consent_v to_o name_v neither_o one_o nor_o two_o but_o when_o they_o have_v do_v all_o profess_v that_o he_o will_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o sea_n before_o he_o will_v say_v there_o be_v in_o christ_n two_o will_n and_o operation_n think_v that_o he_o hold_v to_o cyril_n and_o the_o first_o ephesian_a council_n against_o nestorius_n george_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n desert_v he_o and_o he_o be_v depose_v and_o banish_v to_o rome_n no_o hard_a banishment_n but_o for_o ill_a company_n §_o 35._o a_o long_a stir_n there_o be_v among_o they_o peruse_v former_a write_n macarius_n and_o his_o party_n produce_v many_o which_o other_o say_z be_v falsify_v so_o little_a certainty_n be_v there_o oft_o of_o copy_n the_o epistle_n of_o sergius_n const._n &_o honor._n rom._n be_v read_v which_o i_o shall_v think_v peaceable_a and_o honest_a but_o the_o general_n council_n damn_v and_o curse_a they_o both_o as_o heretic_n the_o papist_n say_v general_a council_n may_v err_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n how_o much_o more_o than_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v more_o obscure_a and_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v much_o of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o faith_n no_o man_n name_n have_v so_o strange_a a_o fate_n against_o hereticaters_n as_o the_o great_a hereticater_v cyril_n who_o in_o this_o council_n in_o cyrus_n artic_a and_o many_o other_o be_v full_o prove_v to_o
the_o more_o for_o this_o accusation_n he_o seem_v a_o hypocrite_n indeed_o but_o whether_o a_o heretic_n i_o know_v not_o the_o scot_n heretic_n be_v accuse_v as_o deny_v the_o church_n canon_n and_o the_o meaning_n of_o some_o father_n despise_v the_o synod_n law_n say_v that_o he_o may_v still_o be_v a_o bishop_n for_o so_o he_o be_v though_o he_o have_v two_o son_n in_o adultery_n say_v boniface_n perhaps_o in_o marriage_n and_o as_o he_o say_v hold_v that_o a_o man_n may_v marry_v his_o brother_n widow_n and_o that_o christ_n at_o his_o descent_n deliver_v all_o soul_n out_o of_o hell_n this_o be_v a_o foul_a error_n indeed_o if_o true_o charge_v these_o be_v charge_v by_o boniface_n and_o the_o roman_a synod_n to_o be_v forerunner_n of_o antichrist_n and_o how_o like_a be_v aldebert_n pretension_n to_o many_o roman_a saint_n a_o prayer_n also_o of_o aldeberts_n be_v read_v in_o which_o he_o pray_v to_o angel_n under_o several_a strange_a name_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n have_v vote_n in_o this_o council_n and_o subscribe_v the_o hypocrite_n condemnation_n bin._n p._n 218._o but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n that_o he_o name_v more_o than_o three_o angel_n §_o 23._o stephen_n the_o second_o be_v choose_v pope_n by_o all_z the_o people_z after_o zachary_n and_o die_v four_o day_n after_o sudden_o §_o 24._o stephen_n the_o 3d_o be_v choose_v by_o all_o the_o people_n say_v anastasius_n aistulphus_n king_n of_o the_o longobard_n threaten_v rome_n take_v their_o gift_n and_o demand_v their_o subjection_n the_o pope_n after_o gregory_n the_o 2d_n rebellion_n be_v glad_a to_o send_v to_o the_o emperor_n to_o crave_v a_o army_n to_o save_v rome_n and_o italy_n when_o he_o can_v get_v no_o help_n from_o constant._n he_o send_v to_o pepin_n king_n of_o france_n one_o that_o he_o have_v make_v king_n by_o rebellion_n be_v oblige_v to_o help_v he_o and_o by_o a_o army_n force_v aistulphus_n to_o covenant_n to_o restore_v ravenna_n and_o many_o other_o italian_a city_n not_o to_o the_o emperor_n who_o agent_n claim_v his_o right_n and_o be_v deny_v by_o pepin_n but_o to_o the_o pope_n to_o reward_v he_o and_o get_v the_o pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n aistulphus_n break_v his_o covenant_n pepin_n with_o another_o army_n force_v he_o to_o deliver_v they_o and_o return_v aistulphus_n die_v desiderius_n a_o captain_n by_o usurpation_n invade_v the_o kingdom_n radchis_n that_o have_v be_v king_n before_o and_o go_v into_o a_o monastery_n and_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o longobard_n resist_v the_o rebel_n ☜_o he_o send_v to_o the_o pope_n offer_v he_o all_o that_o he_o can_v desire_v more_o city_n to_o help_v he_o the_o pope_n make_v his_o own_o bargain_n with_o he_o as_o he_o do_v with_o pepin_n and_o charles_n martell_n before_o and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o french_a settle_v the_o rebel_n desiderius_n in_o the_o kingdom_n pepin_n make_v a_o deed_n of_o gift_n of_o all_o the_o foresay_a city_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v this_o constantine_n gift_n he_o give_v away_o another_o man_n the_o emperor_n dominion_n and_o with_o desiderius_n addition_n now_o the_o pope_n be_v become_v a_o prince_n §_o 24._o ccxxviii_o we_o come_v now_o to_o a_o great_a general_n council_n of_o 338_o bishop_n at_o constantinople_n an._n 754._o under_o constantine_n copronymus_n against_o the_o worship_v of_o image_n pet._n the_o adversary_n of_o it_o will_v not_o have_v it_o call_v the_o seven_o general_n council_n because_o divers_a patriarch_n be_v absent_a and_o it_o decree_v say_v they_o they_o against_o the_o truth_n they_o not_o only_o condemn_v the_o worship_v of_o image_n and_o germanus_n constantinus_n georgius_n cyprius_n jo._n damascenus_n and_o other_o worshipper_n of_o they_o as_o idolater_n but_o destroy_v the_o relic_n of_o martyr_n and_o exact_v a_o oath_n of_o man_n by_o the_o cross_n and_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n that_o they_o will_v never_o adore_v image_n but_o execrate_v they_o as_o idol_n nor_o ever_o pray_v to_o the_o holy_a apostle_n martyr_n and_o bless_a virgin_n say_v baronius_n and_o binnius_n p._n 235._o but_o the_o 15_o and_o 17_o definition_n of_o this_o council_n recite_v in_o the_o 2d_o nicene_n council_n ☜_o show_v that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o free_a from_o pray_v to_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o saint_n as_o we_o can_v wish_v they_o have_v for_o they_o decree_v we_o must_v crave_v her_o intercession_n and_o they_o but_o they_o forbid_v pray_v to_o their_o image_n §_o 25._o the_o act_n of_o this_o council_n not_o please_v the_o adversary_n be_v not_o deliver_v full_o to_o we_o but_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o their_o decree_n be_v repeat_v word_n by_o word_n in_o the_o 2d_o nicene_n council_n and_o so_o preserve_v §_o 26._o there_o be_v one_o doctrinal_a definition_n of_o this_o council_n own_v also_o by_o their_o adversary_n the_o 2d_o council_n nicen._n which_o by_o the_o way_n i_o will_v take_v notice_n of_o about_o the_o glorify_a body_n of_o christ_n and_o consequent_o we_o after_o the_o resurrection_n that_o it_o be_v a_o body_n but_o not_o flesh_n bin._n p._n 378._o defin_n 7._o siquis_fw-la non_fw-la confessus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la post_fw-la assumptionem_fw-la animatae_fw-la rationalis_fw-la &_o intellectualis_fw-la carnis_fw-la simul_fw-la sedere_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o patre_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la quoque_fw-la rursus_fw-la venturum_fw-la cum_fw-la paterna_fw-la majestate_fw-la judicaturum_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la ☜_o non_fw-la amplius_fw-la quidem_fw-la carnem_fw-la neque_fw-la incorporeum_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la videatur_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la compunctus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o maneat_fw-la deus_fw-la extra_fw-la crassitudinem_fw-la carnis_fw-la anathema_n to_o which_o say_v the_o nicene_n council_n by_o epiphanius_n huc_fw-la usque_fw-la recte_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la &_o patrum_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la convenientia_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n two_o sort_n i_o will_v have_v take_v notice_n of_o this_o 1._o the_o papist_n who_o say_v that_o the_o bread_n be_v turn_v into_o christ_n very_a flesh_n when_o he_o have_v no_o very_a flesh_n in_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o the_o meaning_n must_v be_v of_o the_o sacramental_a sign_n that_o it_o be_v the_o representation_n of_o that_o real_a flesh_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v sacrifice_v on_o the_o cross._n 2._o some_o prejudice_v protestant_n that_o think_v he_o that_o say_v our_o body_n and_o christ_n in_o heaven_n will_v not_o be_v flesh_n and_o blood_n formal_o and_o proper_o so_o call_v but_o spiritual_a glorious_a body_n do_v say_v some_o dangerous_a new_a assertion_n such_o gross_a thought_n have_v gross_a head_n of_o the_o heavenly_a state_n to_o these_o i_o say_v 1._o you_o contradict_v the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n spirit_n 1_o cor._n 15._o flesh_n and_o blood_n can_v enter_v etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o formal_a flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o not_o metaphorical_a sin_n be_v plain_a in_o the_o context_n see_v dr._n hammond_n on_o the_o text._n 2._o give_v but_o a_o true_a definition_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o it_o will_v convince_v you_o of_o itself_o 3._o you_o see_v here_o that_o you_o maintain_v a_o opinion_n which_o these_o two_o even_o adverse_a general_a council_n anathematise_v §_o 27._o by_o this_o council_n we_o may_v see_v how_o little_a general_n council_n signify_v with_o the_o papist_n either_o as_o to_o infallibility_n authority_n or_o preservation_n of_o tradition_n long_o than_o they_o please_v the_o pope_n as_o to_o their_o objection_n that_o call_v it_o pseudo-septimum_a that_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o there_o i_o answer_v 1._o no_o more_o be_v he_o by_o himself_o or_o legate_n at_o the_o first_o of_o constant._n call_v the_o second_o general_n council_n as_o binnius_n profess_v 2._o be_v not_o the_o church_n the_o church_n if_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o there_o then_o he_o may_v choose_v whether_o ever_o there_o shall_v be_v more_o general_a council_n as_o indeed_o he_o do_v §_o 28._o ccxxix_o an._n 756._o king_n pepin_n call_v a_o council_n in_o france_n declare_v that_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o order_n that_o he_o can_v attempt_v but_o a_o partial_a reformation_n leave_v the_o rest_n till_o better_a time_n the_o first_o canon_n be_v that_o every_o city_n have_v a_o bishop_n ☞_o of_o old_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v every_o such_o town_n as_o our_o corporation_n and_o market-town_n be_v and_o by_o all_o the_o old_a canon_n and_o custom_n except_o some_o odd_a one_o every_o such_o town_n of_o christian_n be_v to_o have_v a_o bishop_n and_o in_o phrygia_n arabia_n etc._n etc._n the_o village_n have_v bishop_n say_v socrates_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o many_o place_n the_o village_n have_v chorepiscopos_fw-la which_o petavius_n annot._n in_o epiphan_n arian_n full_o prove_v be_v true_a bishop_n and_o yet_o then_o the_o most_o of_o the_o people_n in_o most_o country_n be_v without_o the_o church_n
irene_n will_v do_v as_o the_o pope_n will_v have_v she_o she_o be_v as_o much_o for_o picture_n as_o the_o pope_n himself_o she_o call_v this_o council_n at_o constantinople_n the_o old_a soldier_n breed_v up_o under_o the_o former_a emperor_n be_v against_o image_n haeresin_fw-la medullitus_fw-la imbiberant_fw-la say_v binnius_n ☜_o p._n 396._o will_v not_o endure_v they_o in_o constantinople_n but_o rout_v they_o at_o which_o the_o empress_n be_v trouble_v dismiss_v the_o bishop_n till_o they_o have_v purge_v the_o army_n of_o those_o old_a soldier_n and_o then_o she_o call_v the_o bishop_n to_o nice_a and_o there_o they_o know_v their_o errand_n beforehand_o damn_v themselves_o and_o their_o brethren_n that_o have_v hold_v the_o former_a universal_a synod_n and_o set_v up_o image_n again_o §_o 55._o by_o the_o way_n i_o appeal_v from_o pride_n and_o ignorance_n to_o christian_a sobriety_n and_o reason_n how_o the_o take_n down_o of_o image_n can_v in_o the_o roman_a sense_n be_v call_v a_o heresy_n ☞_o unless_o it_o be_v a_o article_n of_o faith_n that_o image_n must_v or_o may_v be_v use_v and_o can_v any_o man_n that_o ever_o read_v and_o believe_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o write_n of_o the_o first_o four_o hundred_o year_n believe_v that_o have_v or_o worship_v of_o image_n or_o saint_n by_o image_n be_v a_o article_n of_o faith_n or_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n the_o best_a of_o they_o that_o any_o man_n can_v plead_v with_o modesty_n be_v that_o they_o be_v indifferent_a or_o lawful_a and_o useful_a to_o some_o person_n the_o papist_n tell_v we_o now_o that_o they_o will_v not_o compel_v we_o to_o bow_v towards_o image_n but_o leave_v it_o to_o our_o liberty_n must_v it_o be_v heresy_n and_o the_o christian_a world_n cast_v into_o distraction_n about_o it_o when_o yet_o this_o image-worship_n be_v idolatry_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o one_o part_n of_o christian_n and_o but_o indifferent_a and_o convenient_a to_o the_o ignorant_a that_o have_v other_o help_n enough_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o other_o o_o what_o a_o plague_n have_v it_o be_v to_o the_o world_n to_o have_v a_o worldly_a clergy_n invade_v the_o church_n §_o 56._o at_o the_o meeting_n of_o this_o council_n we_o have_v first_o the_o call_v and_o title_n in_o which_o 1._o the_o emperor_n and_o his_o mother_n be_v call_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n orbis_n terrarum_fw-la and_o yet_o our_o papist_n as_o w._n johnson_n in_o his_o novelty_n repress_v etc._n etc._n will_v make_v man_n believe_v that_o if_o they_o find_v but_o such_o a_o say_n of_o a_o council_n or_o of_o the_o church_n it_o must_v needs_o signify_v more_o than_o the_o empire_n even_o all_o the_o earth_n indeed_o 2._o it_o be_v express_o say_v over_o and_o over_o that_o this_o council_n be_v call_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o by_o their_o decree_n and_o command_n tharasius_n begin_v with_o tell_v they_o the_o need_n of_o reformation_n for_o image_n and_o report_v how_o they_o be_v assault_v at_o constantinople_n when_o they_o meet_v there_o and_o so_o remove_v to_o nice_a etc._n etc._n §_o 57_o next_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o empress_n and_o her_o son_n be_v read_v in_o which_o they_o be_v before_o make_v know_v what_o they_o must_v do_v they_o be_v tell_v what_o paul_n const._n on_o his_o deathbed_n say_v for_o image_n and_o that_o tarasius_n will_v not_o take_v the_o patriarchate_o till_o he_o have_v promise_n of_o a_o council_n to_o restore_v they_o and_o some_o hope_n of_o it_o the_o emperor_n here_o say_v that_o he_o call_v and_o congregat_v the_o synod_n and_o that_o ex_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la out_o of_o the_o whole_a earthly_a world_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v only_o out_o of_o the_o roman_a empire_n §_o 58._o when_o the_o bishop_n business_n be_v so_o well_o make_v know_v by_o the_o woman_n that_o call_v they_o first_o three_z bishop_n that_o have_v be_v late_o forward_a speaker_n against_o image_n in_o the_o former_a general_n council_n under_o constantine_n do_v humble_o confess_v their_o sin_n to_o the_o council_n and_o ask_v forgiveness_n that_o be_v basil._n ancyrae_fw-la theodorus_n myron_n and_o theodosius_n amorii_n and_o first_o basil_n bishop_n of_o ancyra_n give_v they_o his_o creed_n in_o which_o he_o profess_v to_o believe_v in_o the_o trinity_n and_o to_o embrace_v the_o intercession_n of_o the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o heavenly_a power_n and_o of_o all_o the_o saint_n and_o with_o all_o honour_n to_o receive_v and_o embrace_v their_o holy_a relic_n firm_o believe_v that_o he_o may_v be_v make_v partaker_n of_o their_o holiness_n also_o that_o he_o embrace_v the_o venerable_a image_n which_o out_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n etc._n etc._n and_o of_o the_o inviolate_a virgin_n our_o lady_n the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n prophet_n martyr_n and_o all_o saint_n and_o give_v they_o due_a honour_n reject_v and_o curse_v with_o all_o his_o mind_n that_o call_v the_o seven_o synod_n leader_n that_o be_v gather_v by_o a_o deprave_a mind_n and_o madness_n a_o false_a council_n as_o alien_a to_o all_o piety_n and_o religion_n impious_o bark_v against_o ecclesiastical_a legislation_n reproach_v venerable_a image_n and_o command_v they_o to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o show_v his_o zeal_n and_o lead_v other_o the_o way_n he_o deliver_v in_o nine_o curse_n or_o anathemas_n one_o against_o those_o that_o demolish_v image_n another_o against_o those_o that_o expound_v the_o scripture_n word_n against_o idol_n and_o gentile_a image_n as_o against_o christian_n image_n next_o he_o execrate_v all_o that_o embrace_v not_o image_n so_o it_o be_v now_o become_v necessary_a unto_o salvation_n another_o curse_n be_v against_o those_o that_o favour_n they_o that_o be_v against_o image_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o the_o church_n ill_o use_v by_o her_o bishop_n when_o they_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v curse_v by_o they_o one_o year_n curse_v all_o that_o be_v for_o image_n and_o another_o curse_v all_o that_o be_v not_o for_o they_o be_v it_o such_o a_o curse_a clergy_n to_o make_v a_o curse_a church_n that_o christ_n ordain_v and_o that_o the_o council_n may_v not_o suspect_v that_o this_o bishop_n be_v a_o temporizer_n and_o change_v his_o opinion_n with_o the_o time_n first_o he_o profess_v to_o declare_v all_o this_o with_o his_o whole_a soul_n heart_n and_o mind_n and_o next_o he_o wish_v that_o if_o ever_o by_o any_o mean_n he_o revolt_v again_o from_o image_n he_o may_v be_v alienate_v from_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o thus_o he_o renounce_v repentance_n curse_v himself_o if_o ever_o he_o repent_v §_o 59_o tharasius_n and_o his_o synod_n glorify_v god_n for_o this_o excellent_a confession_n and_o next_o come_v theodore_n bishop_n of_o myros_n and_o he_o do_v the_o like_a and_o be_v joyful_o receive_v and_o next_o come_v theodosius_n bishop_n of_o amorium_n and_o he_o more_o doleful_o lament_v that_o be_v a_o sinner_n and_o seduce_v he_o have_v blatter_v out_o many_o evil_n untrue_o against_o venerable_a image_n and_o therefore_o confess_v his_o fault_n he_o condemn_v and_o curse_v or_o detest_v himself_n resolve_v hereafter_o to_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v curse_v or_o speak_v ill_o of_o and_o to_o teach_v it_o to_o the_o world_n and_o beg_v to_o be_v receive_v among_o christian_n though_o unworthy_a next_o he_o offer_v his_o libel_n viz._n first_o i_o approve_v receive_v salute_v and_o venerate_v before_o all_o thing_n the_o intemerate_v image_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n our_o true_a god_n and_o the_o bless_a mother_n virgin_n who_o bring_v he_o forth_o without_o seed_n substance_n who_o help_n protection_n and_o intercession_n i_o pray_v for_o night_n and_o day_n that_o she_o may_v help_v i_o a_o sinner_n as_o have_v that_o power_n from_o he_o who_o she_o bring_v into_o the_o world_n christ_n our_o god_n and_o i_o receive_v and_o venerate_v the_o image_n of_o saint_n apostle_n prophet_n martyr_n father_n eremites_n not_o as_o god_n etc._n etc._n and_o with_o all_o my_o mind_n i_o beseech_v they_o to_o intercede_v with_o god_n for_o i_o that_o i_o may_v find_v mercy_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n on_o the_o same_o account_n i_o venerate_v the_o relic_n of_o saint_n etc._n etc._n so_o he_o proceed_v also_o to_o his_o curse_n and_o first_o he_o anathematize_v all_o that_o venerate_v not_o image_n then_o he_o curse_v those_o that_o reproach_n they_o and_o next_o that_o speak_v evil_a of_o they_o and_o next_o he_o curse_v those_o that_o do_v not_o from_o their_o heart_n teach_v christian_a people_n the_o veneration_n of_o holy_a and_o honourable_a image_n of_o all_o saint_n which_o from_o the_o beginning_n please_v god_n qu._n 1._o where_o shall_v we_o
as_o a_o usurp_a magistrate_n owe_v we_o protection_n though_o he_o shall_v answer_v for_o his_o usurpation_n so_o a_o usurp_a minister_n owe_v we_o his_o labour_n so_o that_o the_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o hear_v and_o obey_v man_n when_o they_o be_v uncertain_a of_o their_o due_a call_n if_o they_o possess_v the_o place_n and_o shall_v have_v the_o blessing_n of_o such_o administration_n for_o we_o be_v sure_o the_o office_n and_o work_n be_v of_o god_n proposition_n 11._o the_o truth_n of_o our_o doctrine_n depend_v not_o on_o our_o call_v be_v we_o no_o minister_n we_o can_v prove_v the_o gospel_n true_a which_o we_o deliver_v and_o any_o man_n must_v be_v believe_v that_o bring_v a_o truth_n that_o concern_v our_o peace_n therefore_o let_v quaker_n and_o seeker_n and_o papist_n first_o disprove_v our_o doctrine_n if_o they_o can_v and_o not_o cheat_v the_o people_n by_o persuade_v they_o that_o our_o call_v must_v first_o be_v prove_v as_o a_o prophet_n must_v be_v object_n but_o you_o have_v your_o learning_n only_o from_o book_n and_o university_n and_o so_o have_v not_o true_a minister_n answ._n we_o have_v it_o from_o god_n in_o the_o use_n of_o his_o mean_n even_o by_o prayer_n read_v study_n and_o learning_n his_o work_n and_o word_n of_o our_o teacher_n whether_o at_o university_n or_o elsewhere_o and_o we_o be_v command_v to_o study_v and_o meditate_v on_o these_o thing_n and_o give_v ourselves_o whole_o to_o they_o and_o to_o meditate_v on_o god_n law_n day_n and_o night_n psal._n 1._o 2._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 15._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 13_o 15._o christ_n minister_n must_v be_v teacher_n or_o tutor_n to_o other_o and_o commit_v the_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v hear_v to_o faithful_a man_n who_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o teach_v other_o also_o 2_o tim._n 2._o â—_o good_a minister_n of_o christ_n be_v nourish_v up_o in_o the_o word_n of_o faith_n and_o good_a doctrine_n and_o so_o attain_v to_o it_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 6._o all_o shall_v learn_v according_a to_o their_o time_n of_o teach_v heb._n 5._o 11_o 12_o 14._o we_o study_v nothing_o but_o the_o word_n and_o work_n of_o god_n and_o be_v not_o that_o a_o wretch_n and_o not_o a_o man_n that_o will_v reproach_v we_o as_o no_o minister_n for_o do_v that_o which_o we_o have_v our_o reason_n for_o and_o which_o must_v be_v the_o work_n of_o our_o life_n poor_a christian_n as_o you_o love_v god_n and_o your_o soul_n and_o will_v not_o cast_v off_o christ_n and_o heaven_n let_v not_o deceiver_n draw_v you_o to_o cast_v off_o the_o ministry_n scripture_n or_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la that_o 〈◊〉_d local_a altar_n be_v here_o mean_v i_o elsewhere_o prove_v against_o they_o that_o say_v it_o be_v but_o one_o communicate_v body_n adhere_v to_o one_o bishop_n see_v mr._n jones_n heart_n sovereign_n excellent_o describe_v the_o english_a succession_n alpaspinaeus_fw-la learned_o make_v the_o best_a of_o it_o but_o of_o can._n 34._o confess_v a_o worsâ—_n sense_n than_o this_o of_o binnius_n and_o no_o general_n council_n have_v judge_v against_o they_o for_o there_o have_v be_v none_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o sâ—crat_fw-mi l._n 7._o c._n 3._o socr._n ib._n c._n 7._o socr._n c._n 15._o ☜_o niceph._n l._n 14._o c._n 17._o ☞_o socr._n l._n 7._o c._n 28._o socr._n c._n 29._o c._n 31._o c._n 32._o c._n 33._o ☞_o â—in_a p_o 786._o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o bin._n tom._n 2._o p._n 7_o 8._o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o bin._n p._n 151._o niceph._n l._n 15._o c._n 19_o niceph._n l._n 15._o c._n 17_o 18_o 19_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o and_o more_o large_o ep._n 13._o ad_fw-la episcop_n dardainae_fw-la ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o evagr._fw-la l._n 3._o cap._n 4._o ☜_o evagr._fw-la l._n 6._o cap._n 6._o ann._n 518._o ☞_o evag._n l._n 4._o c._n 10._o 11._o and_o nicep_v l._n 17._o c._n 7._o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o some_o late_a historian_n tell_v we_o of_o incredible_a number_n of_o the_o egyptian_a christian_n who_o jastinian_n destroy_v in_o this_o blind_a zeal_n for_o christ_n but_o i_o find_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o old_a historian_n though_o it_o be_v too_o bad_a ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o constant._n a_o 547._o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o and_o will_v not_o papist_n have_v prince_n do_v so_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o barâ—nius_n contradict_v anastasius_n &_o other_o in_o this_o point_n ☞_o ☞_o baronius_n think_v that_o theodomire_n be_v father_n to_o 〈◊〉_d ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o no_o not_o the_o roman_a ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o bin._n pag._n 127._o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 217_o 218._o vide_fw-la cetera_fw-la ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o no_o wonder_n wonder_n be_v not_o monk_n holy_a man_n then_o then_o if_o you_o will_v needs_o have_v the_o honour_n of_o so_o have_v a_o work_n that_o you_o may_v have_v power_n to_o do_v the_o like_a take_v it_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o sixtus_n seneâ—sis_n &_o pet._n crab_n p._n 458._o say_v it_o be_v at_o ephesus_n but_o binnius_n confute_v they_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o see_v hen._n fowlis_n of_o papist_n treason_n p._n 120._o prove_v the_o whole_a story_n false_a ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o the_o verb_n be_v leave_v out_o out_o where_o he_o be_v late_o a_o leader_n leader_n how_o be_v he_o then_o of_o her_o substance_n ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o crab._n p._n 485._o ☜_o ☜_o at_o constantinople_n ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o what!_o superior_a to_o christ_n humanity_n how_o prove_v you_o that_o she_o be_v superior_a to_o the_o high_a angel_n angel_n be_v the_o body_n of_o all_o saint_n already_o rise_v crab._n p._n 605._o ☞_o ☞_o alas_o must_v all_o be_v separatist_n from_o the_o bishop_n in_o england_n france_n &_o c_o c_o as_o by_o interdict_v ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o bin._n p._n 288_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr imag._n lib._n 2._o it_o be_v such_o a_o western_a general_n council_n as_o that_o at_o trent_n be_v for_o extent_n extent_n lib._n 2._o the_o imagine_v cap._n 14._o even_o dion_n petavius_n after_o all_o say_v in_o which_o synod_n of_o frankford_n the_o seven_o general_n council_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v ignorant_a â—f_n its_o decree_n an._n 794._o hist._n l._n 8._o c._n 7._o ☜_o ☞_o bin._n p._n 428._o exit_fw-la quadam_fw-la elipandi_fw-la confession_n quae_fw-la in_o biblioth_n toletana_n reperitur_fw-la in_o quodam_fw-la libro_fw-la à _fw-la beato_n &_o heterio_n contra_fw-la elipandum_fw-la scripto_fw-la aiunt_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la faelicem_fw-la &_o elipandum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o mysterio_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la abutâ—ndo_fw-la voce_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la instar_fw-la durandi_fw-la aberrâsse_fw-la idemque_fw-la conjecturis_fw-la affirmant_fw-la istis_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la nestorio_n objecta_fw-la fuerant_fw-la in_o conc._n ephes._n contra_fw-la elipandum_fw-la attulerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o rest_n ☞_o vid._n not._n bin._n p._n 428_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o see_v petau._n hist._n li._n 8._o c._n 6._o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o this_o be_v not_o the_o first_o time_n that_o council_n have_v 〈…〉_z catholic_n church_n church_n they_o mean_v but_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n church_n a_o new_a controversy_n ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o council-curse_n for_o opinion_n take_v place_n be_v p._n 470_o epist._n theod._n theod._n it_o be_v like_a julius_n marinus_n as_o onuphrius_n say_v be_v his_o name_n name_n say_v vita_fw-la ludovici_n in_o bin._n p._n 525._o congregatis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la etc._n etc._n fecit_fw-la componi_fw-la ordinarique_fw-la librum_fw-la canonicae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la normam_fw-la gestantem_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la totâ—us_fw-la 〈◊〉_d erdinis_fw-la perfectio_fw-la continetur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la inseri_fw-la jussit_fw-la câ—â—i_fw-la potusque_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la necessarrorum_fw-la sâ—mmam_fw-la quem_fw-la librum_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la civitates_fw-la &_o monasteria_fw-la canonici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la svi_fw-la imperâ—_n 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la manus_fw-la missâ—rum_fw-la prudeâ—tium_fw-la see_v the_o rest_n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o emperor_n book_n and_o not_o the_o council_n work_n ☜_o ☜_o quae_fw-la si_fw-la vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la say_v binnius_n himself_o ☜_o ☜_o a_o unlikely_a thing_n ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o mark_v that_o it_o be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o empire_n ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o o_o wicked_a use_n of_o bishop_n bishop_n who_o shall_v they_o have_v fear_v more_o than_o god_n and_o their_o king_n king_n be_v this_o the_o use_n of_o relic_n an._n 833._o 833._o here_o be_v a_o high_a court_n of_o prelatical_a justice_n against_o a_o good_a emperor_n emperor_n lotharius_n accuse_v his_o father_n father_n no_o doubt_n but_o you_o make_v this_o know_v too_o far_o
must_v pass_v as_o undeny_v truth_n and_o thus_o false_a history_n be_v make_v the_o chief_a foundation_n of_o the_o roman_a kingdom_n thus_o they_o will_v face_v you_o down_o that_o you_o be_v ignorant_a or_o impudent_a 1._o if_o you_o question_v whether_o peter_n be_v a_o true_a bishop_n at_o rome_n yea_o or_o ever_o there_o which_o nilus_n have_v show_v to_o be_v somewhat_o uncertain_a 2._o or_o that_o he_o settle_v the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o his_o successor_n in_o a_o supremacy_n over_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n 3._o or_o that_o the_o pope_n primacy_n be_v over_o all_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n which_o indeed_o be_v but_o as_o canterbury_n be_v in_o england_n in_o one_o roman_a empire_n only_o 4._o they_o will_v persuade_v you_o that_o this_o primacy_n be_v settle_v by_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n which_o be_v do_v only_o by_o council_n and_o emperor_n of_o rome_n 5._o they_o will_v make_v you_o believe_v that_o this_o be_v from_o the_o apostle_n day_n which_o begin_v long_o after_o 6._o they_o will_v persuade_v you_o that_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n submit_v to_o it_o even_o abassia_n and_o all_o the_o extra-imperial_a church_n which_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n 7._o yea_o that_o before_o luther_n none_o contradict_v the_o papal_a power_n and_o claim_v but_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n be_v papist_n by_o many_o such_o lie_v they_o deceive_v thousand_o of_o the_o ignorant_a and_o when_o they_o challenge_v man_n to_o dispute_v by_o word_n or_o writing_n their_o last_o refuge_n be_v to_o bring_v they_o into_o a_o wood_n of_o history_n that_o there_o they_o may_v either_o win_v the_o game_n or_o end_v the_o chase_n and_o if_o a_o minister_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o arm_v here_o to_o confute_v their_o historical_a forgery_n they_o will_v take_v it_o for_o a_o victory_n and_o triumph_n which_o make_v i_o write_v my_o last_o book_n against_o johnson_n or_o terret_n to_o show_v historical_o the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o church_n and_o the_o novelty_n of_o they_o which_o i_o can_v wish_v young_a minister_n unacquainted_a with_o church-history_n will_v peruse_v but_o if_o our_o people_n be_v true_o acquaint_v how_o thing_n have_v go_v in_o the_o church_n from_o the_o beginning_n it_o will_v be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o effectual_a preservative_n against_o popery_n when_o now_o the_o falsification_n be_v become_v its_o strength_n i_o have_v oft_o think_v that_o it_o have_v be_v great_a policy_n in_o the_o papist_n if_o they_o can_v to_o have_v burn_v all_o church-history_n but_o special_o of_o the_o council_n that_o the_o credit_n may_v have_v depend_v on_o their_o bare_a word_n for_o very_o once_o read_v of_o crab_n binnius_n surius_n or_o nicolinus_n will_v turn_v against_o they_o any_o stomach_n that_o be_v not_o confirm_v in_o their_o own_o disease_n but_o they_o have_v overdo_v baronius_n and_o now_o make_v so_o great_a and_o costly_a a_o load_n of_o the_o council_n as_o that_o the_o deficiency_n of_o money_n time_n wit_n and_o patient_a industry_n shall_v save_v the_o most_o even_o of_o the_o priesthood_n from_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o such_o epitome_n as_o caranza_n leave_n out_o most_o of_o the_o culpable_a part_n and_o yet_o even_o such_o they_o can_v hardly_o tolerate_v ii_o the_o more_o moderate_a french_a papist_n who_o magnify_v council_n above_o pope_n will_v make_v we_o believe_v that_o though_o pope_n be_v fallible_a and_o may_v miscarry_v yet_o general_a council_n have_v be_v the_o universal_a church-representative_a which_o have_v a_o legislative_a and_o judicial_a universal_a power_n and_o that_o our_o concord_n must_v be_v by_o centre_v in_o their_o decree_n and_o all_o be_v schismatic_n at_o least_o that_o take_v not_o their_o faith_n and_o religion_n upon_o their_o trust_n but_o if_o man_n know_v that_o there_o never_o be_v a_o general_n council_n of_o all_o the_o christian_a church_n but_o only_o of_o the_o empire_n and_o how_o woeful_o they_o have_v miscarry_v it_o will_v do_v much_o to_o save_v they_o from_o all_o such_o temptation_n iii_o the_o overvaluer_n of_o church_n grandeur_n and_o wealth_n and_o maintainer_n of_o the_o corrupt_a sort_n of_o diocesane_n prelacy_n patriarch_n etc._n etc._n write_v book_n and_o tell_v the_o ignorant_a confident_a story_n how_o such_o a_o prelacy_n have_v be_v in_o the_o church_n ever_o since_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o all_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n consent_v to_o it_o but_o if_o the_o people_n be_v acquaint_v with_o church_n history_n they_o will_v know_v that_o the_o primitive_a fix_a episcopacy_n be_v parochial_a or_o every_o church_n associate_v for_o personal_a present_a communion_n have_v a_o bishop_n presbytery_n and_o deacon_n of_o their_o own_o unfixed_a itinerant_a general_n pastor_n indefinite_o take_v care_n of_o many_o church_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o bishop_n strive_v who_o shall_v be_v great_a and_o turn_v single_a church_n into_o a_o association_n of_o many_o church_n and_o to_o be_v but_o chapel_n or_o part_n of_o the_o diocesan_n church_n that_o their_o power_n and_o wealth_n may_v be_v enlarge_v with_o their_o territory_n and_o the_o turn_n of_o arbitrate_v bishop_n into_o the_o common_a indicature_n which_o must_v govern_v all_o christian_n and_o such_o like_a which_o poison_v the_o church_n and_o turn_v the_o species_n of_o particular_a church_n episcopacy_n presbytery_n and_o discipline_n quite_o into_o another_o thing_n and_o to_o speak_v free_o it_o be_v the_o many_o blind_a volume_n and_o confident_a clamour_n of_o some_o man_n that_o rail_v at_o we_o as_o deny_v a_o episcopacy_n which_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v always_o agree_v in_o which_o draw_v i_o to_o write_v this_o abridgement_n of_o the_o church_n history_n of_o bishop_n council_n and_o pope_n iu._n and_o those_o that_o make_v the_o ignorant_a believe_v that_o seditious_a disobedient_a presbyter_n have_v in_o all_o age_n be_v the_o divider_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o bishop_n the_o mean_n of_o unity_n concord_n and_o suppression_n of_o such_o schismatic_n and_o heretic_n can_v never_o thus_o deceive_v the_o people_n be_v but_o so_o much_o church-history_n common_o know_v as_o i_o have_v here_o collect_v read_v church-history_n and_o believe_v that_o if_o you_o can_v v._o and_o many_o that_o take_v up_o any_o new_a opinion_n or_o dotage_n which_o be_v but_o new_o broach_v among_o they_o will_v have_v be_v save_v from_o it_o if_o they_o â—aâ—_n but_o know_v how_o that_o same_o opinion_n or_o the_o like_a be_v long_o ago_o take_v up_o by_o heretic_n and_o explode_v by_o the_o faitbful_a pastor_n and_o people_n of_o the_o church_n vi_o and_o the_o sectary_n who_o rash_o separate_v from_o some_o church_n because_o of_o some_o form_n opinion_n or_o ceremony_n which_o almost_o all_o christian_n on_o earth_n have_v use_v in_o the_o former_a pure_a age_n and_o still_o use_v will_v be_v more_o cautelous_a and_o fearful_a in_o examine_v their_o ground_n and_o will_v hardly_o venture_v to_o separate_v from_o any_o church_n for_o that_o which_o on_o the_o same_o reason_n will_v move_v they_o to_o separate_v from_o almost_o all_o christian_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n if_o not_o vnchurch_n the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o ancient_a error_n and_o crime_n will_v affright_v we_o from_o imitate_v they_o vii_o and_o those_o that_o make_v new_a ambiguous_a word_n or_o unnecessary_a practice_n to_o become_v necessary_a to_o church_n communion_n and_o hereticate_v all_o that_o differ_v from_o they_o or_o persecute_v they_o at_o least_o will_v be_v more_o frighten_v from_o such_o pernicious_a course_n if_o they_o well_o know_v what_o have_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o they_o heretofore_o viii_o and_o it_o be_v not_o unuseful_a to_o prince_n and_o magistrate_n to_o see_v what_o have_v corrupt_v and_o disturb_v the_o church_n in_o fâ—rmer_a time_n and_o what_o cause_n they_o have_v to_o keep_v the_o secular_a power_n from_o the_o clergy_n hand_n and_o to_o value_v those_o that_o for_o knowledge_n and_o piety_n be_v meet_v for_o their_o proper_a guide_a office_n and_o use_v of_o the_o church_n key_n but_o not_o to_o corrupt_v they_o by_o excess_n of_o worldly_a wealth_n and_o power_n nor_o to_o permit_v they_o by_o strive_v who_o shall_v seem_v great_a wise_a and_o best_a to_o become_v the_o incendiary_n of_o the_o church_n and_o world_n and_o the_o persecutor_n of_o the_o best_a that_o can_v serve_v their_o worldliness_n and_o pride_n the_o reader_n must_v note_n 1._o that_o though_o much_o of_o the_o history_n be_v take_v from_o other_o the_o council_n be_v name_v and_o number_v according_a to_o binnius_n and_o crabbe_n 2._o and_o that_o because_o so_o much_o evil_n be_v necessary_o recite_v i_o think_v it_o needful_a in_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_n to_o annex_v a_o defence_n of_o the_o pastor_n and_o their_o office_n and_o work_n lest_o any_o shall_v be_v tempt_v
feed_v the_o flock_n of_o god_n which_o be_v among_o you_o not_o out_o of_o your_o reach_n and_o hear_n in_o a_o vast_a diocese_n take_v the_o oversight_n not_o by_o constraint_n but_o willing_o and_o on_o willing_a man_n not_o for_o filthy_a lucre_n but_o of_o a_o ready_a wind_n neither_o as_o be_v lord_n over_o god_n heritage_n but_o be_v example_n to_o the_o flock_n and_o when_o the_o chief_a shepherd_n shall_v appear_v you_o shall_v receive_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n that_o fade_v not_o away_o §_o 11._o nothing_o be_v more_o certain_a than_o that_o the_o church_n for_o above_o 300_o year_n have_v no_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n that_o be_v forcible_o to_o meddle_v with_o and_o hurt_v man_n body_n or_o estate_n except_o what_o the_o apostle_n have_v by_o miracle_n and_o to_o this_o day_n no_o protestant_n and_o not_o most_o papist_n claim_v any_o such_o power_n as_o of_o divine_a institution_n but_o only_o plead_v that_o the_o secular_a power_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o sword_n to_o destroy_v such_o as_o be_v judge_v heretic_n by_o the_o bishop_n and_o to_o punish_v such_o as_o contemn_v the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 12._o he_o that_o will_v see_v more_o for_o the_o power_n of_o prince_n vindicate_v from_o the_o clergy_n claim_v and_o usurpation_n may_v find_v much_o in_o many_o old_a treatise_n write_v for_o the_o emperor_n against_o the_o pope_n collect_v by_o goldastus_n the_o monarch_n and_o in_o will._n barclay_n but_o much_o better_a in_o bishop_n bilson_n of_o obedience_n and_o in_o bishop_n andrew_n tortura_fw-la torti_n and_o in_o bishop_n buckridge_n roffensis_n of_o the_o power_n of_o king_n and_o much_o in_o spalatensis_n de_fw-fr repub._n §_o 13._o the_o universality_n of_o christian_n be_v the_o catholic_n church_n of_o which_o christ_n be_v the_o only_a head_n or_o sovereign_n but_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o these_o to_o worship_n god_n in_o solemn_a assembly_n and_o to_o live_v in_o a_o holy_a conversation_n together_o and_o to_o join_v in_o strive_v against_o sin_n and_o to_o help_v each_o other_o in_o the_o way_n to_o life_n therefore_o society_n unite_v for_o these_o end_n be_v call_v particular_a church_n §_o 14._o when_o the_o apostle_n have_v convert_v a_o competent_a number_n of_o christian_n they_o gather_v they_o into_o such_o assembly_n and_o as_o a_o politic_a society_n set_v over_o they_o such_o minister_n of_o christ_n as_o be_v afore_o describe_v to_o be_v their_o guide_n §_o 15._o these_o officer_n be_v in_o scripture_n call_v sometime_o elder_n and_o sometime_o bishop_n to_o who_o deacon_n be_v add_v to_o serve_v they_o and_o the_o church_n subordinate_o dr._n hammond_n have_v well_o describe_v their_o office_n in_o in_o his_o annotat._n which_o be_v to_o preach_v constant_o in_o public_a and_o private_a to_o administer_v both_o sacrament_n to_o pray_v and_o praise_n god_n with_o the_o people_n to_o catechise_v to_o visit_v and_o pray_v with_o the_o sick_a to_o comfort_v trouble_v soul_n to_o admonish_v the_o unruly_a to_o reject_v the_o impenitent_a to_o restore_v the_o penitent_a to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o in_o a_o word_n of_o all_o the_o flock_n §_o 16._o the_o apostle_n set_v usual_o more_o than_o one_o of_o these_o elder_n or_o bishop_n in_o every_o church_n not_o as_o if_o one_o may_v not_o rule_v the_o flock_n where_o no_o more_o be_v necessary_a but_o according_a to_o their_o need_n that_o the_o work_n may_v not_o be_v undo_v for_o want_v of_o minister_n §_o 17._o they_o plant_v their_o church_n usual_o in_o city_n because_o christian_n comparative_o to_o the_o rest_n be_v few_o as_o sect_n be_v among_o we_o and_o no_o where_o else_o usual_o enough_o for_o a_o society_n and_o because_o the_o neighbour-scattered_n village_n may_v best_o come_v to_o the_o city_n near_o they_o not_o but_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o plant_v church_n in_o the_o country_n where_o there_o be_v enough_o to_o constitute_v they_o and_o sometime_o they_o do_v so_o as_o by_o clemens_n roman_n ad_fw-la corinth_n by_o history_n appear_v §_o 18._o grotius_n think_v that_o one_o city_n at_o first_o have_v divers_a church_n and_o bishop_n and_o that_o they_o be_v gather_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o dr._n hammond_n think_v that_o for_o some_o time_n there_o be_v two_o church_n and_o bishop_n in_o many_o city_n one_o of_o jew_n and_o one_o of_o gentile_n and_o that_o in_o rome_n paul_n and_o peter_n have_v two_o church_n who_o linus_n and_o cletus_n do_v succeed_v till_o they_o be_v unite_v in_o clemens_n §_o 19_o there_o be_v great_a evidence_n of_o history_n that_o a_o particular_a church_n of_o the_o apostle_n settle_v be_v essential_o only_o a_o company_n of_o christian_n pastor_n and_o people_n associate_v for_o personal_a holy_a communion_n and_o mutual_a help_n in_o holy_a doctrine_n worship_n conversation_n and_o order_n therefore_o it_o never_o consist_v of_o so_o few_o or_o so_o many_o or_o so_o distant_a as_o to_o be_v uncapable_a of_o such_o personal_a help_n and_o communion_n but_o be_v ever_o distinguish_v as_o from_o accidental_a meeting_n so_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o many_o church_n or_o distant_a christian_n which_o be_v hold_v but_o by_o delegate_n synod_n of_o pastor_n or_o letter_n and_o not_o by_o personal_a help_n in_o presence_n not_o that_o all_o these_o must_v needs_o always_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o place_n but_o that_o usual_o they_o do_v so_o or_o at_o due_a time_n at_o least_o and_o be_v no_o more_o nor_o more_o distant_a than_o can_v so_o meet_v sometime_o persecution_n hinder_v they_o sometime_o the_o room_n may_v be_v too_o small_a even_o independent_a church_n among_o we_o sometime_o meet_v in_o divers_a place_n and_o one_o parish_n have_v divers_a chapel_n for_o the_o age_a and_o weak_a that_o be_v unfit_a for_o travel_n §_o 20._o scotus_n begin_v the_o opinion_n as_o davenport_n fr._n a_o santa_n clara_n intimate_v and_o dion_n petavius_n improve_v it_o and_o dr._n hammond_n have_v large_o assert_v it_o that_o the_o apostle_n at_o first_o plant_v a_o single_a bishop_n in_o each_o church_n with_o one_o or_o more_o deacon_n and_o that_o he_o have_v power_n in_o time_n to_o ordain_v elder_n of_o a_o different_a order_n species_n or_o office_n and_o that_o the_o word_n elder_a and_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n in_o scripture_n never_o signify_v these_o subject_a elder_n but_o the_o bishop_n only_o and_o say_v he_o there_o be_v no_o evidence_n that_o there_o be_v any_o of_o the_o subject_a sort_n of_o presbyter_n in_o scripture-time_n which_o concession_n be_v very_o kind_o accept_v by_o the_o presbyterian_o but_o they_o call_v for_o proof_n that_o ever_o these_o bishop_n be_v authorise_v to_o make_v a_o new_a species_n of_o presbyter_n which_o be_v never_o make_v in_o scripture-time_n and_o indeed_o they_o vehement_o deny_v it_o and_o may_v well_o despair_v of_o such_o a_o proof_n §_o 21._o but_o for_o my_o part_n i_o believe_v the_o foundation_n unprove_v that_o then_o there_o be_v but_o one_o elder_a in_o a_o church_n and_o think_v many_o text_n of_o scripture_n full_o prove_v the_o contrary_n but_o i_o join_v with_o dr._n hammond_n in_o believe_v that_o in_o scripture-time_n there_o be_v no_o particular_a church_n that_o have_v more_o state_v meeting_n for_o public_a communion_n than_o one_o for_o if_o there_o be_v so_o long_o but_o one_o elder_a there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o such_o assembly_n at_o once_o for_o they_o have_v no_o such_o assembly_n which_o be_v not_o guide_v by_o a_o presbyter_n or_o bishop_n in_o doctrine_n worship_n sacrament_n and_o discipline_n and_o they_o use_v to_o have_v the_o eucharist_n every_o lord_n day_n at_o least_o and_o often_o much_o more_o and_o one_o man_n can_v be_v at_o once_o but_o in_o one_o place_n §_o 22._o i_o have_v elsewhere_o full_o prove_v that_o the_o ancient_a church_n that_o have_v bishop_n be_v no_o big_a than_o our_o parish_n and_o few_o a_o quarter_n so_o big_a as_o the_o great_a of_o they_o and_o consist_v of_o no_o more_o than_o may_v have_v such_o present_a personal_a communion_n as_o be_v before_o describe_v the_o proof_n be_v too_o large_a to_o be_v here_o recite_v ignatius_n be_v the_o plain_a who_o say_v that_o this_o be_v the_o note_n of_o a_o church_n unity_n that_o to_o every_o church_n there_o be_v one_o altar_n and_o one_o bishop_n with_o his_o fellow_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o elsewhere_o charge_v the_o bishop_n to_o take_v account_n of_o his_o flock_n whether_o they_o all_o come_v to_o church_n even_o servant-man_n and_o maid_n clemens_n romanus_n before_o he_o intimate_v the_o like_a mention_v even_o country_n bishop_n martyr_n description_n of_o the_o christian_a assembly_n plain_o prove_v it_o tertullian_n description_n of_o they_o and_o many_o other_o passage_n in_o he_o prove_v it_o more_o full_o he_o profess_v that_o
sin_n 2._o his_o error_n be_v practical_a and_o not_o only_o notional_a 3._o it_o exclude_v the_o contrary_a truth_n and_o be_v predominant_a so_o that_o what_o contrary_a truth_n he_o acknowledge_v he_o do_v not_o sound_o practical_o and_o prevail_o believe_v §_o 12._o be_v it_o not_o beside_o my_o present_a purpose_n i_o may_v manifest_v that_o every_o carnal_a ungodly_a man_n among_o we_o 1._o do_v not_o true_o believe_v any_o one_o article_n of_o the_o creed_n with_o a_o serious_a practical_a belief_n 2._o nor_o do_v he_o consent_v to_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n 3._o nor_o sincere_o desire_v and_o put_v up_o one_o petition_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n right_o understand_v 4._o nor_o sincere_o obey_v one_o of_o the_o ten_o commandment_n 5._o nor_o can_v sincere_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n nor_o 6._o be_v a_o sincere_a member_n of_o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n nor_o can_v sincere_o hold_v communion_n with_o the_o saint_n he_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n and_o damnable_o erroneous_a even_o while_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v orthodox_n and_o plead_v for_o the_o truth_n and_o cry_v out_o against_o heresy_n and_o error_n which_o he_o may_v easy_o and_o ordinary_o do_v §_o 13._o it_o have_v still_o be_v one_o of_o satan_n effectual_a snare_n to_o deceive_v and_o damn_v ungodly_a man_n by_o to_o hide_v their_o own_o practical_a error_n and_o wickedness_n from_o their_o conscience_n by_o seem_v to_o be_v orthodox_n and_o cry_v down_o error_n and_o heresy_n in_o other_o but_o alas_o how_o unfit_a person_n be_v they_o for_o such_o work_n and_o how_o dreadful_o do_v they_o condemn_v themselves_o it_o be_v a_o pitiful_a thing_n to_o hear_v a_o man_n that_o be_v false_a to_o the_o very_a essence_n of_o his_o baptismal_a vow_n to_o revile_v and_o prosecute_v a_o poor_a anabaptist_n though_o erroneous_a for_o hold_v that_o baptism_n shall_v be_v delay_v till_o year_n of_o discretion_n that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o better_o keep_v or_o to_o hear_v a_o man_n that_o obey_v not_o god_n himself_o but_o his_o fleshly_a lust_n to_o cry_v out_o against_o every_o dissenter_n how_o conscionable_a soever_o for_o not_o obey_v the_o church_n in_o some_o questionable_a point_n or_o to_o hear_v a_o man_n that_o stick_v not_o at_o any_o wickedness_n that_o make_v for_o his_o worldly_a end_n or_o pleasure_n to_o cry_v out_o against_o those_o that_o in_o fear_n of_o perjury_n or_o lie_v or_o other_o sin_v against_o god_n dare_v not_o take_v some_o oath_n subscription_n profession_n or_o covenant_n which_o be_v impose_v as_o these_o notorious_a hypocrite_n who_o live_v quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o christian_a religion_n which_o they_o profess_v do_v use_n to_o call_v those_o hypocrite_n that_o labour_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o please_v god_n if_o they_o do_v but_o mislike_v any_o thing_n in_o their_o life_n so_o also_o while_o they_o be_v drown_v in_o damnable_a error_n they_o cry_v out_o against_o error_n in_o those_o that_o practical_o hold_v all_o the_o essential_o of_o christianity_n and_o be_v certain_o in_o the_o way_n of_o life_n if_o they_o do_v differ_v in_o any_o thing_n from_o they_o or_o be_v ignorant_a of_o any_o thing_n which_o they_o know_v he_o that_o never_o put_v up_o a_o sincere_a prayer_n to_o god_n for_o his_o grace_n nay_o that_o will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o make_v he_o holy_a and_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o sinful_a pleasure_n will_v yet_o call_v other_o erroneous_a and_o schismatic_n if_o they_o pray_v not_o by_o his_o book_n or_o in_o all_o his_o circumstance_n while_o his_o heart_n and_o family_n be_v prayerless_a and_o god_n name_n oft_o hear_v in_o oath_n and_o curse_n than_o in_o prayer_n §_o 14._o because_o bare_a opinion_n may_v consist_v with_o worldliness_n and_o fleshly_a lust_n therefore_o it_o have_v long_o be_v the_o trick_n of_o the_o ungodly_a to_o seem_v zealous_a for_o the_o true_a church_n and_o for_o right_a opinion_n and_o to_o over_o do_v here_o to_o quiet_v their_o conscience_n in_o sin_n and_o it_o have_v be_v a_o snare_n to_o many_o conscionable_a people_n to_o tempt_v they_o to_o suspect_v and_o dislike_v the_o truth_n because_o ungodly_a man_n thus_o stand_v for_o it_o and_o to_o think_v it_o must_v be_v some_o bad_a thing_n which_o wicked_a man_n seem_v so_o zealous_a for_o when_o as_o they_o do_v it_o but_o for_o a_o cover_n for_o their_o sin_n as_o hypocrite_n and_o oppressor_n use_v long_a prayer_n which_o will_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o good_a in_o it_o §_o 15._o and_o yet_o error_n be_v such_o a_o blind_a thing_n that_o it_o be_v very_o usual_a even_o for_o gross_o erroneous_a man_n to_o cry_v out_o most_o fierce_o against_o error_n for_o they_o know_v not_o themselves_o and_o they_o be_v proud_a and_o self_n conceit_v and_o oft_o by_o malignity_n apt_a to_o suspect_v and_o condemn_v other_o what_o do_v the_o jew_n persecute_v the_o christian_n for_o for_o suppose_a heresy_n and_o error_n what_o do_v the_o heathen_n cast_v they_o to_o wild_a beast_n and_o torment_n for_o for_o suppose_a impiety_n and_o error_n because_o they_o will_v not_o err_v in_o their_o idolatry_n as_o they_o do_v what_o have_v disquiet_v and_o tear_v in_o piece_n the_o christian_a world_n but_o erroneous_a and_o worldly_a pope_n patriarck_n and_o prelate_n inordinate_a outcries_a against_o suppose_a error_n for_o what_o have_v they_o silence_v hundred_o and_o thousand_o of_o faithful_a minister_n of_o christ_n for_o error_n for_o what_o have_v they_o rack_v torment_a burn_v to_o ash_n and_o slay_v by_o the_o sword_n so_o many_o thousand_o and_o hundred_o thousand_o o_o it_o be_v for_o heresy_n or_o error_n and_o be_v not_o these_o man_n perfect_o free_a from_o error_n themselves_o that_o have_v so_o great_a a_o zeal_n against_o it_o no_o so_o gross_o erroneous_a be_v they_o that_o they_o deny_v credit_n to_o all_o man_n sense_n and_o know_v not_o bread_n and_o wine_n when_o they_o see_v and_o touch_v and_o taste_v it_o and_o will_v have_v all_o those_o destroy_v that_o will_v not_o deny_v belief_n to_o sense_n as_o well_o as_o they_o so_o erroneous_a be_v they_o that_o they_o pretend_v a_o mortal_a man_n to_o be_v the_o church_n governor_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n so_o erroneous_a that_o they_o think_v god_n well_o worship_v by_o pray_v in_o word_n not_o understand_v and_o dare_v deny_v half_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n to_o the_o people_n which_o they_o confess_v that_o he_o institute_v and_o all_o the_o church_n do_v use_v so_o erroneous_a that_o they_o think_v the_o flame_n of_o purgatory_n will_v help_v they_o the_o better_a to_o love_v that_o god_n that_o do_v torment_v they_o how_o foul_a and_o many_o be_v their_o error_n that_o kill_v and_o burn_v and_o damn_v other_o as_o erroneous_a but_o s._n james_n have_v tell_v we_o jam._n 3._o that_o the_o wisdom_n be_v not_o from_o above_o but_o be_v earthly_a sensual_a and_o devilish_a which_o have_v a_o envious_a strive_v zeal_n and_o that_o if_o it_o work_v not_o by_o weakness_n of_o wisdom_n and_o be_v not_o pure_a peaceable_a gentle_a easy_a to_o be_v entreat_v full_a of_o mercy_n and_o good_a fruit_n without_o partiality_n and_o hypocrisy_n sow_v the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n in_o peace_n by_o peacemaking_a but_o have_v bitter_a contention_n it_o be_v not_o of_o god_n but_o bring_v confusion_n and_o every_o evil_a work_n §_o 16._o the_o arian_n be_v cruel_a persecutor_n on_o pretence_n of_o zeal_n against_o error_n as_o they_o account_v it_o they_o banish_v godly_a pastor_n they_o kill_v they_o they_o cut_v out_o the_o preacher_n tongue_n they_o reproach_v they_o the_o emperor_n valens_n and_o constantius_n be_v more_o fierce_a than_o the_o arian_n goth_n themselves_o macedonius_n that_o deny_v the_o deity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v a_o great_a pretender_n to_o orthodoxness_n and_o a_o great_a decryer_n and_o persecuter_n of_o other_o as_o erroneous_a and_o heretic_n nestorius_n though_o somewhat_o worse_o judge_v of_o by_o cyril_n than_o he_o deserve_v be_v just_o condemn_v be_v it_o but_o for_o his_o heat_n and_o fierceness_n against_o other_o he_o fall_v present_o upon_o the_o novatian_o and_o other_o party_n and_o begin_v with_o this_o overdo_a zeal_n at_o his_o entrance_n o_o emperor_n give_v i_o a_o church_n without_o heresy_n and_o i_o will_v give-thee_a victory_n over_o the_o persian_n that_o be_v destroy_v all_o these_o dissent_v party_n and_o god_n will_v prosper_v thou_o and_o very_o quick_o be_v he_o depose_v condemn_a and_o at_o last_o banish_v even_o to_o misery_n and_o death_n as_o a_o heretic_n whether_o just_o or_o no_o i_o shall_v say_v more_o anon_o the_o eutychian_o be_v as_o great_a zealot_n against_o error_n and_o heresy_n as_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n they_o take_v cyril_n for_o their_o captain_n who_o theodoret_n and_o
beck_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o at_o the_o will_n of_o a_o monothelite_n patriarch_n the_o holy_a six_o synod_n be_v condemn_v and_o what_o they_o decree_v of_o two_o will_n in_o christ_n and_o two_o operation_n and_o all_o retract_v by_o the_o decree_n and_o subscription_n of_o very_a many_o oriental_a bishop_n that_o be_v in_o one_o moment_n turn_v from_o be_v catholic_n to_o be_v monothelites_n be_v this_o the_o constancy_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o certainty_n of_o their_o tradition_n but_o why_o have_v we_o not_o the_o act_n of_o this_o great_a council_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o rest_n chap._n ix_o council_n call_v about_o image_n and_o some_o other_o §_o 1._o pope_n gregory_n the_o second_o be_v the_o man_n that_o must_v set_v up_o image-worship_n against_o all_o opposition_n ☜_o rebel_n against_o his_o lawful_a sovereign_n and_o confederate_a with_o other_o prince_n to_o alienate_v the_o western_a empire_n when_o the_o east_n be_v almost_o ruin_v before_o and_o so_o to_o weaken_v the_o christian_a power_n that_o the_o turk_n may_v short_o win_v the_o empire_n §_o 2._o to_o have_v recite_v all_o along_o as_o we_o go_v on_o what_o new_a ceremony_n formality_n and_o order_n be_v invent_v and_o bring_v in_o by_o the_o pope_n and_o how_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n grow_v corrupt_v be_v a_o thing_n do_v already_o by_o many_o other_o will_v have_v be_v tedious_a here_o and_o beside_o the_o design_n of_o this_o writing_n which_o be_v but_o to_o show_v how_o prelate_n have_v use_v the_o church_n by_o their_o contention_n about_o jurisdiction_n and_o hard_a or_o ambiguous_a word_n and_o what_o have_v be_v the_o work_n especial_o of_o general_n council_n but_o we_o can_v tell_v you_o well_o the_o work_n of_o the_o follow_a council_n without_o tell_v somewhat_o of_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o matter_n the_o primitive_a christian_n use_v not_o image_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n read_v dalaeus_n de_fw-fr imaginibus_fw-la but_o the_o contempt_n of_o christianity_n by_o the_o heathen_n occasion_v many_o to_o oppose_v their_o contempt_n by_o glory_v in_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n and_o by_o make_v the_o transient_a sign_n of_o it_o with_o their_o finger_n and_o thence_o they_o grow_v to_o use_v the_o fix_a sign_n of_o it_o and_o thence_o to_o speak_v of_o and_o believe_v many_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o it_o and_o thence_o to_o make_v the_o image_n of_o christ_n crucify_v which_o yet_o epiphanius_n condemn_v and_o thence_o by_o degree_n to_o make_v the_o image_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o martyr_n and_o thence_o to_o make_v in_o their_o church_n the_o image_n of_o their_o decease_a bishop_n till_o a_o excommunicater_v arâ—se_n of_o another_o opinion_n that_o pull_v any_o of_o they_o down_o and_o abundance_n of_o dream_n vision_n apparition_n and_o revelation_n be_v the_o pretend_a proof_n that_o prevail_v for_o many_o such_o superstition_n but_o especial_o for_o image_n and_o purgatory_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a among_o other_o a_o english_a monk_n egwin_n of_o evesholme_n choose_a bishop_n of_o worcester_n must_v lead_v the_o way_n by_o pretence_n of_o a_o vision_n a_o dream_n no_o doubt_n see_v spelman_n council_n p._n 209._o in_o his_o own_o chart_n egwin_n say_v that_o the_o virgin_n mary_n first_o appear_v to_o a_o certain_a shepherd_n call_v eove_v and_o afterward_o to_o himself_o with_o two_o virgin_n hold_v a_o book_n in_o her_o hand_n and_o tell_v he_o in_o what_o place_n she_o will_v have_v he_o build_v she_o a_o monastery_n the_o crafty_a dreamer_n divulge_v the_o vision_n and_o some_o good_a man_n oppose_v it_o the_o pope_n must_v have_v the_o hear_n of_o it_o the_o pope_n put_v it_o to_o the_o oath_n of_o egwin_n whether_o ever_o he_o see_v such_o a_o vision_n or_o not_o egwin_n swear_v it_o and_o the_o matter_n be_v past_a doubt_n just_a as_o honest_a commenius_n take_v daubritius_n prophecy_n to_o be_v of_o god_n because_o the_o melancholy_a man_n swear_v that_o they_o be_v true_a hereupon_o egwin_n be_v send_v home_o and_o a_o council_n call_v to_o take_v egwin_n word_n again_o that_o he_o have_v such_o a_o vision_n and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v add_v that_o the_o virgin_n mary_n '_o s_o image_n must_v be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o place_n the_o pope_n send_v to_o king_n kenred_n and_o king_n offa_n by_o bishop_n brithwald_n to_o grant_v what_o the_o vision_n intend_v who_o obedient_o make_v over_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o country_n to_o that_o monastery_n as_o you_o may_v see_v describe_v in_o spelman_n conc._n p._n 209_o 210._o in_o charta_fw-la kenredi_fw-la &_o offae_n regum_fw-la and_o p._n 211._o in_o charta_fw-la egwini_fw-la who_o say_v himself_o that_o god_n be_v propitious_a to_o he_o he_o have_v in_o a_o little_a time_n get_v for_o the_o say_a church_n a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o farm_n give_v as_o be_v write_v and_o confirm_v in_o the_o charter_n of_o that_o church_n many_o village_n be_v there_o name_v and_o some_o great_a one_o in_o the_o fat_a and_o rich_a part_n of_o the_o county_n of_o worcester_n be_v not_o this_o a_o profitable_a dream_n or_o vision_n and_o shall_v we_o not_o have_v many_o dreamer_n and_o swearer_n if_o they_o can_v get_v as_o much_o by_o it_o as_o egwin_n do_v and_o herewith_o image_n be_v set_v up_o §_o 3._o but_o baronius_n and_o binnius_n question_n whether_o naucler_n and_o bale_n say_v true_a that_o this_o council_n first_o bring_v image-worship_n into_o england_n because_o it_o come_v in_o before_o with_o austin_n the_o monk_n to_o which_o spelman_n cetera_fw-la well_o answer_v that_o the_o use_n of_o the_o cross_n in_o banner_n and_o otherwise_o be_v here_o before_o and_o some_o image_n for_o instruction_n and_o commemoration_n as_o beda_n own_o word_n intimate_v but_o not_o any_o worship_n of_o image_n or_o worship_v before_o and_o towards_o they_o and_o sir_n h._n spelman_n say_v prove_v that_o image-worship_n be_v not_o then_o in_o use_n among_o the_o saxon_n that_o even_o pray_v to_o the_o saint_n themselves_o be_v not_o then_o in_o use_n mention_v a_o old_a psalter_n of_o his_o write_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o 2d_o nicene_n council_n in_o which_o there_o be_v a_o hundred_o seventy_o and_o one_o prayer_n insert_v between_o the_o section_n of_o the_o 119th_o psalm_n and_o in_o they_o all_o not_o one_o name_n of_o any_o saint_n or_o the_o virgin_n mary_n much_o less_o any_o prayer_n direct_v to_o they_o §_o 4._o if_o one_o talk_v now_o with_o our_o english_a papist_n they_o be_v so_o loath_a to_o own_o their_o own_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n that_o they_o will_v tell_v you_o they_o hold_v not_o the_o worship_v of_o the_o image_n but_o of_o the_o person_n signify_v by_o it_o but_o to_o tell_v they_o how_o common_o their_o writer_n defend_v worship_v image_n if_o colere_fw-la and_o cultus_fw-la signify_v worship_n and_o what_o aquinas_n say_v of_o give_v the_o worship_n of_o latria_n to_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o the_o cross_n though_o undeniable_a yet_o will_v not_o be_v take_v for_o sufficient_a proof_n i_o shall_v therefore_o give_v you_o here_o thâ—_n sense_n of_o the_o papal_a church_n in_o england_n in_o the_o form_n of_o abjuration_n which_o they_o prescribe_v to_o those_o that_o they_o then_o call_v lollard_n as_o it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o tower_n record_n and_o you_o must_v take_v it_o in_o the_o old_a english_a in_o which_o it_o be_v write_v because_o i_o do_v but_o transcribe_v it_o and_o must_v not_o alter_v it_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o be_v plain_a and_o obvious_a exit_fw-la rotulo_n clausax_n de_fw-fr anno_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la ricardi_n secundi_fw-la 19_o membr_fw-la 18_o dor_n memorand_fw-fr quod_fw-la primo_fw-la die_fw-la septembris_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la ricardi_n secundi_fw-la post_fw-la conquestum_fw-la decimo_fw-la nâ—no_fw-la willielmus_fw-la dynel_n &_o nicholaus_fw-la taillour_n michaelus_fw-la poucher_n &_o willielmus_fw-la steynour_n de_fw-fr nottingham_n in_o cancellar_n ipsius_fw-la regis_fw-la personaliter_fw-la constituti_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la divisim_fw-la prestiterunt_fw-la sub_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la sequitur_fw-la tenore_fw-la i_o william_n dynel_n before_o yhow_v worchipefull_n fader_n and_o lord_n archbishop_n of_o yhorke_n and_o yhowr_n clergy_n with_o my_o free_a will_n and_o full_a avyside_n swear_v to_o good_a and_o to_o all_o his_o seynte_n upon_o this_o holy_a gospelle_n that_o fro_o this_o day_n forthwarde_o i_o shall_v worship_n ymage_n with_o prey_v and_o offer_v unto_o hem_n in_o the_o worschip_n of_o the_o seinte_n thae_fw-la they_o be_v make_v after_o and_o also_o i_o shall_v never_o more_o despise_v pygremage_n ne_o state_n of_o holy_a chyrche_n in_o no_o degree_n and_o also_o i_o shall_v be_v buxum_fw-la to_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a chirche_n and_o to_o yhow_v as_o my_o archbishop_n and_o to_o my_o other_o ordinares_fw-la and_o curate_n and_o keep_v you_o law_n upon_o my_o power_n and_o meynten_a
have_v painter_n enough_o 2._o where_o shall_v we_o have_v money_n to_o pay_v they_o 3._o where_o shall_v we_o find_v room_n to_o hold_v they_o 4._o be_v not_o here_o a_o new_a article_n of_o faith_n and_o a_o new_a commandment_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n 5._o be_v not_o their_o church_n universal_a as_o it_o stand_v before_o all_o or_o most_o here_o curse_v 6._o ☞_o be_v it_o not_o a_o hard_a matter_n to_o be_v save_v or_o be_v a_o conformist_n on_o these_o term_n when_o a_o man_n that_o do_v but_o doubt_n of_o image_n yea_o that_o do_v not_o teach_v they_o to_o the_o people_n and_o that_o from_o his_o heart_n must_v be_v curse_v 7._o be_v not_o such_o a_o curse_a sort_n of_o bishop_n a_o great_a curse_n shame_n and_o calamity_n to_o the_o church_n do_v they_o not_o tempt_v infidel_n to_o curse_v or_o deride_v they_o all_o while_o they_o thus_o curse_v one_o another_o even_o their_o council_n tharasius_n joyful_o receive_v all_o this_o and_o constantine_n bishop_n of_o constance_n in_o cyprus_n say_v that_o this_o libel_n of_o theodosius_n draw_v many_o tear_n from_o he_o i_o suppose_v of_o joy_n and_o now_o they_o all_o see_v the_o way_n §_o 60._o but_o now_o come_v a_o crowd_n more_o to_o do_v their_o penance_n hypatius_n bishop_n of_o nice_a leo_fw-la rhodi_fw-la gregory_n of_o pisidia_n gregory_n of_o pessinunt_fw-la leo_fw-la of_o iconium_n nicolas_n of_o hierapolis_n leo_n of_o carpathium_n and_o now_o tarasius_n be_v sure_a of_o they_o he_o grow_v more_o upon_o they_o and_o will_v know_v of_o they_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o last_o council_n they_o do_v what_o they_o do_v against_o image_n whether_o it_o be_v through_o mere_a ignorance_n ☞_o or_o by_o any_o reason_n that_o draw_v they_o to_o it_o if_o through_o ignorance_n he_o bid_v they_o give_v a_o reason_n how_o they_o come_v to_o be_v so_o ignorant_a if_o upon_o any_o reason_n to_o tell_v what_o that_o reason_n be_v that_o it_o may_v be_v refute_v leo_n bishop_n of_o rhode_n answer_v we_o have_v sin_v before_o god_n and_o before_o the_o church_n and_o before_o this_o holy_a synod_n ignorance_n make_v we_o fall_v from_o the_o truth_n and_o we_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v in_o our_o own_o defence_n tharasius_n will_v know_v what_o reason_n now_o move_v and_o change_v they_o some_o say_v because_o it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n or_o faith_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o father_n another_o allege_v a_o say_n as_o of_o the_o antioch_n council_n and_o another_o as_o of_o isidore_n pelus_n which_o the_o learned_a reader_n examine_v may_v see_v what_o proof_n it_o be_v that_o image_n be_v bring_v into_o church_n by_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n but_o another_o allege_v the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n tradition_n but_o what_o be_v the_o proof_n and_o do_v not_o the_o council_n at_o constant_a nor_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o three_o former_a emperor_n know_v what_o tradition_n be_v be_v it_o unknown_a till_o now_o how_o come_v it_o now_o know_v then_o ☞_o or_o who_o tell_v it_o this_o council_n when_o the_o last_o know_v it_o not_o or_o if_o the_o last_o be_v false_a knave_n how_o shall_v we_o be_v sure_a that_o these_o be_v honest_a man_n or_o that_o the_o same_o man_n be_v sudden_o become_v wise_a and_o honest_a tharasius_n ask_v one_o of_o the_o bishop_n leo_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o that_o have_v be_v ten_o or_o eight_o year_n a_o bishop_n never_o know_v the_o apostolical_a tradition_n for_o image_n till_o just_a now_o he_o answer_v because_o through_o many_o age_n or_o time_n malice_n endure_v and_o so_o wicked_a doctrine_n endure_v and_o when_o this_o persevere_v for_o our_o sin_n it_o compel_v we_o to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n but_o there_o be_v hope_n with_o god_n of_o our_o salvation_n but_o constantine_n cypr._n answer_v he_o you_o that_o be_v bishop_n and_o teacher_n of_o other_o shall_v not_o have_v have_v need_n to_o be_v teach_v yourselves_o leo_n reply_v if_o there_o be_v no_o expression_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o law_n there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o grace_n another_o hypatius_n reply_v with_o the_o rest_n we_o receive_v ill_a doctrine_n from_o ill_a master_n yea_o but_o say_v tarasius_n the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o receive_v priest_n from_o ill_a teacher_n hypatius_n bishop_n of_o nice_a reply_v custom_n have_v so_o obtain_v §_o 61._o hereupon_o the_o synod_n desire_v to_o be_v inform_v on_o what_o term_n heretic_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v when_o they_o return_v so_o the_o canon_n be_v bring_v and_o read_v and_o though_o many_o canon_n and_o father_n have_v say_v that_o no_o repentance_n for_o some_o crime_n must_v restore_v a_o man_n to_o the_o priesthood_n though_o it_o must_v to_o the_o church_n and_o there_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o tarasius_n put_v by_o crabbe_n before_o this_o council_n in_o which_o he_o determine_v that_o a_o simoniack_a may_v be_v receive_v upon_o repentance_n to_o communion_n but_o not_o to_o his_o office_n yet_o tarasius_n here_o be_v desirous_a of_o their_o return_n know_v that_o these_o penitent_n that_o renounce_v the_o error_n of_o their_o education_n and_o former_a practice_n will_v draw_v other_o to_o conformity_n with_o they_o do_v resolute_o answer_v all_o that_o be_v object_v against_o their_o reception_n §_o 62._o here_o in_o crab._n p._n 472._o a_o question_n fall_v in_o upon_o their_o read_v the_o proof_n that_o repent_v heretic_n be_v by_o the_o church_n to_o be_v restore_v to_o their_o bishopric_n and_o priesthood_n what_o heretic_n those_o be_v and_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o they_o be_v novatian_n encratist_n and_o arrian_n and_o manichee_n marcionist_n and_o eutychian_o and_o than_o one_o ask_v whether_o this_o heresy_n against_o image_n be_v great_a or_o less_o than_o all_o those_o ☜_o and_o tharasius_n answer_v like_o a_o stoic_a evil_n be_v always_o the_o same_o and_o equal_a especial_o in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a in_o the_o decree_n of_o which_o both_o great_a and_o small_a to_o err_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n for_o in_o both_o god_n law_n be_v violate_v o_o learned_a patriarch_n worthy_a to_o be_v the_o setter_n up_o of_o church-image_n a_o venerable_a monk_n that_o be_v vicar_n of_o the_o oriental_a patriarch_n ☜_o answer_v that_o this_o heresy_n be_v worse_a than_o all_o heresy_n and_o the_o worst_a of_o all_o evil_n as_o that_o which_o subvert_v the_o oeconomy_n of_o our_o saviour_n note_v reader_n how_o the_o patriarchal_a throne_n do_v govern_v the_o church_n and_o this_o council_n and_o by_o what_o reason_n image_n and_o saint_n intercession_n be_v set_v up_o arrianism_n manicheism_n marcionism_n no_o heresy_n that_o deny_v the_o essential_o of_o christianity_n no_o evil_n be_v so_o bad_a with_o they_o as_o to_o deny_v church-image_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o the_o late_a general_n council_n and_o bishop_n for_o three_o emperor_n reign_v have_v be_v under_o the_o worst_a of_o heresy_n and_o evil_n worse_o than_o arrianism_n itself_o §_o 63._o but_o here_o constantine_n the_o notary_n of_o the_o const._n patriarchate_n happy_o bring_v in_o so_o pertinent_a a_o testimony_n as_o much_o make_v for_o the_o pardon_n of_o the_o penitent_a bishop_n he_o read_v out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n how_o the_o oriental_a and_o other_o bishop_n that_o have_v late_o set_v up_o eutyches_n and_o dioscorus_n in_o the_o 2d_o ephesian_a council_n ☞_o cry_v at_o chalcedon_n we_o have_v all_o sin_v we_o all_o ask_v forgiveness_n and_o how_o thalassius_n eusebius_n and_o eustathius_n cry_v we_o have_v all_o err_v we_o all_o ask_v forgiveness_n and_o after_o they_o juvenal_n and_o after_o he_o the_o illyrican_a bishop_n cry_v we_o have_v all_o lapse_v we_o all_o ask_v pardon_n and_o so_o the_o precedent_n be_v undeniable_a and_o effectual_a these_o be_v not_o the_o first_o bishop_n that_o go_v one_o way_n in_o one_o council_n under_o one_o prince_n and_o cry_v peccavimus_fw-la for_o it_o as_o heresy_n in_o the_o next_o §_o 64._o but_o sabas_n the_o monk_n start_v yet_o a_o great_a doubt_n than_o this_o and_o that_o be_v whether_o they_o have_v true_a ordination_n and_o so_o be_v true_a bishop_n for_o see_v they_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o time_n of_o heresy_n which_o have_v prevail_v under_o so_o many_o emperor_n and_o have_v heretical_a teacher_n it_o be_v like_a they_o have_v heretic_n ordainer_n see_v the_o late_a council_n show_v what_o the_o bishop_n than_o be_v and_o the_o fact_n be_v confess_v that_o they_o be_v ordain_v by_o bishop_n that_o be_v heretic_n that_o be_v against_o church-image_n and_o pray_v to_o saint_n for_o their_o intercession_n and_o use_v relic_n ☞_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n vicar_n plead_v hard_o against_o their_o ordination_n but_o tarasius_n know_v what_o a_o breach_n it_o will_v make_v in_o the_o church_n if_o a_o general_n council_n
out_o as_o be_v aforesaid_a by_o a_o army_n §_o 34._o cccxlix_o in_o a_o council_n at_o barcelon_n the_o spaniard_n abrogate_a their_o old_a gothish_a law_n and_o make_v new_a one_o but_o will_v not_o change_v the_o gothish_a church_n rite_n here_o also_o alexander_n be_v own_v §_o 35._o an._n 1065._o a_o council_n be_v at_o rome_n against_o incest_n §_o 36._o another_o for_o the_o same_o the_o former_a not_o prevail_v §_o 37._o in_o a_o synod_n at_o winchester_n william_n the_o conqueror_n put_v down_o and_o imprison_v bishop_n and_o set_v up_o other_o for_o his_o own_o interest_n §_o 38._o cccl_o a_o council_n at_o mentz_n be_v to_o have_v separate_v the_o young_a emperor_n and_o his_o queen_n but_o the_o pope_n legate_n hinder_v it_o §_o 39_o cccli_o in_o a_o council_n at_o mentz_n the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n be_v cast_v out_o for_o simony_n and_o many_o crime_n the_o emperor_n be_v for_o he_o §_o 40._o an._n 1072._o they_o say_v a_o english_a council_n subject_v york_n to_o canterbury_n and_o own_a wolstan_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n accuse_v for_o be_v unlearned_a as_o he_o be_v §_o 41._o ccclii_o an._n 1073._o in_o a_o council_n at_o ersord_n the_o emperor_n get_v the_o bishop_n to_o fulfil_v his_o will_n about_o some_o tithe_n threaten_v they_o that_o appeal_v to_o rome_n §_o 42._o now_o come_v in_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o new_a church_n of_o rome_n hildebrand_n call_v gregory_n seven_o an._n 1073._o a_o man_n of_o great_a wit_n and_o for_o aught_o i_o find_v in_o the_o most_o probable_a history_n not_o guilty_a of_o the_o gross_a immorality_n or_o sensuality_n of_o many_o of_o his_o predecessor_n but_o it_o be_v like_a blind_a with_o the_o opinion_n which_o the_o papist_n fifth-monarchy_n man_n have_v receive_v and_o campâ—nelia_n de_fw-fr regno_fw-la dei_fw-la open_v and_o plead_v for_o viz._n that_o christ_n kingdom_n on_o earth_n consist_v in_o the_o saint_n judge_v the_o world_n that_o be_v the_o pope_n and_o prelate_n rule_v the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o do_v with_o great_a animosity_n set_v himself_o to_o execute_v his_o opinion_n and_o withal_o the_o faction_n of_o rome_n and_o tyranny_n of_o their_o petty_a prince_n and_o whore_n and_o debauch_a citizen_n have_v long_o make_v the_o papacy_n the_o scorn_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o lamentation_n of_o all_o sober_a christian_n constrain_v the_o better_a part_n to_o beg_v help_n from_o the_o emperor_n against_o debauch_a monstrous_a pope_n and_o their_o upholder_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n sometime_o the_o choice_n fall_v into_o the_o emperor_n hand_n and_o sometime_o when_o they_o be_v far_o off_o the_o city-prevailing-part_n rebel_v and_o choose_v without_o they_o or_o pull_v down_o they_o that_o the_o emperor_n set_v up_o and_o then_o the_o emperor_n come_v and_o pull_v down_o the_o anti-popes_n and_o chastise_v the_o city_n faction_n and_o thus_o between_o the_o italian_a and_o the_o german_a power_n the_o city_n be_v a_o field_n of_o war_n ☞_o and_o the_o rich_a by_o bribe_n and_o the_o strong_a by_o the_o sword_n how_o monstrous_a villainy_n soever_o be_v set_v up_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n then_o if_o hildebrand_n first_o by_o pope_n nicholas_n 2._o and_o alexander_n and_o then_o by_o himself_o do_v resolve_v to_o run_v a_o desperate_a hazard_n when_o he_o have_v two_o such_o great_a work_n at_o once_o to_o do_v as_o first_o to_o recover_v the_o debauch_a and_o shatter_v shame_v papacy_n from_o this_o confusion_n and_o then_o to_o subdue_v all_o king_n and_o kingdom_n within_o their_o reach_n to_o such_o a_o priest-king_n as_o be_v then_o under_o so_o great_a disgrace_n and_o tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n must_v do_v all_o this_o §_o 43._o hildebrand_n however_o have_v the_o wit_n to_o settle_v himself_o at_o first_o by_o seek_v the_o emperor_n consent_n and_o be_v settle_v he_o get_v agnes_n the_o emperor_n mother_n and_o guardian_n most_o on_o his_o side_n he_o then_o begin_v to_o claim_v presentation_n and_o investiture_n and_o to_o take_v the_o power_n over_o the_o bishop_n out_o of_o the_o emperor_n hand_n and_o to_o threaten_v he_o as_o simoniacal_a and_o for_o communicate_v with_o the_o excommunicate_a the_o emperor_n after_o some_o treaty_n submit_v and_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o pope_n but_o the_o pope_n say_v he_o do_v not_o amend_v the_o pope_n call_v a_o council_n at_o rome_n where_o he_o excommunicate_v simoniac_n open_o say_v that_o he_o will_v excommunicate_v the_o emperor_n unless_o he_o amend_v guibert_n archbishop_n of_o ravenna_n be_v there_o accuse_v the_o pope_n for_o such_o threat_n against_o the_o emperor_n and_o get_v cincius_n the_o prefect_n son_n to_o apprehend_v he_o and_o imprison_v he_o the_o people_n rise_v up_o in_o arm_n and_o deliver_v the_o pope_n and_o pull_v down_o cincius_n house_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o cut_v off_o their_o nose_n banish_v his_o family_n out_o of_o the_o city_n cincius_n get_v to_o the_o emperor_n guibert_n archbishop_n of_o ravenna_n theobald_n archbishop_n of_o milan_n ☞_o and_o most_o of_o all_o the_o other_o bishop_n on_o that_o side_n the_o alps_n conspire_v against_o the_o pope_n and_o yet_o they_o say_v that_o all_o the_o world_n be_v his_o subject_n he_o call_v another_o synod_n of_o his_o own_o bishop_n for_o synod_n be_v still_o the_o great_a executioner_n where_o gibert_n and_o hugo_n one_o of_o his_o cardinal_n that_o be_v against_o he_o be_v depose_v and_o curse_v from_o christ._n this_o emperor_n also_o call_v a_o council_n at_o worm_n where_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o sigifred_n archbishop_n of_o mentz_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o no_o man_n in_o any_o thing_n obey_v the_o pope_n of_o rome_n ☜_o roland_n a_o clerk_n be_v send_v to_o rome_n to_o command_v the_o pope_n to_o meddle_v with_o the_o government_n no_o more_o and_o the_o cardinal_n be_v command_v to_o forsake_v gregory_n and_o seek_v for_o another_o pope_n now_o the_o war_n begin_v between_o the_o sword_n and_o the_o key_n gregory_n by_o sentence_n depose_v the_o archbishop_n of_o mentz_n and_o the_o other_o clergy_n that_o be_v for_o the_o emperor_n and_o he_o anathematise_v the_o emperor_n himself_o ☜_o have_v first_o deprive_v he_o of_o all_o regal_a power_n and_o administration_n as_o far_o as_o his_o decree_n will_v do_v it_o the_o form_n of_o his_o curse_n and_o deposition_n platina_n recite_v where_o be_v these_o word_n i_o cast_v he_o down_o from_o his_o imperial_a and_o regal_a administration_n and_o i_o absolve_v all_o christian_n subject_a to_o the_o empire_n from_o that_o oath_n by_o which_o they_o have_v use_v to_o swear_v fidelity_n to_o true_a king_n ☜_o for_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o he_o be_v deprive_v of_o dignity_n who_o endeavour_v to_o diminish_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o church_n mark_v o_o you_o king_n and_o be_v wise_a some_o tell_v the_o pope_n that_o the_o emperor_n shall_v not_o be_v so_o hasty_o anathematise_v to_o who_o he_o answer_v do_v christ_n except_o king_n when_o he_o say_v to_o peter_n feed_v my_o sheep_n when_o he_o give_v he_o the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o loose_v he_o except_v none_o from_o his_o power_n the_o emperor_n write_v letter_n to_o many_o christian_a prince_n and_o state_n to_o acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o papal_a injury_n and_o the_o pope_n write_v his_o accusation_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o his_o own_o justification_n the_o empire_n be_v present_o all_o in_o division_n one_o part_n be_v for_o the_o emperor_n and_o another_o for_o the_o pope_n most_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o germany_n obey_v the_o emperor_n and_o some_o be_v against_o he_o as_o excommunicate_v some_o council_n be_v for_o he_o and_o some_o against_o he_o and_o as_o abbas_n vrspurgensis_fw-la say_v they_o do_v so_o often_o swear_v and_o forswear_v according_a as_o power_n and_o interest_n move_v one_o time_n for_o the_o emperor_n and_o another_o against_o he_o that_o perjury_n be_v become_v a_o common_a thing_n both_o with_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o laity_n he_o that_o will_v see_v the_o many_o treatise_n that_o learned_a man_n than_o write_v for_o the_o power_n of_o prince_n against_o the_o papal_a tyranny_n and_o rebellion_n may_v find_v they_o in_o the_o voluminous_a collection_n of_o michael_n goldastus_n de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la the_o party_n that_o obey_v the_o pope_n choose_v another_o to_o be_v emperor_n rodulph_n duke_n of_o suevia_n the_o emperor_n require_v the_o pope_n to_o excommunicate_v rodulph_n he_o refuse_v the_o emperor_n call_v a_o council_n of_o bishop_n at_o brixia_n they_o depose_v the_o pope_n and_o make_v gibert_n of_o ravenna_n pope_n call_v clement_n the_o 3d._n who_o say_v onuphrius_n sit_v 21_o year_n so_o long_o have_v they_o two_o pope_n at_o this_o 23d_o schism_n or_o double_n but_o do_v the_o emperor_n nothing_o to_o prevent_v all_o this_o yes_o at_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o german_a prince_n to_o avoid_v
yet_o strong_a in_o vice_n he_o make_v divers_a officer_n purposely_o to_o manage_v his_o simony_n as_o his_o bailiff_n for_o all_o fat_a cathedral_n abbey_n monastery_n priorle_n and_o vacant_a benefice_n reserve_v etc._n etc._n 12._o that_o he_o charge_v his_o register_n to_o receive_v all_o the_o money_n before_o they_o grant_v etc._n etc._n 13._o that_o he_o appoint_v certain_a merchant_n to_o put_v vacant_a benefice_n in_o the_o balance_n and_o grant_v their_o petition_n that_o offer_v most_o for_o they_o 14._o he_o order_v that_o no_o petition_n for_o a_o benefice_n be_v offer_v he_o till_o it_o be_v sign_v by_o the_o refundary_a who_o then_o be_v to_o pay_v it_o out_o of_o his_o own_o estate_n if_o he_o take_v too_o little_a 15._o that_o against_o god_n and_o his_o conscience_n he_o oft_o sell_v his_o bull_n to_o eminent_a man_n in_o which_o he_o write_v that_o they_o that_o have_v benefice_n have_v resign_v they_o to_o he_o and_o that_o by_o lie_v forge_a resignation_n which_o never_o be_v make_v sell_v they_o again_o for_o great_a sum_n and_o beggar_a many_a 16._o by_o this_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o without_o all_o difficulty_n he_o that_o give_v most_o carry_v it_o and_o the_o same_o course_n be_v hold_v in_o sacrament_n indulgence_n dispensation_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a gift_n 17._o that_o he_o usual_o sell_v the_o same_o benefice_n divers_a time_n over_o to_o divers_a person_n or_o to_o the_o same_o silence_v claim_n of_o right_a whereby_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v defile_v with_o simony_n heresy_n fill_v with_o the_o unworthy_a both_o in_o high_a and_o low_a prelacy_n etc._n etc._n 18._o that_o he_o refuse_v to_o confirm_v those_o that_o be_v canonical_o elect_v unless_o even_o to_o satiety_n they_o glut_v he_o with_o money_n put_v the_o unworthy_a in_o their_o stead_n and_o translate_v man_n against_o their_o will_n from_o their_o church_n that_o he_o may_v sell_v they_o dear_a 19_o that_o promise_a church-reformation_n in_o the_o council_n at_o pisa_n he_o call_v one_o at_o rome_n and_o be_v there_o public_o admonish_v be_v incorrigible_a by_o the_o devil_n instinct_n do_v worse_a 20._o that_o he_o sell_v for_o money_n indulgence_n at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n the_o predication_n of_o the_o cross_n absolution_n from_o fault_n and_o punishment_n concession_n of_o church_n and_o portable_a altar_n consecration_n of_o bishop_n benediction_n of_o abbot_n relic_n of_o saint_n holy_a order_n power_n in_o confession_n to_o absolve_v from_o sin_n and_o act_n that_o may_v be_v minister_v only_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o grace_n 21._o that_o one_o nic._n pistorius_n a_o florence_n merchant_n and_o the_o pope_n secretary_n a_o lay_v marry_v man_n be_v make_v by_o the_o pope_n his_o legate_n apostolical_a send_v into_o brabant_n to_o exact_v and_o receive_v a_o subsidy_n which_o be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o all_o benefice_n in_o divers_a city_n and_o diocese_n and_o to_o excommunicate_v the_o refuser_n by_o a_o certain_a depute_a sublegate_n surrogate_n and_o suspend_v college_n covent_n chapter_n etc._n etc._n 22._o that_o he_o authorize_v this_o nicholas_n to_o grant_v to_o all_o person_n of_o each_o sex_n for_o money_n to_o choose_v their_o confessor_n that_o may_v absolve_v from_o fault_n and_o punishment_n by_o which_o the_o merchant_n get_v vast_a sum_n of_o money_n seduce_v the_o people_n 23._o that_o all_o the_o premise_n be_v know_v true_a prove_v etc._n etc._n 24._o that_o anno_fw-la 1412._o ambassador_n from_o the_o king_n bishop_n and_o university_n of_o france_n admonish_v he_o charitable_o of_o this_o scandalous_a infamous_a simony_n 25._o that_o he_o amend_v not_o by_o it_o but_o do_v worse_a 26._o that_o he_o be_v defame_v of_o all_o this_o in_o all_o kingdom_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n 27._o that_o he_o abuse_v rome_n and_o the_o church_n patrimony_n exhaust_v the_o people_n and_o imburse_v it_o himself_o by_o tax_n gabel_n etc._n etc._n many_o instance_n be_v add_v 28._o for_o these_o thing_n many_o crime_n sacrilege_n adultery_n murder_n spoil_n rapine_n and_o theft_n be_v commit_v in_o rome_n through_o his_o fault_n 29._o it_o be_v the_o common_a voice_n opinion_n assertion_n and_o belief_n that_o in_o these_o and_o innumerable_a other_o evil_n he_o be_v the_o great_a dilapidator_n and_o dissipator_n of_o the_o church_n affair_n that_o ever_o be_v scandalous_a to_o the_o universal_a church_n a_o witch_n a_o murderer_n a_o killer_n of_o his_o brethren_n incontinent_a in_o all_o thing_n serve_v the_o vice_n of_o the_o flesh_n of_o infinite_a crime_n call_v infamous_o balderinus_fw-la 30._o that_o all_o this_o be_v notorious_a by_o common_a fame_n repute_n etc._n etc._n 31._o that_o he_o have_v sell_v the_o good_n of_o cardinal_n bishopric_n parish_n college_n priory_n etc._n etc._n 32._o and_o this_o not_o only_o in_o the_o city_n about_o many_o instance_n name_v 33._o that_o he_o destroy_v university_n study_n by_o take_v the_o salary_n to_o himself_o 34._o beside_o he_o lay_v such_o burden_n on_o the_o parson_n as_o force_v they_o to_o sell_v the_o church-goods_a ornament_n and_o book_n 35._o that_o hereby_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v notorious_o scandalize_v 36._o the_o infamy_n be_v so_o great_a that_o prince_n and_o the_o emperor_n beseech_v he_o to_o amend_v 37._o hereupon_o he_o promise_v to_o amend_v and_o to_o call_v this_o council_n 38._o but_o he_o go_v on_o and_o do_v worse_a than_o before_o 39_o he_o forbid_v the_o right_v of_o the_o injure_a in_o judgement_n 40._o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n and_o other_o english_a ambassador_n admonish_v he_o to_o amend_v and_o he_o give_v they_o ill_a word_n and_o threaten_v and_o abuse_v they_o 41._o that_o at_o constance_n he_o swear_v to_o resign_v for_o peace_n 42._o and_o he_o promise_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n 43._o he_o bid_v all_o say_v what_o they_o will_v against_o he_o 44._o he_o be_v humble_o entreat_v by_o the_o council_n to_o perform_v his_o word_n 45._o yet_o think_v by_o hide_v himself_o to_o evade_v 46._o yet_o he_o profess_v before_o that_o he_o intend_v not_o to_o depart_v 47._o and_o when_o the_o church_n long_v for_o peace_n by_o the_o council_n he_o plot_v to_o dissolve_v the_o council_n and_o so_o flee_v in_o a_o disguise_a habit_n 48._o he_o flee_v to_o schafhausen_n and_o command_v some_o cardinal_n and_o bishop_n to_o come_v to_o he_o 49._o thence_o he_o flee_v to_o lauffenberge_n and_o towards_o brisac_n 50._o the_o council_n desire_v his_o return_n 51._o he_o deny_v to_o answer_v but_o flee_v to_o nurenburg_n to_o frustrate_v the_o council_n 52._o he_o be_v a_o obdurate_a sinner_n and_o incorrigible_a fautor_n of_o schism_n etc._n etc._n 53._o that_o all_o this_o be_v notorious_a and_o the_o common_a repute_n of_o man_n 54._o and_o all_o the_o premise_n be_v the_o common_a fame_n and_o voice_n here_o somewhat_o be_v leave_v out_o and_o they_o begin_v as_o anew_o 1._o declare_v his_o wickedness_n from_o his_o youth_n 2._o that_o he_o be_v notorious_o suspect_v to_o have_v poison_a pope_n alexander_n and_o hâ—s_a physician_n daniel_n 3._o that_o he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o brother_n wife_n and_o with_o the_o holy_a nun_n and_o ravish_v maid_n and_o commit_v adultery_n with_o wife_n and_o other_o crime_n of_o incontinence_n 3._o that_o he_o simonaical_o sell_v six_o parish_n church_n in_o bononia_n to_o lay_v man_n who_o set_v priest_n in_o they_o at_o their_o pleasure_n 4._o that_o for_o money_n he_o sell_v the_o mastership_n of_o the_o order_n of_o s._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o cyprus_n to_o a_o child_n of_o five_o year_n old_a bastard_n to_o the_o king_n of_o cyprus_n with_o the_o fruit_n of_o vacancy_n and_o spoil_n of_o the_o last_o master_n etc._n etc._n 5._o that_o he_o will_v not_o recall_v this_o but_o on_o condition_n 1._o that_o the_o k._n of_o cyprus_n shall_v be_v pay_v by_o they_o that_o succeed_v all_o the_o money_n back_o which_o he_o give_v to_o the_o pope_n 2._o that_o the_o pope_n shall_v have_v more_o six_o thousand_o florin_n of_o gold_n which_o the_o prior_n of_o rhodes_n pay_v and_o for_o which_o the_o hospitaller_n be_v yet_o in_o debt_n 3._o he_o reserve_v for_o the_o say_a bastard_n the_o magistral_a chamber_n worth_a two_o thousand_o florin_n 4._o that_o the_o say_a pope_n john_n give_v friar_n jacobus_n de_fw-fr vitriaco_n a_o ancient_a man_n and_o express_o profess_v the_o hospitaller_n religion_n a_o absolution_n from_o his_o vow_n rule_n and_o habit_n of_o religion_n and_o reduce_v he_o to_o a_o secular_a life_n and_o marriage_n etc._n etc._n for_o six_o hundred_o ducat_n many_o other_o article_n i_o pass_v by_o as_o tedious_a to_o be_v repeat_v one_o be_v that_o he_o be_v a_o notorious_a simoniack_a and_o a_o pertinacious_a heretic_n another_o be_v that_o often_o
and_o all_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v at_o it_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o consent_v to_o it_o and_o be_v breed_v up_o in_o that_o opinion_n shall_v be_v degrade_v and_o the_o new_a conformity_n receive_v so_o great_a a_o stop_n and_o what_o confusion_n it_o will_v make_v among_o the_o people_n as_o they_o have_v see_v in_o many_o former_a instance_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v against_o their_o deposition_n and_o first_o there_o be_v two_o passage_n read_v in_o their_o favour_n out_o of_o ruffinus_n and_o socrates_n and_o somewhat_o of_o athanasius_n and_o then_o when_o peter_n vic._n rom._n allege_v the_o instance_n of_o meletius_n against_o it_o tarasius_n bring_v a_o notable_a expeditious_a argument_n viz._n the_o father_n agree_v among_o themselves_o ☞_o and_o do_v not_o contradict_v one_o another_o ergo_fw-la the_o rest_n consent_n to_o these_o that_o have_v be_v cite_v methinks_v i_o can_v make_v great_a use_n of_o this_o argumentation_n to_o save_v time_n labour_n and_o difficulty_n in_o dispute_v e._n g._n nazianzen_n wish_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n of_o bishop_n seat_n one_o above_o another_o and_o say_v that_o he_o never_o see_v council_n that_o do_v not_o more_o harm_n than_o good_a the_o father_n differ_v not_o among_o themselves_o ergo_fw-la the_o rest_n of_o the_o father_n be_v of_o gregory_n mind_n in_o conclusion_n they_o offer_v their_o confession_n and_o be_v absolve_v §_o 65._o in_o the_o second_o action_n the_o ruler_n send_v in_o the_o bishop_n of_o neo-caesarea_n to_o do_v his_o penance_n and_o he_o also_o cry_v for_o mercy_n and_o confess_v that_o his_o error_n and_o sin_n be_v infinite_a but_o now_o he_o believe_v as_o the_o synod_n do_v tharasius_n ask_v he_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o have_v be_v ignorant_a so_o long_o and_o question_v the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o repentance_n which_o he_o earnest_o profess_v condemn_v his_o sin_n and_o promise_a conformity_n next_o a_o long_a epistle_n of_o adrian_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o empress_n and_o another_o to_o tharasius_n for_o image_n be_v read_v for_o pope_n use_v not_o to_o travel_v to_o general_n council_n but_o to_o send_v their_o letter_n and_o legate_n lest_o in_o their_o present_a dispute_n they_o be_v find_v no_o wise_a than_o other_o man_n and_o their_o infallibility_n be_v prove_v less_o at_o hand_n than_o at_o a_o distance_n where_o they_o hear_v not_o the_o debate_n here_o adrian_n to_o the_o empress_n relate_v the_o foresay_a vision_n of_o constantine_n mag._n to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o leprosy_n a_o fable_n fit_a to_o introduce_v image-worship_n and_o for_o a_o infallible_a pope_n to_o use_v full_o confute_v as_o aforesaid_a by_o henry_n fowlis_n after_o many_o other_o of_o popish_a treason_n §_o 66._o tharasius_n profess_v his_o consent_n to_o adrian_n letter_n yet_o profess_v that_o he_o give_v the_o worship_n call_v latria_n to_o god_n alone_o 485._o and_o place_v his_o belief_n in_o he_o alone_o contrary_n to_o aquinas_n and_o his_o follower_n and_o other_o such_o roman_a doctor_n and_o the_o whole_a council_n echo_v their_o consent_n and_o vote_v for_o image_n so_o much_o can_v one_o woman_n do_v in_o power_n §_o 67._o in_o the_o 3d_o action_n gregory_n bishop_n of_o neo-caesarea_n be_v to_o receive_v his_o absolution_n full_o and_o tharasius_n put_v in_o a_o objection_n that_o it_o be_v say_v that_o some_o bishop_n in_o the_o late_a persecution_n do_v scourge_n dissent_v bishop_n and_o such_o be_v not_o to_o be_v receive_v but_o gregory_n protest_v that_o he_o scourge_v none_o but_o he_o be_v accuse_v by_o other_o to_o have_v be_v a_o leader_n of_o the_o last_o council_n against_o image_n and_o so_o he_o be_v defer_v and_o the_o epistle_n of_o tharasius_n to_o the_o eastern_a patriarch_n be_v read_v and_o their_o answer_n in_o which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o yet_o image-worship_n be_v not_o own_v for_o he_o profess_v in_o his_o creed_n to_o they_o that_o we_o admit_v picture_n for_o no_o other_o use_n but_o that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o perfect_o be_v exhibit_v to_o the_o sight_n and_o eye_n as_o the_o lamb_n of_o god_n that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o four_o action_n contain_v all_o their_o proof_n from_o scripture_n and_o father_n plead_v but_o for_o the_o memorative_n and_o instruct_v use_n of_o image_n by_o which_o they_o be_v to_o the_o eye_n what_o word_n be_v to_o the_o ear_n but_o they_o shall_v have_v consider_v the_o danger_n of_o abuse_n and_o foresee_v how_o much_o further_o they_o be_v like_a to_o be_v carry_v as_o with_o the_o papist_n they_o be_v and_o in_o the_o five_o action_n they_o proceed_v in_o read_v more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n for_o commemorative_a image_n ☜_o till_o one_o read_v the_o itinerary_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o they_o vote_v to_o be_v a_o curse_a book_n and_o say_v it_o be_v that_o book_n that_o the_o synod_n against_o image_n make_v use_v of_o whereupon_o greg._n neo-caes_n &_o theodos._n amorii_n be_v ask_v whether_o that_o book_n be_v read_v in_o the_o false_a synod_n and_o they_o swear_v by_o god_n that_o it_o be_v not_o but_o only_o some_o recite_v word_n as_o out_o of_o it_o pretorius_n a_o nobleman_n say_v but_o they_o do_v all_o by_o the_o royal_a procuration_n and_o they_o proceed_v to_o refel_v the_o testimony_n that_o be_v bring_v against_o image_n cosmas_n cubicularius_fw-la bring_v out_o a_o old_a testament_n with_o scholia_fw-la blot_v out_o where_o be_v yet_o legible_a on_o the_o second_o commandment_n if_o we_o make_v the_o image_n of_o christ_n true_o we_o do_v not_o for_o the_o similitude_n adore_v it_o but_o that_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v raise_v upward_o by_o what_o be_v see_v the_o expunction_n be_v say_v by_o tarasius_n to_o be_v do_v by_o his_o predecessor_n anastasius_n constantine_n victor_n all_o heretic_n and_o here_o they_o curse_a concealer_n and_o canceller_n of_o write_n woe_n then_o to_o rome_n other_o raze_v book_n be_v read_v and_o curse_n add_v against_o the_o adversary_n of_o image_n and_o those_o that_o communicate_v with_o they_o §_o 68_o in_o the_o 6_o action_n the_o word_n of_o the_o seven_o council_n against_o image_n be_v bring_v forth_o in_o a_o book_n with_o a_o confutation_n of_o they_o which_o the_o reader_n that_o have_v leisure_n may_v compare_v greg._n neo-caesar_n read_v the_o council_n word_n joan._n cancellarius_n read_v the_o confutation_n it_o fall_v out_o well_o that_o this_o confutation_n be_v undertake_v or_o else_o we_o have_v lose_v the_o decree_n of_o this_o council_n as_o the_o act_n for_o aught_o i_o know_v be_v bury_v in_o general_a every_o sober_a reader_n may_v perceive_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o difference_n between_o the_o style_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n and_o the_o answer_n the_o council_n speak_v with_o as_o much_o temper_n and_o gravity_n as_o most_o of_o the_o best_a council_n have_v do_v the_o answer_n abound_v with_o such_o rail_n and_o revile_v word_n as_o be_v meet_a for_o a_o common_a scold_n than_o for_o divine_n the_o common_a language_n of_o it_o be_v to_o call_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o council_n blind_v ignorant_a fool_n wicked_a deceiver_n blasphemer_n and_o such_o like_a and_o if_o all_o the_o bishop_n on_o earth_n be_v present_a or_o represent_v in_o a_o general_n council_n what_o a_o case_n then_o be_v the_o church_n in_o and_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v what_o council_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v unless_o the_o pope_n make_v all_o the_o difference_n §_o 69._o the_o number_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v constantinople_n 338._o they_o first_o show_v how_o satan_n have_v bring_v in_o idolatry_n one_o of_o their_o chief_a argument_n against_o image_n of_o christ_n be_v that_o they_o savour_v of_o nestorianism_n represent_v christ_n by_o his_o mere_a manhood_n when_o they_o can_v paint_v his_o godhead_n call_v that_o picture_n christ_n and_o overthrow_v the_o oeconomy_n and_o union_n of_o his_o person_n i_o meddle_v not_o with_o the_o weight_n of_o their_o reason_n but_o only_o recite_v it_o §_o 70_o it_o be_v again_o worth_a the_o note_n that_o the_o answer_n to_o they_o say_v for_o their_o charge_v image_n as_o draw_v down_o the_o mind_n to_o creature-worship_n latria_n o_fw-la insanien'em_n linguam_fw-la quam_fw-la instar_fw-la machaerae_fw-la acutae_fw-la &_o veneno_fw-la imbutae_fw-la possident_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o mad_a tongue_n which_o they_o possess_v like_o a_o sharp_a sword_n imbue_v with_o poison_n ☞_o etc._n etc._n for_o no_o christian_a ever_o give_v latriam_fw-la to_o the_o image_n of_o those_o that_o be_v under_o heaven_n for_o this_o be_v the_o fable_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o devil_n invention_n and_o the_o aggression_n of_o satanical_a action_n our_o latria_n be_v in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n other_o passage_n forbid_v we_o to_o think_v that_o they_o juggle_v here_o and_o deny_v latriam_fw-la