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A06736	Fuga sæculi. Or The holy hatred of the world Conteyning the liues of 17. holy confessours of Christ, selected out of sundry authors. Written in Italian by the R. Fa. Iohn-Peter Maffæus of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by H.H.; Vite di XVII confessori di Christo. English	Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, 1536?-1603.; Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646.; Baes, Martin, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 17181; ESTC S111891	465,460	588

his head went by night to seeke out S. Bernard who hauing louingly reprehended him and made him to lay downe the ornaments vsurped led him with his owne hands to the feete of Innocent from whom benignly receiuing absolution he was admitted into grace And from thence began the Pope to giue dispatches without disturbance to attend to reformation and to take away the abuses introduced in tyme of the discord For so ioyfull successe next vnto God they all gaue the glory and honour to the Abbot of Clareuallis not without reason since trauayling in the enterprise into diuerse parts of the world for more then seauen yeares togeather finally in the Citty of Rome with the diuine helpe most happily concluded the same But the true disciple of Christ being not able to endure the human prayses applauses the extraordinary veneration wherein he was held of the whole Court and Citty within the tearme of fiue dayes and no more hauing got leaue of the Pope with all importunity he suddenly went his wayes towards Clareuallis And for asmuch as his Holines required some of his Monks to inhabite neere to Rome he made choyce of them and sent them at that tyme vnder the care of one Bernard of Pisa a good Religious man a person much honoured in the world who not long after Innocent being dead and his successours Celestin and Lucius was with much approbation made Pope by a new name called Eugenius and to him S. Bernard wrote those most learned bookes Of Consideration In this manner then did S. Bernard cary himselfe in repayring the torne coate of our Lord and reuniting to their head the members of the Church with most wicked example so seuered and disioyned And no lesse vigilancy and sollicitude shewed he in oppressing and rooting out heresyes which discouered themselues in his tyme as shall presently appeare S. Bernard refutes and confounds Abaylard a famous Heretike with other heresyes arising at that tyme. Chap. 18. THere flourished in those dayes with great fame of much knowledge one Peter Abaylard a person of an exceeding sharpe wit but proud and haughty withall This man as it happens often with the proud being deceaued by the Father of lying began to disperse writings full of new doctrine and of pestiferous opinions wherof S. Bernard hauing notice through his accustomed goodnes and benignity performed the office towards him of fraternall charity endeuouring that without preiudice and infamy of the writer those blasphemyes might be amended And truly Peter himselfe for the present through the words and Charity of the Saint shewed himselfe to be so changed and compunct as he promised to remit al to his censure and correction But a little after being vanquished through the blind loue vaine persuasion of himselfe he not only brake his word but euen also taking his aduantage of the tyme he went to the Bishop of Sans in whose Church was presently a great Councell assembled and before him very insolently complayned of the Abbot of Clareuallis as of a slaunderer and detractour and made instance the Councell being opened he might be cyted to yield account of the obiections and calumnies giuen out against his bookes shewing himselfe to be prompt and ready to defend in publique whatsoeuer was contayned therin Nor did the Bishop refuse him the tyme being come he cites the Man of God to the Synod to iustify the sayd oppositiōs There came likewise thither Peter full of pride founding himselfe in sillogismes and his dialectical art but well it appeares how vayne human meanes are against the diuine power Because the designed day being come for discussion of those articles S. Bernard in the presence of all those venerable Prelates and Doctours produced the volumes of Abaylard and with very strong reasons and cleere testimonyes of Scripture and holy Fathers went manifesting and refuting one by one all the propositions which digressed from fayth and the Apostolique traditions And such was the spirit which in that Session also spake in the mouth of S. Bernard as that Abaylard loosing in a moment his memory and discourse full of shame and confusion with the wonder of all was strooken dumbe There was giuen him space notwithstanding and election eyther to deny those writings or humbly to amend himselfe or els to answere if he coud to the obiections made But he very hard to repent himselfe to gaine as they say more tyme resolued with himselfe to appeale to the Sea of Rome howbeit that sacred Congregation stucke not to reproue the doctrine though forbore the person and a little after came the sentence of the Pope which declaring Abaylard to be a manifest heretike condemned him to silence and his workes to the fire This disorder being thus remedyed after some yeares againe there appeared another through the fault of VVilliam Perretta Bishop of Poytiers a man much versed in the diuine Scriptures but temerarious arrogant in so much as he had the boldnes to medle with the mystery of the most holy Trinity with many capriches subtlityes neuer heard of before and that with so much the greater common perill as he was more pregnant and dexterous to couer the senses with artificious and obscure wordes in such sort as the poyson had much spread it selfe before any could easily perceaue it To these snares S. Bernard did most valorously oppose himselfe in the Councell of Rhemes celebrated by Pope Eugenius wherein disputing continually for two dayes togeather against those impious dogma's what with quoating and comparing places one with another dispersed and disioyned heere and there with determining of equiuocations distinguishing ambiguityes inserting of consequēces and deducing of corolaryes he draue out of darknes caues that whole antiquity and exposed it so to the light as there remayned no more any place for doubt And because notwithstanding all this diligence some fauourers of VVilliam hindred that the processe could not he finished against him S. Bernard with his great authority caused a congregation to be assembled of purpose where with the consent and subscription of the Fathers of ten Prouinces and of very many Bishops and Abbots he framed and added a new symbole as opposite to the noueltyes of VVilliam with such means very easily wrought that these peruerse opinions should be vtterly prohibited though no chastisement otherwise were inflicted on the Authour since he was in the mind to enter into that dispute with this condition and protestation that in case his sayinges were not excepted and approued by the sacred Councell he would be ready without pertinacity at all to reuoke them quite and so being demanded if he gaue his consent to the sayd condemnation answered Yea and in full session retracting and detesting the etrours he obtayned mercy No lesse horrible and pernicious about the same yeares was the impiety of a certaine Precursour of Martin Luther called Henry a most vile Apostata also and euen possessed wholy with the like spirit of blasphemy so as he doubted not