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           ΕΞΕΜΥΘΙΑ
           ;
           
             Roman
             Oracles
             Silenced
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           Prime
           Testimonies
           OF
           ANTIQUITY
           Produced
           by
           
             HENRY
             TURBERVIL
          
           IN
           HIS
           Manual
           of
           Controversies
           
             Examined
             and
             Refuted
          
           .
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Dr.
           
             WILLIAM
             THOMAS
          
           ,
           late
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           WORCESTER
           .
        
         
           Imprimatur
           ,
           
             Jan.
             20.
             1691.
             
          
           
             Z.
             Isham
          
           .
           R.
           P.
           D.
           Henrico
           Episc.
           Lond.
           a
           Sacris
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             R.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           at
           the
           Crown
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           the
           Stocks-Market
           .
           MDC
           XCI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THE
           Publishing
           of
           this
           small
           Tract
           ,
           
             (
             opus
             posthumum
             &
             imperfectum
          
           )
           may
           need
           an
           Apology
           ,
           as
           wanting
           the
           last
           Hand
           of
           the
           Accurate
           Author
           ,
           and
           Answering
           but
           to
           the
           Six
           first
           Leaves
           of
           the
           Manual
           it
           attacks
           :
           But
           since
           't
           is
           a
           Genuine
           Copy
           ,
           compared
           as
           near
           as
           could
           be
           with
           the
           obscurely
           written
           Original
           ,
           And
           it
           sufficiently
           unravels
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           First
           Six
           Hundred
           Years
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Romanists
           mainly
           Vaunt
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           the
           Reformed
           confidently
           Appeal
           ;
           It
           may
           pass
           for
           a
           just
           Treatise
           without
           Disappointment
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           or
           Derogation
           to
           the
           Authors
           Name
           ,
           whose
           Memory
           is
           Venerable
           and
           Pretious
           with
           those
           that
           knew
           Him
           ;
           Being
           a
           Person
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           singular
           Modesty
           
           and
           Humility
           to
           conquer
           Passion
           ,
           and
           win
           Affection
           ;
           yet
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           Conspicuous
           
           Learning
           and
           Life
           to
           convince
           Gainsayers
           ,
           and
           confound
           Adversaries
           :
           An
           Instance
           both
           of
           his
           Candour
           and
           Dexterity
           Herein
           we
           have
           in
           his
           former
           Apology
           for
           our
           Church
           against
           the
           Cavils
           of
           Separatists
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           Present
           Answer
           to
           the
           Challenge
           of
           Romanists
           .
           In
           both
           which
           he
           bath
           approved
           Himself
           a
           Workman
           that
           need
           not
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           whose
           unbyassed
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           steady
           Hand
           carry
           an
           Equal
           Poise
           ,
           without
           Prejudioe
           and
           Partiality
           ,
           Who
           had
           not
           learned
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           fit
           his
           Faith
           to
           the
           Times
           ;
           But
           as
           a
           faithful
           Soldier
           and
           Martyr
           stood
           fast
           in
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           kept
           his
           standing
           
             contra
             Homines
             &
             D●mones
          
           ,
           No
           Temptation
           could
           warp
           or
           divert
           Him
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           the
           last
           Gasp.
           
           May
           His
           Sincerity
           and
           Constancy
           be
           to
           us
           a
           lasting
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           Encourage
           and
           Establish
           us
           in
           the
           Present
           Truth
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
           
             A
             MANUAL
             OF
             CONTROVERSIES
             .
             ARTICLE
             1.
             
          
           
             
               The
               TENET
               .
               THAT
               the
               Church
               now
               in
               Communion
               with
               the
               See
               of
               Rome
               ,
               is
               the
               only
               True
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               ARGUMENT
               .
            
             
               That
               is
               the
               only
               True
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               hath
               had
               a
               continued
               Succession
               from
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               to
               this
               time
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               Church
               now
               in
               Communion
               with
               the
               See
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               ,
               hath
               had
               a
               continued
               Succession
               from
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               to
               this
               time
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               the
               Church
               now
               in
               Communion
               with
               the
               See
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               ,
               is
               the
               True
               Church
               of
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             T.
             
          
           
             The
             Major
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             unless
             there
             be
             an
             
             addition
             of
             a
             word
             only
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             which
             only
             hath
             had
             a
             continued
             succession
             from
             Christ.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Major
             being
             thus
             propounded
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             validity
             
             in
             the
             judgment
             of
             Bellarmine
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             admit
             succession
             to
             be
             a
             proof
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             .
          
           
             The
             Major
             is
             to
             be
             denyed
             if
             understood
             of
             a
             Local
             ,
             Personal
             ,
             without
             a
             Doctrinal
             Succession
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             The
             Major
             
               proved
               ,
               Isa.
            
             59.
             21.
             
             Isa.
             60.
             1
             ,
             3
             ,
             11.
             
             Isa.
             62.
             6.
             
             Ezek.
             37.
             16.
             
             Dan.
             7.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             
               St.
               Matth.
            
             28.
             20.
             
             
               St.
               John
            
             14.
             16.
             
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.
             T.
             
          
           
             These
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             import
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             the
             propagation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             the
             Divine
             assistance
             to
             be
             continued
             to
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             most
             diffusive
             Capacity
             ,
             without
             a
             particular
             restriction
             to
             any
             distinct
             place
             or
             People
             .
             A
             discussion
             whereof
             were
             a
             digression
             not
             pertinent
             to
             the
             main
             of
             our
             Controversie
             .
          
           
             The
             Minor
             Proposition
             exacts
             a
             closer
             Examination
             .
          
           
             This
             Proposition
             hath
             two
             Members
             ,
             the
             one
             positive
             ;
             The
             Church
             now
             in
             Communion
             with
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             hath
             had
             a
             continued
             Succession
             from
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             Member
             is
             negative
             ;
             No
             other
             Church
             hath
             had
             a
             continued
             Succession
             from
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             The
             minor
             Proposition
             is
             impotent
             in
             both
             the
             parts
             ,
             like
             Mephiboseth
             ,
             lame
             in
             both
             feet
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             Confirmation
             offered
             as
             to
             the
             later
             branch
             that
             excludes
             other
             Churches
             from
             the
             plea
             of
             Succession
             .
             Whereas
             the
             Local
             ,
             Personal
             Succession
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Constantinople
               ,
               Alexandria
               ,
               Antioch
               ,
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             and
             others
             is
             flourisht
             out
             in
             specious
             Catalogues
             loss
             liable
             to
             exception
             than
             that
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             is
             yet
             more
             transcended
             in
             a
             Doctrinal
             succession
             if
             reduced
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Test
             of
             Canonical
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             The
             minor
             
               Proposition
               is
               proved
               by
               this
               ensuing
               Catalogue
               of
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Churches
               chief
               Pastors
               ,
               Co●●olls
               ,
               Nations
               Converted
               ,
               and
               Publick
               Professors
               of
               her
               Faith.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               From
               the
               Year
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Thirty
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Chief
                   Pastors
                   .
                
                 
                   General
                   Councils
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   30
                   
                     Our
                     Blessed
                     Saviour
                  
                   ,
                   Jesus
                   Christ.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   34
                   St.
                   Peter
                   
                     the
                     Apostle
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Council
                     of
                     the
                     Apostles
                     at
                  
                   Jerusalem
                   ,
                   St.
                   Peter
                   presiding
                   ,
                   Acts
                   15.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   67
                   Linus
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   80
                   Cletus
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   93
                   Clement
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             T.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             asserted
             of
             Concoction
             of
             Meats
             is
             appliable
             to
             this
             point
             of
             succession
             in
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
             An
             Error
             in
             the
             first
             degree
             is
             not
             to
             be
             corrected
             in
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             first
             link
             be
             loose
             ,
             all
             will
             be
             shatter'd
             .
             There
             is
             no
             certainty
             because
             there
             is
             no
             harmony
             in
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             touching
             the
             first
             ,
             second
             ,
             third
             ,
             and
             fourth
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Rusinus
             relates
             that
             L●nus
             and
             Cletus
             were
             not
             distinct
             Successors
             
             after
             the
             dissolution
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             but
             joint
             Bishops
             during
             his
             Life
             ;
             that
             they
             discharged
             the
             Episcopal
             Office
             whilst
             he
             did
             the
             Apostolical
             .
          
           
             Epiphanius
             gives
             this
             account
             of
             the
             Succession
             in
             the
             
             See
             of
             
               Rome
               .
               Peter
            
             and
             
               Paul.
               Linus
               .
               Cletus
            
             .
          
           
             Tertullian
             lays
             the
             Foundation
             
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             in
             both
             the
             Apostles
             recited
             .
          
           
             Irenaeus
             testifies
             ,
             that
             both
             invested
             
             Linus
             in
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             St.
             Clemens
             makes
             himself
             the
             immediate
             Successor
             of
             St.
             Peter
             .
             
             *
             Tertullian
             ratifies
             this
             Order
             of
             Succession
             .
          
           
             Irenaeus
             and
             †
             Eusebius
             recite
             
             Anacletus
             for
             the
             immediate
             Successor
             of
             Linus
             .
          
           
           
             St.
             Ignatius
             and
             *
             St.
             Irenaeus
             recount
             Anacletus
             as
             Predecessor
             to
             
             Clemens
             .
          
           
             Baronius
             †
             vindicates
             this
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Suecession
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             hence
             conclude
             your
             forementioned
             ,
             no●
             consistent
             with
             this
             to
             be
             false
             ,
             being
             countenanced
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             St.
             Optatus
             ‖
             and
             others
             .
             But
             I
             may
             hence
             infer
             how
             little
             Weight
             and
             Stress
             there
             is
             in
             your
             first
             Evidence
             produced
             for
             Succession
             in
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             :
             In
             opposition
             to
             all
             these
             Records
             *
             Clemens
             in
             pretended
             Recognitions
             in
             his
             name
             avouches
             St.
             Barnabas
             to
             be
             the
             first
             Planter
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             Your
             next
             Argument
             is
             the
             Council
             of
             the
             Apostles
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             St.
             Peter
             presiding
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             
             The
             discussion
             of
             this
             Objection
             may
             properly
             be
             referred
             to
             the
             next
             Section
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             there
             more
             dilated
             ,
             and
             improved
             by
             the
             Opponent
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             
               From
               the
               Year
            
             100.
             
          
           
             
               
                 103
                 Anacletus
                 .
              
               
                 112
                 Evaristus
                 .
              
               
                 121
                 Alexander
                 .
              
               
                 132
                 Sixtus
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 142
                 Telesphorus
                 .
              
               
                 154
                 Higinus
                 .
              
               
                 158
                 Pius
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 163
                 Anicetus
                 .
              
               
                 175
                 Soter
                 .
              
               
                 179
                 Eleutherius
                 .
              
               
                 194
                 Victor
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             The
             great
             
               Roman
               Orator
            
             justly
             set
             a
             brand
             of
             Infamy
             on
             a
             Common
             Argument
             ,
             that
             may
             reciprocally
             
             be
             used
             by
             both
             Parties
             in
             Controversies
             .
             It
             is
             yet
             more
             
             lyable
             to
             exception
             ,
             when
             that
             proof
             which
             is
             falsely
             produced
             is
             truly
             retorted
             .
          
           
             We
             willingly
             submit
             to
             the
             Test
             of
             these
             recited
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             ,
             who
             lived
             Saints
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             dyed
             Martyrs
             ,
             whose
             Doctrine
             we
             own
             and
             embrace
             as
             true
             and
             orthodox
             ,
             whose
             practice
             (
             Humane
             Infirmities
             excepted
             )
             we
             estimate
             as
             meet
             patterns
             to
             be
             imitated
             ;
             whereas
             both
             have
             been
             notoriously
             scandalously
             receded
             from
             by
             pretended
             Successors
             in
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             for
             at
             least
             eleven
             Centuries
             last
             past
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               this
               first
               Age
               or
               Century
               after
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               we
               find
               the
               Primacy
               in
               St.
            
             Peter
             ,
             
               as
               is
               manifest
               by
               the
               said
               Council
               in
               the
               Acts
               ,
               where
               (
               after
               a
               serious
               debate
               ,
               whether
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Ceremonies
               ought
               to
               be
               imposed
               on
               the
            
             Gentiles
             ,
             )
             St.
             Peter
             
               defined
               in
               the
               negative
            
             .
             Acts
             15.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             St.
             Peter
             declared
             ,
             
               (
               v.
            
             14.
             )
             but
             defined
             not
             .
             He
             spake
             not
             first
             authoritatively
             ,
             to
             lead
             ,
             nor
             last
             juridically
             ,
             to
             ratifie
             .
          
           
             Not
             first
             ,
             untruly
             alledged
             by
             Bellarmine
             ,
             there
             had
             
             been
             much
             disputing
             before
             ,
             
               (
               v.
            
             7.
             )
             much
             arguing
             among
             the
             Judges
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             ordinary
             gloss
             .
          
           
             Not
             last
             ,
             this
             priviledge
             ,
             this
             preheminence
             appertained
             to
             St.
             James
             ,
             as
             Bishop
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
             Therefore
             he
             speaks
             last
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Reason
             offered
             by
             St.
             Chrysostome
             and
             St.
             Theophilact
             .
          
           
             St.
             Peter
             had
             a
             special
             occasion
             of
             an
             Historical
             Narrative
             touching
             the
             Gentile
             Conversion
             ,
             as
             also
             St.
             Paul
             and
             St.
             Barnabas
             had
             ,
             but
             neither
             did
             pronounce
             Juridical
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             No
             mean
             Romanists
             had
             so
             much
             ingenuity
             as
             to
             acknowledge
             
             that
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             Apostles
             ,
             even
             St.
             Peter
             not
             excepted
             ,
             did
             vail
             to
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             St.
             James
             ,
             whilst
             he
             presided
             at
             Jerusalem
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             St.
             James
             ,
             
               (
               who
               was
               Bishop
               of
               the
               place
               )
               seconding
               by
               his
               Sentence
               what
            
             Peter
             
               had
               decreed
               ,
               all
               the
               Multitude
               (
               saith
            
             Jerome
             )
             
               held
               their
               Peace
               ;
               and
               into
               his
            
             (
             Peters
             )
             Sentence
             ,
             James
             
               the
               Apostle
               and
               all
               the
               Priests
               did
               pass
               together
               .
            
             Ep.
             89.
             to
             August
             .
             c.
             2.
             
             Peter
             
               (
               saith
               he
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               place
               )
               was
               Prince
               and
               Author
               of
               the
               Decree
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             St.
             Peters
             preparatory
             Sentence
             or
             
             Opinion
             ;
             but
             St.
             James
             ultimate
             Decree
             ,
             final
             Determination
             assisted
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Apostles
             :
             So
             Gaudentius
             hath
             exactly
             exprest
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Testimony
             of
             St.
             Jerome
             recited
             ,
             consists
             in
             two
             phrases
             .
             The
             one
             is
             ,
             St.
             James
             
               and
               the
               rest
               passing
               into
               the
               Sentence
               of
            
             Peter
             .
             Which
             imports
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             that
             what
             was
             asserted
             by
             St.
             Peter
             was
             approved
             by
             St.
             James
             and
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             The
             Nicene
             Council
             did
             assent
             to
             the
             Opinion
             ,
             acquiesce
             in
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Famous
             Paphnutius
             ;
             yet
             did
             he
             not
             preside
             in
             that
             Council
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             quoted
             expression
             of
             St.
             Jerome
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               that
               St.
            
             Peter
             
               was
               Prince
               and
               Author
               of
               the
               Decree
               .
            
             This
             denotes
             a
             precedence
             of
             time
             in
             uttering
             his
             Opinion
             before
             those
             recounted
             afterwards
             ,
             not
             a
             preheminence
             of
             place
             of
             office
             above
             them
             in
             establishing
             that
             Opinion
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             significancy
             of
             Prince
             in
             Cicero's
             stile
             :
             That
             it
             cannot
             be
             understood
             in
             a
             notion
             
             of
             dignity
             of
             Principality
             ,
             is
             evident
             in
             the
             Constitution
             or
             Decree
             its
             self
             ,
             pronounced
             by
             St.
             James
             ,
             which
             contained
             some
             Subjects
             not
             mentioned
             by
             St.
             Peter
             .
          
           
             To
             abstain
             from
             pollutions
             of
             Idols
             ,
             and
             from
             Fornication
             ,
             and
             from
             things
             Strangled
             ,
             and
             from
             Blood.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               That
               St.
            
             Peter
             
               translated
               his
               Chair
               from
            
             Antioch
             to
             Rome
             ,
             
               is
               proved
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               Because
               he
               remained
               not
               always
               at
            
             Antioch
             ,
             
               as
               all
               that
               Church
               acknowledgeth
               ;
               nor
               did
               she
               challenge
               the
            
             
             
               first
               Chair
               in
               any
               General
               Council
               ,
               as
               appears
               in
               the
               Councils
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               By
               the
               Decrees
               of
               Councils
               ,
               Popes
               ,
               and
               other
               Fathers
               ,
               giving
               the
               Primacy
               to
               the
            
             Roman
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             loose
             Illogical
             Inference
             .
             St.
             Peter
             remained
             not
             always
             at
             Antioch
             ,
             therefore
             he
             translated
             his
             Chair
             to
             Rome
             .
             He
             might
             exercise
             his
             Apostolical
             Function
             in
             both
             Churches
             ,
             and
             yet
             possibly
             discharge
             a
             distinct
             Episcopal
             Office
             in
             neither
             .
          
           
             During
             his
             absence
             from
             Antioch
             ,
             he
             was
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             at
             Alexandria
             ,
             at
             Babylon
             .
             He
             spent
             some
             years
             at
             
               Pontus
               ,
               Galatia
               ,
               Cappadocia
            
             ,
             but
             it
             cannot
             be
             thence
             concluded
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             asserted
             ,
             that
             he
             fixed
             a
             Pontifical
             Chair
             in
             either
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             succession
             of
             St.
             
               Peter
               ,
               Antioch
            
             had
             at
             least
             as
             much
             right
             to
             challenge
             the
             first
             Chair
             in
             a
             General
             Council
             as
             Rome
             .
          
           
             St.
             Paul
             was
             at
             Rome
             ,
             at
             Corinth
             ,
             at
             Athens
             ,
             at
             Ephesus
             ,
             at
             Philippi
             .
             He
             was
             an
             Apostle
             in
             each
             place
             ,
             (
             properly
             )
             a
             Bishop
             in
             neither
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             your
             second
             allegation
             of
             the
             
               Decrees
               of
               Councils
               ,
               Popes
               ,
               Fathers
               ,
               giving
               Primacy
               to
               the
            
             Roman
             Church
             :
             This
             is
             specious
             ,
             pompous
             in
             appearance
             ;
             but
             is
             not
             solid
             ,
             vigorous
             in
             force
             .
          
           
             
               Latet
               dolus
               in
               generalibus
            
             .
             A
             Generality
             is
             the
             fittest
             Dress
             and
             Vail
             for
             a
             Fallacy
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             first
             Chair
             in
             a
             General
             Council
             ,
             (
             the
             point
             of
             Primacy
             specified
             )
             no
             Antient
             ,
             General
             ,
             or
             National
             ,
             or
             Provincial
             Council
             hath
             assigned
             it
             to
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             I
             confess
             ,
             the
             Laterane
             Council
             ,
             under
             Leo
             the
             10th
             ,
             hath
             so
             establisht
             it
             ;
             but
             that
             was
             in
             the
             year
             1516.
             
             
             The
             Councils
             of
             Constance
             and
             Basil
             allow
             it
             not
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             pretended
             Decrees
             of
             Popes
             in
             their
             own
             concern
             of
             Power
             and
             Grandeur
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             little
             validity
             .
             By
             the
             Canon
             Law
             ,
             the
             Pope
             cannot
             be
             Judge
             
             in
             his
             own
             Cause
             .
             It
             were
             irrational
             and
             presumptuous
             to
             exact
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Chair
             in
             General
             Councils
             hath
             been
             sometimes
             
             arbitrarily
             granted
             to
             the
             Pope
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             to
             other
             Patriarchs
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             hath
             been
             no
             ancient
             concession
             ,
             no
             constant
             uninterrupted
             Prescription
             for
             it
             ,
             appears
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             the
             first
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             the
             Sardian
             Council
             ,
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Constantinopolitan
             ,
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Ephesine
             .
          
           
             Whenever
             the
             Pope
             had
             the
             prime
             Chair
             in
             any
             General
             Council
             anciently
             ,
             it
             was
             only
             Honorary
             for
             Session
             ,
             
             for
             Distinction
             ;
             not
             Authoritative
             ,
             for
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Council
               of
            
             Sardis
             ,
             Anno
             Dom.
             400
             ,
             (
             Western
             Fathers
             300.
             
             East
             .
             76.
             )
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               in
               cases
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               for
               the
               honour
               of
               St.
            
             Peters
             
               memory
               ,
               it
               should
               be
               Lawful
               to
               appeal
               from
               whatsoever
               other
               Bishop
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Rome
             .
             Can.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             offer
             several
             exceptions
             for
             the
             empairing
             the
             validity
             of
             this
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             I
             deny
             this
             to
             be
             a
             General
             Council
             .
             If
             it
             were
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             sorted
             the
             second
             General
             Council
             next
             to
             the
             Nicene
             ,
             before
             the
             first
             Constantinopolitan
             .
          
           
             You
             alledge
             the
             consluence
             of
             300
             Western
             ,
             76
             Eastern
             Fathers
             .
             If
             it
             had
             been
             so
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             a
             great
             disproportion
             betwixt
             the
             Eastern
             and
             Western
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             a
             grand
             advantage
             to
             promote
             the
             Papal
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             mixture
             of
             Truth
             and
             Falshood
             in
             the
             citation
             of
             this
             Authority
             .
             
               (
               Omnis
               fabuld
               fundatur
               in
               Historia
               .
               )
            
             An
             Oecumenical
             Council
             it
             was
             in
             the
             intention
             ,
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             the
             execution
             ,
             the
             management
             of
             the
             Council
             .
             In
             the
             one
             respect
             it
             hath
             been
             anciently
             called
             a
             General
             ,
             in
             the
             other
             a
             Particular
             Council
             .
          
           
             Both
             the
             Eastern
             and
             Western
             Fathers
             were
             Summoned
             by
             Imperial
             Edict
             ,
             in
             Obedience
             whereto
             ,
             both
             repaired
             
             to
             Sardis
             :
             But
             they
             consulted
             nor
             convened
             not
             together
             ,
             (
             upon
             a
             difference
             touching
             St.
             Athanasius
             and
             
               Paulus
               )
            
             .
             The
             Eastern
             receded
             from
             Sardis
             ,
             and
             held
             a
             
             Council
             apart
             at
             
               Philippi
               in
               Thracia
            
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Western
             Prelates
             that
             remained
             apart
             at
             Sardis
             ,
             could
             not
             constitute
             a
             General
             Council
             ,
             nor
             obtrude
             a
             Canon
             to
             bind
             any
             out
             of
             the
             Western
             Limits
             .
          
           
             My
             second
             exception
             is
             against
             the
             Canon
             its
             self
             produced
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             suspitious
             taint
             of
             imposture
             ,
             being
             not
             received
             ,
             not
             after
             the
             utmost
             scrutiny
             to
             be
             
             found
             ,
             by
             the
             African
             Fathers
             ,
             as
             not
             extant
             in
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ,
             so
             not
             in
             any
             other
             .
          
           
             St.
             Austin
             was
             utterly
             ignorant
             of
             any
             
             such
             Canon
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             unverst
             in
             a
             point
             of
             Jurisdiction
             and
             Preheminence
             ,
             so
             much
             discuss'd
             in
             his
             time
             .
          
           
             St.
             Austin
             acknowledged
             no
             Sardian
             
             Council
             but
             what
             was
             Heretical
             .
          
           
             The
             Cardinal
             Cusanus
             had
             so
             mu●h
             ingenuity
             ,
             
             as
             to
             acknowledge
             a
             sufficient
             ground
             of
             doubt
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             extant
             a
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Sardian
             Council
             .
          
           
             The
             Sardian
             Canon
             quoted
             ,
             is
             the
             more
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             impeachment
             of
             fraud
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             repugnant
             to
             the
             fifth
             Canon
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ;
             for
             which
             the
             Orthodox
             Fathers
             of
             that
             Age
             had
             a
             most
             solemn
             veneration
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             who
             inserted
             this
             Canon
             (
             to
             give
             it
             lustre
             )
             into
             the
             famous
             Universal
             Code
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Sardian
             Council
             ,
             was
             
               Dionysius
               Exiguus
            
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             525.
             who
             acted
             the
             Advocate
             and
             Sophister
             to
             advance
             the
             Papal
             Interest
             ,
             being
             an
             Abbot
             of
             Rome
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Translation
             of
             the
             Code
             out
             of
             Greek
             into
             Latin
             ,
             notoriously
             shuffled
             ;
             as
             by
             addition
             of
             the
             Sardian
             pretended
             Canons
             ,
             and
             those
             called
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             so
             also
             by
             substraction
             of
             the
             eight
             Canons
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             the
             three
             last
             Canons
             of
             the
             first
             Constantinopolitan
             Council
             ,
             the
             two
             last
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Canon
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Laodicea
             .
          
           
             My
             third
             exception
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Canon
             recited
             ,
             being
             indulged
             to
             pass
             as
             genuine
             and
             authentique
             ,
             
               (
               Dato
               non
               concesso
            
             )
             yet
             will
             it
             not
             support
             the
             weight
             of
             a
             due
             ,
             
             durable
             ,
             staple
             appeal
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             .
             It
             is
             
             softly
             and
             warily
             propounded
             by
             
               Hosius
               :
               If
               it
               please
               you
               let
               us
               in
               charity
               honour
               the
               memory
               of
               St.
            
             Peter
             .
             It
             is
             the
             tenour
             of
             a
             novel
             singular
             favour
             ,
             bound
             up
             with
             several
             restrictions
             ;
             it
             put
             the
             Pope
             in
             a
             capacity
             ,
             upon
             deliberation
             ,
             for
             a
             review
             refer'd
             to
             him
             to
             nominate
             
             Commissioners
             (
             not
             out
             of
             Rome
             )
             out
             of
             the
             Neighbouring
             Province
             .
          
           
             This
             might
             be
             an
             extraordinary
             esteem
             and
             reverence
             to
             Julius
             ,
             then
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ;
             not
             decreed
             as
             a
             constant
             Prerogative
             for
             succeeding
             Ages
             .
             If
             any
             such
             vigour
             of
             it
             be
             pretended
             ,
             it
             is
             abrogated
             ,
             annulled
             in
             the
             Councils
             of
             Constantinople
             and
             Antioch
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Council
               of
            
             Chalcedon
             ,
             (
             Anno
             Domini
             451.
             
             Fathers
             600.
             )
             
               We
               thoroughly
               consider
               truly
               ,
               that
               all
               Primacy
               and
               chief
               Honour
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Canons
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               kept
               for
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Old
            
             Rome
             .
             Action
             .
             16.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             readily
             grant
             all
             Primacy
             and
             chief
             Honour
             to
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             genuine
             unforged
             Canons
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             which
             assert
             only
             a
             priority
             of
             Order
             before
             other
             Patriarchs
             ,
             not
             a
             superiority
             of
             Power
             over
             them
             ,
             much
             less
             a
             supremacy
             over
             Councils
             and
             Princes
             ,
             vindicated
             by
             Modern
             Canonists
             ,
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             the
             neat
             Sophisters
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             smooth
             Parasites
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             If
             
               H.
               T.
            
             be
             an
             Advocate
             for
             the
             former
             primary
             I
             oppose
             him
             not
             ;
             if
             for
             the
             
             latter
             ,
             either
             his
             advertency
             or
             ingenuity
             is
             defective
             ,
             in
             urging
             the
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             the
             trausactions
             whereof
             are
             abundantly
             repugnant
             to
             this
             pretended
             preheminence
             .
             It
             directly
             clashes
             with
             the
             ninth
             Canon
             of
             that
             Council
             .
          
           
             The
             fallacy
             in
             citing
             of
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             is
             unmasked
             in
             the
             immediate
             subsequent
             
             words
             ,
             which
             ascribes
             the
             same
             Primacy
             and
             Honour
             to
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             .
          
           
             This
             equality
             of
             Dignity
             of
             New
             Rome
             with
             the
             Old
             was
             passionately
             resented
             ,
             vigorously
             opposed
             ,
             but
             ineffectually
             unsuccessfully
             by
             the
             Legates
             of
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             Upon
             whose
             dissatisfaction
             there
             was
             a
             Recognition
             ,
             a
             new
             deliberate
             discussion
             of
             the
             Canon
             .
          
           
             After
             which
             it
             was
             more
             solemnly
             ratified
             ,
             with
             an
             universal
             ,
             reiterated
             ,
             declared
             consent
             .
          
           
             Leo
             ,
             then
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             attested
             the
             reality
             of
             this
             
             Degree
             ,
             even
             whilst
             in
             several
             Epistles
             he
             exprest
             his
             disgust
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Histories
             of
             Socrates
             and
             Sozomen
             punctually
             
             record
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             communicates
             equal
             priviledges
             
             to
             the
             most
             Holy
             Throne
             of
             New
             Rome
             with
             the
             Elder
             ;
             being
             honoured
             both
             with
             Empire
             and
             Senate
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             she
             to
             be
             extolled
             and
             magnified
             as
             her
             second
             ,
             or
             next
             to
             her
             .
          
           
             Though
             this
             be
             perfidiously
             omitted
             in
             her
             Roman
             Edition
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             inserted
             in
             all
             Greek
             Copies
             ,
             and
             retained
             in
             the
             antient
             Latin
             Copies
             ,
             extant
             in
             Libraries
             .
          
           
             The
             substance
             of
             this
             constitution
             is
             establisht
             in
             the
             
             Ephesine
             and
             Trullan
             Councils
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               the
               relation
               of
               the
               said
               Council
               to
               Pope
            
             Leo.
             
               We
               have
               confirmed
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               the
               rule
               of
               the
               One
               Hundred
               and
               Fifty
               Fathers
               ,
               in
               the
               first
            
             Constantinopolitan
             Council
             ,
             Anno
             381.
             
               which
               hath
               commanded
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               most
               Holy
               and
               Apostolick
               See
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Constantinopolitan
             
               should
               have
               Honour
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             That
             relation
             hath
             been
             taxed
             for
             a
             collusion
             .
             
             A
             late
             figment
             out
             of
             the
             Colonian
             Library
             .
          
           
             But
             supposing
             it
             were
             no
             fiction
             ,
             what
             advantage
             can
             hence
             accrew
             to
             the
             Roman
             See
             more
             than
             is
             already
             granted
             ?
          
           
             If
             there
             be
             any
             colour
             for
             an
             Argument
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             
             from
             the
             Epithets
             ,
             
               most
               Holy
               and
               Apostolick
            
             ,
             or
             inserting
             the
             See
             of
             Constantinople
             in
             a
             seeming
             inferiour
             rank
             to
             that
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Epithets
             are
             no
             Charters
             for
             Prerogatives
             :
             The
             complemental
             Rhetorick
             of
             a
             Title
             is
             no
             firm
             Topick
             to
             prove
             a
             real
             preheminence
             .
          
           
             These
             Epithets
             are
             frequently
             applyed
             to
             other
             Patriarchs
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             to
             inferiour
             Prelates
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             .
             The
             Records
             of
             Antiquity
             abound
             in
             instances
             ,
             which
             if
             required
             ,
             shall
             be
             plentifully
             produced
             .
          
           
             All
             those
             Churches
             that
             have
             been
             planted
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             or
             wherein
             they
             have
             exercised
             their
             Function
             ,
             
             have
             been
             stiled
             Apostolical
             Seats
             ;
             as
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
               Antioch
               ,
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Corinth
               ,
               Galatia
               ,
               Ephesus
               .
            
          
           
             In
             a
             secondary
             Consideration
             ,
             Bishops
             have
             been
             antiently
             termed
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             Episcopacy
             Apostleship
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             hint
             of
             an
             Argument
             is
             presumed
             to
             be
             from
             the
             ranking
             of
             the
             
               Constantinopolitan
               See
            
             after
             that
             of
             Rome
             .
             This
             doth
             not
             advance
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             not
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             (
             which
             hath
             been
             already
             demonstrated
             )
             so
             not
             in
             the
             Rule
             of
             the
             first
             Constantinopolitan
             recited
             .
             The
             express
             Decree
             is
             in
             the
             Latin
             Translation
             ,
             
               pari
               honore
               frui
            
             ,
             to
             enjoy
             a
             like
             honour
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             more
             pregnant
             in
             the
             Greek
             ;
             
             to
             be
             equally
             priviledged
             or
             dignified
             ,
             as
             to
             apreheminence
             of
             power
             in
             Ecclesiastical
             matters
             alike
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             to
             be
             exalted
             or
             magnified
             ;
             but
             for
             precedence
             of
             place
             that
             is
             distinctly
             allotted
             in
             the
             same
             Canon
             to
             the
             
               Roman
               See
            
             before
             the
             Constantinopolitan
             ,
             to
             the
             Constantinopolitan
             before
             the
             Alexandrian
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             of
             Alexandria
             before
             Jerusalem
             .
             If
             Leo
             the
             
               Roman
               Patriark
            
             had
             not
             been
             convinced
             ,
             That
             an
             equality
             of
             Authority
             and
             Jurisdiction
             had
             been
             setl●d
             by
             that
             Council
             upon
             the
             several
             recited
             Patriarks
             in
             their
             several
             Sees
             and
             Provinces
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             been
             so
             much
             offended
             with
             that
             Canon
             of
             the
             Chalcedon
             Council
             before-mentioned
             ,
             and
             bustled
             against
             
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             sufficiently
             apprehensive
             that
             it
             was
             a
             check
             to
             the
             Transcendent
             Honour
             his
             Ambition
             aspired
             to
             .
             Both
             Councils
             of
             Constantinople
             and
             Chalcedon
             ,
             checking
             his
             desire
             of
             superlative
             Grandeur
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             Pope
             Antherus
             ,
             Anno
             238
             ,
             
               (
               being
               asked
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Bettica
             and
             Toletum
             ,
             
               Whether
               it
               were
               lawful
               for
               a
               Bishop
               to
               be
               changed
               from
               one
               City
               to
               another
               )
               Answered
               affirmatively
               ,
            
             As
             Peter
             Prince
             of
             the
             Apostles
             was
             changed
             from
             Antioch
             to
             Rome
             .
             Decret
             .
             7.
             q.
             1.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             little
             certainly
             touching
             the
             exact
             time
             and
             continuance
             of
             the
             Papacy
             of
             Antherus
             ,
             Whether
             One
             year
             according
             to
             Eusebius
             ,
             or
             Three
             according
             to
             Volateran
             ,
             or
             Twelve
             according
             to
             
               Damasus
               .
            
             )
             There
             is
             less
             certainty
             touching
             the
             sincerity
             of
             the
             
               Decret
               .
               Epistle
            
             
             produced
             ,
             which
             many
             have
             excepted
             against
             as
             spurious
             upon
             several
             accounts
             ,
             among
             others
             for
             the
             barbarism
             of
             the
             stile
             ,
             the
             impertinence
             ,
             incoherence
             of
             the
             conclusion
             ,
             Historical
             Narratives
             touching
             Eusebius
             and
             Felix
             long
             after
             his
             time
             .
          
           
             However
             were
             the
             Epistle
             genuine
             ,
             the
             Title
             Prince
             of
             the
             Apostles
             is
             no
             proof
             of
             the
             preheminence
             alledged
             ,
             
             as
             hath
             been
             already
             manifested
             .
             St.
             Austin
             applyed
             the
             same
             Phrase
             to
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             who
             was
             acknowledged
             by
             St.
             Chrysostome
             to
             be
             equal
             in
             Dignity
             with
             St.
             Peter
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             HT
             .
          
           
             St.
             Gregory
             
               sayes
               he
               knows
               no
               Bishop
               but
               is
               subject
               to
               the
               See
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             Ep.
             6.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             St.
             Gregory
             (
             though
             his
             memory
             be
             pretious
             )
             being
             600
             years
             after
             Christ
             (
             when
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             declined
             in
             piety
             ,
             though
             improved
             in
             power
             )
             hath
             the
             less
             Authentick
             veneration
             .
             This
             great
             Prelate
             being
             a
             Party
             ,
             is
             no
             competent
             Witness
             to
             assert
             and
             vindicate
             the
             Papal
             prerogative
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Witness
             produced
             ,
             so
             the
             Evidence
             it self
             is
             justly
             liable
             to
             exception
             .
             That
             he
             knew
             none
             but
             subject
             
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
             It
             must
             probably
             be
             limited
             to
             the
             bounds
             of
             his
             personal
             Acquaintance
             ,
             or
             his
             Patriarchical
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             That
             it
             cannot
             be
             more
             diffusively
             generally
             understood
             ,
             appears
             by
             his
             solemn
             waveing
             any
             Paternal
             or
             Magisterial
             
             power
             to
             prescribe
             to
             other
             Patriarks
             ,
             assuming
             only
             a
             fraternal
             Candour
             to
             advise
             .
          
           
             That
             St.
             Gregory
             was
             not
             ignorant
             of
             a
             Grandee
             who
             was
             not
             subject
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             challenged
             a
             higher
             station
             Ecclesiastical
             than
             himself
             ,
             is
             abundantly
             manifest
             by
             his
             zealous
             resentment
             of
             the
             Patriark
             of
             Constantinople
             his
             contemporary
             in
             espousing
             the
             transcendent
             Title
             of
             
               Universal
               Bishop
            
             ,
             not
             in
             excluding
             all
             others
             (
             as
             the
             Romish
             Champions
             would
             sophistically
             evade
             it
             )
             but
             in
             subjecting
             them
             .
             It
             is
             his
             paraphrase
             of
             this
             Title
             ,
             To
             
             
               be
               Inferiour
               to
               no
               other
               ,
               to
               be
               Superior
               to
               all
               .
            
          
           
             St.
             Gregory
             amply
             declared
             his
             abhorrence
             of
             this
             Title
             ,
             branding
             it
             to
             be
             novel
             ,
             prophane
             ,
             superstitious
             ,
             
             proud
             ,
             presumptuous
             ,
             an
             effect
             of
             Infidelity
             ,
             a
             tincture
             of
             
             Lucifer's
             Apostacy
             ,
             a
             badge
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               year
            
             100
             ,
             
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               St.
            
             John
             Baptist
             ,
             St.
             John
             Evangelist
             ,
             &c.
             Martha
             ,
             Magdalen
             ,
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             St.
             Stephen
             ,
             Timothy
             ,
             Barnabas
             ,
             Terla
             ,
             Dennis
             ,
             Martial
             ,
             Ignatius
             ,
             Clemens
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             They
             who
             are
             of
             sober
             discerning
             Intellectuals
             ,
             cannot
             but
             disgust
             and
             nauseate
             this
             unsavoury
             fallacy
             in
             obtruding
             shells
             without
             kernels
             ,
             Names
             without
             any
             Allegations
             .
             These
             are
             as
             insignificant
             for
             proof
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             as
             Cyphers
             without
             any
             Figures
             are
             for
             account
             in
             Arithmetick
             ;
             unless
             you
             design
             to
             confute
             as
             Magicians
             ,
             to
             conjure
             by
             Names
             ,
             to
             produce
             Spells
             instead
             of
             Arguments
             ,
             for
             Enchantment
             ,
             not
             Conviction
             .
          
           
             Your
             Confidence
             in
             those
             venerable
             Saints
             ,
             and
             your
             Interest
             also
             ,
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             same
             with
             that
             distracted
             person
             at
             Athens
             ,
             whose
             deluded
             Imaginations
             prompted
             
             to
             him
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Ships
             and
             Commodities
             in
             the
             Haven
             were
             his
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Church
               was
               spread
               in
               this
               Age
               over
               all
               those
               Countreys
               ,
               to
               which
               St.
            
             Paul
             
               wrote
               his
               Epistles
               ;
               as
               also
            
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             England
             ,
             
               &c.
               See
            
             Baronius
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             out
             of
             the
             Track
             of
             our
             Controversie
             ;
             That
             Church
             which
             was
             spread
             in
             this
             Age
             ,
             asserted
             no
             other
             Doctrines
             but
             what
             are
             owned
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               year
            
             200
             ,
             Eustachius
             ,
             Hermes
             ,
             Getulius
             ,
             Policarp
             ,
             Concordius
             ,
             Justin
             Martyr
             ,
             Eusebius
             ,
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Vincentius
             ,
             Potentianus
             ,
             Sophia
             ,
             Fides
             ,
             Spes
             ,
             Charitas
             ,
             St.
             Felicity
             ,
             
               with
               her
               Seven
               Children
            
             ,
             Lucius
             
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             doth
             not
             recede
             from
             the
             Religion
             of
             these
             Saints
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             have
             any
             Instances
             to
             charge
             us
             with
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             not
             produce
             their
             Testimonies
             ?
             If
             you
             have
             none
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             recite
             their
             Names
             ?
             It
             is
             an
             empty
             pageantry
             of
             Sophistry
             :
             
               Ad
               populum
               phaleras
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Apostles
               Canons
               define
               ,
               That
               if
               any
               Bishop
               or
               Priest
               (
               the
               Oblation
               (
               Mass
               )
               being
               made
               )
               shall
               not
               communicate
               ,
               he
               should
               be
               excommunicated
               ,
               as
               giving
               suspition
               of
               him
               ,
               who
               hath
               sacrificed
               ,
               That
               ▪
               he
               hath
               not
               rightly
               offered
               .
            
             Can.
             9.
             
               approved
               in
               the
               Sixth
               General
               Synod
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             Canons
             set
             out
             in
             a
             specious
             disguise
             (
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Apostles
             )
             have
             been
             boggled
             at
             by
             eminent
             
             Romanists
             ,
             among
             others
             by
             the
             Two
             Learned
             Cardinals
             ,
             the
             accurate
             Sticklers
             for
             the
             Papal
             Interest
             (
             the
             one
             in
             an
             Historical
             Sphere
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             a
             Controversal
             ,
             )
             Baronius
             and
             Bellarmine
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             they
             are
             solemnly
             cited
             ,
             peremptorily
             obtruded
             upon
             others
             by
             the
             Modern
             Romanists
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             exactly
             
             observed
             by
             themselves
             :
             
               Mich.
               Medina
            
             acknowledgeth
             that
             the
             present
             practice
             doth
             not
             retain
             a
             tenth
             part
             of
             them
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             it self
             .
          
           
             The
             alteration
             and
             corruptions
             of
             time
             are
             the
             smooth
             Apologies
             for
             the
             familiar
             recesses
             from
             these
             pretended
             Apostolical
             Rules
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             branded
             for
             Apocryphal
             in
             the
             worst
             Nations
             ,
             as
             not
             received
             in
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Roman
             ,
             as
             composed
             by
             Hereticks
             in
             the
             judgment
             of
             Gelasius
             ,
             
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             (
             in
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             Fifth
             Century
             )
             who
             excelled
             most
             of
             his
             Successors
             in
             Piety
             and
             Literature
             ;
             as
             also
             by
             the
             famous
             Isidor
             Bishop
             of
             Hispalis
             towards
             the
             close
             of
             the
             Sixth
             Century
             .
          
           
             Baronius
             vainly
             essayed
             to
             evade
             this
             latter
             Testimony
             ,
             being
             not
             extant
             (
             as
             he
             alledged
             )
             in
             the
             Edition
             in
             his
             Library
             ;
             since
             
             in
             the
             Decretal
             purged
             and
             refined
             by
             the
             Order
             of
             Pope
             
               Gregory
               XIII
            
             .
             It
             is
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             transmitted
             from
             the
             Toletan
             Library
             to
             Rome
             ;
             which
             being
             a
             publick
             Record
             ,
             having
             so
             signal
             ,
             a
             Papal
             Approbation
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             more
             Venerable
             ,
             Authentick
             for
             credit
             and
             estimate
             ,
             than
             that
             private
             Copy
             
             of
             a
             Cardinal
             ,
             who
             himself
             confest
             ,
             They
             may
             be
             so
             far
             deservedly
             termed
             Apocryphal
             ,
             as
             being
             destitute
             of
             Authority
             to
             have
             been
             entirely
             established
             by
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             Gelasius
             inserted
             them
             among
             Apocryphal
             
             Books
             that
             are
             not
             received
             .
          
           
             Photius
             the
             Learned
             Patriark
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Ninth
             Century
             ,
             takes
             the
             rise
             of
             these
             
             Canons
             to
             be
             an
             extraction
             out
             of
             a
             tumultuous
             heap
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             his
             phrase
             )
             of
             Synodical
             Canons
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             recital
             of
             any
             such
             Canons
             called
             Apostolical
             in
             Genuine
             Antiquity
             ,
             (
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Zepherine
             being
             notoriously
             spurious
             )
             was
             St.
             Epiphanius
             towards
             the
             
             end
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             .
             Many
             Reformed
             Divines
             have
             by
             weighty
             Arguments
             unmaskt
             these
             Canons
             (
             which
             have
             passed
             abroad
             with
             a
             false
             Passport
             )
             not
             to
             be
             truly
             Apostolical
             .
          
           
             Among
             others
             ,
             the
             Centurists
             of
             Magdeburg
             have
             offered
             these
             proofs
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             They
             clash
             with
             the
             uncontrouled
             ,
             uncontradicted
             Apostolical
             Scriptures
             ;
             (
             as
             the
             17th
             Canon
             with
             the
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             1
             
             Cor.
             7.
             the
             27th
             Canon
             with
             the
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             
             Cor.
             9.
             1
             
             Tim.
             4.
             
             Canon
             68
             with
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             repugnancy
             with
             ●●h
             other
             ,
             jarring
             strings
             not
             tuned
             to
             a
             harmony
             ;
             (
             as
             the
             6
             ,
             17
             ,
             27
             ,
             40
             ,
             50
             ,
             65
             ,
             68.
             )
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             inconsistency
             of
             some
             Canons
             (
             as
             the
             8
             ,
             20
             ,
             36
             ,
             38
             ,
             )
             with
             the
             Historical
             Transactions
             of
             the
             Age
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             They
             are
             not
             testified
             by
             any
             Authority
             of
             any
             Credit
             ,
             neither
             in
             the
             Age
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             second
             ,
             very
             scantily
             in
             the
             third
             ,
             that
             succeed
             ;
             not
             in
             
               Justin
               Martyr
            
             ,
             St.
             Irenaeus
             ,
             St.
             Clemens
             of
             
               Alexandria
               ,
               Origen
            
             ,
             or
             St.
             Jerome
             .
          
           
             I
             insist
             upon
             this
             Subject
             the
             longer
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             ,
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             discover
             the
             paint
             and
             varnish
             of
             this
             adulterate
             beauty
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
             ,
             trickt
             up
             in
             the
             title
             ,
             the
             dress
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
             I
             confess
             they
             have
             the
             face
             of
             Antiquity
             (
             though
             not
             entirely
             unblemisht
             )
             but
             they
             have
             not
             the
             immediate
             ,
             not
             the
             true
             stamp
             of
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             as
             their
             Authors
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Ninth
             Canon
             alledged
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             of
             any
             validity
             ,
             why
             doth
             the
             Trentine
             Council
             ,
             the
             Oracle
             of
             the
             present
             
             Church
             of
             Rome
             run
             counter
             with
             it
             ,
             whilst
             it
             allows
             private
             Masses
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             of
             no
             validity
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             object
             what
             you
             abrogate
             ?
          
           
           
             The
             approbation
             of
             the
             Sixth
             General
             Council
             produced
             ,
             is
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             same
             exception
             .
             If
             any
             stress
             may
             be
             laid
             upon
             it
             ,
             why
             is
             the
             lustre
             of
             it
             so
             studiously
             ,
             zealously
             eclipsed
             ;
             Why
             are
             the
             Doctrines
             decreed
             so
             severely
             impeacht
             ,
             confidently
             doomed
             for
             erroneous
             ,
             by
             the
             Grandees
             of
             your
             Church
             ,
             by
             Popes
             ,
             Cardinals
             ,
             because
             that
             Council
             hath
             allowed
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Priests
             ,
             
             hath
             prescribed
             Laws
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             If
             no
             stress
             may
             be
             laid
             on
             it
             ,
             the
             objection
             is
             a
             confutation
             of
             it self
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             fallacy
             without
             any
             grain
             of
             ingenuity
             to
             offer
             that
             for
             a
             figure
             to
             be
             much
             reckoned
             to
             us
             ,
             which
             to
             your selves
             passeth
             for
             a
             Cypher
             of
             no
             value
             .
          
           
             To
             inspect
             the
             strength
             of
             your
             Argument
             for
             the
             Second
             Century
             .
          
           
             A
             single
             pretended
             Can●●
             of
             the
             Apostles
             not
             adhered
             to
             in
             the
             present
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             approved
             by
             a
             single
             Canon
             in
             the
             Sixth
             General
             Synod
             ,
             not
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             Oecumenical
             or
             Orthodox
             by
             the
             greatest
             Champions
             of
             the
             present
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             hath
             defined
             that
             any
             Bishop
             or
             Priest
             (
             the
             Oblation
             being
             made
             )
             not
             communicating
             shall
             be
             Excommunicated
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             the
             Church
             now
             in
             Communion
             with
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             ,
             had
             a
             Succession
             from
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             for
             the
             Second
             Century
             .
             A
             very
             loose
             extravagant
             Inference
             .
             Doway
             or
             Rome
             may
             invent
             such
             Logick
             ,
             neither
             Athens
             nor
             Alexandria
             would
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             
               From
               the
               Year
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             200.
             
          
           
             
               Chief
               Pastors
               .
            
             
               205
               Zepherinus
               .
            
             
               221
               Calixtus
               I.
               
            
             
               223
               Pontianus
               .
            
             
               238
               Antherus
               .
            
             
               239
               Fabianus
               .
            
             
               255
               Cornelius
               .
            
             
               255
               Lucius
               .
            
             
               
               257
               Stephanus
               I.
               
            
             
               260
               Sixtus
               II.
               
            
             
               261
               Dionysius
               I.
               
            
             
               273
               Felix
               I.
               
            
             
               275
               Eutychianus
            
             
               284
               Caius
               .
            
             
               291
               Marcellinus
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               and
               Third
               Ages
               (
               whether
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Churches
               great
               Persecutions
               ,
               or
               the
               not
               stirring
               of
               any
               famous
               Hereticks
               )
               produced
               no
               Councils
               ,
               yet
               the
               Succession
               of
               Popes
               ,
               Martyrs
               and
               Confessors
               ,
               we
               have
               ,
               which
               is
               sufficient
               for
               our
               purpose
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             We
             assert
             a
             more
             genuine
             Interest
             in
             these
             Martyrs
             ,
             Confessors
             recited
             than
             your selves
             .
          
           
             To
             ratifie
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             varnish
             a
             false
             claim
             ,
             you
             produce
             counterfeit
             Decrees
             of
             Popes
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Decrees
               of
               Popes
               in
               these
               Ages
               .
            
          
           
             Anacletus
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               Priests
               when
               they
               sacrifice
               to
               our
               Lord
               ,
               must
               not
               do
               it
               alone
               ,
               but
               have
               Witnesses
               that
               they
               may
               be
               proved
               to
               have
               sacrificed
               perfectly
               to
               God
               in
               Sacred
               places
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               Apostles
               have
               appointed
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Church
               holds
            
             ,
             1.
             
             Epist.
             de
             Consecr
             .
             d.
             1.
             c.
             Episcopus
             .
             
               And
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               same
               Epistle
               ,
               If
               more
               difficult
               questions
               shall
               arise
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               referred
               to
               the
               Apostolick
               See
               of
            
             Rome
             .
             
               For
               so
               the
               Apostles
               have
               ordained
               by
               the
               Command
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
            
             Anno
             Dom.
             101.
             
          
           
             Alexander
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               Bread
               only
               ,
               and
               Wine
               mingled
               with
               Water
               ,
               should
               be
               offered
               in
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass.
            
             Epist.
             Orthod
             .
             de
             Consecr
             .
             ch
             .
             2.
             in
             Sacram.
             
          
           
             Sixtus
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               the
               Sacred
               Mysteries
               (
               the
            
             B.
             Eucharist
             
               and
               Sacred
               Vessels
               )
               should
               not
               be
               touched
               ,
               but
               by
               Sacred
               Ministers
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Priests
               beginning
               Mass
               ,
               the
               People
               should
               sing
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             In
             his
             Epistle
             to
             all
             the
             faithful
             of
             Christ.
             Anno
             Dom.
             129.
             
          
           
           
             Telesphorus
             
               Commanded
               the
               Seven
               Weeks
               of
               Lent
               to
               be
               fasted
               ,
            
             Ep.
             Decr.
             Anno
             Dom.
             139.
             
          
           
             Pius
             
               in
               his
               Epistles
               to
               the
            
             Italians
             
               enjoyned
               Penance
               for
               him
               ,
               by
               whose
               negligence
               any
               of
               the
               Blood
               of
               our
               Lord
               should
               be
               spilt
               ,
            
             9.
             1.
             c.
             qui
             compulsus
             ,
             An.
             Dom.
             147.
             
          
           
             Anicetus
             
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
            
             James
             
               was
               made
               Bishop
               of
               Jerusalem
               by
               St.
            
             Peter
             ,
             James
             and
             John
             
               in
               his
            
             Decr.
             Ep.
             
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             France
             ,
             
               and
               cites
            
             Anacletus
             
               for
               it
            
             .
             Ep.
             2.
             dist
             .
             25.
             c.
             prohibe
             fratres
             .
          
           
             Soter
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               no
               Man
               should
               say
               Mass
               after
               he
               had
               eaten
               or
               drunk
               .
            
             De
             Consecr
             .
             dist
             .
             1.
             c.
             ut
             illud
             .
          
           
             Zepherinus
             
               decreed
               ,
               That
               the
               greater
               causes
               of
               the
               Church
               are
               to
               be
               determined
               by
               the
               Apostolick
               See
               ,
               because
               the
               Apostles
               and
               their
               Successors
               had
               ordained
               .
            
             Ep.
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Sicily
             .
             217.
             
          
           
             These
             were
             all
             Popes
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             no
             true
             Protestants
             I
             hope
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             We
             reject
             all
             these
             specious
             Evidences
             as
             disingenuous
             Forgeries
             .
             
               Una
               litura
               sat
               est
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Grounds
             of
             our
             Rejection
             are
             these
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Because
             the
             Style
             is
             not
             varied
             (
             whereas
             commonly
             Mens
             Expressions
             are
             as
             different
             as
             their
             Complexions
             ,
             their
             Styles
             as
             their
             Features
             .
             )
          
           
             As
             the
             Style
             is
             not
             varied
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             not
             adorned
             ,
             not
             only
             void
             of
             the
             Elegancy
             of
             Rhetorick
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             congruity
             of
             the
             Grammar
             ,
             directly
             repugnant
             to
             the
             terseness
             ,
             the
             politeness
             of
             the
             Phrase
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             both
             for
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             prophane
             Authors
             
               (
               Minuius
               ,
               Felix
            
             ,
             St.
             
               Cyprian
               ,
               Pliny
               ,
               Suetonius
               ,
               )
            
             the
             uniform
             barbarism
             of
             Expression
             manifests
             these
             decretals
             to
             be
             the
             products
             of
             the
             same
             rude
             Pen
             in
             a
             later
             corrupter
             Age
             than
             is
             pretended
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Because
             the
             Matter
             of
             these
             Decretals
             doth
             not
             correspond
             with
             the
             Piety
             and
             Exigency
             of
             those
             times
             of
             bloody
             Persecution
             .
             They
             conduce
             to
             promote
             Ambition
             ,
             
             not
             Martyrdom
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             Carnal
             ,
             not
             Spiritual
             Interests
             ,
             calculated
             for
             the
             splendour
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             not
             its
             Umbrage
             ,
             its
             Adversity
             ,
             not
             to
             excite
             Devotion
             ,
             but
             support
             Preheminence
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Scripture
             Citations
             are
             according
             to
             St.
             
             Jerom's
             Translation
             ,
             whereas
             the
             youngest
             Pope
             in
             the
             present
             Catalogue
             (
             in
             dispute
             )
             were
             deceased
             many
             years
             before
             St.
             
             Jerom's
             Birth
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             341.
             
          
           
             I
             might
             add
             to
             this
             falseh●
             〈◊〉
             point
             of
             Chronology
             ,
             
             the
             inadvertency
             of
             a
             fallacy
             〈◊〉
             dating
             several
             Decretal
             Epistles
             by
             the
             account
             of
             such
             Consuls
             who
             never
             were
             joyned
             together
             according
             to
             the
             Test.
             of
             
               Baronius
               Annals
            
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             other
             Ages
             separated
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             These
             Decrees
             are
             not
             mentioned
             by
             Eusebius
             ,
             the
             Favourite
             of
             Constantine
             the
             Great
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             nor
             by
             St.
             Jerome
             who
             converst
             with
             Pope
             Damasus
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             not
             by
             Damasus
             himself
             ,
             though
             such
             had
             fair
             occasions
             of
             relating
             them
             ,
             had
             there
             been
             any
             such
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             recorded
             ,
             not
             insisted
             ,
             not
             reflected
             on
             by
             any
             of
             the
             Fathers
             for
             800
             years
             after
             Christ.
             
          
           
             They
             were
             first
             brought
             upon
             the
             Stage
             by
             Isidore
             a
             Collector
             of
             Councils
             and
             (
             pretended
             )
             Decretal
             Epistles
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Ninth
             Century
             inserted
             in
             the
             Roman
             Code
             ,
             first
             countenanced
             by
             Pope
             Leo
             the
             Fourth
             on
             the
             midst
             of
             that
             Century
             prescribed
             as
             Authentick
             to
             the
             British
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             within
             Ten
             years
             by
             his
             next
             but
             one
             immediately
             Successor
             ,
             Pope
             Nicholas
             the
             Eighteenth
             ,
             Authoritatively
             recommended
             to
             the
             Gallicane
             Bishops
             .
             The
             Papal
             usurpt
             Jurisdiction
             in
             that
             Age
             wanted
             such
             adulterate
             stamps
             to
             pass
             for
             currant
             Coyne
             .
             Not
             one
             of
             these
             Decretal
             Epistles
             was
             received
             ,
             recited
             in
             the
             
               Universal
               Code
            
             ,
             the
             Primitive
             Venerable
             Rule
             consisting
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Councils
             ;
             Four
             whereof
             were
             General
             as
             to
             the
             Convention
             ;
             the
             rest
             were
             General
             in
             point
             of
             Estimate
             ,
             and
             Approbation
             .
             That
             Isidore
             from
             whom
             these
             Decretal
             Epistles
             take
             their
             Rise
             ,
             their
             Original
             for
             Extraction
             ,
             was
             not
             
               Isidore
               Pelusiot
            
             ,
             most
             illustrious
             for
             Piety
             and
             Antiquity
             ;
             
             not
             
               Isidore
               Hispalensis
            
             the
             Noted
             Famous
             Bishop
             of
             Siville
             in
             Spain
             ,
             Scholar
             to
             St.
             Gregory
             :
             But
             a
             later
             notorious
             ,
             infamous
             Isidore
             Mercator
             ,
             who
             made
             Religion
             his
             Merchandize
             ,
             Antiquity
             his
             disguise
             (
             to
             act
             the
             Gibeonites
             )
             who
             vented
             Novel
             Impostures
             for
             Ancient
             Decrees
             .
             This
             is
             not
             the
             Impeachment
             only
             of
             Protestants
             ;
             Baronius
             ascribes
             to
             him
             some
             of
             the
             Decretal
             Epistles
             .
          
           
             Turrianus
             a
             hasty
             Zel●●
             of
             the
             School
             of
             Ignatius
             assay'd
             to
             vindicate
             (
             ineffe●●●y
             )
             the
             integrity
             of
             the
             Decretal
             Epistles
             .
          
           
             Others
             of
             the
             same
             Society
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             higher
             Rank
             ,
             of
             more
             piercing
             judgments
             ,
             
               Bellarmine
               ,
               Baronius
               ,
               Cusanus
            
             ,
             would
             not
             adventure
             to
             be
             Advocates
             for
             such
             egregious
             frauds
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Bellarmine
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             insist
             upon
             his
             acknowledgment
             of
             this
             spurious
             Off
             spring
             ,
             though
             attested
             by
             some
             credible
             Witnesses
             ,
             because
             not
             apparent
             in
             the
             printed
             Edition
             of
             his
             Lectures
             at
             Rome
             .
          
           
             I
             still
             find
             extant
             in
             the
             Edition
             of
             Sartorius
             at
             Ingolst
             ,
             
             that
             some
             Errors
             are
             crept
             into
             these
             Epistles
             ;
             neither
             dare
             I
             assert
             them
             to
             be
             undoubted
             .
          
           
             Baronius
             did
             less
             mince
             ,
             who
             profest
             that
             he
             demonstrated
             ,
             that
             in
             many
             respects
             they
             are
             suspected
             .
          
           
             Cusanus
             is
             yet
             more
             clear
             and
             positive
             in
             his
             Confession
             ,
             That
             they
             betray
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Thus
             have
             I
             declared
             the
             invalidity
             of
             the
             forgery
             of
             
             the
             pretended
             Ancient
             Decretal
             Epistles
             in
             general
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             those
             distinctly
             cited
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             for
             the
             Third
             Century
             .
          
           
             Besides
             the
             exceptions
             common
             to
             others
             ,
             they
             most
             of
             them
             are
             of
             points
             Ritual
             ,
             not
             Doctrinal
             ,
             touching
             the
             Shadow
             ,
             the
             Ceremony
             ,
             not
             the
             Body
             the
             Substance
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             As
             they
             are
             Subjects
             of
             little
             Importance
             ,
             so
             of
             less
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             therefore
             are
             strangely
             alledged
             for
             the
             Conviction
             or
             Confutation
             of
             any
             intelligent
             Adversaries
             .
          
           
           
             There
             are
             but
             three
             Decrees
             of
             Popes
             produced
             in
             this
             Century
             of
             any
             material
             controversal
             moment
             .
          
           
             The
             one
             is
             a
             determination
             in
             point
             of
             Fact
             ,
             the
             other
             〈◊〉
             point
             of
             Right
             and
             Prerogative
             .
          
           
             The
             matter
             of
             Fact
             is
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Anicetus
             ,
             that
             James
             was
             made
             Bishop
             of
             Jerusalem
             by
             
               Peter
               ,
               James
            
             and
             John.
             Whereas
             more
             solemn
             credible
             Records
             of
             Antiquity
             without
             Corruption
             ,
             testifie
             that
             
             James
             among
             all
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             first
             obtained
             the
             Episcopal
             Throne
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             Christ
             himself
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             be
             a
             true
             Narrative
             of
             Anicetus
             ,
             why
             does
             
               Bellarmine
               ,
               Jo.
               de
               Turrecremata
            
             and
             others
             the
             Learnedst
             Sticklers
             for
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             not
             adhere
             to
             it
             ?
             Who
             derive
             the
             Episcopal
             preheminence
             of
             St.
             James
             at
             Jerusalem
             entirely
             from
             St.
             Peter
             .
             Were
             this
             a
             true
             Genuine
             Epistle
             of
             Anicetus
             ,
             were
             this
             an
             Authentick
             Evidence
             ,
             yet
             this
             would
             but
             sort
             and
             rank
             Peter
             with
             James
             and
             John
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             cotten
             with
             the
             P●pal
             singular
             Exaltment
             .
             To
             palliate
             ,
             to
             cloak
             rather
             than
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Testimony
             of
             
               Anicetus
               .
               Anaclotus
            
             is
             cited
             
               (
               Ep.
            
             2.
             dist
             .
             25.
             )
             
               dignum
               patellâ
               operculum
            
             ,
             one
             Imposture
             brought
             for
             Security
             for
             another
             .
             That
             this
             Epistle
             of
             Anacletus
             is
             supposititious
             among
             many
             Arguments
             ,
             I
             shall
             select
             two
             .
             In
             point
             of
             Chronology
             Clemens
             is
             mentioned
             in
             this
             Epistle
             as
             Predecessor
             to
             Anacletus
             ,
             whereas
             if
             Ireneus
             ,
             
             
               Tertullian
               ,
               Eusebius
               ,
               Epiphanius
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Worthies
             of
             the
             Church
             may
             be
             credited
             ,
             Clemens
             was
             his
             Successor
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             insist
             upon
             Modern
             Evidences
             for
             this
             Rank
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             acknowledged
             by
             Bellarmine
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             point
             of
             Theology
             .
             That
             Epistle
             relates
             that
             the
             Seventy
             Disciples
             were
             Elected
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             whereas
             Anacletus
             was
             a
             better
             Divine
             ,
             a
             better
             Textuary
             than
             to
             be
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Record
             of
             St.
             Luke
             10.
             1.
             that
             the
             Lord
             appointed
             those
             Disciples
             .
             They
             had
             their
             Mission
             ,
             their
             Commission
             from
             him
             .
          
           
           
             The
             two
             other
             Decretal
             Epistles
             of
             material
             difference
             ,
             of
             Anacletus
             and
             Zepherinus
             alledged
             of
             the
             same
             importance
             ,
             are
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             (
             of
             no
             )
             credit
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Decision
             of
             grand
             ,
             of
             difficult
             Causes
             by
             the
             Apostolick
             See.
             
          
           
             Neither
             is
             Extant
             in
             the
             entire
             Universal
             Code
             forementioned
             ,
             approved
             ,
             ratified
             by
             the
             Great
             General
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             (
             even
             in
             the
             first
             Canon
             of
             it
             )
             in
             the
             year
             451
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             Translation
             of
             it
             out
             of
             Greek
             to
             Latin
             ,
             by
             
               Dionysius
               Exiguus
            
             a
             Roman
             Abbot
             (
             devoted
             to
             the
             Roman
             Interest
             )
             in
             the
             year
             325
             ,
             nor
             yet
             in
             the
             Breviaion
             of
             Ferrandus
             (
             as
             he
             titles
             it
             )
             in
             the
             year
             530.
             
          
           
             There
             could
             be
             no
             such
             Decree
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Right
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             such
             
               de
               facto
            
             in
             point
             of
             Fact.
             Not
             of
             Right
             ,
             because
             it
             had
             been
             lyable
             to
             two
             Brands
             in
             the
             School
             Divinity
             ,
             an
             Usurpt
             Judgment
             not
             warranted
             by
             due
             Authority
             ,
             extended
             beyond
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             Roman
             Patriarchal
             Sphere
             ,
             the
             utmost
             pale
             of
             its
             Jurisdiction
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             .
          
           
             It
             had
             been
             also
             destitute
             of
             Equity
             ,
             the
             byass
             of
             
             Laws
             to
             which
             they
             are
             to
             be
             bended
             ,
             saith
             
               Cicero
               .
            
             )
             It
             had
             been
             an
             unsupportable
             molestation
             of
             Expence
             and
             Travel
             which
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             did
             prudentially
             prevent
             in
             several
             Councils
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             first
             General
             Council
             of
             Nice
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             was
             no
             such
             Decree
             in
             point
             of
             Fact
             ,
             is
             more
             than
             probably
             evinced
             by
             the
             Historical
             Transactions
             in
             the
             purest
             Antiquity
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Ancient
             Contests
             in
             point
             of
             Appeal
             betwixt
             the
             Roman
             and
             African
             Churches
             ,
             no
             such
             Decree
             was
             produced
             ,
             pretended
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             been
             waved
             ,
             had
             there
             been
             any
             testimony
             to
             have
             been
             tendred
             .
             St.
             John
             the
             Evangelist
             being
             at
             Ephesus
             ,
             did
             not
             suspend
             the
             doom
             of
             the
             Ni●olaitans
             ,
             or
             Cerinthians
             ,
             in
             expectation
             of
             the
             Dictate
             or
             Sentence
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
           
             St.
             Polycarpus
             Bishop
             of
             Smyrna
             ,
             the
             Disciple
             of
             St.
             John
             
             in
             the
             Testimony
             of
             St.
             Jerome
             ,
             contended
             with
             Anicetus
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             touching
             the
             observation
             of
             Easter
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             submit
             to
             his
             Judgment
             .
             Both
             resolutely
             persisted
             in
             their
             different
             Opinions
             ,
             without
             prescription
             to
             ,
             or
             condemnation
             of
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             Such
             was
             the
             true
             Candour
             of
             that
             Anicetus
             ,
             falsly
             produced
             in
             point
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             or
             Domination
             rather
             of
             the
             Roman
             Prelacy
             .
          
           
             Which
             being
             violently
             pursued
             by
             Pope
             Victor
             (
             in
             the
             track
             of
             the
             same
             Controversie
             )
             his
             Sanction
             was
             rejected
             though
             abetted
             by
             a
             Roman
             Synod
             ,
             his
             Excommunication
             disregarded
             by
             Polycrates
             and
             other
             Asiatick
             Bishops
             .
          
           
             St.
             Irenaeus
             Bishop
             of
             Lyons
             in
             France
             ,
             the
             Scholar
             of
             St.
             Polycarp
             ,
             though
             he
             owned
             the
             Tenour
             of
             Pope
             Victor
             ,
             yet
             in
             his
             own
             and
             the
             concurrent
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Gallicane
             Divines
             ,
             he
             reprehended
             Victor
             with
             a
             Holy
             Acrimony
             .
          
           
             When
             several
             points
             were
             warmly
             Controverted
             in
             the
             Africane
             Church
             ,
             within
             the
             Compass
             of
             the
             Third
             Century
             (
             the
             present
             consideration
             )
             St.
             Cyprian
             ,
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Carthage
             did
             not
             wait
             for
             a
             decision
             from
             Rome
             ,
             but
             did
             refer
             the
             Questions
             to
             be
             discust
             and
             determined
             by
             Africane
             Councils
             .
          
           
             When
             St.
             Cornelius
             (
             his
             Contemporary
             )
             Bishop
             of
             
             Rome
             did
             intermeddle
             in
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Affairs
             of
             his
             Province
             (
             of
             Carthage
             )
             St.
             Cyprian
             did
             hotly
             Resent
             and
             Expostulate
             the
             Encroachment
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Epistle
             he
             terms
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             a
             Colleague
             ,
             
             a
             Brother
             .
             I
             deny
             not
             but
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             was
             in
             the
             purest
             Antiquity
             consulted
             with
             from
             other
             Churches
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             Arbitrary
             of
             Choice
             ,
             not
             necessary
             of
             Duty
             ;
             it
             was
             prompted
             by
             a
             veneration
             had
             not
             to
             the
             power
             ,
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Roman
             See
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Piety
             and
             Literature
             of
             the
             Roman
             Prelates
             (
             for
             the
             first
             Three
             Centuries
             most
             of
             them
             died
             Martyrs
             .
             )
          
           
           
             Upon
             this
             account
             the
             Patriarlts
             and
             Bishops
             of
             
             other
             Churches
             were
             frequently
             consulted
             with
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             verge
             of
             their
             own
             Jurisdictions
             .
             From
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Judgment
             of
             St.
             Ambrose
             was
             implored
             from
             Millaine
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             Convicted
             ,
             Condemned
             Delinquents
             in
             other
             Churches
             repaired
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             Fugitives
             to
             skulk
             ,
             as
             Sophisters
             to
             delude
             .
             Such
             were
             Fortunatus
             and
             Felicissimus
             doomed
             in
             Africa
             .
          
           
             Thus
             when
             Basilides
             was
             justly
             Excommunicated
             ,
             Deposed
             
             in
             Spain
             ,
             he
             fled
             to
             Rome
             ,
             and
             fraudulently
             wrought
             upon
             the
             facility
             of
             Pope
             Stephen
             (
             not
             reputed
             Infallible
             ,
             this
             being
             not
             the
             Divinity
             of
             that
             Age
             )
             to
             bustle
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             himself
             and
             Martialis
             (
             alike
             Criminal
             ,
             and
             alike
             Sentenced
             )
             for
             their
             re-admission
             .
             This
             precipitate
             ,
             unjustifiable
             attempt
             gave
             great
             offence
             to
             the
             Spanish
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             passionately
             complained
             of
             it
             to
             St.
             Cyprian
             and
             the
             other
             Bishops
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             requesting
             
             their
             Advice
             ,
             who
             unanimously
             animated
             them
             to
             persist
             in
             their
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             not
             to
             submit
             to
             Stephanus
             ,
             not
             to
             re-admit
             such
             Malefactors
             .
          
           
             Sabinus
             being
             rightly
             the
             Successor
             of
             Basilides
             ejected
             ,
             
             St.
             Cyprian
             confidently
             determin
             ,
             That
             it
             could
             not
             be
             rescinded
             by
             Pope
             Stephen
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             Innocent
             persecuted
             Persons
             in
             other
             Churches
             ,
             made
             their
             applications
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rom●
             But
             it
             was
             as
             to
             a
             Sanctuary
             for
             refuge
             ,
             not
             as
             to
             a
             Tribunal
             for
             Judicature
             ,
             an
             address
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             not
             an
             Appeal
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             case
             of
             St.
             Athanasius
             ,
             his
             Successor
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             of
             St.
             Chrysostome
             ,
             St.
             Flavianus
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             it
             was
             
             a
             resort
             as
             to
             an
             Orthodox
             Prelate
             (
             because
             of
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             same
             Faith
             )
             not
             as
             to
             a
             Supreme
             Judge
             (
             upon
             a
             Prerogative
             of
             Power
             )
             ,
             it
             was
             for
             advice
             ,
             for
             solace
             ;
             not
             in
             expectation
             of
             a
             final
             Sentence
             ,
             of
             an
             irrevocable
             Decree
             .
          
           
           
             
               Aeneas
               Sylvius
            
             ,
             afterwards
             Pope
             Pius
             the
             Second
             
             had
             so
             much
             Ingenuity
             ,
             as
             to
             acknowledge
             that
             before
             the
             
               Nicene
               Council
            
             ,
             every
             Bishop
             lived
             to
             himself
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             small
             regard
             had
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Even
             after
             the
             
               Nicene
               Council
            
             ,
             the
             Primitive
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             for
             a
             time
             would
             not
             assume
             to
             themselves
             :
             Would
             not
             usurp
             that
             Power
             of
             deciding
             important
             difficulties
             beyond
             the
             limits
             of
             their
             own
             Patriarchal
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             cull
             out
             two
             Instances
             in
             the
             Causes
             of
             two
             Learned
             ,
             Renowned
             ,
             but
             Persecuted
             Patriarks
             (
             the
             one
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             Constantinople
             )
             of
             St.
             Athanasius
             and
             St.
             Chrysostome
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             former
             ,
             Constantius
             the
             Arrian
             Emperour
             being
             exasperated
             against
             St.
             
               Athanasius
               ,
               Liberius
            
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             cajoled
             him
             ,
             supplicated
             him
             ,
             that
             a
             Council
             might
             be
             assembled
             at
             Alexandria
             ,
             he
             offered
             in
             effect
             the
             same
             reason
             for
             appointing
             Alexandria
             in
             the
             Cause
             of
             St.
             Athanasius
             ,
             that
             St
             Cyprian
             did
             in
             excepting
             against
             
             Rome
             in
             the
             African
             concerns
             .
             (
             Where
             the
             Party
             impeacht
             ,
             the
             Accusers
             ,
             Advocates
             ,
             and
             others
             interested
             ,
             may
             most
             fitly
             be
             convened
             .
             )
             This
             is
             recited
             in
             the
             admirable
             Colloquy
             (
             as
             the
             Centurist
             of
             Magdeburg
             stile
             it
             )
             
             betwixt
             Constantius
             and
             Liberius
             .
          
           
             Liberius
             alledged
             no
             decisive
             Jurisdiction
             in
             himself
             ,
             in
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             The
             later
             instance
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             St.
             Chrysostome
             ,
             
             wherein
             Pope
             Innocentius
             the
             first
             declared
             a
             necessity
             of
             a
             Synodal
             Convention
             to
             asswage
             the
             Tempest
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             He
             asserted
             no
             Papal
             Oecumenical
             Power
             to
             determine
             Controversies
             .
          
           
           
             He
             approved
             the
             Milevitan
             Council
             ,
             which
             prohibited
             
             Appeals
             in
             the
             African
             Churches
             ,
             unless
             to
             African
             Councils
             or
             Primates
             ,
             Excommunicates
             Appellants
             to
             transmarine
             Jurisdictions
             .
          
           
             About
             Sixteen
             years
             after
             the
             Sixth
             Carthaginian
             Council
             which
             lasted
             six
             years
             ,
             having
             regularly
             chalked
             out
             the
             gradations
             of
             Appeals
             in
             the
             African
             Church
             ,
             absolutely
             debarred
             any
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
             I
             have
             dilated
             this
             point
             ,
             because
             the
             Roman
             Champions
             lay
             so
             much
             stress
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             may
             not
             need
             to
             ventilate
             ,
             to
             sift
             it
             any
             more
             in
             this
             Tract
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             examined
             the
             Proofs
             in
             the
             supposititious
             Decretal
             Epistles
             of
             Anacletus
             and
             Zepherinus
             .
             The
             latter
             derives
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             See
             from
             the
             Apostles
             and
             their
             Successors
             .
             The
             former
             from
             the
             Apostles
             by
             the
             Commandment
             of
             our
             Lord.
             Fallacies
             are
             enwrapped
             ,
             shrowded
             in
             generalities
             .
             No
             injunction
             of
             Christ
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Apostles
             is
             recited
             for
             the
             Papal
             final
             deciding
             of
             difficult
             Controversies
             .
          
           
             
               De
               non
               existentibus
               &
               de
               non
               apparentibus
               eadem
               est
               ratio
               .
            
             What
             is
             not
             apparent
             ,
             may
             rationally
             be
             rejected
             as
             not
             existent
             .
          
           
             After
             these
             false
             varnishes
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             
               H.
               T.
            
             having
             marshalled
             the
             specious
             Pictures
             of
             a
             Gallery
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             vigorous
             Forces
             of
             a
             Camp
             ,
             or
             the
             Arguments
             of
             the
             School
             ,
             he
             insults
             before
             he
             vanquishes
             ,
             or
             indeed
             encounters
             ,
             marches
             in
             Triumph
             like
             the
             Roman
             Emperour
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             having
             collected
             Cockleshels
             ,
             not
             conquered
             any
             Enemies
             .
             He
             quits
             the
             Field
             in
             this
             quarrel
             with
             a
             flaunting
             Trophee
             of
             Victory
             .
             These
             were
             all
             Popes
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             no
             true
             Protestants
             I
             hope
             .
             This
             Sarcasme
             is
             more
             imbitter'd
             with
             Gall
             ,
             than
             seasoned
             with
             Salt.
             
          
           
             The
             Name
             of
             Protestants
             took
             its
             Rise
             in
             the
             year
             1529
             ,
             from
             the
             protestation
             of
             Six
             Princes
             and
             14
             Principal
             
             Cities
             of
             Germany
             ,
             an
             appeal
             from
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             Diet
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             and
             to
             a
             future
             General
             Council
             ,
             or
             National
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             Judges
             not
             suspected
             .
          
           
           
             These
             Protestants
             did
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             are
             so
             called
             ,
             do
             still
             own
             the
             Tenets
             in
             Religion
             of
             the
             Popes
             recited
             in
             this
             ▪
             Third
             Century
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               year
            
             300.
             
          
           
             Simplicius
             ,
             Callepodius
             ,
             Abdon
             ,
             Sennen
             ,
             Pammachius
             ,
             Tyburtius
             ,
             Valerianus
             ,
             Marcellinus
             ,
             Dorotheus
             ,
             Gordianus
             Pudentiana
             ,
             Triphon
             ,
             Elaesius
             ,
             Maximianus
             Clemens
             ,
             Barbara
             ,
             Agatha
             ,
             Apollonia
             ,
             Cyprianus
             ,
             Hippolytus
             ,
             Gregorius
             Thaumauturgus
             ,
             Laurentius
             Tharsus
             ,
             Cecilia
             ,
             Victorius
             ,
             Nemesius
             ,
             Olympius
             ,
             Adrianus
             ,
             Georgius
             ,
             Pantaleon
             ,
             Agens
             ,
             Barlain
             ,
             Jereon
             ,
             
               with
               his
               Companions
            
             ,
             Cosmas
             ,
             Damianus
             ,
             Mauritius
             ,
             
               with
               the
            
             Theban
             Legion
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             Muster
             of
             Names
             is
             no
             Hostile
             Battalia
             ,
             unless
             against
             your selves
             .
          
           
             We
             assert
             a
             real
             affinity
             Doctrinal
             and
             Practical
             with
             these
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             ,
             whereas
             you
             degenerate
             from
             the
             Purity
             ,
             the
             Loyalty
             of
             their
             Principles
             .
          
           
             The
             Theban
             Legion
             that
             brings
             up
             the
             Rear
             ,
             was
             not
             trained
             up
             in
             the
             Corrupt
             ,
             Modern
             Romish
             Divinity
             ,
             stating
             it
             lawful
             to
             resist
             Princes
             in
             case
             of
             Infidelity
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             or
             Tyranny
             ,
             which
             Bellarmine
             did
             not
             blush
             to
             aver
             to
             be
             the
             common
             sentiment
             of
             Divines
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               year
            
             400.
             
          
           
             Domnus
             with
             2000
             Martyrs
             ,
             Lucianus
             Theodorus
             ,
             Paulus
             
               the
               first
               Eremite
            
             ,
             Jacobus
             Nissibitanus
             ,
             Spiridion
             ,
             Macharius
             ,
             Nicolaus
             ,
             Helena
             
               (
               the
               Mother
               of
            
             Constantine
             
               the
               Great
            
             )
             Constantine
             
               (
               the
               first
               Christian
               Emperour
            
             )
             Marcus
             ,
             Arethusius
             ,
             Nicetus
             ,
             Theodorus
             ,
             Antonius
             ,
             Hilarion
             ,
             Athanasius
             ,
             Paulus
             Constantinopolitanus
             ,
             Hilarius
             ,
             Martianus
             ,
             Basilius
             ,
             Hieronimus
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Patianus
             ,
             Ambrose
             ,
             Cyril
             of
             Jerusalem
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             
               Nations
               converted
            
             .
             Dacians
             ,
             Gebes
             ,
             Bessites
             ,
             Scythians
             ,
             Morines
             ,
             Armenians
             ,
             Hunnes
             ,
             Indians
             ,
             Aethiopians
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             to
             bandy
             with
             ,
             and
             to
             rout
             your
             own
             shadow
             .
             We
             most
             willingly
             refer
             our
             differences
             (
             next
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Scripture
             )
             to
             the
             Test
             of
             these
             and
             the
             precedent
             Primitive
             Worthies
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               From
               the
               year
               of
               Christ
            
             300.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Chief
                   Pastors
                   .
                
                 
                   General
                   Councils
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   304
                   Marcellus
                
                 
                   The
                   first
                   
                     Nicene
                     Council
                  
                   (
                   Fathers
                   328
                   )
                   approved
                   by
                   Pope
                   
                     Sylvester
                     ,
                     An.
                     Dom.
                  
                   325.
                   against
                   Arrius
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   309
                   Eusebius
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   312
                   Melchiades
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   314
                   Sylvester
                
                 
                   Authors
                   ,
                   
                     Cedrenus
                     ,
                     Photius
                     ,
                     Socrates
                     ,
                     Eusebius
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   336
                   Malchus
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   339
                   Julius
                
                 
                   The
                   First
                   
                     Constantinopolitane
                     Council
                  
                   (
                   Fathers
                   150
                   )
                   Pope
                   Damasus
                   presiding
                   ,
                   
                     An.
                     Dom.
                  
                   381.
                   against
                   Macedonius
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   352
                   Liberius
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   358
                   Foelix
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   367
                   Damasus
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   385
                   Siricius
                
                 
                   Authors
                   ,
                   
                     Socrates
                     ,
                     Photius
                     ,
                     Baronius
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   398
                   Anastasius
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             These
             Authorities
             are
             Impertinencies
             as
             to
             the
             present
             dispute
             .
             We
             reject
             not
             any
             Testimonies
             of
             the
             venerable
             Popes
             nominated
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             spurious
             :
             If
             any
             of
             those
             be
             not
             ours
             ,
             't
             is
             because
             they
             are
             not
             their
             own
             .
             They
             may
             be
             espoused
             by
             such
             by
             whom
             they
             are
             corrupted
             .
          
           
             
               Male
               dum
               recitas
               incipit
               esse
               tuus
               .
            
          
           
             We
             adhere
             to
             the
             first
             Nicene
             Council
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             Constantinopolitan
             cited
             ,
             we
             explode
             the
             Heresie
             of
             Arrius
             condemned
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             of
             Macedonius
             in
             the
             other
             .
          
           
           
             That
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             was
             approved
             by
             Pope
             Sylvester
             was
             not
             singular
             ,
             it
             was
             allowed
             ,
             subscribed
             by
             all
             the
             other
             Bishops
             .
             It
             was
             Sylvesters
             Suffrage
             ,
             his
             Consent
             ,
             not
             his
             Edict
             ,
             his
             Bull
             to
             ratifie
             it
             ,
             if
             Sylvester
             were
             then
             Living
             .
             That
             it
             was
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Successor
             ,
             Pope
             Julius
             ,
             Dr.
             Whitaker
             ,
             proves
             by
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             
               Sozomen
               ,
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             17.
             
             
               Athanas.
               Apol.
            
             2.
             
             
               Nicephor
               .
               l.
            
             7.
             c.
             14.
             
             
               Beda
               in
               Chron.
            
             
          
           
             However
             that
             Council
             was
             convened
             ,
             governed
             ,
             confirmed
             ,
             
             it
             was
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             Constantine
             the
             Great
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             alledged
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             That
             Pope
             Damasus
             presided
             in
             the
             First
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             Damasus
             was
             so
             far
             from
             being
             President
             of
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             present
             in
             that
             Council
             ,
             not
             personally
             ,
             nor
             representatively
             by
             a
             Proxy
             ,
             by
             any
             Legate
             ,
             but
             Nectarius
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             of
             Noble
             Extraction
             presided
             .
          
           
             Bellarmines
             plea
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             subterfuge
             to
             evade
             ,
             not
             a
             proof
             to
             demonstrate
             .
             That
             if
             Damasus
             had
             not
             been
             absent
             ,
             he
             had
             presided
             .
          
           
             An
             Inference
             of
             no
             validity
             .
             Vigilius
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             sat
             in
             the
             Fifth
             Oecumenical
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             preside
             in
             it
             .
             This
             Dignity
             was
             not
             fixt
             ,
             entail'd
             to
             the
             Papacy
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             The
             Popes
             were
             Presidents
             in
             some
             Ancient
             Councils
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             all
             ,
             Not
             in
             the
             first
             Nicene
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             first
             or
             second
             Constantinopolitane
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             first
             or
             second
             Ephesine
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Sardique
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Carthaginian
             Council
             .
          
           
             Had
             Damasus
             been
             President
             in
             the
             First
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             .
             Yet
             they
             would
             not
             have
             vindicated
             the
             transcendent
             Papal
             Prerogative
             in
             and
             over
             Councils
             ,
             (
             challenged
             in
             later
             times
             )
             not
             attempted
             ,
             aspired
             to
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             .
             )
          
           
           
             Since
             Soveraigns
             began
             to
             be
             Christians
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             
             Affairs
             depended
             upon
             them
             ;
             The
             greatest
             Synods
             have
             been
             and
             are
             convened
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             solemnly
             attested
             by
             Socrates
             about
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Fifth
             Century
             .
          
           
             The
             Instanced
             first
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             was
             summon'd
             ,
             establisht
             ,
             dismist
             by
             Theodosius
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             the
             Senior
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               From
               the
               Year
            
             400.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   402
                   Innocentius
                   I.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     First
                  
                   Ephesine
                   
                     Council
                     (
                     Fathers
                  
                   200
                   )
                   Pope
                   Celestine
                   presiding
                   ,
                   Anno
                   Dom.
                   431.
                   against
                   Nestor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   417
                   Sozimus
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   419
                   Bonifacius
                   I.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   424
                   Calixtus
                   I.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   432
                   Sixtus
                   III.
                   
                
                 
                   Authors
                   Nicephorus
                   ,
                   Baronius
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   440
                   Leo
                   Magnus
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   461
                   Hilarius
                
                 
                   The
                   Chalcedon
                   
                     Council
                     ,
                     (
                     Fathers
                  
                   600
                   )
                   Pope
                   Leo
                   presiding
                   ,
                   Anno
                   Dom.
                   451.
                   against
                   Eutyches
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   468
                   Simplicius
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   483
                   Felix
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   492
                   Gelasius
                   I.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   497
                   Anastasius
                
                 
                   Authors
                   Leo
                   Ep.
                   50.
                   
                   Baronius
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   499
                   Symmachus
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             contend
             ,
             touching
             the
             formal
             Musters
             of
             your
             Popes
             in
             point
             of
             Divinity
             or
             Chronology
             .
          
           
             Pope
             Celestines
             presiding
             in
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             ,
             is
             easier
             asserted
             than
             proved
             Celestine
             was
             at
             that
             time
             personally
             engaged
             in
             an
             Italian
             Council
             (
             which
             was
             not
             esteemed
             Oecumenical
             ,
             but
             its
             Contemporary
             ,
             the
             Ephesine
             consisting
             of
             the
             Eastern
             Bishops
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             Romish
             Champions
             plead
             that
             Pope
             Celestine
             did
             constitute
             St.
             Cyril
             of
             Alexandria
             to
             be
             his
             Proxy
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             grant
             ,
             he
             did
             delegate
             his
             suffrage
             (
             there
             being
             a
             singular
             Correspondence
             betwixt
             these
             two
             Orthodox
             Prelates
             )
             yet
             not
             a
             Prerogative
             of
             presiding
             in
             the
             Council
             ,
             which
             though
             arbitrarily
             ,
             sometimes
             indulged
             
             to
             the
             Pope
             in
             person
             ,
             yet
             was
             ▪
             not
             so
             necessarily
             annext
             to
             the
             Papal
             Dignity
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             challenged
             by
             his
             Legates
             (
             as
             not
             in
             the
             Fifth
             
               Carthag
               .
               Conc.
            
             )
          
           
             It
             is
             testified
             by
             Sozomen
             ,
             that
             Vitus
             and
             Vincentius
             
             the
             Popes
             Legates
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             
             Nice
             ●ate
             in
             the
             Fourth
             place
             .
          
           
             St.
             Cyril
             Patriarch
             of
             Alexandria
             had
             been
             active
             in
             
             confuting
             Nestorius
             ,
             in
             exciting
             the
             Emperour
             to
             summon
             the
             Council
             .
             He
             was
             the
             most
             Eminent
             Prelate
             present
             ,
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             being
             in
             umbrage
             under
             the
             Eclipse
             of
             a
             charge
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             most
             probable
             that
             he
             did
             preside
             not
             as
             substitute
             from
             Rome
             ,
             but
             
             as
             Patriarch
             of
             Alexandria
             ;
             even
             before
             any
             Declaration
             Pope
             Leo
             recites
             him
             as
             President
             of
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             mention
             of
             any
             derivation
             or
             lustre
             from
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             Pope
             Celestine
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             expresly
             ,
             solemnly
             attested
             in
             the
             Code
             ,
             who
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             Moderator
             ,
             he
             was
             inferior
             to
             the
             Emperour
             in
             the
             transactions
             of
             that
             Council
             to
             Theod●sius
             ,
             who
             not
             only
             summoned
             ,
             establisht
             ,
             authothorised
             it
             ,
             but
             had
             a
             singular
             over
             ruling
             influence
             in
             regulating
             it
             ,
             in
             composing
             differences
             in
             it
             .
             The
             Fathers
             convened
             in
             that
             Synod
             solemnly
             implored
             the
             Emperors
             Ratification
             .
          
           
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             in
             an
             Epistle
             to
             Pope
             Celestine
             ,
             gave
             him
             an
             account
             of
             their
             Proceedings
             against
             Nestorius
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             out
             of
             Amity
             ,
             not
             Duty
             ;
             a
             Conformity
             in
             point
             of
             Faith
             ,
             not
             a
             Submission
             in
             point
             of
             Power
             .
             The
             Epistle
             is
             directed
             in
             a
             style
             of
             parity
             .
          
           
             As
             touching
             the
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             .
             If
             I
             grant
             the
             Popes
             Legates
             had
             a
             precedence
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             
             Prince
             ,
             or
             the
             respect
             of
             the
             Fathers
             convened
             to
             the
             personal
             Eminence
             ,
             or
             Patriarchal
             Lustre
             of
             Leo
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             Yet
             the
             Emperour
             Martianus
             did
             seem
             to
             preside
             ,
             as
             the
             grand
             Moderator
             in
             that
             Council
             ,
             at
             first
             personally
             immediately
             ,
             afterwards
             mediately
             by
             his
             Commissioners
             ,
             
             who
             are
             solemnly
             recited
             before
             the
             Fathers
             assembled
             .
          
           
             However
             the
             Authoritative
             influence
             for
             the
             Convention
             ,
             
             Ratification
             of
             that
             Oecumenical
             Synod
             is
             clearly
             ascribed
             to
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             How
             solemn
             is
             the
             submission
             to
             the
             Emperours
             pleasure
             .
             
             He
             prohibited
             all
             disputations
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             by
             his
             Authority
             Dioscorus
             was
             Condemned
             ,
             and
             Proterius
             Establisht
             in
             his
             place
             .
          
           
             The
             Legates
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             in
             that
             Synod
             intreated
             the
             Moderators
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             that
             Dioscorus
             should
             be
             required
             to
             recede
             ,
             which
             themselves
             had
             enjoyned
             ,
             not
             requested
             had
             they
             presided
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Sixteenth
             Article
             of
             that
             Synod
             ,
             the
             Decree
             was
             opposite
             to
             the
             Sentiments
             of
             the
             Popes
             Legates
             .
          
           
             In
             that
             Article
             Anatolius
             ,
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             
             first
             subscribed
             ,
             whom
             Pope
             Gelasius
             recited
             ,
             as
             the
             chiefest
             Author
             of
             the
             Twenty
             seven
             Canons
             set
             put
             in
             that
             Synod
             ,
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             500.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               first
            
             Nicene
             
               Council
               defined
               against
            
             Arrius
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               consubstantial
               to
               his
               Father
               and
               true
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             Testimony
             is
             impertinently
             produced
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             doth
             detest
             Arrianisme
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               That
               he
               who
               holds
               the
               See
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               is
               the
               Head
               and
               Chief
               of
               all
               the
               Patriarks
               ,
               seeing
               he
               is
               the
               first
               ;
               as
            
             Peter
             ,
             
               to
               whom
               Power
               Ecclesiastical
               is
               given
               over
               all
            
             
             
               Christian
               Princes
               ,
               and
               all
               People
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               and
               whosoever
               shall
               contradict
               this
               ,
               is
               Excommunicated
               by
               the
               Synod
               .
            
             Can.
             39.
             
             Arab.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             We
             own
             a
             great
             veneration
             for
             the
             Great
             ,
             
             the
             first
             General
             Council
             ,
             the
             first
             Nicene
             .
             From
             which
             track
             St.
             Ambrose
             would
             not
             recede
             for
             the
             peril
             of
             Death
             ,
             nor
             for
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Sword.
             
          
           
             Which
             St.
             Basil
             propounded
             for
             the
             Test
             ,
             whereby
             judgment
             is
             to
             be
             made
             of
             Hereticks
             .
          
           
             As
             with
             St.
             Athanasius
             ,
             we
             wonder
             at
             their
             audaciousness
             ,
             who
             start
             any
             question
             in
             points
             that
             have
             past
             the
             determination
             of
             that
             Nicene
             Council
             ;
             so
             we
             cannot
             without
             astonishment
             resent
             the
             disingenuous
             fraud
             in
             counterfeiting
             so
             Venerable
             a
             Record
             in
             obtruding
             a
             Fable
             for
             an
             Oracle
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             famous
             the
             Authority
             is
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ,
             the
             more
             infamous
             is
             the
             Impiety
             in
             falsifying
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             alledged
             Thirty
             Ninth
             Arabick
             Canon
             may
             be
             unmaskt
             ,
             and
             then
             appear
             a
             Romish
             Imposture
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             were
             but
             Twenty
             Genuine
             Canons
             of
             the
             Nicene
             C●uncil
             ,
             is
             proved
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             
               Rufinus
               ,
               Isidore
               ,
               Theodoret
            
             ,
             (
             Testimonies
             acknowledged
             by
             Baronius
             )
             by
             Pope
             Stephen
             ,
             (
             attested
             by
             Gratian
             )
             by
             Two
             Hundred
             and
             Seventeen
             Bishops
             Convened
             in
             the
             Sixth
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             by
             unanimous
             suffrages
             of
             uncorrupt
             Antiquity
             .
          
           
             The
             Nicene
             Synod
             was
             held
             the
             Year
             316
             ,
             the
             tumor
             the
             amplifying
             of
             the
             Canons
             to
             the
             number
             of
             Thirty
             in
             the
             Notion
             and
             Style
             of
             Arabick
             Canons
             ,
             produced
             above
             Twelve
             Hundred
             years
             after
             .
          
           
             When
             they
             first
             appeared
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             they
             were
             pretended
             to
             be
             brought
             by
             
               Baptista
               Romanus
            
             from
             the
             Patriark
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             set
             out
             by
             
               Alphonsus
               ,
               Pizanus
            
             ,
             and
             
               Franciscus
               Turrianus
            
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             same
             Society
             ,
             both
             zealous
             Advocates
             not
             only
             for
             asserting
             ,
             but
             straining
             
             the
             P●pal
             Preheminence
             
               (
               per
               fasque
               nefasque
            
             )
             First
             inserted
             in
             the
             Edition
             of
             the
             Councils
             at
             Venice
             by
             
               Dominicus
               .
               Nicolinus
            
             in
             the
             Year
             1585.
             not
             above
             Five
             years
             before
             printed
             apart
             (
             the
             Plantine
             Impression
             )
             by
             Turrianus
             .
          
           
             It
             appears
             at
             the
             first
             blush
             as
             strange
             an
             incongruity
             in
             Geography
             as
             Chronology
             at
             so
             great
             a
             distance
             of
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             in
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             ,
             by
             an
             Arabick
             remote
             Evidence
             in
             the
             Sixteenth
             Century
             .
          
           
             How
             have
             they
             been
             obscured
             dormant
             for
             so
             many
             Ages
             ?
          
           
             Turrianus
             the
             most
             confident
             Stickler
             for
             these
             Arabick
             Canons
             acknowledged
             there
             is
             no
             Record
             as
             to
             any
             
             Translation
             of
             these
             out
             of
             Greek
             to
             Arabick
             ,
             no
             proof
             ,
             no
             evidence
             but
             conjecture
             .
          
           
             The
             wily
             Jesuit
             pretending
             to
             wave
             infinite
             other
             Testimonies
             (
             in
             the
             smooth
             Rhetorick
             ,
             the
             subtle
             fallacy
             of
             his
             Mention
             by
             way
             of
             Omission
             )
             insists
             on
             the
             Africane
             Fathers
             as
             sufficient
             Witnesses
             ,
             alledging
             ,
             unless
             they
             had
             certainly
             and
             exactly
             known
             this
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             so
             have
             written
             to
             Pope
             Boniface
             .
             Because
             they
             could
             find
             Canons
             in
             no
             Greek
             Books
             ,
             they
             earnestly
             desire
             they
             might
             be
             sen●●o
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             by
             the
             endeavours
             of
             Pope
             Boniface
             .
             They
             speak
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Canons
             ,
             for
             Twenty
             they
             had
             sent
             by
             Cyrill
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             and
             Atticus
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             recited
             in
             the
             Sixth
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             amazed
             that
             there
             should
             be
             so
             little
             integrity
             in
             a
             Person
             of
             so
             much
             Literature
             as
             Turrianus
             of
             the
             profest
             Society
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Jesus
            
             (
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Saint
             being
             the
             Guilt
             ,
             the
             Impeachment
             of
             a
             Miscreant
             according
             to
             Salvian
             )
             so
             notoriously
             to
             juggle
             and
             prevaricate
             .
             
          
           
             For
             the
             clearer
             discovery
             of
             his
             Collusion
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             warrantable
             rejection
             of
             the
             additional
             Arabick
             Canons
             ,
             I
             shall
             offer
             a
             true
             summary
             Narrative
             of
             the
             transactions
             of
             the
             Africane
             Fathers
             falsly
             presented
             by
             Turrianus
             .
          
           
           
             Apiarius
             being
             justly
             deliberately
             sentenced
             in
             Africa
             
             (
             Synodically
             Excommunicated
             )
             was
             unjustly
             ,
             unconsiderately
             Countenanced
             ,
             Acquitted
             at
             Rome
             ,
             (
             one
             Party
             only
             being
             heard
             .
             )
             To
             promote
             his
             Restitution
             in
             the
             Sixth
             Carthage
             Council
             ,
             Pope
             Zozymus
             sent
             thither
             Three
             Legates
             ,
             who
             prest
             a
             Canon
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             to
             justifie
             Appeals
             to
             Rome
             .
             The
             African
             Fathers
             were
             startled
             at
             a
             Novel
             Claim
             abetted
             by
             an
             unheard
             of
             Canon
             ,
             wherein
             they
             first
             examined
             the
             Copy
             brought
             from
             Nice
             by
             Concilianus
             (
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Carthage
             )
             in
             which
             they
             found
             no
             such
             Canon
             alledged
             .
             However
             they
             were
             not
             prone
             to
             suspect
             any
             fraud
             in
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             (
             where
             there
             is
             the
             greatest
             Truth
             ,
             there
             being
             also
             the
             greatest
             Charity
             )
             but
             proceeded
             with
             an
             equal
             mixture
             of
             Prudence
             and
             Candour
             .
          
           
             They
             resolved
             to
             transmit
             Mercuries
             to
             
               Constantinople
               ,
               Alexandria
               ,
               Antioch
            
             ,
             to
             procure
             Genuine
             Transcripts
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Canons
             ,
             and
             whilst
             the
             matter
             was
             in
             suspence
             ,
             they
             condescended
             to
             admit
             Appeals
             to
             Rome
             .
          
           
             They
             imparted
             their
             design
             to
             the
             Legates
             ,
             implored
             their
             joint
             Assistance
             ,
             made
             several
             Addresses
             in
             this
             sincere
             pursuit
             of
             Truth
             to
             Three
             Popes
             in
             their
             Successions
             
               (
               Zozymus
               ,
               Bonifacius
               ,
               Celestine
               .
               )
            
          
           
             After
             the
             concurrent
             Testimonies
             ,
             the
             Exact
             Copies
             sent
             from
             the
             Patriarchs
             of
             Constantinople
             and
             Alexandria
             ,
             after
             the
             discussion
             of
             6
             Years
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             contrary
             Evidence
             produced
             by
             either
             of
             the
             Popes
             recited
             ,
             or
             their
             Legates
             ;
             the
             African
             Bishops
             unanimously
             rejected
             the
             obtruded
             Canons
             as
             spurious
             ,
             and
             prohibited
             all
             Appeals
             from
             the
             African
             Churches
             to
             Rome
             .
          
           
             There
             never
             was
             a
             more
             calm
             ,
             accurate
             ,
             mature
             ventilation
             of
             any
             Claim
             .
             Never
             clearer
             Evidence
             .
             Twenty
             Canons
             only
             found
             in
             the
             Archives
             of
             
               Constantinople
               ,
               Alexandria
               ;
               Antioch
            
             ,
             being
             searcht
             with
             great
             diligence
             ,
             as
             Baronius
             confesses
             .
          
           
           
             Attious
             profest
             in
             his
             Rescript
             that
             Copy
             to
             be
             unmaimed
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             St.
             Cyrill
             as
             confidently
             avouches
             the
             fidelity
             of
             his
             also
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Never
             a
             more
             manifest
             Conviction
             of
             a
             Notorious
             Fraud
             ,
             whereto
             the
             Roman
             Legates
             being
             most
             probably
             too
             conscious
             ,
             would
             not
             close
             with
             the
             African
             Fathers
             in
             an
             unbyast
             ,
             untainted
             Scrutiny
             ;
             but
             reiterated
             their
             importunate
             Motion
             ,
             that
             the
             Examination
             and
             Decision
             might
             be
             referred
             entirely
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             that
             the
             Criminal
             Party
             might
             be
             the
             sole
             Judge
             .
          
           
             To
             palliate
             the
             Deformity
             of
             this
             Imposture
             ,
             other
             Adulterate
             Testimonies
             are
             vaunted
             of
             the
             Letter
             of
             Athanasius
             to
             Pope
             Marcus
             ,
             and
             the
             Rescript
             of
             Marcus
             which
             are
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Centurists
             and
             other
             Reformed
             Divines
             proved
             to
             be
             fraudulent
             upon
             sifting
             the
             Phrase
             ,
             and
             the
             Subject
             ,
             Calculating
             the
             Date
             ;
             but
             the
             more
             Learned
             Romish
             Champions
             
               Posserine
               ,
               Bellarmine
               ,
               Baronius
            
             have
             confest
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             whereof
             (
             that
             famous
             Analist
             )
             Records
             the
             decease
             of
             Pope
             Marcus
             before
             the
             date
             of
             his
             pretended
             Letter
             ,
             and
             brands
             it
             together
             with
             a
             counterfeit
             submission
             〈…〉
             a
             succeeding
             Bishop
             of
             Carthage
             ;
             to
             be
             fictions
             of
             the
             same
             Forge
             .
             I
             have
             dilated
             this
             detection
             ,
             the
             rather
             because
             the
             Romanists
             lay
             so
             much
             stress
             upon
             so
             weak
             ,
             so
             false
             a
             foundation
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Thereby
               a
               Man
               is
               freed
               from
               the
               servitude
               and
               corruption
               of
               Sin.
            
             l.
             3.
             
             Decret
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               That
               the
               Lamb
               of
               God
               which
               takes
               away
               the
               Sins
               of
               the
               World
               is
               placed
               on
               the
               Sacred
               Table
               (
               the
               Altar
               )
               to
               be
               sacrificed
               unbloodily
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               receiving
               his
               Body
               and
               Blood
               ,
               do
               believe
               these
               things
               to
               be
               signs
               of
               our
               Resurrection
               .
            
             l.
             3.
             
             Decret
             .
             De
             Divinâ
             Mensâ
             .
          
           
             
               It
               Decreed
               ,
               That
               a
               Bishop
               dying
               ,
               Notice
               shall
               be
               given
               of
               his
               Death
               to
               all
               Churches
               and
               Monasteries
               in
               the
               Parish
               ,
               that
               Prayer
               be
               made
               for
               him
               ,
            
             C.
             65.
             
             Arab.
             
               And
               that
            
             
             
               Deacons
               (
               who
               have
               no
               Power
               to
               offer
               Sacrifice
               )
               ought
               not
               to
               give
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               to
               Priests
               who
               have
               full
               power
               .
            
             Can.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             Neither
             the
             Papal
             Decrees
             ,
             nor
             the
             Arabick
             Canons
             of
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             are
             to
             be
             allowed
             for
             Orthodox
             Tests
             in
             deciding
             Controversies
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             reiterate
             my
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             Fallacy
             of
             both
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Restraint
             of
             Deacons
             in
             reference
             to
             Priests
             recited
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             point
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             not
             Doctrine
             ;
             a
             Regularity
             not
             to
             be
             contended
             for
             ,
             if
             rightly
             understood
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               First
            
             Constantinopolitane
             
               Council
               defined
               against
            
             Macedonius
             ,
             
               who
               denyed
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               to
               be
               God
               ,
               and
               decreed
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Constantinople
             
               to
               be
               chief
               next
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             Allegation
             consists
             of
             two
             branches
             :
             The
             First
             is
             Impertinent
             ,
             the
             Second
             Frandulent
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             explodes
             the
             Macedonian
             Heresie
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
             ;
             as
             is
             evident
             in
             the
             Fifth
             Article
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             second
             branch
             of
             the
             Allegation
             ,
             it
             is
             offered
             with
             little
             Fidelity
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             Advertency
             .
          
           
             The
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             was
             not
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ,
             wherein
             the
             priviledge
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
               Alexandria
               ,
               Antioch
            
             are
             solemnly
             recited
             ,
             Constantinople
             being
             then
             in
             Eclipse
             ,
             in
             Umbrage
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             its
             succeeding
             Splendor
             .
             After
             it
             was
             augmented
             ,
             adorned
             ,
             dignified
             by
             the
             Translation
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Seat
             ,
             
             it
             then
             obtained
             as
             signal
             an
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             as
             Secular
             Grandeur
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             design
             of
             the
             First
             Constantinopolitane
             Synod
             to
             match
             the
             See
             of
             Constantinople
             with
             that
             of
             Rome
             ;
             this
             being
             allowed
             a
             Priority
             of
             Place
             ,
             not
             a
             Superiority
             of
             Office
             ,
             of
             Authority
             .
          
           
           
             Constantinople
             is
             ranked
             with
             Rome
             ,
             not
             subjected
             under
             it
             ,
             It
             levels
             ,
             truckles
             not
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             of
             the
             Equality
             of
             Dignity
             is
             exprest
             in
             the
             Council
             it self
             ,
             because
             that
             Constantinople
             is
             New
             
             Rome
             ,
             enjoying
             the
             same
             Ensigns
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             Honours
             ,
             as
             Sozomen
             clearly
             testifies
             .
             
          
           
             The
             Epistle
             of
             the
             First
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             is
             directed
             to
             the
             Reverend
             Brethren
             and
             Colleagues
             ,
             
               Damasus
               ,
               Aurelius
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             Canon
             debated
             establish
             his
             Parity
             ,
             it
             's
             vainly
             cited
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             If
             it
             doth
             not
             establish
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             vainly
             granted
             to
             the
             Romanists
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               first
            
             Ephesine
             
               Council
               defined
               against
            
             Nestor
             ,
             
               who
               denied
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               to
               be
               the
               Mother
               of
               God.
            
             c.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             
               It
               defined
               that
            
             Peter
             
               was
               the
               Head
               and
               Prince
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Power
               of
               Loosing
               and
               binding
               Sins
               was
               given
               by
               our
               Lord
               to
               St.
            
             Peter
             ,
             
               who
               (
               in
               his
               Successors
               )
               Lives
               and
               Exercises
               Judgment
               to
               this
               very
               Time
               ,
               and
               Always
               ,
            
             Act.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             produced
             a
             double
             Testimony
             out
             of
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             :
             The
             one
             a
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             Nestorian
             Heresie
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             Certificate
             of
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             and
             his
             pretended
             Successors
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             not
             Controverted
             between
             the
             Romanists
             and
             the
             Reformed
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             but
             a
             Shadow
             at
             the
             best
             ,
             but
             a
             varnish
             of
             a
             Proof
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             destitute
             of
             substance
             and
             solidity
             ,
             so
             of
             Truth
             and
             Candour
             .
          
           
             The
             Ephesine
             Council
             decreed
             no
             such
             flaunting
             Title
             ,
             no
             Principality
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             nor
             Entail
             to
             his
             Successors
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             insolently
             uttered
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Three
             Legates
             of
             Celestine
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             by
             Philip
             a
             Candidate
             for
             Promotion
             ,
             a
             Parasite
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
           
             Neither
             Arcadicus
             nor
             Projectus
             the
             other
             Legates
             more
             circumspect
             dignifyed
             ,
             offered
             any
             such
             expression
             .
             Not
             any
             of
             the
             Fathers
             in
             that
             Council
             .
          
           
             Their
             Epistle
             to
             Celestinus
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             is
             directed
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             to
             their
             fellow
             Minister
             .
          
           
             Not
             only
             the
             Fathers
             then
             assembled
             in
             General
             ,
             but
             in
             Special
             ,
             Juvenalis
             Bishop
             of
             Jerusalem
             a
             part
             so
             recites
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Decree
             of
             the
             Council
             against
             Nestorius
             by
             the
             Prelates
             Convened
             (
             as
             it
             is
             recorded
             by
             Evagrius
             )
             mentions
             
             Celestinus
             a
             Colleague
             .
          
           
             The
             Epistle
             of
             Celestinus
             himself
             to
             Nestorius
             expresses
             
             Cyrill
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             fellow-Bishop
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             not
             a
             Courtesie
             ,
             a
             Complement
             of
             his
             Condescension
             ,
             like
             the
             smooth
             insinuation
             of
             the
             Roman
             Generals
             in
             the
             Camp
             ,
             Commilitones
             ,
             Fellow-Souldiers
             ;
             many
             of
             the
             Fathers
             rank
             them
             with
             equal
             respect
             in
             their
             distinct
             suffrages
             recounted
             in
             that
             Council
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             their
             Universal
             ,
             Unanimous
             Acclamation
             .
             One
             Celestine
             ,
             one
             Cyrill
             ,
             one
             Faith
             of
             the
             Synod
             ,
             one
             Faith
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             Theodosius
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             Summoned
             ,
             Authorized
             ,
             Establisht
             that
             Council
             ,
             having
             occasion
             to
             mention
             both
             these
             Prelates
             ,
             first
             nominates
             Cyrill
             ,
             afterwards
             Celestinus
             ;
             the
             former
             set
             out
             with
             the
             flourish
             of
             an
             Epithet
             (
             The
             Most
             Holy
             Bishop
             of
             
               Alexandria
               ,
            
             )
             the
             
             other
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             
               H.
               T.
            
             hath
             not
             consulted
             with
             the
             Records
             of
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             ,
             he
             is
             precipitate
             in
             his
             Allegation
             :
             (
             No
             Man
             passeth
             a
             right
             judgment
             upon
             that
             whereof
             
             he
             is
             ignorant
             ,
             saith
             
               Aristotle
               .
            
             )
             If
             he
             hath
             consulted
             with
             that
             Council
             ,
             he
             is
             disingenuous
             in
             misrepresenting
             it
             .
          
           
             Since
             
               H.
               T.
            
             produceth
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             as
             an
             Oracle
             in
             a
             Subject
             that
             will
             not
             consist
             with
             its
             Test.
             I
             shall
             recommend
             it
             in
             an
             instance
             that
             will
             ,
             In
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Cyprian
             Bishop
             opprest
             by
             the
             Encroachment
             of
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Antioch
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Controversie
             was
             Exactly
             Discuss't
             ,
             Authoritatively
             Determined
             in
             that
             Council
             .
             The
             Decision
             doth
             by
             infallible
             consequence
             vindicate
             the
             Immunity
             of
             the
             British
             Bishops
             ,
             doth
             brand
             and
             condemn
             the
             Usurpations
             of
             the
             Roman
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             the
             same
             plea
             of
             Exemption
             ,
             the
             purest
             Primitive
             Antiquity
             ,
             before
             the
             first
             Council
             of
             Ephesus
             before
             the
             first
             of
             Nice
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             claims
             ,
             the
             pretences
             of
             any
             succeeding
             Ages
             ;
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             first
             Ephesine
             Council
             is
             not
             to
             be
             evaded
             .
          
           
             That
             no
             Bishop
             occupy
             another
             Province
             ,
             which
             formerly
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             beginning
             was
             not
             under
             the
             power
             of
             him
             or
             his
             Predecessors
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Council
             prescribes
             Restitution
             if
             there
             be
             any
             such
             injurious
             attempt
             ,
             enjoynes
             the
             preservation
             of
             Ancient
             Rights
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             from
             the
             beginning
             in
             every
             Province
             .
             ;
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             the
             contempt
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Introduction
             of
             Arrogance
             in
             the
             Dress
             ,
             the
             disguise
             of
             Secular
             Power
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Council
               of
            
             Chalcedon
             
               defined
               against
            
             Eutyches
             and
             Dioscorus
             ,
             
               who
               denyed
               Two
               Natures
               in
               Christ
               ,
               Affirming
               ,
               That
               the
               Humane
               Nature
               was
               changed
               into
               the
               Divine
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             Arrow
             is
             shot
             at
             random
             ,
             it
             wounds
             not
             ,
             Lights
             not
             near
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             disclaim
             ,
             detest
             the
             Eutychian
             Heresie
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               the
               third
               Action
               in
               this
               Council
               ,
               Pope
            
             Leo
             
               is
               called
               Universal
               Arch-Bishop
               ,
               and
               Patriarch
               of
               old
            
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             soothing
             Address
             to
             Leo
             of
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             such
             as
             moved
             in
             the
             lowest
             Spheres
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             of
             Athanasius
             a
             Presbyter
             ,
             of
             Diodorus
             and
             Ischyrion
             two
             Deacons
             (
             severally
             )
             No
             such
             Determination
             ,
             
             no
             such
             Expression
             of
             the
             Synod
             it self
             .
             If
             this
             Style
             of
             Universal
             Arch-Bishop
             were
             of
             any
             importance
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             more
             vigorously
             pleaded
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             :
             To
             whom
             it
             is
             applyed
             by
             more
             Numerous
             ,
             Illustrious
             Persons
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Monks
             of
             Antioch
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             the
             Syrian
             Bishops
             in
             the
             
             fifth
             General
             Council
             ;
             nay
             ,
             by
             the
             Synod
             it self
             .
          
           
             This
             Title
             paramount
             was
             no
             Novelty
             ,
             no
             Rarity
             in
             the
             second
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Application
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             .
          
           
             Pope
             Adrian
             was
             not
             shy
             to
             ascribe
             it
             to
             Tharasius
             :
             
             Pope
             Gregory
             the
             First
             asserts
             that
             all
             his
             Predecessors
             have
             rejected
             this
             Title
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Sentence
               is
               pronounced
               against
            
             Dioscorus
             
               in
               the
               Name
               of
            
             Leo
             
               and
               St.
            
             Peter
             ,
             
               to
               acknowledge
            
             Leo
             
               to
               be
               St.
            
             Peters
             Successor
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             Extant
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             proposition
             of
             the
             Edict
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Condemuation
             ,
             (
             the
             censure
             of
             Dioscorus
             )
             not
             in
             the
             Synodical
             Publication
             to
             the
             Clergy
             of
             Alexandria
             ;
             not
             in
             the
             relation
             ,
             the
             account
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Empress
             Pulcheria
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             only
             the
             arrogant
             Tumor
             of
             the
             Popes
             Legates
             ,
             when
             they
             pronounced
             their
             Suffrages
             :
             None
             of
             the
             Fathers
             then
             assembled
             ,
             utter'd
             any
             such
             Ranting
             Preface
             of
             Preheminence
             ,
             but
             they
             sorted
             ,
             ranked
             together
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Old
             and
             New
             Rome
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             their
             Votes
             distinctly
             Recounted
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             The
             Elibertine
             
               Council
               in
            
             Spain
             
               subscribed
               by
            
             Hosius
             
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               were
               present
               at
               the
               first
            
             Nicene
             
             
               Council
               ,
               defined
               ,
               That
               Bishops
               ,
               Priests
               ,
               and
               Deacons
               should
               abstain
               from
               their
               Wives
               ,
               or
               else
               be
               degraded
               .
            
             c.
             33.
             
             Age
             the
             Fourth
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             The
             Romanists
             themselves
             have
             little
             veneration
             for
             the
             Dictates
             of
             this
             Council
             .
             Some
             disgust
             it
             as
             imbittered
             with
             the
             
               Novatian
               Leaven
            
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Edition
             of
             the
             Councils
             at
             Venice
             by
             Dominicus
             
             Nicolinus
             ,
             there
             is
             this
             Remark
             upon
             it
             .
             It
             was
             never
             received
             by
             the
             Church
             for
             the
             Thirty
             Sixth
             Canon
             ,
             perhaps
             also
             for
             the
             Thirty
             Fourth
             .
          
           
             Bellarmine
             taxeth
             it
             to
             be
             invalid
             ,
             being
             not
             confirmed
             ,
             
             to
             be
             Erroneous
             ,
             in
             some
             cases
             denying
             Absolution
             to
             Cenitents
             in
             the
             Extremities
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             Learned
             Romish
             Champions
             do
             either
             absolutely
             reject
             this
             Council
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             derogate
             from
             the
             Vigour
             and
             Lustre
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             a
             Provincial
             Council
             of
             Nineteen
             Bishops
             ,
             its
             Decrees
             are
             no
             Decisions
             of
             Controversies
             .
          
           
             The
             Inference
             of
             
               H.
               T.
            
             is
             not
             convincing
             in
             Logick
             ,
             being
             deduced
             from
             an
             Insinuated
             Errour
             in
             Chronology
             .
             (
             That
             this
             Council
             was
             subscribed
             by
             Hosius
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             were
             present
             at
             the
             first
             Nicene
             Council
             .
             )
             The
             most
             exact
             Chronologers
             date
             the
             Elibertine
             Council
             a
             considerable
             time
             before
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ;
             Twelve
             years
             before
             the
             Computation
             of
             Onuphrius
             ,
             Twenty
             years
             more
             Ancient
             in
             the
             Calculation
             of
             Baronius
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             Bellarmine
             would
             not
             nominate
             the
             precise
             years
             ,
             yet
             he
             confidently
             asserts
             the
             Elibertine
             to
             have
             
             been
             celebrated
             before
             the
             first
             Nicene
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             granted
             ,
             the
             Elibertin
             had
             the
             precedency
             of
             Age
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             That
             what
             Hosius
             did
             less
             considerately
             solemnly
             ascribe
             to
             in
             a
             Provincial
             Council
             ,
             he
             did
             more
             maturely
             Authoritatively
             correct
             in
             a
             General
             Council
             .
          
           
             Were
             the
             Elibertine
             Council
             subsequent
             in
             time
             to
             the
             first
             Nicene
             ;
             yet
             what
             is
             establisht
             in
             an
             Oecumenical
             Council
             ,
             cannot
             be
             repealed
             in
             a
             Provincial
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             instance
             recited
             ;
             the
             General
             Council
             being
             both
             Ample
             and
             Authentique
             ;
             the
             Provincial
             scanted
             for
             Number
             ,
             not
             unquestioned
             ,
             not
             unblemisht
             for
             Repute
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               Council
               of
            
             Arles
             
               defined
               .
               That
               no
               Man
               who
               was
               married
               could
               be
               made
               a
               Priest
               ,
               unless
               a
               Conversion
               be
               promised
               .
            
             Can.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             The
             Decrees
             of
             this
             Council
             have
             been
             frequently
             ,
             and
             not
             unwarrantably
             taxed
             to
             be
             adulterated
             .
          
           
             This
             Council
             mentions
             the
             Bonasiaques
             (
             c.
             17.
             )
             not
             then
             Extant
             ,
             not
             before
             the
             time
             of
             Pope
             Innocent
             the
             First
             ,
             the
             Eighth
             in
             Succession
             after
             Sylvester
             ,
             in
             whose
             Papacy
             you
             acknowledge
             this
             Council
             to
             be
             held
             .
          
           
             This
             Second
             Council
             of
             Arles
             recites
             the
             Vasense
             Council
             ,
             
             Convened
             not
             till
             above
             an
             entire
             Century
             of
             years
             afterwards
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Pope
             Leo
             the
             First
             .
          
           
           
             Were
             this
             Council
             of
             Arles
             as
             managed
             in
             the
             Transactions
             ,
             and
             as
             conveighed
             to
             us
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             it
             uncorrupted
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             but
             a
             Provincial
             Council
             in
             France
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Elibertine
             cited
             was
             in
             Spain
             )
             which
             must
             vail
             to
             an
             Oecumenical
             ,
             to
             the
             first
             Nicene
             ;
             wherein
             when
             there
             was
             an
             active
             assay
             of
             establishing
             a
             Sanction
             for
             separating
             the
             Clergy
             from
             their
             Wives
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             not
             to
             sleep
             together
             ;
             Paphnutius
             that
             famous
             Confessor
             vigorously
             opposed
             ,
             prevailed
             for
             the
             rejecting
             of
             that
             Novel
             Imposition
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             attested
             by
             
               Socrates
               ,
               Sozomen
            
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             
             Historians
             ,
             whose
             Testimonies
             have
             in
             former
             Ages
             been
             venerable
             ,
             though
             cavilled
             at
             by
             
               Baronius
               ,
               Bellarmine
            
             ,
             
             and
             other
             Romanists
             of
             the
             same
             strain
             ,
             whose
             Artifice
             it
             is
             to
             evade
             ,
             to
             shift
             off
             those
             pregnant
             proofs
             they
             cannot
             satisfie
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             acknowledge
             .
          
           
             These
             Authorities
             are
             sufficiently
             vindicated
             by
             
             Espencaeus
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Illustrious
             Instance
             of
             Paphnutius
             ,
             to
             deal
             candidly
             as
             a
             Son
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             a
             Sophister
             in
             the
             School
             of
             Athens
             .
          
           
             An
             Adversary
             may
             object
             ,
             That
             the
             same
             Paphnutius
             did
             propound
             ,
             That
             they
             who
             were
             Ordained
             being
             unmarried
             should
             so
             persevere
             .
          
           
             I
             Answer
             ,
          
           
             Paphnutius
             did
             divide
             that
             Stream
             ,
             that
             Torrent
             which
             he
             could
             not
             entirely
             divert
             .
          
           
             He
             declared
             his
             Judgment
             punctually
             ,
             That
             Conjugal
             Society
             is
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             Sacred
             Orders
             ,
             (
             without
             any
             restriction
             to
             precedent
             or
             subsequent
             .
             )
          
           
             He
             avouched
             not
             only
             the
             difficulty
             but
             in
             some
             the
             impossibility
             of
             the
             observance
             of
             so
             rigid
             an
             interdict
             of
             the
             Clergies
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             therein
             undermined
             the
             
             
             foundation
             of
             the
             Romish
             restraint
             ,
             he
             also
             pressed
             the
             impurity
             of
             the
             consequences
             of
             such
             a
             prohibition
             .
             The
             Prophecy
             of
             Paphnutius
             became
             St.
             Bernards
             History
             .
             
             The
             result
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Manacle
             was
             cast
             off
             ,
             every
             Man
             left
             to
             the
             liberty
             of
             his
             own
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             further
             be
             urged
             by
             an
             Opponent
             ,
             That
             Paphnutius
             mentioned
             the
             Ancient
             Tradition
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             For
             the
             Clergy
             that
             were
             unmarryed
             ,
             to
             abstain
             from
             Wedlock
             .
          
           
             I
             Answer
             ,
          
           
             That
             Paphnutius
             did
             herein
             most
             probably
             reflect
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             (
             wherein
             himself
             was
             dignified
             )
             or
             on
             Thessaly
             .
             It
             might
             be
             the
             particular
             custom
             of
             one
             Province
             ,
             not
             Universal
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             such
             Tradition
             in
             Armenia
             ,
             if
             the
             Sixth
             
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             may
             be
             credited
             .
          
           
             No
             such
             Tradition
             in
             Ephesus
             (
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             lesser
             
               Asia
               .
            
             )
             Before
             the
             end
             of
             the
             2d
             .
             Century
             ,
             Policrates
             Bishop
             of
             Ephesus
             in
             his
             contest
             ,
             touching
             the
             Observation
             of
             Easter
             with
             Victor
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             an
             Epistle
             
             to
             him
             ,
             asserts
             Seven
             of
             his
             Progenitors
             to
             have
             been
             his
             Predecessors
             in
             that
             Episcopal
             Seat.
             
               (
               His
               Parents
               in
            
             Rufinus
             
               's
               Interpretation
               .
            
             )
          
           
             No
             such
             Tradition
             in
             Corinth
             or
             in
             Creet
             .
             When
             Pinitus
             would
             have
             introduced
             it
             among
             the
             
               Cretians
               ,
               Dionysius
            
             Bishop
             
             of
             Corinth
             reprehended
             ,
             disswaded
             it
             as
             a
             grievous
             pressure
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             imposed
             as
             a
             necessary
             Duty
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Infirmities
             of
             many
             were
             to
             be
             regarded
             .
          
           
           
             No
             such
             Tradition
             in
             the
             Eastern
             Churches
             ,
             according
             
             to
             the
             Authentick
             Record
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             ,
             the
             Decretal
             of
             Pope
             Stephen
             .
          
           
             No
             such
             custom
             in
             Cyprus
             ,
             the
             Renowned
             Spiridion
             ,
             being
             Bishop
             ,
             had
             Wife
             and
             Children
             ;
             not
             thereby
             empaired
             or
             eclipsed
             as
             to
             the
             discharging
             of
             the
             Exercises
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             the
             Sacred
             Offices
             of
             his
             Function
             .
          
           
             No
             such
             received
             Tradition
             in
             the
             Africane
             Churches
             ,
             wherein
             Tertullian
             was
             a
             Married
             Presbyter
             ,
             as
             also
             among
             many
             others
             ,
             Foelix
             and
             Numidicus
             ,
             both
             themselves
             
             and
             their
             Consorts
             ,
             reputably
             recited
             by
             St.
             Cyprian
             .
          
           
             No
             such
             custom
             (
             as
             not
             in
             the
             Modern
             )
             not
             in
             the
             
             Ancient
             Greek
             Churches
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Father
             of
             St.
             Basil
             the
             Great
             ,
             the
             Father
             of
             St.
             
               Gregory
               Nazianzen
            
             ,
             his
             Brother
             St.
             
               Gregory
               Nyssen
               ,
               Apollinaris
               ,
               Synesius
               ,
            
             were
             Ma●ried
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             co-habited
             with
             their
             Wives
             .
          
           
             No
             stamp
             of
             any
             such
             Tradition
             in
             Germany
             ,
             not
             in
             England
             ,
             no
             track
             of
             any
             such
             custom
             for
             1000
             years
             
             after
             Christ.
             
          
           
             Even
             in
             France
             ,
             where
             the
             Scene
             of
             the
             Objection
             is
             laid
             from
             the
             Council
             of
             Arles
             about
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             St.
             Hilary
             was
             Bishop
             of
             Poiteirs
             ,
             St.
             Prosper
             Bishop
             of
             Aquitane
             ,
             both
             Marryed
             .
          
           
             Justinian
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             
             6th
             Century
             extolled
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             for
             his
             Extraction
             from
             Priests
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             Pedigree
             of
             several
             Popes
             of
             Boniface
             the
             First
             ,
             of
             Foelix
             the
             Third
             ,
             Gelasius
             the
             First
             ,
             Agapetus
             the
             First
             ,
             
               Sylverius
               ,
               Deus
               dedit
               ,
               Theodorus
               ,
               Hadrian
            
             the
             Second
             ,
             Agapetus
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
           
             This
             is
             attested
             by
             Platina
             a
             Witness
             beyond
             exception
             .
          
           
             That
             these
             were
             no
             spurious
             Progeny
             is
             avouched
             
             by
             Gratian.
             
          
           
             I
             confess
             many
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             in
             the
             best
             ,
             the
             purest
             Ages
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             did
             wave
             Marriages
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             voluntary
             out
             of
             Choice
             ,
             not
             necessary
             upon
             prescription
             ;
             none
             were
             debarred
             Matrimony
             in
             Sacred
             Orders
             ,
             none
             were
             branded
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             assented
             to
             by
             Learned
             Romanists
             ,
             I
             shall
             instance
             
             only
             in
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             two
             Cardinals
             ,
             Hugo
             and
             Bonaventure
             .
          
           
             The
             Matrimonial
             restraint
             to
             the
             Clergy
             was
             first
             attempted
             by
             Siricius
             the
             Pope
             ,
             in
             the
             declining
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             ,
             afterwards
             earnestly
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             re-established
             by
             several
             of
             his
             Successors
             in
             multiplyed
             Decrees
             ,
             but
             not
             without
             Regrets
             ,
             Oppositions
             ,
             Tumults
             .
          
           
             No
             solemn
             Universal
             Sanction
             obtruded
             before
             Gregory
             
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             (
             called
             Hildebrand
             )
             in
             the
             Eleventh
             Century
             .
             He
             who
             first
             assumed
             to
             himself
             a
             power
             of
             Excommunicating
             and
             deposing
             Princes
             ,
             did
             not
             stick
             peremptorily
             to
             prohibit
             the
             Marriages
             of
             all
             Priests
             ,
             and
             to
             brand
             all
             their
             Ministerial
             Offices
             ,
             notoriously
             clashing
             with
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Council
             of
             Gangre
             ,
             though
             a
             Provincial
             Convention
             ,
             yet
             of
             Oecumenical
             Approbation
             ,
             solemnly
             approved
             by
             Pope
             Leo
             the
             Fourth
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             quit
             this
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Marryed
             Clergy
             without
             two
             Remarks
             of
             fame
             .
          
           
           
             The
             one
             touching
             the
             lasciviousness
             ,
             licentiousness
             of
             
             his
             Life
             ,
             his
             scandalous
             Converse
             with
             the
             grand
             Countess
             Maud.
             
          
           
             The
             other
             touching
             his
             Stings
             of
             Conscience
             at
             his
             Death
             ,
             which
             then
             impeacht
             him
             for
             exerting
             his
             Tyranny
             
             by
             the
             Instigation
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           
             Not
             to
             digress
             too
             far
             ,
             I
             shall
             dismiss
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Arles
             ,
             quoted
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             with
             the
             Observation
             or
             descant
             of
             St.
             Salvian
             a
             Pious
             French
             Bishop
             before
             the
             period
             of
             the
             Fifth
             Century
             in
             a
             polite
             allusion
             to
             the
             Phrase
             of
             the
             Decree
             .
             
               A
               new
               sort
               of
               Conversion
               .
               They
               do
               not
               things
               lawful
               ,
               they
               omit
               things
               unlawful
               .
               They
            
             
             
               forbear
               from
               Wedlock
               ,
               and
               forbear
               not
               Rapine
               .
               What
               actest
               thou
               ,
               O
               foolish
               perswasion
               ?
               God
               hath
               forbidden
               Sins
               ,
               not
               Marriages
               .
               In
               like
               manner
               it
               is
               not
               a
               Conversion
               ,
               but
               an
               Aversion
               .
               You
               that
               long
               since
               as
               it
               is
               famed
               ,
               relinquish
               the
               work
               of
               honest
               Matrimony
               ,
               at
               length
               desist
               from
               Mischief
               .
            
          
           
             The
             prodigious
             Enormities
             of
             Lusts
             which
             have
             been
             occasioned
             by
             the
             debarring
             the
             Clergy
             the
             Innocent
             Expedient
             of
             Gods
             Sacred
             Ordinance
             ,
             hath
             extorted
             the
             Pathetical
             Complaints
             of
             many
             Conscientious
             Romanists
             ,
             
             and
             excited
             their
             ardent
             desires
             ,
             That
             this
             rigid
             Imposition
             were
             Repealed
             ,
             and
             Primitive
             Liberty
             Restored
             .
             There
             being
             as
             Pope
             Pius
             the
             Second
             (
             when
             he
             was
             
               Aeneas
               Sylvius
            
             the
             Cardinal
             )
             profest
             ,
             greater
             reason
             for
             the
             Restitution
             ,
             the
             Release
             ,
             than
             the
             Restraint
             .
          
           
           
             The
             cause
             of
             the
             one
             being
             of
             a
             Secular
             Stamp
             to
             prevent
             the
             Penury
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             to
             be
             less
             contemptible
             in
             the
             estimate
             of
             Men
             :
             The
             Motive
             of
             the
             other
             is
             to
             promote
             purity
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             vile
             ,
             execrable
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             As
             there
             is
             a
             Virginal
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             a
             Matrimonial
             Chastity
             .
          
           
             Conjugal
             Society
             is
             no
             repugnancy
             to
             Grace
             ,
             no
             pollution
             to
             Holy
             Orders
             ;
             the
             Apostle
             having
             vindicated
             the
             Marriage
             Bed
             in
             all
             to
             be
             undefiled
             ,
             being
             not
             depraved
             
             in
             it self
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             sullyed
             :
             Where
             there
             is
             no
             guilt
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             stain
             .
          
           
             Both
             the
             School-men
             and
             Canonists
             acknowledged
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Clergy
             are
             debarred
             from
             Wedlock
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             Divine
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             Apostolical
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             a
             humane
             positive
             Ecclesiastical
             Constitution
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             no
             Church
             but
             the
             Roman
             ,
             herein
             not
             swayed
             by
             Sacred
             ,
             Spiritual
             ,
             but
             by
             Prophane
             Temporal
             Interests
             .
          
           
             To
             indulge
             ,
             to
             license
             what
             God
             detests
             ;
             Condemns
             (
             Fornication
             )
             to
             make
             Stores
             ,
             Revenues
             ,
             to
             raise
             Treasures
             out
             of
             Impurities
             (
             in
             a
             more
             unsavoury
             ,
             than
             extracting
             of
             Gold
             out
             of
             the
             Dung
             of
             
               Ennius
               .
            
             )
             And
             to
             prohibit
             to
             doom
             in
             the
             Clergy
             what
             God
             allows
             ,
             justifies
             in
             all
             ,
             may
             pass
             for
             the
             Traffick
             ,
             the
             Policy
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Virtue
             ,
             the
             Innocency
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               Year
            
             500.
             
          
           
             Severinus
             ,
             Tigrius
             ,
             Exuperius
             ,
             Eutropius
             ,
             St.
             Jo.
             Chrysostome
             ,
             Paulinus
             ,
             Mauritius
             ,
             St.
             Augustine
             ,
             Maximus
             ,
             Zozimus
             ,
             Vinceutius
             ,
             Lirinensis
             ,
             Jacobus
             Persa
             ,
             Alexius
             ,
             St.
             Cyril
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             Uriula
             with
             11000
             Virgins
             ,
             Prosper
             ,
             Honoratus
             ,
             Palladius
             ,
             Bonifacius
             ,
             Euthymius
             ,
             Simon
             Stelites
             ,
             Chrysologus
             ,
             Patricius
             ,
             Eugenius
             ,
             Fulgentius
             ,
             Boetius
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Tirinensis
             ,
             Severinus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Scots
             
               converted
               by
            
             Palladius
             ,
             the
             French
             by
             S.
             Remigius
             and
             Vedastus
             ,
             4979
             
               Martyrs
               of
            
             Africa
             ,
             
               and
               many
               others
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             Catholick
             band
             is
             a
             specious
             ,
             but
             probably
             a
             false
             Muster
             ,
             wherein
             Ursula
             leads
             the
             Van
             to
             11000
             Virgins
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             strictly
             inspected
             will
             appear
             an
             imaginary
             Romance
             ,
             not
             a
             real
             Transaction
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             double
             proof
             offered
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             Fanatical
             ,
             the
             other
             fabulous
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             consists
             in
             Visions
             ,
             in
             the
             Revelations
             of
             St.
             Elizabeth
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             Romish
             Style
             and
             Kalendar
             )
             and
             of
             
               Richardus
               Praemonstratensis
            
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             grand
             support
             of
             the
             Coten
             Divinity
             ,
             the
             Pageantry
             of
             its
             Sepulchres
             ,
             so
             much
             blazed
             and
             gloried
             in
             :
             
               Ad
               populum
               phaleras
            
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             circumspect
             ,
             ingenuous
             Romanists
             ,
             blush
             to
             own
             the
             Originals
             and
             the
             products
             of
             the
             vain
             Enthusiasms
             in
             this
             Instance
             .
          
           
             The
             Visions
             presented
             being
             exactly
             discust
             ,
             are
             unmaskt
             to
             be
             Dreams
             ;
             the
             Revelations
             convicted
             ,
             to
             be
             Collusions
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Argument
             for
             avouching
             Ursula
             and
             her
             numerous
             illustrious
             Train
             is
             the
             Allegation
             of
             an
             Historical
             Evidence
             ,
             wherein
             there
             is
             no
             credible
             ,
             no
             rational
             account
             given
             to
             satisfie
             a
             judicious
             Inquisitor
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             Author
             that
             Baronius
             upon
             the
             most
             industrious
             search
             could
             light
             on
             ,
             was
             Geoffry
             of
             Monmouth
             (
             more
             reputably
             called
             
               Galsridus
               Asaphensis
            
             )
             whom
             all
             Historians
             that
             mention
             brand
             for
             an
             Impostor
             :
             Baronius
             himself
             (
             in
             other
             subjects
             )
             gives
             him
             no
             better
             character
             .
          
           
             Even
             Galfridus
             (
             the
             prime
             Oracle
             for
             this
             Fable
             .
             )
             
             could
             offer
             no
             better
             flourish
             of
             a
             Testimony
             ,
             than
             the
             
             obscure
             Authority
             of
             Anonymus
             ,
             one
             of
             no
             Name
             ,
             of
             no
             Esteem
             ,
             consequently
             of
             no
             Credit
             .
          
           
             No
             Ancient
             Historian
             of
             the
             Third
             ,
             the
             Fourth
             or
             Fifth
             Century
             (
             wherein
             the
             Sience
             is
             variously
             laid
             )
             nor
             in
             some
             subsequent
             Ages
             ,
             recites
             the
             Martyrdom
             ,
             or
             Saintship
             of
             Ursula
             ,
             and
             her
             vast
             Virginal
             Retinue
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             Harmony
             among
             the
             Asserters
             of
             it
             ,
             touching
             the
             Age
             ,
             Whether
             in
             the
             Fifth
             Century
             ,
             where
             
               H.
               T.
            
             and
             others
             place
             it
             (
             in
             the
             year
             454
             )
             or
             in
             the
             Fourth
             Century
             ,
             where
             Baronius
             fixes
             it
             (
             in
             the
             year
             383
             )
             or
             in
             the
             Third
             Century
             ,
             where
             the
             Cistertian
             Breviary
             disposeth
             it
             (
             in
             the
             year
             237.
             )
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             consent
             touching
             Ursula's
             Extraction
             ,
             her
             Habitation
             ,
             whether
             her
             Native
             Soil
             were
             England
             (
             being
             as
             it
             is
             pretended
             courted
             to
             be
             the
             Bride
             of
             an
             English
             Prince
             ;
             )
             or
             Scotland
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             
             Wicelius's
             Poetry
             ;
             or
             Ireland
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Vindication
             of
             
               Combachius
               .
            
             )
             Thus
             where
             there
             is
             no
             Truth
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Stability
             ,
             no
             Concord
             .
          
           
             Sigebertus
             (
             in
             his
             uncorrupt
             Edition
             )
             
               Petrus
               de
               Natalibus
            
             ,
             
             Bonifinius
             ,
             with
             other
             Historians
             and
             Chronologers
             reject
             the
             solemn
             Narrative
             ,
             touching
             Ursula
             as
             an
             Elaborate
             Fiction
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Argument
             of
             Baronius
             be
             Negatively
             firm
             to
             discard
             Cyriacus
             from
             being
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             an
             Associate
             
             of
             Ursula
             ,
             because
             no
             such
             Passage
             Extant
             in
             any
             Ancient
             Record
             ;
             The
             Proof
             is
             not
             invalid
             upon
             the
             same
             Topick
             for
             discountenancing
             ,
             expunging
             the
             whole
             Legend
             of
             
               Ursula
               .
               Una
               litura
               sat
               est
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             it
             be
             supposed
             ,
             That
             Ursula
             and
             her
             Eleven
             Thousand
             Virgins
             were
             not
             Theatrical
             ,
             but
             Real
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             ;
             yet
             British
             they
             were
             ,
             not
             Romish
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Brittain
             Church
             did
             neither
             in
             the
             First
             ,
             Second
             ,
             Third
             ,
             Fourth
             ,
             or
             Fifth
             Century
             submit
             to
             the
             Roman
             ,
             nor
             conform
             to
             it
             ,
             not
             in
             its
             Liturgy
             ;
             not
             in
             its
             Rituals
             ,
             its
             Canons
             ;
             not
             in
             point
             of
             Ordination
             of
             Priests
             ,
             of
             the
             Prohibition
             of
             their
             Matrimony
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Observation
             of
             Easter
             .
          
           
             So
             little
             a
             Correspondence
             there
             was
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             betwixt
             them
             ;
             That
             Gregory
             the
             First
             was
             ignorant
             and
             inquisitive
             (
             in
             the
             Testimony
             of
             
               Paulus
               Diaconus
            
             )
             whether
             the
             Britains
             were
             Christians
             or
             Pagans
             .
          
           
             The
             inserting
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             of
             Four
             Thousand
             Nine
             Hundred
             and
             Seventy
             Nine
             Martyrs
             of
             Africa
             is
             as
             wide
             an
             Impertinency
             of
             a
             List
             of
             Catholick
             Professors
             of
             the
             Roman
             Stamp
             .
             St.
             Austin
             who
             is
             distinctly
             nominated
             in
             the
             Catholick
             Catalogue
             ,
             for
             this
             Age
             ,
             did
             subscribe
             to
             the
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             which
             did
             exclude
             the
             Romish
             Jurisdiction
             in
             Africa
             .
          
           
             St.
             Chrysostome
             who
             is
             expresly
             cited
             ,
             was
             a
             Catholick
             Professor
             of
             the
             Greek
             ,
             not
             the
             Roman
             Church
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             not
             ignorant
             of
             the
             First
             Constantinopolitane
             Oecumenical
             Council
             ,
             which
             ranked
             him
             ,
             being
             Patriarch
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             with
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             His
             Epistles
             First
             and
             Second
             to
             Pope
             Innocentius
             ,
             do
             not
             derogate
             from
             this
             Equality
             .
             (
             As
             the
             Romanists
             object
             .
             )
             They
             declare
             a
             voluntary
             Respect
             ,
             not
             a
             due
             submission
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Exigencies
             he
             made
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             his
             Sanctuary
             for
             Refuge
             ,
             for
             Assistance
             ,
             not
             his
             Tribunal
             for
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             His
             Address
             to
             Pope
             Innocentius
             ,
             was
             as
             to
             an
             Orthodox
             Prelate
             ,
             not
             as
             to
             a
             Supream
             Judge
             .
          
           
             His
             Devoir
             ,
             Resort
             ,
             his
             Appeal
             was
             not
             to
             a
             Papal
             ,
             but
             a
             Synodical
             Determination
             .
          
           
             To
             summ
             up
             the
             
               British
               ,
               African
               ,
               Greek
            
             Catholick
             Professors
             produced
             ,
             they
             are
             unjustly
             challenged
             ,
             appropriated
             
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             They
             were
             at
             a
             great
             distance
             from
             the
             Ancient
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             at
             a
             much
             greater
             from
             the
             Modern
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             Establisht
             in
             the
             Trentine
             Council
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             
               From
               the
               Year
               of
               Christ
            
             500.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Chief
                     Pastors
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     General
                     Councils
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   514
                   Hormisda
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Second
                  
                   Constantinopolitane
                   
                     Council
                     ,
                     Pope
                  
                   Vigilius
                   
                     presiding
                     (
                     Fathers
                  
                   165
                   ,
                   
                     An.
                     Dom.
                  
                   553
                   )
                   against
                   Anthimius
                   and
                   Theodorus
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   524
                   Johannes
                   1.
                   
                
                 
                   Authors
                   Zonaras
                   ,
                   Nicephorus
                   ,
                   and
                   Baronius
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   526
                   Foelix
                   4.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   530
                   Bonifacius
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   532
                   Johannes
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   535
                   Agapetus
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   437
                   Sylverius
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   540
                   Vigilius
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   526
                   Pelagius
                   1.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   560
                   Johannes
                   3.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   573
                   Benedictus
                   1.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   578
                   Pelagius
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   590
                   Gregorius
                   Magnus
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Eleven
             Popes
             nominated
             ,
             they
             were
             no
             Asserters
             of
             the
             Tenets
             wherein
             the
             Reformed
             differ
             from
             the
             present
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
             Vigilius's
             Precedency
             in
             the
             Second
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             ,
             
               H.
               T.
            
             is
             more
             positive
             than
             Bellarmine
             
             would
             adventure
             to
             be
             ,
             who
             warily
             makes
             the
             point
             of
             Right
             ,
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             an
             Evasion
             ,
             lest
             the
             point
             of
             Fact
             should
             be
             disproved
             (
             that
             he
             did
             or
             might
             preside
             in
             it
             .
             )
          
           
           
             As
             for
             the
             Papal
             Interest
             of
             Presidency
             in
             Councils
             ,
             
             which
             Turrecremata
             exacts
             for
             the
             Form
             ,
             the
             Essence
             ,
             and
             Canus
             for
             the
             Weight
             ,
             and
             Validity
             of
             such
             Assemblies
             :
             There
             is
             no
             Constitution
             ,
             no
             Prescription
             for
             it
             in
             the
             purest
             Antiquity
             .
          
           
             Cardinal
             Cusanus
             ,
             being
             Convinced
             with
             so
             evident
             
             a
             Truth
             ,
             ingenuously
             acknowledged
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Oecumenical
             Councils
             there
             is
             but
             a
             single
             Instance
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Third
             Action
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Chalcedon
             ,
             which
             Exception
             is
             not
             warranted
             by
             the
             Genuine
             Records
             of
             that
             Council
             ,
             were
             it
             allowed
             ,
             yet
             according
             to
             the
             Rational
             Maxim
             of
             the
             Civil
             Law.
             An
             Exception
             ratifies
             the
             Rule
             in
             what
             is
             not
             
             excepted
             by
             this
             Consequence
             ,
             the
             alledged
             Presidency
             of
             Vigilius
             is
             infallibly
             discarded
             ;
             for
             Vindication
             whereof
             ,
             
               H.
               T.
            
             produceth
             Three
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               Zonaras
               ,
               Nicephorus
               ,
               Baronius
            
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             defective
             in
             point
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             thereby
             less
             credible
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             was
             Convened
             the
             Year
             553
             ,
             (
             as
             
               H.
               T.
            
             professes
             )
             whereas
             the
             Testimonies
             produced
             are
             of
             a
             much
             later
             Date
             .
             Zonaras
             wrote
             in
             the
             Twelfth
             Century
             ,
             Nicephorus
             in
             the
             Thirteenth
             ,
             Baronius
             in
             the
             last
             ;
             who
             was
             no
             less
             the
             Advocate
             of
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             than
             the
             Annalist
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             too
             frequently
             Adulterating
             the
             Records
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             prostituting
             them
             to
             the
             Grandeur
             of
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Evagrius
             a
             more
             Ancient
             Authentick
             Historian
             before
             
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Sixth
             Century
             ,
             testifies
             the
             Consent
             of
             Vigilius
             by
             his
             Letters
             (
             an
             Orthodox
             Correspondence
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             no
             Authoritative
             Confirmation
             of
             Power
             )
             he
             was
             so
             far
             from
             presiding
             in
             that
             Council
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             be
             present
             at
             it
             .
          
           
           
             
               H.
               T.
            
             Produces
             three
             Witnesses
             ,
             not
             without
             some
             grains
             of
             a
             Sophister
             ,
             he
             cites
             the
             First
             Zonaras
             ,
             as
             the
             Tempter
             did
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             imperfectly
             .
          
           
             Zonaras
             joyns
             Eutychius
             of
             
               Constantinople
               ,
               Apollinarius
            
             
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             as
             Princes
             (
             or
             Principal
             Prelates
             )
             in
             that
             Council
             ,
             most
             probably
             so
             Titled
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             Patriarchal
             Dignity
             ,
             without
             any
             mention
             of
             any
             distinct
             peculiar
             Personal
             presidency
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Witness
             Nicephorus
             doth
             not
             aver
             Vigilius
             
             to
             be
             President
             of
             that
             Council
             ,
             but
             Menas
             and
             Eutychius
             successively
             the
             one
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             the
             Progress
             and
             Close
             of
             the
             Council
             .
          
           
             Vigilius
             repaired
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             the
             Council
             ,
             though
             frequently
             intreated
             ,
             importuned
             ,
             yet
             ineffectually
             ;
             he
             absented
             himself
             upon
             several
             pretences
             of
             Indisposition
             of
             Body
             (
             really
             of
             mind
             )
             of
             the
             small
             Number
             of
             Western
             Bishops
             ,
             of
             the
             invalidity
             of
             which
             reason
             ,
             he
             was
             sufficiently
             convinced
             .
             Whereas
             the
             true
             concealed
             Reason
             confessed
             by
             Nicephorus
             ,
             was
             the
             Stomach
             of
             Vigilius
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             brook
             to
             be
             Eclipsed
             by
             the
             Bright
             Lustre
             of
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             being
             President
             .
          
           
             Claranza
             the
             Abbreviator
             of
             the
             Councils
             Devoted
             
             to
             the
             Romish
             Interest
             ,
             asserts
             the
             Presidency
             of
             Menas
             in
             the
             front
             of
             the
             Second
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             .
             This
             is
             cleared
             beyond
             dispute
             by
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Council
             it self
             ,
             wherein
             is
             inserted
             ,
             Menas
             being
             President
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             will
             admit
             no
             other
             Construction
             .
          
           
             Baronius
             himself
             (
             the
             Third
             Witness
             quoted
             )
             produced
             this
             Record
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Second
            
             Constantinopolitane
             
               Council
               defined
               ,
               That
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               Crucified
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               is
               both
               the
               True
               Lord
               of
               Glory
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               Holy
               Trinity
               ,
            
             Can.
             10.
             against
             Peter
             
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               of
            
             Constantinople
             ,
             
               who
               held
               that
               the
               whole
               Trinity
               was
               Crucified
               for
               us
               ,
               as
               appears
            
             Art.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               It
               defined
               One
               Divine
               Nature
               to
               be
               in
               all
               Three
               Persons
               ,
            
             Can.
             1.
             2.
             
             
               Nativities
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             c.
             2.
             
             
               One
               only
               Person
               to
               be
               in
               Christ
               ,
               though
               two
               distinct
               Natures
               ,
               against
            
             Anthimius
             annd
             Theodor.
             Can.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               It
               defined
               against
            
             Theodore
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               was
               not
               troubled
               with
               Passions
               in
               the
               Mind
               ,
               or
               Concupiscences
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
            
             Can.
             12.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             Digression
             from
             the
             Controversie
             .
             No
             Heresie
             condemned
             in
             the
             Second
             Constantinopolitane
             Council
             is
             Espoused
             in
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               this
               Age
               the
               Third
               Council
               of
            
             Carthage
             
               Decreed
               ,
               That
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Altar
               (
               Mass
               )
               but
               by
               such
               only
               as
               were
               fasting
               ,
            
             Can.
             29.
             
             
               It
               approved
               the
               whole
               Catalogue
               of
               Canonical
               Books
               by
               name
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               now
               published
               in
               our
               Bible
               ,
               and
               approved
               by
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               except
               only
            
             Baruch
             ,
             
               which
               is
               not
               named
               ,
               because
               an
               Appendix
               to
            
             Jeremy
             ,
             
               whose
               Secretary
               he
               was
            
             ,
             Can.
             47.
             
             
               This
               Council
               was
               subscribed
               by
               St.
            
             Augustine
             ,
             
               and
               approved
               in
               the
               Sixth
               General
               Synod
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             The
             Time
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             Celebration
             is
             no
             poi●
             Controverted
             .
          
           
             The
             Romanists
             dissent
             touching
             the
             Numerical
             Synod
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             wherein
             the
             latter
             Canon
             produced
             ,
             the
             Forty
             Seventh
             was
             Established
             ;
             whether
             in
             the
             Third
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Seventh
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             .
          
           
           
             Most
             refer
             it
             to
             the
             Third
             ;
             yet
             among
             them
             there
             is
             a
             difference
             touching
             the
             Date
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Some
             fix
             it
             in
             the
             year
             387
             ,
             others
             in
             the
             year
             419
             ,
             but
             
               H.
               T.
            
             degrades
             it
             to
             a
             lower
             Station
             within
             the
             Circuit
             of
             the
             Sixth
             Century
             ,
             and
             thereby
             renders
             its
             Testimony
             the
             less
             Venerable
             .
          
           
             The
             Romish
             Doctors
             set
             no
             grand
             Estimate
             on
             the
             Dictates
             of
             this
             Council
             .
          
           
             The
             Twenty
             Third
             Canon
             ,
             (
             That
             Prayer
             be
             always
             directed
             to
             God
             the
             Father
             at
             the
             Altar
             )
             consists
             not
             with
             the
             Judgment
             or
             Practice
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             The
             Missal
             solemnly
             directs
             a
             Devout
             Address
             to
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             The
             Second
             Canon
             ,
             That
             a
             Bishop
             of
             a
             prime
             Seat
             be
             not
             called
             Prince
             of
             Priests
             ,
             or
             Chief
             Priests
             ,
             &c.
             )
             doth
             derogate
             from
             the
             Supream
             Ecclesiastical
             Preheminence
             challenged
             due
             to
             the
             Roman
             Papacy
             :
             In
             the
             vindicating
             whereof
             ,
             whilst
             Gratian
             Recites
             this
             Canon
             ,
             he
             prevaricates
             in
             a
             Parenthesis
             (
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             excepted
             .
             )
             This
             Addition
             being
             shuffled
             in
             without
             any
             Warrant
             from
             the
             Council
             it self
             .
          
           
             Others
             upon
             this
             occasion
             depretiate
             the
             Council
             as
             being
             Provincial
             only
             ,
             that
             could
             not
             transmit
             any
             Obligation
             from
             Africa
             to
             Rome
             .
             As
             not
             to
             Rome
             ,
             so
             not
             to
             Britain
             neither
             .
          
           
             As
             it
             had
             the
             force
             of
             a
             Provincial
             Council
             only
             for
             the
             Twenty-Third
             ,
             Twenty-Sixth
             Canons
             ,
             so
             for
             the
             Forty-Seventh
             also
             objected
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             Not
             only
             to
             poize
             ,
             but
             to
             down-weigh
             the
             Third
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             :
             I
             shall
             set
             in
             the
             opposite
             Scale
             the
             Synod
             of
             Laodicea
             ,
             though
             not
             entirely
             Oecumenical
             ,
             yet
             not
             barely
             (
             diminutively
             )
             
             Provincial
             ;
             being
             a
             Convention
             out
             of
             divers
             Provinces
             of
             Asia
             ;
             though
             not
             more
             Ancient
             than
             the
             first
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             the
             computation
             of
             Baronius
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             confest
             of
             all
             hands
             ,
             that
             it
             preceded
             
             in
             time
             the
             Third
             of
             Carthage
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Third
             of
             Carthage
             by
             the
             Sixth
             General
             Synod
             objected
             ,
             the
             Council
             of
             Laodicea
             sufficiently
             matches
             it
             ,
             and
             abundantly
             transcends
             it
             in
             the
             Ratification
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Oecumenical
             Council
             (
             that
             of
             Chalcedon
             )
             and
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Authentick
             Code
             establisht
             in
             the
             same
             Council
             ,
             that
             of
             Carthage
             being
             first
             inserted
             in
             the
             Code
             by
             
               Dionisius
               Exiguus
            
             ,
             the
             Abbot
             in
             the
             year
             425.
             
          
           
             The
             same
             Council
             of
             Laodicea
             recounts
             the
             same
             Canonical
             
             Books
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             (
             wherein
             the
             sole
             difference
             consists
             )
             which
             the
             hurch
             of
             England
             doth
             .
          
           
             That
             it
             recites
             not
             other
             Books
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             rejects
             them
             not
             ,
             is
             the
             light
             Cavil
             of
             
               Melchior
               Canus
            
             ,
             not
             wanting
             a
             Confutation
             ,
             not
             corresponding
             with
             the
             Phrase
             or
             Importance
             of
             that
             Canon
             .
          
           
             St.
             Cyril
             of
             Constantinople
             lays
             a
             main
             stress
             upon
             it
             ,
             
             believing
             the
             Books
             of
             Canon-Scripture
             to
             be
             those
             which
             the
             Laodicean
             Synod
             hath
             put
             down
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Orthodox
             Catholick
             Church
             of
             Christ
             being
             Illuminated
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             hath
             confest
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             of
             the
             presence
             of
             St.
             Austin
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Sixth
             General
             Synod
             produced
             as
             Abettors
             to
             the
             Third
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             Explode
             ,
             but
             
             Interpret
             the
             Canon
             produced
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             offering
             that
             Genuine
             Construction
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             best
             conforms
             to
             the
             Tracts
             of
             St.
             Austin
             (
             the
             best
             Evidence
             of
             his
             Judgment
             )
             and
             the
             best
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Sixth
             General
             Council
             from
             an
             implicit
             contradiction
             of
             it self
             in
             the
             approbation
             of
             Two
             Synods
             (
             the
             one
             of
             Laodicea
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             Third
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             whose
             Canons
             seem
             to
             clash
             with
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             Books
             excepted
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             not
             listed
             in
             the
             Canonical
             Catalogues
             (
             as
             not
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Laodicea
               .
            
             )
             The
             Church
             doth
             read
             ,
             (
             as
             Jerome
             saith
             )
             for
             Example
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             Instruction
             of
             
             Manners
             ,
             but
             yet
             doth
             not
             apply
             them
             to
             Establish
             any
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Cardinal
             Cajetane
             ,
             the
             Most
             Learned
             Textuary
             and
             
             Schoolman
             ,
             and
             Casuist
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             gives
             the
             same
             account
             of
             the
             Sentiment
             of
             St.
             Austin
             ,
             and
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             forementioned
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             That
             the
             Books
             Excluded
             ,
             may
             be
             called
             Canonical
             ,
             not
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             Faith
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Edification
             of
             the
             Faithful
             .
          
           
             
               Melchior
               ●●nus
            
             reprehended
             Cajetane
             ,
             for
             making
             St.
             Jerome
             
             his
             Rule
             ,
             and
             derogates
             from
             St.
             Jerome
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             track
             Josephus
             (
             the
             Famous
             Jewish
             Antiquary
             )
             in
             the
             Enumeration
             of
             the
             Canonical
             Books
             of
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             confest
             by
             Driedo
             ,
             That
             St.
             Jerom
             did
             herein
             retain
             
             the
             Computation
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Synagogue
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             as
             he
             pretends
             .
          
           
           
             Andradius
             acknowledges
             that
             St.
             Jerome
             recited
             the
             
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Jews
             .
             Their
             Testimony
             in
             an
             Unanimous
             Consent
             is
             no
             light
             fallible
             Topick
             for
             the
             Canonical
             Scripture
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             .
          
           
             To
             them
             were
             committed
             the
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             
             wit
             ,
             contained
             in
             Sacred
             Scripture
             .
             So
             Cardinal
             Tolet
             expounds
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Jews
             ,
             the
             Faithful
             Depositories
             for
             these
             Jewels
             ,
             
             without
             whom
             they
             had
             not
             been
             transmitted
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             is
             the
             acknowledgment
             of
             
               Cornelius
               à
               Lapide
            
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             account
             St.
             Austin
             called
             the
             Jews
             ,
             a
             Scriniary
             Nation
             ,
             carrying
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Library-keeper
             for
             Christians
             :
             A
             Trust
             which
             they
             performed
             with
             singular
             fidelity
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             assert
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             Philo
             ,
             (
             cited
             by
             Eusebius
             )
             not
             of
             Origen
             and
             St.
             Jerom
             ,
             both
             confest
             Compurgators
             
             of
             the
             Jews
             Integrity
             by
             Learned
             Romanists
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             add
             St
             Austins
             clear
             Evidences
             ,
             
             nor
             to
             muster
             up
             other
             Witnesses
             ,
             Ancient
             or
             Modern
             ;
             since
             Bellarmine
             himself
             was
             their
             solemn
             Advocate
             to
             acquit
             them
             from
             any
             aspersion
             of
             Corruption
             in
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Records
             of
             Sacred
             Scripture
             .
             They
             would
             rather
             die
             a
             Hundred
             times
             ,
             saith
             Bellarmine
             ,
             a
             Thousand
             times
             saith
             Philo.
             
          
           
             To
             add
             more
             Force
             and
             Lustre
             to
             the
             solemn
             Authentick
             Suffrages
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             it
             is
             observed
             ,
             That
             neither
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             his
             Apostles
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             did
             cite
             any
             passage
             out
             of
             those
             Books
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             Exploded
             from
             being
             Canonical
             Scripture
             ,
             by
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             called
             Ecclesiastical
             Books
             ,
             by
             St.
             Cyprian
             ,
             Apocryphal
             by
             others
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Primitive
             Church
             never
             Exposed
             them
             for
             Canonical
             in
             the
             strictest
             sense
             ,
             viz.
             as
             stampt
             with
             Divine
             Inspiration
             ,
             as
             embraced
             with
             a
             true
             ,
             (
             not
             equivocal
             )
             Catholick
             Allowance
             for
             a
             Doctrinal
             Infallible
             Test.
             
          
           
             The
             grand
             proofs
             of
             Antiquity
             (
             besides
             the
             Third
             
             distrusted
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             )
             are
             the
             sentiments
             of
             two
             Popes
             ,
             Innocentius
             the
             First
             ,
             and
             Gelasius
             .
             Both
             which
             may
             rationally
             be
             suspected
             for
             counterfeit
             Authorities
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             such
             extant
             ,
             till
             Three
             Hundred
             years
             after
             the
             dissolution
             of
             each
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             former
             ,
             the
             more
             clear
             and
             Venerable
             Testimony
             ,
             
             that
             of
             Innocentius
             the
             First
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             a
             reality
             of
             his
             Decree
             alledged
             ,
             there
             needed
             no
             probationary
             reference
             of
             the
             Forty-Seventh
             Canon
             in
             the
             Third
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             so
             much
             insisted
             on
             to
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Bonifacius
             ,
             inferiour
             to
             Innocentius
             the
             First
             for
             Age
             ,
             for
             Repute
             ,
             and
             Lustre
             .
          
           
             To
             manifest
             the
             Romish
             Catalogue
             of
             Canonical
             Books
             of
             Scripture
             to
             be
             Novel
             and
             Unwarrantable
             ;
             I
             shall
             conclude
             this
             point
             with
             the
             summary
             Recapitulation
             of
             Dr.
             Cosin
             ,
             late
             Bishop
             of
             Durham
             (
             after
             a
             copious
             distinct
             examination
             of
             particulars
             .
             )
          
           
             Thus
             have
             we
             hitherto
             taken
             an
             exact
             and
             perfect
             
             view
             of
             what
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             of
             God
             hath
             delivered
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Canon
             of
             Divine
             Scripture
             in
             all
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             places
             :
             In
             Judea
             by
             the
             Ancient
             Hebrews
             ,
             by
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Holy
             Apostles
             :
             In
             Palestine
             and
             Syria
             ,
             by
             
               Justin
               Martyr
               ,
               Eusebius
            
             ,
             St.
             Jerome
             ,
             and
             Damascon
             ;
             In
             the
             Apostolical
             Churches
             of
             Asia
             ,
             by
             
               Melito
               Polycrates
            
             ,
             and
             Onesims
             ;
             In
             
               Phrygia
               ,
               Cappadocia
               ,
               Lycaonia
            
             ,
             and
             Cyprus
             ;
             by
             the
             Council
             of
             Laodicea
             ,
             St.
             
               Basil
               ,
               Amphilochius
               ,
               Epiphanius
            
             ;
             In
             Egypt
             by
             Clemens
             of
             
               Alexandria
               ,
               Origen
            
             ,
             and
             Athanasius
             ,
             
             In
             the
             Churches
             of
             Africa
             ,
             by
             
               Julius
               ,
               Tertulian
            
             ,
             St.
             Cyprian
             ,
             and
             St.
             Austin
             ;
             the
             Council
             of
             
               Carthage
               ,
               Junitius
            
             ,
             and
             Primasius
             ;
             In
             all
             the
             Five
             Patriarchates
             by
             St.
             Cyril
             ,
             St.
             
               John
               Chrysostome
               ,
               Anastasius
            
             ,
             St.
             
               Gregory
               ,
               Nicephorus
            
             ,
             and
             Balsamon
             :
             In
             Greece
             by
             
               Dionisius
               ,
               Antiochus
               ,
               Adrianus
               ,
               Lentius
               ,
               Zonaras
               ,
               Philippus
            
             and
             Callistus
             :
             In
             Italy
             ,
             by
             
               Philastrius
               Rusinus
               ,
               Cassiodore
               ,
               Commestor
               ,
               Balbus
               ,
               Antoninus
               Mirandula
               ,
               Cajetine
            
             and
             Pagnine
             ;
             In
             Spain
             by
             
               Isidore
               .
               Hugo
               Cardinalis
               ,
               Paulus
               Burgensis
               ,
               Tostatus
            
             and
             Ximenius
             ;
             In
             France
             by
             St.
             Hilary
             ;
             the
             Divines
             of
             
               Marseils
               ,
               Victorinus
            
             of
             
               Poic●iers
               ,
               Charle
               Magnes
            
             Bishops
             ,
             
               Agobard
               ,
               Radulphus
               ,
               Honorius
               ,
               Petrus
               Cluniac
               .
               Hugo
            
             and
             Richardus
             of
             St.
             Victors
             at
             
               Paris
               ,
               Beleth
               ,
               Petrus
               Collegn
               ,
               Hervaeus
               Natalis
               ,
               Faber
            
             and
             Chlictoveus
             ;
             In
             Germany
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Low
               Countreys
            
             by
             
               Rabanus
               ,
               Strabus
               ,
               Hermanus
               ,
               Contract
               Ado.
               R●pertus
               ,
            
             the
             Ordinary
             and
             Interlineary
             gloss
             upon
             the
             Bible
             ,
             the
             Gloss
             upon
             the
             Canon-Law
             ;
             
               Lyranus
               ,
               Dionysius
               Carthusianus
               ,
               Driedo
            
             and
             Ferus
             :
             And
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             by
             Venerable
             
               Bede
               ,
               Alcuin
               Giselbent
               ,
               Joh.
               Sarisburiensis
               ,
               Brito
               ,
               Ocham
               ,
               Thomas
               Anglicus
               ,
            
             and
             
               Thomas
               Waldon
            
             ,
             besides
             divers
             others
             that
             are
             not
             here
             numbred
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             Doctor
             Cosin
             abbreviates
             his
             ample
             accurate
             History
             .
             which
             (
             as
             far
             as
             my
             Intelligence
             extends
             )
             hath
             not
             been
             assayed
             to
             be
             answered
             by
             any
             Romanist
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             with
             much
             more
             facility
             be
             reviled
             ,
             menaced
             ,
             than
             confuted
             ;
             Invectives
             ,
             Anathema's
             are
             the
             proper
             frequent
             Apologies
             for
             Convicted
             Errors
             .
          
           
             With
             what
             Truth
             or
             Candor
             ,
             with
             what
             strength
             of
             Religion
             or
             Reason
             ,
             with
             what
             warrant
             of
             Piety
             or
             Antiquity
             the
             Canon
             of
             Scripture
             being
             there
             solemnly
             asserted
             ,
             universally
             establisht
             in
             all
             Climates
             ,
             in
             all
             Ages
             may
             in
             the
             Sixteenth
             Century
             of
             Christianity
             be
             contradicted
             ,
             
             controuled
             ,
             condemned
             by
             an
             inconsiderable
             number
             of
             Prelates
             assembled
             at
             Trent
             ;
             some
             thereof
             being
             Titular
             only
             ;
             all
             Homagers
             of
             the
             Papacy
             entirely
             swayed
             ,
             irresistibly
             influenced
             from
             the
             Conclave
             at
             Rome
             .
             I
             refer
             it
             to
             all
             unbyast
             Intellectuals
             ,
             to
             all
             uncorrupt
             Judgments
             to
             determine
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               this
               Ag●
               the
            
             Milevitane
             
               Council
               defined
               ,
               That
               whoever
               denyed
               Children
               newly
               born
               to
               be
               Baptized
               ;
               or
               says
               ,
               They
               contract
               nothing
               of
               Original
               Sin
               from
            
             Adam
             ,
             
               which
               may
               be
               cleansed
               by
               the
               lavoer
               of
               Regeneration
               ,
            
             &c.
             Anathema
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             insist
             upon
             the
             inadvertency
             in
             point
             of
             Chronology
             ,
             so
             precisely
             expressed
             (
             in
             this
             Age.
             )
             Whereas
             it
             is
             recorded
             in
             the
             several
             Editions
             of
             the
             Councils
             ,
             and
             generally
             by
             Annalists
             and
             
               Antiquaries
               ,
               (
               Baronius
            
             not
             excepted
             )
             that
             this
             Milevitan
             Council
             was
             held
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             a
             former
             Century
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Pope
             Innocentius
             the
             First
             ,
             betwixt
             whom
             and
             the
             Fathers
             of
             that
             Synod
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Mutual
             Correspondence
             of
             Letters
             .
             Were
             the
             Date
             exact
             for
             the
             time
             ,
             yet
             was
             not
             the
             Citation
             apposite
             for
             the
             matter
             ;
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             
             solemnly
             declares
             what
             the
             Milevitan
             Council
             desines
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               this
               Age
               the
            
             Caesar
             Augustan
             
               Council
               decreed
               ,
               That
               Virgins
               who
               had
               vowed
               themselves
               to
               God
               ,
               should
               not
               be
               vailed
               till
               after
               40
               years
               probation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             acknowledge
             this
             to
             be
             the
             last
             Decree
             of
             that
             
             Council
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             approved
             by
             the
             suffrages
             of
             all
             the
             Bishops
             present
             ,
             all
             which
             being
             computed
             ,
             were
             but
             Twelve
             .
             The
             Inscription
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             The
             Caesar
             Augustan
             
               Council
               of
               Twelve
               Bishops
            
             .
             So
             it
             is
             set
             out
             in
             the
             large
             Editions
             of
             the
             Councils
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             summary
             Caranza
             .
          
           
           
             If
             this
             Decree
             be
             of
             any
             grand
             Estimate
             and
             Validity
             why
             is
             it
             receded
             from
             ,
             in
             effect
             repealed
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             that
             allows
             Virgins
             to
             be
             Votaries
             in
             Vails
             after
             
             Twelve
             years
             of
             Age
             ?
             Only
             Abbatisses
             and
             Prioresses
             are
             limited
             to
             the
             Age
             of
             Forty
             years
             .
             )
             If
             this
             be
             an
             uncancelled
             ,
             unvoided
             Decree
             alledged
             ,
             why
             is
             it
             not
             observed
             by
             the
             Romanists
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             cancelled
             and
             voided
             by
             them
             ,
             why
             is
             it
             objected
             to
             the
             Reformed
             ?
             This
             is
             no
             probate
             of
             a
             Succession
             ,
             but
             a
             Collusion
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               In
               this
               Age
               Pope
            
             John
             
               the
               First
               decreed
               ,
               That
               Mass
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               celebrated
               but
               in
               places
               consecrated
               to
               our
               Lord
               ,
               unless
               great
               necessity
               should
               enforce
               it
               .
               In
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Bishops
               of
               divers
               pla●es
               ,
               giving
               this
               reason
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               written
               ;
               See
               thou
               offer
               not
               thy
               Holocausts
               in
               every
               place
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               place
               which
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               hath
               chosen
               ,
            
             Deut.
             12.
             
             Anno
             522.
             
             
               For
               as
               no
               other
               but
               Priests
               consecrated
               to
               our
               Lord
               ;
               ought
               to
               sing
               Masse
               ,
               and
               to
               offer
               Sacrifices
               upon
               our
               Lerd
               to
               our
               Lord
               upon
               the
               Altar
               ,
               so
               in
               no
               other
               but
               consecrated
               places
               .
            
             De
             consecrat
             .
             dist
             .
             1.
             C.
             Sicut
             non
             alii
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             To
             wave
             Exceptions
             as
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             Pope
             John
             the
             First
             (
             not
             obligatory
             )
             because
             out
             of
             the
             Verge
             of
             his
             own
             Jurisdiction
             )
             and
             as
             to
             the
             validity
             of
             the
             proof
             by
             a
             Mosaical
             ,
             Ritual
             ,
             Ceremonial
             Institution
             :
             I
             shall
             only
             observe
             ,
             That
             this
             is
             no
             point
             contended
             for
             .
             We
             allow
             distinct
             consecrated
             places
             and
             persons
             .
             As
             to
             the
             numerous
             ,
             specious
             ,
             Testimonies
             the
             Instances
             and
             Arguments
             of
             
               H.
               T.
            
             for
             this
             Sixth
             Century
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             ministerpreted
             (
             out
             of
             the
             3d
             Council
             of
             Carthage
             )
             that
             hath
             any
             affinity
             to
             any
             Controversie
             betwixt
             the
             Romish
             and
             the
             Reformed
             Established
             Churches
             ;
             which
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             are
             of
             no
             weight
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             or
             to
             evince
             that
             of
             the
             other
             .
             They
             may
             conduce
             to
             amuze
             ,
             to
             delude
             an
             ignorant
             implicitly
             devoted
             Disciple
             ,
             but
             cannot
             convince
             and
             satisfie
             any
             unprejudiced
             circumspect
             Reader
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             H.
             T.
             
          
           
             
               Catholick
               Professors
               to
               the
               Year
            
             600.
             
          
           
             Gerardus
             ,
             Genovesa
             ,
             Columbus
             ,
             Oportuna
             ,
             Germanus
             Parisiensis
             ,
             Maria
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             Brigitta
             ,
             Simeon
             Salus
             ,
             Leander
             ,
             St.
             Benedict
             ,
             
               (
               Institutor
               of
               the
               Holy
               Order
               of
               the
            
             Benedictine
             Monks
             )
             Rupertus
             ,
             Maurus
             ,
             Placidus
             ,
             Arnulphus
             ,
             Radegundis
             Leonard
             ,
             Columbanus
             ,
             John
             Climacus
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             Herminigildus
             ,
             Fortunatus
             ,
             Agricola
             ,
             Bonifacious
             ,
             Victor
             ,
             Eleutherius
             ,
             Gregorius
             ,
             Turonensis
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             Though
             the
             purity
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             somewhat
             declined
             in
             this
             Century
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             shine
             with
             such
             bright
             Stars
             of
             the
             Church
             as
             the
             two
             former
             ;
             yet
             neither
             of
             the
             Professors
             recounted
             by
             
               H.
               T.
            
             nor
             other
             more
             Illustrious
             commemorated
             by
             the
             Centurists
             of
             Magdeburg
             ,
             and
             by
             Baronius
             in
             his
             Annals
             did
             assert
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             present
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Trentine
             Standard
             in
             those
             Tenents
             ,
             in
             which
             it
             is
             opposite
             to
             the
             Reformed
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             Professors
             recited
             were
             Catholicks
             ,
             not
             Romanists
             ,
             as
             Mary
             of
             
               Egypt
               ,
               Brigitta
            
             (
             of
             
               Scotland
               .
            
             )
             Neither
             the
             Egyptian
             ,
             nor
             Scottish
             Churches
             did
             in
             this
             Age
             own
             any
             Homage
             to
             the
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             St.
             Benedict
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             so
             distinctly
             signalized
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Institutor
             of
             the
             Holy
             Order
             of
             the
             
               Benedictines
               ,
            
             )
             I
             shall
             not
             question
             his
             Sanctity
             ,
             it
             being
             related
             by
             St.
             Gregory
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             the
             obloquy
             of
             Satan
             
             to
             asperse
             him
             with
             the
             brand
             of
             an
             opposite
             Title
             ,
             Maledictus
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             grant
             to
             St.
             Benedict
             the
             due
             Elogy
             the
             Historian
             applyes
             to
             
               Probus
               ,
               Vir
               sui
               nominis
            
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             recede
             from
             his
             own
             Name
             ,
             but
             the
             present
             Romanists
             recede
             from
             his
             Doctrine
             and
             Practice
             .
          
           
           
             He
             did
             impose
             upon
             himself
             and
             others
             Religious
             Austerities
             ;
             no
             Superstitious
             Cruelties
             ,
             no
             Stripes
             or
             Manacles
             .
          
           
             However
             Sacred
             and
             Refined
             this
             Order
             might
             be
             in
             it●
             Primitive
             Regularity
             ,
             whilst
             it
             was
             a
             Seminary
             of
             
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Literature
             of
             Virtues
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             as
             Trithemius
             sets
             it
             out
             ,
             who
             was
             himself
             a
             Benedictine
             ,
             who
             passionately
             complained
             of
             the
             degenerate
             Corruption
             in
             later
             times
             ;
             for
             Instance
             ,
             in
             the
             Thirteenth
             Century
             .
             He
             acknowledges
             that
             there
             was
             no
             track
             of
             the
             Pristine
             Institution
             in
             the
             Monasteries
             of
             Germany
             ;
             Monks
             and
             Abbots
             rusht
             to
             a
             precipice
             of
             Vices
             .
          
           
             The
             Learned
             moderate
             Cassander
             pathetically
             resents
             ,
             deplores
             the
             scandalous
             Monastical
             Depravations
             in
             his
             Age
             ,
             notoriously
             warping
             from
             the
             Original
             Rectitude
             ,
             
             confessing
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             footstep
             (
             no
             impression
             )
             of
             a
             common
             Canonical
             Life
             ,
             Extant
             but
             in
             Fabricks
             and
             Names
             .
          
           
             The
             prophaneness
             of
             the
             Monks
             did
             render
             the
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Monasteries
             in
             this
             Nation
             more
             practicable
             and
             feasible
             than
             otherwise
             it
             could
             possibly
             have
             proved
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.T.
             
          
           
             
               Nations
               converted
               ,
               St.
            
             Augustine
             
               the
               Monk
               sent
               by
               Pope
            
             .
             Gregory
             ,
             converted
             England
             .
             The
             Northern
             Picts
             ,
             Goths
             ,
             Bavarians
             ,
             and
             Burgundians
             ,
             
               were
               also
               converted
               in
               this
               Age.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             W.T.
             
          
           
             I
             confess
             the
             memory
             of
             St.
             Austin
             the
             Monk
             ought
             to
             be
             precious
             ,
             and
             celebrated
             with
             a
             grateful
             respect
             ;
             
             but
             
               H.
               T.
            
             amplifies
             too
             much
             the
             Orb
             of
             this
             Luminary
             in
             ascribing
             to
             this
             Monk
             the
             Conversion
             of
             England
             .
             
             Christian
             Religion
             being
             publickly
             profest
             in
             this
             Island
             before
             any
             other
             Climate
             or
             Countrey
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             the
             Gospel
             being
             planted
             here
             by
             Joseph
             of
             Arimathea
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Tiberius
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             recorded
             by
             famous
             Antiquaries
             ,
             and
             even
             by
             Baronius
             .
             How
             it
             fructified
             in
             succeeding
             Centuries
             before
             the
             Birth
             of
             Austin
             the
             Monk
             is
             evidenced
             by
             the
             solemn
             Recitals
             of
             
               Tertullian
               ,
               Origen
               ,
               Hilary
            
             ,
             and
             Chrysostome
             in
             their
             several
             Generations
             ,
             by
             the
             Episcopal
             ,
             Archi-Episcopal
             Dignities
             erected
             continued
             ,
             by
             the
             Repute
             and
             Lustre
             of
             those
             Prelates
             in
             Forreign
             Councils
             at
             Arles
             ,
             at
             Sardis
             ,
             at
             Arimine
             ,
             nay
             at
             Nice
             it self
             ,
             the
             British
             Bishops
             being
             Zealous
             Orthodox
             Sticklers
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             in
             the
             Confutation
             ,
             the
             Extirpation
             of
             Arrianisme
             .
          
           
             When
             St.
             Austin
             the
             Monk
             repaired
             to
             England
             ,
             his
             Pious
             ,
             heroique
             design
             was
             prepared
             and
             facilitated
             by
             the
             British
             Christians
             intermingled
             with
             
               Pagan
               Saxons
            
             ,
             tho'
             the
             most
             eminent
             Britains
             took
             Wales
             for
             their
             refuge
             together
             with
             their
             retinues
             ;
             yet
             multitudes
             of
             the
             Conquered
             remained
             in
             England
             disperst
             among
             the
             Conquerors
             .
          
           
             The
             Influence
             of
             St.
             Austin
             the
             Monk
             was
             in
             a
             manner
             confined
             to
             Kent
             ,
             it
             extended
             little
             farther
             .
          
           
             Even
             in
             
               Kent
               ,
               Austines
            
             Task
             wasless
             difficult
             ,
             being
             promoted
             by
             Queen
             Berta
             ,
             who
             made
             profession
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             before
             the
             Arrival
             of
             Austine
             ,
             had
             a
             Church
             in
             Canterbury
             for
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             had
             a
             Bishop
             Luidhard
             to
             preside
             in
             it
             ,
             a
             Praecursor
             ,
             
             a
             Porter
             to
             St.
             Austin
             in
             Capgraves
             Expression
             .
          
           
             Even
             Aidan
             and
             Finan
             ,
             whose
             Names
             are
             observed
             in
             Histories
             ,
             not
             flourisht
             in
             the
             Romish
             Calendars
             ,
             had
             more
             numerous
             Converts
             in
             England
             than
             Austin
             himself
             ,
             the
             Province
             of
             their
             successful
             Doctrines
             more
             enlarged
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             the
             specious
             Relation
             of
             the
             
               Northern
               Picts
               ,
               Gothes
               ,
               Bavarians
               ,
               Burgundians
            
             rallied
             as
             converted
             in
             this
             Age
             ,
             they
             were
             Disciples
             of
             Antioch
             ,
             not
             of
             Rome
             ;
             they
             embraced
             the
             Evangelical
             unblemisht
             Doctrine
             ;
             they
             acknowledged
             no
             Papal
             unlimited
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             not
             challenged
             in
             this
             Age
             not
             by
             Austin
             the
             Monk
             in
             his
             Conference
             with
             the
             British
             Bishops
             and
             Monks
             ,
             he
             cajoled
             ,
             intreated
             a
             Conformity
             to
             the
             Rituals
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             in
             the
             Celebration
             of
             Baptism
             in
             the
             Observation
             of
             Easter
             ,
             he
             exacted
             no
             submission
             to
             the
             Authority
             ,
             Universal
             Supremacy
             of
             that
             Church
             .
             This
             was
             reprehended
             ,
             branded
             by
             Pope
             Gregory
             ,
             whose
             Emissary
             he
             was
             ,
             by
             Pelagius
             ,
             before
             him
             in
             the
             same
             
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             nay
             by
             all
             Predecessors
             ,
             as
             Gregory
             himself
             attests
             .
          
        
         
           Caetera
           desiderantur
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64561-e200
           
             Greg.
             Naz.
             
          
           
             Cl.
             Al.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64561-e360
           
             Non
             colligi
             necessario
             esse
             ecclesiam
             ubi
             est
             successio
             .
          
           
             Bellarm.
             l.
             4.
             
               de
               Eccl.
            
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Linus
             &
             Clerus
             
               suerunt
               quidem
               ante
            
             Clementem
             
               Episcopl
               in
               urbe
            
             Roma
             ;
             
               Sed
               superstite
            
             Petro
             :
             
               videlicet
               ut
               illi
               Episcopatus
               curam
               gererent
               ,
               ipse
               vero
               Apostolatus
               officium
               imp'eret
               .
               Rusinus
            
             Praefat.
             ad
             libros
             recognitionum
             .
          
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Haeres
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             
               A
               gloriosissimis
               Apostolis
            
             Petro
             &
             Paulo
             Romae
             
               f●ndatur
               &
               conslituitur
               Ecclesia
            
             .
             Tertul.
             adv
             .
             Mani
             .
             l.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Fundantes
               &
               instruentes
               Ecclesiam
            
             ,
             Lino
             
               Episcopatum
               tradiderunt
            
             .
             Iraen
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Clem.
             
               in
               Epist.
            
             1.
             ad
             Jacobum
             .
          
           
             *
             Tertull.
             in
             l.
             
               de
               .
               prescript
            
             .
             cip
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             Iren.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
             †
             Euseb.
             
               〈◊〉
               .
               Eccl.
            
             l.
             3.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             Iren.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ign.
             
               in
               Epist.
               ad
            
             Mar.
             Castobol
             .
          
           
             †
             Bar.
             
               ad
               Ann.
               inslit
            
             .
             69.
             
             Sect.
             39.
             
          
           
             ‖
             Opt.
             l.
             3.
             contra
             Parmen
             .
          
           
             *
             Clem.
             in
             l.
             10.
             recognitionum
             .
             Euseb.
             Chron.
             p.
             566.
             
          
           
             Tullius
             l.
             1.
             
               de
               Inuentione
            
             .
          
           
             
               Cum
               multa
               ,
               disceptatio
               fuisset
               inter
               Judices
               Gl.
               Ord.
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Chrys.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Theoph.
             
          
           
             
               Abuleus
               in
               c.
               7.
               
               Matth.
               qu.
               13.
               
               Dionys.
               Carth.
               in
               Act.
               19.
               
            
             
               Lorin
               .
               in
               Act.
               15.
               
            
          
           
             Beatus
             Jacobus
             
               cum
               caeteris
               Apostolis
               tale
               decretum
               constituit
               observandum
               .
            
             Gaudent
             .
             in
             Serm.
             de
             Macchab.
             
          
           
             
               Princeps
               rogationis
               Fabritius
            
             .
             Cicero
             in
             Orat.
             pro
             Sextio
             .
          
           
             
               Constan.
               Conc.
               Sess.
               4.
               
               &
               5.
               
            
             
               Basil.
               Sess.
               2.
               
               &
               16.
               
            
          
           
             
               Papa
               non
               debit
               esse
               Iudex
               in
               propria
               causa
               .
            
             16
             ,
             q.
             6.
             consuetudo
             .
          
           
             
               Turre
               ●remat
               .
               sum
               .
               de
               Errb.
               l.
            
             3.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             Socra●●s
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Sozom.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Nec
               in
               aliqua
               Patrum
               Synode
            
             .
             Con.
             Afric
             .
             c.
             105.
             
          
           
             
               Ut
               aliqui
               tanquam
               à
               tuae
               sanctitatis
               latere
               mitta●tur
               nullâ
               invenim●s
               Patrum
               Synodo
               constitutum
               .
            
             Aug.
             in
             ep
             .
             ad
             Coeles●in
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             contra
             Creseen
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             34.
             
          
           
             
               Satis
               posse
               dubitari
               an
            
             Sardiensis
             
               Concilii
               constitutio
               existat
            
             .
             Cusan
             .
             de
             Conc.
             Catho
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             25.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               Si
               cum
               ipsius
               Provinciae
               Metropolitan●
               Episcopus
               vel
               Clericus
               controversiam
               habtat
               ,
               Diaecesis
               exarchum
               ad●at
               v●l
               Imperatoriae
               Urbis
            
             Constantinopolis
             
               Thronum
               ,
               et
               opud
               eum
               litiget
               .
            
             Conc.
             Chal.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Leo
             
               in
               Ep.
               ad
            
             Anaccl
             .
             &
             
               in
               Ep.
               ad
            
             Pulcher.
             
          
           
             
               Socr.
               l.
               5.
               c.
               7.
               
            
             
               Soz.
               l.
               7.
               c.
               9.
               
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Conc.
             Chaic
             .
             Can.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               Ephes.
               Conc.
               can
               .
               9.
               
            
             
               Trull
               .
               Conc.
               can
               .
               36.
               
            
          
           
             
               E
               Bibliotheca
            
             Coloniensium
             
               Praedi
               atorum
               non
               ita
               pridem
               Edita
               ,
               per
               Do●
               .
               Pr.
               in
               praep
               .
            
          
           
             Ter●ull
             .
             
               in
               l.
               de
               Praeser
            
             .
             Aug.
             
               in
               Ep.
            
             162.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Concil
             .
             Constant.
             1.
             
             Can.
             36.
             
          
           
             
               Pot●s●atem
               habent
               Ordinare
               ,
               mutare
               ,
               inthronizare
               .
            
             
               Praetaxato
               modo
            
          
           
             
               Tanti
               Apostolatus
               Principatum
               meruit
            
             .
             Aug.
             Chrys.
             in
             1.
             
             Gal.
             
          
           
             
               Verbum
               jussionis
               volo
               à
               meo
               a●ditu
               removere
               .
               Scio
               quis
               sum
               ,
               qui
               estis
               ,
               loco
               ●nim
               fratris
               esti
               mor●bus
               Patres
               .
               Non
               ergo
               jussi
               sed
               quae
               utilia
               visa
               sunt
               indicare
               vol●i
               ,
            
             Greg.
             l.
             7.
             
             Ep.
             30.
             
          
           
             
               Nulli
               subesse
               ,
               omnibus
               praeesse
            
             .
             Ep.
             38
             l.
             7.
             
          
           
             Greg.
             l.
             4.
             
             Ep.
             32
             ,
             36
             ,
             38
             ,
             39.
             
          
           
             
               Baron
               .
               in
               Appar
               .
               verbo
               Cle●en●
               .
            
             
               Bellarm.
               de
               Rom.
               Pont.
               l.
               2.
               c.
               27.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Vix
                 ●●x
                 aut
                 octo
                 Latina
                 Ecclesia
                 nunc
                 observat
                 .
              
            
             
               Medina
               
                 de
                 sacra
                 hominum
              
               Contin
               .
               l.
               5.
               c.
               105.
               
            
          
           
             Gratianus
             dist
             .
             15.
             
             Can.
             
               Sancta
               Romana
            
             distinct
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Baron
             .
             Tom.
             2.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             102.
             
             Sect.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Quod
               quia
               Authoritate
               careant
               ab
               Apostolis
               isse
               omnino
               sancitos
               Apocryphi
               dici
               ●●eruerunt
               .
            
             Bar.
             16.
             
             
               Notitia
               libr.
               Apocr
               .
               qui
               non
               recipiuntur
               .
            
          
           
             Gel.
             Decr.
             in
             2.
             
             Vol.
             Concil
             .
             Edit
             .
             Nicol.
             Phorius
             in
             Biblioch
             .
             c●p
             .
             113.
             
          
           
             
               Epiph.
               Haeres
               .
               30.
               
               Rivet
               .
               Cri●
               .
               Sacr.
               l.
               1.
               c.
               1.
               
            
             
               Rob.
               Cocus
               cens
               .
               
                 quorundam
                 Script
                 .
                 vet
              
               .
               p.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
            
             
               Eccles.
               Histor.
               Magdeb.
               
            
             
               Cent.
               1.
               l.
               2.
               cap.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Trident
             .
             Sect.
             22.
             
             Can.
             6.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Constan.
             
               siv●
               Trul●
               .
               Can.
            
             13.
             
             &
             Can.
             55.
             
          
           
             
               Alex.
               Ep.
               prima
               ,
               secunda
               .
            
             
               Sexti
               Ep.
               prima
               ,
               secunda
               .
            
             
               Telesph
               .
               Epist.
               Pii
               Ep.
               prima
               ,
               secunda
               .
            
             
               Soteris
               Ep.
               secunda
               .
            
             
               Victoris
               Ep.
               prima
               .
            
             
               Fabiani
               Epist.
               Cornel●i
               Ep.
               secunda
               .
            
             
               Lucii
               Epist.
               Sixti
               secundi
               Epist.
               Cum
               multis
               aliis
               .
            
          
           
             
               Aliquos
               errores
               in
               has
               Epistolas
               irrepsisse
               non
               negaverim
               ,
               nec
               indabitatus
               esse
               affirmare
               audeam
               .
            
             Bell.
             de
             Re
             Pont.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Ex
               m●ltis
               suspect
               as
               ●as
               r●ddi
               Epistolas
               alibi
               demonstratum
               .
            
             Baron
             .
             An.
             86
             ●
             .
             To.
             10.
             
             Nu
             6
             7.
             
             
               S●ipsas
               produnt
            
             .
             Cus.
             de
             .
             Conc
             Cath.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Euseb.
               Hist.
               l.
               2.
               c.
               1.
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Epiph.
               in
               Antidicomarianitis
               .
            
             
               Bellarm.
               de
               Pont.
               Rom.
               l.
               1.
               c.
               23.
               
            
             
               Turrecrem
               .
               de
               l.
               2.
               
               Gum.
               Eccl.
               c.
               32.
               
            
          
           
             
               Irenaeus
               .
               l
               3.
               c.
               3.
               
            
             
               Tertul.
               l.
               3.
               comm
               .
               adversus
               Manic
               .
               Euseb.
               l.
               3.
               
               Hist.
               Eccl.
               c.
               54.
               
            
             
               Epiphan
               .
               Haeres
               .
               27.
               
            
             
               Bellarm.
               l.
               4.
               de
               Not.
               Eccles.
               c.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Leges
                 semper
                 ad
                 aequitatem
                 flectendae
                 sunt
                 .
              
            
             
               Cicero
               .
               Concil
               .
               Nicen.
               Can.
               5.
               
            
             
               Concil
               .
               Antioch
               .
               Can.
               6.
               
               &
               15.
               
            
             
               Concil
               .
               Milevit
               .
               c.
               22.
               
            
          
           
             Hieron
             .
             in
             Catal
             .
             Script
             .
             Ecclesiast
             .
             Niceph.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             39.
             
          
           
             Cyp.
             Ep.
             55.
             
          
           
             Cypr.
             Ep.
             1
             ,
             2-67
             .
          
           
             
               Episcopi
               quoque
               Romanae
               Ecclesiae
               meam
               adhuc
               expectant
               sontentiam
               quid
               existimem
               scrib●re
               de
               die
               Paschae
            
             Amb.
             Ep.
             73.
             
          
           
             Cyprian
             .
             Ep.
             55.
             
          
           
             Cyprian
             .
             Ep.
             68.
             
          
           
             
               Nec
               rescindere
               ordinationem
               jure
               perfectam
               potest
               .
            
             Cypr.
             Epist.
             eadem
             .
          
           
             
               Sozom.
               l.
               3.
               c.
               7.
               
            
             
               Sozom.
               l.
               6.
               c.
               19.
               
            
             
               Nazianz.
               in
               Orat.
               de
               laude
               Her.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ante
               Nicenam
               Synodum
               quisq
               ,
               sibi
               vixit
               ,
               at
               parvus
               respectus
               ad
               Romanam
               Ecclesiam
               habebatur
               .
            
             Aen.
             Sylv.
             Ep.
             288.
             
          
           
             Cypr.
             Ep.
             55.
             
             Theodor.
             Hist.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Magdeb.
             in
             Cent.
             4.
             cap.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sozom.
             l.
             8.
             cap.
             25.
             
          
           
             Innocent
             .
             in
             Ep.
             ad
             Milevit
             .
             Concil
             .
             
               Non
               provocent
               nisi
               ad
            
             Africana
             Concilia
             ,
             
               vtl
               ad
               Primates
               provinciarum
               suarum
               :
               Ad
               transmarina
               autem
               qui
               putaverint
               appellandum
               ,
               à
               nullo
               intra
            
             Africam
             
               in
               communionem
               suscipiantur
            
             .
             Concil
             .
             Milevit
             .
          
           
             
               ●ist
               of
               the
            
             Counc
             .
             of
             Trent
             ,
             by
             Piet.
             Soave
             Polano
             .
             p.
             48.
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Ruffinus
               ,
               l.
               1.
               c.
               17.
               
            
             
               Sozom.
               ●
               1.
               c.
               11
               Theod.
               l.
               3.
               c.
               7.
               
            
             
               Socr.
               l.
               1.
               c.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Socra●
             .
             in
             Pr.
             1.
             5.
             
             Hist.
             Eccl.
             
          
           
             Sozom.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             Evagtius
             l.
             1.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Niceph.
               l.
               14.
               c.
               34.
               
            
             
               Prioris
               Ephesinae
               
                 Synodi
                 cui
                 sanctae
                 memoriae
              
               Cyrillus
               
                 Episcopus
                 praesedit
              
               .
            
             
               Leo
               in
               Epist.
               47.
               
            
             
               Ephesina
               
                 Synodus
                 cui
                 beatae
                 memoriae
              
               Cyrillus
               praesuit
               .
            
             
               Cod.
               l.
               1.
               
               Tit.
               8.
               
               Cap.
               8.
               
            
             
               Rogamus
               Clementiam
               
                 tuam
                 ut
                 per
                 literas
                 tuae
                 pietatis
                 ratum
                 esse
                 jubeas
                 ,
                 confirmes
                 ad
                 Populi
                 documentum
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               Epist.
               Orthodox
               .
            
             
               
                 Sanctissimo
                 Piissimoque
                 comministro
              
               Celestino
               
                 sancta
                 Synodus
                 quae
                 per
                 D●i
                 gratiam
              
               Ephesi
               
                 convenit
                 d
                 Domino
                 salutem
              
               D.
               Act.
               Conc.
               Ephesi
               .
               Tom.
               4.
               cap.
               17.
               
            
          
           
             Evagrius
             l.
             2.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Act.
             1.
             
             Synod
             .
             Chalc.
             
          
           
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Evag.
               16.
               
            
             
               Act.
               1.
               
               Synod
               .
               Chalc.
               
            
             
               Act.
               ult
               .
               Synod
               .
               Chalc.
               
            
             
               Act.
               1.
               
               Synod
               .
               Chalc.
               
            
          
           
             27
             
               Canones
               editos
               esse
               quorum
               Authores
               ut
               maximè
            
             Anatholius
             Episcopus
             Constantinopol
             .
             Dist.
             16.
             c.
             Sancta
             Octo.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Sequor
                 Tractatum
                 Conci●ji
              
               Niceni
               ,
               
                 à
                 quo
                 me
                 nec
                 mors
                 ,
                 ne●
                 gladius
                 potest
                 separare
              
               Amb.
               l.
               ●
               .
               de
               Trinit
               .
            
             
               Basil.
               Ep.
               28.
               
               Athan.
               in
               Ep.
               ad
               Spir.
               
            
          
           
             Tota
             res
             ad
             conjecturas
             &
             signa
             quibus
             veri●as
             illustrari
             solet
             traducenda
             est
             .
          
           
             
               Nomen
               Sancti
               reatus
               impii
            
             .
             Salvian
             .
          
           
             
               Qui
               judicat
               inauaitâ
               alte
               â
               parte
               ,
               lic●t
               aequum
               fuerit
               judicium
               ,
               ha●d
               aequus
               fuerit
               jadex
               .
            
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Socrat.
             Hist.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Constant
             .
             1.
             ca
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Sozom.
               l.
               7.
               c.
               9.
               
            
             
               Theodoret.
               l.
               5.
               c.
               9.
               
            
          
           
             Evagr.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Conc.
             Eph.
             1.
             
             Tom.
             1.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Eph.
             1.
             
             To.
             5.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Ar●●t
             .
             Ec●
             .
             l.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Domino
               nostr●
               Sanctissimo
               &
               Beatissimo
               Patri
               Patrum
               Archiepiscopo
               &
               Oecumenico
               Patriarchae
            
             Johanni
             
               Synod
               .
               in
               hâc
               Imperiall
               Civitate
               Congregata
               .
            
          
           
             
               Adrianus
               dilecto
               fratri
            
             Tharasio
             
               generali
               Patriarche
            
             .
             Greg.
             l.
             7.
             
             Ep.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Concilium
               Elibertinum
               nunquam
               ab
               Ecclesia
               receptum
               .
            
             ob
             Can.
             36.
             
               sort●
               etiam
               ob
            
             Can.
             34.
             
             Tom.
             1.
             
             Conc.
             pag.
             502.
             
          
           
             
               Minim●
               confirmatum
               ,
               &
               in
               aliis
               decretis
               videtur
               erroneum
               esse
               ,
               praesertim
               cum
               in
               pluribus
               casibus
               ,
               ne
               in
               articulo
               quidem
               mortis
               velit
               absolvi
               paenitent
               .
            
             Bellarm.
             cap.
             19.
             de
             Imag.
             Sanct.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Reveta
               Concilium
               Celebratum
               fuit
               ante
            
             Nicenum
             .
             Bellar.
             c.
             2.
             de
             Imag.
             Sanct.
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Ar●t
             .
             2.
             c.
             28.
             
          
           
             Socrat.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Sozom.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             22.
             
          
           
             Claud.
             Espencaeus
             l.
             1.
             
               de
               continentiâ
            
             .
          
           
             Socrat.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Abstinentes
               remedio
               Nuptiali
               ,
               &
               in
               om●e
               d●inceps
               flagitium
               essluentes
               .
            
             ●ern
             .
             de
             Conv.
             ad
             Cler.
             c.
             29.
             
             Sozom.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             22.
             
             Socrat.
             l.
             1.
             
             ●
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Quoniam
               cognovimus
               in
            
             Arme●niorum
             
               Regione
               eos
               solum
               in
               cleri
               ordinem
               referri
               qui
               sunt
               ex
               genere
               Sacerdotali
               .
            
             Conc.
             Constant.
             6.
             
             Can.
             33.
             
          
           
             Euseb.
             Hist.
             Eccles.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Euseb.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Aliter
               se
               habet
               traditio
               Orientalium
               Ecclesiarum
               ,
               aliter
               hujus
               S.
            
             Romanae
             
               Ecclesiae
               .
               Nam
               illarum
               Sacerdotes
               ,
               Diaconi
               ,
               〈◊〉
               subdiaconi
               matrimonio
               Copulantur
               .
            
             Dist.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sozom.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             11.
             
          
           
             Cyprian
             .
             l.
             4.
             
             Ep.
             10.
             l.
             5.
             
             Ep.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Sacerdoles
               illâ
               Tempestate
               uxores
               pu●●icè
               sicut
               caeteri
               Christiani
               habebant
               .
               Et
               filios
               procreabant
               .
            
             De
             Germ.
             ait
             Avent
             .
             in
             Hist.
             Boiorum
             .
             l.
             5.
             in
             Anno
             1074.
             
          
           
             De
             Britannis
             te●tantur
             Fabianus
             in
             Chron.
             p.
             263.
             
             Floren.
             ●n
             Chror
             .
             ad
             Annum
             997.
             
             Nove●
             Const.
             8
             
          
           
             
               De
               legitimis
               Conjugiis
               Nati
               Cap.
               Cenamensi
               .
            
             
               Socr.
               l.
               5.
               c.
               22.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Tunc
                 licebat
                 Sacerdotes
                 habere
                 uxores
              
               .
               Hug.
               Card.
               in
               1
               Tim.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 Tunc
                 non
                 suit
                 indicta
                 clericis
                 continentia
                 .
              
               Bonav
               .
               4.
               d.
               81.
               q.
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               Lego
               &
               Relego
            
             Romanorum
             
               Regum
               &
               imperatorum
            
             Gesta
             ,
             
               at
               nunquam
               inveni
               quenquam
               eorum
               ante
               Hunc
               .
            
             (
             Hen.
             4.
             )
             à
             Rom.
             
               Pontisice
               Excommunicatum
               vel
               regno
               Privatum
            
             Otto
             Friz
             .
             l.
             6.
             ca.
             35.
             
             
               Ut
               pace
               omnium
               dixerim
               ,
               Haec
               sola
               Noviter
               non
               dicam
               haeretici
               nec
               dum
               in
               Mundo
               .
            
             Sigebert
             in
             Anno
             1088.
             
             Conc.
             Gangr
             .
             Can.
             4.
             
             Greg.
             Sept.
             
               ●xoratos
               Sacerdotes
               à
               Divino
               removit
               officio
               ,
               &
               Laicos
               missam
               eorum
               audire
               interdixit
               in
               annum
            
             1075.
             
          
           
             Distinct.
             20.
             ca.
             de
             Libellis
             Lamb.
             Schaf
             .
             Hist.
             Germ.
             
          
           
             
               Confessus
               in
               Extremis
               suis
               valde
               se
               peccasse
               in
               Pastorali
               curâ
               &
               suadente
               Diabolo
               contra
               genus
               Humanum
               Odium
               &
               iram
               irritatum
               .
            
             Florent
             .
             Monach.
             Vego
             in
             Chronico
             ad
             annam
             1
             106.
             
          
           
             
               Novum
               prorsus
               conversionis
               Genus
               ,
               Licita
               non
               saciunt
               ,
               illicita
               committunt
               .
               Temperare
               à
               conjugio
               ,
               non
               Temperare
               à
               Rapinâ
               .
               Quid
               agis
               stulta
               persuasio
               ?
               Peccata
               interdixit
               Deus
               ,
               non
               Matrimonia
               .
               Item
               non
               est
               Conversio
               sed
               Aversio
               :
               Qui
               jampridem
               ut
               fama
               est
               opus
               Honesti
               Matrimonii
               re●inquitis
               ,
               tandem
               à
               Sc●lere
               cessatt
               .
            
             Salv.
             l.
             5.
             
               de
               Provid
               .
               Experientiâ
               docente
               Contrarius
               Effectus
               sequitur
               ex
               illà
               Lege
               continentiae
               ,
               cùm
               hodie
               non
               vivant
               spiritualiter
               ,
               nec
               sint
               mundi
               ,
               sed
               maculentur
               illicito
               coitu
               cum
               eorum
               gravissimo
               peccato
               ,
               ubi
               cum
               propriâ
               uxore
               esset
               castitas
               .
               Unde
               deberet
               Ecclesia
               facere
               sicut
               bonus
               Medicus
               ,
               si
               Medicina
               experientiâ
               docente
               potius
               officiat
               quàm
               prosit
               eam
               tollere
               nemo
               re●uit
               citius
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sacerdotibus
               magnâ
               ratione
               sublatas
               Naptias
               ,
               majore
               restituendas
               videri
               :
            
             Platina
             in
             Vitâ
             Pii
             Secundi
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Gratian.
               dist
               .
               28.
               c.
               Diaconi
               ,
               &
               dist
               .
               31.
               c.
               
            
             
               Aliter
               Aquin.
               q.
               80.
               
               Art.
               11.
               
               Cajetan
               .
               in
               Opusc
               .
               To.
               1.
               
               Tract
               .
               27.
               
            
             
               
                 Est
                 communis
                 Sententia
                 Theologorum
                 veterum
                 &
                 Recentiorum
                 .
              
            
             
               Azor.
               p.
               1.
               
               Inst.
               Mor.
               l.
               13.
               c.
               11.
               
            
          
           
             
               ●icet
               multa
               de
               aliis
               habeat
               Auc●or
               Fabulosa
               .
            
             Baron
             .
             Tom.
             4.
             
             Annal.
             in
             An.
             383.
             
             Coton
             .
             Instit.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             19.
             
             
               Incidit
               in
               Librum
               quendam
            
             Britanicum
             
               ab
               homine
               cujus
               adhoc
               Nomen
               ignoratur
               conscriptum
               ,
               ac
               spurcissimis
               scatentem
               ,
               quem
               latinum
               ille
               secit
               .
            
             De
             Galfrido
             ,
             Alanus
             Copus
             .
             Dial.
             5.
             c.
             19.
             
          
           
             
               Miraeus
               Edition
               of
               Sigebert
               at
               Antwerp
               .
            
             
               Bonfin
               .
               Hungar
               .
               rerum
               Decad
               .
               1.
               l.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             Baron
             .
             Annal.
             ad
             Annum
             237.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Concllio
               aut
               :
               praefuisse
               aut
               praeesse
               potuisse
               Vigilium
               .
            
             Bellarm
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Papam
                 tribu●re
                 Concilio
                 suum
                 esse
                 &
                 Forma●
                 ait
              
               Turrecrem
               .
               l.
               3.
               c.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Poudus
                 Conciliis
                 dat
                 summi
                 Pontisicis
                 gravitas
                 &
                 Authoritas
                 .
              
               Canus
               l.
               5.
               c.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Non
                 invenitur
                 instantia
                 in
                 Octo
                 Conciliis
                 praeterquam
                 in
                 tertia
                 Actione
              
               Concil
               .
               Chalced.
               
            
             
               Cusan
               .
               l
               3.
               c.
               16.
               
            
          
           
             
               Exceptio
               sirmat
               Regulam
               in
               non
               Exceptis
            
             Reg.
             jur
             .
          
           
             
               Vigilias
               
                 per
                 lic●ras
                 Consensit
                 Concilio
                 ,
                 non
                 tamen
                 interesse
                 vo●●●t
                 .
              
            
             
               Evagr.
               l.
               4.
               c.
               37.
               
            
          
           
             Zonar
             .
             in
             Vitâ
             Justiniani
             .
          
           
             Niceph.
             l.
             17.
             c.
             27.
             
          
           
             
               Constantinop
               .
               Synodus
               quintâ
               Praesidente
               Mennâ
               Patriarchâ
               Caranza
               in
               summa
               Conc.
               56.
               
            
             
               Conc.
               Const.
               2.
               
               Art.
               prima
               .
               Baron
               .
               in
               Ann.
               553.
               
            
          
           
             Baron
             .
             An●al
             .
             in
             Append.
             ad
             Tom.
             4.
             
          
           
             Laodic
             .
             Concil
             .
             Can.
             59.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Cyril
             .
             Resp.
             3.
             
          
           
             Article
             .
             6th
             .
          
           
             
               Non
               esse
               Canonicos
               ,
               id
               est
               ,
               Regulares
               ad
               Con●irmandum
               ea
               quae
               sunt
               sidei
               .
               Posse
               tamen
               dici
               Canonicos
               ;
               Id
               est
               ,
               Regulares
               ad
               aedificationem
               fidelium
               utpote
               in
               Canaone
               Bibliorum
               ad
               hoc
               receptos
               &
               Auctoratos
               .
               Cum
               hâc
               distinctione
               discerni
               posse
               dicta
            
             Augustini
             
               Exsc●ipta
               in
               Provinciali
               Synodo
            
             Carthaginensi
             .
             Cajet
             .
             in
             fine
             Comment
             .
             ad
             Hist.
             Vet.
             Test.
             
          
           
             Canus
             in
             loc
             .
             Theol.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             11.
             ad
             2.
             
             Arg.
             
          
           
             Drido
             l.
             1.
             c
             3.
             parte
             primâ
             ad
             Hier.
             
          
           
             Andrad
             .
             l.
             3.
             
             Det.
             Trident.
             Ep.
             ad
             Rom.
             c.
             3.
             v.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Divina
               Oracula
               in
               Sac●is
               Scripturis
               Contenta
               .
            
             Tolet
             in
             Ep.
             ad
             c.
             3.
             v.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Ita
               ut
               non
               nisi
               per
            
             Judaeos
             ad
             Gentiles
             devenerint
             .
             Corn.
             à
             Lap.
             in
             Ro.
             3.
             
          
           
             Augustin
             .
             contra
             Faustum
             .
             Man.
             l.
             12.
             c.
             23.
             
             Augustin
             .
             in
             Psalm
             .
             56.
             
          
           
             Euseb.
             de
             Praep.
             Evang.
             l.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               August
               .
               de
               Clvit
               .
               Dei.
               l.
               15.
               c.
               13.
               
            
             
               
                 Per
                 Religionem
                 noluerunt
                 unquam
                 textum
                 corrumpere
              
               Bellarm.
               de
               Verbo
               Dei
               ,
               l.
               2.
               c.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             Innocent
             .
             1.
             in
             Ep.
             3.
             ad
             exuperium
             Conci●ium
             Roin
             .
             sub
             
          
           
             
               Hoc
               etiam
               Fratri
               et
               Consacerdoti
               nostro
            
             Bonificio
             
               ve●
               aliis
               earum
               partium
               Episcopis
               pro
               confirmando
               isto
               Canone
               innotescat
               .
            
             Caranz
             .
             in
             Sum.
             Carth.
             Concil
             .
             Can.
             47.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Cosins
             
               S●●olastical
               Hist.
               of
               the
               Canon
               of
               Script
               .
            
             Parag.
             178.
             
          
           
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             9.
             27.
             
          
           
             
               Ab
               universis
               Episcopis
               dictum
               est
               ,
               Placet
               .
            
             Const.
             2.
             vol.
             Edit
             .
             Dominic
             .
          
           
             
               Concil
               .
               Trident
               .
               Sess.
               9.
               
               Can.
               17.
               
            
             
               Conc.
               Trident.
               Sess.
               9.
               can
               .
               7.
               
            
          
           
             Greg.
             Dial.
             l.
             a.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Monachi
                 moribu●
                 ut
                 Eura●tione
                 praesici●bantur
                 eruditissimi
                 qui
                 non
                 solùm
                 in
                 Divinis
                 docti
                 essent
                 ,
                 verùm
                 etiam
                 in
              
               Mathematica
               Scientia
               .
               Trith
               .
               in
               Chron.
               Hisang
               .
               ad
               An.
               840.
               
            
             
               
                 Monachi
                 simul
                 cum
                 Abbatibus
                 in
                 praecipitium
                 vitiorum
                 Corruerunt
                 .
              
               Trith
               .
               in
               Chron.
               His.
               
            
          
           
             
               Quàm
               lo●gè
               Monachatus
               hodie
               a
               primâ
               suâ
               Origine
               degeneravit
               ,
               &
               quantis
               Abusibus
               contaminatus
               &
               deormatus
               sit
               satis
               per
               se
               est
               Manisestum
               ,
               manent
               adhuc
               vestigia
               Communis
               &
               Canonicae
               Vitae
               sed
               in
               adisiciis
               ac
               Nominibus
               tantum
               .
            
             Cassander
             ,
             Cons.
             5.
             
             Art.
             25.
             
          
           
             
               Britannia
               
                 omnium
                 provinciarum
                 prima
                 publicitus
                 Chris●i
                 nomen
                 recepit
                 .
              
               Sabel
               .
               Ennead
               .
               7.
               l.
               
            
             
               Gildas
               Epist.
               Capgravius
               in
               Vitâ
               Sancti
               Josephi
               .
            
             
               Pitsaeus
               de
               Illyr
               .
               Script
               .
               Covorruvius
               in
               Praefat.
               ad
               Philipp
               .
            
             
               Baron
               .
               Annal.
               Anno
               35.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 distinct
                 Instances
                 are
                 produced
                 by
                 Bishop
              
               Jewel
               against
               Harding
               .
               p.
               11.
               
            
          
           
             
               Luidhardus
               
                 Paecursor
                 &
                 Janitor
                 venturi
              
               .
               Augustini
               .
            
             
               Capgr
               .
               in
               Vitâ
               .
               August
               .
            
             
               Beda
               l.
               4.
               c.
               37.
               
            
          
           
             
               Gregor
               .
               l.
               4.
               
               Ep.
               36.
               
               Distinct
               .
               99.
               
            
             
               
                 Nullus
                 unquam
                 Praedecessorum
                 meorum
                 hujusmodi
                 tam
                 profano
                 vocabulo
                 (
                 scilicet
                 universalis
                 Episcopus
                 )
                 uti
                 Consuevit
                 .
              
               Greg.
               l.
               4.
               
               Ep.
               36.