of Calling A s s .lj: M t1 i. Il: s. fpeake a word fo.rit, budit frill, and fay nothing allthewhile~ Therewere then'and there prefent, Spyridiun, Paphnut~m, Pota"!on, and diversbefides, (but thefe I name) that had·not long before, fort~etr cpnftancy, had rhe1: nght~yes bored our, rlieir right ham-ftrings, and the finngs ofrhm nght arm:-ptts cut mfunder. Did thefe want courage, thinkc we~ Were theybecomefofamtheaned; thattheydurfiriot" open theirm<iuth, forrhmowne due.: . . . , v . Verily, rhatCouncell ofNtce, _(whtch ts,and ever lmh beene fo much admired. by-all Chriftians,) cannot b~ exculed before <? o o or men; tfthe;: r~us confpired (all) ro betray theChttrches nght, and fuffered It, contrary toall eqmty; to beecar~ ried away; leaving a dangerous prefident therein, for all Councels ever after, to the \vorlds end. Bur, no fuch right there was ~ Ifthere had beene, they.neither wanred wictodifcerne ir,nor courage to claime- it. Bur,they knew whofc the Trumpets were: to whom (Erunt ti~i) was fpoken: And therefore never offered to layhold on eithi:r ofthem; and fay; this is ours. And yet(to fay the truth,) there is no mitn ofreafon,but will thinkit reafonabk, if this were thechurches owne peculiar, if appropriate unro it (and fo knowne to them to be) there oughtto havebeenplaine dealing, now at the very firfi Counce!l of all; that ifCmfl4ntinewould embrace Religion, hemuft needs rdigne up one ofhis Trumpets,and forbearefrom thence to meddle with their Affim!Jtiu. Was there fo ~ No fuch thing. Why was therenot~ Belike,becaufe none were tllere; cbat had ever be-enc prefent atany tljfemhly,holdenunder perfecution, .to know the churches order and manner of meeting rhen. Yes there was Ho{itts BilhopofCordov~. who had held the Councell ofEtvir&in Spaine, even in the time ofperfecurion. H9jim for the Co•c.tlibtt'it: Weff. And for tl~Eajl, there was EujlAthiu. Bilhop ofAntio~h; had held the like at ~;;:;,:·!:,~; .., Aiicyrt~ then too: (both theCouncets yec extant robe feene) and thefetwo,Prdidems T,f11,,,-f46. ofthem. Yet were thefetwaine,rwo that came firfi,and fate formoft at the C!Juncell ofNi'e; and neither c:ift_heni pleaded or knew ofany fuch right; but tb:ir their Power · rhen-ci:aftd : and that C!Jn.ft.intines Trumpet now tooke place. Sure, ifbut this fitlt Clfln(e/lbewell cc:infidered, it is able i:o move much. Andthe example ofthis firfr, was ofgreat confequence; for all the reftfollowed ir; and as this went,fo went they< And this for thefirft. % The fecond Genera/1Cotltl&e!i aJConjlAntinopte ; Who called that Congrega~ 1:""'~''7" tion ~ Their owne Letter to the Emperour is yet to befeene, profeffiug they were ~T~-,~·~~"" thitheraffembled by his Writ. • 7~''"' '""• ·3 Forrhethirdat Ephe{m; let the Ad't ofthe CounceO(nowfet out in Greeke) ' ""'· be lookedon : Foure feverall times theY. acknowledge, they wei:e.thither fummolled by the Emperours' oracle, b Bed1e, 'Charge, andd Commmdemcnt. >l:~:l'xpo.-; • * For the fourth at chatcedon,looke bur upon tlie very frorit of theC!ftm'ceU, it 3.m. c.~:,W proclairtterh it felfe, tobe·there a!femblcd; Fa'Cfa 'efl Symdill, ex deem(; piijfimoruii, t:;:c; .....,., & fidetijfimorum ltilperatorilm, PatentiniArti, & 0'11.Artiani. And iris well knowne,it '""''':"';, • was lirft called at Nice; and then recalled from thence, and removed to ch~lcedon,all ~ N'~~'-'-7' ••"" wholly bythedifpofing of rhe Emperoiit. . ' . ::l;:ia~ , S So faith th~fifthat C~njlantinopfe, Iuxtilpium j~jfnm ~ C 11 R Is -r o am4 ti, ~~~'" . 9,.,.. &AD Eo cuft/ialtl Iu.ftrmamlmperatora. They berhe1rowne words. 71.;f,.,~.e;. 6 And fo the fixth at Cow.ftantin!Jple, Semndum ImperialemJ•nfli/Jnem cimgregtt. oq"':,.~• . ta eft ; Andpr~ ebedientia quamdebuimw. _They be the expre!fe words ofAgathoBi· ft";u~· Bit"" fuop ofR~me in the fatne Cou!lcelt. ' . ;,;.i.,;,}i, • 7 <And even fo the fevcnth at NiCe, -~.,per plum lmpmtorum decretum, e-'Dn="~"'~ ivn': gregat• efJ ; (mearungCon.ftantine_qnd Irene.) ... . . . . . ~;:: •. 1 1 9 • And thcfe be all the Genera/1. In all wliiCh the force of tberruth prefenreth it ccnve~;,.,. felfe fo clea~ely, that f Be/larmine is even dazled with it: For as one dazled, heefets c'""'"'"""'· d d . r: r ' h', h '- " , 11 h . h . l jacr•m pr• <er owne tvene reatons, "': y t e r.mper11urs were to ea t em, m.t at very pace, tionm. · , 1 \ • .( • Tcm.~. S19· I. 666. lmptral6rJr;.jl;if, quiMtiem «cUmtJ:iCifTJiSJttOdUIJIEpiftopis Eccltffarutllt't/O,II.,tltl cot.t,it. '!'rnn. l.· 2.37, at4• Stcuntl.tU11 tiif!ii'JHltiJ ju{/i~nt~ man[H~tudinU 71tPrit. IU qU~· ptT man{tmi{!imtt fortit1uUnil t~tftril S,:nt~w dNdt~, piit&efl"jMIJltii;lt(itlt, t'ftmJfll'!'_"'~d." .. :uame:tblbtre c T'm·"3 ·+35· f Dt CQntiJ. Ii~. !.·"I·' i ·. , · wber~
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