IJO Ofthe R~ght audPower . where he takerh upon him to prove, the Empercttrs were not to call them.,___...., !:::'~;::~!,;.. z . But it may be, GmerAif Coun~els have a falhi?n by themfelves: ThofeCon.' aP,f•m con- gregattens may be ca/led,thus: BmNAmnAU,or frgvmctAil (fuch as ours) how~ E Jfwi•• to 1 •- fo too,and no otherwife. C1nj1Anti11e began with them 6rfi, before he proceededven .fl••.an. h G 'I N H' .n · W · · b r · ,r. [() B•[tfJ.Io,s. t c enerat• at tu. tsTrav•orra,or nr,tsexr~ntto eteene,mEu 1 eb 11..-. Whe by he called the fir~ Fr?vinciall Coten.ce/lin hance. For fure_,by noCanoncould;~; Iltlhop of Syracufemsm~y, or &jittut~ B11hopofLondonm_Brzt•ine, be lawful! fummoned, to a SynodemFta~ce (whtchthey we~e)\>ut(astt:vasindeed) byt~ Emperours Wrzt oncly• But thts ~c. dtd atthc begmmng of hts reigne ; perha s while he ':"as yet an unperfe~ Chn~tan. Nay ,ev~n lirfl and lafi,h~ did the fame:~; ~tthc begmmng he called thts; fo, mthe end ofh1s Retgne, thethtrtiethyearc the yeare before his death, called he theCouncell at Tyre, and from thence, removelit t<J Ieruf~tlem, and from thence called_ them to appeare bef<Jre himfelfe inConj/lllJtinoplt, tiCTat.t.J4· Theletters are to befeene, by wh1ch they were called,Socr.r.34· The li~e afrer him fbt"1 "6'· 8 • didsConflan! at S.rda, hYalt1Jtinillnat Lamp[Acll4, i Theod~ftm at AquiJeia, kGrAtia; i :;.;.7.~ ;J: at The/[Aio»ica. , ill:uvoJ'. 4fl · Itis coo tedious to goe thorow them all: Onely for that ofAquileia, thus much] Saint Ambrcfe, aman of~s much fpirit, and as high acourage,as ever theChurchhad and one that ftood as much as everd~dany, for che Churches right; hewastherepre~ J{•iaJre,... fent, and Frejident both. Thus wntethhefrom theCollncellcotheEmperourinhis ;~:~::~~;~: o~ne na~e, and in the name ofall the reft: Iu~taMan{Netudinit rtjirajiaPNta con'llt· reii•J•i!1u sa. '!lmtu: Htther we are alfe~I>Ied, by the app~mtmentof T~ilr C~emencu : And there mdota~ C•n- IS no one Cormcellmore plame, than that of Samt o..Ambrofeforthts pqrpofe. Yea,I ~~;~· '"·'· addethis (whichisapointtobe confidered) that~venthen, wlJ.entheEmpero!lrs . were profelfed :A.rrians ; even then did the Bilhops acknowledgemdr p~wet, to ,.a Couneels: came to them being called: fued tothem, that they mightbe called. Camt tr......~ao. to them,as Hcjim, tqthat of 1 vfrimine;Liberitu,to that of"'Sirmium,andthat of :::;;;,;·;;;,~ sele~ciA. Suedforthem, as 11 Liberitu to CcnjJantiH4: as o Le9toTheodojill4, forthe ~ uoEpi/1. !I· fecondEphejine Councell; Innscentim toAr;adim.Andfometimes they fped,as Lea; 411d fometime not, as Liberim, and InnHcmtim : and yet, when they fped not, they held themfelves quiet, and never prefu.med to draw togerber of their owne heads. · vnJorKing• But it may be, this was fome Imperi~tU power, and that Emperourshadinthis f,om '•fJ;,;,. point more jurifdicHon than Kings. Nor that neither : For about five hundred 'G,;,~~rtts the yeares after C H11. x ' T, when the Empire fell in peeces, and thefe Wefterne pam came il'lto the hands ofKings, thofe Kings had, held, enjoyed, and prattifed the fame synodm .,. f!JWtr. In ItAly, Theodcri&at P Rome : Alaricat q o..Agath~ : InFran&e, Clo.,ys (tht pr•"~"Olo- . firft Chriftian King there) childeht1t, Theodebert, and chmbm: At r Orleansthe !jg~~~,fc:&" firft, cAuverne, t orluns the fecond, "Tours. And after that againeby Gunthramn, to.greglfta. Clowys, Carloman, and Pepin : At x r..}UA{con 6rft and Y fecond, • Chalons: That pr.m. •·+70 ' which is called • Franci.'a, and that which is in b rerniJ. Twenty of them at the ;~:=:~.5t:;. leafi in Fr4n&t. · rr....... H&. InSpai»e by ten f.:verall Kings: in twoCo.wncelsat 'Br4cara, and in dten at7"Pft· ~~o~~/; :;.. do; by the fpaceof three hundred yeares together. And how! under what rerme~ ~ xrom.>.li4o; Perufe the Councels themfelves: their very A6tsfpake, Ex f Praceptc, gJtJr?tm,· Y 7 •'"·•· 8 l1· hJulf'u iSanfliont k Ntttu I Decret6 ex m Evocatione, n Difbojitione, 0 Ordinaliose Rt· %TOIII·~·'o8, If'' • ' ' . ' . 'Jr. l d. .11 6'. A a Tom. l-4l7. gis : One fauh, P Poteft,u permiJJ• eft nsbrs : Another, q Fac~ t44 atat;• no " · H•,..l·<l9· third, r Injunc1um eft nobis 4 Rege. See their feverall fttles: nothmg can bemorepreg~ cT••"·8~~9. nant. Andnowweare gone, eighthundredyearesafter CH 1t zs r. d 'rom.t..S-47• 6 b ~~~~ J 84 i T,.·JIJ1' 81g. tTim,j67·7'· 87.181 . &8.f.:tO.f.~J•.J74• fl"'lm.%..170-l'"om.S.fSI, gTc•·3· . 1· r'' ' 6 • 1 ·· 6·~· kT.un·J·391· ll'"o~.:..J9'· mTorn.z..84o.n'1'1U!l. ~.if7· oTo.w.J.to1. pl"o.w.~.so•· q om.J.~l · '' 111 ·1· • :From cbarlts 4 Thenarofethere~ kind ofEmpire hefe irt the Weft, under ChArles rh: Gre~t: •he orw, •• and diCI not he then take theTrumpets as his owne and ufe them fixe feverall umes, 10 ;;::~:~~;•. calling fixe fcverall'Conncels, at CFrAwckford, ~ f~.rlts, ~'fONrs,•ChAfons,Y Meptr.l ' r,.,,i.67g· u r,m.;. H!· x r .... ~. ,s6. yY••·l .6JJ, . 110~ .·
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