o/ Calling A s s E M BL 1 E s. ~ ari~ z Rhemes? And what faith he inthem~ ,Rh:nm I named lall:,takethat: In c~n- ,r,,..J,7oq, ·uentH·more prifcgrum Imperator11m congregato apzijftmo Dommo noftroCarolo. That he . ,, called that Convention by no othernght, than as the manner of the ancient Empe• · · rour.s had becne to doe. Exprelling under one, both what his was : aad what the . ufage had ever be~neb_eforehim. . . . . . The like after h1m d1d LudovtcmPtt«, Lotharzm, Luilovwu Ballnu, Carolm C•l- aTom.J. 703, •.-'flU< ,Caroins Crajfos,andArnulph11s, at the feverall Cotwel~holde_n at' Akef, b Mentz ~~;::~--~J:: ~ c .Me!den, dWormes, c Colein, and f Trzhur; and fo held1t nil mne hundred yeares: d Tom. 3 • 97 r. . For a!;>outthat ~care (a yeare or two under or ~>Ver) was h~ldenthe Councell at Tr~- (~;;:.~4;'[." '· b11r in Germame, CumConczltum [acr11m cowtmuArtdecrevijf_et: and g Pr.ejidentepto gTOin. t-4•· ! . l'rindpeArm•lpho,bytheEmperourArmelphns's Decrec,himfelfethen Prefidentofit. . · . And ifit be excepted; there are of theCMncels which carry in their alts nomen-· tion ho~v they were called: For them,we are to underll:and, that after the decrees of - the firll: NicemCouncell were byCot!flantims Edict confirmed,wherein(a~ likewile Nicen. c••- r: ,iil the Councell of Cbalcedon) it was ordered, each Province lhould yearely hold ch•lceUaw. their Synods twice: but fpecially, after Iuffinian had made the decrees of thefoure A tbl 1 •:; firll: General! Cotm.celstohave the nature and force of ImperiaULawes : (a Lawbeing " n'' • __ thus pa!fed from rhem,)we are to conceive, theEmperosrsauthoritie was in all after– ward, habitually at leall:: thatis,ifnot (as in the other) by exprelfeand formall concfcnt: yet by wayofimtliedallowance, as pa!fed by a former Cra~t. , . Well, thus farre the Tmmpetgiveth acerraine found. Now after this, there is a. ,great filence in the Volumes of the Councds,in a·manner for the fpace of two hun- ~ _ .. :dred ycarcs,uatill the yeare MCLXXX. or thereabout,when the councell qf Late- 0!-~i~~~· -,ran was : and ;1,!-.Ch (indeed) the cafe was altered. By that time had the Billiop ot r,.,nptts :o• \Romeby his skill and pratlice,gotone of theTrumpetsaway, and carried it with him ""'"''Y' _ -toRome : fo leavingPrinces but one : Bur,folong they heldit. -;_ Trudy, thrae times [o much time as weareallowed, wouldnotferveforthis :~>ne point of theC4uncetls; but even barely to recite them,and to cite them,they are {o-many. You remember how t.Ahraham dealt with God for the favi'ng-of the ,five Cities, howhewenrdownefromftftie, roWJ : Imightwelltakeacour[e.rhe other way,and rife from ten to fiftie,nay,fixtie,nay,fevemie,nay,eightie,not [q few; pf Cotmcels ·Genera/1, Nationa/1, ProvinciAII, called byEmperotm, by Kings : Empe– rours of the Eaft, of theWeft : Kmgs of Italy ,France,sp~ine,Germany, (as before, fromMofes to the<.)l.{accabees: So here fromConftantinero Arn11lphus) for fo many hundred yeares together,extam all,to be lhewed and fcene,all cleare and evidenr; all ii.1l!.and forcible for this Nwer :as indeed it is a caule that laboureth rather o( plen" tie_; than penury of proofe. And this was the courle that of old was well thougln of in the-Chrill:ian world. Thus was the Congregation fo longcalled·; neiiher is th~ro yet brought any thing to force us to f w~rve from the way, whereinfo many·and fo l_loly ages have gone before us. · '· Yes,fomething: For what fay you to the three hundred_yeares beForeConflantine1 How ;nrho . liow went <Ajfemhlies then~ Who called them, all that while-~ For diverfe were ;~~;::J;~~. holdeR that while: I11 Paleftine, about Eafler; At Carthage, about Heretikes Baptif~ ymes before me; at Rome, about Novattes; at <Anti~ch,about Paul11s Samofatmus. How aflem- confl•wti.e.: bledtbefe~ ' · -- Truely, evenasthefepeoplehere, of thelewes, did before in lEgypt, underthe. . I tyran(JIC of PhAraoh : they were then aChurch underperfecution, until! <.)l.{o(es was As,m !Eg]pt. ratlcd up by Go o, a latvfull Magill:rate over them. The cafes are like for all the world. No Magill:rate d1d a!femble rhem in lEgypt. And <>o.od reafon : they had thcnnoric to doe it. Pharaoh (we may be lure) would not gfferto doe it : not for any confcience (I trull:) ·or feare, to encroch upon theChlfrchesright; bu_t be- ~a1_1ie )le-hated bor~<.Arrembly, andCongregation, al)d Iought by ali meanes to cx,ting,mfh both. Burrh1swas no batre; but thatwhen_<.)l.{ofes arofe-,authorizedby: God, ang had the Tr11mp~ts here, by Go o delivered him; he might_ take them, keepe them, and ufe them, to that end, for which Go o gave them·i to>AlltheCohgreg~- ~· .t ~ tiqll,
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