Of theRE suRRE c T 1o N. Se~ How<hcm· And I will tell you how this came, firft. From Saint Iames(who w~ "'·"'" tidt there were fuccellively one afrer ~mother, fifreene Bi01ops ofHierufalem all ofrhfi) caw<. ofrhe Circumcilion. Thefe (the foonerto wintheir brethren the Ierw;'condefcCtn ded to keepe rhm Eajler, XII II 0 • Ltm.e, as they did. That which was by rhen. thus done by way cifcondefcenlion, was after, byfome,urged as amatterof nece~ tie,as ifir were nor lawfull, but on that day to hold it. 1' The firft that it rookethus in the head(Tertt~Uian in the end ofDepr.efcrip. faith) wasoneBla.flm,abouttbedayesof Commodm. He beganafchifme. Andinn, 111 Hit.d,(cr. H· prefently wrote de (cht{mate cdntra Blajlum. But afrer,from fcht.fme Bl.ylt~< fell to £ptpb. b<r.p. herelie,and began that ofthe ft.!:_artod(Cimani: to whofe manner ofkeeping it for the moft part, other Hererikes did cleave, leaving thechurches cuflomeofpurpofe, fince they were departed from her. Great pitie, fome in our dayes had not beene then living, to have advifedthe church to have f:wed herpaines, and never have firiven fo about it :the ihorrefiway was, to have made nomore adoe, but kept none at all. But,nonhabemus talem con[ fit· tudmem, would have beene their anfwer. For you will eafily ghefi"e: ifthefe,fornoc keepmg it arrhe right time, were fcored up for Heretikes ; what would become of them, that had beenagainft the keeping ofit at all. Nonea ,inll Till now in our d1yes, there was.never ~ny fuch, but <;Aerim; he tookeiraway bH_cr, tu, cleane,as Iewijh. Hts teafon was (faithEptpbamm, fcornmg u)becaufe Ca a Is T :•;;';.·. H~rtf. a"r Paffeover u offered. CH 11 1 s T our Pajfeover i>offered, itt m therefore keepe aFe.jf 7{ (faithSainLPaul:) Let us therefore k7epe none (fa1th tAiirim) holden for fo fay- ' Lor.s.1. ino- for little better than crazed. There was never any Councell calledabout him , All c!Cr kecpe b~;as Aerimwas his name, fo was his opinion, and fo it vaniihed into aire, andwas Eaff,, the old blowne over firaight. Orherwife, all Heretikes, an Eafierthey had : Notfomuch P•n<ans, <he · h ll d h r 1 C h · ( h · h · f · N,...,;,.,,,od as the Novattans, t .at ea e t em1e v~s ~~ art t at 1s, t ePtmtans o rhePnmiai:. tive Church) bur.one they ha.d : but hkegoodfellow~s (by their Camnadi•phorm) .sw:: 1 ·1 ~··•· they left every on~arhberty,fo P,e kept one,to keepe 1t whether way he lifted;but keepe one he rilulf•. 'Th1scontendtngabour th1s mjlome from the beginning, fheweth, . fromthebegmning, fuchaetlj/ometherewas. w ,, , l'roofc from Next we avouch rhecyc!i Pafchales (forrhe keepingit right)which were indeed the Cy•li P•f· the Churches yearely Calendar (which to this day the Greekchnrchcall their _.t.i· <halts. " " ) made ofpurpofe for the jufi keeping it, at the very time. A pregnant proo~ for this cufiome, ifthere werenone but it. ByHippolytmfirfl: a famous Biihop and holy Martyr (his was thejixteeTJe.yeare Canon) [er forth by him fo timely, as it ended in the firft yeare ofAlexAnder Sevmu. And afrer him, ~hat ofeight yeares, devifed byDionyflus Biihop of Alexandti1,' whowasaMarryr alfo, and ofhigh account ever in the Church. (And both thefe, nnderrhe perfecurion.) . . , · Then cameEnfehim, whofe dev1ce the Golden number was, or Cycle ofm»l• ueneyeares. His held, till Theopbi!mofAlexandria's began. Now the time ofthe fetting his, is recorded to have beene the year~ 38o. , -5 6 Profpercame after him, and he fer another. And !aft cameviC!orinm ofv/qut• taineabout the yeare 46o. (not much before Gtlafltu.) Two more came afterthefc, before it was fully fetkd, (but we will not pafi"e our bound£.) Ifno fuch cujlome.were, what needed all thefe paines, all this adoe, in thefe Cyclesfetting,and calculauon of • • riflor. ea- times~ It ihewes the great efteeme,the Cht~rch had the Feafi in, chat it was fo care. p•aoru.f E . full ofthe precife time ofit, everyyeare. :.';;~"Y · ''" And there was reafon for it. Other-while theywere at an after-deale,abourthe fhc.ufc ol <he time. The yeare 454· (within a yeare or two,after the Councell of Cba!cedon) all f,{' 1 ' Pa[cba- were at a ftand. Eafler fell fo high in April, they were in a doubt, they ha~ beene P fob 11 wrono: Yea, Leohimfclfe (that then lived) and all. Prefenrly fell Leorownungof i,.~~;:::,~}. letter~ about, to all, reputed any thing feenc that way. To the Biihop of ' Ltiyb:j'fi 68 · inSicil. TotheBiihopoftheHle b Coos. Tothc 'Emperourc..Marttan htm•e. e .:1 ~·.~t (and to the d Emprefi"e to follicite him) that he would not faile, but fend to Prote:,:/11 - - ll1wop
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