. \ ( I 96 J ,' two hundred at Trent,or a thoufand at Bafil out of the vVeil:, or fome few parts of it, and few from . theEafi, and none frori1 Ethiopia, Armenia, A me· rica, and many other Churches; are thefe a true llniverfal Council? And ·can we all be here re· folved? The Couritrey where the Council meeteth, and the Prince who is for them, ·will have more Bi1)1ops there, than any, if not all the reft ; when remote parts, and the_ Churches under Enemies ordifient~ng Princes will have few. . ' · 5\ The fat?e Councils that had tn?fi for t~em under one Prmce, have bad mort B1fhops agamft them under the next, and fo off and on for many Succeflions : We know that the .Council of Nice was mofily for the truth, becaufe we try it by the WordofGod: Elfe how fhould it be ·known af– ter; when under· Conftantius and Valens moll of the Bil11ops by far, in Councils and out, we~e Arrian?? The World groaned to find it felf grown Arrian. The Council of Conjfantinople,, in ,the begir.ning fee up Greg. Naz..ianzen; and in the end was agaihfr.him? Which part was the Uni~ verfal Governor ? The firfi Council at Ephefus was againft J;Veftorius till cyoh. Antiochenus came ; and then it divided into two, which condemned . each other ; and after by the Emperors threaten– ing was united : _The Chalcedon Council carried mofc while Martian Reigned; ' and after moft con– demned and cm-fed it ; and thep ,~gain moft wer.e for it, and under other Emperors moft cur{ed 1t again ; and under Zeno the mofc were for Neu.rra– liry or Silencing-the difference. The EucycliJans had far moft at Eph.ef. 2. and awhile after under .. Thecdof. z. and Anaftajius, &c~ -J.\nd under o(ha~d ' .
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