[ 502 ] (. .z 8. . And were no.t Chri fi ians all that while fure that the Scriprure was true? And were the¥ not of the {ame Faith as now ? · · . · ~ 9. Was it not ·Conftantin.ethat called the firff General Council at Nice? ·and had ·he any ·Au..:. ~hori~y to call any but his SubjeCts? · · ~ I o. Do not the. Subfcriptioq~ ofthe .Ancient Councils £hew thacthey were General only as to· t hL R_omanEmpire, and not to all the V/ or1a? , £2:_ I~. How {hall we be fure that the Council of one Nation or Empire is Ruler of all theotbet 1\:ingdoms of the World i · ~ ! • · ~I 2r \:Vhen Councils of equal {lUmber, and called by equal Authority of EI.T.perors,condernn– edone another (in the days of Conftantii'M, Valens, fl'alentinian, Grat ian, Arcadim and l-JonoritJA, Th,eo~ dojitH fcnior and jtmior, M C!rt ian, Zen'o, Bafilifcm; 'Leo, Philippicvu 1 Anaftajim,1uftinian,&c. howwere all men and women fure w·hich w1s of Conciliar PO\vel~, and \Yhich not ? As to the'n· faul ty car– ri3ge·each accufed ·other. : ~ I 3· Seeing fo many then erred, and are ·cal– l~d Hereti cks at this qay,(as the CounCilsof Tyre, Ephef 2 . Arimin, Sirmium, Milane , Con{faminople ,· Al~xa;1dria, .Amioch, Jerufale:JJ, Rome, &c.) how {hall \.ve now tBe fur e which err not ? · ~ 14: tf we mufl: bel ieve Scripture on the credir of Coum:iis,muft we notal fo believe which . Councils are true upon the credit of C ':Jt.ncils? And if io, is it on tbe AuthoriLy of ch~t fai!.e Co;.mcil, or cmother ?. If of the fc1tr~e, then mull eve– ry Council , even the Heretical, be fobel~everlj or \vhic;h, and how known? · If of another, 1huft the Cl urch fuflpend its belief of one Council rill ano· I ' ' ther is c:J.lled eo atteft it? And on what account ' . . ~ ,, !S •
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