[ . )21) 1. It was the great fhame .of other Churches by multitudes of BereGes, Sects and Contentions, that made Rome feem as a Pofi for thofe to hold by, tha·t had by turning · round b~come fo giddy, that they could not fiand. ' .'' ' • 2 . When the befi Pafiors ·were perfecuted, by proud Courcie_rs, erroneous Coqncils , faCtious Bifhops, and /.lrrian Hereticks, be'caufe Rome had inore Concord, Quietnefs and Power, ~hey ufed to feek nelp from . the 'Bj{h,op of Rome in their hecefficy' and he was reaqy to take the advantage by helpinif them, to ge~ t}-ie reputation pfSupre:. rnacy : ·So did he by AtharJafim, and Chryfoflom, and the Eaflern Bia1ops under Valens and confiar;:. iim, tho\}gh BafiL comp1aineth of the Vvefierq Bil11ops fot minding them no more : The Popes owr.ing oi A lf£?tft ine and Profper, was· a gre4t help to him agaipH: fels1tgim~ · ·,. · · ' 3. When the Bi1ho~· sunder the Pagans h~d ep:– dured Martyrdom, rid Torment~, and Bani(h:– ments for Chrifr, thfi ~ godly Flocks, \.vhen Chri~ ftianity had cbnquere -chought none fo fit for ho":' · - nour and power tq govern and protect them, as i!he tryed furvivers : ' And who could 'then be fo fie ? And fo it\vas ~firft [he mpft pious Chriftians that advanced rhe Bifhops, and oyer-advanced · them : Apd fpecJally 'the Ron;zan Bifhops, 'be~auf~ · very many of the1r Predeceffors had been Martyrs and Confeffors. ' Tl~o· we had .many able Lay- M·'l.~ · gi{(rates here, wpich Con[famine had not qukkly, yet thofe that' Pl.lt down ·Bifhops were glad that the Power of Infcitution and Ii1duction , ·and of Jlniv~rfities ~nd Clmrch Mairi.tet;lanc~, Qlould ~e ~ ~n the bands of Dr. 1ohn Owen, Dr. T. Goodrvm, M.r. P. fiJ'e,Mr. Brid£e, Mr. Sydra~h Sympjon, and ·· ·· , · · · · ' ·· · · · -• · f~ca
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