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fa)
had left upon the Peoples minds, with the
general murmur at their frufiration.
2..
The hor–
rid CorruPtion of the Clergy by grofs Ignorance,
palpable Errours, Pride, Covetoufnefs, and almofi:
all
iniquity, which made even nature
}oa~h
them:
Whereupon the old
Bohemian
complamts were
re–
affumed, and
Teceliuis
Indulgencei provoking
Lu–
ther,
he 01wakened the ·univerfity of
Wittenburg,
and they the Princes and Learned
~en
of
Germany.
§
IX.
At their
firft
awakening, they coming
·newly out ofdarknefs, were fenfible of little but
the grofs fort of corruptions, which men of com–
mon fenfe and morality
might
perceive : And
few had fiudied the Ciife ofa Pretended Univerfal
Jurifdittion, being bred up in the Reverence of
that Church Unity for which it was pretended :
But one Truth let in another till the cafe became
very commonly underfiood.
·
Accordingly men fell into three Parties.
r.
The
worldly Clergy was againll: Church-Parliaments,
unlefs fuch as would obey the Pope, · and againll:
Reformation, ·faying, The Pope was fitteft to do
what was to be done, for Councils and Popular
Humours would never know where to fiop, but
would break down all the Churches firength and
glory.
,2.
Luther's
Party (after their riper thoughts)
were for fuch a Reformation as confified in a nul–
!ifying of the Papal Church and Separation from
It,
as no True Church, but the Seat of Amichrilt.
3.
A
moderate fore of Papills were for reforming
'
of
many
things in
the
Roman Church, but not for
null~fying
it. They were for· reconciling t_he t\VO
Parties,
an~
for fubmiffive Conformity, but
not
for Sepa1:at10n. Such were
julim Pflug;
Sidonim,
and
Agpcola,
who drew
up
the
Interim,
and alfo
EiJ[mus,
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