Church-Hiftory.ofBifhops and But though the Filthofthe Arian Herefie juftifie all ¡aft care and endea- vours to keep it out, themultitudes ofnewCreeds, thenmade by one and the other Party became fuch a fnare and fhame to the Church , that Hila- ry, amongothers, greatly lamentedit, even in thefe fadexpreffions. Poll Nicenam Synodum nihil atiud quám Fid'em fcribimus ; dam . in Verbis papa efi dam de novitatibus quefiio eft ; dam ele ambiguis, dum de authori- bus querela ell; darn de fludiis certamen ell; dum in confenfu dificultas efl; el mq; alter alteri Anathema of ecepit, propejam Nemo eft Chrifti. Proximi annifides quid immutationishabet? Pritnum decretum Homoufiondecernit taceri fequens rurf is Homou(ion dccernit ter predicit : Tertium ufiom fimplicitér d Pa. tribes prafumptam per indugentiamexcufat ; Pofiremumquartumque non excu fatfed condemner : Tandem eó proceffum eli ut neq; penes nos, neq; penes quen. quamante nostent-tam exinde aliquidatq; inviolabile perfeveret. Annual atq; Men- finger de Deo .Fides decernimus: deeretis peenitemus; pcenitenter defendimus: detentes Anathematizamus ; aut in nofiris aliena, ant in aliens nofiradamna- nass, & mordentes iitvicem jam abfumpti femur ab invitent. Is not this a doleful defcription of the Bifhops fo loon after their won, derful deliverance and exaltation ? The caute ofall he tellsus was partly forfaking the fimpleForm ofBap-- tifmal Faith as not fufficient, and partly following Votes and worldly Powers. Dam á quibus ea requiritur fua fcribunt & non qua Dei font prat dicant, orbem sternum errorisCrr redeuntis in feTemper certaminis circumtulerunt. Oportuerat humana infirmitatis modefiia ornne cogitations divina facramentum illis tantism confcienti4 Tuafinibus contineri quibus credidit: Neque poli confeffane & jnratam inbaptifnsofadem innomine Patrie, Filza 6- Sp. faafli,quicquam aliad velambigere vel innovare. And fpeaking of mens perverting the fence, he addeth. Scribenda &innovando fisici exinde afar inotevit: . ui pofiquam.no- va potius &spit condere, queen accepta retinere, necvetera defendit, nec innovate firmavit, &faEta eft Fides temporum potiúe gilam Evangeliorum : dum&fecun- dum annos fcribitur, Cr fecundMm co,feffonem baptifmi non tenetur. Periculo- fum admodìim nobis &miferabileeft tot nunc Fides exifiere; quot voluntates : & tot nobisdoctrinas effe quot mores, & tot caufas blafphemiarum pullulare, quotvi- ria feint; dam aut ita fides feribuntur, ut volumes, ant itaut volumus intelligun cur. Et camfecunditm unum Deum, er anum Dominant& anum baptifinefides unafit, excidin.us airea' fide quafola eli'; & dum plares fiant, ad id- cceperunr effe ne ultafit : (referring to Nice.) Fides cairnqueriear qual-fides nulla fit : Fides fcribendee eli quaff in corde - non fit : Regenerati per f dem mane adfidem docemar ; quali regeneratio ilia fine fidefit: -Chriflum poll baptifma difcimus, quali baptifma aliquid effe pofitt.lino Chrifli fide : Emendamus ; qua f infpiriteom fan£tum peccfffe fie venia. Sed impie talis ipfiushirevelprecipue effeteperpetua eft, quod fidem Apoflolicam feptuplo pro- ferentes, ipfitarnenpeen Evangelicam volumsu confitera ; dam impietates esoflrar noble in populas multiloquis defendimus magniloquentis vantate acres fimplicium verbisfallentibue illudimus, dum evitamuade Domino-Chrfio ea credere, qua de fe;-
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