251 Church-H ftdry of 13hoys and Pal. Later. faith Anaflefts ) but he lived but 3 o or 40 days, ( Hiftorians agree not of it.) § t 31. Gregory the 4th fucceeded, who, faith ?Patina, would not under- take the Papal Office,till Ludovicus the Emperorhad confidered ofthe choice, " and confirmed it : [Which,(faith Platina) Ludovicus did not out of Pride, *}Mark "but left he fhould léfe the Rights of theEmpire *, being by nature gentle and the Rights "moft humane, and had ever upheld the Rights of the Church. He fetle l of the " Benefices on every Prieft, that Poverty might not hinder them.] You fee Empire. here that the great Friend of the Church yet took that for the right of the Empire, that none fhould be Pope againft his confent. § ? 3.3. Platina, adding how he reformed the Clergy , forbiekeling them gay Attire, Ornaments, Sumptuoufnefs and Vanities, faiththereupon, "Would' thou had#t lived in cur times, O Ludovicus? For the Church wanteth thy. " holy Infiitutions, andCenfure, fo much hash the Ecclefiaftical Order poured out " itfelf to all Luxury and Luft. ] So defcribing their abominable Pride and Vanity. + a'34. Pope Gregory added fo much to the good works of hisPredecef: fors, by' mending,. building, adorning fo many Temples, Pillars and Pons,. withStones, Venments, Silver, &c. and removing the Bones of Saints, (if he ininook not) that it is no wonder if Rome grew into greater pomp and. fplendor than ever before. § r 3 5. This godly Emperor having three Sons by his fire Wife, and marrying a fecond, having two Sons by her; the Sons of the fire Wife ha-- red the f condWife, thinkingher Son Charles hadtoo much favor. One Son ( Pepin) apprehended his Father, and the elders (Lotharitrs) came in and approved it, and the 3:d joined with them, and wickedly depofed him from. his Kingdom: of which anon. § a 36. Ludovicus called Councils at Paris, Mintz, Lyons,and Tholoufe,for Reformation ; fore fayupon the warning of a Maid that being poffefhed of the Devil,and fpeaking Latine,faid that this Devil executed Judgments on the Land for their Sins, Injunice, &c. CCXLVII. The Council at Paris wrote a large Book for Reformation, An. 819. with the reif of this Empe- ror'i Confitutions, worthy to be Tranflated for the common good, that all *night fee the difference between Reformers and turbulent Hereticks and He- reticators, and proud .alpiringPrelates. TheBook is a Treatife of piousDi- reétions.._ The Soth Chapter,reproving the breach of the Lord's day,faith,', that " [ Byfight and by certain relation they have notice, that many working " an that day have-beenkilled with Thunderbolts , fore panifhed by fudden Convulfions, forìne by vifible Fire, their Flefh and Bones being in a moment S6 confuted and turned into áfhes, and many other filch terrible judgments. Therefore they require that as the7ews keep their Sabbath, all Men much more do, fpiritually obferve this day of the Lord. The fecond Book doth notably fhew the duty of Kings and Magi Ifiates,. The
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