270 Church,FZ ory of bops and Yet he faith that the. Church of Rome may change, and mend its own Miftakes and Decrees, n..1 o. 'Tit. 5. C. t. No Cujiem may occafion the removal of any thing eftablifh- ed by full Papal Authority. C.2.. Other mens works approved or reprobate by the Pope'sDecrees,muft accordingly bejudged,accepted or rejel ed. C.3.They `that have not the Decreesare to be reproved, &c. § Tat. 6. He brings down Emperorsand Kings fufficiently below the Priefts, confining them to temporal things, and not to judge of Priefts. Tit. 7. He rebuketh the King for letting none be Bifhops, but thole that he liked, charging him to admit none at Colas or Triers , till the Pope had notice. And before he told Emperors, that they muft take no care what kind of Lords the Priefts be, but what they fay of the Lord ; nor to note what Popes be, but what they do for corre6tion of the Churches ; For they are byConftantine called Gods, and God muft not bejudged of men, Tat. 3. e. 3. He queftions whether Lotharius was to be called a King, becaufe he was an Adulterer. § 2.9. Tit. 8. c. s. He decreeth that no Bifhops be ordained, but by the ele6fion orconfent of theClergy and People. C.3. That Primates and Patriarchs have no Priviledges above other Bifhops, but fo much as the Canons give, and ancient cuftom hath con- ferred. § 3o. Tit. i r. c. r. Is this, [ Nullsee miffam Presbyteri audiat,guem fcit concubinam habere antfubintroduólammulierem.] That is, Let no one bear ` the Mafi of that Presbyter, whomhe knoweth undoubtedly to have a Concu- bine, or a Womanfubintroduced. C. 2. If Priefts fall into the 'hare of Fornication, and . the aft of the crime be manifefi or filmed, they cannot have the honour of Prieftbood , according to the authority of Canonical Infiitution. ( Yet our Canons will condemn him that refufeth to take fuch an one for. theGuide of his Soul, or to hear him.) Yet Can.S. hefaith, That we muft receive the Sacrament from any Prieft how polluted foever, and by the judgment of how many Bifhops foever he be Reprobated, becaufe bad men adminiftring good things , hurt none but themfelves ; and all things are purged by faith in Chrift. Tit. tq.. Lay-men muft not judge of the lives of Priefts, nor fo much as fearch into them. § 3 T. CCLXIV. An: 858. ACouncil at Confiantinople placedPhotiats in the place of Ignatius, (of which before, and more anon ;,) Ignatius is ba- nifhed : we have not the Hiftory and Reafons of the Council. §31. CCLXV. An. 869. ACouncil was called atTaallum of theBifhops of twelve Provinces by King Charles, where,.befides other Clergy-mens mtf- carriages, Wenilo Archbifhop of Sens, was aecufed of Treafonable Defe6fion . by the King. In rottiich it's pity. that Bifhops below the Pope fhould have or pretend to thePower which theKingBoth intimate in the words, Bin. P. 798.
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