28 z Churcb-Hif iory of. 73i !bops and 'ple5tebatur, impie au- tragicoprope:modo concinnitatus, fane guaque- ipfsus '-fty ii doEloris magiflerio & Photil minifterio dignos, Gregory,Bi'tl;op of Syracofe, wrote themout, and Pent them to the King of France. Who wrote truly ,and who falfly how fhould we now :know ? But this I know, cCr r. That contending who fhould be greateft was the fin-of the Pre- lates, and the plague of the Churches. 2.. And that then it was taken for granted, that thePope deferving" it might bede-pored. The newEmperor Baf:l rent thefe Books to the Pope,who"burnt them as you have heard (Great"reafon : but I would we faw them ! ). Igna- tius being reftored, excommunicateth Photires,and all that were initiated by him; and all thatcommunicated with him ( °It'teems they were 'much alike in the art of damning men , and feparating them from Chrift.) , Then is Ignarios's Council called, where Loz Bifhops damn Photius, depofe him, and curie him from Chrift ; and the Bithops, to 'thew their holinefs and conftancy,would not write his damnation with ' Ink, but. withChriff''s own blood; ( that is, the Sacramental Wine. ) (And yet erelong they fet upPhotises again. ) Nicetas blameth his Condemners, that went not fá far as to prevent his Reftoration. But how can Bithops rule God's Providence, or the mutable minds of Prin- ces! faith he, [.' Nam quiper reconciliatos eras ejellus, & per hpocri- 'tas damnatus, is pereafdem quafifamiliares poflliminio recurrens, razrfus Patriarcha thronumper vim invafst --- -Cum omnes infua teflimonia & ' Chirographa perjuros, to ipfeeras, faeri coegiffet, at extrema primis.dete- a riera fecaffet, omnium confcientias inquinavit &confpurcavit. ] Alas! if =; the Bill-lops will be perjuredWeathercocks, and,as Hypocrites, cry pee- cavimus one year, and go contrary again. the next,and change as Princes do, who can help it ? He faith now, new Earthquakes and terrible Whirlwinds did again .. afright men. He giveth us all() manyof ignatius's Miracles, efpecially, when he was dead. He faith Photises profecuted him with malice when he was dead. He next tells us how after the death, of Ignatius,Photius came to be reftored ; even by feigning a Pedegree of Bafalins as from theKing of Armenia,found by his skill in Antiquities; and by his great parts and elegancy w inning upon him. He maketh Theophanes .the -in- ftrument of the deceit. He,wcn the hearts of all the Courtiers fo that within three days of Ignatius's death he was reftored. Hereupon the Bithops turn round,and,they that lately called himall that's naught, ef" now magnIfie him, ( Bin, p. á7g.,) But all that Nicetaa ,. calleth veré:: Chriftianos, abhorred him. (This maketh me remember the words of Erafmus in the life ofDr.' Coder tranflated byThomas Smyth, concerning the Bifhop of London that then was) being an acute Schoolman, [ Ihave known , faith :he , tome fsch that Iwouldnot call. Knaves,;but never any that Icould 'call a Chri- flian. ]
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