z. 8 8 Church-Hiory of 1r3ops and ' from thisOath, by the authorityof God and St. Peter, affirming that which he did to fave his life, wasno hurt to him, and that it was not ' to be called an Oath , which was made againft the good of the Corn- ' monwealth, by how many Curfes foever it was pronounced. Bin ' p. 920. 4 79. There are no lefs than ;to Epiftles of this Pope inferted by 5z. for- for Binnius in his Councils. The 1 zth is toplead with the Emperor,to other give and reftore Modelgerus a Murderer; and will you hear the motive? Murderer He had fled toRome, and thereby merited pardon ; ' Nampro rani neris labare durimo, quern veniendo perpeffus eft, feut credimus , ali- ' quantulúm de perailo frelere indulgentiammeruit, ejus estique intercef ' fionibus adjutass cui diîtum ejfe"a Domino coafiat, Tibi dabo claves, 6-c. Accordingly EpI.15. he writes to the Bifhop to reftore him all his Goods and Dignities, though it was contrived Murder, becaufe God in- fpired him to go to Rome, &c. 4 80. Many of his Epiftles are to fummon Bifhops to come toRome, and declare or threaten Excommunication againft them if they come not; fach an abufed thing was Excommunication, by which the Pope made men hisSubjefts. Epift. 76,77, 78,79. Heftriveth todraw back the King of the Bulgarians from the GreekChurch, to theChurch of Rome,and denounceth Excommunication even to old Ignatius,andall the Greek Bifhopsof the Diocefs of Bulgaria, for ordaining and officiating there, unlefs they give up the Bulgarians to Rome. Epift. 174. He writes to the faid King, as if he were fallen from Chrift, or his falvation loft, by fubmitting to the GreekPatriarch, rather SeF alfo than to him ; as if the Converts of no Apoftles bùr Peter were faved. Ep. 18 , And 7'ibi dabo Claves, andAnathema's,now are the two words that mutt t 8f, 189, fvbdue the world. The Epift. 175. to the Bulgarian Nobles,and Epift. *90,192- 176. are to the fame purpofe. As the Religion of Saints tends all to Heaven, fo did thefe Popes to theadvancement of theirKingdom. And whereas we nowtake it juftly for a fufpicious fign of a proud hypocriti- cal Preacher, that envieth the auditory and efteemof fach as are prefer- red before him, as if other mens Preaching might not win Souls, as well as his; thefe Popes could not endure the croffing of their am- bition, whenKingdoms took not them for their Lords. Epift. 188. Is to juftifie aman that baptized his own Child in danger of death, for which Anfelm Bifhop of Lemovic. judged him to be fepa- rated from his Wife. Were not thefe two Bithops judicious Cafuifts? Was either of them in the right ? After many other Epilties,ftriving with and for the Bulgarians,as be- longing to his Diocefs, he Epift. 195. chideth Methodists Archbifhop of Pannonia, for turning from his Laws, and in fpecial for celebrating Di- vine Service in the Sclavonian Tongue, which is barbarous,commanding him
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