Church-HOry of Drops and Lords and Bill-lops of other parts to break their league, and Band up in arms to their own deftru&ion. That you may know what Bifltops now ruled the Churches. Epift. 295. The forefa'rd Bithop of Vienna giveth one reafon why he reje&ed Optandas ordained Bithop of Geneva by the Pope, viz. [r' Becaufe he never was either baptized, made Clerk, acclamed, or "learned] Towhich faith the Pope [ Thisfhould be covered in fslence, "becaufe [let us fpeak rt with your charity] your holinefs having nothing "of thefe was yet confecrated in the Church ofVienna.] was not here good fucceffion, and a holy Church. Bithops unbaptized,that were no Scholars and no Chriftians. Epift. 296. One Bithop by an armed band of men carrieth away a- nother ourofthe Church, and the Pope interpofeth. Epift. 297. He again foliciteth Michael King of the Bulgarians tobecomehis fubjeft. The poor men that had chofen Chrift, were fo perplexed between the Priefts that !trove who Mould be their Vice- Chrift, and King ofKings, that it feemed as hard to them to refolve the doubt, as it before was to be Chriftians. Yet Epift, 307. theweth, the Bithop of Ravenna being dead, that yet the Roman ufurpation was not grown fo high as to take the choice of the Bithop out ofthe People and Presbyters hands, except in long neglefted vacancies (as Geneva aforefaid.) Had not this Pope been kept under by Gods judgments, fufïeringthe Saracens fo to ruine Italy as that he !till needed the help ofPrinces, he had been like to have overthrown Rome by his ufurpaions, letting both Princes and Prelates againtt him : But neceffìty made him a flatterer of the two Emperors of the Weft, the Emperor ofthe Eaft, the King of France, the Kingof Bulgaria, the Princes of Pannonia, and all that he needed, as ambition made him Rill, ftriving byTibi dabo claves, and A-' nathemasizing to affright the world to his obedience. -I faynot worts ofhim than Baronies, Binning, &c. who have no other way to deny the Hiftories ofPope roan, than by laying that this mans baler compliance made him called Pope Joan. Baronies ad an. 879, n. 5 j.reciteth an Epittle of this Popes fo greatly complying with Photius even againft the [Filioguen].that Binning would havens believe that . Photius forged it, And ["epiJtolam ipfam aternaobli vione dignam urlai (faith he) hsfce adjungi.] , § 81. CCXC.An.876. a Concslium.T'cinenfe .maketh CharlesEmperor when. the Pope that had crownedLudovicas before callethCbarles, pra- fcituna, praelÈïlum et pradeftinatum.hereto, with all honourable Elogies. And here cometh-in a great controverfie between the Papifts, and the Proteftants ; viz. Whether Kings lucceed by inheritance or by the election and making ofthe Pope. The Pope thought the craft of put. Ling in a big chirping word, was as good as a Law to prove their own power tó. make Kings, andunmake them.Accordingly this Pope when he durft
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