and their councils abridged. 3Z9 After this, more Bifhops carne out ofGermany; and they write again to the Pope, telling him, That if hewill not appear and anfwer, they fhall defpfe his Excommunications, and turn it upon himfelf. Fie would not be found. The Emperor feeing he would not appear, told the Council, how treacheroufly he' had dealt by him, intreating him to come, and help him ; and after broke his Oath, and joyned with his Enemies. The whole Clergy, Biffhops, andcall the People, cry out, An un-heard-of Wound muff be cured with an un- heard-of Cautery ; and declaring the Mifchief he had done, craveth that this Mealier of incurable rice, might be cafl out of the Roman-Church; and another put in his Place, that will go before them with good Example. Then they all cryed up Leo the Proto-Sorini;orius; which thrice repeating, upon Content, they Ordained him, and fwore Fidelity to him. S. 54. If now Baranius and Binius fay, That the Clergies Confent. can make an uncapable Monfler a true Bifhop, let any one tell us t. Whether this Council did not prove, that the Church did not con- fent to yohn ? z. Or, Whether his utter Incapacity, many exprefs Ca- nons, and the Bifhops and Councils Confent, did not Ejeft him, and Authorize Leo ? 4. S5. But here we come to the Core of all the Papif?s Cheats: When they tell us themfelves of all this Wickednefs, they cry our, O the happy Church of Rome 1 that though it fail in Manners, yet never failed) in Faith. Aofw. r. If General Councils are fufficient Witneffes, that judged Popes Hereticks, it bath failed in Faith. 2. Hath that Man true Faith, that wanteth all things requifte to a Lawful Bofleop, and that drinketh to the Devil, and prayeth to Jupiter and Venus; and Li vet) in all Wickednefs ? What a thing is Popifh Faith ? 3. Did Chriff mean to pray only, that St. Peter might have fuch a Faith, as will (land with Wickednefs and Damnation? What the better is any Man of a wicked Heart and Life, for a dead Opinion call'd Faith, that will damn him the more deeply for finning againft it? 4. It is not polf- ble, but that ferious true Belief of fo great Things, as God, and ChriIt, and Glory, will bring a Man to ferious Repentance and Reformati- on. S. 56. Here Barontus and Biniur become this Monfler's Advocate, and fay, [That there never was a Council of Orthodox Men, that finned more againfl the Canons and Traditions, than this falfe Council. ] (How £alfe is a Devil-worlhipping -Pope, a Murderer, and common Adulterer, and incefluous Villainies, in comparifon of all his Neighbor-Bithops? I. They fay, They could not call a Council without him. Anfoe. r. He was no Pope. z. It's a Trayterous Fiction to fay, That an Emperor may not call his Subject-Bithops together, to a Council. 3 VVhat if Deviiifh Villains will make Murders, and Perjury, and Rebellions, to pats for Duties, and never call Councils; Mufl the Devil therefore be made Lord of the Catholick - Church, without Remedy ? VVho gave your Pape that Peivi-ledge? If Council or Princes; they can take U u it
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