Church-Hz Cory of By-hops it from him : If Chrtfl, prove it, or Shame be to him that yieldeth it 5: That Man is fo ignorant of Church-Hiftory, or Impudent, as not to be worthy to be difputed with, that denyeth, That Princes have cal-. led Councils, even the Greateft, and moft Honored. I I. They fay, There fhotsld be Seventy-Two Witneffes; and there was fcarce one, betides the Accnfers.] Anfw. i, The whole Council, and People of Rome, and Army, are VVitnelIes, under the moft direful Imprecations. 2. The Pope may go on fafely, till God take him in Hand, if he mull pafs for Innocent till he will lye with his own Sifters, or murder Men, and cut off their Virilia, 6.c. before Seventy-Two VVit- neffes ! O fhameful Holy- Church, that is thusEffçntiated ! Ill. They fay He fhould have been thrice cited. Anf. What ! When he would not be found? 2. Is that neceffary to the being of the Sentence ? IV. They fay, No delay was granted! Anf. He was not to be found: And to what was delay neceffary, when the Babylonians, Iberians, and In- dians had notice oT his Diabolical Life. V. They fay, contrary to all Councils, theEmperour Condemnethhim, who may not Condemn any Clerk. Anf. But you may Condemn Kings and Emperours! Is not this Herefy, contrary to Rom. 13. and the 5. Commandement; How (hall Mens Lives, Wives, - and Eftaoes be fa- ved from Clergy-men, if Kings may not judge and punifh them. This Doflrine calleth for timely reflraint. VI. They fay, Execution went inflcad of Sentence. Anf. Is not a plain Sentence here cxpreffed? VII. The Pope is exempt from all humane judgment: The whole Council therefore were impudent or ignorant to Condemn a Pope, Elm which none ever did but a Heretick or'Schifmatick. An/'. if?. That is, fuch manyca- as you are able to call General Councils, Emperours e,nd Kings, He- rons did reticks and Schifmaticks ; if they prefume to. judge a Heretick, Schif- john and matick, or devillifh Pope. But your faculty proverb not another cut- ntsp gable. , Did not Solown judge Adbiathar ? Did not many Councils reds Condemn Honoriess and many other Popes. What a cafe is your Adhe- rents vi- y 3 elate? miferable Catholick RomanChurch in then; when Popesmay kill, ravifh, bláfpheme, and deftroy, and no Man can judge them, neither King nor Council ? q.. Why Paid you, that the whole Church did confent to your Pope, when all this Council, and all the Clergy, and People at Rome thus begged for another. 5. If all your Bithops of Italy, Ger- mann, &c. are utterly impudent or ignorant as you call there; What an honour is this to the Prelacy of your Church? And is it not becaufe your Popes ordained them, and like will generate its like. Such other trifl.ng objec4ions they frame, 4 57. But now we have two Popes, `John and Leo : and to this Day it, is not known, nor agreed among the Roman Doors, which was the true Pope. Moft fay Leo r Baron. and Bin, fay, Yohei ; and call Leo
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