their Councils abridged. "which in his Baptifm he promifed, viz. to-renounce the Devil and his " pomns and to believeinGod, that is, thinking rightly of him, to obey his "Commands. § 5 I Epift. u. He tells the Duke of Bohemia that it is cuflomarily and doubtfully that he faluteth him with [ApPtolical. BenediEElion.] Becaufe ." he communicated with the excommunicate : Andhe dcnietb his requefl of "ufing or.tránfiating the Divine Service or Offices into the Sclavonian i' tongue; Becaufe there were many myfteries in it. Thus come up thePro- hibition to the peoplee, to pray underftandingly,_ Epifi. 14. He abfolveth the Bifhop ofLiege from an Oath bécaufe, he took it by force : And commandeth him to rife up againft the impofer. with all his power, he being. St. Peter's enemy. Epifb. za. He tells the King of Denmark of an ill cuftom among - them, that whatever ill weather or calamity befell them, they imputed all to the ill lives ofPriefls. Epifl. 23. He tells our King William the Conqueror that feeing he Was on his fide, and is charged by fume with all his bloodfhed, that now he.muft be very obedient to him as his Paftor, and Peter's Succeffor. And Epifi. 25. He tells them that the Papal or Apoftolick power greater than the Kingly and muff rule it, as the Sun is greater than the- Moon. Lib. 8Epifl. z. He laments theCorruptionof the Church inArmenia: "'Cr. Becaufe they mixed not Water withWine in the Sacrament, when all "men know that Bloodand Water came from the ide of Chrift. 2. Becaufe " they madenot their Chryfm of Balfom, but ofButter. 3.. Becaufe they -. 1' honoured the memory of Diofcorus.] O what Herefies Pug. 125' 4.. in Bin. There is an Oath that Robert Duke-of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily to be true to the Pope, and defend himas holding an there f from him; and there is the Popes grant of them to him, , laying claim alto to his other dominions ; the denyal of whichhe patiently bea- reth at the prefent. 52. Butleft you think that at leafl the Kingdom of Spain was fall, . all this while to the Church'of Rome, Lib. 8. Epifl. 2. He writeth thus himfelf, .[" By the Letters of my Legate Richard Abbot of Marfeilles '° you may knowhowgreat impiety is gone am- ofyour Monaftery (of Cluny) , "by the prefumption of Robert a Monk, who imitating Simon Magus, "feareth not to rife up againfi the Authority of Sr. Peter, with all thecraft "ofhis malignity, and to reduce by hisfuggeftion into their olderrar an ltun- "dred thoufand men, who by our diligence began to return to the right way:] But he hopes that the Abbotthinks as he, for the. honour of the-Roman Church. He chargeth the Abbot to cart out this man that had fo en dangred_Spain, adding [" And by your Letters diligently acquaint the. "King who is deceived by his fraud, that he ha-th greatlyprovoked" St; " Peter's wrath and indignation againft him, and his grievous Revenge - g° aganft him and his Kingdom unlefs he repent becaufe he undecently hands 359
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