; 74 Chttrch-I f ory of Dijhops and Hillorians fay by perfidioufnefs, and otherslay the perfidioufrefs on the Pope) he took the Pope and Cardinals ( that were for him ) Prifoners , for deny- ing him to confirm the Bithops which the Emperorhad promoted; and he kept him till he made him confirm them, and grant him Inveilitures under his hand .and teal, and promife : But when the Emperor was gone, the Pope took his promise tobe null, and brake it, ( he that can difpenfe withothers, may dif- penfe with himfelf. ) § 116. Binnirri, after ntanyfuch others, doth not only juflifie the Pope's depofingof theEmperor ; but fhameleflÿ faith, that even the NovatoresHæ- retsci, ( as he calleth the Loyal and Orthodox) will not deny but that he was juflly depofd, becaufe ( faithhe) in a Letter to Hildebrand, he faid himfelf he mght juflly be depofed if he fell from the Faith ; and he was depofed for Herefie, viz. for defending Priefls Marriage,felling Benefices,contemning the Popes Excommunication, and laying that he ought not to regard it. Auf. t. Doth every word in a Letter that you can diflort, forfeit a Crown? a. Did not the Apoflles and ancient Chriftians obey Heathens , and com- mand it ? ' 3. Was it to the Pope that he forfeited his Crown ? How prove you_ that ? 4. Were there Apoflolic Doctrines, ( thatPriefts may have Wives,as Peter had, &c. ) a falling from theFaith ? 5., Is every Princes Crown and Life at the Popes mercy, becaufe he may judge him to be an Heretick ? 6. Are not the chief Chriftian Kings now that are Papifts (efpecially the King of France) of that which is called, The Henrician Herefie ? And may they be fo depofed ? . §sty. But one thing I defire may be noted of this HenricianHerejze, that the Emperor did not take away the old liberty of the Clergy and People in chufing their Bifhops: Inveftiture was not Eleîtion,or any determining Nomi- nation, but like our Indúltions an after-confent, and a delivery of poffeffion by a Staff andRing, as may be teen in the form of Pope Pafehal's Grant in Nau- clerrrs, Gen. 3 8. p. 7 3 8. [ Wegrant andconfirm to you, that you may bellow Invefliture by a Staff andRing to the Biffiops andAbbots in your Dominion, FREF_LT ELECTED WITHOUTFORCE AND SIMONY:] And it med- led -not with the Presbyters, but was only a Negative power of freely chofen Prelates indu&ion , who was frill chofen by the inferior Clergy and the People. § s s 8. How the old Emperor was barely deprived by the three Bithops of Mentz., Colen and Wormes ; how he charged their Oaths of Allegiance on them ; how he denounced the Revenge of God againfl them ; how he was kept in fuch poverty, that he delired for his relief to have been but anMilit- ant in the Monaflery of Spire which he had built himfelf,and was by the un- grateful Biíhop of Spire denied; how in his mifery he confef ed it- was the juftice of God for the fins of his youth (Luft ) you may fee in Sign. de Reg.
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