$22' ;, Churc'v-EiifioY,y of Bi/baps ticks. His crimes were not denycd,but they juftified him tobe a true Pope, and found him not an Heretick. In this Council, the Templars were còndemned and put down; and their Lands given to the Jerufalem Hofpitalers, or Knights of Rhodes (which they lay KingPhilip thought tohave got) force lay the Templars were (slilya - cufcd of Heretics (and theMailers and others burnt) : Others fay, truely. Themolt probable is that forne particular. Menof them ( no new thing among Soldiers ) committedmany Villainies, and the refi fuffered for their fàkes. Ins this Council the Herchesof PetrasJoarn is a Difciple.ofAbbot Joachim, were condemned, which were three. i. That the rational Soul, as rational, is not the formof humane bodies. 2. That habitual gr ice is not infùfed in Bap- tifm ( that is alwayesand to Infants). 3. That Chaffs fide was pierced with the Launceblfore hewas dead. In this Council the Fratricelli and Dulciniffs were Condemned, and alto eight Hercfies of theleguines and Beguards; whichwere thefe (all for per. feíion, which Quakers and force Fryars now feem to be too much for in profellion, as we all are in delire) r. That man in this life, mayget fucka ` degreeofperfeftion, as that he may becomeimpeccable (or finlefs) and fo ` to rife to no higher a degree of grace :. Elk., fay they, ifone might ftill,fn- `create hemight growbetter than Chrift. 2. `That when onebath atteined that degree, he ought not to fall or ` pay : Becaufe then fenfuality is perfeétly fubjeft to the Spirit and reafon, to that a man may then freely grant his bodywhat pleafeth him. 3. ` That they that have got this degreeof perfeétion and the Spiritof li- ` berty4 are not fubjeét to humane obedience, nor bound to any precepts of ` the Church, for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. That thus a man may getfinal beatitude in all degrees in this life, as ` well as in that to come. 5. ` That every intellectual nature is naturally bleffed in it fell, and the foul needeth not the light ofglory for the feeing and enjoying ofGod. 6. ` That toexercife virtues is anote ofimperfeçtion. 7. ` That to bilk a Woman is fin, becaufe nature needs it not ; butcopu- lation is not, becaufe nature requireth it, when one is tempted; 8. ` Thatoneoughtnot to rife and do reverence at the elevation ofChrilts ` body, becaufe he mull not defcend from the altitude of his contemplations ` fo as.toto think of the Sacrament or Chrifts humane body. ¡t teems thefe were fuch fanatiks as force Fryers are. In this Council the decrees called Clementines were patted ; in which axe fpecially notedby Binius, tome things de fide, as followeth. I. ` That it is herehe to call indoubt, or affent that the fubllance of the `rational or intelledive foul is not trulyand perfeCt the form ofmans body. I I. r That whereas Divines differabout the effect of Baptifine, Come fay- ` ing that toInfants fin is remitted,but not Grace conferred; others Paying that `thc fault isremitted and virtues or införmingGraccinfufedasto the Ha-' .bit, -71
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