434 Church- Hifiory of Bithops Judges appointed 5 and a Letter read from the Univerfity of Paris, infliga- ting the Council to their duty ( for their honèfl Chancellour Gerfon was here, ) §. S. Self. to. The Popes Sufpenfon was read. The Sef a a. the Ar- tides againfl the Pope are read, which were proved; which were in fum as followeth. Art. r. That the Pope John from his Youth was of a naughty difpofiti- on, impudent, a lyar, rebellious againft his Parents, given to moll Vices, and fo was, and [till is accounted of all that know him; Cardinals, Arch- Bithops, Bifhops, &c. witnefs it. 2. Hegathered riches bySymony, and wicked means. 3. By thefe Symoniacal riches he purchafed a Cardinals place at great rates. 4. Pofref ling Bononia as Legate by tyranny and cruel exac`lions, inhu- manely and impioufly he ruined the people, without all Juftice or Piety, &c. 5. Getting thus to be Pope,like a Pagan he contemned all Divine Offices, 6. That he is the oppreffor of thepoor, the perfecutor of Juftice, the Pillar of theunjufi, the Statue of Simoniacks, the fervant of the Flefh, the dregs of Vices, a firanger to Virtue, flyingpublick Confiflories, wholly given to fleep, andother flefhly delires 5 wholly contrary to Chrifi in life and manners , the Glafs of Infamy, and the profound Inventer of all wicked- .neffes (or malice) fo fcandalous to the Church, that among faithful Chri- flians that knew him, he was commonly called THE DEVIL IN- CARNATE. 7. That as a Veffel of all fins, he repulfed the worthy, and gave all Of- fices, Benefices and Church-promotions to the bad that would give moil *What real, Money for them. 4 the Church 8. Hereby the whole Church , Clergy and People, fell under infamy and then, j fcandal. p. That of all thefe he was oft admonifhed and humbly entreated. so. That he wasworfe after than before, laying all pretence of Juftice, and openly felling all to the worff that would give him money. za. That growing yet fironger in Vices, he made divers Officers pur- pofely to manage his Simony (as his Bailiffs) for all fat Cathedrals, Abbeys 3vlonafieries, Priories, and vacant Benefices referved, &c. 12. That he charged his Regifters to receive all the money before they. granted, &'c. i 3. That he appointed certain Merchants to put vacant Benefices in the Balance, and grant their Petitions that offeredmoll for them. 54. He ordered that no Petition for a Benefice be offered him, till it were by the Refundary, who then was topay it out ofhis own Eflate if he took too little. 15. That againfl God and hisConfcience he oft fold his Bulls to Eminent men, in which he wrote, that they that had Benefices had refigned them to him, and that by lying forged Refgnation, which never was made, fold them again for great funs, andbeggar'd many. ; 6. By
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