448 `CbttrthHgióry of Bilhopr, in War: He claimed the Kingdome ófNaples to the-Church for want of Heirs; anAnti-Pope was alto made, called Clement. E. but beingperfwaded to refign, he accepted a Bifhoprick : Many Cities in Italy ruined by Earth- quakes, whofe ruines Platina faith helaw with admiration : He made a new Holy-day for Chills Transfiguration. 4.44. Nextcometh Aneas Sylviur,.called Pius 2, one of the moftlearn- ed of all the Popes, efpecially anOrator : He was againfi the Pope for the fuperiority of Councils at Bafil ; but when he was made Pope, he recant- ed it. In hisEpifile tohis Father he excufeth himfelf forhavinga Ballard, and for fornication, (particularly with an Engle Woman that lodged in the fame houfe with him) telling him, that he was not an ,Eunuch, and re- membering his Father what aCock of the Game he had been himfelf; but among the Popes he was a wonder of worthinefs : He was vehement for a War with the Turks, bu-t-could not fo far quench the.flames of War at his own doors in Italy, and Other Chrifian Countries, as to accomplifh it. Platina recordeth many of his Sentences, among which are : [EverySeil eflablilhed by Authority is void of humane ,reafon: If the Chriflian Religioni had not been approved by Miracles, it fhould have been received for its honefly: The Mortals meafures of"Heaven and Earth are more bold than true : Aftronomy is more pleafant than profitable : The Friends of Godare happyhere andhereafter : There is no folid joy without virtue : They that know moll, doubt moth Artificial Orations move fools, not wifi men : As all Rivers` flow into theSea, fo all Pi- ces into great mens Courts : Flatterers rule Kings as they li(l: Princes hear none fo readily as accufers : The tongue of a flatterer is the worff plague to a King: He that rulethmany, is ruled by many: He is unworthy the name of a King, who meafuceth thepublick affairs by hisown commodity, &c. Ill Phyfitiars kill bodies, and unskilful Priefisfouls: Virtues enrich the Clergy, Vice impoverifhetb them: Marriagewas for great reafons forbiddenPriefls, andfor greater is to be reflored to them ; He that too muchpardoneth his Son, cherifheth his Enemy : Thecovetous never pleafe men, but by dying : Lying isa fervile vice, &c. Youmay fee his Recantationin Einius, where his Dignity raifcd him fo highas to fay, That the Greek and Latin Doéìors with one voice fay, that he cannot be faved that holdeth not the Vnity of the Roman Church, and all thofe Virtues are maimed to leim that refufth to obey the Pope,. though lying in fackcloth and afhes he fait and prayday and night, and feem in other things to fulfill the Law of God, ,becaufe obedience is better than facrifice, and everyfoul mull be fubjeC to the higher power ; and it is ntanifeff that the Pope of Rome is placed in the top (or Crown) of the Church, fromwhich (his power of Government) we know that no Sheep of Chrifl at all is exempted. - O then how much worfe is the cafe of the Abaffines, Armenians, Greeks, Proteflants, even three fourth parts of She Chrilban World, than of the Heathens, being all certainly damned for not believing in the Pope: How much more nectifaryto Salvation is it topleafe and honour the. Pope , than any Angel or Saint in Heaven ? But how falfe is it that the Greek and La- tine Fathers all agree in this ? §.45. Paulus
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