and their CountilS ,Abridged, 45 in the frame of them; not much of our EnglijhCanons and ourArticles of Religion fet together. And another Council at 7'revers repeateth their diC- ciplinary Canons inpart, andaddeth more. § 67. TheHiflory and Canons of the Council of Trentare fufficientlypub lifhed ; and PopePitts his Oath conjoyned ; fo that I need not fpeak of that which I intend not to make any part of the matter of this Epitome, which extendeth but to the time of Luthers Reformation. 6 8. Even after the Reformation, the Pope could not live in Italywith- out fighting : Popejulius the 3d, fougtht wtthOaaaviusFarnefius at Parma, PopePaul fought with the King of Spain: but was beaten : He fet fixteen Cardinals over the Inquilition (thedefence of his Kingdorne): He impri- foned Cardinal Morroviusfufpeéted of hereic,abfolved after by Pope Pius the 4th. who yet ftrangled Caraffa , and beheaded Cardinal Leonard, Count Montariitr, dre. 4 69. Cardinal CharlesVorrbemeus (fainted by them) at divers Millane, Councils (hewed a great deal of Reforming, and fome deforming zeal. In the firflCouncil I ûtall note that they decreed that men once admitted to the Communion, and returning to their fin, be no more admitted till the Priefl fee that they have ailually r:formed their lives. And that before a- ny young perfons (ìr11 receive, they (hall Come dayes be examined, and taught the ufe and reafon of the Sacrament,Priefis notorioufly criminal muti not fay Mafs till they amend their lives. No Phyfician mutt give phyfick to any after four dayes ficknefs that is not confect to the Niel (on pain of ex- comtnrmication). Bithops are forbidden to stand when Princes fit, no not for Laying Grace at meat: nor otherwife to deprels and abje6t themfelves to Princes. Parith Priefts mutt have a book of the Names, Sex, Age, and State of everyParilhioner. Whores are to dwell in their atlìgned places ,and to beknown by theirapparel fromothers.Dancing, Mayes, Dice, Selling,&e. forbidden on the Lords d ayes and holy dayes. Indeed the Roman Religi- on was never fet out with greater advantage of piety and reformation than in the copious Decrees of CarolusBorrhomeus in the Milan Councils : To which a Council' at Aquileia added, cndeth Binnius his Hiflory of Councils. § 70. In all thisHifloryof Councils, Bifhops and Patriarchs it appeareth that Corruptio eptini elf puma; As the facred Miniflry-in pious humble wife, peaceable and finçere men, hath been. Gods great means of planting, ordering, prefervingand encreafing his Church, and converting, edifying, and faving Souls, and fuch to this day are as Paul called Timothy (not the Church) (4Pillar and Bafis of the truth in the Church, which is the Houfe of the LivingGod) the Husbandmen that 'till cultivate the Vineyard of the Lord, while with felf- denial, and faith, and heavenly minds, they labour to promote holy WISDOME, LOVE, SPIRITUALITY and PEACE, abhorring pride and worldly deigns, and being molly little noted in the Hiftories of the Church; as not appearing in the turbulent and publick af- fairs of the world`: focontrarily Pride, and trorldlinefs, feeking Dominion, Nnnn favour
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