J he Preface. hi all thefe- that are chojen out of the bell of the citiens, andgo to the (Cum and bafefl of thepeople for a Pallorfor us : its bell for you even to make Alexander the Collier a Frieft and lets allagree to choofe him. The goodmanhear-, in 7' thefe fcarnful words, itgruck into hismindto knowwho that Alexander the Collier was? Whereupon they brought him prefently with laughter,andfet him in the midfl of them c°flowedand half-naked, and raggedand fordid, and thus floodAlexander among the.But Gregory fufpecledfome- what better by him,then they that laught at him; and there- upon taking him out ofthe company,and examining his life, hefoundthat he was aPhilofophick man,that being ofa very comelyper/on, and loth it pould be any occalionof inconti- nency,and alfa renouncing the 'vanities ofthe world, hadad- had hin2felf to the life of a Collier, that his perfon and worth might be hid from men , and his mind be kept in an humbleframe. Whereupon Gregory appointeth force to take away Alexander,dndmath him anddeath him with his Pagoralattire, andbringhim into the AfJembly as faon as they'haddone. In themeantime Gregory goes to the Afjembly, andfais a preaching to them of the nature of the Pafloral office, and the holinef's oflife required thereto, entertaining then; with fuch fpeeches , t/i1 Alexander was brought, and comely adorned inGregoriesgarmnts was [et before them. Whereupon they allfell ag.q7ng and wonde- ring at Alexander: and Gregory/a//s preaching to them again of the deceitfulnefs of judging by outward appear ances, about the inward worth of the foul, and that Satan had obfctiredAlexander4 he fhouldfubvert his kingdom. To be lhort, he ordaineth Alexander their Bi(hep (a Pallor ofatingle Church.) And when they etfired to hear him preach, he 'hewed that Gregory was not deceived in him: Hisfermon was fententioas and full ofunder!landing : but becaufehe had noflowers oforatory, or exaanefs and cm- . riofity
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