(97) of the Sheep of the Houfe of Ifrael, and hisKiernan Tames then Bishop after, and that being the Mother- Church out of which fprung all the refl.) But the other four Patriarchs ( efpecially three of them) became as fo many Generals of Armies militating frequently againí1 each other : and he that got the f rongerPartyof Bithops and Court-favourers carryed all, againff the refl. But no place more turbulent, nor no Bifhop more unquiet than thole of Alexandria : Pride and Worldlinefs now grew apace, and fo corrupted the Clergie, that in their Synods the fle fhly part toooft prevailed againff the /iri- tral l When Court and Councils were for the Arrians, the whole Eaffcrn part of the Empire was embroiled in theContention, and the ,Orthodox in the greater Bifhop- ricks calf out : When they were down and calf out them- felves, the temporizing and turbulent . Bithops ufually got the Major Vote : Excellent Gregory Nazianzen for the great fervice that he had done againff the Arrians was chafen by the People, and made Patriarch of Con - flantinople : But the Synod ofBithops envyed himand re- jehed him, to whom hegaveplace andwould not ftrive. Diofcorus of Alexandria and his party fought it out at the General Council, and killed Flavianw : And being after overcome and outed ofhis Seat, did f}ill claim and keep the Title with his followers, and the moll of his Patri- archate of the People Ruck to him fo that he propaga- ted his Opinion and Intereff in all t; hole remote parts of the Empire: Yea among Volunteers in Ethiopia and other extra- imperial parts, which noLaw or Canon had fubjeded to him ; while the Patriarch that fucceeded him by the Councils Decree, had his party only as the reff, within the Empire : So that to this day theSyrians, Ethiopians, and abundanceothersprofefs themfelves the N follow-
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