(io8) to fatisfie youof this, but to read the Aas of the Coun- cils, and the words of Nazianzen ( called Theoloous agäinff Synodsand contentious Bithops, and the fadEx- clamations of Hillary Piliay. They that had too littlezeal againft Ungodlinefs, Unrighteoufnefs, Pride, and Ma- lice, were fo zealous againff any that withdrew from their Power and contradicted them, that they eafily ffig- matized them for Hereticks, and made even godly fober Chriftians fufpehed ofHerefie for their fakes ; while no- torious Vice was ufed gently in thofe that adhered unto them. Even holy Augustine faith [ Drunkennefs is a mortal fin, f fit affidua, if it be daily or confiant ; (what, not elfe? ) and that they muff not be roughly and (.?'arply, dealt with, but gently and by fair words :] Vid. Aquin. 22. q.i5o.a.i.4.ad4. &a.z.1. And their Great Gregory, [That with leave they mufl be left to their own wit, (or difpofition,) left they grow warp e if they be pulled away from fuch a Cuftom, ] (as Drunkennefs .) But when it came to fuch as withdrew from under them, they were not fo gentle. Lucifer Calaritanus is made the Head of a Herefie, becaufe he was but too much againff the receiving of fuch as had been .Arians. The large Catalogues of Herefies contain many that ne- ver erred in Fundamentals. Theyprofecuted the Pri(cil- lianifts fo hotly, that ifgodly menwerebut given to fatt- ing andffrifnefs oflife, they werebroughtinto fufpicion ofPrifcillianifm: And the Vulgar took advantage of the Bithops turbulency and ill difpofition to abufe the godly. S. Martin therefore feparated from the wholeSynod of theBithops about him, andneither wouldjoin with them,' nor have anyCommunionwith them, as fuppofing them ;proud men that fuppretfedpiety, and tfrengthened the wicked,
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