42,1. ,10rel4tionofthe Apoca1ypke. CAP .13. R. ,mij?t Bifbspout-ftript the Bifbopof.4lexandria,aiad lefthim behind many a poles length fhortly after. To this may be, added, the third councel of Carthage, which was held about the time ofSiricius the Tope ; namely,about the yeer 390. which decreed, that the Bithop of the,irfi Sea, ¡houldnot-becalled the Prince ofPriefls,or the ChiefPrieft, or anyfad, thing as this, but only the Bop of thefirf#Sea; and that the Pope ofRome himfelf fhould a4t be called VniverfallRifbop,as it is cited,Di/lánil.go. Wc learn out of this Decree, what thole times were travelling with, otherwile it had bin foolish & needleflefor Councel to make a Canon agair.ft it.Yea, and the Confeilion ofthe Papif}s themfelves, touching this matter, is not to be pail over.. Do yee then inquirewhat was the Keafon, Why. the Popes of Rowe were never prefent at the FattensCouncels, no, not at thefirfl Councel of Nice ? Tellarmine telleth us, in his firit Bookof Councels, Chap. 19. That it fell not out by chance, but upon [pen all reafon. Whichhowfoever, themoft, perhaps, of other people were ignorant of; yet it muff needs be throughly known to him that is one of the 'Popes Secretaries. He giveth two reafons therefore ofthis ab- fence of the `Pope from the Ea(fern Councels: The firft, That itpealed not to be convenient, that the headAmidfollow the members, &c. The fccond,becaufe th EmperorWas alwaysprfent at theEaftern counsels, or lbw ofhis Legats, Who did challenge thefirft ma.teriellplace tohim felf,otherWife thenhe oucht tohave done, ifhe didnot more. ,Therefore leg this indignityfhoule be indured, or elfefomeetumult (houldbe made, he Wen toot to thole councelr,butfeat hàs.Legats on/y.Thefe things faitfr he,and he bath hit the nail on the head:Forfooth the Pope thinks foul fcornto be prefent at thouCouncels, wherein the Ernperorfhould fit before him. How egregioufly was both Conflantine, and all the refl.. oftheNicene Fathers deluded ? They - good men, believed that the Bithop ofthe .CityofRome (that hadbeen the Emperors feat)failed from b'ing at.the Counrel,becaufe of his.old age, as Euf< -bias faith, and therefore they were con.entwithPresbyters that'were fènt to lupply his place. But the true caufe was,that he couldnot fwallo v this Pill, that he fhould give place to the Emrerotir. For I have reafon to believe Bèllarmine, rather then Eufebitcl, about the Popes wil.and pleafure. Wherefore the manoffi'n,that lofty laWleffe fellow. Was to be Peen at Rome inthe time ofthe firf Nicene Councel, who, thoughhe did not faopenly as yetexalt himfelf as af- tersvartis,yet hetwclled,inavardly and clofely,withinhimfelf above ail that is called' Gad, ìThef.`z. 4. Not that he boaftedof fell
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