I I The H on011r oftheM ariedClcrgie. Ludl. 1 A 0 ' SECT. VI. ' IN rhe r~fl,he f•lsnor upon me,bm rbe received Hillorian~,Socratu ,and iucrphoriH, They have done him 'a fpighr,and he wilt revenp:e ir.Thefehewill convince 0 ·adouble lie. Theone, rhar HtliodorMJ "'"'the ftrft ANthor oftht L•wofCcntilltnde'in .y:~f41111; themher, th11t t~i1 co~ztinetJcit"!'4Jarhitr4rit:. His re2fon for the former is ,>l-Wghoy.; lt ist:ot li~(r(fa~Ch he)th., Hehodorus "'hichflloHitlrtthtrloft hitliijhoprie thtx rtcalhitl4'ci.,iONI boo~,Wotlld befoeagtr ab/JVt the rejlfor I h< con/intnCJ of/mC fergle. A•ifcverany man had been more luxuribus rhen rhe greacell enemlfsromariage; 0~ ific.were poffible for Pope John cbe rh1rteenrh (fromwbom D•nftan reGei0 ved his rigorous Commiffion) robe unnamratty ince!luous; as ifit were impoffible for hisgteat Prel.rcofCr<ma, when he came ro oppoferbe MJriageofour Eoglifh Clergie, eo he •found rhu night inobed with an Harlor. o Andhere my childifh Adveifariewill needs moke fporr for hoyes; I cired in my Margin Hdi,JQrtH, rhe Amhor ofrhe .!Ethiopick Hi!lory;4s,f(faith he).Hel101lm11 bad..,rillm{omt Hi{forieof £t6iopia~ r»htrwheonly inlillll<tlhirw.,R..£th,opia ltidiwJoushf.d! whar ScHool-boy,whar Apprentice knows no.r Heliadorvt? Noff•t~NII0 """'firHI.e,&c, lf rhi<learned Cririck had bur everopened rheBook, he h•d foYnd Ai:>on,.;,; Neirhcr dorh nny Englifh man knmv ir by any other name, then, •• iris rranaared{el'e l W'Sbom)The /Etbiop><l<.,Hiflory; ye>, ifl man werenorrefolure CO fhur his eye!, in rh• ver}>oplace of.l'oN'IIe~, which h~aircs, ~he Bookjs called£thio· C pic4,whererowhar con(\iufrlon.ca!)<be gJVen,but rh.s ofmme? Surh folly is for the rod or ferul~; This is (I co'nf$ff<:)a 'r rifle; yerfuoh as, m1y giVemyReader aca(leOf theboldblindneffeofmyim'pu<\<nrDerecror. 0 0 \~ ·~· f -;.,,-- ---~~---,;;-... ;... :;o;."'.,-:07-,---~--7"::-::77~c:::"._,:-~! 0,, ,. S:Ec-i-. VH. , .,,~.,.,, .. £s".Lio&.l.S,) Jft~dvtfJ wi/l;F.,-adby ,..,L~. TlJtcMJldw:t II.Jtbbtm. sa,por.{tUr.d ...... T,- H~~ther llirlgs yermort,!hat rhisFp\Ccopall ahdPriOIH)IContin-ywas upon noorhtt t'enl1es,.rhen f , ..,. ipP vOINeJ'ini, and, N .Ut>. kt;e COIOi; •nd cl7fiJ•tt•i• iMJoluit. And nowall in angemy RefurerWill pt'ove._ag•in!lso<ratet thanberewa> aLaw for this, arul to. rhispurpofe: he hrittgi idtwoCitiOIItoftheC•wfl•.wlitJO!'Iil~n councelli11 TruUo: Mark,Rcldcr, wirhwhar judgement; ];beTn/I••Ccuncellwa! D above twohundredyearsafccr: Socraltt ended his Hi!lory in the year • 4H• The i'rulf•11 COuncell washeld (as their Bmuu compures ir) in che f~~r 692• ond yer rhe Canon ofrheTruUI,Conncell, in am~\terGJffa1l, difprovesS~eratu. Theorher I I' 6ouncelsof An&Jra, C.rforia, and Nict,are eirher Provinciall, or aga)nfl him. A• fur rheplea of S}«jiNJ, rrut he mighr not beBifhop;llecaufehe would nor Je~vebll\vife, ir is anfwered by the fa{): of SJntjius, rhat he wasmade a B•fhop,and left not his wife. Butwhat an idle and info!enrboldneffe is this~ tor an obiCure Libeller; to~about now almo(h • oo. years afrer, to comroll a gra\>eQpproved Hiflorian ofrhe Church, in amarrerofordinary pral:lice,whicbhis own ey•sand theWorldsdid dailyowitne!; As ifhe dur!l have publifhed fuch a r<porr of rh~commonufe of his time; wherein ' 0 all cbe Age he lived in, could have convincedohim. ",..o E Thewidelfely-maliciomProfopopey, wherein myRefuter brings in the Reverend and Peerleffe BilbopofLom/a.o, pleading fur his wife ro his Merropolir>n, be· comeswell themourbofa fmnileMaffe-Prie!l, and isworrhynorhing buta fcorne. Thofetwo incomparable Prelate! areoche ahiefe objtlhofthefeevilleyes; "horn God bat!\ ralfedhappily above rhe reach oftheir envy. Itgalls tbiJ RomilbRabble, that rhefetwo Ring-leaders ofrhqEnglifh Clergy ( befideubeirbulieimplo)'!Dents in their C.rel'ull,prudent,and zealousgovernment} preach moreSerm.oos in a year<, rben,perhaps, all the Bilbopsunder rhe Papacie. R11mp1Rt11r (jo i/i1.
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