734 The H~1101~r oftheMariedClergie. LIB. IJ. I This lalb i> indilferendy fit for all backs; lethim <hac hl<h no caufe eo flll3lt,com- A plaine. What needed chis fonle momh <hen <0 breake forth imo fo palpable flanders of chatholyArchbilhopand Martyr ~oet_or Cr~mmr,charging himwich deepditlimn. la<ion, in foo<hingup boch chef~ Km~s 10 thm comrary Decreet? when it ismofr manifefr, that thiswotthyMetropohtan was the onelyman, which durfi for chree dayes togecher openly in Parliament oppofe thofe wickedly projeded Articles of KingHenrJ;and this,_in fpeciall_: Info~uch as hewas wille? omofrhe Houfe till the Actmightpalfc; whtch (notwJthfrandmghewellknew KmgHenry) befrourlyrefu[ed. Would thisman (thinke we) care to belie all the Saints in Heaven foran advantage? What will nothe dare to fay, that will objeer inconflancy to hi Ill whofealed Gods trmh with hisblood? Rt{ur.p.u6, :!.Ji. The contradictions andweakneffesthu be flndes in this Synod of Conftdnlinople doe no whi< move us; Ifhecanallowand commend, and citeagainftus t~feven and chirtierhCanonoftheCouncell, for the worfhipoftheCroffe, orrhefuurfcott and fifteenth for che holy Chrifme, and yes:difaUow the chirteenth, why may nor webythofameLawciteandapprovethethirreemh Canon againfi them, and yer difavow thofe others? SECT. XVI. &t{ut.p.u o, NEitherwas it forwant that I mentionedonely this Councell of Colljl4111i11opl<, Themore ancient conmtlltionsof AncyrA and Gangra, and the firfr and fourth .,£Takdo, befides the Apofrolicall andNicene, mighr have beenprged byme. lt wasnotmineintent(withthisbabler)tofay more then all; bar onely to take an handful! out of theSacksmouch for arafle to thebuyer; That fa ire flouri!h therefOre ofCouncels which he muflers up againflmeherein,will be but Arfll.•""'"con· c Rtflt.p. :~. :z.s , • ;t/;/Jilt .4r.ll• P -l· trariA: wherein fince my R.efuter will needs m1ke bimfelfe fo bufie, let me inrrear him, by the way, to compare theCouncellof' GangrA wirh theDecreeofbis Pope Hildthrdnd: The Councell fayes flarly,si fNis tlifcmrit Pmhytmmt conjNgatNm,&c. If•ny marimak; d•Jferellce of a maried Pritjl, (o 1111hat hyocc4{io~>ofhis 1114fiage bt D owght DO/tooffer, udloth there(ire ahftairufmn his oblation, kt him h.-cc•rfid. But his Hildt!JraJJd, NJ..OrltoJ Sacertloles 4 di11i110 rtmtnJil rtjficio, & laic/1 mijfollltbrtl• •sigrb.tftGw gt~r. P,J.p.A11· 10'7-4· Jdtm&,.M.tt!-. P•riJ• .,tdirti•terJixl; 111J'lJI exemplo, &c. That iO,rt1NnJtdmarktlPrieftsfromtheit DiDiM •!Jice, a11dforhatl L4J mmtohe~rt theitMaffis,{dztb •sigebert; There fore by the fentence ofrheCouncell, Pop• HUdehra~>disaccurfed;and accurfed for dut verypoint "hich made him a ll.omilh Ssint. When myRefuter hach gnawed awhile upon this bone, he may hope to be rewarded with scrufi• ., 1 ,,. 1 .,, • Aqd nowfor his Councels , to make up the number, henames for the fore-man ufq; ;u1 ' H · ofthe Q!)efl, theCouncell of A11qra ( fomewhac beforethe Nice ne) one wboha<h patTed adirect verdiCt a~ainll him, allowingDeacons,upon their prof.ffion, romarid B" "b"d ry. Themiferahleevafionsofhi!' Biniw,and B4ro01ins, in this point, arguebotha £ 'v · '"·' ' · mindeaod acaufedcfperate; whiles(wichoutal!colourofwarrant)tbey imperiouf. ly turne downe thefe maried Deacons to a lay-communion, and faine this liberty onelyina forced Ordination, not ina voluntary. As fur that firll Canonwhkh be citethoftheCouncell of Aries, Th4t•m•DC4n· Rrf.,t P-" 6 " 111JihcmatlePritjlintbeh4ndofWedloc/z, 1111fefe he proznifc co1J'Vtrjion, Itisagrolfe counterfeit: And that theworld may fee we ufenot topafle thefe cenfures wid~om evident reafon; It mentions the Arrianswhich were not yet hatched; It menuons Bonoji11, which lived long afterin the rime of Ie110ccnt 1. Itmentions rheCo11Cili•m 1/afcnft, whichwasyetlarer, inrhetimeofltothe firft. Whm hisAorhors~n agree of tht time, and make good the Synode, he !hall receive an on!\verto tt; In themeane time, it was either befOre theCouncell of Nice, orafterit; ifbefore? "-·
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