LIB. II. The Hon011r of theMaried Clergie. A it wascorrefredby the Nicene; a P;:;:,-vinciJ!I m,;{1Y:.,idt~; General!; ifafcer, it;as prefumpcuous, in decreeing that peremptorily which theGenerall determmately left free. TheCouocell of Ar•ufica is cited by him in dircfr terms oppolire "' the Anryran. He muflmakethem friends; ere he can bringit forrh againfl an enemy. AI f.,r the maine flay of this caufe of his, which i9the rwoCourcels of Afrrck,_, lent him by his Btlltrflline, it isgrounded (as ourlc.lrned J•nhu bath prcbably anfwered) upon meer corruption,and miC-coking; the Latine Copies takinr, propria, for prior•: The charge ofthe Councellbeing only, that Deacons.Prielts,BtOlops,(><J' Ti< ii)" ;i")acco,dint, to their turm ofmJniftration 1 f/Jqu/d al'ftahstfr()flJ thdrWi·ou, which no mode(! Divinewill not willingly fubfcribe unro. However, lam fure, ifthe oneword 8 be not corrupted, rhe otherisambiguous, and mayaswellli~nifieB•if.<rJJonf '''~'t'"'· And ifthefeClOOni were firfl Larine, and after tranfllred inro rh' Greek; yn rhe Greekelhewes wharwas the firfl Latine, and may well conefrthe mifhkcn Original!. Burro difculfc the feverall Councels, which heonly rhir.k, fit to name, a~d utter bywhok- fate again(! us, werea work for a volume apart. The o_ld word;, DolofuJ verfatltr in generalih111; Tbere it dece;t ingeJteralitiu; lr wereea(Je'ro fhcw lhar fame ofrhefe are impertinent;orhm plainly againfl them; others cormpt<d to fr·eak againfl u1,os that ofv1fenlz and Wormu, whereof in the lcquell;othtrs rartiall to the fa{[ion of Kome.So tben,here,Obmimur numero,l-le thinksro carry it by numbcr,not by weight; wherewith us, onepieceofGold i' worth • whckbaggeofCOLmrcrs. 735 Rt(:t.p H1· C.•rtf.J!MCm,,, A(,ictffl.cmq (1;11 c~.·~p. !:.m ~;. s~umdl4m ,.r~- pri~Jt~llltnQJ, 1. .! p;opn.tjl.-- ll•ta Wherethey tC~..dJt,Sm.wd" priur~rfia114ta. But,ifafter rhe Tyunnicall impolnions ofhis S;riciur and Innocentiuf taok place in c theChurch,be could name for everyone ofhi1 Provir,ci>ll Synocs , an hundred, it '.<d fmilirdi· were all one tous; we are not the worfe, hls cmfe no whit the betrtr. This Tradiri- r:tm frdN A/'fl+ on,afcer chat in anemultt~onoft~e Mon.rani!lic:1!l vaunrofvirginttiry,ic hadgouen '::;;;:;:;~::,~,~ head in theChurch, ran hke fire rn a trame; Thole Prm•inces that held correfpon- '""·c"r·'P•fl· dence at RoiiJe,according to the chargeof 'Gr,gorJ•, (j>nke "< fhe did prompt rhem: l.b·J-!4 What lhould they doe but fo!low thei; Millreflc? l be Gr ~<k Church, and thofe that ;:,~;;;:;;,{." either had dependance upon lt, or whiCh had connmrcd 10 the fucc<flion ofthis cu- J•Pift,u· liome ofmatiage, flill maintaining the lav.lul ~cficand uteofit inviolable. So then, "''"'J"~"b•!· in fumme:This be hatb gained,which I am ready ever to avow;The ancienrefi Coii- ~;~; ,:!'%::7; eelsare againfl hilll; The latter are a~ainfl us; antiGod with os againfi them;ofwhich 1 '"'r•--' c'""- we h~ve ~car~ed.t to fay, V.t •zHfbH jitli de{irloru,'rtl fdce~ttk Cdn,ifiHI» &7i01J(X »Je. ~~;:;;z;,~~tt.J And tfhts Mtllnsof Rome ha\'eelf~where fonnd ,-aflals, u follows not, th:trwc:: may concit.c,,p11m D not be free. Yeo,it ismofhhan mmifelt, by thofeevidenceswehavealready pro- 6. '.... Jl.~ dnced from their own records, that not\vithfianding this CO(!ged number of his ;;:;;;~:J;;::,~. provincial! Synods and Privated"""'' (a~ Volttjian terms them) a\1 rbe timeoftbe ""' "!""'" firfl f<vtn hundred years, therreedomeofthisproC\icc conrinued in many parrs of fo!nmi• <lm. cheChrifiian world; In fonruch~s amongfl rhe rdf-, the Churchof Armeni(l, for rhe ~,:J;,;;;f;,;: time ofthe years mentioned, upheld aTradition, r notto admit ofanyClergy·mau, "'"""d"':u,. but thofe which defcended exgwmSaw·dorafi,.rf,JcrodedfrlfJJ Priefts; \Virneffe the : 0 f!. •8 · Fathers of C••ft••ti"ople, in their three and thirtieth Canon. Where my Detel.tor ,::,:;:p~'!"" fhoulddoe well to enquire what B•lfamonfC/erici Ch•Jfo·l~t!fati means; Sure lam 'v,r.j.Jt, . ,, that this example fi1fficiently proves rhe pral.l:icall liberty of thofe Churches in th~ Lib. 7'';{;·~ queflioned limits of the feven firl1 Centuries. To which we may ~dde rhe C::hurch ~;,;t~1i,;:- E ofBMigaria,out ofhiss:, ralian; TheChurch ofGermanJOutofLtvrntio<: The Church f.hP'!'i'i•. of /~eland O?t of: Bernard, wbo c0_nftdfes rhe E~ifcop1ll Sec ?f Arnuuh ro have been :;::::~n;~~ furmfiJedWith. hnealldelcent ofBliho~, for e:ghr gmeranons, before the timeof """"' of!im• his Malachiaf; whichwere (lilt bcth ltX6!4Ii & literati. How tholemen wereBilhops, •fq"' t s,,_ and yetjineordinib11s,is aRiddle \Vhich(I confr: ffe) Icannot :uead.Ptrhaps.. they were ~:~';fos {~~ wirbourRomane Orders, bt•t if they werenotCterksafrerrherhcn lnlhfa!hion, &,. &oxm· what needed they b': Ulerati,th.c they mi!(ht be Bifhops? TheChurcli ofour Brit- ~':',{;:•::;;:;~ tai11~ (a! we Cball fee tn the Proceffe )andothers. Thrfe are more rhan enongh ro let v trit,p.uiur ;;: theWorld fee thisreflainr, for all this pretence ofProvinciall and partial! Councells '"''""·'"m· neveruniverfally obtained. ~:~:;~~~-k Dt{t{Pt.MD" Rrr ~ SECT.
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