THE l-IONOUR OF THE M A R I EJ) CL E RC I E maintained, &c. Tbe third Boo~. SECT. I. MarbgeqfEccleGaOiqnes, which had th< common allowance ofthe fir!tTitncs, had in fome pmsbutth<eonoivenceofthe fubfequent,and the prohibitionofthola!l. Thofe Churches tha~ were not parties to the faetion ofR.ome, could not but bemuch moved with fo peremptory a Decree ofa f•mous Councell , reducing them, in this point, to the exaaoe!fe ofApo!lol:que in- !litution, ond profdling to reaifie thll Roman deviation 1 No marvdl therefore, ifnot long after, there enfued acollifionofoppoGteparts, and much fcotlling betwixt the abettorsofAmichrifrian fervimde, •and Evangclicallli- ; whom thi.~ Hedgepcreeperdare rerme iflctmtinenJ Grecianr, ScbJfmllitpter, fleretie~t 1 his Pen is no llander: Themtiltimde ofhisSynods,wherein was fuch reitmtionofthe fime Law, !hewes rhc oppofition which it flill found in the Church, and the prevailing ufeofthecontrary praCtice. TheEpiflle ofPope Gregory theThird,to theClergie oflla'lllr;a, which gives that di!jund charge, fJjeithtr llv;Hgch•ftel], ormary;•g aWifo who111thty "'"J 11•1 d;vorce, isnowherc(forfooth) exranr, becaufe he findesit nocin hisBiniutor BlrOMllfl; as if water had gone befido their Mill; and here I amthreacnod wirh theCorneliatt L4,. , noleffi:crime: To avoid theperillwhereof, letmy fmefeenDeteCtor 114varia>J Am,.II of* Aventlne, in the third Booke, there he'!hall findoit; to ViO!iiNI, and the other Clergie ofB•vada, by the haodsofM.,tiBilhop, Priefl, Deacon, with this exprelfedisjunoion, A•t ""' '""' a•>eat, t:!N. That which he bringsfrom the fucce!for ofthis I ""'~"''• '"""'"'''"',1llewes what his Pope wilhed,when he had gott<n betrer footing but the fuccelfe makes for us; for B.Boniface eith<r nev<r durfl,or at lean urge thefe ru!esro his Germant. So,I hope,bismouth i! flopt for my forged T<!limonyofhis Gr<&"!, whichcould nmin lii! conceirbeocher, bocauf. he never raw it peep forrh b.fo•c thir in othtr men1 bodk.f. Ywis nothing evor lookt omofche that efcaped that booki!h eye: wirnesthe ne~' paff1ge,which ifhisSuperiours had the leifure to h>ve vitwed, they·h:ldblu!bed at theirCh•rnpion. Thit ~ecord•ng to thJI rMie of Clerk.! cUed frii Ifidore,& renued DJ ••r j•gUng adrlerf.,;u clippedIn therecital: here theman R. rr cryes f.t(lll-P-243· .. Avrnt.Boyt:Jo rumARnllt.l J. 1\t{Nt.p.Z.-4+
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