Nlllltft.ttJtfl MbJTtQ]-{Nit. Vtd.qNA [11pt.t, l.LS~ t~.Hifi. R•dNlpbiBoMrn &<. Hn:ruptsnlr.t burtJpu(tf(rr I[CIIIttillnt(t, Everyone. The Hono11r oftbeM ariedC/ergie. Lr .B. }11. SECT• .fll. ASfor the dilference that he findes in our number of Pope Nico/111 , "hctlw . firfi, orf<eood,or third, we mar thanke his Gr•U•~,w.hofe fa!bionit is(aslik<· wtfe Sit,t/Jerts)to name the Popes wuhout the note of the!f numb<r; we are fore it was not Nicl:o/.n Nemo, which wrote toodo,Bilhcp of Pi<•••, tcproving himforgi· ving leave to .4/vuicw a De~con tomarry, thermpan fending his contrary Decree 10 theGermane Churches; which, it feemes, (or the like lmpofition) gave occaf:cn to this nobleEpifile. Bot can there be anyGame amongfiour Ewgl~ Popifh P•mJhlttm, whm th< Bl Fox is not in chafe? Where is the lbame of this Roman Pri<fi, whiles he fa m•nifefilybelyesour holy, reverend, worthyMallet Fox, wfiom thisSug•nlfPrn dare fay playcs the Goofein the mcon!lancy ofhisll.elation ofthisNholar, firll repotting him the firfi, then the fecond; when it is moll mariife!l in the during Monumml!ol thar indullrious and excellentAuthor, that he !\ill infi!l!llpon tl'icol"' thefe£Ond, rej<tling by many ar~umems the opinion of thtmwhich have refmtd it to the firfi? Such tmth"there is in !bornecrownes. ']ohnHNf!twasaGoofebyname,and now ']oknhxisa Goofebyr<ptoach; Two ruchGeefe aremoreworth than all the fawning Corres ofthe Roman C.piroll. And how much more wir then fidelity is therein my D<t<C!or, whiles he would prove rhar Pope G•·•g••J had then ~opond, bccaofethercare now noponds at ll.omt.l C Asifll.omewerenowinanythingasitwas; as iftweh·ehundr~dyeares hadmade no alteratinn; As il!hdlrrcrs ofTroyw<re nor new Chan:paine; Asifhis Vpj>< couldnow finde ll..ome in Rome; As if, lallly, that man were urrcop.able oof a large po11d, whofe Sea is univcrfa!l. As forthe numberofchildrrns beads, I can fay nomore for ir,than he can againfl it; thisHifiory !ball be moreworth tousthan hisdenyall; Bot this I dare fay, thorl knowperfonsboth ofcredit •nd honour, tblt faw betwixt fifty and threefcore, can upoorofthe littleMote ofan Abbey where I now live: Let who Iill callupthepro· porrioo. . After the refufall ofthis ,.·onhy Epi!lle, according ro his f•fhion he rryes rodif· grace itwith us, telling us, that 1 herein the Bi(hopofRorne is !liledSupmmeHeod D and Goveroourofthe whole Church. Ifit were rhus, (o much more powerfull isrhe Te!limony agaipfi them, by howmuch more thewirneffe was theirs: There mull needs bemuch caufc, when he that fo humblyov<r·titles the Perfon, refills the Do8rine fa vehemently. But the truth is, thattheEpi!llc !lilesPope Nic•/..,. no orhet· wife in the fuperfcription, than S4nll.e B.om4rue Ecclifi.e proviforem, Orm... furoftl:r holy ~om4ne Ch•rrh: And in the body of the letter, SHmwu fulir Pontifictm; Bi{hep of thechiefi Ste, to 11'ho111 the txomin41ionofthecommM4Jf•ires oftht C!Jwrrhdcth opptrt•ine; which is far other, than in the now ll.om4nef<n(e, theSupteomeheod ofrhe Church. Secondly,he tels us th>t this Epifile bothgranrs and allowes aVowofCon· rinency; NNUum excipit 11i[i proftjforem cot~lintlllit£ : wherein we_arenoorher rhan friend•; we yceld no le~e,where there is ~cod evidenceofrhegift ond callirgofGod. E Butwhilesout VoiNji•n granrsthe ptofdfor of Continer.cy bound , ond pleodsth< Cler~y to be free , how plainly doth he f"hewus that there was no fuch Vow then required of, "" fuch made by theClergy ? Bmwh•rneedsthemanrobefofurio,u!lyangrywirh the ~cod old Epillkr, for faying, that the Apofii<Scborge (ut ''!"'1 OM< hove.his ' "'*Wtfi) is ~wer~ll ro all, reochiog to the Cl<rf!YAS well a!!he LaJty? exctptmg none ~ut rhofe whiCh hove rhe giftofContinency. What Logick(the wanr whmofhe fomer irccs coufl~Oy ob· i' ð to me)cvrr taught him th>t ;._,@-,N•mf9•iffwt was 'ny mherrhcn umvrrfall? Orv.harorherfenfecmhe put upon thewordsolthe Apo!lle I Cool~ I osrrulyupbraid SirRefuter with reoding the Logick Ldlon, as he tlorh mewnb rheRhetcrick, furely I lbould nor nowhe put to painestoteach this Novice,that ;,.,e-(u•f 1•iff•t)
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