The l)reface. Herefies of other n1en, fall into unju£b.fia51e excefs the1nfelves. \Y/e 1nay take an In£l:ance hereof with refpecr u~to the Neftorian I-Ierefie, condetnned _in the fid1: Ephejian Councel" and aftenvards in.that at Chalcedon. Cyrillus of. Alexandria, •a tnan learned and vehement, defigned by alltneans to be unto it, what his Predecdfor Athanajiu-s had been to the Arian. But he fell into fi.tch exceffes in his undertakings, as gave great occafion unto farther tu– tnults, For it is evident that he diftinguifheth not be– t\veen u' m'la(m, and cpuO't5, and therefore affirn1s, that the Divine ~!ord and Hlllnanity had p.laJI cptiO'tJi, one nature on0'· So he dotb plainly in Epifl. ad Succejfum; .they are ionorant,faith he, (Jn '>C!f-7, d.An8Eto:.Ji ~~ p.-i~ cpr1Gt> -rfJ )l_cf'Yts <noupo . X4ip..i1J!n. Hence Eutyches the Archimandrite took occafion to r ui1into a contrary extre-am, being a no lefs fierce ene– iny to NeJlorius than Cyrillu:; \vas. For to oppofe him \Vho divided the Perfon of Chrift into nvo; he confounded his N atutes into one, his delirant folly being confirmed l!y that goodly Affembly the f~cond at Epl;efus. Befides, it is confeffed that Cyrillus' through the vehe1nency of his fpirit, hatredunto 2'V~efloriu.s, and following the conduct of hie O'N n niind in nice and fl1ble expreffions of the g reat ~v1y fie~·y ofthe Perfon of Chrift, did utter many things exceeding the bounds of fobriety prdcribed unto us by the Apofl:le, ~m. 1 2. ~. if not thofe of 'Truth ic. felf. Hence it is co1ne to pafs:> that 1nany Learned men begin
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