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A•ter him succeeded Pope Nicholas the 1. who enlarged the Popes Decrees with many constitutions▪ equalling the authority of them with the writings of the Apostles. He ordained that no secular Prince▪ nor the Emperor should be present at their Counsels, to the end they might murder such as they Judged to be Heretics, and that no Lay man should Judge Clergy men▪ or reason upon the Popes power. That no Magistrate should have power over a Prelate, alleging that a Prelate is called God. That all Church service should be in Latin, except with the Sclavonians, and Polonians. Sequences in Mass were by him first allowed, by him Priests began to be ••strained from Marriage; whereof Hulderick Bishop of Aus•rough sent a Letter to the Pope, that his Decrees, concerning single life of the Clergy, were far discrepant from all discretion, I fear how the Members of the Body will do, when the Head is so greatly out of frame. Is not this a violence & tyranny, when a man is compelled by your Decrees, to do that which is against the Institution of the Gospel, and the old Law, as appeareth by many examples; there be many under a false pretence of Continency, going about to please men more then God, some lye with their fathers wives, some are Sodomites, and play the beasts with ⟨p. 32⟩brute beasts; wherefore, as Saint Paul saith; Because of Fornication let every one have his own wife. When the Council of Nice went about to establish this Decree, one Paphnutius withstood them, confessing Marriage to be honourable, and called the bed of Matrimony, Chastity, and persuaded the Council from making that Law: some take Saint Gregory for their defence in this matter, being ignorantly deceived how dangerous this Decree was, and how Saint Gregory after re••ked the same, with consign fruit of repentance: for as he sent to his Fish pond to have Fish, he see more then 6000. Infants heads, which were taken out of the same Mote, then he confessed his Decree to be the cause of that so lamentable a murder, so he altered his Decree, commending the counsel of the Apostle, which saith; It is better to marry then to burn, What can be more foolish, then when any Bishop, or Archdeacon run themselves headlong into all lust and Adultery, and Incest, and Soomitrie, yet shame not to say, that chaste Marriage of Priests stinks: