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Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Church-History OF BISHOPS And their COUNCILS ABRIDGED, &c. › Chapter 9
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
They cite Isidore's words, that [Caeteri Apostoli cum Petro par consortium honoris acceperunt] Et [Non esse Episcopum qui praeese dilexerit, non prodesse.] And Hierom's on Titus maintaining the foresaid Identity, and his [Sciat Episcopus & Presbyter sibi Populum conservum esse non servum:] And his excellent Epistle ad N•potianum: Many Sermons of Augustine's describing his Collegiate Community of the Clergy. Isidore's words, [Plerique Sacerdotes suae magis utilitatis causâ quam gregis praeesse desiderant: Nec ut prosint, praesules fieri cupiunt, sed magis ut divites fiant & honorentur: suscipiunt sublimitatis culmen, non pro Pastorali regimine, sed pro totius regiminis vel honoris ambitione, atque abjecto opere dignitatis, solam nominis appetunt dignitatem. Dumb mali Sacerdotes Deo ignorante non fiant, tamen ignorantur à Deo—sed hic nescire Dei, reprobare est.] If Isidore say true, remember that I wrong not the Bishops in saying the same of them. And if this was the case of the most, as he affirmeth, what better than we find could be expected from General Councils, where it is carried by the major vote.
They cite Isidore's words, that [Caeteri Apostoli cum Petro par consortium honoris acceperunt] Et [Non esse Episcopum qui praeese dilexerit, non prodesse.] And Hierom's on Titus maintaining the foresaid Identity, and his [Sciat Episcopus & Presbyter sibi Populum conservum esse non servum:] And his excellent Epistle ad N•potianum: Many Sermons of Augustine's describing his Collegiate Community of the Clergy. Isidore's words, [Plerique Sacerdotes suae magis utilitatis causâ quam gregis praeesse desiderant: Nec ut prosint, praesules fieri cupiunt, sed magis ut divites fiant & honorentur: suscipiunt sublimitatis culmen, non pro Pastorali regimine, sed pro totius regiminis vel honoris ambitione, atque abjecto opere dignitatis, solam nominis appetunt dignitatem. Dum mali Sacerdotes Deo ignorante non fiant, tamen ignorantur à Deo—sed hic nescire Dei, reprobare est.] If Isidore say true, remember that I wrong not the Bishops in saying the same of them. And if this was the case of the most, as he affirmeth, what better than we find could be expected from General Councils, where it is carried by the major vote.