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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 11
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§. 2. Can any Man think that Popes, that themselves came in by Tyranny and mere Force, and lived in Wickedness, could have so great a Zeal as is pretended to do Justice for all others, unless for their own ends?
§. 2. Can any Man think that Popes, that themselves came in by Tyranny and meer Force, and lived in Wickedness, could have so great a Zeal as is pretended to do Justice for all others, unless for their own ends?
§. 83. John the 16th. (alias 17) is passed over by Binius: Onuphrius saith, that he Reigned four Months: Platina saith, he died the tenth Year, and sixth Month, and tenth Day (a great difference.)
§. 83. Iohn the 16th. (alias 17) is passed over by Binius: Onuphrius saith, that he Reigned four Months: Platina saith, he died the tenth Year, and sixth Month, and tenth Day (a great difference.)
§. 84. Gregory the 5th. is next, made Pope (saith Plot.) by Otho 3d his Authority for Affinity: But (saith Plot.) The Romans make Crescentius Consul with chief Power; who presently made John Bishop of Placentine Pope; who came to it by the consent of the Roman Clergy and People, to whom the choice belonged, though some leave him out: Otho cometh to defend his own Pope; Crescentius fortifieth City and Castle against him: The People dare not resist, but open the City Gates: Crescentius and Pope John flieth to the Castle;1 and in hope of Pardon, yields: Crescentius is Killed by the People in his passage; John hath first his Eyes put out, and then his Life; and Gregory the Eleventh Month is restored: Binius saith, that Johns Hands were cut off, his Ears cut off, and his Eyes pulled out; and after set on an Ass, holding the Tail in his Hand, was carried about the Streets.