Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

§ 48. And the Church of Rome was not yet rich enough with all the Principalities it had got: They still kept on the trade of enriching the Pope to save their souls. Binnius. p. 1233. honoureth us with a record among Gregory 7th. Epistles, viz. [In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, in the 6th. year of the Pontificate of Gregory 7th. I Marro Son of Gisler dwelling in the Dukedom of Spoletane, for the Redemption of my own and my Parents souls do give, deliver and offer to St. Peter Prince of the Apostles, and on his Altar, all that belongeth to me of the Castle called Moricicla, &c.] Did Christ think how easily Rich men might be saved (by giving to the Pope in the name of St. Peter) when he said, It was harder for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for a Camel to go through a Needle's Eye?

§ 49. Lib. 7. Epist. 3. He saith [They that are Latins do all of them,¹ except a very few, praise the cause of Henry, and defend it, and charge me with too much obstinacy and impiety against him.] And if the Latins did so, what did the Germans, French, &c? You see here that it was far from all the world that was subject to the Pope, and took his part in his usurpations.

§ 49. Lib. 7. Epist. 3. He saith [They that are Latines do all of them,¹ except a very few, praise the cause of Henry, and defend it, and charge me with too much obstinacy and impiety against him.] And if the Latines did so, what did the Germans, French, &c? You see here that it was far from all the world that was subject to the Pope, and took his part in his usurpations.

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