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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 12
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§ 66. Ep. 20. He writes to the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury that he had showed himself guilty of disobedience which is as Idolatry in that he had not travelled to Rome to visit the Pope when he commanded him; and tells him that if he come not by All-Saints day next he shall be deposed; for many weak men that could scarce rise out of their beds, came from other much farther Countries: and he should lose Saint Peter's grace if he failed (must they do so also from the Antipodes?)
§ 66. Ep. 20. He writes to the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury that he had shewed himself guilty of disobedience which is as Idolatry in that he had not travelled to Rome to visit the Pope when he commanded him; and tells him that if he come not by All-Saints day next he shall be deposed; for many weak men that could scarce rise out of their beds, came from other much farther Countreys: and he should lose Saint Peter's grace if he failed (must they do so also from the Antipodes?)
Ep. 22. He tells the Count of Angers (or Anjou) that he should have obeyed the sentence of his Bishop, though it was unjust. And so every wicked Prelates power over Princes and all others shall be absolute.
Ep. 22. He tells the Count of Angiers (or Anjou) that he should have obeyed the sentence of his Bishop, though it was unjust. And so every wicked Prelates power over Princes and all others shall be absolute.
He flattered our King William the Conqueror more than other Kings; but ep. 2. l. 11. He complaineth of his punishing a Bishop, telling him that God taketh them as the apple of his eye, and saith, Touch not mine anointed; and though they are naught and very unworthy they must be honoured, and being called Gods, men must not meddle with them.