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

The next day he was accused of Novelty, for saying that [The three persons were tria singularia.] The Archbishop of Rouen aggravating it, said that [God should rather be called unum singular, than tria singularia.] At which many were offended, because Hilary saith, [Sicut duos Deos dicere profanum est, ita singularem & solitarium dicere sacrilegum est•-Et nihil solitarium ex divinis Sacramentis ad suspicionem audientium & occasionem blasphemantium proferamus.] But Porretane told them, that by singular, he meant nothing but excellent and incomparable. In this manner Porretane, Bishop of Poitiers, was examined, and modestly answered them many days; till the Pope perceiving that these School-niceties being too hard for him, durst not determine them, nor gratify Bernard (though his Friend) and the Hereticating Bishops and Clergy, but craftily put it off to a General Council. This is all out of Otto Frising. recited by Bin. p. 1332.

The next day he was accused of Novelty, for saying that [The three persons were tria singularia.] The Archbishop of Rouen aggravating it, said that [God should rather be called unum singulare, than tria singularia.] At which many were offended, because Hilary saith, [Sicut duos Deos dicere profanum est, ita singularem & solitarium dicere sacrilegum est•-Et nihil solitarium ex divinis Sacramentis ad suspicionem audientium & occasionem blasphemantium proferamus.] But Porretane told them, that by singular, he meant nothing but excellent and incomparable. In this manner Porretane, Bishop of Poictiers, was examined, and modestly answered them many days; till the Pope perceiving that these School-niceties being too hard for him, durst not determine them, nor gratifie Bernard (though his Friend) and the Hereticating Bishops and Clergy, but craftily put it off to a General Council. This is all out of Otto Frising. recited by Bin. p. 1332.

You may see here what work Hereticating Prelates and Councils were inclinated to make. If all the Schoolmens subtle Assertions (sound and unsound) must thus be tried in General Councils, and all that was disliked, called Heresies, though it would have shamed the Prelates ignorance, it would have affrighted daring Wits from their presumption; and since I have seen the tendency of Cartesianism, Gassendianism, and other Epicurean Follies, I did not care much if we had some such ignorant Prelates to affright these bold Philosophers also.