No man of Brains can be ignorant that Popedom or Prelacy, do not always make men mortified Saints, (that oft have been scarce Men, much less Christians;) nor that the Prince hath a great Power, both in Choosing and Ruling the Clergy that are his Subjects. It fell out happily, that Theodoric the Arian, (and divers Spanish ⟨p. 66⟩Arian Kings,) were an honest sort of men; but sure they were very mighty Princes at Rome, when one Subject of an Arian Goth, was Ruler of all the Kings and Souls on Earth, (de jure, say our Deceivers.) And if the Turk should possess Rome, as he doth C.P. all Kings and Nations must be subject to his Subject? And what Power he hath over the four Patriarchs of C.P. Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, is too well known. And when Baronius, Binnius, &c. tell us of famous Whores, (Marozia, and Theodora,) that made, and Ruled and unmade Popes, how was the World Governed? As it was said by a Lord Mayors Child, that he Ruled all London, saying, my Father Ruleth London, and my Mother Ruleth my Father, and I Rule my Mother; so might it be said, these Whores Ruled all the Kings and Nations of Christians on Earth; (if the Roman claim be Currant, for they made and Ruled Popes that claimed the Rule of all the World.) O! how much greater was a Roman Whore, (Marozia, Theodora, &c.) than Pallas, Venus, or the great Diana of the Ephesians! But the mischief was, that they were mutable, and could unmake a Pope, as well as make him, and set the City and Country ⟨p. 67⟩by the Ears: as Aequa Venus Teucris; Pallas iviqua fuit. And if all Kings must be Subjects to the Subject, (or Chaplains) of him that can win Rome, let us wish that he may not be a Mahometan, Pagan, or Arian: And why said I an Arian, when an Anti-arian Pope, can Murder Christians by Thousands, when a Theodoric would not have hurt them.
No man of Brains can be ignorant that Popedom or Prelacy, do not always make men mortified Saints, (that oft have been scarce Men, much less Christians;) nor that the Prince hath a great Power, both in Choosing and Ruling the Clergy that are his Subjects. It fell out happily, that Theodorick the Arian, (and divers Spanish ⟨p. 66⟩Arian Kings,) were an honest sort of men; but sure they were very mighty Princes at Rome, when one Subject of an Arrian Goth, was Ruler of all the Kings and Souls on Earth, (de jure, say our Deceivers.) And if the Turk should possess Rome, as he doth C.P. all Kings and Nations must be subject to his Subject? And what Power he hath over the four Patriarks of C.P. Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, is too well known. And when Baronius, Binnius, &c. tell us of famous Whores, (Marozia, and Theodora,) that made, and Ruled and unmade Popes, how was the World Governed? As it was said by a Lord Mayors Child, that he Ruled all London, saying, my Father Ruleth London, and my Mother Ruleth my Father, and I Rule my Mother; so might it be said, these Whores Ruled all the Kings and Nations of Christians on Earth; (if the Roman claim be Currant, for they made and Ruled Popes that claimed the Rule of all the World.) O! how much greater was a Roman Whore, (Marozia, Theodora, &c.) than Pallas, Venus, or the great Diana of the Ephesians! But the mischief was, that they were mutable, and could unmake a Pope, as well as make him, and set the City and Country ⟨p. 67⟩by the Ears: as Aequa Venus Teucris; Pallas iuiqua fuit. And if all Kings must be Subjects to the Subject, (or Chaplains) of him that can win Rome, let us wish that he may not be a Mahometan, Pagan, or Arian: And why said I an Arian, when an Anti-arian Pope, can Murder Christians by Thousands, when a Theodorick would not have hurt them.
