A discourse concerning liturgies

This was, after all the great Lights of the Church were extinct. Such Liturgies were not [Greek or Hebrew], but [Greek or Hebrew], as Basil in another case, de jejun. Hom. 1. a later invention; after those, whom we honour under the notion of Fathers, were dead and gone, [Greek or Hebrew] (Clem. Alex. strom. 1.) Their Successors (who may glory therein) were nothing like them, but too commonly under the Character of Boniface, Lignei Sacerdotes; ⁱand tho' so much of another temper than those that went before them, yet served the better for this turn, being imperious, or slothful, or insufficient.

This was, after all the great Lights of the Church were extinct. Such Liturgies were not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as Basil in another case, de jejun. Hom. 1. a later invention; after those, whom we honour under the notion of Fathers, were dead and gone, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 (Clem. Alex. strom. 1.) Their Successors (who may glory therein) were nothing like them, but too commonly under the Character of Boniface, Lignei Sacerdotes; ⁱand tho' so much of another temper than those that went before them, yet served the better for this turn, being imperious, or slothful, or insufficient.

1. iMulta denique de cultu divino usurpata sunt, quae honoribus deferuntur humanis: sive humilitate nimia, sive adulatione pestifera: ita tamen, ut quibus ea deferuntur, homines haberentur qui dicuntur colendi & venerandi: si autem iis multum additur, & adorandi, Id. de civit. Dei. l. 10. cap. 4. Isidore ascribes the lamentable condition of the Church to the degeneracy of Pastors, [Greek or Hebrew], Isid. lib. 5. ep. 21. Id. l. 3. ep. 223. Horrid corruption of the Clergy, lib. 5. ep. 131. [Greek or Hebrew], Chrys. Hom. 37. Tom. 6. p. 442. [Greek or Hebrew], Isid. l. 5. ep. 272. Adding, [Greek or Hebrew]—either so indulgent [Greek or Hebrew]. [Greek or Hebrew] Orat. 28.Multa denique de cultu divino usurpata sunt, quae honoribus deferuntur humanis: sive humilitate nimia, sive adulatione pestifera: ita tamen, ut quibus ea deferuntur, homines haberentur qui dicuntur colendi & venerandi: si autem iis multum additur, & adorandi, Id. de civit. Dei. l. 10. cap. 4. Isidore ascribes the lamentable condition of the Church to the degeneracy of Pastors, , Isid. lib. 5. ep. 21. Id. l. 3. ep. 223. Horrid corruption of the Clergy, lib. 5. ep. 131. , Chrys. Hom. 37. Tom. 6. p. 442. , Isid. l. 5. ep. 272. Adding, —either so indulgent . Orat. 28.