A53737:436
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 17
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3. Wherever they heard of any difference among Bishops, they were still imposing their Umpirage upon them, which commonly by the one or other of the parties at variance, to balance thereby some disadvantages, that they had to wrestle withal, was admitted; ⟨p. 443⟩yea sometimes they would begin to take part with them that were openly in the wrong, even Heretics themselves, that they might thereby procure an address to them from others, which afterwards they would interpret as an express of their subjection. And wherever their Umpirage was admitted, they were never wanting to improve their own interest by it, like the old Romans who being chosen to determine a Controversy between other People about some lands, adjudged them unto themselves.
3. Wherever they heard of any difference among Bishops, they were still imposing their Vmpirage upon them, which commonly by the one or other of the parties at variance, to ballance thereby some disadvantages, that they had to wrestle withall, was admitted; ⟨p. 443⟩yea sometimes they would begin to take part with them that were openly in the wrong, even Hereticks themselves, that they might thereby procure an address to them from others, which afterwards they would interpret as an express of their subjection. And wherever their Vmpirage was admitted, they were never wanting to improve their own interest by it, like the old Romans who being chosen to determine a Controversie between other People about some lands, adjudged them unto themselves.
4. If any Person that was really injured, or pretended so to be, made any Address unto them for any kind of Relief, immediately they laid hold of their Address as an Appeal to their Authority, and acted in their behalf accordingly, though they were sometimes chidden for their pains, and advised to meddle with what they had to do withal.
4. If any Person that was really injured, or pretended so to be, made any Address unto them for any kind of Relief, immediately they laid hold of their Address as an Appeal to their Authority, and acted in their behalf accordingly, though they were sometimes chidden for their pains, and advised to meddle with what they had to do withall.