The B. of Salisbury.The B. of Sarisburie.

The B. of Salisbury.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Good Christian Reader, this whole matter concerneth only the credit, and certainty of General Councils. Sotus, and Hosius say, what so ever is determined in Council, must be taken, as the undoubted Judgement, and Word of God. Hereunto the Godly Learned Father, Johannes Brentius, replieth thus, Councils sometimes have erred, and have utterly wanted the Sprite of God: as it may appear by that in a Council the Son of God was condemned, and judged to die the death. Hosius answereth, When Annas, and Caiaphas sate as Presidents in the Council, and Christ y• Son of God, was by them condemned to die, yet nevertheless y• same Council had the assistance of the Holy Ghost, and the undoubted Sprite of Truth. For, ¹speaking of the same Council, he saith thus, Vides, Brenti, quemadmodum non defuerit Sacerdotio Levitico Spiritus Propheticus, Spiritus Sanctus, Spiritus Veritatis: Yee see, friend Brentius, how that the Levitical Priesthood (that pronounced sentence of death against Christ) wanted not the Sprite of Prophecy, the Holy Ghost,² the Sprite of Truth. Again he saithe, Ex quo tempore Primus Parens noster de vento ligno gustavit, factus est Mortis Reus Christus Dei, &c. Nec falsum fuit illud,³ quod dixerunt, Nos legem habemus, & secundum Legem hanc debet mori: From the tune, that our First Father tasted of the forbidden fruit Christ the Son of God became guilty of death: Neither was it false, that the Jews said, We have a Law, and according to that Law he ought to die. With this Sprite, I trow, he was inspired, that wrote this Marginal Note upon your Decrees, Judaei mortaliter peccassent,⁴ nisi Christum Crucifixissent: The lewes had committed mortal sin, if they had not nailed Christ unto the Cross. Again, Hosius saithe,