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

The B. of Salisbury.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Bernard was a Monk, & lived at Clara Uallis about the same time, y• Thomas Becket lived here in England:¹ at which time, as it appeareth by his often complaints, the Church of God was miserably defaced. For thus he writeth, namely touching the Clergy of Rome:² Nihil integri est in Clero &c. In the whole Clergy (wherein he includeth the Pope, the Cardinals, the Bishops, & all the rest) there is no part left sound. It remaineth now, that the man of Sin that is, Antichrist, be revealed. ³From the top to the toe, there is no health. The Servants of Christ now serve Antichrist. Therefore Bernard, living in a time of such corruption, and being carried away with the tempest,⁴ & violence of the same, must needs in these cases bear the less credit. How be it, in other places he seemeth somewhat to ⟨p. 612⟩rectify his own meaning.⁵ For thus he writeth, Quasi verò Christus, cùm jam ascenderit in Coelum, tangy a Maria, aut velit, aut possit. Et utique poterit: sed affectu, non manu: Voto, non oculo: Fide, non sensibus: As though Christ, after he is Ascended into Heaven, either can, or will be touched of M•rie. And verily he may be touched: but with love, not with hand: with desire, not with eye: with Faith, not with senses.

Bernarde was a Monke, & liued at Clara Uallis aboute the same time, y Thomas Becket liued here in Englande: