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TO T
^^'S'fjTf^
i(^
AN
Englifli- Saxon Homily O N T H E
BIRTH-DAY
S'GREGORT,
Anciently ufed in the
EngU/hSaxon Church,
Giving an Account of the
Converfion
oftheENGLISH
FROM
to
Paganism
t
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^ Christianity.
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il
By Eliz. Elstoe.
LO N D
Vrimd by
Q N: W. Bowjei^, MDCCIX.
Si
S. {jri^eliftScul/!:^.
TO
THE
QUEEN.
Madamj
in
fo
un-
a manner, to addrefsYour
A2
Epiftle Dedicatory.
I believe,
of
time
when
guage
it
;
Your Majeit
favourable Audience
as the
tors ,
both
laid the
Foundation
fo
They
Faith
,
received that
Orthodox
are the
of which
You
undoubted Defender.
is
And
it
be
Epiftle Dedicatory.
Roman Empire^
to
remind
Epiftle Dedicatory.
account it is hojped,
it
may not be
For aS
hy Helenay the never to be for* " gotten Mother of the moft ^' Pious Conftanttne ^ Emperor
*^
th^
Epijile Dedicatory.
^^
the
^-
Your
the
Here
is
a noble Inftance of
two truly Royal Ladies, promoting the Advancement of the Chriftian Faith. Another we
have, highly memorable, in the
many Corruptions, by Your IIluftrious Predeceffor Queen lixahth. Which altho' it is an Argument that Your Majesty
has
Epifile Dedicatory.,
has had fome great, and Ihinin^
it
Your moft
equal
as,
Illuftrious
all their
Chafor
rafter, to
Glories.
Inafinuch
thelntroduffion of theChriftian
Faith at
tion of
firft,
it
when corrupted , we
more than hope, with St. Gre^ gory^ will by Your Majesty be render d compleat, in the future Security and lafting Eftablifhment of the Church of
and purely reformed, inthefeYour
Chriflr,
fo early planted,
Maje-
Epiftle Dedicatory.
geous a Peace,
be moft
:
And
and
Life
to enjoy thofe
in the united
Bleffed Fruits:
Thanks and
Praifes
of
all
Eih
and unalienable
AfFeSions of
Your
i
Subjefls^
Epifile Dedicatory.
thofe Pious
figns^
this
all
Tour
Elizabeth Elstoh*
THE
PREFACE.
Am
tion
o-?
thers^
who flmU
into their
Ifiould be very
the En-^
glad
to find them^
any
deavonrs I have
tifed to pleafe
which I
have employed innch of my Dejires: J?id as the more candidfort ofReaders will^ perhaps^ be fogenerous as
to thinkj I have alfo taken fome Fains. Thofe
who
are
more addiBed
tisfyed.
to Cenfure^
For
in dealing
with
of People^
and
theip
a 2
ii
The
PREFACE.
and
defpijing all that does not
^
P^are in condemning
immediately tend^
as they imagine
to their
own
are
Honour
or Advantage.
Thofe
who
Learnings
that Ignorance
.
may
feein not to he
an
mconftderahle thing.
ing
And yet I
aU fuch^
pleafe
Thofe
elves witha?i Opinion of their ow?i themf extraordinary Wit or Learnings ufually think them-
who
and
impertinent.
So that
it
not
difficult
Matter
to forefee^
what kind of
meet withy
reception
a Work of
/ know
from
this
kind of Perfons.
,
a Woman to do with Learning^ This I have known tir^ed by fome Men^ with an Envy unbecoming that
For
firji
it
will be faid^
What
has
is
For if
Women may
is
Improvement ^
greateft Improvements ^
Jiion.
we
Que-
Where
is
Learning ?
hurt can
why
what
be to themfelves ?
what Difadvantage
it
to others^
But
makes them
and negleB
Where
The
Where
this
PREFACE.
it is
iU
it is
happens
Fault.
But
not the
Fault of Learnings which rather poliJJjes and refines pur Feature ^ and teaches us that Method and Regularity^
which
difpofes
m to greater
againft
Readinefs and
not obferve
Diverfions
I do Womens
Why
among us^ who are Lovers of Learnings altho^ no better account coud be giveri Qf it than its being a Diverfion^ be denfd the Be^
and Pleafure of it^ which is both fo innoce?jt and improving. But perhaps mojl of thefe Perfons mean no more than that it makes them negleEi the Theatre^ and long fittings at Play ^ or tedious Dref
^efit
and vtfiting Bays ^ and other Diverfions^ which fieal away more time than are fpent at Study.
fings^
why
any more of the Reafons fome Gentlemen are fo eager to deny us this
i?ito
Privilege :
afhanid^^
to find any
jnore violent
than
Who
defpair^
Knowledge^ feem
totally to abandon
down
in Dark-it
had
not Reafon^
or
were
The
made by Gentlemen
to
Womens
who
hath alfo writ feveral Latin Epiflles, to Andreas RivetPfs on the fame
Subjeft.
dy Metrica.
M DC XLVIII.
them
iv
The
PREFACE.
-^
them into the Light but thefe Perfons have in them^ felves an anfwer to all their Cavils againft Learnings
viz.
norance^ for which they are to be pity ed^ tho* they are
and a being
I have
when with an
would
as they tmagirid^
they
Woman
Power
and yet what the Confequence of fuch Hatred would be^ if it were not fantafiical^ rather than real, might jufly be feared-^ and I think the rajh Wit , and thoughtlefs ExpreJJions of fuch
perior to
them :
elfe
but
FoU
or Chrifian Prudence.
But I Jhall
whether reak
to converfe
not give
my f elf
with thofe who have fome degrees of Learnings and know how to value it in a
themfelves : but are not fo favourable to any degree or
Portion of it when found in others^ of which they are
^mance^ a
little
Novel^ perl^aps entertain themfelves a with Hijiory , they read a Poem gracefully^
prettily^
md
make Verfes
and with
thefe
The
coniplijh^d.
PREFACE.
to
he dijlurbed
'
good Opinion of themjelves^ and offuch Attainments. And this good Humour of SelfLove^ which produces fuch Lnprovement^ might' deferve both Praife and Encouragement : were it inno^
in this
cently
good natur^d
to it feify
without being
i?i-
jurious to others.
thi?ik
any part of Learning either ufelefs^ or contemptible^ becaufe I knew not the Advantages of it / have
-^
rather thought
my felf obliged
to
reverence thofe
,
who
and can
in
luing thofe
mentiofhd^
when
and are
Plato, if we
thorities^
may lay any firefs upon Heathen Aumakes it a mark of Ingenuity to defpife no
kind of Learning ^ ^ and one of the mofl elegant Apologies for Learning , that perhaps has ever
been made^ informs us ,
tual connexion
that the Arts have
a mu-
and dependence between themfelves , which Temutually illuflraie andaffift each other
,
who have
any
way for me to obviate thofe Obje^ions to which this Work may be thought liable. And the next probably will be this. Admit a Woman may have Learnings is there no other kind of
f"
Learning
vi
the
PREFACE.
?
^
Learning
what has
But how came they to know that it is out of the way^ and tifelefs , who know nothing of it ^ and
they feem to have forgot the Sentiments of their
polite Maflers^
.
who judgd
I fear ^
if things
were
d with
Laws and
.
Cujloms ,
and
thefe
Language of
tire
their Ancejlors.
/ ajfure you^
Confiderations
But
the Sa-^
it felf.
Having
accidentally
and having gained the Alphabet I found it fo eafy^ and in itfo much of this grounds of our prefent Language^ and of a more particular Agreement with fome Words which I had
dejirom to under(land
y
it^
both in hi$
kfler
Grammar, and
for
it
his
hrgctThefaurw^
Defence
made
by Mr.
Lifie^ in the
h^ard
the
preface:.
this the
vH
Language.
With
kind Encourager of my
recommended
to
Mr. Thwaites. The Matter of that Book being well known and familiar to me ^ made the reading vf it very eafy and agreeable: and led me on to
the reading offever al other Treatifes^
and to
divert
Mawas
Among
thefe
xme I made of the Athanafian Creed , which the great Inftaurator of Northern Literature was plea-
fed
to accept
from me
and
to think 7iot
unworthy
of being publijlj^l with the Confpeclus, or account in Latin, which the learned Mr. Wotton has giveri
us of his ample
Vett Septentrionalium.
and
to urge
me:
woud inLanguage
of their Bredeceffors^ and the Original of their Mo^ Particularly he recommended to me ther To?igue.
the Publication of this Homily.
And
here I cannot
Women
have^
from fo great an
Authority.
Of how
great impor-
tatiori
viii
The
And
PREFACE.
to the
cation of
a Daughter^ afcribed
it is
Author of
Teleinachus.
is
who
in
jhoud
Fathers^
who
and
Catalogue of
fuch
Epijlles to excellent
Women^
was made and prefented to Mr. Aftley, by Mr. Roger Afcham, Tutor to the mojl Illuflrious Queen Elizabeth, and born in the fame Place that gave Birth to my mofi learned Friend: as if there
thers^
in the genius
of that Place^
Mr.
Afcham,
in
this
Obferva-
That
lear--
and
mofi happy:
in
But^
to
When
*
I had read
over^
and
tranfcribed
it^
Tandem,
clarifllme Aflixe,
nas ex Hieronymo,
& Auguftino
quam
mitto.
quo
plures feminse,
Epffl.
Rogeri Ajchami
fam.
fnadd
The
ffiade no long
PREFACE.
The Importance of
ix
make
it
Englifh.
me
V erfor-
mance.
I have
to the
not done
with any
En-
xvoud be both
^
and
beft exprefs
Sa-^
the Saxon
both the
xon
of the
fame Kindred and Affinity : and the Reader be more readily enabled^ and encouraged to know the one
by the other
^
fo well anfwerd^
elaborate.
and
I thought
woud
be fome
way
or other ufeful^
in
or at leaf diverting.
am
fenfble^
different
Occafwn of Cenfure
pleafe or difpleafe
,
and that
mour and
to the
Charity^
holy
and Goodnefs of
this
Man^ and
Church: theVfefulnefs of which ^ byVerfons of good judgment , may perhaps be thought a jujl Apology
for meddling with thefe Studies : fo long as a Gratitude to their
glilli
Memory^ who
is
firft
of
it
Were I
b 2
upon all
woud
X
wot/d he
The
PREFACE.
me
to recount all the AEiions
neceffary for
and Occurrences of his Life , whifh of themfelves would 7nake a jufl Volume^ and have been treated of hy fever al Authors. Such as are PauluS, and Johannes Dlaconi and thofe that have writ concerning him^ either as a Bijloop of Rome, or as a
:
learned Man.
Of
mho have
who
illujbate the
daily Church'Hiflory ,
his Works.
Amongji zvhich the BenediBines of the Congregation of St. Maur have labour d much , in
giving
lis
large
and
full account
of that great
Man
in their Life
and publijh'd
Latin.
/ foall
to
he bore
and of which^Btdcfpeaketh
it
man-
ner.
"
Of whom
inafmuch
U as by his Tnduflry he converted ours^ that is " the Englilh l^ation^ from the Power of Satan to '' the Faith of Chrijl. Whom we may ju/Ily, and
ought
to call
being fet
'Nation,
reduced our
far enfaved
^'
fo of a Church i
might
that
what
^^
IL Cap,
i.'
^^
well
The
^ well
^^
PREFACE.
to
xi
W5^
yet
^ doubtlefs
*^
am
you ,
my ApoZeal of
fllefhip are
ye in the Lord.
But
the
this
Holy
Many
after
Rome, wasfo
witnefs to
it.
were fear ce
to he
when prevented
and
fo worthy MiJJioners ,
and Prelates
their Expediti^
whom
he appointed them to
vifit in
may he feen hy
exceed-,
,
ded
in the
Appendix.
up Englifli Slaves
Ep. Corinth
ix, v. 2.
vii.
Indift. xiv
wherein
Boys.
him
We would
about fe-
venteen
or eighteen
Tears of Age
again
,
in Afonafleries they
And
in the
fame
Epiftle,
Or as we have faid
that they
may
of Almighty
But
which are
way
may
in
which
baptiT^e
them.
ought not perhaps to be made fo great a Jeft, Hiftorians wou'd make of It, who fpeaking of
thus.
But
let
m return to
If
Gregory intended
xii
The
in the
PREFACE.
in Monajieries^
to be train
Zeal
jit
to be confider'd
and
imitated by thofe
tions^
who
who have
Souls to God^
down
wth Khig
Ethelberts^
and
come
not go on to
by the
them.
comteou^ People
Northern
of that Hiftorian^
this effeminate
Monk
that
the fame of
whom
and
fays
and
Faftings^
tells
and
us in
Watchings^ &c.
his
is
own
Hiftory a
little after,
he ufed to go unjhod^
and that by
travelling barefoot,
But
Gregory
had long
of the
let
Engltfl)^
tho*
it,
he
met with
feveral Impedim.ents
him do
either
much
him for not direfting his Miffionerjimmedtatcthey were not fure of a kind Reception*
fo.r
jy to
good Man, fo he wa
at
and
fuch Seafons,
that
as
were mofl
The time
he gave
his
chafmg the young Men, was the fixth Year of his Pontificate. Thefe, when of riper Years and of fufficient Qualification, it is not amifs to believe, were intended to be his Miflioners, and defign'd for the iVbrthern Dominions of Ella.
Eiut confidering his
own Indifpofitions,
:
^i
the Apprehenfions he had from thence that he fliould not live long,
he was
willing to lofe
no time
in fo
good a
Work
with thefirftand moft convenient Opportunity ^ and hearing that the JLnj^lijl) in Kent, by the Care of Queen Berbta^ and Bifhop Luidhxrd^
her Confeffor, were difpofed to receive the Chriflian Faith. He, in the latter end of the fame Year, d irc({ed Augufline thither, who the next
Year arrived
in Kent.
The Holy
as
as
we may
it
we
find in a
few Years
did*
The
very^
PREFACE.
may prove an
xiii
under which they are held by the Prince of Darknefs:^ to which I wijh the remembrance of our
cvpn Converfwn to Chrijlianity^
early
incitement
than the
Nations by
and Idolatry.
of the great BleJJings of our Conver^ and one of the great Comforts that attended
it
that
zvas effeBed at
it
time^
to
fonsy as
made
with refpeB
and Regular.
we
was a found and uncorrupt Branch of the Catholick Church: when it taught no
but
when
that Church
Other
DoBrine
y
and imposed no
other Articles
of
Faith
firji
That Faith and Difcipline which was firft fent hither ^5f. Gregory, which was firfl preached to the Englifli SaAges by the Catholick Church.
xons by
long
St. Aiiguftine
the
fame continued
Superjlition^
in its
of Ignorance and
was
re^^
And is
it
we
we
of England, as
pline
,
to Faith^
and
,
all that
Church
Saxon Church
gland was^ as
to
5cW
the PIlfeFACfi.
is
fome
no fmall SatisfaSion
that
we
reap^
we fee
it
Church.
That
was
before the
fore the
Roman Church was corrupted^ beL Roman Church as now corrupted^ notwith*
and
was knawn^
or
had a Being
in the
World.
As for the Polity and Difcipline of the Englifh Saxon Churchy it was fettled in Epifcopa-^
cy
,
having
tout
Interruption to
was
continued in
There
than
thii^
what
an uninterrupted Series from the Apofles to thefe Tht) our Hiflories will make this good^ with times.
relation to all the
I Jhall
frofft
in^
We
can rec^
this
who wa^
fent by
froni
Gregory
t
who
derived his
Siicceffion
St. Peter
and who^
of Faith and DoBrine^ we have Ajfurance that our Church is Apbflolical^ being
5cc*
dnd
therefor^
the
PREFACE.
I
xv
of the Nibe-
/
look
what
with fo ill an Eye upon the Converfion of the fenglilh Saxons by St. Auguftine, and undervalue
the great Kindnefs of St. Gregory to this 'Nation , in jetting forward and encouraging his Mijfwn:
That
all the
Affair;,
Jhou'd be mifreprefented,
and perverted ^ to make room for Mens own Fancies^ and ConjeBures^ of fo much later date but a violent Prejudice againB
-^
Vame of
of a more perfeB Acquaintance with the Affairs of that Time. This has occafion'd fame to feek any Reftge , rather than to own that
,
Rome
or wa?it
our Converfion
Bt. Peter-, as
derived to us from
to that firH BiJJjop
iffuch a Relation
of Rome, and Apoftle^ muft neceffarily involve us in alt the Corruptions which crept i?it'o that Churchy
andJ
dious^
by degrees^ rendered
it
moTt deforrnd^
and
o-
with
dern Popery.
was
had a
but in the
when
the Britains^
and
the
Romans, had
'j*
the
"PoffeJJton
of it.
^n^ the
Saxons
wm Ma
Miffi-
of
xvi
ofit^
enjoy
The
of that
PREFACE.
efpecially^
""
Van
all
which has
Jifics
d the Name
were
,
fi/^'England.
or Englifh,
fers of Idols
jfHanSy
ojfer*d
and we do
Britain^,
Times give fo difmal an Account^ of the corrupt fate of the Britifli Churchy as does not much en^
courage us to he more fond of deriving our Pedi^
gre from
was
than from that of Rome, which then Orthodox. We need no other Te/iimony than
ity
own Country Man^ who ufes very fevere Exclamations against them. And when fome of the Saxons, moved in all probability by the Example of that little Church which was 171 the
that of Gildas, their
Chriftian
difcover^d ari
We find
was made of the great Obflacle Converfwn^ was ^ that the Bijhops and
Work
In which
Accufation^
as 7nuch included^
the
GMcm
*
it\
a?id
Gtvmm
a?id Clergy,
who
Infulk-j
from Afar,
thm
Polonm
in his Chron.
from Alphonfus
Garfioi*^
likewife
from
Glafton Chronograph.
Monemmk.
Rog. Wendov.
p. 142,
Maith.
i^i'&p*
were
The
were more
plain ^
as to
f/:?^
PREFACE.
and beyond the Sea.
,
xvii
remote^
And it
is
Britains
viour at that
moH
they woiid
him
in preach-
They were not found fo comas might well have been expeBed^ but were
in
to
more objiinate ^
than jludiovs^
Ghrijlianity.
Re-
fpeEis
and
Difputes^
waved.
So
ding to their own whole Account of the TranfaBion^ they make St. A\igM^mt to comply with the
Britains,
to oppofe
almoH
in every thi?ig.
And
the Britains,
-
him with fuch an obftijiate Refolution , as not tojoyn with him in one V articular and that
'-^
would
ny over them.
A popular Argufnent
which
is ne-^
who woitd
little
and many
enough^ to approve.
pend
much upon ConjeBure^ as fome other Circumflances of the Hijiory^ which are urged to his
as
Bifadvantage ^
ail^
certain
it is^
that
it
agrees not at
of
xvHi
The
PREFACE.
this.
of him^ and of his Followers^ and by which they fo much prevailed upon the Saxon People^ and King
Ethelberht himfelf^ as may he feen not only pom
Homily, but from. Bede
-^
where
we
Word of
as nnprofita--
Me
\^
that he
and
his
fer Perfecution
necefjary.
and Death
it
felfy if
it
were
and
were baptised ^
innocent Courfe
of Life^ and the Sweetnefs oftheif^ That King Ethelberht was fo heave?ily DoBrine. much pleafed and delighted with it : as that he aU
fo received Baptifm^ and reverenced thefe Chrijli^
ans^ as
Men
is
of a heavenly Converfation.
Here
and altho
Gregory^
in
a Letter
to himj like
cautions him a^
who
of
as the Converjion
a whole Nation^ and fbewing of Miracles : yet to Jhevp you what EJleent he had of the Meehiefs of his Converfation^ in the very clofe of the fame J?piftle^
of his ConduB y
Condition.
^'
The
V:
PREFACE.
xix
prate the Winds of my AuditOYs in Hmiilhy: ^ But your Humility hath wherein to place its ^ Confidence. For /, who am a Sinner^ do enter^ " tain moxi certain Hope^ that by the Grace of our
*^
Ood and
5
f^
Lord
Jefus Chrifi^
*'
f^
and for this Caufe are you chofen^ that by you 'Nor ought you to be others may be abfolved.
troubled at any thing hereafter^
^^
who have
cau^
"
P^
J^y
^^^
Heaveriy
Nor
is it
likely^
who^ fent
ta^
of Importance^ by St. Gre-* gory, jhoudfo far negleB the Rules^ and Advices
be inJlruBed in
I will
" Faithy but different UfageSy in feveral Chur-^ cheSj and there is one Form of Divine Service^
for the celebration of the Eucharijly
in the holy
obferved
in
Roman
Churchy
and another
the
ta
is
be done>
St.
GregoryV Anfwer.
f*
knows the Ufage of the Komxa Churchy in which ^ you remember your felf to have been educated^
in the
Ro-
man
that
"
tV
ther Churchy
woud
5(x
f^
The
carefully
PREFACE.
make
choice of
it\^
woud
in
and
infufe
into the
f new
<^
whatfoever out of many VhiArches you have been ^ able to coJJeB. For things are not to be valued
^^
-,
but
" we
'^
upon
Wherefore^ out
^ of
^^ *^
pious^
whatfoe^
of:y
and
that
^
^^
and
as
it
were^ bound up
Minds of
the Englifh,
they
may grow
than
into VraBice.
What Advice
rate^
this
and mode-
of
St.
Gregory
or
more prudent
Here
no Ufurpa-
Church
^Rome,
--^
to the Tuition to
have
had fome Right. No Impofition of burthenfome tiites and Ceremonies ^ but the People left wholly at Liberty^ to be govern d by their own Bijhop'^ and their Btfoop to model and govern his Churchy
not by the Rlatform of the Church of
Rome
but
was fet
over^ out
of whatfoethix
And
ought ta
have
The
PREFACE.
xxi
"
*^
oblige
him (Auguftine)
:y
to follow the
Exampk
ujing
^
oftheRoimn Church
the
chiefly^
Ifuppofe, becaufe
^^
Queen
and
f^
" and her Bijhop being of the Galilean Churchy it ^^ woitd have given great Offence to them^ to have '' had it taken away as likewife^ to all the Bri'^ tifli Churches which had been accujionid to it^
,
So that
it is
that
Gregory hadfome Concern for a good Correfpondencd with the Britains, and was willing that they jhoud
hai^e no Offence given
iakeji none.
them^
if they
woud
have
And we
much
Gregory,
and his
JBf-
lefs to
Thofe^
to
this
who woud
,
Affertion
inffl
St. Auguftine,
which he made
Jhops^
and
of Rome. been faid already^ it may rather be fuppofed with better Reafon^ and Charity: that thofe Vropowere intended for greater Uniformity^ and
thefe
i.
fals
to
were
its
That
proper
Seato
brate
jocii
the
PREFACE.
brate Baptifoi,
by which we are born again to God^ according to the Cuftom of the Holy, and Apoftolical Roman Church. And^ g. That
they (hould join with them, in preaching to the St. Auguftine told them, that if the) Englijh.
woti^d concur with him in thefe Particulars
they differed from them in
,
tho*
many other
things^
the)
in no one Point ^
him any RefpeB^ as an Archbijhop. So that Nay, plain, on which fide the Objlinacy lay.
d with them yet farther, fo far as it was fafe^ and have waved all his Vretenfions, if he then made any, to a Superiority over them, woiJid they
have
conie to
cdol
to
Debate
off,
and
woud
Times,
hearken
no Terms.
And
it
ought not to
he forgotten ,
had
and Agreement amongfi themfelves. So that it no wonder if they were not fo compldifant, as
fall readily into ^
to
an Agreement with
no Abfurdity at
St.
Auguftine;
to mention
And perhaps
it is
all,
this Account
Bijhops ^
with
Metropolitan JurifdiEiion,
LandafF and
^
St.
Davids^
The
Antiquities of the
BrWfh Churches,
by
Bp. StUlhgflesh
froni
The
PREFACE.
was not agreed And it appears^
livedo
xxiii
from the time ^Dubricius, the See was transfer d But this firfl to LandafF, and then to St. Davids.
latter Tranflation
Britifli Btjhops.
hy the foregoing
when Oudoceus
Fower of Caerleon
If thefe
to themfelves^
and
there-
fore
woud
not he confecrated hy
the BiJJjop of
St. Davids.
Britifti Btjhops
cotid fwaz-
ger thus at one of their own Patriarchs^ or Metropolitans^ St. Anguftine had no reafon to he much
furpriz^ed^
tifti
had he heen acquainted with the Brimet with fame of the fame rough
himfelf being fd
Hi/lory^ if he
Foreigner.
But
to
mands of
a Divifon
k)our to
Auguftine.
As
to the Firft,
The
it
a joint Commimion^
like to
in the Places
wherever he wai
be concern d.
Isotions about
Baptifm
and
it
was
a Point fo neceffarj
and
rnily
effential
whom
their Communion^
tlfnk
xxi^
tifrn
,
The
it
PREFACE.
them
to that
was
not to fuhjeB
Church
him y and
to be mofi fafe^
was allow'* d of by ail the Orthodox. Thirdly, The Demand of ajjifli^i^ them in preaching to the Saxons, in 5f. Auguftine was highly charitable ^
md commendable
of
rate Quarrels
the refufal of
it
in the Bri-
tains, inexcufahle.
Auguftine
-,
their invete-
fo far^
and Hatred to the Saxons, proceeded as to make them envy them Chrijlianity.
the Gofpel to them^ and^ as
it
They
to
of our
Pains^
fpend fo much
Honour of our Converfon from the Romans, and give it to the Britains ^ and that
fo much frefs foould be laid upon the Relation cf
Munfter, a foreign Author^ and not 7nuch acquain-of one ^ OfFa, they jhoud have faid OfFo, a Saxon of Royal Bloody who was tur-
-^
and endeavoured the Converfon of It is faid fo7?ie of the Germans, //; the Tear 603. he was converted at the InflniEiions cf fome pious But Munfter fays 7iot a Word of the Britains.
7ied Chriflian
,
Matter.
Hiftoryy
is
Sir
thai
faysy this
Godwin.
xon
The
PREFACE.
Tear 597.
Isor
xxv
xon Converts^ to whom St. Auguftine had preach^ ed the Go/pel Jix Tears before , haimg entered
Britain
in
the
there
to
any
Gregory
Theode-
good Opinion of the Britains, fmtch lefs to con-St. Gregory declared ^ that one Occafion firm it.
this
of his fending
his MiJJioners^ at
it
he^
had intended
flian
bitt
before)
w&s
in the
becaufe he imderjlood
had an
the Clergy^
Neighbourhood^ neg-
This Acciifation^
as has been
before ohferved^
may
gy.
their
ty^
good
and
Inclination to Chrifliani--
had from,
it
the Bri-
tains
and
their Example.
To which
may be
anfwer^d^
Probability^ that
Ex-
of Queen Berlita, who had afterwards fo great an Influence in the Converfion of the King hi?7ifelf: And this is what feem.s to
ample and good
Offices
Be pleas' d
to take one
Sen-
tence of
it'^
We return
who
hath gracioully vouchfafed to referve the Converfion of the E?tgliJJj People for your Reward. AndJ to the Enquiry above mention d^ another
may
If the Britains
were fo forward
of the Saxons
2
what
xxvi
The
reafon
PREFACE.
there for
what
was
Gregory^ fo feverely
What need
and
were fo zealous
in the
Zeal and Kindnefs has beenfeen before. But the Zealots^ against St. Augufline,
the Gofpel at all :
was
with
Thatk
fuperjlitiom
a?id unneceffary
Ceremonies.
unfairly reprefented.
as preach-
Neighbourhood ^
who were
that
lois
able to converfe
with
preaching to them ,
Ceremonies^
them the Belief of Jefus Chrift. This is evident from Bede, and all the Hijlorians. For was the
Papal Supremacy^ andUfurpation^ as yet
7ior
iSV.
ejlabliffd^
fo much as aimed
at.
ches^
woud make
and Bloodped. And there feems to be as little ground for charging him with the Slaughter of the Monks (?/^ Bangor, as with any
the greateft Cruelty^
other of the Articles
againji him.
This
The
This
tlpat
is
PREFACE.
till
xxvii
who fays ,
after the
Death of
*'
Auguftine;
And fo
^9
was
taken up to
f'
Jhoud undergo the Vengeance of temporal Dejlru-^ Bion^ who had defpifed the Coiincel that was offer'^d
^'
Safety.
of the Claufe , that exprefs his aid to be interpolated: which Opinion are f
to be confirm
MaBut
or^
had
is
the
Chapter^ he
and to
^W Juftus.
,
Butwhe*'
Bede fpeaks of
and
to
probable^
had he been of
that bloody^
and affuhim
woud fuppofe
have been of: upon his furvival of the Slaughter^ he would have been apt to boafl and triumph in
having livd
own Trophecy fulfiird'^ but of this Bede is ftlejit^ andfo mjjji all others. But I am informed by the Reverend a7i>d Learned Dr. Sinith^^
to fee his
"Prebendary of
Durham
,
who
is
preparing a mojl
exaB
Edition of Bede
Ma-
IL
cap
ii.
p* 1 14
nufcripts^
Kxviii
niifcrtpts^
The
that
tnojl
^Ely,
have been
Be*
and accurate Examination of the Chronology^ Mr. Wharton feems to have decided ^ this Matter making it appearfromWiWmm Thorn,
,
The Author of
who was
and of o*
who affirm,
a
Auguflm did not live till Six hundred long time before. And, he fays, they affertthai
Infamy and fufpicion of the Welfli Maffacre and his Conjefture that they did fo, is enough to deflroy their Autho. But why fliou'd not they, who were Monks, of SuAuguftme\ rity.
ed
his time,
why
cancel
as
Ldand^
Book , and charges the ftifling of it upon poor Thorn. But if that Book be really loft, there is rnuch more reafon to fufpeft that it wa? fuppreft fome time after, in an Age when, we fee, fuch Authorities cou d not be born. And the declaring fuch a truth, as that Aygufl'inc was not at the Welfh Maffacre, was enough to ruin the Reputation
of a Writer.
But to demoliiii the Credit of one poor Hiftorian, was a
fmall Matter with thofe
who fpared not to plunder all the Libraries And it may be fome farther defence of
like Pretence
late
of ftifling Authors, on
Worcefter^
?
Bp.of
after
But
were
were
ved.
"
Ms Vouchers, which ought moft carefully to have been prefer^ And this Opinion, I am apt to believe Thorn was of himfcif,
to
for he owns himfelf to have taken the greateft part of his Hiflory front
Spotty
and appeals
h^m
as his Voucjier.
And
here
The
hundred and four
:
PREFACE.
which was
not
in the
till
xxix
Tear Six
dred andfeven^^ fo that Mr. Wharton, with ajuji Concern^ concludes the Matter thus^ " They ^ trifle
C
away
to
their time^
who leave
nothing unattewpted
/ am
inclined to
have
C
(C
more favourable thoughts of the Apoflle of our Nation^ nor will the Chronology admit of other
thoughts.
this
who
was pre-^
and Edilfrid , thd not at the Slaughter of the Monks of Bangor , yet at the fame time it was committed. He adds ^ " Hoxq truly " they affirm this^ let them take heed\^ That Ex^
^^
cellent
^
Man Jhall
^'
not fall by
Mr.
*'
ihefe
Words.
He was a
and
ofThomas Spott
this Diftick,
which he
on the
Tomb
of St. Auguftim,
& decusalcum,
Hie Auguftinus requiefcit corpore fandus. Ve Converfione BtlPannU adChrift, Relig: tag. 53.
^ Chron. Sax. p. 2$.
*
I.
pag. 89,
90,91;
Book
II.
pag. 78.
[^
pra&ifed
xxx
^^
the
PREFACE.
-^
praBifed great Aujlerittes : And if he fell into ^ any Inequalities of Temper if he was two warm
^^ ^ ^^ *'
far upon the Britains, it ought to he charged upon the fcore of humane Infirmities^ and co-
verd with
This
is certain
" he ingaged
*^
a glorious Undertakings
broke
and was
converted,
"
'
^^ *^ ^^
*'
d with
wonderful Succefs
He
Kingdom of Kent by the Strength of his own Co7iduB and Miracles and that of the Eaft Saxons by his Agent and Coadjutor Mellitus.
the
-^
*'
*'
The fpreading of Chrijlianity thus far among the Saxons was a great Step towards the Converfwn of the reB. Let his Memory therefore be men-tion^d
let
us fraife
God
Al*
^^
*'
Inflru--
Ifiand.
The Britifi Manufcript^ were it of that Authority which is pretended^ and of which Sir Henry Spelman, who beft knew the Value ofit^fpeaks with grea* ter Modejly than thofe who have fucceeded him ^
and who
one
lefs
woud
and much
who
writ in
Norman
is to
be reputed
to be relfd upon^
againH
frdni
The
mt fee why the
enjoy it :
PREFACE;
Bijhbps might notjuflly claim
it,
Jcxx
and
andyet
and without
fl
Blemijh.
And yet j
Britaiiis, in
it
may he made
affisi
refufmg to
in the
Saxon
Coriverjion, can be
defended:
Since
might
may I
not fay
in
ptheVj
fo good a Work.
mdtion, that has fo
But what
is it
much enfarnd
this
Controverfy ?
debted
Churchy
thofe Corruptions^
it
with which ^
And yet
^
furely
there has
to
been a time
related:
when
it
was no Shame
be thus
Chair
when St. Peter and St. Gregory held the it was worth owning an Acquaintance
with
it.
Reformation^
hur Communion
iiuith
Rome j
were imported by
ners
5
St.
Gregory^
and
his MiJJid-
of thofe
Writers^
ijuhtch
was
to
Heeded not
htehtSi
and at fb g^eat
JExpence.
Some
betteir
knowledge
xxxi
The
PREFACE.
Knowledge of the State of the Saxon Churchy woiid have inform d them of its Puritj; in thofe
times
'^
its
that
St.
Auguftine,
was
fame
in Error
Roman
proved at large ,
in his Letters
Priesi^
from page ^^
the SubjeEi
,
to
74^
faid upon
It
may not^ however^ be amifs to give the Saxon Reader fome few Infiances^ of thofe Particulars to which the DoBor refers , the Authority whereof he has
nor with greater plainnefs.
to their Faith.
Secondly,
As to their Prayers , and the Scriptures in their own Language. Thirdly, As to the Supremacy. Fourthly, As to the worfhipping Images. And lajily^ let me add Trajifubjiantiation.
FirHy as to their Faith^
and Prayers ,
in their
own Language J take this Inflame ^ which I have tranfcribed ^ and tranflated into Englifh, front Mr. WhelockV Edition of Bede , page four hundred ninety five , as
before
it.
it Jlafids^
peii
The
|?ep ir Seleapa.
-j
PREFACEHere
is
xxxii
the Belief,
and
Prayer,
and
BlelTing,
who do
underftand Latin,
'
Du upe
FcB&ep
^e eapp
]>in
in
Heaven^ haUoxpedbe
ma
gehal^ob.
Decume
pilla j-pa
thy
pice
Sy ^in
f pa
come^ Thy
in
he doney as
Heaven
fo alfo
on
Earth,
Give us to day ^
And for-
give us ^ ourTrefpajfes^ as
^am ^e
Knb ne
pij)
up agylra]):-
And lead
lae5
^u na
Sc
up on
us
not into
Temptation^
coptnunge^'
alyp up
:
ppam yple
Sy hit ppa
8e LtEppe Cpe5a>
Ic
The
Fse-
Lefler Creed.
^elype on Gob
eop pan
believe in
heopenan
hip
"3
*]
ic
Lord^
Dpihten.
p^p ^eeac-
nob op
])ara
halgan Dapte.
3 acenneb op CIQapian
^am
M^ry^
fuffer^iun-
ed on the
Crofs.
He was
dead.
pobe
xxxiii
The
psej"
PREFACE.
beab.
j)o5e alian^en, he
dead and
buried-^
wmt
tJ^e
down
into
he arofe from
third day.
op
5ea]>e
:
on fam
fit
|>pi^&an
O^ge ^ he heopenum.
)>pan
^i-t;ah
up to
And
*]
nu ast fpi-
the right
Cobef
:
a^lmihtiger
hand of God
Almighty
he
will
^
the Father
p^5ep
from thence
to
come
judge
and the
Dead.
ic
gelype on ^one
Dart*.:
*;|
halgan
^a
hal-
gan 5e]a]>un5;e
jemasnnyj-j-e:**]!
';|
halgena
pynna pop-f
And I believe in the Ho^ ly Ghoji. And the holy^ Church. And the Communion ofSaints. And the f or-
Jypenyj-fe
^pij-t :
fpa
So be it.
npe&a
The
Nicene or Conjianti^
to be
mpolita^n Creed,
ufed in the
Communione
on
Icjelype on senne Hob
Vxbtji jGlmihti^ne. pyp-
Service.
believe in
I
the
God
,
Father
Almighty
heopenan ^ eop]>an. 3 ealpa gepepenhcpa ^m^'a ^ ungepepenhcpa. "j on Jenne Upijt hselenb 6pi*
cenb
and
invifible:
And
in one
hten.
)>one
ancenneban
likewife arpong
Junm\
Books
l?eoporian Jun.
The
beji
PREFACE.
ther
,
xj^xiv
,
acenneb
pulba-:
ErobopDobe. leohc
So]>ne
God of God
i^g^/,
'^ery
op leohre.
Dob op
epenro-
foj^um Efobe.
Scennebne.
**
na gepophrne.
}>one
piptlicne^amFse&ep. ]>uph
hytphom all
ivho
pyn&
ealle
'
^1115 ge-
were made:^
popht:e.
Sepopupmannum
**
for us
3 pop
tail
ap-
T
op op
Men^ and for our Salvation^ came down from Heaven^ and was rnada
Flefb^
<?/ rZ?^
peapj? geplsepc-hamob
^am
peapj)
J?e
^
CQapian
^am
mann
masbene. 3 gepopben:-
on
ppbe ahangen pop up, ^ he jixf bebyp^eb. 3 he ap^p on J?am ^pibban bceje
ppa
ppa
on the
Scriptures teach,
7i?^r
Andhe.
jeppitu
pec^aj).
up into Heaven,
on
and
3 he aptah to
3
heopenum
^^
fitteth
the right
he pitt
"j
Handofhis Father.
Glory to judge the
And
^iick
19/
Fsebep.
he epr
cym^
beabi])
niib pulbjie
ro
3
bemenne
ne
^am ^ ciicum
bfum.
Sam
^W
his
iS^.
/^^
Dead
.n
^^
3 hip picep
Kingdom
fhall be no
ic
gelype on
'
J>one hal-
^an
Efapr. J>ope
hppasprjse])
the Lord
and Giver
6hban Gob.
i)am Fsebep. 3
na. 3
^
f'
8e
op
ofLife^whofroceedethfrom
/i&^
epenebpiptlicne. Jun-
'
))inc, J.
halo. J.
heoponum.
J.
8
J>popabe J.
b?manne. J.
j!cpicum.Jo
lipFsepcan.J.
XXXV
T nii& J^stm
*j
The
PREFACE.
m^Z^o
Suna jebeben
:
is
wor-
d^
and
anan halgan.
-j
>a ^e-
^^ I
and
confefs the
leappullan. 3 JjaKpoftolican
jelaj)un5e.
"j
one Holy^
the Faith-
an pulluhr on
]
pop^ypenyj-fe rynna.
^
^i
z^;^^
ic
an&biC)i5e
;j
aepi)*t:ef
forgivenefs of Sins.
And I
dead Men.
And
the ever-
8y
hit; ppa:-
Fopsypennerre*
J.
anbi&ie.
J.
Rule of Faithy and their Rule he pure , and orthodox ^ that they
their
in Englifh
:
was
not only
hy publick Authority^
plain
from the
Eccleftaflical
But be pleafed to fee the Lam felf as publijh'd in Mr. Lambard and Mr. Whe-
Jock.
Ut Orationem Bominicam
That
& Symboltm
L. 22.
calleant.
Lord's Prayer,
the Creed,
L. 22.
and
And we
appoint^
that
,
each Chrijiian
man
learn
hupu cunne
pihrrie ^elea-
pan
The P
REFACE.
and
x^xvi
pan apihr uii&eprtanben. Parep noftep. ^ Epe&o "J jeleopnian:- pop^am nn6
^W Credo.
the one fhall
fttan
to
Becaufemtb
each Chri-
mib jpam
""
oj)-
God:
pum
jerpucelian pihrne
Cpift; jrealp
/^^r,
^eleapan.
right Belief
Chrifi him^-
And
in
))am
J)e hit;
inpe-
fo fingeth inwardly
apblice gerin^J).
he ge^-
from
eth to
his
Heart) he
applie-
penbaj) ro
Iro&e j"ylpum
a
is
Man
which
ever
any
Man
inwardly
man hme
mpeapblice to
{heartily^hetakebimfelfin
Prayer toGod^unlefshebave
pihrne
^eleapan
Fop
^am
he nah seprep
pop^p'Se
"^
mi5
cpij-rene
was
fo
rm^an
(lance.
And
pay
likewife in
Mfrkl(s Canons
,
to
Bp.
Dire^
aions for
they fhall
he expreffes
that
hi
him opep
xnr^on^
ihat
is,
^ 580.
xxxvli
The
oJ)J)e
PREFACE.
Jhiprpitb the Saints in
refl^
remanan on ^ehalga&an
peftan.
huj-lej*
hep on
peopjjc.
lipe
beon
ne
i)e
he ne bi^
pel cpijrrene.
:
Nor
is
he well (reputed)
,
Chrijiian
learn them.
onponne
aet;
act;
l^uUuhre. ne
bifcopejhit;
pel
before he
has
has
it perfeff*
t
That they had larger DevotioH^ in their own Tongue^ may be obfervedy both from J^Ir.^Sfhtlock^
in
the
Saxon Tongue
Mr.
Difcourfe of the
Old and New Tejlament. We may be further certify ed of this from Mr. Fox, and Mr. JuniusV Edition of the Gofpelsy with Dr* MarfhalV Notes andfrom Mr. Th waitesV Heptateuch
-^
and
Sir
JoHh
Spelman*,r Pfalters
III.
c^p.xxV.pag.
jjff.
Scrmo Cathol de
Sf Petto. pag.4o$.
the
Petpur him
jDpihren ^ip
Ine
\\x
PREFACE.
"^pyp^^-'
xxxix
him:,
Peter mjfvoer'd
hit ry har
w^W
?;/^
/o cc?w^ /o thee
Peter wa^
He
5pypban pop hi ealle, ppa fwer for them all:, as he f pa he 6y5e ^a ^a Epipr did then^ "when Chrifi enquired of them rvhat Meti hi beppan hu men cpy&^
bobon be him.
axobe
hi.
"3
ry]pi^^^
me
ge be Da c^x^ Perpup Du
J3u cpej^e
:
fay ye of me ?
Then faid
Sn
"^pyp&e
manegum.
pa^p
:
popJ>an ^e
annyp
on him mane^um Cpipt cpasj) ro him berpux o])pum pop&um Ic pec^e ^e ^u eapr Pefcpup, opep ^ipne pran ic gerimbpige mine cypSu^uptinup rpatan>
:
]
anfwerdfor many^ hecaufe the Unity of many was in him. ChriH faid to him^ a-
ana
my
Church.
Auguftine
pi-
^upa pijnipicac
Gcclepi-
hecaufe ChriU
is
Petr^ a
Roclc^ VetvustheChriJlian
People.
his
Name wasSimon:
Lord
appointed,
but
hini
hip
nama Simon,
ac Dpihj?ipne
the
/^/xZV^w^Petrus, thdtisi
Siony.
naman Petpup.
nen. to ^1
'f
-p ip ptas-
Becdufe
thai
he
he hsepbe ^e^ela-
had in him
is
tacnun^e
J>un5e:
Epiptep
Chrifiian Church.
called Petra,
Chri^
that
is^
Epipc
ip
cpeben
Pfetpa;
Stbnk
xl
Perpa.
"p ly
The
jpran.
if
PREFACE.
"J
op
Sione.
And
dli
^am naman
Cjiij-t (:^2^\
-gecpeben
Name^
y^/V,
Chri^
^u
]>ani
eapt;
rt:2e-
and
nen.
opep
^ij-ne rran.
/^/a'/ /V,
^
]>e
if
opep
^eleapan
nu an5ett:e)"t. ic Setrimbpigemmecypcan:])u
confejfeU
^/^/7J
ii)>
Church.
/'^/.y
;?i7
Over my felf I
Churchy over
Opep
nie
fylpne
ic
ge-
me
I am
all
the Strength
,
the Building of
Now
Nu bep]> Pe-
rpuf p hip o])J?e geracnunge ^^pe haljan gelajpunge on |>^pe he ijr ealbop un6ep Cpipt >
Churchy
But
jiot ^
St.
Paul
is
declared to he
if
fe
^peotre.
Paul
is
thd thirteenth of
[i. e.
heapef
he
nscf
this heap
Number
or
Society^ he
was not
bodily
af
WheiocJi^ Notes
The
PREFACE.
he is ordain
ter
,
xli
d equal to S.Ve-
Mmh
fum
and Labours.
he was equal
to
And that
him
in his Apofllejhip^
if not fuperior^
may
he difcernd from
what follows^
ta
an Account
last
Day.
Donne
aeteopian
Perpur
pole
which by
Paul,
^e he ^uph
hif lape to
his DoBrine he
to
had brought
the
the belief
almji
all tha
Royal Tranflator\
l^tdc fays^
XAh.
I.
Cap. zxvii.
95.
for the
J>2Bpe
/2
Jirength
xlii
The
j-tpenc'Se
*j
PREFACE.
^eleaftrength of his Bdief, and,
yxne
pan.
hij-
pop anp^bnyrre for the ftedf^^finefs of his Confeffion, he took upon hini hij" T bernyj-j-e he un&eppenc^ ^one namaii. pop- that Name. Becaufe hef ])an ^e he 5eJ)eo&&e hitie fubmitted himfelf ixnth a confl ant mind toChri^i^who^ j-ylpne \Xi\b pa^j-rum mobe
ro Cpij-te. )-e i>e if xtan ^ecpeben ppam ^am Spoj"t:ole
is called
Stone by St.
l?aii]^
1 will build
my
,
Church
that
is^
Paule
ic
rim-
upon
this Stone
Belize
upon the
confejje^.
is
f vt^hich thou
-^
betjrt;
that
he
is
upon Chri^.
For
getim-
God
is rec-
agenpe cyp- Icond one Congregation. can Galle Dobef cypcan And it is built -with chojynbgerealbero anpege- fen Jfen^ not with dead And all the BuiU Stones. lajpunge. f eo if mib ^ecopenum mannum ^etim- ding of the living Stones bpob* na mib beabum f ra- is placed upon ChriJlWherenum. eall f eo byrhng fore through the Faith we ^sepa hphcpa f rana if op- are called his Members^ ep Cpif re ^elogob. pop- and he is the Head of us
hif
:
bpunga
*j
-)
3>an
all.
He
that
buildeth
geleapan
be.
]
hma
gereal-
prevail
againft
my
Church,
Sinners^
,
retical DoBrifie
Gates
The
j:eaner
PREFACE.
cypcan.
>diU
For they
as thro^
minpe
Gates of Hell.
lead the Sinful ^
Leahrpaj-*] ^polliclajifyn-
a Gate
Gates
/??(^/Z?
into
Hell
Pw
^one j'ynpullan j-pylce ^uph gear mro helle pire CQanega rynb^a jaru. ac heopa nan ne msg on^ean ^a haljan jeIaj>un5c ^e if getimbpob uppon ^am pasftan j-tane Epirfce. pop'San ^e fe gehi 1^5a|)
:
mjhment.
,
Many
are the
ly
Church,
which
is built
Becaufe
through
the
Believers
CbriJTs
ProteEli-
from
thQ,
/^^
Temptations
of
Devil,
cofcnunja
Of
J?e
cpsej).
the
J)e
Ic
betsece
<9/
the
of Heaven.
not of Gold, nor
nanum
him
anij*
tJimbpe ^e]'mi])o5.
]*e
ac
made of any
anpealo 'Se
'f
Cpift;
popgeap.
nan man ne
cym^
into
inpcep:-
jrpa
hpser xpa
^u
bi J>
bintf r
And
opep eopJ>an, ^
^ It IS
^ebun-
So
that there
is little
Indulgences,
xliv
feen
The
>
PREFACE.
*]
on heoponum
rpa
Spa
Earthy that
is
bonnd in
hpSEt;
^u
unbmtpt; o-
Heaven
is
and whatfoever
eac ryJ>J>an aep Petpe hir nprn^e eallum hif Spo]rtolum. ^a ^a he him
)
to ali
^/j Apoflles
^?/
/^e?
//w^
brea-
on ableop ]>Uf cpe|)enbe. onpoh halijne ^apt. ^3^pa manna ^i^na ^e ^e pop^yp^]?
beoj)
]?e
when he blew ,
Receive
Thofe
the
[i. e.
Holy Gkoff.
Sins:^
"^
pop^ypene:-
Mens
which
]pam
^e popgype-
nyfjre
opunnon^
him
bijp
optogen jT^o popgypenyjr-* Nella^ ^3 Spofroh nasnmi5 heopa lie pihrpipie nianfumnunge gebmban. ne eac ^one manpullan
milrifigenbe unbni&an but;an
from him
for-^
givenefs is retained.
The
with
ny Righteous
Man
theirExconmmnkation^nor
yet will they^
with InduU
y
with true
Rjs-
way
of Life.
<^
is
given equally to
the Apoflles
as
The Gift of
them
all;
'Tis
here
faid, receive
this Power,
which the Apoftles received themfelves, according to the CommifTion which was given them, they have communicated, and tranfmittedj^
to
all
who are rightly conftituted, and ordain'd, God be thanked, that we have this right
-y
which
excludes
lick
all
Church;
doubt of our belonging to the one Catholick, and Apoftobuilt upon that Foundation of the Apoftles , and Pro^
is
The
J)05
PREFACE.
halgum
^obrpelcapptilPonder hath the
xlv
Almighty
bircopum.
a^pcep
<X)^ffe
hit;
Ppeoj-uim gip hi
Jjsepe
Lean Sefernyrj-e
lice
topreferveit^ according to
healba^:-
Sc pop
^i
jf
fpel
is
^eo5f cipe
cnape.
jleaphce
to
oj)-
may
;f j-pa
hpa fpa
offfromtheUnity ofthe
,
JP^/V/6
Ti?)6icv&
Peter then
^
confefs^d to Christ
^/^^/ to
Entrance into
of Heaven.
an the Kingdom
is here^
in their Notions
we find that
.
the Apofiles
Men
Sti
Bipopi
^u
un&epba^c fceoci)r
ca, hxz
appicen.
ciQan
Man
pait
jceal
xivi
the
PREFACE.
t^o hij"
and
It
him
is
Lam^
to
nan mann ne fceal hine ^ebibban ro anum ^^mge buron to trobe anum, pojiijpam ^e
^sejie eal&an
se.
'p
that no
any thing ,
lone
is
:
God a-
becaufe no Creature
worthy that
nan ge^ceapt;
^sej"
nyj- pup])e
^///
pup)?mynt;ef.
buran
Maker of
Td
je
ana
iealpa
He
and
x^^ry
God.
We
deftre In-
hlapopb
]pin-
tercejfion
^un^a
aer
halgum man]pin-
and
,
our Lord,
^^^
num
;p
hi pceolan up
Neverthelefs
n?^
;/^^
fray to them^
as we do
to
toupumbpihrne:- Negei)i&&e pe na ^eah hpcepepe iif to him ppa ppa pe ro Gobe bo]):- Ne hi '^ ge"Sapian nella}) ppa ppa pe
fujfer
John the
his
when
not
Do
it
en^el
cpas])
to Johanne
bow
I
me
^am
Spoptole,
^a ^a he
bo
a-
am
,
God's Servant, as
art^
thou
ther
tum, he
cpa?j>.
^u
jf
hit na
Ic
Ne ^ ^u me
Iy%
buge.
HomiUin Domin.
I. in
ca;^.
ix;
jpage ^83.
The
the Senfe of the
Pointy
PREFACE.
we may
Saxon Churchy
^
xlvii
learn
concerning that
from Sir.
on the
Henry Spelman, in his Notes up^ Coimcii of London, zvhere he fpeaks to this
who
Images
to
in by St.
of Auguftine,
WhOy fays he^ will not fay^ that it is one thing U ^ to make ufe of Images^ and another thing to a^ dore them 3 but let m fee who they were , and
in
the /-
mage of
and
their
his Crofs^
or Profejfton
of
Warfare.
in
a PiBure.
and
a Crofs for
their
And
^-
But that you may under^ ^and the Ufe of the Images of Saints^ and ofour Saviour^ which our Saxon Ancefors^ and Bede
hijnfelf
tell
"
admitted
it
of.
Au-*
thor
you of
himfelf^
Images of things in
^^ himf If it %v as lawful to lift up the bra^ elf thus ^ *^ %en Serpent upon a Pole^ which the Children of
*^
lis2it\
beholding^
we
^^
noty by
I.
pag, ^17*
^^
Faithful;
xlvlli
^^
The
PREFACE.
and CnreSy
hy which he
^^
Crofs^
"
*^
won*
^^
^*
*^
a deep
Imprejjion on the
Minds of
the Beholders
and to thofe who are ignorant of Letters^ open as it were a kind of lively readings of the Hijlory
of our Lord.
For PiBure^ intheGreek^
is
called
If
^'
it
were lawful
Bulls^
^^
*^ ^^
"
^^
*^
^'
Name of the
Father^
and of
reprefenting
and of the Holy Ghoji them^ that I may fo fpeak^ before all
the Soh^
" totheUfe? b<c This is ^ that ufe of Images^ aU /6>TP 'J ^y Auguftine, and his Followers^ mentioned by
Augufline, Bede: And which the great Majler Gregory the Great ^ declared in his Epijile to Sereiius, Bijfjop
which that Bipop had broken; For^ fays Gregory ^ that ought not to have been broken^ which was not
placed in the Churches
to be adored^
but only to
in--
form the Minds of the Ignorant. But I will give you the ivhole Pafjage : " Moreover we have heard
^^
fame time ago^ that your Brotherhood obferving fome Adorers of Images^ did throw down^ and
^^
break
The
*'
^' ^*
PREFACE.
the
xli^
And
in^
deeJ J
we commend
in
that
*
^^
not to
allowed in Churches^
,
who know
may at
leaft
be able tq
they are
what
Wherefore^ your
That fo
who
cannot read^
^
^^
^^
to gather
fome Knowledge of Hijiory : And the People be^ by no means permitted to Sin^ by the
y
Adoration of a PiBure.
f'
ii.
Ep. 105.
\
\
Againft Tranfabftantiation.
Sume ppeofraf
^2e'c
heal6aj>
Some Priefls
chariji^
hufel
^e
bi^S
on Ga^-
which
confecra-
rep bx-^ ^ehal^ob opep 5e:ip ro reocum mannum. Kc hi mif bo^ rPyJ^^ beope.
"p
be-^
%xt
Fynegian.
Penance
lif taec^i
thePvenitentialBookteach.
etb concerning it ^ iftheEw
chartfl becofne finnewd^ or
huj-el
bi^
o^^e
lopen bi^.
oJ>]>e
jip muj".
o]>J?e
rotten^ or if it be
lofi^
or
^2
be
1
p]>]>e
The
:
PREFACE.
h eaten ofjfoufe^ or Beafl^
hy 'Negligence.
Men Jhatl
Sacra-
hufel
mi&
3
micelpe
mene.
hit.
liipe
ne
^ypopheal^an
hut
ro jfeocum mannum. a.
nihr.
embe vii
XiV. nihr.
1115
]-pa
o^^e embe
'^ hit;
ne
xy^
hupu py- y^ much as hoary. Tor fo pop^on ]>e eal holy is the houfel^ which
"J
halig bi^
hupel
]>e
7wwtodaywasconfecrated^
^j*
/i?^/ w?/&/V^
was
confe-
J>e
on eaptep ba'g
:
cr^/^j6?Eafteri)^;y.
TX'^
Eucharift^ isChrifi'sBody^
not hodily
hut ghoflly
Iichamlice
ac
5apt;lice
Not
Na
pe lichama "Se he on
fuffer'd^
Opopobe.
ac
pe
lichama
and
be
J>am
^ebletpobe
ip
hlape.
3
^ip
mm
hchama
J>e
ept
]>ip
be J)am halgan
3p
pine.
This
is
is
my Blood,
which
Un-
mm
blo6e
bi^ pop
pyn-
manejum a^oten on
Forgivenefs of Sins.
na popjyjpenneppe > Un- derjiand now , that the ^epptanba^ nu 'f pe Dpih- Lord^ who could turn that ten ^e mihte apenbon Bread, before his Suffer]>one hlap aep hip ^poing^ to his Body and that yunge to hip hchaman. 3 Wine to his Blood, ghoftly:
^
lice,
fetb daily ^
hy the
Hands
of
pamhce
The
pamlice bletfa])
cejiba hanba.
t;o
PREFACE.
^uph
^
Ij
,
ya-
hlap
pm
of the Wine^
dy
,
Frieft
Bread and
Bo-
to his ghoftly
hif
3
gaftlican
licha-
and
to his
^h-jfily
rnan.
ro hij ^artlican
Blood.
bIo5e;*
is
large Explication of
,
Do&rine.
Thefe are fome of the innumerable hifiances^ of the pure EJiate of the Englifh Saxon It woud be tediom to trouble the Reader Church.
fage 462.
with any more^ having tun the Preface out tofo great
a
as
lengthy
and hoping
more
hereafter^ that
I may be able
not re^
of
this
[hall find
leifure,
and
upon
fufed Encouragement.
I have dwelt fo
St. Auguftine'j"
long
\
the Argument of
it
Mijfwn
becaufe
feenid to me^
upon Examination of the whole Matter y that the Merits of that Controverfy^ had not been fo fairly
(latedy
wifh'd:^
or fo well underjiood^
as might
have been
and
as
had given
us a Reprefentation of
of our Ancefiors of the which ought not to have been charged^ with thofe Corruptions^ which fome accufe her of as having
received them from St. Auguftine
^
fincefhe 7ieither
lii
The
And I
PREFACE.
that the Notion
dc^e.
which has
generally obtained ,
Rome was
is noiPy
who do
not
duly compare
and
confider things
agaimi every
fome y
Rome.
ritable
This
is
the Reafon^
tho^ upofi
mngfrom thence^
Errand
once.
in the
Worlds
condemned
all
at
,
AH
it
But^
hopCy
has b$en
Rome
can arro-
gate
is
to herfelf
who are fo
Reader^
fides ,
The
is left to
make
his
Judgment.
I have had
than
in this Difpute^
Jufice
to
I thought
was but
CharaBer^
whom
thofe^
who fpeak
the worji of
omi
to
have
Virtues y
Memoincline
ry
upon
-^
which
Jhou'^d rather
The
PREFACE.
liii
mcUne them to defend^ than arraign him\ and which ought never to he extinguijlfdy or forgotten. I Jhall add but one thing farther on this Head.
That
this Mifreprefentation of the Primitive State
Occafwn of much Ignorance amongjl our felves , and which has deprived us of a Capacity of making
of the Re-
for^nation
Papijlsy
St,
by
great
to
'Z^eal
and
that
jiercenefs againjl
Auguftine:
believe
we
are
equally
Enemies
to the Chrijlian
Faith ,
and Sacraments ,
which
it
it
Hence
ofSt.M3.UY^
Converfwn^
fummingup
their Account
of our
^
upbraid
in this
manner:
Let
of their Faith ^ St. Gregory, and he will jhew them their Elders Auguftine and them
afk the Father
-,
his Affifiants^
tell
See 5
Alas
they
paid
to^
let in all
man-
ner of Errors
and
Impiety.
God
give
them Re-
they
may
the
h,
the Devil,
The
who
PR FACE.
is
by him
iBnt
at his
did they
hoth in Faith
and Worfhip^ how much more it agrees with that which was fent hither torn by StL Grecovered in the prefent gory, than what is now to he dif
Church of Rome-^
ratijig RefleBion^
they
had fpared
their commife*
to
produce
it:
gh)en of the
from the Injlances I have Faith^ and Worjbip^ and Difcipline in,
For
wiU
St.
we
we
the Apojlles
and
in the
Holy Scriptures.
thing
of
their
Trent
Articles
neither do
we
ac-^
knowledge them.
St.
have enquird of our Elders^ Auguftine, and his AJJiJiants^ what Reverence
to the
We
was paid
Roman
it
See:
that Reverence ,
woiid
had
Lord
it
we^ ought
corrupt
to reverence
an ufurp'd
perceive
fartheri
Supremacy^
and a
Church
We
the
farther y
PREFACE.
and we
which
to the intent
U
Jlill retain
Chrifi appointed in
of his
Injii-*
without the Corruptions of the Mafs^ and Tranfiibftantiation. We have thofe Rites and Ce^
tution^
which are mojl reverend and decent in the Service of God^ and ^ft convenient for the State of our Church: herein
remonies^ free from all Sttperjlition^
GregoryV DireBion to St. Auguftine, fo that may not we now nfe tkeir own Ex^ clamations ^ Alas ! The Altars which they ereBed^ have the Heterodox deflroyed: But who are the Hekeepi?ig clofe to St,
terodox ^
they or
we? We adhere
to the Catholick
Gregory a?id St. Auguftine taught* They have added new and Heterodox 'Notions to the
Chrijiian Beliefs
Faith.
and
They have forfaken the ways of their Fa^ thers St. Gregory and St. Peter , by bri?iging in
fo many Novelties a?id Abfurdities
all the Errors^ Superflitions^
;>
having
let
in
and Impieties of Ldo^ latry and Tranfubjlantiation^ and thofe other Ble^fniffjesy which fo much at this Day^ deface the Ro* man Church : fo that the Prayer that they make
for
is
-^
to their
own
Circtim^
Jlahces
and we are
give
not behirtd
,
in wijhijig charitably
which I do very
fmerely^
to the ac-
them Repentance
who are
But
!vi
The
PREFACE.
Homily on
St.
Gregory.
li
one made by Dr. Hopkins, I believe^ out of the Cottotiian Book^ Vitellius
it^
D. 17.
pes^
be ufed in the
d a courfe
to the Feople^
ed mofi fit. He files himfelf jElfrick , Monk , hnd Priefl^ and dedicates both Volumes to Sigeric,
Archbipop of Canterbury, whofe Succeffor he was
in that See'o'
He profeffes^
ofHerefe^ and the Do&rine of Deceivers^ he had in thefe Sermons chiefly followed the Authority of
the ancient Fathers^
St.
viz. St.
St.
Jerom
Bede , and
reafori
into Engiifh,
was
out
bf Prefumption of any great Learnings but becaufe he faw and obferved^ much Error in many Engliih
Books
ty^
which the unlearned^ out of their SimpliciThat it grieved him^ took for great Wifdom.
3
and had
^
riot^
the Gofpel-Lear-
ning in theirWritings
Thefe
Booh he humbly
dedicates to Sigeric,*
and
earnefly
The
cafe
PREFACE.
him
to correB
M
-,
earneftly befeeches
them
and^
in
them^
caiife^
would
it
out
-^
be-
Clemency y
by an unwary feducing^
receive^
Clemency
-^
to
mank^ fit
and
to
judge whether
or rejeBed.
The
if
this
by,
Tour Authority.
The
compared with that antient Farchfuent Book of Homilies in the Bodleian Library amongfl
JuniusV
Books
that
ry
^
N E. F. 4.
Hattonian Libra-
M^* Wanley ^ which makes the fecond VoUme of t)r. Hickes'j- Thefaurus /?. 43. / had accefs to this
Book^ by thefmgular Court a efy of Dr. Hudfon, Ferfon offo much Learning-^ that as he needs not
emy
it
in any other
lity to
fohas he that generous Quabe found only in thofe great and generous
^
truly Scholar-like
our^
of not
difcoy^raging
Learnings even in
Sex.
Having given an
will expeB^
A4; count
once^
Iviii
The
PREFACE.
all
once ,
my pvm ^
afk'd by
who
hiotp
with
whom
pute:
Curiofity to
the Decency
of fuch a Quejlion:
that they
they
may
may
he pleased
ther
5
to
is
who
my
always ready
to ajjift
and encourage
me
my
fo
to
in
Studies.
I think
it
it
nafiame
eafily
me
to take
may he
feem averfe to all Acknowledgment. I have little more to add^ than my Thanks to all myEncoura^ers^ which havefar exceeded thel^umher
Part whereof have done me a great deal of Honour hy the Countenance both of their Quality and Lear-'
ning
,
a?id to all I
am
one
way
or other obliged
and good
Bfleem.
I am
very
glad
many of the Ladies^ and thofe^ feveralofthem^ of the befi Rank: favouring thefe Endeato find fo
and one of their Sex. It may hefomeExcufefor me to them^ '^^ j^if^^fy this Under-taking;^ and with which they will not probably be
vours of a Beginner^
difpleas'd:
was affeBed
by ihe En-
deavours
The
Jiian
PREFACE.
:
Queen (^^England
whole
Roman
Mother of Conftantlne the Great^ by moH affirnid to hdve been a Native of this Jfland. That as tha Somhern Parts ^England were.firH converted by
BerhtaV Endeavours ^
who engaged
her Hufhand
King Ethelbert
thern
blefjed Influence
to receive the
Parts beyond
,
Humber,
hy
Edelburga
who was
Monarch of the Englilli , and the greateft of the Saxon Princes of thofe times. I might give
Inflances of this kind^
many more
Chlodefuinda
Daughter of King Chlotharius perfuaded her Hu(ba7id^ Alboinus, Ki7ig of the laOrnhdjAs^ to
become Chriflian.
licitation
And Hermenegildus,
by the foU
of his Wife Ingundis, Daughter of Sigi^ bert, and Sijler to King Childebert, of an Jrria?t^
became Orthodox.
It
were
Women ,
that ?mght be
But we may
con-^
felves
with
late^
and
domefltck^ Examples^
of two of the greatesi Monarchs that the World has. known: for Wifdom and Piety ^ andconflant Succefs
TAIN,
And I
think
it
Ix
for me
this is
lent
,
The
to the
PREFACE.
as She furpajfes all her Royal
a Lady: whOy
y
Vtedeceffors
and
royal Accomplijh-
ments:^
She peculiarly eminent ^ in being both an Example^ and Encourager^ of all Virtues^
fo
is
and
Her
Sex.
AN
A N
ENGLISH-SAXON
HOMILY,
O N T HE
BIRTH-DAY
OF
S'
GREGORT.
ahle^
Alpha.
BET
Letters agree^ or
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fignify 'd by one Point,
The
thus [.] but a Period, comprehending the full Senfe> is concluded by tliree Points, placed thus [ : ]
(i)
NATALE
S.
ON THE
BIRTH-DAY
0/ 5r. Gregory,
Gregorii
Taj^x.
Re^opiuj-
Regory
theHoljT
ye halga
Papa Gnjlij-ccpe
Father
theApoftle
>eo&e Kpoj-rol
j)i)fum
of
on
lijh
the Eng^
anbpeapban bse^e
^ptep msenigpeal&um ge
Daj,
La^
which was
mmoratknj or Blnh-dayoi
new
Birth or Tranflatioii
;
Militant to the
Church Triumphant
this
of St. Igncttm.
t)r.
Wakfs
as rtiore fiartiealarly
with a
jB
An
^3
HoillLY ON THE
bours
beoppum
halgum
Ero^ej-
gecnypOnyffiim
Kingdom,
calFd
He
is
rightly
pihdice engli-
the Apoftle
of
the
Enghjh People,
as
inafmuchr
pop'San
})e
he
])uj)h hif.
%^Q
l)p.T5.
ran&e uf
ppam
6eoplQ]r
*j
bis^n^umset;
ro sober ^eleaQ}anr5e
hip
^
thel
pan
^ebig&e:-
Many
his il-
mxpan bpohrnunge
jjropia
\q
converfation
^
and
thefe
^ eac
J>a
among
<^^^^^^^
Knglopum
the
B\Qmj
^iFpe&cynms
bee
PPP^^^'S
op
which YM\g
Mfrer^^
lebenonenglircapeiK):-
geo
ge-
iioh]-put;elicebe])irrum
halgum
pe
'
pepe:-.
Nu
pille
holy
]^eah
pum
^ing
that
we
Day
to be thus fixed,
ad 12
^
Mart'ii.
Thi^
is
a remarkable
of Latin into
by King
with
which lAxMbdQc\^ in
no
lefs
Authority than that of the Saxon Churchy and that with very
good
reafon, the
this
Homily
to be read
upon the
Romana:
Fefiival
his
words are
thefe,
Rem
vero
con-'
whence he quotes
Rubrick
is
referred to
by him
be him
in
bepeccan.
pop^an J>e f eo
ni]f
poper^ebe boc
eop eal-
lum cu^.
Gnjlij-c
)>eah ]?e
^
heo on
:
altho
it is
"*
tranflated
apenb
ip
Def
into EngUJh,
This blefied
ea5i5
pa>r
'
papa Dpe^opiuy
^])elpe
op
m^g'Se
acenneb
3
:
op
eappa3j-t:e
of the
Nobility, his
,
magop.
hip
pa?&ep
3
harre Ijopbianup.
Feb?
was
his
fifth
,
Fa-
pipra psebep
:*
j?e
psp
y^3.
ther.
He was
^
as
we
'
pceoprlice.
C Hatt*
is
B;j?;of?5
'
gepeccan, C.H.
py. Ci7.
I
*=-
have
tranflated
is
to
how
much
this holy
Hkkess
Anfwer
of
this
Excellent Bifhop to
Maurmus
which
^ This account of
him may be
it
ffijf^
UL
2. c. I.
vyas
omitted,
been
lofl,
The SaxQu
word
or
An Homily on the
have
faid
,
in
refpet
of
pube ^Jelbopen
he opepprah
hip
>
Kc
aej)el-
the World
nobly defcend-
ed
But he adorn d,
and
J^eapumTmi&pbumpe-
opcum
^opiup
ge^len&e:- Dpeip
'
Gregory
specipc
nama
a Greek
pe ppes'S on lebenum
nifies in the
gepeopbe Vigilantiup.
^xt) ip
in Eng-
on en^hpcepaJ?e
^Jfatchful:
He was
colpe:-
p^p ppy^e
pacol on ^^obep
bebobum
he
\z
])a
he pylp hepi]
^enbhce leopobe,
pacolhce
ymb mane^pa
^
Advan-
tage of
'Atdvm
ejl
fifth
Ode in Horace.
notice of,
explaining the
Word by
piXt:a paebep.
Series
difcufs'd in the
EtymoL of y. Ger,
under the
Word
Avim,
It is the
cap. 2.
fame
alfo
with
VigUm.
calls
And
Gofcelw^
m his Nijl, Mh
Paulus Dia-
mr.
I^omen pervtgiL
conu4^
^ifter
And
who
firft
is
mftr^
lingua
^
[which
is
P'acolpe, Wa\ekr
of
this
kind
we may
Birth-Day of S.Gregory.
lieom lipef paeg ^ef purelo&e
:
])e psej"
ppam
he on
cibha&e
on
bodicum
"j
Childhood inftruded in
lapum 5ety5.
))SBpe
lape
J^eah
j-pa
'f
sexa^li-
he fb profperoufly fucceeded
in his Studies, that in all the
^hce
on
eal-
nan
J?e
5ecneo5l^ht;e ^ptep
in fol-
pij-palapcopa'^ebyrnunga.
nacjT
popgyrel ac
hif
^epaej-rnobe
lape
on psefr-hapelum ^e-
in a retentix^e
Memory. He
myn^e. he
hlo5
mi5
])a
]>upfti5um bpeofce
jpleopen&an lape
J)e
he
after
fome
mi5
timejWitha'TllTpatfweeter
huni^
'
rpetpe
J>pohre
which
Roman
he
the Grecians
oratio,
of
whom
fays.
Ex
Ve fene3ute^
and
cap. p.
But he
tells us
Nomer had
faid it before
him
you'll find,
he did,
Iliad, i.
v.
249.
pW (wj^n*
Tranfl.
Of more
This,
it
Dij'coHrfe,
Chapman\
35 appears
from Gofcelinoi
Chara^r of Sc. Gregory^ Eloquence^ Canterb, who in his Hijl.M^n. c.22. fbjhi
Angl. Sacr. Part. IL p. 6$.
him
And no
very
in
doubt
in the
words which
La-
th
^dn.
p. I, C.2.
6
J)2erlice
An Homily on the
"bealco&e >
On
J?a
^eonslicum geapum
j?a
In
his
younger Years,
hif
jeo^u^ aeprep
J>ing lu-
when
his
^ecyn&e populb
pian
turally
make him
j-ceol&e. ]pa
on^an
things of this
World
then
he hme
j-ylpne
]
to ^obe
jp^r
^e^eo&an
to e^le
God
and with
all
uplicanliprmibeallum
^epilnungum op^ian
i-
the Inheritance of a
Hea-
f looblice
acprep
hip
venly Life.
^
Father's departure he er
^
^pbe px munuclip on
^
reted
fix
Monafteries in
The Saxon Homily rightly makes not following Fmlus Piacojms^ who
was
after
ic
the Death of
that
fteries, his
Mother
5/7i^/4 living
feme time
been well
MauVy from
. vj.
J. Viae.
'
lib. i, cap.
p.
lib. i.
c. 2.
As
to the
The
feventh, which
to the
in
this,
Church of St. John and St, Paul on Mount .Sc^/^^.w* having taken upon him the Monaftjck Habit, he lived un^er
;
Baronius^ in the
Year $81.
v. 8. will
have
had for
to
whom,
fucceeded Maximianus,
and Probw.
But with
this
j
Account
who
af^
Abbots of
Sc.
Andrews
who
pre%
i^ade legat
Pus
feiRTH-DAY OF S.Gregory.
Sicilian-lanbe,
*j
^xt
reo-
Sicily
in
as
under the
bpoht-
no6e
:-
ajenum.
lice
ro daeghpsemhce big-
dow'd them
Subfiftence.
leopan ge^o&obe
Done
])eap-
The remainbe-
he exchanged
Glory.
fore
his
his Nobili*
Jpe
eobe
He was
ufed
"^
beto
^P
But
hqr
^ecyppebnyj-fe
Converfion
after his
and held
They ob-
ferve Hkewife that Bolandus reads from two MSS. inftead of HllarhnU^
it
And
it
may noc
agrees with the reading of his two MSS. giving this account of St. Gregory'%
In quo pojl
^ Maximianum tertms
1757.
ipfe pr^fuit.
See
Monk of Sr.
St. AuguftinV
"'
e.
ftick.
This defcribes the Holy Father before this Change in the Se-
cular Office of Frjitor Vrbanus^ in which being oblig'd to ufe the En-
iignsof
this Authority,
we
find
him
array'd in the
Robe of State
ap-
who held
Gregorius Th-
FmL Diacoti,
it
S
^eonb
An Homily on the
Romana buph
'
iJ^w;^?
hub
lum.
Fellenum
^ip-
rcinenbum gym3
ling with
Gemms, and
a-
mum.
hij-
peabum jolb
'pp^repobe:- Scseprep
But
^ecyppebnyrr^ he
xylp^ J>eappa mib
^
he mi-
))enobe5obef jpeappum^j
^
and
the
hme
:
him
pacum
p2Epelj*e
bepan-
ProfeiFion of Poverty in
inean Habit.
So perfedtly
secyppebnyffe
]?a
j-pa -p
hemiht
lubeon
'
psellenum gyplum.
C.jf?.
CH.
^him. C.H. ^p^pelj-e. C.H,
conteifusy at
^geppserepobe.
By which
made of feme
Tim
Jewels and Embroidery, was in antient times worn only by the Emperors themfelves in their Confulfhip.
Now we find
in Gregorfs time it
was
alfo
made
gives us thefe
flourifhing Defcriptions of
^
Homrm^
And
again,
Afperat Indui
Velamenta
Du^a
And
virenp.
fntaragdii
in the laft,
Mmbrdqw 4etntnato
trabu vnUanih
ehiliil
Thoffi
Birth -DAY of
'^erealo on
S.
Gregory.
He
9
ob-
pulppeme6pa
reputed in the
number
haljena^eteaL-JJelupobe
popha^pebnyrre on merturn
-J
of perfedl: Saints.
ferv'd
much
Abftinence in
on bpynce.
-j
-j
"on
psecean.
on runbpi^um
He fuffer'd more""
pn^alhce
3 jrpa
un-
over continual
Indifpofi-
cpumnyr^e.
licop
he f ti^-
more
rpumnyprum
'
oppe te fxy
opper.
C H.
fee niore to this purpofe
may confulc
a judicial
the learned
/'.2p7.
The
who had
Power of de-
Wrong between
the Citizens, in
fome mea-
Word
words,
Epiftle
he
dedicates to
requeft.
him
his Moral,
dt his
cert'ius
Quo main
refpiro.
:
de sterna
pYfumptione
But
'^
it
may not be
the
thus in Englijh
*'
*'
vir^.
trouble,
the
Mind
pafs'd, in
which
" "
*^
weaken'd,
fcarce breach
I
*'
**
*'
^^ ^'
*^
more
ani
my
do
And
of Divine Providence,
who was
alfo fmitten,
**
him
10
j-pa
An Momily on th
he
^eopnpullicop
the more earneftly did He
delire Eternal Life.
^^^^
Then
that
unbepjeat; r^ P^P^
^^P^ which
at
time
See,
that
aport;olhce
he
J)a
hme
him
my
felf.
jufi:
far
Men from
he
judged
it
Men
to that
Compofedin
Temper, that
is
ficteft
for
Men employ'd
is
when
a loud Voice,
and airy
equally con-
amongft Men for the only Standard of Good Humour and Chriftian
Charity. Srudious Men, who macerated their Bodies and impair'd their
Health, by Mortification, and Watchings, and Labours, for the
Good of
all
good Men
little
Interefc in the
to have fo
much
greater efficacy
Ic is
God Almighty
Ill
Health
is
many
is
much
enfeebled
And
the Goodnefs of
God, which knows always what is belT: for Men, when he bleffes them with any fignal Improvements in Virtue or Learning, is apt to cad in fuch Interruptions, as may make them remember they are but
Men.
For
;
Paul
tells
us he had given
him a Thorn
in
the FlejJj
he
jlmld
:
;
But
but
in that
he w^>
ii
with
from
coiwerfing
cepe bpohrnunge
him
6ia-
to 'fyljv gefet; on
hav-
ing ordained
con.
It
fpa
fpa
gyt pop
heo-
time,
that
as it
doth,
opt 6e^.
""
])^t Gn^hj-ce
fome
EngUJh
Mer-
cy^men bpohron
pa pape to Romana-by\\\'^.
;j
Rome
':
And
Dpegopiur cobe
be }>^pe ftpiet to
\zm
Jieo-
the EvglifD-mQW
Gnghrcum mannum
pa
])in5
taking
view of their
a-
fceapijenbc
>
Da
Mcrchandi-^
fale.
papum cypecmhtaf
fette.
]>a
ge-
p^pon hpirep
^
Lchaman
pa^gpe^ an&^
a:^6elice
and
Men
of fair
plitan men.
'
Sepylpt. C,H.
cyppmen. C.H.
is
Order of Deacon
officio
thus exprefs'd by
FauL
ad
fmm
adjutorium adfcivit.
fiaftical
him to be his AfTiflanr, having ordain'd him From which there are two things to be obOrder of Deacon
is
firll,
that the
exprefs'd by the
Word
Lc'
Mofakal Law.
Second-
Cuftom was
ftill
in force at
likehhood
in imita-
of the
firit
Apoftolical Church, in
ordain'd.
in the
St.
Auguf}ins C^^nterbury
tells
us, th^re
Vidit in foro
Romano
vmdes.
X.
Script, p. 1757. c. i,
12
An Homily on the
Heads of Hair.
gory^
jepeaxobe:- npe^opiuj)>abelieolo|>aepacnapena
plire T
And
faw
Gre-
when
he
the
bef pan op
hpil-
cepe^eobehigebpohre
p^pon.
'} hi
jpa
]r^5e him
man
pon*j;^J>apaJ>eo5emennipc
6pt;
-^
ppa
]>a
phtig p^pe:-
Dpegopiup be])2ep
Then
Gregory asked
ppan hp^^ep
lan5ep
})e
h^-
Land were
^
Chriftians
or Heathens
faid
and the
Men
then
unto him
they were
gopiup
t)pe
op mepeap-
Heathens.
Gregory
heopran langpume
piccetun^ereah -jcp^^.
the
^yx
J>am
la pa.
-^
'
ppa p^-
Heart,
that
Alas! alas!
Men
of
fo fair a
Com-
un&ep "Seob&e:-
Gpr
fa Cpejopiur beppan
th^t
Gregory
enquired
hu
])^pe
J)e
J>eo5e
hi
nama
how they
call'd the
Nation
p^pe
opcumon.
gean&pypb
him
fast hi
p^p
To
Kngle genemn:
to pepon
Da cp^^
hi
[^at
faid
is,
Englijhi]
Angh Then
hp pihdice
^ZSitil
pynbon
is
a toap
in
common
for
word
the.
Birth-Day of S.Gregory.
J^^ngle
]?e
15
geharene. jpop^an
hi
and therefore
it is
very
fit
na^
Cyt;
J)a2t;
hi
on heoponum
beon
:
the
Gnjla gepepon
J>a
Fpan hu
na-
ma
op
psepe
J>a
cnapan
ala?6&e
j-^be
pxpon.
'
him
j-cip-
brought,
man men
tene
"f
""
J)e
p^spon
>
Deipi geha-
Men
calFd
'
Efpegopiup an6-
Deiri.
Gregory an-
'
^xt
J>a.
C H.
&
Depe.
That
C i^.
this
Depe, Deipi,
who
Diepa.
is alTerted
dom of
rians,
it into
the Northumbrians^
agree with Bede^
in the
:
Divifionof
and
/>.
Beopnica
25r
it,
29. 23.
32. 7.
And B^pnice,
^ go. 2.
and
Beopnice.
But they are not fo well agreed, as to the Limits of the two Script, p. 2 8$. J Kingdoms. Richard Prior of Bexham fVid.
fixes
bur thofe
He
affirms,
That feme of
;
others
Veiri and Bernicii, zsEdwine Son of the fame Ella, and St. Ofmild and
Ofvpius,
under one.
And
this Divifion
Deopa m5j)e
laborious a
Buc
may
Work) feems
to have overlooked
affigns to Deira
all
deli-
ver'd in Brigant.
where he
all
from Tine
to the Frith
of Edenburgh.
Ety-
To
this Divifion
am
teop^
Kingdom
took
14
pyp&e.
An Homily on the
fael
hi
rynbon Deipi
]pe
fvver'd
hi
called
becaufe
gene-
pobe
ro Ejurter milbhe:
Wrath and
called to the
Chrijf.
optnerj-e gecygebe
took
its
Uyt
Mercy of
gave them
Yet
Thefe
Name from
in
all
the
Woods which
fllelter.
Woods,
probability,
which empties it
ham
The
in
its
way, which
lies
latter
of which
is
beyond the
it
Tees^ betwixt
And
there
a Defcription of
printed in Simeon
Punelm. X.
Gloffary
,
Script, p. j6.
and again
in the
End of
the
but fince
much more
and
moft Complete Tbefaurus^ with a Latin Tranflation and Notes of the Right Reverend the Lord Bifhop of Carlifle.
]7il5a
Deopa un^epim
Ibique crefctt
And
^
A woody
Qf wild
In vallibus profunda
Vamarum
turba innumera.
it
between
me and
Fsra
;
He
Number and
by
Name Torkflyire,
herlandy Northumberland^
To
the
Beopburrow^
nicajr he artlgns
all
that lies
between the
Tmde and
BikTH-DAY OF S.Gregory.
J)a
15
he
beppan
hu
ij*
))aepe
the
Name
,
of the King of
-,
their Province
he was anthe
King's
re
cynmg
/Glle
li)^^^
fwer'd
that
"
^eharen
bumw.
Divifions
psepe >
Name was
jElla.
There-
But
upon the Foot of that account which the Prior of Hexham^ of the different Extent of Dominion that difwere
poffelTed of, according to their feveral Rights or
ferent Kings
As
it
Nations, to take
fo that of Ella
Names which had fomewhat of good Importance ; may deferve particular Obfervation, fince it may be
cliUR
is
6llean
by which
un-
^c.
Of which
as in the
Saxon
Paraphr.
ntinhobe ^eopne.
J^pilc J>2Br sejjehnger
PM
^'-^^^
mil
he
knew
ellen paepe:-
Virtue was.
And
rage.
fo in i^ctiat
^ag*
c. xii.
afl oc
For
afl,
according to
OL
VereL
Strength of Body
cliuU:>
c.
Again,
in the Franck
Harmony,
i^e
xxxvi.
j^abba
im
ellen
had
which
Vid.
it
appears,
all
That
Ella had a
Virtue
p.
,
mod
generous Signification
intimating
kinds of
128.
firft
King of the
after
De/V/,
King of Bernkia
whofe Progeny
feparately,
Kingdom
of
entire,
according as
them enjoy 'd the whole NorthumbrJan fome and their feveral Claims, or the Chance
this
War
Great King
that poffefe'd the fame, the Eight of Bernkia^ the fccond King, but
firrt
i6
J)a
An Homily on the
Cpejopiur gumenobe
hir
upon
11115
popbum CO J)am
*3
the
Words
in allufion to
faid
,
naman.
cpae^, hvc
geba-
the
Name
that
it is fit
^en on
firft
Land
in
praife
Chriftian King
wald^
whom
of the Northumbrians^ and after the Death oiKed* he fucceeded in the Englip) Monarchy, the greatefl King
Ella being fo great himfelf, and his Son after
natural to imagine, that either the Father
it is
of
all
the Saxons.
him
fo glorious,
would
defire to leave
there, or his
Son do fomewhat
is in all
Name
in thofe
^
Memory of his Father. Hence it at this day fome Towns that bear an affiParts, which come within the extent of
Elfwc^ Eflaby^
fince the Holy Father thought it not
And
word
Ella^ and to
I will
of fo
Name,
it
beg leave to
to
it
heard
in the
Name
all
Elflob^
or Elleftobb^ as I find
firflt
1345.
This in
likelihood at
was written
Town
built in
memory of him.
of time into the
t)l),
of the
Saxon
p,
might
bbe^ as Eljlobbe
for Elfto\^y)e:
Nor
for
it
is
a thing well
rians, that Letters which affeft the fame Organ of Speech are eafily
But
to
who have
This
may be
Works of
feveral
Learned Mea,
diS
mod
57.
Thus
we may
as Adafri
deElneflobb^
1304. thomai
de Ellford^
Rkhafd de Alimgtoh , and the from whom they th\m their Defeenr^
^V^"i
Eilfjofi^
B I RTH - DAY OF
J>^r/Gli^At;i5anrcyppen-
S.
G RE G O RY.
the
7
to
of
tor.
Almighty
Crea-
Gregory then
went
jtohcan retlef.
hxb.
-f
'j
hine
he Sngekynne
jpe
hume
hi
lapeopaj- ajenbe
ro npijrre ^ebi^bon
Cobej- pulrume.
ple^that they
might be con-
mi&
cp2e^.
^ he rylp geape
of God
and
faid that
he
But the
mihr
re
papa
&c.
'f
S^^^'
well
Ellifon^ Allafon^
Names
we have before
Diepalonb.
the Saxons
fo
it
hath fallen
out by Providence, to one not only born within the Circuit of thofe
Dominions
Name,
to
(hew fome
fore
of Gratitude, inreftoring
at
him go
hereupon immediately
neral Complaint
ojfendijli^
in
all
And
:
this
ge-
from
Petrum
have of-
Romam
deflruxijVt^
You
fended Sz. Peter ^ you have deft roy 'd -Ro Ave, in having parted with
Gregory.
With which Clamour the Pope was fo far terrified, that he was forced to call him back, after he had proceeded three days on hi? Journey. With this Confent of the Pope, and Gregorfs being recalFd from his Undertaking, vvhich is not mention'd by Bede^ we are firfl made acquainted by Paulus V'lacoms^ from whom thofe who mentiott
this Tranfaftion
it
,
as
fohnBrotnpton^ip.jid.
iti^ny liKewife
Wtll'im Thome
p.
And
&5venf
of the Circumftances of
this
i8
j^op^an
'
An Homily on thS
to it, although he
alto-^
it
5
pan. J>eahJ)eheealhpolbei
J)e
Romamrcan
yya,
gether approved of
ge'Sapian
gecosen
man
lere.
and take
fo
long a
this
^e
gename:-) /Gprep
]>xt
Pilgrimage.
it
After
gelamp
mycel man
People,and
fir ft
''
of all
Pela-
papam Pelagium
*
ge-
feized
upon Pope
tep. C. iy.
Mr.
Collier^ lib. 2.
who
made
it
and examine
Notices relating
more As
to
of St.
Roman People
of fuch emi*
ftianZeal and Reverence for good Things and Perfons, as has not fufficientlybeen imitated in
their Affeftion to
all
Ages or Places- and the Conftancy of till they had placed him in
the Papal Chair, nor in any fuccceding part of his Life, affords an
Example
new, nor
that
after times,
may well upbraid the unftable humor of fome Men in* who never are pleafed with any thing but that which is
any Man's Perfon, who, like Holy Gregory y
all is
affeft
fo fincere,
their Novelties
Mankind fhould be very cautious in embracing, left fooner than they imagine it fhould perfuade them that Chriftianity it felf is grown'
antiquated
;
They ought
certainly to be
many
whom
it
* Subfecuta
de veftigio cUdes^
fyc.
Gregory Turonenfls^
of Serpents, and the great Dragon that lay like fome huge Beam \n
tht midft of the Channel
,
ip
but;on
yl&inge
fitoblice
gius^
hine ^bytbe>
took
him
off.
Moreover,
^ptep
bunge
]>2ey
papam ^e
micel
'
en-
after the
]rpa
cyxlm
^epeap^
Sehpaep
]>xy
polcep ]>at
apert:e-
among
jtobon
]>a
hur s^onb
buph bu]>a
ton bujigenbum.
ne
imht
Romapole
was
Kc
'
ealJe
;^
But
all
mobhce
^eceap. ])eah
>^
]>e
to that
Honour, altho'
he with
fed
it.
all his
Then
Sopiup
]>a
pen^ a:nne
pi-
rrolt:o]>amnapepea:aupiciumpepsphip^pisbepa.
'
cpealm.
:
C H.
C H.
of
Sea
Buc that the Beads beina fuffocaced in the Salt Water, were z^^ dead upon the Shore. He adds, that hence there immediately arofc
a Plague,
all
which coming
in the
firfl
(according to what
we
Begin at
my
Sanctuary. J fmoce
hijhriar,
CTQib
as,
us
',
Saxon Phrafe
\\xig\)t
flill
in ufe \vUl\
^nu maiiu
by Fa^
tmus, that
It is
of
^he Woi'd
For
ic
fuch
ao
An Homily on the
-]
andearneftlydefiredandbefecch'd him,
that he
would
poke ne ^e^Sapobe
]>xx
he mib
pup^S-
him
to the
Glory of
be-
caufe he fear'd,
that he,
he jpuph
J>one
ticum pulbpe
apeapp
aer
J>e
he ^p
'
Charge and the worldly Glory which lie had fome time
before renounced, might a-
xumum yxh
]>^j-
bep^hr pupbe:- Kc
fuch relation between
gine, that
it
gain be enfnared.
and Greg-Yy.
fignifie
But the
rather ima-
Mturkm
One would
what
is
eKpreft by the
Latin Word Computer^ a reciprocal Term between the Father of the Child, and thofe that ftand Godfathers to ir. This manner of fpeaking IS well enough known at this Day in the North of England by the
Word offi'p, from another Saxon Word IjOb-pbbe, Cognatm, Luone that in Baptifm ftrkus, Sponfor^ a dpDffip, a Cofm before God
-,
ir,
makes
its
as
it.
,
Which may
which are
yet be bet-
like Phrafes
(Ull
ufed in
the North.
My
I are
Thmas
I
flood Godfather to
my
Child
:
Harry and
(Bofiips, for
John
and
And
the
we both flood Godfathers to George 's Child. Word Commotljer fignifies the fame relation that Womea
:
For whoever
Godmother
to a Child,
flie is
the Father's
(Kammet,
Original
^
that are
common and ordinary Compellacion of (Kaffer and now fo ufual in the Southern Parrs, hxd the fame
OBmr. which tho' Mr. Somner has Word Fa^bepa, applying it only to a
it
Uncle
Yet he
is
not
much
out
of the way,
if
he had explain'd
it
Godfa-
The
Academy
fliews
us
Birth-Day of S.Gregory,
Caj-epej"
ai
lieah
gepeca
J)o-
Emperor's
High Marfhal
Depm^nur
ne piftol
]
"J
gelaehre
Germanus
intercepted the
it
hme ro
];>ar
tap.
in pieces,
pole
Erpejopmm ro papam
gecopen hxybt> CQaupiciuf
J)a
Then Mauricms
the
Empe-
re Eaj-epe
]>a)-
Erobe jpanco&e.
^ hme
li)}^2dt
ha&ian hat
>
]>a
much
Word Com-
And
the
mod
way of
they feem as
it
were to make
I
my
Nom
par un homme^
fy par
fcmwe a
qui
a tenu fur
le
les fonds
iy redproquement par
parrain a celul
Cejl mon
cotnpere^
il
is
Augufti
fbaud
duhie natu
majoremj ex lavacro
:
facro fufcepijfe^
dum
quod quantum
fuerit perhonorificum^
nullus
ejl qui
non inteWgat.
at the facred
at Confianti-
Which
thing
Lib. x.
how
c.
great an
i.
Honour
be ignorant.
*
By
;
GregoriHS Turonenfts^
is
ftiled FrsifeBia
Vrh'H
to St. Gregory : That St. Gregory had fuch a Brother, the Benedi^ines prove from his Epiftles, concerning which fee pheir Life of him, 1. 1.
c.
I, n. 5.
22
Cneropiujcepre.
at;
-(
An Homily on the
pleainef
on bimhopan
:
in a Cave,
lurobe
Sc hme
him
mengelshre. ^ reah
to Petper cipcan J>xr
he
J)eit
ro papam ^e-
halgo&pupbe:- Dpegopiuf
))a
-f
aephir habun-
by
je
Romanifc pole
to
behpeoppunge
My moft
it
beloved
tihte.
J>a
q^megebpo^pa
pe
pe
" Brethren,
''
behoveth us,
leopcftan. up geba-^
that that
pena'S
Dobep
on ^p
Xpmgle
]>e
when we only
laid
it
topeap&e
pceolbon.
onbpeabon
" would be
''
upon us
pe
hupu
fhould
in us
it is
now
at leaft raife
nu an6peap5e
^ apan-
*'
"
'^
we have
Conver-
felt
it.
po^pe gecyp-j
" us a
*'
way to
pe&nyppe.
-^
pite
]>e
^on, and
pe ^popia^ to bpece
''
upeheoptanheapbnyp.
pe
ip
:
Gpne nu
J)ip
pole
" break the hardnefs of our " Hearts. Behold now this
" People
*^
is
flain
with the
gehpylce
atn-
'^
" one
deftroy'd
by a
ppr
fad-
cum plyhtum
apepte >
th?
Birth-Day OF S.Gregory- 23
Ne
reo a&l j>am bea^e
^'
ne pope jtxp^.. ac ge
^ej-eo^
]?a3pe
'p
" Death
but
you
fee that
re ylca 5ea^
''
The
Slain
are feized
thfey
by
bea^e
J>an J)e
^egpipen
x]i
can have
he ro heopunbe hpeo-
jum p^pe
^e:-
an opportunity of Sighing
Repenlet
hpylc re becume
jpopan
" tance.
"
Wherefore
take
care
each
gej-yh^e
Jier
*^
Man
how he
rtpeccan beman re
lie
J^e
who
pepan
he
jeppe-
will not
bu^igenbe
bpobene.
-j
Dwellers
rtanba^ aperre
bepar
T
Fa?-
inobbpu be-
''
Mo-
^^
heopa ypp-
*^
''
Uroii eop-
Let
our
"us
earneftly
betake
hpile
l>e
pe moron,
ap
})ain l>e
re p^plice
'
we may,
jle^e
up
aptpecce
^'ful
Slaughter
psplica,
CH,
34
Uron
An Homily on the
semunaii
**
rV^
''
we have been
and
agylroiL
Tl
uton mi^
;f
let us
pope ^epirnian
pe
^xt
" do
''
manpullice
:
abpu-
for that
which
we have
re-
gon
Uton poppa-
'^
done amifs.
concile
Let us
'^
'^
God's Favour to
us
by
U-
^^
as the Prophet
^
warneth us
"
Let us
lift
up our Hearts
" with our Hands unto Godi " that is, that we ought
'^
^ecnypbnyppe upe
to
lift
up [or prefent]
pan
J?e
popgipa^
He
giveth
you confidence
in
your
clypa^.
Nelle
ic J)^p
cc
by
his
Prophet
"^
I have
pinpullan bea^.
pille 'f
ac
ic
]
he gecyppe
libbe
nan
cc
cc
way and
live.
pop
hip
nyppe. pirobhce
" afmuch
''
of
^a behpeoppunge hy
""abygelobe
:
" expiated by
three
pe
And
abylegobe.
C H,
^Lamentations, ch.
iii.
Vi ^il
Birth-day of
*5ecypj>e5a)-ceaJ)aonhir
(bea^ej- cpy'^e
]>2ey
^'
S.
Gregory.
penitent Thief
25
by
the
his
ecan
:
''
nal Life.
let
ifs
then
&ema to upum
^ebi^eb.
" turn cur Hearts to God j " fpeedily is the Judge in'^
benum
pp
P^
ppam upum
fum beo^
J^pypnyr"
*'
we from
let us ftand
oiir
Per-
^epihtleaht:-
''
*^
with ear-
^'
neftLaiiientationsagainfl
bce gemahny]-!"
if
]>am
Certainly
is
Perfeverance
to
"
^^
pleafing
the
it
:
jufl
is
heo
mannum
pop"^
Judge,
although
,un]>ancpyp^e yy.
Men
will
be-
^an^e
"^
j-e
aeppefra
ipe
inibheopra
pe
Dob
'
pill
^^
Merciful
God
have
miO
jc mahhhif milb'^
cum benum
nelle ppa
his
Mercy,
fo
^'
'^
much,
anthis
miclum
ppa pe
we
deferve,
\\s.
be
^eeapnia^ up ^eyppian
:
Of
?///(9;?
Be
J)ipum he cp^'S
'^
C^//
w^
/>i
pa
u
44
Day rf
thy Troiihley
bpepebnyppe
fe ahp^e)&en
^
ic
piUe
-
and I
4i
*]
]>u ma-^p
and
tm^
5ecyppc5e. Ci7.
pile. C.
H,
^6
jajv
If
An Homily on the
me
>
Hob yylp
"f
'^
God
himfelf
is
his
own
hif gepira
he
milt;-
fian piUe
him ro
]>e
clypi
'^
" Witnefs, that he will have " compaffion on him that " calleth on him
^
enbum. je
mana^
who
ad-
Fop
]>a
]>i
'
mine ge-
hpo^pu
peop^an
^en
ino&e
leofoptan.
J>am
"monifhes us, that it is " our Duty to call upon " him. For this caufe, my
*'
Uron gecumon on
ba^ge J>ijT^pe
"
let us
come
toge-
"
ii,
ther
this
mi5 ertpullum
'
Week
early in the
reapan fingan
(Q
yeoponpeabe Letaniaj]>xio
*'
re ptpeca 5enia u;
"
pe
H'^F
:
gyltap ppeca^
^P^ Gop-
nordice
J)a
])a
peo mi-
*'
on our
Sins.
So that whilft
<r.
leoperran,
CH.
mepigen.
C.R
reapum. C.H.
The
Firft, that
Certions
St. Gregory.
St.
of
the Clergy,
that of the
Church of the BlefTed Martyr St< MarcelIw ; the Third, that of the Mon\s, from the Church of the Martyrs, Sr. John and Sr. Paul ; the Fourth, that of the J^uns^ from the Church of the Blcffed Martyrs, Sr. Co[mu:s and Vamianus ; the Fifth, that of
the
Men^ from
firft
Bleffed
Martyr
and of Infants^
from the Church of the BlefTed Martyr Cdicilia. Under this fevenfold Denomination was the whole Body of the People comprehended, that
thafe of every degree might be employed and have their fhare in
that
upon
all
This folemn
Peprjca?*
'
27
ppeort-habej" ge
ha5ef
menn ^ J>at
pobnef tog ro
ponpealbum
Lecanium
Wednefday
Peftilence
raged fo
fail
Imnb eahratig
that fourfcore
Men
depart-
mannaon}>aepeanpetJi^e
peallenbeoplipegeiMUon.
J)a
ed
hpyle'J)e
y^t pole
:
J)a
Leraniar
png
Kc
re
tany.
pole ro
mannigenne f
People not to
defift
from
until
hi)>a?pebene nejeppicon
their Supplications,
o^
"f
Dobef milrfung
cpealm geJ>a
that God's
Mercy
fhould
J)one pe'San
j-rilbe
'
iJp^r
Cpego-
In the
mean time
Gregory^
Vel Dpegopiep.
it,
ftyled the
Licanyof St.
Crf^or;-,
its
firfl
Inftirution, that
of
n'u
Rome
gY
;
diftinguilh
was ufed on the Rogation Days, the three Days immediately before
the Afcenfion of our Lord.
The
As
on
St.
jyfarlis
Day,
of
April,
See
Spelm.
to be obferved,
Times of Devotion, Pfalm*cx\K, v. 1^4. Seven times a day^ &c. ia conformity to which were the feven Hours obferved in the Primitive Church. See the Ritualljls^ and the Note upon the Saxon Hours at the End of Dr. ///ci^e/s Letters. Whereas Gregory enjoins the fmging
the Litany, this
is
i:;
Civi^^
q8
piu)-
An Homily on the
jry^^an he papanfince
habunbeppeng.gemunb
hjfxt he
Popedome,
what
he
mmd
had
formerly
cynne ^emynre
pihte
'f
lupt:3'me peopc
and finilhed
jepjiemebe:- j^enaref-
that
jprol
eallun^e popiietan
Sc
Roman
ap-
to })ipum
j-ylp
ig-
lan5e.
"i
he
mic^
and he himfelf,
Prayers
clum mi6
hij-
benum
by
his
manifold
tihtmgum pylfte
J>a^pa
'
^xx:
^penbpaca bo-
ing
of
thefe
,
MelTengers
went
abroad
and
bore
Fruit to
God.
The Mefnamed
Lan-
man yynb
j^uj-
^ecije-
fengers were
^
thus
AHgitfttnus^ MeUitus^
'
^penbpacena.
C.
H.
^ Auguflinm^ MetlHus^
of them Bilhops.
cration,
as will be
Ai^gufl'we
Laurentm^ and J///?^, were afterwards al! was firft Archbifhop of Canterbury^ acSt. Gregory^
He ordains MelUtus
him
Lau-
by
Example of
is
St. Peter^
a Chriftian
Church
Rome^
faid to
have confecrated
Laurentws
See
Years^
He
died the
iii^
Birth-Day of S.Gregory. 29
Laupentiur. Perpuf. Johannej*. Juftuj*
:
Dsef la-
Juftus.
Holy Pope
with
many
other
Monks,
,
and
hi
|)i-
popbum to
}>^pe paa-
Voyage
"
''
^
in
thefe
Words
pe tihte,
Ne
beon ge
Be not ye
afraid thro'
J>2er
*Jan5yumej-pa))ele)e]"o])'5e
'
lan^ruman.
and
C H.
St. Augujl'me in the
Church o
He was
fucceeeed by Mellitus^
who was
Cal.
tranflaccd
viii^'^
whom
we
Pope
firmly enjoin^ that the City of Canterbury flmll be the Metropolis of all
Britain.
This
7/(/?^j'
'ordain'd F^wZ/nw^
^tt?7
A rchbifliop of the
his
Northum-
brians y by
and
Baptifm, Edvpin in the Eleventh Year of his Reign gave Paulinus the
City of Tork for the Seat of his Arclibifhoprick.
and the
reft
firifl
and
lib. i
cap. 93.
Augufline
and
afraid,
home, than
to venture
among
lieving People,
And
(b refol-
ving on a Retreat, they immediately difpatch Auguftine, (who was defign'd to be their Bifhop in cafe the EngUfl) fhould receive
St. Gregory,
them) to
an
,
with
all
that
he wou'd aoc
to
oblige
them
;
Expedition
them
in the
fends Letters
of Exhortation
lib. ?. ca^.
encourage
begun
Which
above fpecified.
22
'
^o
J)uph
An Homily on the
ypelpc
manna
mib^
*'
*^
wicked
ymbefppsBce. ac
calpc
concerning it
anpaebnej-p
J>3epe
pylme
))ar
by
the
onjunnenan ^nij
Erober
))uph
pukume
<i
be ye
Re-
ecum ebleane
j-pa
micle
mape h%.
j-pa
fpa
"
er,
micelum
pop
je mape
" dergone in
''Will of God.
'*
ca^
Cehyprumia^
Be obedient
all
eabmoblice on eallum
J)in5um Kgurtnie
J)o-
with
all
Humility in
'^
things to Augujline^
whom
be
ne
]>e
pe eop to eal:
*^
we have
fet
over you to
It will
bpe ^ej-erton
jjit;
Eye
Qhey
them that have the Rule over you^ and fubmit your [elves : for they watch for your Souls^ as they that tnufl give account ^ that they may do
it
Heb.
chap.xiii. v. 17.
T^
c/7n<fx,oT6 nires<^'iX^^
v(ju!ff
^^*
ifco
^
T
,
God
Qio^
Ayji-ivx^v
T&I
may
b(^
hearl^en
unto you.
My
\!Z!rS\dLojfi/uSpvco
hmaKQ*7rcp
Soul
fe(;urity
^fia'Cvlie^t^:> J'lAKovQi^, ;^
/t>tT'
mit
to their Bifhopj
ULurZv
iif
i^ot
TO
byters
and Deacons
And may my
Qia.
Qod.
Ignac.
Ep. to Polycarp.
And
Be
je united te yout
Bifhop^
in the
and
thofe
who
way to Immortality.
The
Epiftles
of
this
o|f
Birth-Day O F
ppema^' eoppum
yap-
S.
for
G RE G O RY.
ye
fulfil his
3I
"
*'
lum
hir
^e be
far as
mynejunge ^epyl:
"
nitions.
AdmoAlmighty God
Grace pro-
la^
8e ealmihrjga
" through
*'
his
Uob
ic
jefcybe.
;f
" I
**
^'
may
of your Labour in
fpincer paeftm
ecan
ebleane
*'
may
be found together
j^pa ;f ic
beo
gemet
Beah
*^
mob on
e&leanef
blij-pa
:
eoppejJ)e ic
tlio'
I cannot labour
with
msepille
^'
Augufiinus
tabourcrs.
From Rome
to LerJna,
a litcle Ifland,
now
St.
Honorap*
Bifliop,
From
thence to Maffilta^
whom
from
St. Gregory.
After that
they went ta-^r /ex, and vificed K/V^i/mx the Archbifhop, and Vicar of
the Holy See, to
whom
they were
mod
powerfully recoitlmended by
the Pope.
one of thofe to
whom Gregory
Recommendation.
Thence
cho'
'tis
likely
now
Lms
in France^
we
(et
find
no Letter
who was
Chalons^
Bifliop there.
Thence
they
forward to Cabillon,
now To
both of thefe
com-
mends
Hence they
now
Autun^ in the
Dukedom of
laft either at
Divodurum Mediomatrkum^
with
whom
he very earneftly
follicites
by
his Letters
Receptioa
g2
An Homily on the
^epehre peo]?e
ryiib
fcji'ci'S
i^epbon be
Irpe^ojiiej' h^i*e
o^
]>xx:
hi
becomon ^ejrunbpulro
J)if
mand, proceeded on
their
lice
um
i^lanbe
On
J)am
bajum
pixoOc
jepelbypihc cyning on
Eanrpapabypig,
pice p2er aprpehr;
"^
hijr
ppam
r^
Sguf rinuf
pe-
hcepbe
genummen
Augujiine had
taken
alhpr.o5ap
on pjiancena
dom
From
now
Tours^ to
the
Tomb
to
of
St.
Martin*
Santo-
their
Road
Medhlamm
:
whom
much
is
He being
they might
their Letters.
Which (hews
us
how
care-
any fhare
in the facred
preters they
made
of (hould be Men in Orders, and honour'd with all Pretences from a contrary
as alfo to
encreafe
do
this,
hM
Companions
to
them^ he adds
Juum
e viclno dsbsanP
Birth-day of
him
bebea5. ^ he])uj}h
]>2epa
S.
Gregory.
33
him^ and
pealhfto5a
hij*
mu'S
leo6e
J?am cyninje ^
preached God's
hu
Word
to the
x;/;2S.
"*
mibheopra h^len5
hif
People,
mi&
a^enpe
}>po-
ciful Saviour
own
agnofcerCy
JHvare.
iy voluntates admonitme fua^ quantum Dens dohavertty ad* Whom we enjoin to take vvuh them from the NeighbourPresbyters, that they
hood feme
may know
God
fhall
give
them
Abilifv.
firft
Auguf\'me%
tificate
ilixth
may be
This
firft
Sermon of Sc.
''
more
all
at large
to this efFeft.
*^
'*
He preaches
him,
God
the Creator of
things
that
was
made by Him, that preferving his Deity uninjur'd, he vouchfafed made Man, and the Son of Man, that being redeemed by ^^ his Blocd, he might make Men become the Sons of God At whofe " Nativity a new Star appeared To whofe Feet the Sea being ren " der'd pafTable, was fubfervient: Ac the Indignity of whofe Paf**
:
'*
^*
fion the
Ac whofe
Burial
and
Refurrcftiott, the
"
*'
** ^*
**
conceived
as
all
Men by
all
Nalaid
'^tions.
**
*'
Him
therefore,
his
down
and by which
we
defire
*'
*^
**
^^ *
we are
all
Man
if
Him,
fay^
Mankind, in
whom
ye believe ye
we
mifed Rewards
(hall truly
be received by
all
upon
all
that (hall
(hew
their
Cq-
^^
tempt,
Hijf*
p. 5p>
54
pun^e
An HoMlLY ON THE
})ij"ne
jrcylbi^an
3
ty World, and to
all
that
mannum
inp^p
heopona
picep
trance
into the
Kingdom
/geopono&e:yyjib fe
Da an&/6])el-
of Heaven,
JEthelbright
gufiine^
Then King
anfwer'd An-^
faid, that thofe
cyninj
and
he psegepe pojib
cyb&e
"j
be-
were
fair
hat; hirn
J)^t;
3 cpa^^*
him
he ne mihre ppa
J)one
J)e
fo fud-
hpse&hce
ealban
25^n-
denly leave the antient Cuftoms which he and the EngHp^ People
faid, he
Jepunan.
he mi5
had held.
He
ran
Ep^^
J)a
-J
he mopte
f peohce
'}
heoponhcan
People,
and that he
he hun 3 hip
gepepum
And
cep heopob
buph
On-
gan
hip
j)a
Suguptmup mib
ge-e-
munecum to
Monks
of the Apoftles,
quent Prayers,
with
fre-
Lp mi5 pmsalum
^ p^ccan.
;]
Watchings
gebebum.
pacptnum Dobe
genbe.
*
])eopi-
*;)
geopenobe. C.H.
See Ee(k\ Ecclefiafi. Hifi.
lib. i. cup.
*'
z6.
Birth-Day of S.Gregory.
.}>e
35
them,
hi
mihcon bo&igenmi5&an-eap&alppeJ)a
&e.
ealle
unprofitable to
providing only fo
as
much
me&e f ophosigen&e.
])in5
was neceflary
for their
ana
])e
hi
to bigleoun&ephi
pan behopo&on
f onbe. be jjam
J)e
txh-
Con]rylfelybben6e.']}:op
J)spe ro^psj-rnyrre lupe,
,>c hi
the
which
preached he-
pon ehcnyrre
genne
^
and
Death
it
&ea^ rpelcaa
:
if it
were neceflary,
Sip hi =Soppcon
J>a
])fxx;
Therefore very
lieved,
many
be-
niga
on Dobep naman
pun-
in the
Name
of God, ad-
gepullobe pup&on.
&pi5en5e J)^pe
nyrre heopa
hper.
-J
bylepic-
unpcea^ige
Life,
rpecnyrre ^^ecna
:
heoponhcan lape
JEC
Da
King ^Etbel-
nexcan gelurrpidlobe
Jjamcyninge |j>elbypihr
heopa clan
lipe
heopa
racnum^epe^e&e
he
]>a
ny
Miracles.
And he
be-
lieving
^micelum
jja'Cpi-
j-cenam ^eappup'So&e. 3
unj-cea^jpiSep-
C.H,
'
Hpipcen^n.
CK
^6
Xpa
rpa
An Homily on the
heoponlice cealiipo&e
:
them
as
Men
of a heaven^
rtep
gepapan
j-e
ly Polity. Neverthelefs he
NolOe
))eah
n^nne to
Epifteiiboae ^eheaSian.
fop^San
be-
^e
he op axobe
h\y hx-
ar Jam lapeopam
le.
'
'^npijrtcf J>eop5om ne
f yip
Ougunnon j>a
ne
J)a
hal^an bobunge.
poplsetan
jfcype. T
heopa h^^en-
Heathenifm , and to
b:\n
to Epiptep 5elaJ)unge
:
on hme gelypenbe
Be-
guptmup opep
Kpcebipceop
?
pas
to ])am
Etberius Archbifhop of
Gthepium
Arhs^ by
whom
he was
op Kpela. ^ he
'
hme
ge'
confecrated Archbifhop of
pceal.
C H.
**For
'Arks.
Etberm we
fliould read
lo.
c. 8.
(^ FredegaYm
22.
This Miftake
27.
lib. i. c.
among which,
him
X.
730. W. Thorne^
ibid.
ij6o,
a!i
Gervas of Canterbury
EuletheriUs^ ibid.
16^0
but
St.
by the
Maur.
They
is referred to
Si.Gre^ory,
are very nice in their Difquifirions, and the Reader them, in their moft beautiful Edition of the Works of Gervas of Canterbury is at a lofs for a Reafon, why
Arks to receive
his
Confecration
fince there
Bifliops in France fo
much
Birth-Day OF S.Gregory- 57
habobe Knjelcyn to
ff j)ce-
the Engljh^
'before
as
Gregory
di-
region.
Auguftine htin^
,
rrinur
J>a
jeha&ob cypbe
3 aj-en-j
confecrated
returned to
,
to hif bifceopj-tole
his Bilhoprick
p
and
feiit
be acpenbparan to Rome,
MelTengers to Rome^ to
much
obvious enough.
Arks was
But the Reafon, tho' he knew ic not, was at that time the moft celebrated City in
it
Hence
probably the Archbifliop was honoured with the Title of Vicar of the Holy See and had a Superiority over the neighbouring Birtiops, with
,
Power
to
feems therefore
greater Solemnity of the thing, and where the number of Bi (hops might be probably found, or fooner got together, that was requifite
greateft Rejoicing
and Gratitude
refleft
to blefs
God,
that this
was
St. Augufiine
of Chriftianity
like to be eftablifh'd,
make
that they fhould be united under one Bifhop that fhould be over
as already
were baptized,
That herein the Apoftolical Rule be obferved,by Augujlm from St. Gregory^ as it was by Titus
to
be enlarged.
Ep. ad Smyrn,
Bilhop appears, there the Multitude ought to be, in like manner as wherever Jefus Chr'ijl is, there is the Caiholick Church.
^
Laurentm
the Presbyter,
who
St Peter and
caf.
2J.
mi
iSt.
28
gopie
\^x,
An Homily on the
aflure the Blefled Gregory,
Sngelcyn Cpi-
j-ren&om un&eppenS-
received Chriftianity
and
he
alfo
iii
Writing made
how
lie
num
poke:-
Jppac
J)a
new Converts.
God with
CpesopiurmicelumGo&e
>anco&e mi&
Wirpsen-
many
thanks to
6um mo&e
j-pa
:P
Sngelcynne
pacf.
jelumpen
rpa
Sn&ren&eon/G-
And
many Pre.
^ents
And
other Letters
Anfwers to
after
he
eac
beppan.
-5
hme
re^.
]>irum
'Bpo&opmmreleoperca
ic
pac
:^
" ^7 beloved Brother, I " know that the Almighty " hath by you fhewn forth " many Wonders to the
" People whom he hath cho-
pela
'J)aepa
punbpa
jpeo&a
\q he jeJ)e]-
ceap geppurela^.
J)u
'Bpo^op.
;
GH.
Bft, Ilk i. eap.n.
'J)aBpe.
C.H
Biie"% Ecel,
Birth-Day OF S.Gregory.
miht; blif fian
fepseban:*j
59
and
eac on-
(C
fen, for
which you ha v^
Dumihtblircc
fian gepiflice
))e'f Jxaepe
<c
You may
of this
ro
j?2epe
mcunban gipo
J>e
Onbpseb
J>in
f pa ))eah
;f
have
\
Never-
mi5
J)am
J)uph
)>u
bypj-rigneff e on
thelefs
tacnum
J)e
J>e
Gob
j
Mind be
up
jeppema^.
on
cc
(C
)>anon
i&elum
pi])in-
pul&pe bepealle
Ban, panon
J)e ])U
^^ (C
pi^u-
into
<c cc
Vain-glory within,
when
pen
bipt;>
Erpegopiuj-
holy
""
Pre-
apum
on bocum.
i?2Bpa apoftola.
^ mappamob.
of
tipa peliquiaf
*
bypprnyppe. C. H.
Bedt's Ecclefiajl. Hijl. lib. i. cap. 29.
'
An Account of
of
Sc.
is,
PPalter
Auguflm^
upon
Ball
Bede^
in
:
/.
i. c. 29. p.
^
Cambridge
which fpeaking of
Note
Wm sunt
PRiMiTiiE
Anglicans.
which Mr. Wheloc only promifed, Mr. Wanley has giren us in his large and Learned Catalogue of Saxon
This Account, Manufcripts, which
it
may
The
4
gar j-ymlle
^^ Homily on the
and ordered that
ceflors
jbebeab ;phir^prep5en'p
his She-
j>a2r
palxic
fhould
fetch
the
hum
])one
epcehabe
J)am Kporrolican
i.
retde
The
firft
the
I'lbYi
Book in the Library is Gregory's Bible in two Volumes, of which hath in the firft Page this Kubrick, De Caphiitisfirfl
Oenefeos.
Tfaiam
Frophetam.
infcrtcd,
fome of
him
in
the
firfl
memoria mea^
^c.
where
it
begins,
Omnh
fcriptura
is
infpirata.
And
y
in
divmtus Symbolum
sTT. s7s.
Jipollolorum
Oratto
Dominica^
Gloria
in
Excelfis
arid
s77.
fyc.
Pfalcer^
at
the
End of
the fame
Hymns^
The
firfl
Hymn
for Midnight
this,
Medi^
tcmpiu
efl.
The
conditor.
At Prime, Venite fratres ocyw. At the Third Hour, Jamfurgit hora tertia. At the Sixth Hour, Bis ternas horas explicans.
fpers,
At the Ve-
The Hymn
Kex
tende
ditertie
The Hymn
vent.
qui
Ifrael fuper
<fy
cherubin^
potentiam tuam
redemptor gentium^
And another for the fame occafion, Vent unto the End. The Hymn for Eafler, Nic eft dies
of the Apollles
Sc,
verus Dei.
fiolorum
III.
The
;
Feflivals
paffio
of
Sr, Jfohn
is
In the Veflry
alfo a
in the
beginning
of which are the Ten Canons, and it is called , Textus S. M'tldredA j The fame which a certain Country-man fwearing falfly upon in Tha*
net^ loft
IV, There
High
Altar,
which hath on
The
firft
Leaf of
this
Pfaker bepjns^
Omnis fcriptura
divinitus infpirata*
end.
And
Birth-day of
Romanircpe
gela^unge
S.
Gregory.
this Attgufime
41
Afplaced
ofthe/2^w^ Church.
ter
peccan ycGolbon
jrrinur
SugiiJ)i-
jererte ^ptep
rum
And
bifceopajT
Ep'tftola
op
hif ge-
then,
iii
firft
The Second Book reaches to Pfalm lxxi, tuum-^ the End fiat^ fiat. The Third Book
fhould
lxxx^
[it
fiat^ fiat.
be lxxxViii.] a//<. Mifericordias Domini^ the End The Fourth Book to the cv^^ Pfalm, vix.. Confitemini the End fiat^ fiat. The Fifth Book to Pfalm cl, vix,. Laudate Do-^ ininum de CxUs 5 and ends, Omn'is fpiritus laudet Dominum. In the
fifth
o( Alleluiay
aci
Alfo the
by the Chaldeans
to
of
In the fixthLeaF
Prefcription
alfo
the eleventh Leaf^ where the Text of the Pfalms begins with the
Prieft.
And
at the
been noted;
is
alfo another
which
be-*
gins thus
Frologm Canonum.
is
placed a
Book
in a Poflurc
of
bleflTing
ftolorum Petri
^ Pauli
Pajjio eorundem.
;
Alfd
Paffio S.
Thoma Apo-
floU
Matth^i
^
Apojioli
^ Evari*
tlie
gelifldi
Paffio
S. S. Apoflotorum Simonis
^ Juda.
Vita S. Johannii
Apoftoli (6r
Evangelid^.
is
VIL There
tligh Altar,
which hath on
or the Rays of
gilt, fet
42
gum
hi
An Homily on the
each
UJh
City
of
the
Eng^
Nation,
and
they
on Ero&er
^eleapan
o^
Faith
con-^
beginning with
$c. Apoliinarisy
SimplkiHs^ Faujli-
ms^
zvi& Beatrix.
VIII.
And upon
5s
placed a
Book
which hath on the Cover a large feeryl fet round on all fides with Cryftals in which is an Expoficioh on the Epiflles and Gofpels, froiii the third Sunday after the Oftaves of EafteY^ to the Fourth
6*^^^ after the Oftaves of W7?/>/n^/Vff. And these Are the First Fruits Of the Books of the whole English
Church.
The
firft
^
is
two
they
Volumes
ilnglandy
call
to have
themfelves) to
Jams
Month oi July 1^04. in which are thefe EKpreffions. Cl)C icrg S>nginal 1Bx\AZy tl)e fclf^famc l^umcvo \x^\)ii\) ^* (0^egorg fcnt in totti) our SUpoftle &. Sfugufttne, being as tet ptc= fcrtJCD b^ (EoVb fpecial |&jotoit)encet which Words are cited by Dr. Sutdiffm his Anfwer to that Apologetical Petition, pag, 87. The fecond Book, that is, the Pfalter, after diligent Enquiry, I
have not found.
the Third and Fifth Books, tho' imperfeft, I believe to be extant. The one in the Bodleian Library at Oxford ; the other adorn'd with
j^igures in
Corpw
Chrijil
College
in
Cambridge.
both thefe Books have a face of Antiquity, both of 'em being written in the round and large Roman Hand, and in Letters
ring from the ^axon of that kind
^
much
diffe-
them were
the
as in the to
them
brought into England above Eight Hundreid Years ago, appears from
the Diftindtions and Emendations of the Bodleian Book, in an eld Sa^ xon
Hand
laft
Book, made about the Year Eight Hundred and Fifty, in which are
reckoned up what Legacies
file
left to
the
Abby of
St.
AugujVwe\ to
to
which
this
Book belonged.
So
no reafon
doubt*
thifS
Birth-Day of S.Gregory. 43
Jjifum
5$5^eplicum
Se
ca&ija
tx-
Day,
ge
Cpejo-
The Holy
pofed
St.
Gregory com?
many
Divine
fame which
Church.
Infancy of the
that
is,
Englifl}
never-
Vespas.
i.
a Pfalcer of
Saxon Charafter, written about ^ In which you have likewife in great Letters,
all
faid to
be in
this
Book of
From
whence
Qther.
am
The
ries.
As for the
fixth
;
Book,
it
tranflated into
Saxon
Thefe Books,
Firft Fruity
of the
Reader
Engliflj
Church,
whom
who
is
remember
that Augufline
brought with him into England Gregory the Great his Book of the
Paftoral Care, as is attefted
by King Mtfred in
Work.
To
-'
conclude
may
obferve,
it.
This Book
once belonged
to the Monaftery
of the
and
Bus
this
diffol-
**
f*
ved, and
the
this
into the
!*
who
**
*
HaU of
fecure.
the Sacred
Trmty
this
and
But with
fhould hap-
?*
^^
TrhUy
! ftiall
^ok fliall
^ fame
44
rpaht? hec.
An Homily on the
^ mib micel'
Treatifes,
pegecneojibnyrretrober
pole to J>am ecan life
jepijTO&e.
t)pa
diligence
God's
pela punlipe
on
hip
^c-
pophte. T pul&oppulhce
J)^p
mon^ap
3
ten
baja]-.
as
on
this
Day departed
to
a butan
>
en&e
As
Smen
the Learned are obliged to Mr. Wanley for this Account of Aur
it,
fince it
fo
am
I particularly obliged to
him
for acquaint-
me with
the
Name of
the Annalift
who firft gave this account Monk of the Abby of St. Auguftm\ in
See Mr. Wanlefs Catalogue
at the
End of Dr.
*
An Account of
431.
may be
Literar. i>^^.
and in the
Benediiitne Edition
of
St.
Gregory %
Works.
" St. Gregory died anno
T.dit.
DCV.
With
Year
But the
'^dip.
^rfacon
Chronicle afligns
it
to the
DCVL
See Wheloc^
i^
Gibf.
but in
Laud. 60^.
noMh
H O
.E
ANGLO^SAXONICiE
|N
S.
GREGORII
NATA
L E
VERSIO LATINA,
GuLIELMUS ElSTOBIUS
D.
%>M
tUy forot
mea dik&ijftma^
de gentis
^erfio-^
Homilids Saxomca^
nojirie
Converftom faras
item
bm
turn
Latinam pojiulant
hominibns
*venis
eruditis.
Id te ^t^elie accommodare
Sed ^*
ad me
bn
ifri :
mdxims
attteiii
tune^
mm in te <virim,
meomtn comes y
nt tu *velisy
&*
indefejfa fludiorum
do. tibi
Latine*
Non Ciceronianey
ticanftito
fufry
*i}et
vel ex Beda
utroque DiaconOy
&*Jobanne
tnm
fciSy
ralem,
&* qim Gregorii ttu Curam PaftoDeo fa*vente , &* adjutrice te^ Erm
Vale.
MDCCix.
NATALE
N AT A
RE G O RI U S
ftanti die,
L E
RGREGORIL
Papa beatus , An^
glic^ gentis Apoftolus, hac inpoll varies labores, meditationefqiie divinas,
ad Dei
ex gentis rele
ipfius quippe
is
Apoftolus eft
per confiliuni,
Sc
legationem a fe miflam
inftitutam,
&
in-
&
ad Dei
fidem convertit. Libri facri quamplurinji pr^claram ejus converfationem pra^dicant, xatamque fanftam,
inter quos
&
ea Anglorum hiftoria
quam
rex Alfredus
Liber Volu-
mus tamen
cum &
&
Romarii fenatores ejus anteceflbres erant. Patris nomen erat Gordianus. Et Felix pontifex fandtiflimus
ejus fuit atavus.
Fuit quidem
is,
Sed tamen banc tarita^ nobilitatis lineani Gregorii .toioribus extulit, probis adibus decoravit. nomen Vox plane Graca eft , quse fbnat in lingua La*
nere
nobilis.
Re
ete-
nim vera
dum &
ipfe
tium commodo providebat, & viam iis vits annunciabat, Fuit quidem a puero difciplinis liberalibus inftitutus. Et in dodrina eo ufque feliciter eft progrefliis,
ut in
univerfa
Rom^ civitate,
i^qualis ei
nemo
judica-*
iii-
retur.
in exempla
tentus erat 5 nee quse didicerat, oblivioni ea fegniter tradidit: fed tenaci potius commendavit memorise,
hauriebatque fitibundo dodlrina^ fluenta pedlore, quse poft congruenti tempore fiiellito gutture eruftareti
Hie in annis
feculi ingredi)
Deo
ca?pit
devotus exiftere
& ad
fu-
urbis
Rom^
muros
inftituit
in quo
& ipfe regular! tramite fub Abbatis imperio miSeptem monafteria de redditibus pradiorum
litavit.
ad vidum quotidianam locupletavit 5 reliquas polFelfiones Dei pauperibus erogavit, totamque fecularem nobilitatem, ad nanfcifcenadornavit,
fufficienter
&
dam
c^lefteiii
,
gloriam convertit.
,
fionem
ftea
ferico contextu
gemmis micantibus auroque per urbem procedere trabeatus ^ potegmine , miniftrabat pauper
conver-
vero
vili contedtus
ipfe pauperibus.
Versio Latina.
converfari, ut
poflet
jam tunc
numero
5
& potu
erat
orationibus crebris.
poris infirmitates,
duriiis
labat
Turn vero
pore fed em tenebat apoftolicam, quibus virtu turn gradibus Gregorius ad alta confcenderet
ftraxitex monafterio, adfcivitque in
:
cum
igitur ab-
fuum adjutorium
cum
in ordine diaconi
quam fsepiffime,
Romam afi)ortarent.
tum
beatus Gregorius
5
vidit-
ris
Gregorius ergo,
cum puerorum formam ex quanam eilent gente adex Anglia progentis homines fimili ve-
dudi
fedos
Tum didum
nuftate.
iftius
Rogabat autem pofthac Gregorius, eflentne gentis homines Ethnici an Chriftiani } Didum
Gregorius
,
tum
ex intimo corde
!
vul-
Ropo-
iftius
Refponfum vo^
ro tum eft
ei,
Rede tum
is,
JngU vocantur,
enim habent
Angelicas.
Tales
etiam, sequum eft, in ccdis Angelorum comites fierL Ultra percontatus eft Gregorius, quonam ea Provincia
nomine diceretur, ex qua pueri fiiifl^nt: allati? ^nnuntiatum eft igitur illi, ^uod Provijneiales ifti
DE
&
R I vocarentun
dem
ad mifericordiam Chrifti convprfi. Jam vero eft iterum percontatus, quo demum nomine provincial Rex iftius appellaretur > Eique fuit refponfum, quod rex appellaretur^//^allufit,
Verbis igitur
fuis
Gregorius noraini
ac
dixit.
Oportet turn
ibi in
ea gente Alleluia
Conti-
fedis
Papamadiit, eum
vero rogavit fuppliciter , ut Anglic^e genti dolores Quofdam mittendos curaret, qui Dei auxilio ad Chri-
ilum
eos converterent.
fum
fe
ad
fi
t^t quam
paratilll
Pap^ faltem iftud placeret: fed permittere id Pontifici non liceret, etiamli vellet quam maxime* Permittendum enim id nequaquam erat a civibus Romanis, virum ita celebrem^ dodorem ^oufque inPrudum, civit^tem omnino relinquere , & peregrinaiionem fufcipere tam longinquam. Fadlum eft autem deinceps, ut immanispeftis Genti Romance immineretj
mum,
&
in primis
Papam
dequaque per civitatem acdesftarent vacua!, fine incolis* Non autem oportebat urbem Romanam Papa diu caUniverfus igitur populus beatum Gregorium ad iftam dignitatem unanimiter elegerunt, eo interim
rere,
Mifit
,
rem Mauricium
fufceperat,
literas
eumque obteftatus eft multis precibus, ut j)opulo nunquam permitteret, is ut ad tant^ dignitatis verebatur enim , ne majeftate gloriam exaltaretur
:
fecularis glorise,
quam
iterum feduceretur.
G^faris
autem
nobilis Pracfedus
Germa^
Vers I o Latin A.
Germanus literas
iftas intercepit,
5
Poftea
ac laceravit.
cem Deo
fibi
Gregorium
elegiffe.
'
gratias egit,
eumque
juflit confecrari.
autem fugam arripit, & abdidit fefe in fpelunca. Populus autem apprehenderunt eum, &: ad Petri eccleiiain deduxerunt, ibi ut Papa confecraretur. Deinde Gregorius, ipfius ante confecrationem , ad Populum
Romanum
orationem habuit.
^Oratio
S.
GREGORIId^
de Mortalitate.
Plebei^
" ^Portet,
fratres carilEmi
ut flagellaDei, guse
prsefen-^
v^
*'
tia
&
"
^^
Ut
enim, Prophet^
" tefte, prsedidum eft Fervent t gladius ufque ad am" mam7\ Ecce enim cunfta plebs cseleftis irat mucrone
**
*^
*'
percutitur,
&
& languoris
mo-
ut cernitis,
mors
ipfa prsecurrit.
Percufliis
"
^^
quam ad lamenta
cui
pcEnitenti^e
?^
judicis pervenit,
non vacat
AngL Sax,
flere
quod
C3
fi?^
Vuk
h'lfce
includHntuY Uomil.
non agnofcit.
Quam
Benedia. Tom.
ad
fin.
notandum, Hon^it
infifterc.
omnino
ivctoo
fecit
^
*'
*^
Habitatores
*^
**
*'
&
fui eo$
ad interitum
flere
hseredes pracedunt.
poeriitentise
Unufquifque ergo
" noftrum ad
*^ ^^
*^
'
"*
Pr/zver
&
licut
Propheta
^'
*^
^^
^^
*^
admonet: ^Levemus corda nojira cum manibus ad Deum. Ad Deum quippe corda cum manibus levare, eft orationis noftra^ ftudium cum merito bonse
operationis erigere.
jftro
fiduciam ,
Dat profedto, dat tremori no^ Nolo qui per Prophetam clamat
:
*^
*'
vivat. mortem feccatoris ^ fed ut convert atur ^ Nullus autem de iniquitatum fuarum immanitate
&
defperet.
emeruit.
per-
" Mutemus
^'
igitur corda,
precem judex fle*^ ditur, fi a pravitate fua ^'petitor corrigatur. Immi" nente ergo tantse animadverfionis gladio, nos imcepifle
quod petimus.J
*'
**
portunis
precibus infiftamus.
Ea namque
^
quse in-
judicio ve-
Qutque.
Pavjl.
igehpylce eop^bugigen&e.
^ Pfal.
xcv. 2.
1 1
\.zm.
iii.
41.
Ezech. xxxiii.
Jon.
iii.
Luc.
xxiii,
Antms
cowgitur.
Paul. DiaCiJ
Flettbus.
Paul Diac.
Ju'*
* Judici.
iici
Paul Diac.
Uade Horn.
ritatiq
Versio Latina.
^
**
ritatis
placet
veniam precibus
irafci.
*
" vult
*'
Invoca
me
"
^'
**
magnificabis me.
monet ut invoce-
&
ferine quartae
"
*^
*^
^^
'^
agere praefumat
" mini ecclefiam convenientes, qui fimul omnes pec** cavimus , fimul omnes mala qua fecimus deplore^' *'
^^
mus :]
ut diftridus judex
"
*'
^'
Litania Monacho-
rum , ab
ecclefia
martyrum Johannis
,
& Pauli
Li*
ab
:
ecclefia
beatorum marty-
& Damiani
Litania
feminarum conju-
gatarum, ab ecclefia beati primi martyris Stephani " Litania viduarum , ab ecclefia beati martyris Vita*
"
^'
lis
Litania
Pauperum
&
Infantium, ab ecclefia
Quapropter multitudo tum Prefby terorum , turn Monachorum , tum etiam Laicorum , fecundum beati
Gregorii inftitutum, dieMercurii, ad feptiformem Li-
lues
clefsvit,
FldM.
AngL. SAXONICiB
nequaquam cefTavit populura
horas fpatio, ei defavit, ut odlaginta homines unios populo adhnc canente Liirita hac caduca difcederent,
tanias.
At jplas
facerdos
defifterent, donee admonete, ut ab oratione nun^uam propulfaret. Gregopeftem ipfam divina miferatio Papatum fufceperat , qiiod Anglirib autem poftquam deftinarat, venit in mentem quod & opportae
genti
perfecit.
Nbn
.
licuit
tamen tamen
ei
fedem Rbmanam omnino relinquere mifit in hanc alios nuntios, Dei fervos^ approbatos,
Ipfe autem multis
effecit,
fiiis
Infblam.
benedidionibus at-
que ezhbrtationibus
torffidicatio
ut^
horum nuntiormri
:
exiret,
&
Petms^ Johannes, Jujius^ Hofce doaores mifit beatus Papa Gregorius, cum miiltisaliis monachis, ad Anglicanam Gentem , quos huLaurentius,
jufmodi
*'
' *'
eorum itinere commonefecit. " Nee labor vos tam longinqui itineris, nee maledicorum hominum linguae deterreant. Sed omni inverbis
de
bmniqUe fervore qu3jinchoaftis,Deoau(a:ore, " peragite fcientes quod laborem magnum seternx (C retributionis gloria fequitur, tanto major quantd " vos majori ftudio Dei caufa laboratis. Obedite igi*' tur humiliter in omnibus Auguftino CPrapfito ve" ft^o) quern & Abbatem vobis conflituimus. Hoc " enim per omnia veftris animabus eft profiiturum, " quicquid a vobis in ejus admonitione fit completum. " Omnipotens Deus fua vos gratia protegat, & veftri " laboris frudlam in asterna me patria videre conceftantia,
,
"
Vide Bed.
Deihae
Versio Latin a.
^
9
nii-
fociis, qui
quadraginta
cum
eo-
appuliilent.
in civitate Cantuarise
cujus
imperium
magno
flu-
Jnine
Humbre ad mare
Acceperat autem, pr^cipiente Gregofio, Auguftinus de gente Francorum interpretes, quorum interpretum interveniente fermone ufus, Regi ejufque populo ipfe &:
ejus comites
Qiiemad-
inodum
&
om-
dicens^ pulchra
tulerat
ipfe
quidem ^i^Q verba & prdmiiTa quce attamen aequum non videre, veteres quas
Dicebat autem liberum
fibi fubjedto prsedicare.
ei fore, \Tr-
cum
efle dimittendas.
bum Dei
populo
eis
InfupeV qus
Dedit etiam
manfionem
in civitate Dorovernenfi,
qus imperii
Augufliinus
fui
Tum
c(spit
viendo,verbum
hujus
ria videbantur,
cundi
dum
& paratuiri
ad patiendum adverfa qua?que, vel etiam ad morieiidum pro eo quam pr^dicabant veritatis amore, fi opus
fuerit,
animum habendo.
,
permulti
&
in
mirantes
cap. 25.
Ibid. c. 26.
iimpli-
to
illorum
iimplicitatem innocentis
cceleftis.
ac dulcedinem do&nxix
ipfe
Ac tandem
Rex
iEthilbertus
deledatus
rum
eft.
faavillimis
multorum
oftenlione firniamnt,
gratulatus eft
ac
qiiafi
concives
Regni
cceleftis
Nullum tamen
co-
audoribufque fus
falutis,
fervitium Chrifti
volun-
TARiuM, non coACTiTiUM debere efle. Coepere deInum plures ad aadiendam verbum confluere, ac relido Gentilitatis ritu, unitati fe SanctjE Christi
EccLEsijE credendo
fociare.
mare
rat,
traniportatus,
adiit, a
tenkm
Gregorii accepeordinatus
eft
efti
Archiepifcopus genti
Anglorum
mifit
,
ad Epifco-
patum ,
retulit,
&
iimitios
Romam
ac beato Gregorio
Chrifti accepifle.
Simul
et
fdtu
plura interrogabat,
quonam
fcili-
converfis oportebat
eum
conver-
Quapropter Gregorius l^tanti animo plurimas Deo gratias egit , id apud Anglos evenille quod ipfe
vehementilUme exoptarat
Mifit etiam
,
legates
ad
Regem
JEthilbertum credentem
cum
literis pariter
ac donis quamplurimis.
Au-
omnia de quibus ^nm interrogarat, ilium vero hujufmodi verbis commonefecit: " ''Scio, frater cariliime, quia Omnipo** tens Deus per te in gentem quam eligi voluit magna ^' miracula oftendit unde& timendo gaudeas, &gaurefponfis ad ea
;
guftinum mifit^
cum
^ Bed.
Ecd.
t^
denda
Versio Latina.
^'
If
dendo pertimefcas. Gaudeas videlicet, quia Anglo^ rum anima per exteriora miracula ad interiorein
gratiam pertrahuntur.
fefe elevet,
&
unde
foris in
honorem
,
tollitur,
inde
**^
Practerea miflt
veftimenta Icilicet
&
libros, fimul
cum Apoftolorum
& Martyrum
reli-
quiis.
Sc
Archiepifcopatum ^b Apoftolica
per peterent.
Romana Ecclelia
fern,
Ibciij?
quamplures compofuit,
fumma
diligentia
Dei popu-
lum
xUtnx vit^ infl:ru?it, ^c plurima miracula vivus perfecit. Ac mirifice fedem Papalem reiit, tret?
in via
&
dies decern,
qcEleftis
& demum
^i;^
ad seternam
cuiri
regni fedeni
ubi vivit
Deo Omnipotente
Jwen*
mj^m
J?
A^
A N
APPENDIX,
Containing feveral
EPISTLES
OF
S^
GREGORT,
AND
NOTES,
ThatlUuftrate the foregoing jfi&/w//|i!.
(O
RE
R I U S
Mauricio Augufto.
nSSIMUS
jftitutus
atque a
Deb
conintetf
Dominus
nofter,
cxteras auguftorum
pondetum cu-
ras,
videlicet pie
pacemque Reipublic^^ Qusb enim, fex univerfalis Ecclefia^ pace pendere. fereniiFime Domine, virtus humana^ quodque carnei robur brachii contra veftri Chriftianiflimi culmen Im-^ perii irreligiofas praefumeret manus erigere, fiftuderet concors Sacerdotum mens Redemtorem luuin lingua pro vobis, atque, ut oportebat, meritis exorare ? Aut quis ferociflims gentis gladius in necem fidelium
tiifi
tant^
Appendix.
qui
Sacerdotes nominamur,
varetur operibiis
linquimus,
Sed
&
qu^ Reipublicac vires gravat. Quid autem diduri fuiilus, qui popnlum Dei, cui indigne prsefiimus, peccatorum noftrorum oneribus pre?
mimus
pla deftruimus
& fola
vefti-
Corpus defpedis
purpuram fuperamus.
Do6tores
Jacemus in cinere,
abfcondimus.
Ininibus
&
excelfa defpicimus.
fuadermis
Quamobrem
compefcendos bellicos motus pacem quarit Ecclefe atque ad hujus compagem Sacerdotum dignatur corda Quod quidem ego opto, atque quantum ad reducere.
me
Hon
ges,
attinet
beo.
&
quia
Domini
piillimus
Dominus locum
fecet
vulneris
atque refiftentem
invitis
MSS.
Vatic. Anglic^
^ Excufi,
Dmms nojler*
Abeft
nojler
si
Vatic.
Norm. &c.
Norm.
Append
^
Xi
5
Ad,
segmm auguft^
ftringendo enim
talia reciditis,
Rempublicam
fublex^atis
& duiii
quod
tradlatis.
Cuiiftis ejiim
Evangelium
fcientibus liquet ,
Apoftolorum Petrd principi Apoftolo, totius Ecclefis cura commifia eftw Ipfi guippe dicitur Tetre, amas me? Pafce oves
:
& omnium
Sf ego pro
non
defi-
c J at fides tua.
Et tu aliquando
:
^Tu es Petrus^ fuper banc fetram dtdrficaho EccUfiam meam^ port(SL inferi non fr&valehunt adverfus earn. Et tihi daho claves regni
Ipfi dicitur
ires tuos.
&
&
ccelorum
erit li^
gat urn
^ in
& in
t errant^
&
principatus committitur,
lus
:
&
tamen
univerfalis Apofto-
non vocatur & vir fandliffimus confacerdos mens Johannes vocari univerfalis Epifcopus conatur. Excla^ mare compellor ac dicere O tempbra, O liidres Ecce cunda in Europse partibus Barbarorum juri
:
provinci^e
fe-
dominantur quotidie in necem fideHuin cultores idolorum ^ & tamen facerdotes, qui in paViviunt
tnento
^ Hic
&
&
tribus Vatic,
vmculk au^oritatn,
Aftrin"
gevdo
enm
tjla
re pehitus
Rempublicam fublevatU,
auSorHatis.
Paruni difcrepai
reprimiti^^
hegias.
Becc.
aviguftet vinculis
Vum enim Wa
Sequimur Vatic. A.
f
& alios,
johan. Kxi.
x 7.
LUk.
xii.
31.
Mdcth, xvi. g.
toomiM
4
tiantur.
Appendix.
:
nomina expetunt
vocabulis glo-
Domine,
pro-
priam caufam defendo ? Numquid ipecialem injuriain t^indico ? ^ caulam Omnipotentis Dei, cailfam univerfalis
Ecclefi^
Quis
canonum decreta, nox^om fibi ufurpare nomen prcefuinit ? Utinam vel fine aliorum imminutione onus
iit,
Et certe multos Conftantinopolitanse Ecclefi^ in hsetefeos voraginem incidille novimus facerdotesj & nori
folum
hi^reticos, fed
Inde
fum Chriftumduas perfonas exiftimans, quia Deum fieri hominem potuifle non credidit, ufque ad Judat-
cam
perfidiam erupit.
&
'
filio
Deum
eile
Si igitur illud
quifquam arripit^
cium
fecit:
^
nee
caufam y &Cc,
Obfcurus
tamen
ica legitur in
bus Vatic.
&
plerifque
clarior eft
excuforum
fecit in fait.
fech
Ac
MS. Anglic,
Jn
novam appellationem
ruit Ecclefia.
9.
concutic.
i.
Caden-
Epifcopo univerfa
2.
Nullus
Romanoram
Poncificum hoc
privarentur,
fi
nomen
affumfic.
Honore debito
univerfi Sacerdotes
quis etiam
/
Appendix.
flatu fuo corruit,
quando
is
cadit.
blafphemi^, in quo
tur,
adimi*
dum ab uno
,
^
fibi
Romano Pontifici oblatum eft. Sed nullus eorum unquam "^hoc fingukritatis nomine uti confenfit, ne
dum
privatum aliquid daretur uni, honore debito fkcerdotes privarentur univerfi. Quid eft ergo quod nos
hujus vocabuli gloriam 8c oblatam
non quserimus ,
&
alter fibi
banc arripere
8c
Omncs hac de
contendic
re fcandalum patiuntur.
In
fynodo VIL
aft.
2.
Papa
&
fententiam
Bafilii
Ancyrani, Scauratii
,
Gregp*
in
ti^
Idem,
aft. 3.
necnon
Scc.
:
in vocis
epifcoporum Agapii/'Jo*
Patriar-
hannis Conftantin.
Bafilii
I. ait
dum
Quid
fi
Gra^ci nometi
cuidam
rius in prasfaticne
VIL
fynodi, in editione
ilia
Romana.
Lege
S.
Hiero
vijitu*
nymum,
Qrbem^
^
I.
5.
in Ifa, ad
verba, c. 13.
Vox mHltitudms^
to fuper orbis
mala.
(it
qixld per_
& oiuh^^iw
ne
S.
Leonis,
& aft.5,
&.<;,
in vote
per, incerpretantiir^
durante
Guffanv.
^'
medium,
quibufdam tamen, pro nomine^
le-
Ita Vatic.
in
gicur, vocabuh.
S
Ille ergo
Appendix*
magis
,
eft
piiffimorum
Dominorum praecepi
eft,
done
fledtendus
prsebere contemnit.
coercendus
qui fanftaa
qui gaudere de
nomine
fuperponit
>
Ad
vi-
&
omnia
Ego enim cunftorum facerdotum fervus ftijn, in quantum ipfi facerdotaliter vivunt. Nam qui contra Omnipotentem Dominum per inanis gloria tumorem, atque contra ftatuta patrum fuam cer vicem erigit , in omnipotenti Domino
facerdotum jurgia cefTabunt.
confido, quia
fledlit.
meq
Dominorum ^ietas de
me
tamen de mea negligentia reperiri reus. in fuperno tremer^doque judicio pertimefco ^ ac fecundum
petitionem praedidi Sabiniani diaconi
,
&
aut piiffimus
,
Dominus ipfum dignetur judicare negotium aut fsepe nominatum viruni ^ ut ab hac tandem intentione
,
ceilet, infleder e.
Omnipotentj
peo
omni
Ecclelise
pace gaudemuso
Sin autem in
eadem
diutius
eft
fep, $. libri I.
Vide notas*
hac tandem
vhum^ ab
htentme
non
Conten-
Appendix.
contentione perlliterit, hac de re
:
7
veritatis fenten*
jam
tiam certam tenemus, quse ait ^Omnis quife exaltat Et rurfiis fcriptum eft: "^Anteruinam bumiliabitur.
exaltatur
cor.
meo
& dulglorise
&
humiliter,
ut ab hac inanis
Si igitur
me
au-
Si vero in
il*
fuperbia perfiftit,
afpicio, quia
lum
*
fibi
Dens fuperbis
Augustine going
of
for England^
to
is
recom^
mended by Gregory
Pelagius Bifhop
Bifhof of
Toms ^ and
to
Serenus
Marfeilles in
GauL
who
are
ALtho',
endued with a Ch^- K^pJtkvi^ rity that is well pleafing unto God , devout Men ftand in need of no-Recommendations, Yet fince a fit Opportunity has offer'd it felf, we have
to Priefts
-
'
Jac. iv.
tf,
^enedift.
*
"
lib. v.
ex Edic*
It
may be
jfo two Perfons, it is to be underflood xhziAugufllne carried them Duplicates of the fame Original 3 for thus we are to interpret the Latm
)Note 4 Paribus.
'
Vanf
Appendix.
vant of God
afliired,
of whofe good Intentions we are well together with other Servants of God, are for
,
direded thither by
linefs ftiould
us.
make
hafte to
with
all
Epifcopal
him
all
Encouragement.
For
may
be the readier,
we have
you an exadl account of the whole Afl&ir. Being affured, that when it is made known to you, you will out of Piety to wards God, apenjoin'd
him
to give
ply your
felf,
wholly to
fet it forward.
Gregory
recommends Augustine
to
Vir-
A /-%
^
^*^^'
^^
-^
felf
ready in
We
have ne-
you
with brotherly Affection, that what Aififtances of your own accord you ought to impart, you may increafe hj the Importunity of our Letters. And
therefore
we
that Auguftim
the Servant of
God
pf Souls fent by us (to England) ^ as he when admitted to your Prefence will be able to inform you. In which
|t is
necefTary that
AplPENDlJt.
&nd
Affiftance,
and as far as fliall be requifite, that you afford him your comfortable Advice, and cheriih him with all Paternal and Epifcopal Encouragement, that in cafe thro' your Holinefles Advice and Encou*
ragement, he
Ihall, as
we
truft
he
will,
be any
way
may
ward in having promoted him in his pious Endeavour^ hy the devout Encouragement of your Approbation,
Desiderius Bijhop
(?/
of
Autun,
From
the
fame Original.
^-^^^'^.vL
^' ^"^^
WE
Holinefs
,
of St. Peter the Prince of the fhew fb much Kindnefs towards our Meliengers. Efpecially fince the nature of the
Caufe requires it. In which however you defire rather to concur and labour of your own accord. Wherefore we fignify to your
that
we have
God, the Bearer of thefe Prefents, of whofe Zeal and Diligence we have good knowledge, (to England) with other Servants of God , in order by the Divine Dif^ penfation to the Good of Souls. From whofe Relation, you being made perfedly acquainted with what we
have enjoin d him, your Brotherhood will by all means aliift him with your Favour and Encouragement, fo far as the Occafion (hall demand. That fo you may, as is both fit and decent, be the Promoter of a good
Id
AP
P E
N D
Xi
good Work. May your Brotherhood therefore fo Sc^ quit your felf with Devotion and Earneftnefs in this Affair, that the good Opinion which we have conceived of you by Report, may by your Works be
efFeftually eftablifh'd.
of the Franks^
I^^^gf^-y^-^^lnce Almighty God hath adorn'd jrbur Kingdom with a right Faith, and hath made the Purity
among
other Nations
we have
conceived
great Hopes
where to be converted to the fame Faith , which yoil your felves profefs , who are their Kings and Lordsi
we are informed that the EngUfh Nation by the Grace of God greatly defire to be converted to the
fince
And
Chriftian Faith
to us^
Whom
alfo
we have
en-
with them from the Neighbourhood fomdi Presbyters, with whom they may know their Minds$
and forward their Inclinations by their Advice, as God Ihall give them Ability* In which thing that they
ana/
APPE
may
-,
I) I
X.
I I
faluting
your Excellencies with a Paternal AfFedion , we beftech you that thofe whom we have fent may be found to merit your gracious Favour. And becaufe it is the Caufe of Souls, aflift and protedt them with your Powers. That God Ahnighty, who knows you take dehght with a devout Mind, and with all your
Abilities to yield
your Afliftance in
his
Caufe
may fo
Mercy,
as after
Gregqry
to
T
and
ilot
HE
Zeal of your Excellency towards the Chriftian Faith hath been long fince fo well
to us, that
it
:
^-^^^'^.v}.
'
*
known
of the Goodnefs of
liieans the
earnefi:
more
certain of
becaufe of
its
devout
ftian Faith.
And
that
it
fo largely
and bountifully
affords the
Comfdrts of its Religious Sincerity. which thing having well grounded our confidence,
By
we
faluting
Affection
declare to
you that whereof we are informed, that the EngUfl:) Nation by the Grace of God defire to be made Chriliians 5
but the Priefts \^hich are in the Neighboutliood have
a Paftoral Concern for them.
bur care to diredl thither, the prefent Bearer -^/^^/i/?///^ a Servant of God, whofe Zeal and Induftry is well
known
God
that
by
theiii
11
as
is
Aj^^endix.
their Indinations, and, as
mucH
hope for their Converfion by your afWhom we have alio enjoin'd, towards the
Therefore yoiir Excellency,
who
of his Recommendation
Excellency
may
have
its full
Reward
God hath
tinue to blefs
you here,
with
Bipopofthe
^K-fipJikxi,
^^j^'^'^Lory he to
God
Men
"".
Becaufe
a Grain of
^^^-^
Wheat
This Angelical
Hymn
5^^
Book
of St. Greg.
^
y
I'lt^
Kegiji. Epifl.
Luke
ii,
14.
John
xii.
Some MSS.
lie
folum.
into the
Then
Becaufe a
Gram
of Wheat
falUvg
We
Appendix.
we
live,
l^
'
by whofe Weaknefs we are made ftrong, by whofe Sufferings we are deliverM from fuffering, by whofe Love we fought thofe Brethren in Britain which we knew not by whofe Grace we have found thofe whom we fought, but did not know. But who is fufficient to relate how great Joy is arifen in the Hearts of all true Believers? that the English People, by
,
moft
fincejre
Idols, to
mad
Superftition they
down
before Al-
mighty God with a pure Heart, that from the Lapfes of loofe and evil Anions being recovered they are tyed up by the Rules of the Holy Gofpel that they fubmit their Minds to the Divine Precept? and ara jraifed in their Underftandings ^ that by Prayer they humble themfelves even to the Ground , that their Minds may not grovel upon the Earth ? But whofe
,
-,
Work
can this be
but his
>
who
faith
My
Father
Who
that he
might
(hew that the World was not converted by Man s Wifdom, but by his own Power, his Preachers which he fent into the World he chofe them without Learnjng. Doing likewife in this manner, when he vouch-? fafed to do mighty things in the Englijh Nation by Perfons that were weak. But ther^ is in this hea^ venly Gift, my moft Dear Brother, that which befides the great
jTioft
Joy that it
I
is
affords,
ought to be dread e4
exceedingly.
know
that
Almighty God
ir^
pleafed to
make choice
of,
by From
-
|i I
whence
J4
whenee
it
is
Apppnp
neceflary, that
ftiould
X.
For you have great reafon to rejoice, that the Souls of the EngUJh by outward Mibut be aracles are brought to have inv/ard Grace
amidft your Rejoicing.
:
fraid left
among
by
Human
it
Infirmity, in
and youthen fall through Vain-glory within, when you are extolFd with outward Refped. For we ought to remember, that the Difciples returning with Joy from preaching the Gofpel, while they faid to their heavenly Mafter
felf
-,
For they had fixed their Mind on private and temporal Jojr, who rejoiced in doing
are written in Heaven.
Miracles
mon
from temporal,
:
whom^
it is faid
Names
are 'writ-
ten in Heaven.
For
all
work
Miracles
'
Names
For the Difciples of Truth ought to have no other Joy, bpt in that Good which is common to them all, and in which there will be no end of
rolFd in Heaven.
their Rejoicing.
It
remains therefore,
moft Dear
brother, that
among thofe things which you outwardly perform hj the Divine Aid, you fhould accurately examine your felf within, and exadly know both what you are jonv felf, and how niuch the Grace of
whofe Conyerfion you have received the Power of working Miracles. And if you
is
God
fhall at
^ Luke
V. 20.
tut
Appendix.
Our Creator either by
i^
your Mind, that the remembrance of your Guilt ?may fubdue the growing Pride of your Kpart. And whatfbever you have, or Ihall receive in doing of
have
this in
felf,
but
whom
it is
conferred
comes into my Mind while I things, what was done by a Servant of God, one highly chofen. For certain it is, th^t ^Mofes^ while he led
But
it
the People of
God
out
were dpne by him. Failing forty Days and Nights on Mount Sina^ he received the Tables of the Law in the midft of Thunder and Lightning, the Pepple being all afraid. He alone was admitted into the Service of Almighty God , fo as to talk with him Face to Face \ He divided the Red Sea. In his Journey he was led by a Pillar of a Cloud ". The People being hungry, he brought down Manna from Heaven ^. Defiring Flefli in the Wildernefs, he fupply'd them by a Miracle beyond what they could defire. But now in the time of Drought , when he v/as come to the Rock, he defpaired, and doubted whether he was able to bring Water out of it 5 which neverthelefs at the Command of God he open'd in a large Current ^ But what Miracles he afterwards wrought for thirty eight Years that he was in the Wildernels, who can number
things, as your Brotherhood
knows
them \ Who is able to trace them out ? As often as any |:hing doubtful Ihock'd his Mind, having recourfq to th^ Tabernacle, iie enquired fecretly of God, and
*
ExQd. xix.
lU
xiii.
Exod. cap.
Nnmb.iiy'.
i6
jdifcourfing
Appendix.
in the matter,
the Lord
He
angry with his People by the intervention of his Prayers. Thofe that were lifted up with Pride, and thofe who caufed Diflentions and Difcord , he made
the Earth to open and fwallQ\y
them
up.
He
over-
Enemies with Viftory, and Ihewed Wonders to his People. But when he was come in fight of the Land of Promife, he was called to the Mount and that Offence, as I have faid, whereof he had been guilty thirty and eight Years before: the fame he
came
his
then heard of, becaufe he doubted of bringing the Water out of the Rock. For which reafon he acknowledged he could not enter the
Land of Promife. In which thing we ought diligently to confider, how much the Judgment of Almighty God is to be feared, who hy this his Servant wrought fo many Miracles, whofe
Offence notwithftanding he kept for fo long time in his Thoughts.
Therefore, mofi: dear Brother, if
we
are certain
whom we know
Almighty God
Fear,
^
who
?
as
how much ought we to tremble with yet know not whether we are chofeii
or no
But of the Miracles which were wrought by thofe in a reprobate State what fhall I fay > When your Brotherhood well knows what the Truth in theGolpel
faith
'
:
Many
will fay to
me in
have
voe
have
^
cafi out
Devils ?
Numb,
xvi."
Ntimb.xmi^
Mutth.
vii,
32, 23.
wondsr-
ApPENblJt.
i^onderfulWorh ?
^
:
17
And then
Mind
is
never kner^you
quity.
Therefore the
humbled
feeks its
left
by chance
it
own
it felf
Exaltation.
to be Ibught ,
and
his
we may
both exceedingly
lelves the
Gion, laying
By
Men know
faid
:
my
Difciples^ if
to another.
""
Which
when he
Shewfome
Token upon me for good^ that they who hate me may fee
ity
and he ajhamed. But this I fay, becaufe 1 defire to proftrate the Minds of my Auditors in Humility. But your Humility hath wherein to place
who am by the Grace of our Almighty Creator and Redeemer, bur God and Lord Jejus Chrift^ your Sins are forgiven
you
,
Confidence.
and
others
may
be abfolved.
that
by you
to be trou-
Joy in Heaven by the Converfion of many. But the fame which our Saviour and Redeemer fpeaking of Man's
Repentance,
faith, "^I
who have
caufed
fay unto you^ that likewife Joy Jhall be in Heaven over one Sinner that repent eth^ more than over ninety and nine juji Perfons, which need nd
Repentance.
And
if there is fo
how
great
^
in
Heaven
is
believe
27.
John
f Pfalm
Ixxxvi. 17*
Luke xv.
j*
iiiade
i8
made by
People
,
Appendix.
the Converfion from their Error of fo
many
who coming
to the Faith
have condemned
by Repentance ? In
Joy therefore of Heaven and of the Angels, let us repeat the Words of the Angels which we have Glory be to God on before mentioned let us all fay
""
high^
and on Earth
Men.
GrE(Jory
j^.Ep.w.xi.
to
^^^TiiA Queen
after the
(?/^^eEngIifll-
IT
THofoever
Power,
Poffeflion
of Earthly
^'^^'
%/\/
^ ^
above
fires,
all
Glory of the Kingdom of Heaven , that Perfon ought things to labour with his utmoft diligence
defires to obtain the
an octafion to us of much
Joy.
by ter,
For our moft j^eloved Son Laurentius the Prefand Fetrns the Monk, returning to us, they in
in
fonhed us
glorious Majefty
had
been pleafed to appear towards Aitgufline pur Moft Reverend Brother , and Fellow Bifhop ^ and how great
to
Almighty God,For as
the Roto-
your Reward.
by Helena,
the moft Pious
Mother of
Constantine, Emperor of
So
we
truft that
by
yotir
14*
glorious
Appendix.
glorious Endeavours the
fefted
ip
will te mani-
Mercy of God
upon the EngUJh Nation. And indeed, yoti ought by the Benefit of your Prudence, fo far as it is truly Chriftian, to have long before inclined the Mind of our glorious Son your Confort , for the Safety of his own Soul , and of his Kingdom , to embrace the iame Faith which you entertain. Inafmuch as ty liim, and thro' him, there might arife up to you a worthy Retribution in the Joys of Heaven , for the
Converfion of the whole Nation. For after that, as we have faid, your Majefty is bofh fortified ivith k
and inftriiaed in good Learning, this ought not to have been a matter of any Delay oir
right Faith,
Difficulty.
God , a
fit
Occafion
is
in cooperating
with
fu-
ture Endeavours.
Wherefore by continual Exhortations flrengthen the Mind of your glorious Confort in the Love of the
Chriftian Faith.
into
Let
yoiir
irifufe
fo
enflame his
fion of the
Mind with
whole Nation that is fubjedl to him , that he may have a large Sacrifice to offer to Almighty God , for the Earneftnefs of your Devotion ^ and that
the things
creafe
,
we
and be in all refpedts approved to be true For the Fame of your Virtues ha not only conie urito the Romans^ whb with earneft Devotion prajr for
you
Whereupon
as
we have had
fo
kt there be
Joy
26
Joy
jirour
Ap PeH
t)
it.
Good Work. Shew your felf lb devoutly and with ^11 your Might in the Aififtance of our moft Reverend Brother and Fellow BilhojJ, and thofe Servants of God that we have fent with liim, for the Conver-
your People, that you may both Reign happily here with our glorious Son your Confort , and
sion of
after a
long
Life to
We
befeech Al-
mighty God, that he would both inflame your Majefty 's Heart with the Fire of his Grace, to do what we have mentioned and likewife give you the Fruits of
'5
is
wellpleafing
To
our Moji
ther
of God.
^.^.//^.xi.
who lahour in the Caufe of Almighty God the inefl&ble Rewards of an Eternal Kingdom are referved ^ it is neverthelels neceflary that we ftiould allow them the Benefit of External Honour ^
THereas
it is
w
"^
Work, from the Hopes of their Reward, And becaufe the new Church of the Englijh^ by our Lord's Bounty and your Labour, is brought to partake of the Grace of God ; We grant to you the Pall, to be
in the fpiritual
nied
Appendix.
fifed
-,
fo that
ai you may
ordain
Twelve Bifhops
jed to your Dominion, in fuch manner that the Bifhop of London (hall always be confecrated by his own Synod, and that he receive the Pall from this Holy and Apoftolical See , to which by the Divine Authority I minifter. But to the City of Tork I would defire you to fend a Bifhop, fuch as you think fit to Ordain 5 but on fuch Conditions , that if that City with the adjacent Places (hall receive the Word of God, he may iij like manner ordain Twelve Bifhops, and enjoy the Honour of a Metropolitan, For we defign alfb by God's Favour , if we live , to fend the Pall to Him
whom we
he
whonj
he has ordain'd, as to be by no means fubjedt to the Power of the Biftiop oi London. But let there be for
the future, between the Bilhops oi London and oiTork^
this Diftindtion
who was
firft
of Precedence, that he fhall take place ordain'd ^ but by joint Counfel and At
greement in Praftice , let them unanimoufly difpofe of all things that are to be done with Zeal for Cliriflt \ let them have right Sentiments, and agreeable to fuch
them perform all things without diflfe-? ring between themfelyes. But to your Brotherhood, hy the permilTion of ouy Lord Jefus Cbrifi^ not only thofe Bifhops which you have ordain'd , or that have
Sentiments
let
been ordain'd by the Bifhop of Tork but the whole Jnfomuch that both Britijh Clergy fhall be fubjed:,
,
from your Inftrudion, and the Holinefs of your Lifej, they may receive both the Pattern of Orthodox Belief ftnd of Good Life, and having here fulfilled their Duty
^pth as to F^th and Manner^ they
may in
pur |uord'^
4u?
ai'
Appendix.
due time arrive at the Kingdom of Heaven. May God preferve you in Safety, moft Reverend Brother.
Bat.
X.
Kal Jul
in the
Emperor
Gregory
TFIOR
B-^
to
Ethelbert
Englifli.
King of the
K%//i.xi
^P' 66.
People
-^
'
their
means , the
all
Gifts of his
by Divine Bounty
,
that
may be bellowed on
Which
that
thing
fubjedl to
them.
we know
by
from above. Wherefore, my moft glorious Son^ that Divine Grace which you have received, keepF with a careful Mind. Make hafte to enlarge th6
iings
Multiply
your Righteoufnefs in their Converfion, expel the WbrIhip of Idols, overturn the Buildings of the Heathen
Temples, edify and inform the Manners of your Subjeits, with great Purity of Life, by Exhortation, and Threatning, by Allurements, and Corredlions , and by (hewing forth an Example of Good Works That
:
you may
whofe
find
Name
your Reward from him in Heaven; and Knowledge you have fpread. abroad
He
alfo will
make your
Majefty's
Glorious
Appendix.
Glorious
a^
Name
Honour you both feek and preferve amongft the Nations. In like manner heretofore Conftantine the mofi;
pious Emperor, drawing ofFthe Rowaji Republick from
their perverfe Idolatry, he fubdued
felf to yefiis Chrift our
Almighty Lord God, and turned himfelf to Hibi , and all the People that were under him, with his whole Mind. From whence it came to pafs, that that Perfon far furpafTed in Honour the Renown of the antient Princes, and fb far exceeded them in Reputation, as he outdid them in Good Works. And now may your glorious Majefty lofe no time in infufing the Knowledge of One God the Father^ and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghofi^ into the Kings and People that are under you , that fb you may exceed in Glory and Merit the antient Kings of that Nation, By how much the more induftrious you have been in doing away the Sins of other Men amongft your ^abjefts^
by
fo
much
the
more
fecure
may you
be as to
youjr
own
Almighty God,
But our moft Reverend Brother, Jngufiine the Biihop, inftru^ted in the Rules of thp Monafticlc Difcipline, replenifh'd with the
tures,
Knowledge of the Scripby the prace of God furnilhed with Good Works,
devoutly, and ftudioufly retain
it
form
it
in
your Me-?
For if you hearken tdkjiim in thofe things which he (hall fpeak to you on fiC behalf of Almighty God , the fame Almighty Gpd will the more readily hearken to his Supplication when he prays for you. But if, which God forbid, you caft his Words behind
ttiory.
will
Almighty God
heajp
Apply
?54
Apply your
all 2eal
^^
P E
NDIX.
with your whole Mind to
felf therefore
and Fervour in the Faith, and trufting in that Grace of God which is vouchfafed to you, give him your Aid That he may make you the Partaker of his Kingdom , whofe Faith you occafion to be received and preferved in your Dominions. Moreover we defire your Majefty may know, a$
:
from the facred Scriptures of Almighty God^ that the End of this prefent World is at hand, and the Kingdom of the Saints will come, which can never be terminated with any End. But that End of the World being near, many things will threaten us, which have
we
learn
that
is
to fay, great
Changes
by no means
difturb
your Mind.
com^
we fhould be careful of our Souls, uncertain of the Hour of Death, and be found prepared with Good Works to meet oqr Judge,
before the End of the World, that
Thefe things ,
my
to
I in
few
you, that when the Chriftian Faith is farther increafed in your Kingdom , our Difcourfe with you may expatiate and enlarge it felf, and we fhall have the greater defire to difcourfe with you, by
Words fpoken
how much
multiplied.
we
conceive in our
Mind
be
fliall
by you with
St.
fete/s Bleffing,
\\fhere-
Wherefore
plifli in
which he has begun, and both prolong your Life here thro' a long Current of many Years, and at length receive you into the Aflembly of the Saints in your Celeftial Inheritance. May the Divine Favour preferve your Excellency in Safety^
you
my
Lord,
my
Son.
Vat.
X. Kal. jfun,
Ihofl:
pious
an. 1 6.
after his
ADDITIONAL NOTES
to the
Homily.
Martii#
^^''''^N the Twelfth ^''""'X^
Ad N ON
J>one
12.
rpelpran
Day
is
bae^e
]>2er
mon'Sef
h\%
pee
Gpe^d-
^^
Jii'^^al
^
of this Month
St.
pulpiht onpsenb
InfiruBiony
Bap*
on
]>aer
Bpyrene. heifupe
-J
Sltop
pe ryn&on
ij-.
hif
He
be
is
our Altor,
and we
that
is^
Slumni.
;f
he
jf ipejteji
are his
Alumni
is our Fojier
Father in
Chrifl^andwearehis Fojiet
Children in Ba^tifm.
Thi
^6
This
is
Appendix.
that
Note of the Menologiunt^ to which you the firft Page of the Homily ^ in which
:
two
Firft,
the great
and the great Obligation that they juftly believed was laid upon them, from their having the Chriftian Baptifm tranfmitted to them.
Happinefs they
And
fbn ,
by whofe Care and Kindnefs they received it. The Original MS, of the Menologium is in the Cotionian Library^ Juh A. lo. 2. and is printed in
Dr.
Tranfcript of it, ibefaums^ p. 218. with fome part of it tranflated into Latin, by the ReIlickes's
late
Prebendary of
Nor
is this
be met with in Mr. Harkys Library. the only Inftance of Refped: which we
have had
for the
Memory
For in that moft elegant Piece of antient Poetry^ the Dano-Saxon Calendar tranflitedintoL^m/, and adorn'd with Learned
Notes by Dr. Hickes^
J^pime 2;ehypj're&.
J^^agol f cupum
of him.
March begins
psep^
Loudly
boifteroul,
Deonb
ttii55an 5eaja&
Bedrded
OJaptiUf pe^e.
J3ly5a healic
:
He
terrifies
aenne
BsBf
j-e
halja
xi.
When
eleven
emb
nihtt
'/6^elefcyn5e
Dpegopiuf
In
rJobej" psejie;
Bpeme
m Bpycene
Illujirious fiine,
the
Appendix.
Tlie Doctor's Learned
27
Remarks v^ry miicli ckrerve cur Attention. For it is obferved by him, that iii this Noble and Antient Calendar there are fcarce any bther Feftivals obferved, than thofe which our Church
has thought
from the time of the Reformation to this Day if you except the Feflivals of St. Gregory^ and Auguftine^ and St BemdiEl. The former being the Apoftles and Fathers of our Converfion.
fit
to retain
:
The
flick
it
latter
much
reverenced
by
thofe of the
Mona-
Order
as their chief
And
much
,
Confdlation to a true
Church of England Proteflant to find fo happy an Agreement between the antient Anglo-Saxon^ and the prefent Reformed Engl,{h Church. Not only in this
matter of the Saints Feflivals,
higher Importance
-,
biit
in
things of
So that they
fhew themfelves
Party,
where the Chmch of England v^^i before Luther. As to our Reformers leaving out of the Calendar, the Commemorations of St. Gregory and
afk us
St.
who
Augufiine\
It is rather to be afcribed
to theiir
at a tirhe, whenl
hurried
dii
violently againft
every thing that feeni'd to have the leafr relation to Rome and to the Pope ^ than to any want of Gratitude to the Memory of thofe Excellent Dodors whoni God
was pleafed to make the Inftruments of delivering \\i from the Power of Darku^fs, and who had nothing o
Modern Popery
in them.
It is farther
remarkable^
pri-
W^s ufual in
efpe-
aS
eljiecially in
Appendix.
Times of Peace , hy the Advice of the King's Great Council. That it had the Royal fiat
thefe V/ords fufficiently declare.
Nu
ge pniban magon
Now may
he found out
jTahgpa tub.
Be man
Xstonb
healban j-ceah
Jfhkh Menfiall
the Royal
ohferve
Bpyten
picu.
:
^y
EdiH
Sexna Kyningej"
Of the
Saxon King.
That the Regulation of the Calendar was provided for both in their Ecclefiaftical Synods, and Great Councils or Parliaments, ma}^ be feen both from the Canons
of the Council of Clovefhoe under Cuthbert Archbifhop 6i Canterhuryy Anno dccxlvii. and the Laws of King
Alfred the Great.
For the
H Spelman^
St.
VoL
i.
appointed by the feventeenth Canon, " That the Birth-day of the Holy Father Gregory, and the Day
is
*'
of the Depofition of
Confeilor ^viz.
aforefaid
vii.
*'
by
" the
''
Pope Gregory our Father, firft brought tons the knowledge of the Faith, the Sacrament of
Baptifm, and the Profpedt of our Heavenly Counbe by all
as
'
*'
try,
Men
"^
Solemnity
King JElfred, fee his Laws publiflied hy Lambard and JVheelock ^ L. 59. in Lam. fol. 41. ill Wheel foL 95.
for
And
Be
Appendix.
Be ClO^jTe &2e^e ppeolj-e:-
ap
Of
the Solemnization of
Holy-days.
num
pop-
Sypene, butan
]?eopum
monniim,
xu
ej-ne
pihrum:Dehol.
]
being
Twelve
5apr ^on
^e
|>one 52^5
npij-r
^one
Beopum monnum.
underftood by our
^
feftly
unlefs
we
Sa-
And
Day
to this
made
to Servants
of
working for
and
and gathering of
Eox-moneyj
^
efpccially
on the greater
and tQ
this
thern
Time of Feftiviry very and before the Introduftion of Chriftianity among the NorNations. Learned Men have difputed much about this Word ^
Words ufed
to
denote a
fome deriving
a
it
Word gehpeoL
of
buc
:
Wheel,
as g^ofe,
who would
therefore have
it
fo called, becaufe
the Return of the Sun's annual Courfe after the Winter Sohlice
he writing de
an A.ntiquary.
The beft Antiquaries derive it from the Word :l^ Me^ which was much ufed in their Feftivities and Merry-mcecings. And the 3I in 3lol, luL Cimbr. as the je and ^1 in Dehol, geolg^
^lul,
'^ax. are
premifed only
it
as Intenfives to
add
a little to
the Sig-
nification,'
qn^ make
more emphaticaL
as has
of,
been
but gave
of Sehol^
Cuno:^.
and
as is yet plainly to
he difcerned in that
50
5eopol
A
ofci\j]n]fbe. ^
P P E
N D
;|t.
Sem-
tbe^
Devil
j4miSt.Gvegory''s
Ga-
Comr^iemoration-day.
y^t^^ D^ays before^
And
4^/^
ftjpn.
J vii
opep,
an
andfe-
625
3 Seint; Paulej*:-
on hatp-
one
Day
at
St.
PeterV ayid
tide.
peft?
^a
^^ ^/
5*2^.
PauFj
^''^^'^
And
8cran CQapian
^
^^^ ^^^'^
before St.
^^ Harvej%
FeJiivaL
Marys
Cuflom of the
enquired
If
it
be
how
came
to be continued after
may be prefumed
that this
at,
the
more
eafily to
whb were
it
And'
theGhriftian Solemnities,
it\
lindeir a
all
at ohce,
of
their
Freedom.
The twelve Days after Ckrijimafs are yet well known by the very
fame Denomination
*
in 'Ctoclftitle.
f^afli'on
flrifter
and
fiEaftcr
Week.
Paffion
;
Week, ho doubt,
as a
time of
Humi-
Jiacion anii
Penance
and Eafter
Week
^
it is ftill
Wry
^
falls
difference
of Solenm^tyy agreeable
Marfs
is
Feftival,
which
September
called
J^aligmo^4/?^/.
na^
happ^rpmona^
in the Franck,
in the
Dan.
6*^0:.
Calendar and
Sax.
Menologmm^
the North
i^crbftmouat.
of
this ia
Time of
Mary i
Month,
.-
as
now
,
is ufual^
be better
2l5avtl)Olometo'ti^e*
*
.
The
Appendix.
an bx-^e
nej-ba^aj"
:
31
and
*^
peopep pob^
on pepep
ymeal-
j^^r w^^r
JF^^^tj-.
To all
i.
Servants
is
alloxvd^
their
e.
/^
Makers
na-
man
cum
jepylle.
oJ>]>e
hi
on
fer-
^nigum heopa
geiepnian
hpilpric;
mittedtothemforGodfahe^
or all that they
magon
of any of them.
*
The Commemoration of
fame
'*
fince the
Re-
Ihop
Forafmuch
as in
"
*'
*'
reputed holy in
the Days of the
Commemoration
" of them
*^
; it was the great Wifdom and Moderation of thofe religrave Prelates, by whom God (of his efpecial BlefTlng to our
^? *^
as
among us,
Day
alone, wherein to
**
magnify
God
"
**
retain fome few felefted Days mory of others, both holy Ferfons and
*'
ferved not
to
c,ur
of Chrifl alfo
;
"
**
hereby
'
**
Days
Saints,
whofe Memorials we
** ^
^'^
Collet, Epiftle,
andGofpd
antiently as
it is
now.
The
32
Appendix.
Anceftors about the Obfervation
of Holy-days and fblemn Feftivals may be further Icarn'd from the Laws of King Edgar^ L. 5,
Be
ppeolr bsegum
f tenum
:
;j
psc-
J?eal5e
mon
^sej*
selcej*
jun-
nan
bae^ej*
ppeolp
ppam
non ti&e
ft^gef.
^ej-
f setepnef
Af
to
o))]>2E]r
monan oxbe
ternoon on
i?r^/^y^
Saturday,
on
liht^inj.
^$m
X/3tz\
:
0/
Day
Monday
pite
^e 5om boc
Q]ppene
selcne
msfre
p^eyten
And every
it is
other Holiday as
mon
bebo5en
aslcpe
heabe mi5
pulnyj-j-e >
^eopn-
Andthe appointedFaJisJhall
he kept^ with all due care^
Wich
thefe
Laws,
16, 17.
to the
c. g.
fame
purpofe,,
c.
maybe
LL.
\r^
Feed. EJrici,
7, 8,
LL.
what concerns St. Gregory and St. Augitfiine. I had indeed fome Intentions with this Homily on $t. Gregory^ of publiihing that upon St- Augufiine\ Feftival, in tne fame Method^ but was difappointed to find nothing but a very ftiort Fragment of it Which being tranfcribed for me from the Bennet; College Book, by an Ingenious and Induftrious Perfon of Pemhroke Hall^ I will give you thus Englifhed.
efpecially
App^nbix.
In Die Depositionis Beat. AUGUSTINI Anglorum Doctoj(is.
33
On
s^.ht
the Obit of
AUGUSTINE,
0)en
leojpefran pe
Men
and Solemnity of
folemn Feftival^
(?m prefent.
this mofl
which
pup|>un5e
yr*
i)e
nu anbpep5
Firfl
of all^
are to
/p^r^ ^^
ppym^e
in the beginnings
we
up gebapena^ to hepi-
fraife
and
glorify
the
Al-
^enne to pul&pijenne
*)
whom
things
aelmihnsne
J)uph ^sene.
j-ynb
ealle
^
fcyppenb
*]
and
by
whom
all
to
on pam
were created.
^7//
And
whom
jepceapra
/^i^j are
made
fubjeSl.
^epceapene
unbep^e-
J^ho
gecopenan-jhirhaligaii
Kingdom
of Heaven.
Sumepynbjecpe&ene
en^lap,
jlap.
^e ^blsebe beophte
fceapene
:
But we
not
fe na 6up])set
:
pon embe
^epeccean
beoppup
Becaufe
it
is
FopJ)on hit
/>,
either for
Rich or Poor,
34
yf
Appendix.
unpihr picum ^e
"f
to fearch
heanum.
hi Ero&ef &i-
the Hidden
things of God\
jlu beoplice
fpypian.
But
vpe
will fay
and
de-
Sc
op
pe pilla^
"3
embe
Jpser
"niatter^
jrecgan
peccean, J?ape
leopnia'S
we have
made
often
learned
bocalapse.
'^
jelome.
^eceaj-
he heonaii
of many
Patrl-
hahgpa ma^mpaepon
:-
Saints.
Some
were
^u.
8ume
he^h
archs highly.
inily ends.
pa&epap heahce
from whofe complete arid accurate Catalogue , you have already had an Account of the Books , which St^ Gregory fent to Augufiine^ has been fo kind as to write out and fend me an Account alfo
Mr,
y^dnley^
of the Veflments^ Vejjels^ Reliques^ and Vail. From^ aTranfcript taken from Thomas de Elmham\Ongim\ Book which Tranfcript is now in Mr. Barley's Li-,
brary,
Which
I thought the
Reader might
defire
to^
lee in EngUfij.
Of
Gregory gave
tiff
Auguftine*
OR
I[J^
cc
" Habits
before.
Tv^o Copes
of a
Three Copes of Silk of a Purple Colour, but flower 'd or embroidered with Gold Snd
['
Whiter
AtPE
t) I
X.
3^
White, and wove throughout. One little Cloak of f' '' Purple Silk adorn'd with Gold and Jewels on the u upper part behind. " Nor are fuch and fo great Ornaments of our
Pri-
mitive
Endowment
to be thought without
fome
Myfterj.
iC
(C
'^
'^
*^
Cope of Saphir or Aziire Colour, may be Underftood the Unity and Stability of the Christian Faith. By the two Copes which are of the fame Purple Colour, with the little Cloak or Chefible, you are given to underftand, that Chrift chuthe one
By
^'
*^
Where trvo
there
my Namel,
"
*^
midfl of thsm. But the Identity of the Purple Colour ihews, that by the virtue of
Chrift'sBjiood, if we.follow his Steps,
am I in the
"
*'
*'
when he fhall appear we Ihall be like untD him, and we fhall fee him as he is. Therefore that we may prefer ve the Agreement of the twofold Number in the Unity, let the Hope of Grace in Confelfion follow the Hope of Pardon in Contrianother's Burdens,
" tion, and folet the Hoi^e of Glory in Satisfadion^ " which is fignified in the Purple, Colour. Which
^' *^
threefold
Hope
which
5
is
threefold.
Firfl:
from
^^ *'
Miracles
That
lour,,
tliere
Thirdly from Belief of the Promifes; are three Copes of the fame Purple Co-
White
!^
of a piece,
may very
well be underftood
Charity, which confifts in three things , according td the Apoftle, in a fare Hearty and in a good Per-
^''
fever ance^
^6
^^
App:&ndix.
and
in Faith unfeigned^
feverance^
By the White or
Snow Colour therefore may be underftood Purity of Heart 5 by tlie Aurora or Gold Colour, Perlever^nce
in Goodnefs
hy the Purple , Integrity of Faith ^ by the flowered Work of the fame Contexture you
5
may
rity,
is
underjftand.
For
Man
lay^
than that
is laid^
In
whom
framed
Lord.
an Holy Temple
in the
the Number of
COPC0
an-
and Rufinianus^ join'd with Law' the Prefl)y tet, and Veter the Abbot.
Of
the Gold
and
Silver
Veffels
given to
Auguftine,
the Gold and Silver Veflels, which 5^^^ an^ " the other Hiftorians mention to have been fent to Aiigufline by St. Gnegory^ and given to this
Monaftery,
ignorant.
what
I fhould
now
write (which I
I
am
altogether
" the facrilegious Danes laid wafte this Land, by rea" Ion of theit frequent Irruptions , all things were " hid in fome fecret Places, and have not as y^t hetn
^^
difcover'd.
Firft's
cc
Time they
^1 Ep. r/m.
i.
j,
1 1
Ep, Cor.
iiK
iJf.'
u given
Appendix.
^'
*' '^
37
given to the
fom.
EgeJfine the
Duke
Abbot,
who
in the
Year 1070.
fled into
" Denmark^ for fear of William the Conqueror, he ^' having confifcated the Monaftery and all that be" long'd to it, and {et one Scotlandtis to be Abbot
*^
*'
over
it
were
laid
up
in
fbme
fecret Repofitory,
and havp
made known
fince to Pofteritj,
Of
and which
^^
'TpHere
J-
" which, as is reported, were given by St. Ju^ guftine to the Monaftcry, yet remaining in the Veftiary
:
One
and others
faid to
and of the feamlefi ^' Coat The Hair of the Blefled Virgin , fbme of " Aaron s Rod , of the Relicks of the Apoflles and *' Martyrs, with many others that are reverently
:
*'
Of
^^
*^
'
^'
*'
'TpHerefore the Apoftolical Pall, with thofe facred Prefents, were fent by the fame Meflengers, as is premifed, to Jugnjiine at the fame time by Gregory^ viz. in the Year of our Lord dci. and was tranfmitted as a great Sacrament of Chrift and his Chufch, and as a Cloathing of all Virtues.
^ yrhkh
is
the
Bond of our
Q. 2
Affe6tioii
towards
:'
God
an4
38
*'
*'
Appendix.
$0 that the Vicar of
Chrifl: is
,
who
*'
" nefs, makes a League between " between Heaven and Earth.
Men
and Angels ^
Upon
make
Cafida.
"W^e find
this
may
thefe
Remarks And firft as to the Vejlmdnts. but two forts here mentioned, the Cappa and
The
Cappa^ or Capa^
is
Covering of the Head derived from Caput. From whence alfo the Word Capucium fignifying a Monk's
CoUie^
cant
gives
Denomination to thofe
Friers
Mendi-
who
From Cappa
here ranged
we
ftill
retain the
Script.
Word CSp>
to the
Cappa
is
under the Denomination of Veftments, it hath been thought more proper to exprefs it by the "Word COpC^
which Signifies a large outward Veftment covering the Shoulders , and the whole Body, like a Cloak and ufed upon the moft folemn Occafions. Of this kind I take to be thofe rich COpC0) which are ftill preferred and made ufe of by the Epifiler and Gofpeller in the Cathedral Church of Durham.
-,
Caftila^
is
by Min-
Jhevp
CJ^afuble^
(UlyZtMZy a
Cafa^ which
little
\s
CljeftlblC or
derived from
FrenchWoxiCafaque, Belg. Cafacke^ Englifh CjlfOCfee^ See more both of the Cafpa and Cafula in the aforeand in th^t of the Noble H. SpeJman. As to the Myftery which Thomas de Elmham finds in thefe Ornaments of their firft Endowment, with the
Knight
Sir
notable
Appendix.
Jiotable Allulions
ftition
^p
he makes, I fhou'd bave taken no potice, but to give a tafte of the Humour or Super-
of that Age, However ^ in his Diflribution of the Copes to MelUtus^ J^ftj^^^ Paulims^ and RufiniaLaurent ius^ and Petrus, he feems not to have been fo exadt, having left out yohn^ who is mention'd
^iiis ^
But
alas!
were , in which
dark.
Nor
are
& ctera
Argentea^ Chalices and other Veflels of Yafa Aurea Gold and Silver. He gives much the fame account with Thomas de Elmham^ nor cou'd we have expeded much more from Thomas Sprot^ otherwife called Spot
or Spottey^
&
who
and who has been mention'd above hy Thomas de BImham. Mr^ Somner^ and the Biihop of Carlijle^ feem bpth of them to have given Spot'^s Hiof
St. Aiigufiine^
ftory up for
loft.
of Thome's Hiftory in theMonaftery oiSt.Auguftine^s^ ^nd who tells us, as Thome himfelf acknowledges in
the Proemium of his Hiftory, that his Book was in
great meafure taken from
it
,
much regret
it
not without
fupprefled it
Thome had
make his own Book of greater Value and Credit. Sed quam hie vellem Thomum^ His Words ayp thefe minus diligent em futjfe. Nam dumfuum omaret munus\^ ^lieno forfitan injur ius erat. Nufquam etenim illic appa:
&
But
we
4
we
land's
5
AP
will hope this
for
P E
N D
X,
was only a
Sufpiciofl
of Mr. Leit,
we
Ihew
Thomas de Elmham
informed lived about the time oi Henry the Fifth, and probably wrote
as I
it
who
:
am
and then Thome cannot be juftly accufed of having deftroy'd that Book, fince the
felf
laft
we
hear of him
is
:
in the
Year mcccxcvii.
on to the End of his folutwnisj as he words it. So that it is probable he died the fame Year. But Henry the Fifth, beforq whofe time Thamas de Elmham is not faid to have flouriftied , arrived not to the Throne till the Year Mccccxii. that is , fifteen Year after the Death of Thome. So that we muft either acquit Thome of
Mr. Leland's Charge, or fuppofe that Spott is quoted by Elmham upon the Credit of Thome 5 which, I confefs
,
may
hj the Comparifon. Thome fays, Utfitta alii, de Elmham, qua a Thoma Sprot^ Thomas Sprott ah aUis. Which \s very near a Tranfcript, But if Thomas de Elmham^ who hy the way was Prior of
&
&
as
may
Annals of the Brittifli, Saxon, and Englifti Kings^ frOm Brute to the time of Henry
the Fourth^ that
is ^
totheTearofCl?tifl MCCCLXXXViii^.
and he quotes Sprott's Hiftory, which polTibly he jiiight have feen, it can fcarce ip innagin'd thdXThome^
ApjtENDIX.
<<rou'd
41
attempt to fupprefs a Book, which he, and nd doubt feveral others, had been acquainted with 5 and
no body fhou'd difcover the Fraud and Impofition till LelancTs time. But I leave the Decifion of this matter to the Reader, which the Reverend anci Learned Dr. Smith has made very eafy, by informing iis, that there are two Copies oiSprott ftill remaining
that
in the Cottonian Library^ the one Vitellius^ D. XI. 9, under this Title Chronica Monafierii S. Auguftini Canr
:
Thoma
rienfis
Sprott^
Monachi Monajierii
1055:.
S. Augufiini Cantua-^
ad annum 1202. fecundumferiem ahhatnm^ a Wilfrico ad Rogerum frinmm. 3ut however deficient Mafter Thome is, which we find was
ab anno
againft his Will, in the account he gives of the Sacred
Veflels
it
5
for
Ethelbert^
which
alfo
,
and which by a Charter of Donation, if it may be depended upon as genuine, of the faid King, and an Infpeximus of the fame Charter
made
in the Reign of K.
follows.
have been as
&
apoftolic(&
direBuni
fuerat.
manner a Saddle with its Furniture of a Gold Bridle and Jewels^ a Silver Looking-glafs^ a Royal Robe of
State^ or Dalmatica^
fia^
all
me hy Gre^ry
fiolick Seei
Mijft^
41
Ap
]^
je
iJClx.
and
(aicl
de la Cerda and
VojJ\
But
why may
and
it
not be thought
for the
Ufa
Which
cited^
is
tn-*
fpfxiwus before
Antiiguaries,
This
deMr. Somner^ ^ rives it from Armits^ as a Robe that covers or reaches from the Shoulders ^ and he fays Reyner makes it the fame with the Dalmatica, a Garrhent or Habit ftill
the
Henry Spelman both affirrii. Now that Leland may make fome amends for his h^rd Treatment of William Thorne^ he Ihall give his Account of the Library of St. Augufiine^Sj which I
believe has never been in EngUJh before.
I hope it
He
if I fhall
now recommend
I
the
Library of
St. Atigtifline^
?
which
have
juft
men-
" tion'd
^'
to Pofterity
very much gratify all the Admirers 5f Antiquity ? *' Actept therefore O ye Antiquaries , of things not *' known to the Vulgar. Auguflifi^ being fent by Gre*' gory the Great into ^ritain^ did by his Friends in " Italy gather together many Greek and Latiti Vo,
*'
them
to be fent ovei^ to
him
''
Mi
Appe nd
^^
i.
4^
by Fire ^
"
'
All of which, he dying, left to his Monks, as certain Pledges of his Goodnefs. The Greek Books ^
partly by the Violence of
Time
partly
and in part by Rapine, had been loft and taken away. But of the Latin Books written in the larg$ Roman Letter, according to the Cuftom of the An*^ tients, there are even thefe yet remaining, which " carry an incredible and Majeftick appearance of
^'
^'
Antiquity
Gofpels
Vulgar.
,
viz.
Two Volumes
containing the
Ibui?
but of a different Tranflation from the Alfo the Vfalter^ which is dedicated hy
cc
^^
'
** *'
Damafus the Roman Bifhop, which I am inclined to believe is the very Original. Moreover, two moft elegant Commentaries on the Pfalms, which by reafon of their too great Age admit not of a Reader, unlefs of moft difcerning Eyes 2
Jero7ne himfelf to
There are there " mentaries of Philip upon Job^ as likewife many *' other Authors of good note, whofe Titles do not " now occur to me. But thofe Kentijh Archbilhops and Abbots who followed the Age of St* Aiigufline^ " enlarged this Library with great Care and Expence* *' Amongft which Theodore the Cilician^ and Adrianui ^ the African were the chief: Both of them very ej^ " cellent Perfons and both of them Men of th^ " greateft Learning, and to whom indeed Britain iil
*^
,
" general
*^
is
Languages;
as
we have given
yoii
an kgreeable Ac2
1^
fbmewhat of its Decreafe ^ for in all things there is a Change; During the Reign of Ethelred, Father of Ei^/a'r J the Third, the ravaging Danes unmercifully kid wafte the City of Canter^ hnrp P f'
So
I Ihall
now
fay
44
^^ hiiry.
*'
^^
Api^endix.
At which time
,
might efcape
fo great a
rifled.
is
yet
it
very likely
that
in
^^
Tumult the Library would not be unBut this by the Confeffion of jniliamThome
^'
*^
*^
^'
'*'
theYear mclxviii. the Church of St. Augufiinis was burnt: Which Calamity took away from them a great number of good Authors, But the following Age as the fame Perfon teftifies. proved fir more injurious to their Books ^ for the
evident, that in
illiterate
"
^^
Monks
^'
^'
which they did not underftand , ones which by reafon of their Antiquity they had
littl relilh fo>r, to ferve their
*^
*^
may
fay no worfe.
Times
*' *^
^^
^^
For I know very well , that fbme Years ago there were feveral Authors of very good account removed from St. Augufiine\ to the Library which is in the Palace of my moft lUuftrious Prince^
main'd
entire.
*'
"
*'
fome Copies now by me,and of no mean Learning, ta*^ ken from the Augufttnians^ which in a few Days will ' come to light. But whither have I ftray'd ? You ^^ will, perhaps, Reader, exped that I ftiou'd long be*' fore have made an end. Here therefore let us fix it. There is in the Bodleian Library, NE. E. 7, 8, an antient Manufcript in the Saxon Charader, and judged to have been written before King Mlfred\ time, with this Title: hiber Comment drii Philipfi Pre/hyteri ad
l^e^ariafn Epifc. in libris S. job.
of,
A Specimen
is
wherein
we have
This probably
the yery
Appe
we
are told
N D
Xt
45
ham^ the next thing we are to fpeak to is the Relicts he mentions. Whether or no they were the fame which
by Beds were fent by St. Gregory to Atiguffiney or the Merchandife of fome more modern Tra^ ders in that fort of Ware, I Ihall not difpute, nor
yet lay much of their Virtue^.
thefe matters
St.
Gregorys Notion of
j
may be
and
ted
were very careful in old times in difcovering and punifhing fucli holy Frauds as were commitas they
by
thofe
who made
it
their
Employment,
^'
to felj
and
fo fonie
of the
more
and Learned Roman CathoUcks at thi$ time, if we may believe the BenediBines^ feem to be afhamed of them, and wifh for a Reformation of fuch Abufes, as being a great Difgrace and Scandal to Chrir ftianity, which they therefore earneftly recommen4
The
laft
is
the Vall^
as
which he does in fuch a myftical Mr. WToelocJc very angry with liim
don't very well underftand
it.
ftrain,
:
makes
part |
For
my
As
to his calling i%
Grande Chrifti Sacr amentum^ Mr. Ifhehck anfwers him very well , that Chrift is the fole Author of his own
and whereas he fays that Chrifti Vicarii^ conciliator Dei Hominum^ he refers him verj^ well to I Tim. ii. 5. There is one God^ and one Mediator be^. We muft tvpeen God and Man, the Man Chrift Jeftns. prefume however that Mr. Wbeloc}: muft here mean that
Sacraments
;
&
Reconcilement which Ihall be, without any prejudice to the fubordinate Minifterial Office of rightly conftituted Bifhops and Priefts,
Chrift,
who
as the Servants of
and in virtue of his Merits^ are appointed as a kind of Mediators between Go4 and Man , to blefs the People in God's Name , and tq
by
his Authority,
offer
Sacrifices in their
behalf
For
'^/'is:^'>mm^..-
4^
For
to this
Append! x.
end^ as
St.
Vaul fpeaks,
:
is
And
as
he goes on ^ To
that
God rvas
in Chrifl^
reconciling the
World unto
\
and
Now
ye
as tho"
God
(lid hefeech
you by us
We pray you
in Cbriji's Jiead^ be
1
reconciled to God,
2 Corinth, ch. v.
8, 1 9, 2o,
To give a particular Defcription of the Pall^ and the Ufes of it, wou'd require a diftind Treatife, and many Au*
thors have written concerning large upon
it
it.
Mr.
it
Collier is
I
pretty
Ihall
only
as a
obferve, that in
Gregory^ time
was confer'd
as a
Robe of
do not find in
St.
very often fpoken of, that it is ever called a Sacra ment but he every where infifts, that the receiving of it ought to put the Bifhops in mind of Juftice and
:
Humilitjr.
ix>e
Thus Reg.
Epijl.
fend you the Fall to be ufed in the Miffal Solemnity^ the Nature whereof we woud have you to maintain in
all things
Juflice.
Habit
is
Humility and
Profpe",
and
you , bearhut
And
haiang
reckoned up a great
ther, thh reafon
Virtues,
he
my
ofyour having received the Pall 5 which ifyou carefully obferve, what you appear to have received
outwardly, you will be Jure inwardly to pojfefs. in theConclufion of a Letter to Confiantius
Again,
Bifhop of
this upon
you..
Milan.
Ap P
of
this
N D
X.
47
you^ vindicate theDefign and Honour of it hy Humility^ There are innumerable other Inftances in the Epiftles
Holy Father
but
I will
And now
St.
of Bedels
fumptum^
lethi nil
jura nocebunt^
eft.
Cui
vitsi alterius
Vontificis
^li
Ad
Onpoh
jpu eopJ>e.
lipf^,
Lichom^n op J>mum.
Lichoman ^enumen,
^ ^u hme
ept;,
Kgypan ma^^e.
N^nig ^epeab,
Joh an.
piyo^
P^a>ej
4^
Dam
Appendix.
o])per lipef.
5eaJ>
J7op5 rppecen&e.
^ he lifer byjeru
:
f^pe
haligjia
manna.
To
On j>3?'rr&
bypigenne.
bpypj:^&e.
8yn&on beryneb.
ge jrymle leopa^,
liehpasp
5omep.
Dip Sepin.
-j
on unpim gobum:-
\>yn^m
"^
S^lic,
Deop gymen.
*j
-p
^u bpihrne bpohtept?*
fQycel geprpeon.
Jjaligpa paula.
Dyppumpigopumj>uGobe|'
Bipceop bhppian. mihr.
ppa.
he mi5 &s&e.
Fop^on
|>u
^inpa.
mib popbe
l^ep&e.
fxy he gepynelico,
when God
fhall it revive
Upwards
to
foar'd
on high^
Laws fears any Injury. Another Life Death rather hath made known.
Jlor from Death's
And plain'd his Way to a CeleftialCrown. The Prelate's Bones, 'tis true, are here infhrin'd,
With Saints un-number'd
lives hisDeathlefs
Mind.
The Hungry Poor he with his Bounty cheer'd. And Warmth and Clothing kindly minifter'd^
^ Lege gelip idem quod gelepe ftudium.
By
Appendix,
By vfiCe Advice, and pious Counfels taught. He many Souls from Satan's Empire caught
In Deed
fulfiird
4^
what in Difcourfe he
he difplay'd.
faid,
Reahn of Grace*
it coft^
Much Labour this, much Thought and Care Nor w^as the Shepherds blefl: Oblation loft.
Then, Holy Bifhop, with thefe Triumphs
In your Reward Eternal and Divine*
The
Latin, with
little
fhinCj
Difference^
is
of
St.
Afaph
The
/oef/,
iotlethh^ ^ adquirensy
opens.
,
fent
by
Augnftm^ fee the Notes upon the Homily, pag. 40, whereas there are fome Words that feem, through the Ignorance, or
Carelefnefs,
of the Scribe,
to
be mifplaced,
vtXj>
of
chefe
tended
Ixxix, v. i, 2, 3.
ovem Jofephj qui fedes fuper Cherubin^ appare coram Ephraim [yel Ejfrayn'] Benjamw^ ((^Manaffe. Excifa potentiam
tuam iy
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Chili.
Notmthjianding
efcap^d^
which
defirdio reBifie
and excuse.
or is for arel
p.
Iviii.
pag.
1.
iii.
lin. 1 6,
either read
Brit.
3 1, read
Ong
p. xlv.
may for
might,
ulc. r. effected.
The
reft
tial,
may
eafily
be correfted.
'^t^