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Show of W~tr t~ntl Pt4&t 4 Auguftin. am .J not ignorant, that B1lhops * of .. olftl•~m~(aeer- ten, and tht:ChriHian pe~plc, by their film efl mttr~ illtcrct.ffions averted puntlhmcncs, ef .. 'Eit11ve oro ~til. pedally the capital ones: •nd, that a flbnlc',~um· uEtJ'"" · d d h .r. 1 a cullom was mcro uce , t at penons runr hujus bo- who had Red unto the Church t and liitacis f;JCci- taken San6\uary , were · not rendred tni•la. witheut promile given to fave their I 1 !tde Chrz- Jives: and, that at Eafter *,they lhould .tOuOtnUIU lvo , 'd f . • h h , .tc sr cuis. be dellver out o prtlon, w om t e1r CollCil. Au crimes had laid there : But, whotoever, ~I an c_. J.le- thaJl advitedly confider thefe, and fuch !.~n W~(i~o- like t 1ings, wi tl find, they are indeed ru':;:'~"."9: figns of Chrillian goodnefs, taking all lir "& J. occafton of fbewing mercy, not argu· • L N.:,~, ments of a mind condemning all ien· c.A'!' Ep&. tences ~f death upon ca~ital l ffenders: tll. . acuua. wherer~"o re, h . b d . . t ole ene ts, an mrer• ccffions wo, were tempered and limited 'f Qias vide . by certain t exceptions both of times apud C, ffia· and places. tiotUIOe II 40• .,. iolCf au .. de immunitatc ~,¢1cfiaft,ca in Dccrcto: XXXI. The twelfth Cantm of the Niccne Council ob;eEtul and anfwer•J. some do here obje& againll ·us the • ,.., M•· t\lfclth Canon of the' Nteene Council, IV'' 111 e..,,.,. tp' 1i"t•'- •hi·c h is to this effcel: S~teh • M have J " ,_ _ h fh 1 ,, : ,!?ui tJi hee11 eatL'" J grace,, t ~t ave . ewe a. -'"•llit• 'fll(l their firft lotJe and f~ttth m throwtH._t; off f•"t ,,(lit ,qc, ·their /;e/t, and hafJI ~tfttrwAra lik! Dogs . p~ llbimp~fALI f'tlllrned ttl their fiDinit; Jomt giving ~1/11111, ~ miNI] 6i mont] ~nJ hnhes 1o return into their lllilili•m ''JIItlf. place • lett hem IJt among t ht paz it ems I tre, d''1 " 1 . P J - t h h /. h 11/lbUJ MbjlltiC• ten Je~t.rs, a 1 er t '1 11/lll t:Jten 1 ru tHuur. blmdlll ]tars among t e Hearers. !Jut in them huJ~ CIIIW~tl4 IIIJ muft be ohferved the ftnterit] and Jt,I[Mn c:J. p.;. mt~~furt of: their repentance. For tht') munt JJIIJjlliiH h 'J',_ fi 'J .J ' a- ZII1111UU a- t at fiJ ear, ana tears, and patience, and l(u.fjim1. 4• 1~ good war'<! do fhew their conver Ji~n to '· o. lie withcut . hyprocnfj, after the1 have · fulfilled their appormed time of hearing, jhaJJ he 1u.lmitted to the pra)'trJ of the C burch, 11na afterward the Bifhop m111 tnt~~tain fome favoHr~d,le thoHghts con• eernmg them. but, the] that ha'fle in• Jijferentl] and flight/] tlf/tm thew fall, ~nd think)t Juffictent to their c~nvtrfton, if ther have hut entred itJto the Church, Jhall without at!! dzfpenfation fulfill the whole time appointed. The time it felf of thirteen years is evidence enough, that no hghc. or ambiguous fault, but fome grievous and undoubted crime is here ~eant. And ccrca~nly 'c'ts no other than Idolatry. For the times of Lici- • Jtulel ,.me; .. niUI mentioned afore in the eleventh pale er;mm, . Canon, ouoht to be underflood in this • ,.,,,s f~tuli • t'. nh • rtatiU dzn•1r as It Orten appens, that the fcnfe of Tntullillnl. til the C:tnons fubfequent depends ·upon ld"latria ! the precedent; for exa,mple, fee the e- Grlt'Ui/Jimlltn& l~venth Canon of the Eli6erin Coun- '7trtmum ~ Cll. Now LicitJiHI, tl_i Eu[ehiHI relates MlumC!ftiAIII, catz.ier'd th S l,J . h ' E,. u. ]. 1". e . ou "!trS t at would not t Sulliti114SC• acriftce t to hu Gods: which al!'o Ju- vtrt/4 : Stm~ . ltanaftcr did : and therefore ViCJricim tu'!' Liciniu. ' with gu1 adtm(~s |
