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A53763	The Oxford-antiquity examined wherein is briefly shewn the notorious falshoods in the Greek manuscript, said to be translated by Humphrey Hody, B.D. of Wadham College, Oxon., which the better to recommend to the world, he entitles The unreasonableness of a separation from the bishops &c.		1691 (1691)	Wing O849; ESTC R31774	11,522	15

Violaters of the Peace of the Church So that though St. Chrysostom before his Banishment might advise his Friends against Sufferings for his sake and a Separation from and refusing Communion with his usurping Successors as not prudential yet 't is plain that he did not think or condemn it as sinful But before I dismiss what the Authour of the Greek Manuscript says about St. Chrysostom and his usurping Successors I must beg leave to observe what a notorious Falshood he is guilty of in affirming p. 4. That Severianus Bishop of Gabala and Acacius Bishop of Berrhea or rather Beroea who were the chief Authors of all the calamities that befell Chrysostom being afterwards call'd in question by Pope Innocent were neither deposed nor reprehended by him the Pope leaving their Punishment to God For Answer to this I must refer my Reader to the aforesaid Historian for I resolve to write or deliver nothing in this weighty and important Case without good Authority who tells us p. 531. That Pope Innocent giving over all hopes of doing good by fair Means resolved to proceed to Censures and to separate both the Emperour and his Lady from all Christian Communion which he did by a Letter to Arcadius Ib. p. 432. wherein amongst other things he tells him That he had abrogated Arsacius his Authority though dead and gone and if so then the Ordinations of those Presbyters Bishops and Deacons who were ordained by him notwithstanding what 〈◊〉 Greek Authour says p. 2. whose Name he forbad to be entred into the holy Diptychs together with all the Bishops that had communicated with him of which number were Sererian and Acacius And for Theophilus b sides his Deposition he added his Excommunication and utter Alienation from the Christian Religion Now let the Reader observe That Severianus and Acacius stood upon the same Foot with Theophilus who were jointly St. Chrysostom's Prosecutors and Judges whom Arcadius in his Answer to Pope Innocent's Letter calls those wretched Bishops at whose door he says the Guilt must lie Ibid. who under pretence of Ecclesiastical Canons had done it and taken the blame upon their own Heads whose unjust Suggestions he confesses he had assented to Wherein especially he refers to Acacius who was one of those that advised him to depose and banish Chrysostom Ib. p. 495. telling him that it should lie at their door and that they were ready to answer it with the peril of their Heads Ibid. Now that Severian and Acacius being guilty of the same Crimes were under the same Censure with Theophilus may be strongly presumed from a Passage in Arcadius's Answer to Pope Innocent's Letter viz. That for Acacius Severian Theophilus and the rest they should be brought to Account Which is a plain In●●●ation that Pope Innocent had signified to the Emperour in his Letters that he had pronounced Censures upon them and desired him to take care that they might not be Bruta Fulmina but executed cum effectu upon them which Arcadius seems to promise telling him they should be brought to account And thus I think it is sufficiently evident what a faithfull or rather false Historian and disingenuous Prevaricator the Author of the Greek Manuscript is and how ignorantly or maliciously the Translator of it has attempted to impose upon the World by recommending it as a most excellent worthy Piece which would not fail either to silence or satisfie those unsatisfied Persons of the Church of England as he calls them What has been already said may be enough to satisfie the Reader touching the Worth and the Truth too of this Excellent Piece from whence he may take his Measures how to judge of the rest And perhaps it will not be worth while being equally unprofitable and offensive to rake any farther in this Kennel or dig any longer in this noisome Dunghill which the brisker quick-sighted Academicks at Oxford thought not fit heretofore to stir too much lest it should stink being not able to promise our selves what Virgil did de Stercore Ennis And I cannot but admire that so learned and ingenious a Man as Dr. Royse is vogued to be should suffer such a futilous noisome Piece such a Farce of Lies and notorious Falshoods to pass under his Imprimatur But I forget that he is a young Licenser and perhaps so good natur'd to his Friend like the celebrated Mr. Frasier as Right or Wrong it it be but well designed to license without Reading as the Bankers in Lombard-street take Money by Content upon the Credit of their Correspondents FINIS

THE Oxford-Antiquity EXAMINED WHEREIN Is briefly shewn the Notorious Falshoods in the Greek Manuscript said to be Translated by Humphry Hody B. D. of Wadham College Oxon. Which the better to recommend to the World he Entitles The Vnreasonableness of a Separation from the New Bishops c. LONDON Printed in the Year MDCXCI THE Oxford-Antiquity EXAMINED THE Authour of the Pamphlet entituled The Vnreasonableness of a Separation from the New Bishops c. would have the World take notice what a fortuitous Hit or rather singular Providence it is that the Greek Manuscript of which he is the lucky Translator should lie so long unregarded in the publick Library at Oxford none hitherto having Brains or Sagacity enough to discern and discover the worth of it and at this very Juncture be taken notice of and so opportunely be brought to Light by this diligent and zealous Searcher into Antiquity Who very gravely and charitably prays That it may have that good Effect upon those dissatisfied Persons of the Church of England which so many Examples and Authorities of Antiquity may give him reason to expect And could it boast as much Truth-as Antiquity I know not what it might doe But it seems there 's no name prefixt before it which I the less wonder at for the Authour pleading for Injustice and the Succession of Usurping Bishops in the Sees of those who he confesses were unjustly deprived and being an Assistant as his Translator thinks at the Consecration of the Usurper and therefore so vehemently pressing Obedience to and Communion with him thought fit perhaps being ashamed of it to conceal his Name to which therefore being of no great Credit and Authority it cannot be expected that those unsatisfied Persons of the Church of England as he calls them should pay any greater R spect or Veneration merely because he can write Greek than to the Confident Pamphletier because he can translate it But though the Authority is Anonymous yet the Translator has taken effectual Care to discover his own Name which not onely the Title Page of his Book but the Gazette too must publish to the World making a reverent Leg to the New A. B. bespeaking the next Preferment that falls in his Gift for though the Authour did not like a Time-server court or write for Preferment yet I hope his Translator may for which he may as readily expect the Archiepiscopal Fiat as the pert supercilious Chaplain's Imprimatur In hopes and prospect of which he will give his Word or if you please his Oath not to be guilty of a Separation from the new Bishops But perhaps it will be said 't is no matter for the Author's Name provided that what he speaks is true and may be made out as the Translator says it easily can from approved and authentick Historians Now that my Reader may the better judge of this I will give him a Taste or too of the Truth of his Book in a few Observations upon some remarkable Passages in it And for the Authorities which I quote that the most unlearned Reader may not be at a loss or puzzled by sending him to the Greek Historians as Socrates Sozomen Theodoret Zonaras c. I shall onely refer him to an English Historian of good Credit and Authority who has taken the great and worthy Pains to write the Lives of the Fathers Dr. Cave making his Collections out of approved and Authentick Historians referring the curious learned Reader to the Book Chapter and Page out of which as Occasion offers I must beg leave to transcribe some remarkable Passages which may not be unacceptable to the Reader who has not the Book And here first of all I cannot but observe what a learned Historian and exact Chronologer the Author of the Greek Manuscript or his Translatour is for I cannot well tell not having seen the Greek Manuscript to which the Abstract pag. 23. is to be attributed who tells his Reader pag. 24. That in the Reign of Constantine the Great Maximus Bishop of Jerusalem was deposed by the Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine his Successor was Cyril Now 't is notorious that St. Cyril was not made Bishop of Jerusalem till 12 or 14 Years after the Death of Constantine the Great who dyed at Nicomedia a Vide Cave's Lives of the Fathers vol. 2. p. 94. Anno Christi 337. And St. Cyril entred upon the See of Jerusalem not upon the Deposition but the Death of Maximus as I shall shew by and by b Ib. p. 343. Anno Christi 349. according to Saint Jerom Anno 351. according to Baronius's Computation And c Who is mention'd by Name p. 8. which I desire the Reader to take notice of lest the Translator to excuse the Inconsistency in the Abstract should pretend that 't was another Bishop of Caesarea Acacius Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine who he says deposed Maximus succeeded Eusebius whose Scholar he was in that See e Cave 's Lives Vol. 2. p. 28. Anno 340. which was three years after the Death of Constantine the Great So that what the Greek Author or his Translator affirms in the Abstract before mentioned I know not whether I may call a Horrid Blunder or an Impudent and notorious Lye But let us look into the Body of the Manuscript and see what Prints and Footsteps of Truth we can find and trace out there And first of all though he begins with an Account of St. Chrysostom I shall rather chuse to examine what he says p. 9. is delivered in the Life of the Great Athanasius who was before St. Chrysostom He tells us p. 8. That Athanasius being condemned and deposed by the Synod at Tyre fled to Maximus at Jerusalem who thereupon he says called a Private Synod and repealed what was done by the Synod of Tyre against Athanasius and restored him to his See which is very false as to matter of Fact For Athanasius being condemned and deposed by the Synod at Tyre where f Ibid. p. 100. Maximus himself was prevailed with to subscribe the Depostion and therefore 't was unlikely that Athanasius would fly to him finding the Malice of his Enemies inflexible h Ibid. p. 89. to use the words of Dr. Cave who takes his Account from i Ath. Apol. 11. p 568. Athanasius himself upon his Retreat from Tyre made his Address at Court where he met the Emperour on Horse-back entring into Constantinople where after several unsuccessfull Addresses he took the Confidence freely to tell him k p. 90. That he desired no more than that he would not suffer him to be ruined by Malice and Violence that his Cause might ' be debated in a lawful and impartial Synod at least that his Judges at Tyre might be brought Face to Face and he have the Liberty to exhibit his Complaints against them Which the Emperour looking upon as a piece of Common Justice dispatched away a Letter to the Synod at Jerusalem whither he had l