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7,.) THE EDIT R OF THE STAR. ON THE PROPIIECIES.-NO. XXV. THIRD TRUMPET.-PART (C VI. Of the comest ►maintained letween the Bishops of Rome and y . Constantinople, for the Supremacy. Havin , ..;. in the preceding sections endeavoured to trace those deviations from the primitive practice, which, vidcd by. other circumstances, destroyed the independence of Christian congregations, and led to tl:e establishment of ecclesiastical tyranny, I now proceed t• - ) offer a few remarks on the contest, vilich was for some time maintained by the bla zing Star of the West and the new Eastern Comet, ticck:d s ith the Sun-beams of the Imperial Court ; and which, in its issue, tended to establish the supre macy of the former. dn the establishment of Christianity, (to use that term in its political acceptation) in the Roman Em pire, the dignity and secular power of the Magistrates (I( to - mined, in almost every instance, the dignity and spiritual iltri , dicion of the clergy, in every city— their precedency being always regulated by the rank of their respective PrOects or other Magistrates. Of cotire the Bishops of Rome, in the very nature of things, had the first rank. It is true, strictly speak ing, that !.e was not in name even an Exarch— but the very circumstance that prevented him from obtaining in die first instance, a high sounding name, serves to shew that he possessed what was much more substantial. The civil diocese of Italy, the first, the most opulent and populous in the Empire, was, on account of its extent and importance, divided into two, in the ecelysiastical arrangement ; and, as neither could be called 'the Diocese,' to the exclusion of the other, they were called vicariates or vicarages. That Tel ich fell to the See of Rome c ntained no les than t2n provinces, and included the islands of Sicily, Cor sica, and Sardinia. Possessing so extensive a jurisdiction, enjoying a degree of opulence and splendour, which even Kings could not surpass, it might have been expected that the Bishops of Rome would have been satisfied with the importance they had acquired—and so they seemed to be till Constantine and his successors, by the honours they heaped upon the Bishop of the new Imperial city, excited their jealousy. From this time the Roman Pontiff employed un common assiduity to secure and extend his influence. Knowing by experience the valise of Imperial favour, lie did every zhing in his power to retain it, but he plainly F . IW that this was not now to be depended on for tile maintenance of his importance. When exerted in his favom , it cculd serve his ambition—but it might also c rtiiy the ambition of another, and that other a prelate, who, from local circumstances, now possessed many advantages over him. He, therefore, as any ut l .er unprincipled ecclesiastic would have done in the same position. resolved to conso'idate the power he had al. early acquired, by every method in his power; to improve all adventitious circumstances to strenlo.hen it ; and to attach to himself, at any ex pense of principle, and by every kind of artifice, as many of the dignified clergy as he possibly could,_ that by their joint influence and exertions, he might be the better eilablcd to maintain his ground against a hated rival. This system of tactics soon began to shew itself. The Council of Sardis, in the year 347 (when the Arian controversy inflamed the whole Christian com munity) after the Oriental Bishops were withdrawn, was, by the influence of Ostus, Bishop of Cordova, a strenuous friend of Pope Juutts, induced to make a Cancn, that if any Bishop should think himself un justly condemned by his comprovincials and metro politans, his judges should notify their sentence to the Bishop of Rome, who might either confirm it, or order the cause to be re-examined by some of the neighbouring Bkhops. And, in the year 372, or about that time, I J at the instigation of the Roman See, enacted a law, empowering the Bishop of Rome to examine and judge other Bishops, that religious aid ecclesiastical disputes might not be decided by profane or secular judges. This exemp tion of tlx clergy from the power of laymen,.was so gratifying to thi•se of the West in particular, that, overlooking its tendency to enslave the whole order, a ninnlwr of bishops, soon after synodically assembled, at Rome, expressed great gratitude for the favour' thus conferred on them by the Emperor. Indeed it would scarcely have been safe for any, in that quar ter, to dissent, arty- the passing of a law which vir tually subjected them to the tyranny of one of their own number. In the East, however, the canon law, above mention ed, hal little, or rather, no force. The power of the pa triarchs was too great to be suddenly subdued—Not that the Emperors had not power to enforce their own laws, but the others had influence enough to avert its operation. The bishop of Constantinople, warned, however, by this fresh instance of partiality to the old see, redoubled his diligence to extend his own influence. He had seen, in the person of the Rnimm pontiff, to what a high pinacle of worldly splendour, in partance and power, the smiles of the tri7.'ror could raise a favourite churchman, and he resolve:l to profit by the lesson. Nor was it long be fore he began to reap the fruits of his assiduity. In a council, consisting of 150 bishops, held at Crinstantinople, in the year SBl, by the authority of l'imono , l us the Great, the bishop of that city was, eluting the absence of the bishop of Alexandria, and anlinFt the consent of the Roman pontiff, placed, by the third canol of that council, in the first rank after the bishop of Rome, and, consequently, above those of Ah.Nand:ia anti Antioch. Th.! b: :::1) 01 Rome, as we have seen, acquired his r:n1; w:C. ,,,, rt a struggle, an,!, consequently, without icsalou..], - of others —very ditierent was the dignitary. liereceived his honours at tl , ! . ad the Eastern bishops, and it wasnot :!:;tt. the sees of Alexandria and Antioch, forrik rlv next in rani. to the see of 'tome, could behold Lis elev., cordiality oreven with indifference. In ficl d t! , ?mselves degraded, and they were i :n.l din Fr:wen Ling, as far as they were able, every r.:•. s .; .;: cf power and dignity to the favoured See. \var; a Lippy circumstance for the Bi s h op o f :.rd be did not fail to improve it. c.m this t: me, the struggle between the two rival icess:.nt. The Bishop of the new city hay. tThe favour Of the Emperor, become the second i.hts s cL . J,rch, namegily conciadod, that, by the same partiality, he might, in process of time, acquire the first place, an object worthy the ambition of a church man. Can it excite wonder, then, that he should make the attempt ? Everything seemed to favour his design. Residing in the Imperial City, associating with court favourites, enjoying frequent opportunities of con versing with the Emperor himself, and, above all, the ear of the ladies of the court, it appeared scarcely possible that be should fail in obtaining the object of his desire. NECTARIUS was the first bishop who en joyed these new honours conferred on the see of Con stantinople. Hissuccessor, JONNCHRYsosTom,brought Thrace, Asia. and Pontus under its jurisdiction; and succeeding bishops shewed an equal zeal in augment ing the privileges, and extending ,the dominion oftheir see ; nor was it long till the whole eastern part of 11- lyrium was added to their former acquisitions. In the mean time, the Popes were e q ually active in subjugating all the western prelates to their ghostly jurisdiction, and omitted no favourable opportunity to obtain the Imperial sanction to their usurpations. In 445, LEO, by the influence he acquired over the weak mind of VALVNTINIAN 111. procured an edict, enjoining an absolute obedience to the will of the Bi shop of Rome, throughout all the churches of the Empire ; declaring that the Bishops could attempt nothing, unless by the Pope's authority, without a violation of ancient custom; and ordering that any bishop, summoned to appear before his judicature. should be carried thither by the Gi.vernor of the province in which he resided. The We , - tern Metropolitans were thus brought more and more under the dominion of the Roman see. That respect to the see, which at first was voluntary anu merely complimentary, was thus, gradually, mould( d into a settled and legal dependance, and, liowcv.a- - luctantly submitted to at first, becalm, at length, na tural by habit, and was daily more and more fortiti by that increasing influence which enabled-the Popes to favour the pretensions of candidates for vacant sees, and to fill them with their ov, n adhercnt. The Constantimpolitan patriarch maintained, how ever, his own authority in the East in spite of this law, and continued to extend his jurisdiction. But what gave to him the highest ecclesiastical authority, and excited most the opposition of the Roman pontiff, was the following, being the 18th canon, made by the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451 : " Whereas the fithers, with great propriety, be " stowed the chief honours on the see of Old Rome, because it was the imperial city, and whereas the 150 " fathers, [meaning the Council of Constantinople " holden in Sbl, and noticed above] beloved of GM), " actuated by the same motive, conferred the like " dignity on the most holy see of New Rome (Con " stantinople) judging it reasonable that the city ho " noured by the seat of Empire, and of the senate, " and equal in civil privileges with antient royal " Rome, should be equally distinguished also by ec-1 clesiastical privileges, and enjoy the second place' " in the Church, being next to Old Rome—we ratify " and confirm*," &c. The same council confirmed also the eastern dig nitary in the spiritual government of those provinces over which he had usurped the jurisdiction. Lro, the GREAT, as he is called, then Bishop of Rome, and his friends, strenuously and vehemently opposed the passing of those decrees, but their efforts were vain, the Court supporting the decision of the Grecian bishops. Finding the vantage ground of imperial favour occupied by his adversary,'the Pon- tiff had recourse to subtilty, and to artifices, which probably he would never have even conceived in other circumstances, and already began to cherish that spirit of rebellion against the higher powers, by which ' 6 the man of sin" was to be eminently cha. racterised.—But of this hereafter. Notwithstvuding the redoubled efforts of the new Patriarch, a variety of circumstances united in aug menting the power and authority of the See of Rome. 46 The Bishops of Alexandria and Antioch, unable to make head against the lordly prelate of Constanti nople, fled often to the Roman Pontiff for succour against his violence ; and the inferior order of bishops used the same method, when their rights were inva ded by the prelates of Alexandria and Antioch. So that the Bishop of Rome, taking all these prelates al ternately under his protection, daily added new de grees of influence and authority to the Roman See, rendered it every where respected, and was thus im perceptibly establishing its supremacy." Such were the means by which the Roman Pontiff extended his power in the east. In the west, beside the causes already mentioned, other causes contributed to its increase. The declining power and supine indolence of the Emperors, left the Bishop, who presided in Rome, almost without controul. 44 The incursion, moreover, and triumphs of the barbarians, were so far from being prejudicial to his rising dominion, that they rather contributed to its advancement. For the Kings who penetrated into the Empire, were only solicitous about the methods of giving a sufficient de gree of stability to their respective governments ; and when they perceived the subjection of the multi. tude to the bishops, and the dependence of the bishops on the Roman Pontiff, they immediately resolved to reconcile this ghostly ruler to their interests, by load ing him with benefits and honours of various kinds." t The reader can hardly fail to observe, that the idea of an authority derived from the Apostle Peter, and lodged with the Roman Pontiff, had not yet been broached. The ancients knew of no such origin of the supremacy of Rome. They admitted its exist ence, but they held it to be the work of their own creation. This is plain from the Canon above quoted. It is true that these fathers claim for their predeces sors the merit of having be:towed on the Roman Bi shop the honours he had acquired. This, however, alters not the case. It is common for men to make a merit of granting what they cannot withhold—and the larger the boon the greater the dignity of the donor. It is an indirect way of claiming importance, and, in the instance before us, only serves to shew, that the distinctions in rank and dignity which pre vailed among the bishops, were not then pretended to have been derived from CHRIST, Peter, or the Col lege of Apostles ; and that, in theory, they held all ecclesiastical honours to be the gift of the Church (by that term meaning their own body), though in practice nothing could be more false. As I ,shall have occasion hereafter to notice other circumstances which contributed to the fabric of spi rittial tyranny, I will not now take up more of the Reader's time in tracing step by step the progress of • I have here followed Dr. Campbell's translatice (Lectures, Vol. T. p. a9O). f haesiniin, vo{,ll. p. 29. the contest between new and old Rome for the pre. cedency.. Suffice it to say, that the contest was car tied to a period considerably beyond the fifth cen tury, to which I wish at present to confine my obser vations, and terminated at length in the entire sepa ration of the Latin and Greek churches. But that the Reader may not lose sight of the object that ren dered this discussion necessary—the effects produced on the profession of Christianity by this fall of the " great star" from his own proper sphere—it is ne cessary I should here remark, that this dispute for pre-eminence pervaded the whole body of the clergy. The additions made by the Emperors and pious De votees to the wealth, honours, and advantages of the bishops, were followed by a proportional augmenta tion of vices and luxury, particularly among those who lived in opulent cities. The greater bishops contended with each other, in the most scandalous manner; concerning their respective jurisdictions ; in sulted and degraded these teachers who had not " tha arm of flesh" to give them protection ; and imitated, in their manner of living, the arrogance, voluptu ousness, and luxury of magistrates and princes. 'the presbyters, who primarily wore of the same rank with the bishops [these two appellations, as has been sliewn, being only different names for the same office] bei thrust down to a lower seat, now contended for precedency in their new order, the victors assum il g a prefix to the name of their office, and calling themselves Arch-presbyters ; while the Deacons, imi t :he examples of their superiors, had also their 1: - )r distinguishing honours, and created ,frai;Laccins among them, who claimed an authority ewer superior to that which was vested in the '•• • members of their order. In one point all the did , rent rat.k , of ecclesiastics were perfectly agreed, namely, to trample on the rights of the people ! l'hus wa., 'he ind-pendence of the churches of CHRIST sub verted ! fhese fountains of living water became the sources of death ; for many continued to drink the water poise ned with wormwood, in the poisoning of which the blazing star was the principal agent. To conclude my remarks en this third Trumpet— The blazing star, who thus poisoned the rivers and fountains of water, fellfrom heaven. His aim was to rise, and we shall see hereafter that he had the im. piety to exalt himself dove all that is called God, but he actually lost all right to any kind of rule in that which was his proper sphere ; and having thus fallen, it was no longer lawful for the disciples of CHRIST to yield him any obedience or subjection.— These, having been scald [see Rev. ch. vii.] to be preserved from this general rebellion against their only Master, refused to - drink the poisoned stream, and, fearless of the wrath of man, from this time be came the objects of the scorn, hatred, and persecu tion of Ecclesiastics. BIBLIC LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, APRIL s. GENERAL CIIIRRINCY All UNDER Wheat, 655. 78s. 68s. Beans (new) 545. 60$. 01. Fine ditto, 925. 965. Tick ditto (new) 445. 50s. ed. Rye, sss. 635. Oats, 28a. 345. 87s. Barley, 38s. 475. Poland ditto, 383. 40s. Od. Malt 703.775. Potatoe ditto to 41s Od. White Peas (boilers), 110 s 120$ Rape Seed, oiol. to till. Grey ditto, 50s. 553. Fine Flour, 88s. 855.-Secords, 755. 80s. A RETURN OF FLOUR, From the 18th of March to the 24th of March. Total 10,312 sacks-Average 84s. 3101. Os. 44d. lower than last return. RETURN of WHEAT in Mark-lane, including only from the 20th of March to the 25th of March. Total 2,855 quarters. Average 89,. 10W. -Is. 11 id lower than last return. ROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 1. Average Price of Corn in England and Wales, from the returns ea;ng the 25th of March, 1889. Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. ' s. d. I s. d. I s. d. I s. d. I s. d. I s. d. 94 11 63 7 46 8 31 5 62 G fis 3 The average Price of Sugar, computed from the le:urns made the week ending the 29th day of March, is 475. 10-Id. per cwt. PRltlf OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET. BAGS. POCKETS. Kent 31. 15s. to 51. Oa. Kent 41. Os. to 51. ICs East Kent 31. ss. to 41. 15s. East Kent 51, 14s Sussex 31. is. to 31. 15s. Sussex 31. 88. to 41. 46 Farnham (Pockets) 61. Os. to 71. 7s. per cwt. SNIITHFILLD MARKET, APRIL 3. To sink the Oti.o per Aons of 81b. Beef Es. Od. to AS. 4d. Veal Mutton ss. Bd. to 6s. 8(1. Pork od. to Is. 4d. 64. 04. to 7s. OC. HEAD OF CA rTLE THIS DAY Beasts, about 1831—Sheep, 10,290. Calves, 70—Pigs, 350. NEWCATE AND LEADENAI.I. MARKET. Per stone of 81b.by the carcase. Beef 4s. 4d. to ss. Bd. Veal ss. Od. to 7s. Pd Mutton ss. Od. to 53. Cd. Pork 6s• ud. to 7s. Od PRICE OF TALLOW. St. James's Market 5s 3d Town 'fallow 9ls 6d Clare Market 5s 4d Yelow Russia 9.5 s Cd Whitechapel Market Zs 5d White ditto 92s Od per stone of 81b. Soap ditto 90s Od 15s 11 d Melting Stuff 70s Cd Average Ss 4d Ditto rough 48s Od Graves 14s Od Good Dregs 14s Od Ti•llow Soap, 104s—Mottled, 114$ od—Curd, 1 lits. Price of Candles, per &nen 14s Cd—Moulds, 15s Od. COAL MARKET , April 3. _ _ Ships at Market Ships sold is Newcastle Coals 18 47;. 91 to 66s 03. 2 Sunderland 2 545. ed. to 55s Od. 1 Stone Coal 1 80s. Od. COUNTRY MARKETS. PRICES OF GRAIN AT Tut FOLLOWING MARKETS. BASINGSTOKE.—Wheat SOs Cd to 94s Od per Quarter. Barley 39s Cd to 506 Od I Beans 643 Od to 74s Od Oats 37s Od to 44s od Pease 00. Od to 00s NI Bread is 11-;s1 per gallon. HENLEY.—Wheat 72s Qd to 1 tOs Od per Qr. Barley 38s Od to 49s Cd I Beans 66s Od to 78s od Oats 29s Cd to 46s Od I Pease 636 Od to 68s Cd Bread 2s. Sid. per gallon MAintwiteno.--Wheat 79s Od to 112 s Od per Qr. . Barley 44s Od to 48s Od Beans 53s (34:1 t; 74s Cd I Oats 38s Od to 52s Od Pease —s Od to 63s Od Bread 2s. 4d. per gallon. Navrauar.—Wheat 70s Od to 101$ Od per Qr. Barley 295 Od to 47s 6d I Pease 58s Od to COs Od Oats 50s Od to 48s 041 1 Beans 6Cs Od to 705 Od Bread '2 s Od per gallon. Raantno.—Wlteat 74s Od to 1066 Od per Quarter. Batley 37s 6d to 48s 6d I Beans 52s Od to 7.71 6d Oats 30s Od to 51• Od Pease 00a Od to 66s Od Bead 2s. 4d. per gallon. MARRIED. On the 25th ult. at St. Clement's Church, George Parker, Esq. of Thanet Place, to Miss Jane Mercer, second daughter of the late Wm. Mercer, Esq. of Wandsworth, Surrey. Sunday se'nnight, A. B. Grenville, M. D. Surgeon of the Royal Navy, to Miss Kerr, of the Portsmouth Theatre. DIED. Monday se'nnight, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Rideau; wife of the Rev. R. Rideout, of Court Lodge, Sussex. On the 31st ult. at Winstanley Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire, Mrs. Bankes, wife of Meyrick Bankes, Esq. of that place. Tuesday last, at Burton, Northamptonshire, the Rev. Samuel Barwick, upwards of 50 years Rector of that parish. FOR SPRAINS, RHF.TYMATTSMS, CHILBLAINS, Dr. STFERS's OPODELDOC. The name " F. 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IT has been too frequently the subj ec t of in,t general reprobation, that men destitute of ) i e.opi-: the medical art have offered themselves as public patronage in the profession of physic. For 1:;: s ( doing justice to the result of our studies' and a , prevent us from being classed among those tririri. dent pretensions have, unfortunately fcr sociery, 1-, U., fa , ably received, we beg leave to v.i:nnit to the liber.:l ened, a faithful statement of our purslnti and ac t::7 After having received a re.,;all.r of Messrs. Grindal and Blizard, hose lecture, 2.ntl y • IC. , carefully attended, as Profesors and Surgeons of (I. pital, we enterod ourselv:s st udt nts in ct; school for medical acquirements, the Royal burgh, and were instructed in the :fiertfr.; ~.<1!•..1 Surgery, the Theory and Practice of Pit) . sic, C' :n wifery, Botany, &c. &c. &c by those eminent Monro, Gregory, Black, Hamilton, Duncan, and Rvt!.c: We trust we shall not be deemed presunipt nous in se% )7., our proficiency and acquirements are not inconeiderabk I for a long series of years made VENEREAL COI'.IPLA and the various diseases of DEBILITY, the particular r. 1)!. our studies and practice, it will, we hope, be allowed thzt acquired superior knowledge of their treatmeht and car, slight and recent cases of infection, a perfect re-estal.,:i:,hm, completed in the short period of two days, and in these (1: utmost inveteracy, where other practitioners have failed of cess, a proper perseverance in our plan oPtreatment ersuris patient a safe and radical cure. Amidst Vie melancholy variety of disorders which are ti fects of a habit long and most unhappily psirst.t.d by the yoi both sexes, there are nose more alarming or in,:re r.!s-.i those deficiencies and debilities which frequently prevent of bitter the matrimonial state. To such persons it crust be a soling reflection to know that they may raw, by a new and' lihle mode of treatment, be restored to that greatest of all blessings, a strong, manly, and vigornus constitution. I:1 ? of Debility, from whatever cause arising, as well as in t••• - •ty cies of Venereal infection, we may he consulted by vatic. either sex with the greatest secrecy and honour. liour, ot saltation at home from ten to three, and from six in the ev till ten at night. Patientsin the rluntry are requested to state the particul their case, age, and general habit of living. &c. inclesi:7, - ; a r taine for advice and medicines, when the same w l he L iv, eta to any part of the kingdom. 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Witness my hand, WILLIAM CR 0 I Sworn before me, at the Gtuldhall, Plymouth, this CI December, 1807. THOMAS EALES, The above Vegetable Antiscorbutic 12rops are the sole of, and prepared only by Dr. C. S. Gilbert, late of the asp Eore-,treet, Exeter, but new of Fore-street, Dock. SO. sale by Most rs. amd Dyer,Exeter ; and retal Plymouth ; Brodie and Co. 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