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An Homily on the


Cneropiuj- pleainef But Gregory betook himself to cepre. -( on bimhopan flight, and lay hid in a Cave, at; lurobe :• Sc hme Nevertheless they found him mengelshre. ^ reah out, and carried him by force to Petper cipcan J>xr to St. Peter's Church, that he he J)eit ro papam ^e- might there be consecrated to halgo&pupbe:- Dpego- the Popedome.Then Gregory, piuf ))a aephir habun- before his Consecration , by je -f Romanifc pole reason of the encreasing Pe- pop J)am onfigen&nm stilence, exhorted the Roman cpealm |>y]rum popbum People to Repentance in these hi to behpeoppunge words. " My most beloved tihte. q^megebpo^pa " Brethren, it behoveth us, J>a leopcftan. up geba- " that that Rod of God which pena'S -^ pe Dobep " we ought to have dreaded, Xpmgle ]>e pe on ^p " when we only expected it topeap&e onbpeabon " would be laid upon us , pceolbon. ^ pe hupu " should now at least raise nu an6peap5e ^ apan- " in us some Concern when bobe onbpeabon > Ereo- " it is present and we have penile up upe pa^pnyp- " felt it. Let our Grief open pe uipaep po^pe gecyp- " us a way to a true Conver- pe&nyppe. -j -^ pite ]>e " sion, and let that Punish- pe ^popia^ to bpece " ment which we endure , upeheoptanheapbnyp. " break the hardness of our pe :• Gpne nu J)ip pole " Hearts. Behold now this ip mib ppupbe xy heo- " People is slain with the ponlican jpanian op- " Sword of heavenly Anger, platen, -j gehpylce atn- " and each of them one by lipe^e pynb mib piepli- " one is destroy'd by a sud- cum plyhtum apepte > " den Slaughter, For the