underſtood by ſome of the middle ſors of men, by their often repetition, and not underſtanding thereof, error (what not) may eaſily be hatcht, which would hardly be rooted out of the hearts of men. Nor can it bee pretended, that the ſimpler ſort were ſometimes a little indulg’d, eſpecially after their converſion. True indeed, at the deſires of ſincere and ignorant people, indulgencies were grantod in the primitive church; but in regard it was found, that many evills even hereſies, have had their riſe from thence, Christian order being now eſtabliſhed, it is not convenient to connive at it. And therefore it cannot be granted, what your people doth ſo earneſtly but inconſiderately deſire, and this we forbid in the power of God and moſt bleſſed Peter, exhorting thee alſo by the honor of the omnipotent God, to withſtand by all means ſuch like vain raſhneſſe yea we command thee. Dated at Rome, anno 1079.
4. Loe here a Cover worthy the Diſh! for Hiſtories do term this Gregory (alias Hildebrand) an ungodly man, a Magician, a vehement firebrand of the warres in Europe: Could therefore any thing of truth or holineſs be expected from him? But time it was, to puniſh the worlds ingratitude, wherein the ſeducing power of errours ſhould be ſent into the world (as the Apoſtle foretold, 2 Theſ. 2.) and ſo neceſſary it was, that Bohemia it ſelf, (but lately converted to the Faith) ſhould participate of the dimneſſe which preceded the approaching darkneſſe, and more and more be fet-
