XIII. When Macarius is even faid to Contra-

dict himfelf, it is yet not Difficult to^ Bring him
off. A Specimen of this we have in the Hiftory
of the Pelagian Herefy. The Charge is Brought
againft him by u Scultetus\ but fufficiently Re-
mov'd by Vojjius and Petavius.

i. All therefore that I fhall (ay to another
Seeming Contradiction or two in the Homilies is,
that if the PafTages be duly Weigh'd and Com-
par'd, the very Contradictions mull of courfe Dif.
appear. Our Author may fafely enough Affirm
in one Place, that57» is not Blended with our Na-
ture, as Wine is mix'd with Water. Nor need
this hinder him from being as Pofitive upon ano-
ther Occafion, that Sin even Incorporates with us,
and becomes a Second Nature. He may venture
to Pronounce Angels, Bodies in one Homily j
meaning that, according to the School of Plato,
they have 'thin, Aerial, or Etherial Vehicles. Nor
will he be at all to Blame, if in another he as ex-
prefly itiles them'AccJ/jcaTOf, or Incorporeal \ De-
nying only, that they have any Grofs, Opake,
Terreftrial Vehicle, like Man at prefent. Poffi-
bly thefe Inftances might have been Needlcls.

v In Mr. Farter's. Family. See the Life of Mr. George Herbert.
° Medulla Fatrum, Parte tertia, p. 433.

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But I chofe to mention them at leaft for a Rea-
fon w Laclantius offers upon another Occaiion,
viz. Ne cui perverse ingcniofo, aut non intelligendi^
aut contra differ endi locum relinquamus .

3 . After all that has been offered, if in endea-
vouring to Vindicate my Author, or to Palliate
what feems rnoff. Obnoxious, I have either Run
into any Error, or x^dopted it, becaufe my Au-
thor's ; If it mould even be Thought fo by others,
efpecially by their Graces of Canterbury and Torky
by the Bifhops or Inferiour Clergy, whether in
Convocation or out of it : I here freely Renounce it
beforehand, as Preferring ever the Peace of the
Church before any the moil Sublime Speculation,
and Giving entirely in to that Noble Declaration,
Err are Poffum > Htereticus effe Nolo.