Upon the Whole, of the many Writings ascribed to _Clement_, the first Letter to the _Corinthians_ is the only one undoubtedly his: and what a wide Difference appears, as to the Spirit and Style, between that excellent Piece, and the Briefs, Bulls, Mandates, _&c._ of his Successors: He does not command, but exhorts; he does not threaten, but intreats; he does not thunder Anathema’s and Excommunications, but employs the most mild and gentle Persuasives, even with the Authors of the Schism. [Sidenote: Clement_’s Infallibility unknown to him, and to the_ Corinthians.] Had he known himself to be the infallible and unerring Judge of Controversies, from whose Tribunal lay no Appeal; had the _Corinthians_ believed themselves bound, on Pain of Damnation, to submit to his Decisions; there had been no Room for Reasons, Arguments, and Persuasives; he ought to have exerted the Power, with which he was vested, and put an End to all Disputes, in the peremptory Style of his Successors, _We declare, and command all Men to comply with this our Declaration, on pain of incurring the Indignation of the Almighty; and_, as if that were not enough, _of his blessed Apostles_ Peter _and_ Paul. But it was not till some Ages after, that the Popes found out their Infallibility, or rather their flattering Divines found it out for them; so that this invaluable Privilege lying dormant, Men were obliged, for a long time, to make use of their Reason, in deciding religious Controversies. ----- Footnote 105: Origen. in Jo. p. 143. Footnote 106: Euseb. l. 3. c. 15. Footnote 107: Philip. iv. 3. Footnote 108: Chrys. in Phil. hom. 13. Footnote 109: Iren. l. 3. c. 3. Footnote 110: Orig. Pr. in l. 3. c. 3. Footnote 111: Ruf. ad Orig. 195. Footnote 112: Clem. strom. 4. Footnote 113: Euch. ad Val. p. 19. Footnote 114: Nil. l. 2. ep. 49. Footnote 115: Dio, l. 65. Suet. in Dom. c. 15. Orig. in Cels. l. 1. p. 5. Footnote 116: Clem. ep. 1. c. 4. Footnote 117: Epiph. hær. 27. c. 6. Footnote 118: Euseb. l. 3. c. 16. Hier. vir. ill. c. 15. Footnote 119: Vide Iren. l. 3. c. 3. Euseb. l. 3. c. 16. et 38. et l. 4. c. 23. Footnote 120: Iren. ib. Footnote 121: Clem. strom. 5. Footnote 122: Phot. c. 126. Footnote 123: Euseb. l. 3. c. 38. et l. 6. c. 25. Hier. vir. ill. c. 15. Footnote 124: Not. Jun. p. 3. Not. Cotel. p. 8. Footnote 125: Eus. l. 3. c. 34. Footnote 126: Ruf. Orig. t. 1. p. 778. Concil. per Lab. t. 2. p. 1558. Footnote 127: Greg. Tur. de glor. martyr. c. 35. Footnote 128: Bar. ad ann. 102. Footnote 129: Alf. ad ann. eund. Footnote 130: Greg. Tur. ib. Footnote 131: Euseb. l. 3. c. 38. Footnote 132: Hier. vir. ill. c. 15. Footnote 133: Phot. c. 113. Footnote 134: Concil. per Labb. t. 3. p. 1458. Footnote 135: Vide Blond. Decret. p. 25. 28. Footnote 136: Phot. c. 113. Footnote 137: Coteler. not. in script. Apost. p. 353. Footnote 138: