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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 5 of 12 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
Cerezuela , brother of Alvare de Luna , High Constable of Ca tille , was still more narrowly confined ; but he exchanged hi :, prison for the archbisbopriek oif Toledo . —Such an agreeable alteration made him forget his past troubles . Your countenance , your air , and all that I see in you , give me reason to anticipate the same favourable exit to you . ' Ximenes thanked the good priest , and modestly relied' my fathersuch beginnings as these do not augur an event
p , , so favourable as ihat . ' The Archbishop repeatedly applied to him for the relinquishment of his ri ght ; but finding him inflexible , he removed him from the tower of Uceda to the Jail of Santorcaz , to which the vicionsand rebellious among the priesthood , in the diocese of Toledo , were commonly sent . Ximenes remained theresometimes alleviating the
sor-, rows of his misfortune , by reading and meditating on the holy Scriptures . At last , the Archbishop , having lost all hope of reducing him to his pleasure , at the solicitation of the Countess of Buendia , his niece , set him at liberty . He persevered in his resolution , and would
hear of no accommodation during his imprisonment . But when he was liberated , and in peaceable possession of the benefice , he exchanged it with the grand chaplain of the church of Siguensa , not wishing any longer to expose himself to the wrath of a prelate , who was naturally severe , and still seemed to retain his resentment . After this he retired to Siguensa , where his conduct was so prudent and regular , that he won the esteem of the good and the wise
around him . With John Lopes de Medina , Archdeacon of Almasan , a man of piety and consummate prudence , he had intimate !} ' connected himself ; and , by his advice , he engaged him to found the University of Siguensa ; evincing , beforehand , his inclination for learning , and the patronage it should derive from him , when his ability was equal to his good intentions . To his exhortations , and to his example , may be attributed that spirit of protection and liberality for the promotion of letters , that emulation for founding universities in Spain , that spread itself from his time . Providence was willing to
separate from reli gion the barbarity and ignorance in which the Moors had so long made it to consist . To the discharge of his pre- ? bendal duty was his chief concern ; to this limiting all his desires , he applied to the Hebrew tongue , and gave himself up to theological study . In such an inferior light did he view all other knowledge , when compared with this , that he often told his friends , that , for the elucidation of one passage in Scripture , he would have
willingly sacrificed his utmost acquisitions in law .. The science of Jaw was not , however , useless to him in the employ to which he was soon called . D . Pedro Gonzales de Mendoza , then Bishop of Siguensa , and Cardinal , having in many instances perceived Ximenes " wisdom and capacity , chuse him for his Vicar-general , and gave him the superintend-mce of his diocese . Such was his prudence , justice , and disinterested integrity in this employ , that the prelate reposed'in him unlimited confidence , aud presented him to several benefices . His reputation was so great , that Count de Cifuentes , who , after an
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
Cerezuela , brother of Alvare de Luna , High Constable of Ca tille , was still more narrowly confined ; but he exchanged hi :, prison for the archbisbopriek oif Toledo . —Such an agreeable alteration made him forget his past troubles . Your countenance , your air , and all that I see in you , give me reason to anticipate the same favourable exit to you . ' Ximenes thanked the good priest , and modestly relied' my fathersuch beginnings as these do not augur an event
p , , so favourable as ihat . ' The Archbishop repeatedly applied to him for the relinquishment of his ri ght ; but finding him inflexible , he removed him from the tower of Uceda to the Jail of Santorcaz , to which the vicionsand rebellious among the priesthood , in the diocese of Toledo , were commonly sent . Ximenes remained theresometimes alleviating the
sor-, rows of his misfortune , by reading and meditating on the holy Scriptures . At last , the Archbishop , having lost all hope of reducing him to his pleasure , at the solicitation of the Countess of Buendia , his niece , set him at liberty . He persevered in his resolution , and would
hear of no accommodation during his imprisonment . But when he was liberated , and in peaceable possession of the benefice , he exchanged it with the grand chaplain of the church of Siguensa , not wishing any longer to expose himself to the wrath of a prelate , who was naturally severe , and still seemed to retain his resentment . After this he retired to Siguensa , where his conduct was so prudent and regular , that he won the esteem of the good and the wise
around him . With John Lopes de Medina , Archdeacon of Almasan , a man of piety and consummate prudence , he had intimate !} ' connected himself ; and , by his advice , he engaged him to found the University of Siguensa ; evincing , beforehand , his inclination for learning , and the patronage it should derive from him , when his ability was equal to his good intentions . To his exhortations , and to his example , may be attributed that spirit of protection and liberality for the promotion of letters , that emulation for founding universities in Spain , that spread itself from his time . Providence was willing to
separate from reli gion the barbarity and ignorance in which the Moors had so long made it to consist . To the discharge of his pre- ? bendal duty was his chief concern ; to this limiting all his desires , he applied to the Hebrew tongue , and gave himself up to theological study . In such an inferior light did he view all other knowledge , when compared with this , that he often told his friends , that , for the elucidation of one passage in Scripture , he would have
willingly sacrificed his utmost acquisitions in law .. The science of Jaw was not , however , useless to him in the employ to which he was soon called . D . Pedro Gonzales de Mendoza , then Bishop of Siguensa , and Cardinal , having in many instances perceived Ximenes " wisdom and capacity , chuse him for his Vicar-general , and gave him the superintend-mce of his diocese . Such was his prudence , justice , and disinterested integrity in this employ , that the prelate reposed'in him unlimited confidence , aud presented him to several benefices . His reputation was so great , that Count de Cifuentes , who , after an