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A06555 The English iarreĀ· or disagreement amongst the ministers of great Brittaine, concerning the Kinges supremacy. VVritten in Latin by the Reuerend Father, F. Martinus Becanus of the Society of Iesus, and professour in diuinity. And translated into English by I.W. P.; Dissidium Anglicarum de primatu Regis. English Becanus, Martinus, 1563-1624.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645? 1612 (1612) STC 1702; ESTC S121050 28,588 66

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disputed of The first is of assembling or calling togeather of Synods The second of enacting of Ecclesiasticall lawes The third of cōferring or bestowing of benefices The fourth of creating deposing of Bishops The fifth is about Excommunication The sixt and last is about the decision and determining of Controuersies The question then is whether these offices belong to the Kings Primacy I will speake a word of ech in order 2. First it may be demaunded whether the King by vertue of his Primacy may of his owne authority call or assemble togeather Synods and therin sit as chiefe and head This was certainly persuaded that it might be done in the tyme of King Henry K. Edward and Queene Elizabeth but now vnder King Iames the matter is called into question M. Salclebridge pag. 121. affirmeth that he can do it in these words Christiani Principes in Regnis suis cum laude propria auctoritate Synodos conuocarunt Constitutiones condiderūt causas audierunt cognouerunt Christian Princes haue with great praise assembled Synods by their owne authority in their Kingdomes haue made Constitu●ions heard and examined causes c. And againe pag. 146. Rex Angliae potest Synodos indi●●re omnium Ordinum Oecumeni●as in ijsdem praesidere The King of ●ngland saith he may as●emb●e Generall Councells of all Orders or degrees and therin sit as President or Chiefe c. And pag. 155. he saith in like manner Reges Angliae suprema sua authoritate de iure Synodos conuocarunt The Kings of ●ngland haue by th●ir owne supreme authority and by ●●ght ass●mbled Synods c. 3 Now M To●ker in this poynt is very variable one while contradicting himselfe another while others And this is manifest out of the diuers testimonies he produceth The first is pag. 37. where he hath these words A quibus magis aequum est indici Concilia● quàm ab illis● penes quos semper ●uit authoritas ●a congregandi Cùm autem communit●r triplex pon● soleat Concilium Generale Prouinciale Dioec●sanum Concilium G●n●rale solius Papae iussu celebrari vultis sed neque illud nisi ab Imp●ratoribus Regibus simul consentient●bus hodie indici debet Prouinciale à Metropolita●o cum suis Suffragancis Dioecesanum ab Episcopo cum Curatis● R●ctoribus Clericis Dioeceseos c. By whome is it more fit that Councells should be assembled then by those in whose power hath alwayes authority byn to call them togeather For wheras commonly there be 3. sortes of Councells Generall Proui●ciall of a particuler Diocesse the Generall Councell you will haue to be celebrated only by commandment of the Pope but yet not so neyther now a dayes vnlesse Emperors Kings do agree therunto also A Prouinciall Coun●ell is to be assembled by the Metropolitan and his Su●fragans th●t of the Diocesse by the Bishop therof togea●her with the Curates Recto●s and Clarkes of ●he same Bishopricke c. Out of which testimony we may gat●er that the K. of England cannot assemble a Councell of his owne authority Not a gene●all because that belongeth to the common consent of Kings and Emperours Not a Prouinciall because that pertayneth to the Metropolitan Not of the D●ocesse because that belongeth to the Bishop therof What then I pray you is left vnto the King 4. Another testimony heerof is out of the same M. ●ooker pag. 41. in these wor●s Abundè liquet ex Cōcilijs ipsis historia Ecclesiastica ●r●uincial●a Concilia Nationalia ab Imperatoribus a● Regibus fuisse congregata It is aboūdantly manifest out of the Coū●els themselues and the Ecclesiasticall Historyes that Prouinciall and Nationall Councels haue byn assembled by Emperours and Kings c. This now is plainely repugnant to his former testimony For there he affirmeth that Prouinciall Councells are to be assembled by the Metropolitans therof heere he saith ●hat they must be assembled by Kings and Emperours There is distinguished o●ly a threefould Councell● to wit Generall Prouinciall● ● and that of the Diocesse heere now is added a four●h to wit Nationall 5. His third testimony is set downe pag. 42. where he propo●eth this question Quo igitur iure tantam sibi potestat●m arrogat Pontif●x solus Num diuino ●y what right then I pray you doth the Pope challenge vnto himselfe alone so great power Doth he do it by diuine right c. And a little after he addeth Erat Apostolorum omnium non vnius tant●mmodo indicere Concilium statuere cum verborum solennitate Visum est Spiritui sancto Nobis c. It belonged to all the Apos●les not to one alone to assemble a Councell and with solemnity of words to ordaine It seemes good vnto the Holy Ghost and Vs c. As if he would say That as by diuine right not S. Pet●r alone but all the Apostles togeather with equall power did assemble the fi●st Coūcell at Ierusalem therin decreed that law about eating of bloud and strangled meates so in like manner by diuine right not the Pope alone but all Bishops with equall power must assemble Councells and decree Ecclesiasticall lawes Surely if it be so then without doubt it followes that the power to call or assemble Councells doth not belong by the law of God to secular Kings and Princes but to the Apostles and their success●urs c. 6. His fourth testimony is pag. 63. where he saith Mixtum aut●m ius r●suit●ns ●x vt●oque iure Regio Episcopali est Legum sanctio Synodorum indictio praes●dendi in ijs praer●gatiu● controu●rs●arū decisio aliorumque actuum qui his finitimi sunt ex●rcitium quae f●rè ab origine Prima●us R●gij desc●ndunt communicantur Sac●r●oti●u c The decreing or enacting of Lawes the assembling of Synodes Prerogatiue of ●it●ing therin as chiefe or head as also the exercise of all other offices in this kind is a certaine mixt Right proceeding from both Kingly and Episcopall power which things do in a manner come downe or descend from the origen of the Kings Primacy and are communicated or in parted vnto Priests c. This now againe as you see is contrary to that which he said next before For there he will needs haue the assembly of Synods or Councels to belong by diuine right to the Apostles heere forsooth he will haue the same chiefely to belong to Kinges and from them to be deriued vnto Bishops These things do not agree one with another VII Question VVhether the King can enact Ecclesiasticall Lawes or no 1. IT is cleere that K. Henry the 8. did aswell by himselfe as by his Vicar Generall Cromwell enact Ecclesiasticall Lawes For so saith Doctor Sanders in his booke of the Schisme of England His di●bus vigilantissimus hic Ecclesiae Pastor Henri●us quo in posterum sciretur quae cui rite nupta esset legem ediderat perpetuam de Nuptijs Comitior●m etiam auctoritate ●onfirmatam qua