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A06658 The beginning and endynge of all popery, or popishe kyngedome Lynne, Walter.; Joachim, of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202. Vaticinia. 1548 (1548) STC 17115; ESTC S108949 25,410 65

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clericus is this any better then takinge the Aigle by the throte Thus became Otto the first emperour of Germany with al his successors very bōdmen And the moste richest also myghtyest empire and kyngedome of all the worlde was in bondage and remained vnder the popes power dominion THus is the temporall gouernaunce euen here ouerthrowen The popes before were seruauntes and themperoure a prince and gouernour ouer all thempire Nowe is the pope become the gouernoure ouer all and themperoure a seruaunt In somuche that he must kysse the fete of his subiecte A faithfull and true Germaine emperoure oughte rather to graunt to be torne in peces But doutles if he dyd well beginne it wel sholde come of it Fye of soche shame before god and the worlde for this knauery can with no maner of scripture be proued except onely by their owne deuilysshe and vngodly lawes whiche the mounke standinge here by the pope confirmeth Ye and to be euen as true as the holy scriptures WHen a right natural Germain hart remēbreth wel this stinking pride and presumptiō of the pope it is for anger lyke to burst a sunder that the valeante and myghtie Germaine emperours haue suffred them selues to be made such fooles iesting stockes as to kysse the feete of so vngodlye a creature I beleue that if it were not to vyle a thynge they muste haue kyssed the popes hindermost part And yet euery man may not come so nyghe to the holy father AT the firste was it not so Constantinus the first and all his successors as many as were Christianes made and chose byshops at rome and euery where Nowe make the popes emperours kynges and byshops and therefore foineth he lykewise with his scepter at the other byrdes WHyles nowe the pope takethe vpon hym the gouernaunce and rule of this world so must he lykewise promise and swere to the hyghest prince of this worlde whiche is the deuyll And the same declareth the figure nexte following ¶ Here commeth the Deuyll with the pope and giueth hym his commaūdements accordinge to whiche he must behaue hym selfe in thys hys kingdome in earth WHyles as aboue is mencioned by the forsakinge of goddes worde the persuasion and illusion of the deuyll whiche onelye is a prynce of this worlde the popes be become successours and deputies vnto hym as their cheife gouernoure here in earthe So haue they nothinge more to do with god Christe nor his doctrine For Christ saith Ioh. xiiii The prince of this world commeth and hath nothinge in me and so shall nowe whiles I am here the prynce of the worlde be thruste oute Iohan. xii Thus can the pope haue no parte with Christe concerninge the kyngedome of this worlde whyles his chiefe minister the deuyll hathe nothinge in hym Math. 8 ▪ Howe can they now defend the patrimonie and possession as they name it of Christe and Pieter Math. 8. c. Luc. 9. f. Christus hadde not where to lay his head in And Peter forsoke his poore fisher bote with his patched fishernet also CHriste sought not in this worlde as many couetous parsons do the which gather and heap great substance togither neither dare they spend it them selues to the ende that they might leue muche behinde them for their executours but was sente frome his father to teache and suffre persecution which he fulfilled Euen the very same left he to thē that be his seruauntes Mat. 10. b. Luc. 10. ● for a testament sayenge I sende you forth as my father hath sent me as shepe among the wolues yf they persecuted me Ioh. 13.15 they shall lykewise do the same vnto you for the seruaunt is no greater then his lorde Here fynde we very lyttle of the kyngdome of this worlde ANd thus is all the popes boaste and presumption nothing worthe For he is none of the children of Abraham Howe be it he wryteth and sayth hym selfe to be the folower of Christ but a childe of the deuill whiche fathers wordes and workes he foloweth diligently alwaies And the same verifieth his owne doctrine and lyfe forbidding meates tymes and wedlocke to maintaine horedome with more other abuses whiche be not to be spoken Io. 8. d. 10 a 13. e. 1. Ioa. 4. HE that hearethe goddes wordes and dothe therafter is of god But whosoeuer hearethe them not is not of god Then must he nedes be of the deuyll which is also a father but of lyes Gen. ● a. Ioh. 8. d. 1. Ioh. 3. b. And who so euer followeth hym goethe about with lyes THe deuill is the prince of this worlde And the pope writeth him selfe also a gouernoure of the worlde as hauynge receaued the same of him that had power to delyuer it The deuyll from the beginninge hathe bene a murderer and lyer and the authore and father of all lyes The same chargeth he like wise his officers and seruauntes withall for he wolde gyue them nothinge doinge not his will Euen so is all that longeth to the pope nothinge but murther lies and deceite Ita patrem sequitur sua proles No crowe becommeth white with wasshinge There is nowe both Crisame and baptyme loste And therfore will the lorde subuerte and ouerthrowe them as it is laudes and praise vnto god begon alreadye yet they thinke styll euen as they gotte it euen so to kepe it As is to be seene in the figures folowinge ¶ The pope thrustethe the lambe thorowe with his sworde And therefore gyueth him the deuyll the keyes that is power and might HOwe be it the pope boasteth daylye cryeth his keyes to be of Christ though it be nothinge so The olde fathers perceaued the same righte wel and therfore haue they painted here the deuil with the keyes by the pope Because that all the auctoritie whiche he hath here in earthe commeth not from god but from the deuyll For howe coulde the power of god be with the sworde that kylleth the lambe THe deuill is the father and the pope the sonne The deuill is a prince of this worlde and the same hath he geuen vnto the pope as his heyre with all maner of worldly might and power the same signifie the keyes the rodde and the sworde And who soeuer obeyeth him not in this his power and dignite the same doth he scourge first with the rodde admonisheth him and curseth c. And yf that wyll not helpe then muste he dye with hys sworde as an heretike The sworde of the spirite whiche Paule speakethe of oughte rather to procede out of the popes mouth Ephes 6. Hebre. 4. yf he wold be named the successoure of Peter But euen suche a mannes seruaunte as he is such kinde of liuery weareth he And the same shewethe the figure folowinge ❧ The pope with his keyes them kepeth a serpente in his pontificall robes and treasor ful of ducates and the power lābe is the harde cote of THe deuyll is the wylye serpente the which yet still by wilynes
the worldly powers whiche the beares signifie and represent in this figure Yf they had continued in their vocation christe wold neuer haue forsaken them But when they fell from it and yet wolde notwithstandinge maintaine all their doinges with these wordes vpon this rocke c. Christe went from them And immediatly after thei soughte helpe wherewith they yet continuallye ye and againste Chryste hym selfe wyll defende themselues And this fall of the byshoppes firste broke oute clearly by pope zachariam and Stephan the secōd against Constantine the fifth when they persuaded Pipin the lieutenaunte of Fraunce to helpe the pope againste themperoure and so doing the pope wold make him kyng of Fraunce Italy and Germanye with the fauoure and good wyll of the magistrates and rulers WHerwith defendeth the pope his church nowe with Christe or with beares that is with worldlye powre and strengthe It hath tyghte well bene perceaued hitherto and is as clere as the sonne That the beares sygnifie worldlye myght and cruell people We fynde it in the seconde booke of Samuell the seuententh chapter ii Sam. 17. where as Eusai reproued the counsell of Ahitophell Sayeng vnto Absolon thou knowest thy father and his men howe they be stronge and they be chased in their myndes and are euen as a beare robbed of her whelpes in the felde c. IT suffiseth not to saye I am the chiefe bysshop I haue the roume of an apostle I sytte in the Apostel stole Petrus muste preache Paulus muste also preache Whyles the pope nowe followeth not Peter and Paule the whiche he taketh for his authores in preachinge teachinge and feadinge of Christes flocke as the commaundement specifieth so sytteth he besides the apostell stole and the spirit of god shrinkethe frome hym the whiche more strengthened hym then al the beares of the world But the chylde of perdicion with also his great tirannye euen as Iudas must nedes be set forth and be knowen ¶ The pope in his robes thrusteth downe the Aigle with the floure deliis at the ende of his slaffe THe crowned aigle doutles signifieth themperour of Rome whom the pope vnder the pretens of holines hath alwaies stopped with the floure deliis whiche is the frensh kinge And hathe robbed themperoure of all maner of thinges landes and people substance and riches as aboue sufficiently is declared The pope fearing lest in proces of time the same thinges might be taken from him again and that the righteouse heire and lorde might fortune to recouer them againe as often times hath bene seene by certayne emperours He wined him dailye more and more to other worldlye princes and rulers resisted themperour contrarie to all righte and reason Neither was he so contented but prouokinge likewise other to inuade themperoure And by this meane he remained a ruler aboue them all The same appeared by Constantine the syxthe For when zacharias the pope coulde not obtaine his purpose of him he matched him selfe with Pipin a lieutenaunte of fraunce and made hym king therof The same was a waye and meane to bring thempire vnto France Is this any other thing then with the assistence of the flowre deliis to resiste themperoure Ye and vnto this present daie haue the popes alwaies more fauoured fraunce then thempire For what soeuer these two haue hath bene in time past vnder the occidentalle empire And to thentente it be not taken frome them againe they styke harde togither Et uiuit ex rapto non hospes ad hospite tutus That is And the pope lyueth by thinges robbed of thempire But he that saith so now is named an heretike and no where free ¶ Here kneleth the pope and the hande of god threateneth and rebukethe hym but a fox doth counsell the contrary IN the seconde boke of Moyses the thirde chapter god shewed vnto Moyses oute of a fyrye busshe what he shulde do Euē so is here the hand of god painted in a busshe oueragainst the pope sitting vpon his knees threatning and rebuking the pope bycause he doth vtterly applye him selfe to the riches dominion of this worlde which is contrary to the vocation and nature of the apostolicall function Suche threateninges admonitions and warninges haue manye yeres agone bene geuen to the pope of manye and dyuers faithfull men Ye and thoughe certaine popes faine wolde haue amended it It coulde not be For it were agreat abuse to the church of rome Nether wolde the foxesse suffre it to be done that is to say the Cardinalles Notaries and other of that see the whiche euen at this present pull backewardes fearinge that if the pope shulde followe Peter and Paule their doctrine and lyfe then must they likewise become poore And that the foxes signifie such as attaininge to the vnfaithfull princes and gouernours the same shalte thou fynde Luc. xiii where as Christe calleth Herode themperours deputy at Ierusalem a foxe Luc. xiii Whiles nowe the pope hearethe not the voice of god he imagineth and practisethe al waies and meanes to haue the Aigle by the throte that is to subdue and bringe themperour vnder his power and dominion ¶ The pope hath the Aigle by the throte and foyneth at the other byrdes lykewyse with hys threforked scepter and the same affirmeth a monke to be agreable to scripture WHen a man is taken by the throte then must he nedes do what soeuer his aduersary requirethe Howe longe and what maner of practise sutteltie the pope hath vsed vntyll suche tyme as he had gotten thempire vnder his subieccion is not necessarie here to be written seing it is mencioned before But this is very necessarye to be knowen after what sorte he handled themperoure when he toke thaigle by the throte In the time of Iohan the .xii. and Otto the firste there was stablyshed a greuouse intollerable hurtefull and exitiable othe to all thempire to be sworne of all emperours The oth of themperor to the pope in this maner I Otto the good promyse and swere vnto the pope Iohn my soueraine lorde by the father sonne and holy goste c. That if I come to the citye of rome I shal exalt and promote the holy churche of rome and the as ruler of the same to my power and abilitie And farthermore that thou shalt lose no parte of thy liuinge nor dignitie whiche thou haste with my will counsell or assente And within the citie of rome nothing to command or institute concerning thinges belonging vnto you or the Romains with out thy counsel And all the londes longinge to s Peter so that they come vnder oure iurisdiction to restore vnto you And whome soeuer I permytte to the gouernaunce of Italye hym will I lykewise bynde by his othe to be assistente vnto you and a defender of the Landes and possessions of sainte Peter to his power THe pope had the power to stablyshe and sette forthe this othe by the auctorite and accordinge to the tenoure of his spirituall lawe .xii. q.i.