at the last giues vp his verdit Bellar. lib. 5. de iustifiâ—at c. 7. saying propter periculum maius gloriae tutissimum est fiduciam totam in sola Dei misericordia et benignitate reponere for the more assurance of future glorie it is the safest way to put our whole trust and confidence in the mercy and louing kindnesse of Almighty God 17. Luke 9. Dan. For when wee haue done all that wee can wee are but vnprofitable seruants wherefore wee pray not in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifolde mercies Now let the Papist then speake whether he be that blood desiring or soule-deuouring Atheist Pope Hildebrand Benno Cardinal in vita gest Hildebrand quia diebus per paganos Christum publice persequi non poterat per falsum Monachum sub habitu Monastico sub habitu religionis nomen Christi fradulenter subuertere disponebat because he could not in publicke conueniently persecute Christ he sought in secret vndeâ— the pretence of religion deceitfullie to subuert the name of the annointed Seneca The old Romaines professed religion magis admorem quam adrem rather for fashion then for truth and more to satissie the law then to be pleasing vnto God Wherefore Pontifex Sheuola said expedit falli in religione ciuitates Ang. ciuitat 6. c. 10. lib. 4. cap. 26. quia non nisi homines in metu quodam et officio continendos eandem proponi censendum est It is expedient that cities should be deceiued concerning religion because it serues to â—o other end but to keepe them in feare and in their dutie And to what other end belongs the Romish Indulgences and Popish Purgatorie but to keepe men in feare and picke their purses For who doe they place in Purgatorie but the rich and wealthy men by whome they may haue proffit and aduantage by helping them out of pryson Bellar. de purg lib. 2. cap. 15. 18. and praying for them that they might haue ease Platina Yet Harding somtimes called it purgatorij pictas flammas and Papyraceos parietes painted flames and paper wals And Platina recorded that Pope Bone-face and 8. populis et regibus terrorem potius quà m religionem incutere conabatur indeauoured rather to feare and terrifie kings and people then to instruct them in religion Ioh. Dubrau hist Bohem. lib. 13.1 Did not the Popes Indulgences to the Bohemians promise plenam condonationem delictorum full pardon of all their sinnes which made Iohn Hussius depart from the sea oâ— Rome Huss And Tetzelius that impudent publisher of that trash perswaded the people animam in coelum euolare quam primum iactuâ— nummulus in cista tinuerit the soule should flye to heauen so soone as the money gingled in the box which made Luther forsake the Pope And good reason for what is his religion but the high way to Atheisme seeing no man will feare to sinne that can buy it off with a little money Taxa cancel Apost printed at Paris 1520. Hath not periury fratricide theft whoredome murder sacriledge patricide and euery sinne his price to be sould in the Popes shop Lib. Tax published at Rome 1475. An absolution for them that carnally know their mother sister kinswoman tantuÌ„ quinque 13. Rom. Barnard Epist 42. grossis est taxata yea any sinne may haue his pardon for his price Thus may the Pope not only breake the laws of God himselfe Chrysest in Rom. hom 23. but likewise dispence with others for the same He will not be subiect to Kings Princes nor permit his Priests Theod. Theoph Oecumen in Rom. lib. 4. sent dist 34. and Monkes to obey the word Yea illa praecepta quaein â—ege Dei de gradibus matrimonialibus lata sunt Papa iure positiuo siue ecclesiastico immutare potest He may change the lawe of God touching degrees of matrimonie and now Emanuell king of Portugall may marry two sisters and if the king of Naples marry his fathers sister C. acsi Clerici deiudieiâ—s Vuâ—sleius Gronninges â—â—act de indulgent Alexander the sixt can grant a dispensation if the Priest cleargie men be adulterers Episcopis datur à pontifice dispensandi facultas the Pope will giue the Bishops power to grant them dispensations yea Sixtus the 4. gaue the whole familie of the Cardinall of Saint Luce a dispensation to vse Sodomie in Iune Iuly August It may be you beholde a peece of their Atheisticall physnomie but will you see it wholely vnmasked Matchiauell that politique Atheist sets it downe for a principle that Princeps Mach. de princip cap. 17. quum morte adficere aliquem cupâ—t speciosum aliquem praâ— textum adhibere debet The Prince must haue alwayes some probable pretence sor his practise and then he may proceed vnto his murders Dion in Nerone Dion in Caracalla As had Nero when he put his Mother to death and Caracalla when he killed his brother Seta The Iewes making stirres and commotions in Indea and Samaria Iosephus lib. 4. de bello Iudaic. about the time of Neroes Empery pretended religio and insâ—â—uta maiorum religion and statutes of their auncienters to be the cause of their rebellion whereas indeed they cared for nothing lesse then for religion Templum enim pro cuius gloria pugnarese dicebant igne consumpserunt et pertinacia sua vrbem et ecclesiam extrema clade deuastarunt for they burned the temple for which they said they tooke vp armes and by their obstinacie vtterly destroyed the citie and the temple And is not the Popes pretence religion when he would achieue any matter or performe any mischife for who so fulfils not the Popes mind must by and by be an hereticke Volatcran What translated the Empire of Constantinople heresie as the Popes did please to call it Philip. haeret Auno 713. And why was Philip the Emperor denounced to be an hereticke quod ex mandato Dei Idola ex templis sustulisset because he tooke Idols out of the Temples and from the Churches according to Gods commandement Why was Fredericke the second an heretick for holding the wrong stirrop of the Pope why was Philip of France an hereticke 4. Philip. because hee would not take vâ— armes against forraine nations Betrand hist Thol Guido Perpin lib. de haeres aâ— the commandement of Pope Bâ—niface the eight How was Raimâ—â— handled by his holinesse Egiliard for nâ—â— burning the Albigenses And wâ—â— not religion his pretence Palmerius when â—â— exiled Desiderius king of Italy with wife and children into Lions there to end his dayes in misery and his kingdome made S. Peters patrimâ—â—ny Yet it was cuident Guisies non religionem sed regionem affectare Was not religion the pretence of that infamous Masacre of FraÌ„ce of the poysoning of Iohn king of England by a Monke albeit the king had farmed his crowne of the Pope And is it not
with Fredericke nor gaue him homage paying a hundred markes a yeare with Richard therfore she is a preteÌ„ced Queene Anno. 1569. and must be excoÌ„municated cursed disherited and what not Now must D. Morton stir vp the English Catholicks to rebellion and raise coÌ„motions in the Noth now must auriculer confession cast the anker of conspiracy and the traterous Iesuites lay their bloody handes vpon the Lordes anoynted a faithfull progeny issuing from a murdering spanish souldier Ignatius de Laiola Concil Chalceden Niceph. 13. c. 34. Yet thus delt not the primitiue Church with Constantius and Anastasius albeit both atached of heresie the one with Eutichisme and the other with Arrianisme But what thinke our moderne Papists of this Antichristian Bull First they demaund An catholici non teneantur virtute Bullae contra eam arma sumere These many more Articles of the same sort were found and taken in the search for Dauid Engle field in York eshireâ— recorded there in the memories of the couÌ„â— cell intituled Ad consolationem instructionem AngloruÌ„ catholicorum confessariorum eam deponere incarcerare vel occidere data opertunâ—â—ate et victoriae consequendae probabilitate c. Whether the Catholickes are not bound by the verâ—ue of that Bull to take vp armes against her Maiesty to depose imprison or kilher if oportunity serue or if there be any probability of the victory vnto which is answered non teneri nisi c. They are not simply bound therevnto by the vertue of the Bull except the matter be so handled as they may be assured of the victory and in that case all are bound to doe their vttermost for the common good of faith and religion Secondly they demaund An stante Bulla in virtute priuatus possit eamâ— occidere whether it be lawfull for a priuate man to kill her by the vertue of the Bull To which it is answered It is lawfull out of doubt Papists are no traytors if he be sure by that meanes to deliuer the kingdome from oppression Thirdly An Catholici c. whether the Catholicke may take an oath that Elizabeth is the true Queene of England To this after some demurre is answered albeiâ— they must not sweare falsely yet they may hide and couer the truth with any kinde of aequiuocation or doubling especially if the demandes be not according to lawe Bulla quatenus spectat ad fauorem religionis catholicorum efficax integrum manâ—â— or before a lawfull Iudge As if it be demanded whether she be the true Queene it is enough for their oath if they vnderstand it that so indeed the common people take her or her adherents or after any other sort Fourthly An Catholici c. Whether the Catholickes for all their oath may by the vertue of the Bull take vp armes against her Maiestie vpon any oportunitie wherevnto they answer Basil Yet God accepts of the oath according to his meaning that giues the oath or as he vnderstands it to whome we sweare they may do it in the case of religion yea although there were no Bull yet it is lawfull to ouerthrow thrust a tyrant from the throne Lastly to omit the rest An princeps ant regina ipsa excommunicata c. Whether the Queene being excommunicated and denounced an heretick she be also depriued of the right title of the kingdome the people freed from their oath allegianceâ— To which is answered affirmatiuely Yet all the Papists in the world are not able to conuince her Grace of any heresie or tyrannie adding moreouer that the Queene of England not onely because she is a heretick and a tyrant but also because she rules with the hurt losse dammage and disturbance of the whole Church of England may be lawfully thrown from her kingdome had there bin no bull published against her Beholde how they make the lawes of God of none effect Periurare fallere dissimulare to forsweare Mach. com 2. cap. 13. dissemble and deceaue is a commaundement of their good Lord Machiauell If they be summoned before heretickes sophisticè iurare et sophisticè respondere to sweare deceitfully and to answere Sophistically is authorized by their Canons Int. quâ—â—st ad tribunal iudicis pertinentes Q. 2. quomodo respond in tribunali haeret Indeede the heretickes called Henriciani and Apostolici Iuramenta nec licita probarunt nec peier are dubitarunt neither allowed bathes as lawfull nor made any question to breake them or to be forsworne 2. Luke Christ bids vs indure with patience the Pope coÌ„mandes to resist with violence 1. pet 3.2 3. Coloâ— 2. Titus Iude. S. Peter saith honor the king be subiect saith S. Paule and speake not euill of those that are in authority is the concord of the scripture curse not the king saith the wiseman pray for kings saith the Apostle 10. Eccles 1. Timoth. 1. 1. Tim. 2. 2. Math. and giue to Caesar that which is Caesars saith Christ Colimus imperatorem vt hominem à Deo secundum we reuerence the Emperor as one next vnto God saith Tertullian Tertul. ad Scap. Tertul. Apol. Christians prayed for the Emperor in the primitiue Church and were no rebells yea it was the poesie of the Elder Church malumus occidi quà m occidere we had rather be killed then kil Aug. de morib eccles catho lib. 1. c. 30. Catholica ecclesia docet populos vt se subdaÌ„t regibus the catholick Church teacheth the people to be subiect vnto Kings and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Can. Apost 83. If any reuile the King or dishonor the Maiestrate if hee be a Clergy-man he must be deposed or if a lay man excommunicated Constantinus Valens Valentinian the younger Anastasius Iustinian Her aclius Iustinian the fourth were hereticall Princes Iulian was an Apostate yet the church of Christ indured Aug. in Psal 124. serued and obeyed them milites Christiani seruierunt Imper atori infideli Dauid would neither kill Saule nor suffer any of his souldiers to lay their handes vpon the Lords anoynted 1 Sam. 16. 1. Sam. 22. 1. Sam. 24. 1. Sam. 26. Aug. cont lit Perili lib. 2. cap. 48. Ecce Saul non habebat innocentiam et tamen habebat sanctitatem non vitae fed vnctionis Yet Dauid was a man of God Atâ—â—naricus king of Gothes when he came to visite Theodosius the Emperor said sine dubio Deus terrenus est Imperator Baul us Diacon de gest Rom. lib. 1. contra quem quicunque manus leuare missus fuerit ipse sui sanguinis reus extitit out of doubt the Emperor is another God on earth against whome who so shall seeme to list vp his hands is guilty of his owne bloud and destruction Yet Athanaricus was an heathen D. Allen lib. of the defence of Catholickes 8. Iohn Walden Cont. Wicleuâ—stas lib. 2. 5. Prou. 17. Deut. 1. Sam. 9. 1. King 12. 1. King
17. But the Iesuites both against the scripture nature religion and all antiquity allow the murdering of Princes an euident signe who is their father The Papists say kings raigne by the Pope but the scripture saith they rule by God And he that resistes the king withstaÌ„des the ordinance of God Ieroboham was an Idolater yet none of the Propheâ—â— perswaded any of the people to kill him Ahab was an Idolater yet Elias seekes no insurrection Ieremy vnder Zedechias Daniel vnder Nabuchodonoser Christ vnder Pilate Iohn vnder Herod Paule vnder Faelix and Peter vnder Nero line yet moue not the people to rebellion But the Papists haue beene the authors almost of all the warres euersions and dissentions that haue happened for the space of 700. yeares in disturbed Christendom Gregory the second Gregory the third and Leo the third made Italy decline from their soueraigne Emperor Adrian the first set the Frenchmen against the Lombardes and maintained Pippins rebellions against king Childerick Were they not Popes that set the FreÌ„ch Germans at oddes that held war themselues against Henry the 4. the 5. Fredericke the first and the second Ludouick Bauarus and suggested others to do the like Were they not Popes that disturbed Naples Aragon sowed discorde betweene France and Spaine the Greekes and Normans England FraÌ„ce France and Germany Prince and people Hist Flor. lib. 1. Guiccard lib. 1. Machi hist Flor. lib. 1. Insomuch as Machauell could note the Romaine Church to bee the cause of all the calamities of Italy What should I here relate the hurliburlies raysed and increased by Iulius the second the slaughters caused by Innocentius the third Of Nice and Goâ—stantinopl Synod Carthag can 6.2 q. 2. c. placuit c. 36. Gratian. â—â—st 22. â—â—renouintes Tonstal burned English testaments at Paules crosse and Nicholas the third these may giue vs a tast that their whole religion is but politique Atheisme It were worth the noting to marke how they corrupt the scriptures suppresse the trueth depraue the auncient counsels falsifie Synods change the Canons set vp fictions displace antiquities forge nouelties falsifie laws faine authors peruert tables burne bills set some of the fathers vpon the racke thrust the rest into purgatory Witnes one for many Bellarmine their chiefe champion whose pollicy is sometime to change the state of the cause at his pleasure sometime to trouble the whole order with new distinctions on the wordes Now to giue one and the same author yea one and the same booke both the liking and the lie Index expurgatorius as it shall be for him or against him then to turne the affirmatiue sentences of the fathers into Negatiues Abraham Sculteti Epist nucupator and their negatiues into affirmatiues otherwhiles to quote halfe a speach and period for the whole and then againe to bring in counterfeites among the fathers coine yea and to preferre the barbarous translations of the Latins if they serue his turne before the purity of the Grecian coppies that make not for him And it is no pollicie to keepe their nouices froÌ„ reading the booke of protestants Concil Trid. or was it not foxlike cruelty to condemne William Tolwin for an heretick being maister of artes because he had bookes of Frith and Ridley Melanthon and the confession of the Germans Anno. 1541. compelling him to recant it at Paules crosse Bellar. lib. de Rom. pontific 2. 3. And now men must build their faith vpon the Popes mouth for he caÌ„not err Yet Liberius was an Arrian Acasias 2 Nouatian Honorius 2 Monothelite Siluester the 2. Iohn the 18. Gratian. 2. dist 19. Platina Luitprand Iohn the 19. Iohn the 20. Bennet the 8. Bennet the 9. Gregory the 7. were Negromancers Iohn the 13. maintained open stewes Boniface the 8. was fouÌ„d guilty of heresie murder Fascie tempo Theod. a Nieen lib 3. cap. 9. Abbas Vrsperg Simony and Iohn the 14. was conuicted of heresie by the counsell of Constance Howbeit the Papists would not beleeue the scriptures no not Christum natum passum c. Benno Cardinal that Chrst was borne suffred rose neither the resurrection life euerlasting the trinity no nor that there was a God Nisipropter ecclesiae authoritatem but for the authority of their Church and yet the church depends vpon the Pope Stapleton lib. 1. 10. sect 3. c. 2 sect 6. c 2.13 sect 12. qui pleruÌ„que tantuÌ„ in se fidei habet quantum Turcarum imperator who for the most part hath as much faith and religioÌ„ in him Whittach cont Staplet oc author sact script lib. 1. cap. 2. as their great Turke And I pray you what more high way can there be vnto Atheisme then to build faith scriptures church and all vpon the Pope in whome is nothing but a masse of heresie and infidelity No maruell now if the canon of the scripture be so vncertaine among the Papists seeing the Pope may detract adde vnto it what he list If the third councell of Carthage decree vpon a canon Trid. concil sess 4. cap. 2. yet may the councell of Trident adde vnto it Baruch and Ecclesiasticus by the priuiledge of his Popeship Rhenatus Bcnedictus vpon commission may adde the 3. Lib. 1. cap. 8. stromar 4. books of Esdras to the Canon And his papacie may put in more into the canon then either the Fathers Concil Laod. c. 84. Origin Gelasius Nazianz. Hieron in prolog Galiato Athanas in synops sacr script or the Laodicean councell and for the interpretations of the scriptures if the Romists interpret it it must stand for the word of God be it meuer so false and ridiculous But can the Papists deride their religion How thinke you what did Hildebrand the Pope wheÌ„ he asked councell of the diuell Hosius de expres verbo Dei or the Bishops the sacrifising Priests demanding Satans iudgement policie touching the ruine of the Florentines signo dato hostiam Benno Cardinal id est deum suum igni inijciunt when they receiued a discoÌ„tented signe Volater lib. 5. Georg. they threw their host that is their God into the fire Boniface the 8. because Procherus tooke part with the Gibellines Harding Confut. Apol. Anglic. which were his aduersaries said vnto him vpoÌ„ Ashwednesday the solemne day of ashes memento homo quod Gibellinus es Concil Later sess 10. sub Leone 10. et cuÌ„ Gibellinis in terraÌ„ reuerteris RemeÌ„ber maÌ„ not that thou art ashes but that thou art of the stocke and faction of the Gibellines Nauclerus Ann. 677 Agathon in the first generall Councell at Constantinople and that with the Gibellines thou shalt returne vnto the earth and forthwith he threw ashes in his face Do they not defend whoredome taking tribute à meretricibus of stewes and harlots do they not defend vsury and call them montes pietatis rockes and mountaines of piety and deuotion