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A04483	A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589.	1582 (1582)	STC 14614; ESTC S107782	85,989	232

preserue from hir royall seate and teareth the Crowne from hir head it dischargeth all vs hir naturall Subiectes from all due obedience it armeth one side of vs against an other it emboldeneth vs to burne to spoile to robbe to kill and to cutte one an others throate it is much like that boxe which Pandora sente to Epimetheus full of hurtefull and vnholesome euilles Are you desirous to heare it it gréeueth me to disclose and your godlye eares will hardely abide his vnséemely spéeches Yet séeing hée hathe written them and hathe conueyed hys Copies thereof to worke the mischiefe hée hath entēded I may the better rehearse them vnto you if withall your discreation prouide to season them with the feare of God and with due obedience vnto our dread Soueraigne vsing these two as the holesome meale of Elizeus to preserue from infection in the tasting of these wilde gourdes then shall you by this Bul espie out Antichrist euen that man of sinne the sonne of perdition who is exalted aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped The matter is long Pope Pius hathe bestowed some paines in writiting of falshod let vs take some paines to heare the truth But before I lay abroad to your sight the packet of his grosse vntruths and in the dutie of a good Subiect make a true report of that estate wherin we liue as well of religion as of ciuill policie against the slanderous Libel of this man of sinne if otherwise than my wonted manner hathe béene anye harde or sharpe spéeche passe from me or if I speake more particularly of persons liuing and matters well knowen vnto you than may séeme fit for this place I muste desire your pardon séeing the occasion is suche that it driueth me to bée plaine earnest For she is the seruaunt of GOD she is my gratious Lady and dread Soueraigne I haue sworne trueth to hir Maiestie If I knewe there were in mine hart one drop of disloyal bloude towards hir I woulde take my knife and let it out The Title is Sententia declaratoria contra Elizabeth c. A Sentence denoūced against Elizabeth our noble and renowmed Queene whom God hath mercifully apointed to rule ouer vs in place of hir noble Progenitours A Sentence is the conclusion of Iudgement and the ende of controuersies wherein manye thinges are to bée considered that the Iudge bée competent also graue and sober and wise and vpright that he call the partie and examine the cause and weigh the circumstances and haue conference with the learned that then vpō great aduise and du● proofes setting all affection aside and hauing God onelye before his eyes he open his mouth and pronounce sentence Nowe if the Iudge be a partie or haue no iurisdiction ouer them whome he iudgeth and therefore bée not a competent Iudge if he sende forth no processe kéep no order nor form of iudgement if the party be not called if the matter be not duely examined if the presumption be false if there be no proofes if he beginne where he shoulde end and declare a sentence of his owne affection without the feare of God againste God and against his anointed thē he is no Iudge his sentence is no sentence but rather a wicked Iudge a corrupt sentence These circumstances are substantiall and being wel considered will make you the better able to iudge of these rash procéedings After this his angry Title his Holinesse hath thought good to shew vs some little of his pretie imagery and maketh Peter stand on the one side with Keyes and a poesie Tibi dabo claues regni coelorum I wil giue the Keyes of the kingdome of Heauen to thee And leaste you shoulde not yet finde whiche is he he is marked Petrus clauiger Peter the Key-bearer Paule is placed on the lefte side with his Sworde his marke is Paulus ●nsifer Paule the Sword bearer and hys circumscription Paulus doctor gentium vas electionis Paule the Doctor of Gentiles and elect vessel and betwéen them both the Popes Armes the triple Myter the Crosse Keyes and sixe Gunne stones so he maketh the two Apostles supporters of his Armes setteth forth himselfe vnder their name and credite As if he should say I sit here in the seate of Peter and Paule euen as did the Pharisees sometimes We are the seede of Abraham Wee are the children of the Prophets We sit in the chaire of Moses But the Apostle warneth vs Such false Apostles are deceitfull workemen and transform themselues into the Apostles of Christ and no maruell for Satan him selfe is transfourmed into an Angell of Light What right hath he to cary Peters Keyes Chrysostome saith Clauisest scientia Scripturarum the Key is the knowledge of the Scriptures and Tertullian an other auntient Writer saith Clauis est expositio legis the Key is the exposition of the Lawe Againe what hathe he to doe wyth Paules Sworde that Sworde wherewith Paule foughte is the word of God which is liuely and mightie in operation and sharper than any two edged Sword and entreth thorough euen to the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit and of the ioints and the marowe and is a discerner of the thoughtes and intentes of the heart Why bringeth he forth Paule wyth his naked Sworde and why maketh hée shewe of Peters Keyes In what Pulpit didde he euer sette foote where hath he opened the Scripturs of God where hath he taught the expositiō of the law where did he euer fight with the Sword of the spirite the Sworde whiche hée vseth is the Sworde of ambition and of couetousnesse the Sworde of extortion the Sworde of crueltie and tyrannie wherewith he fighteth againste al truth al equitie al honestie It is the Sword of which the Prophet speaketh their tong is a sharp Sword y t Key whiche he beareth is the Key of Error it is the Key of the bottomlesse pit Certainly Christ will say vnto this Keykeeper wo be to thee Scribe and Pharisee hypocrite because thou shuttest vp the kingdome of Heauen before men for thou hast taken away the Key of Knowledge thou hast not entred in thy self them that came in thou forbaddest Let hym therefore leaue to deceiue the worlde any longer vnder the names and by the countenaunce of the Apostles of Christ. S. Hierome sayth it is no easie matter to stand in the place of Peter and Paule to holde the Chaire of them nowe raigning with Christ. And againe he saith Non sunt filij sanctorum qui tenent loca sanctorum they bee not euermore the childrē of holy mē which sit in the roomes of holy men Peter was a principall Apostle Paule was a vessel chosen of God to beare his name before the Gentiles and Kinges and the children of Israel Did they send such Buls into the world were they such workers of Treason did they disquiet the Lande by stirring vp ciuill warres verily

these holy Apostles will reason this case with Pope Pius What warrant haddest thou to vse our names why doest thou make our Images and sette them before thy Bulles what doest thou like vnto vs or what did we like vnto that thou doest is this our Gospell did we preache thus is this that for which we loste our liues thou art not our successour thou doest vs wrong we knowe thée not We neuer discharged subiectes from their oath of obedience we did neuer stir vp one Prince againste an other thou haste no déed of ours for thine example thou hast no worde of ours for thy doings thou doest vs wrong wée disclaime thée wée know thée not Thus much of his Title and Armes Pius Episcopus seruus seruorum Dei ad futuram rei memortam Pius Bishop the seruant of Gods seruants to be kepte in remembrance for euer O how lowly humble this man semeth méeke words when he is contented to be a seruaunt yea a seruaunt vnto seruantes He hathe made his Stile so low that you woulde thinke he were putte to the worste and vilest seruice among his fellow●● that he were the common drudge mainteined with cast apparell little accompted of and readie to runne and goe at euery bodies commandement But what seruice doth he either worldly or heauenly or bodily or ghostly Let Pope Pius tell his owne tale he saith hunc vnum super omnes gentes super omnia regna principem constituit Christ hathe appointed him onelye to bee the Prince ouer al nations and ouer al kingdomes Marke his wordes well and sée how they hang togither he sayth I am a Seruaunt and that is not all I am the Seruaunt of Seruaunts therefore I am no Prince But as though he were sory those words had escaped him he mendeth the matter I haue power ouer all nations and ouer all kingdomes therefore I am no seruant If he be a seruant so vile a seruant how is he a Prince or if he be a Prince and so mightie a Prince how is he a seruant what shift soeuer he vseth néeds he must be taken If he be true in the one he is false in the other It is well with him that he can not erre and that his words must bee taken as the worde of God that he maye iudge all men but all the worlde maye not iudge him and that hee maye not with M. Hardings liking be accused by Hicke Hob and Haunce and iudged by Iacke and Gill. Were it not that he hath giuen himself priuiledge thus to sitte as God in the Temple of God and to beare in hand that he is God Were it not that his props and vpholders might so scorne and disdaine the iudgement of the whole world it woulde be no harde matter to trippe him in his tale and take hym in manifest vntrueth For when this Seruant sitteth at table the Emperour may not sitte with him When hée sitteth in Councell the Emperour sitteth below at his féete Princes and Kings doe him seruice they holde his Styrrop leade his bridle carrie his traine and beare dishes to his Table he walketh not foorthe on foote but is caried on mens shoulders in gorgeous attire shining glittering w t golde and pretious stones It is worthye the noting whiche Albertus Krantzius who writeth the Historie of Germanie reporteth of Pope Boniface the eight Vtriusque penes se vnum gladij potestatem manere affirmabat quod ipso apparatu in eo qui tum agebatur in vrbe iubileo solenniter fertur ostentasse primo quidem solenni die in pontificalibus apparens populo apostolicam illis benedictionem impartitur postero autem die imperiali habitu insula nihilominus Cesarea insignis gladium ante se nudatū iussit deferri sedens alta voce testatur Ecce duo gladij hic Boniface didde affirme that the power of bothe Swordes didde remaine in hym alone whiche thing they saye hee didde solemnely declare in his attyre at the Iubilee which was then kepte in the Citie For the first day of that solemnitie he shewed forth himselfe before the people in Bishop-like arraye and gaue them Apostolike blessing But the nexte daye he was clothed in Robes like an Emperour hauing the Imperiall Crowne vppon hys heade Hee commaunded a naked Sworde to bee carried before him and as hee sate spake out in a loude voice behold here are twoo Swordes Vides ô Petre sayeth Krantzius Successorem tuum tu salutifer Christe tuum cerne Vicarium Vide quò ascendit superbia serui seruorum tuorū Thou seest thy successour o Peter and thou o Sauiour Christe looke vppon thy Vicar Beholde the pride of the seruaunte of thy seruants whether and to what it is come No doubt his Holinesse hath bestowed some studie about the matter and therefore would faine it shoulde be knowen neuer forgotten but registred Ad futuram rei memoriam to remaine and bee remembred hereafter Heare it therefore ye men and brethren yée Babes and children You are the sonnes of God you are the children of the holy fathers You shall sée that Babilon which hathe made drunken the Princes of the worlde with hir golden cup. You shall sée him that dothe sitte as God in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God And that you may take the better viewe of him I wil lay opē before you the manifest vntruths of his Libel and so make you iudges of his vniust sentence First it is vntrue that hee is the seruant of seruants because he writeth him selfe in the same Sentence Prince ouer al nations and kingdomes Againe it is vntrue that he is Prince ouer al nations and kingdomes because he writeth himselfe seruus seruorum a seruant vnto seruants That also which foloweth is false Regnans in excelsis vni soli Petro Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam Apostolicam commist gubernandam He that ruleth in the Heauens hathe giuen to Peter alone the gouernement of the holy Catholike and Apostolike Churche For where didde Christe make this commission to Peter onely where be the words in what Scripture in what Gospell or Epistle where did Christ euer say to Peter I cōmit the gouernement of the Church to thée alone if Pope Pius tale bée true why doth he not proue it if it be false how dare he write it it is not méete the Vicar of Christ should falsifie the words of Christe Christe spake to al the Apostles and not to Peter alone Goe to the loste sheepe of the house of Israel Christ saide to al the Apostles and not to Peter alone Goe and teache al nations baptising them in the name of the of the father and of the sonne and of the holy Ghost Dauid the Prophet spake not of Peter alone but of al the Apostles Their sound is gone into the endes of the worlde Wherefore doth he then enclose that to Peter alone whiche is common vnto al

the fruit therof appeare but reiect it and make it a reproch and cast it away from vs and therfore is it that the Lord doth cast vs away that we are vnwise that we please our selues with our own deuises and follow our owne imaginatiōs and perish because we haue not vnderstanding to heare y e instruction of the Lords word but like ignorant mē disallow it and cast it behinde the backe The consideration hereof moueth mée to say somewhat of the holy Scriptures whyche are the bright Sunne of God whiche bring light vnto our wayes and comforte to all parts of our life and saluation to our soules In whiche is made knowen vnto vs our estate and the mercie of God in Christe our Sauiour witnessed That we may the better sée the path whiche wée haue to walke in my meaning is truely and plainely and shortly to shewe you what Auctoritie and Maiestie the worde of God beareth then what Profite we maye reape by it also howe needeful it is that we be wel instructed in the holy Scriptures and what Pleasure and Delectation a Christian conscience may finde in them and lastle whether they be darke and doubtfull or plaine and easie for youre vnderstanding that when we know the Maiestie and Auctoritie of the worde and what comforte and profitte GOD giueth vs by it we depriue not our selues thereof by oure vnthankefulnesse nor close vp our eyes that we sée it not but heare it in reuerence and in feare that it may be fruitfull in vs and we receiue it not in vaine The Scriptures are the worde of God What title can ther be of greater value what may be said of them to make them of greater auctoritie thā to say The Lord hath spoken them That they came not by the wil of men but holie men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost At the worde or Proclamation of an earthly Prince we stand vppe and vaile our bonnets and giue good eare to it we are bounde so to doe it is oure duetie such honour belongeth to the powers that are placed to rule ouer vs for they are ordained of God And who soeuer resisteth them resssteth the ordinance of God If we shoulde haue a reuelation and heare an Angell speake vnto vs how carefull would we be to marke and remember and be able to declare the words of the Aungel yet is an Aungel but a glorious creature and not God And what is a King greate and mightie yet mortall and subiecte to death creature and not God And what is a King great and mightie yet mortall and subiecte to death His breath departeth and his name shal perishe Bothe he and his worde his power and his puissance shall haue an ende But the word of the Gospell is not as the worde of an earthly Prince It is of more Maiestie than the word of an Angel The Apostle sayeth If the worde spoken by Aungels was stedfaste and euerie transgression disobediēce receiued a iust recompence of rewarde how shall wee escape if wee neglecte so great saluation whiche at the firste beganne to bee preached by the Lorde and was confirmed vnto vs by them that hearde him God saith by the Prophet Esay My word shal accomplish that whiche I will and it shal prosper in the thing whereto I sent it And the same Prophet saith The worde of God shall stand for euer And It is more easie that Heauen and Earth passe awaie than that one title of the Lawe shoulde faile sayth our fauiour For it is the worde of the liuing and almightie God of the God of Hostes whyche hathe done whatsoeuer pleased him bothe in heauen and in earth By thys worde he maketh hys will knowen I haue not spoken of my selfe sayeth Christe but the Father whiche sente mee gaue mee a commaundemente what I shoulde saye and what I shoulde speake And againe If I hadde not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde not haue had sinne but now haue they no cloake for their sinne No man hath séene God at any time He is inuisible no eie can reach vnto him The onelye begotten sonne whyche is in the bosome of hys Father he hath declared him he hathe shewed vs the throne of grace that wée may seeke for mercie and finde grace in time of néede he hath disclosed vnto vs the will of his father He hath lefte vnto vs and ordained that we should heare his holy worde Thys word the Angelles and blessed spirits vsed when they came down from Heauen to speake vnto the people when they came to the blessed Uirgine and to Ioseph and to others they spake as it was written in the Prophetes and in the Scriptures of God they thought not their owne auctoritie sufficient but they tooke credite to theyr saying and auctoritie to their message oute of the worde of God This Worde the Prophetes vouched and alleadged to the people Albeit they were sanctified in their mothers wombe albeit God had endued them with his heauenly spirite although a Seraphin came vnto one of them and touched his mouth with a hote coale albeit he sawe the Lorde sitting vpon an high throne yet they woulde not speake as of themselues but onelye in the name of the Lord for thus they vsed to say The Lord hath spoken this is the worde of the Lorde Heare what the Lorde saith Sainct Paule albeit hée was taken vppe into the third Heauen and into Paradise and hearde wordes that are not lawefull for man to vtter yet he wrote not his owne words to the Churches of Rome of Corinth and Thessalonica and of other places but deliuered which had receiued and taught them according to the Scriptures This word is the true Manna it is the bread which came downe from Heauen it is the key of the kingdom of heauen it is the sauour of life vnto life it is the power of God vnto saluation In it God sheweth vnto vs hys mighte hys wisedome and his glorie By it he wil be knowen of vs. By it he will be honored of his creaturs Whatsoeuer truth is brought vnto vs contrarie to the word of God it is not truth but falsehoode and errour whatsoeuer honour done vnto God disagréeth from the honor required by his worde it is not honour vnto God but blasphemie As Christ saith In vaine they worship me teaching for doctrines mens precepts By Esay God saith Who required this at your hands And by Ieremie I spake not vnto your Fathers nor commaunded them when I brought them out of the lande of Aegipt concerning burnt offerings Sacrifices But this thing commaunded I them saying obey my voice and I will bee your God and yee shall be my people and walke yee in all the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that it may bee well vnto you Againe What is the Chaffe to the Wheate saith the Lord What are your dreames to be weighed with the truth of God Search the

the Apostles He saith Christe hathe giuen charge ouer his Church to Peter alone But Ciprian saith Parem tribuit Apostolis omnibus auctoritatem hoc vtique erant caeteri Apostoli quod fuit Petrus pari consortio praediti honoris potestatis The Lord gaue vnto his Apostles like power the reste of the Apostles were euen the same that Peter was endewed with like felowship both of honour and of power And Hierome saith Ex aequo super omnes Apostolos Ecclesiae fortitudo solidatur The strength of the Church is foūded equally vpon al the Apostles He addeth further Petrique successori Romano pontifici And to the Bishoppe of Rome Peters Successour This is another vntruth and the cause of al this stir this is it wherefore Peter is set so farre before his fellowes The Pope maketh Peter a rocke the other Apostles small péeplestones to be builte vpon him Peter a Shéepheard y e other Apostles shéep Peter a Schoolemaister the other Apostles his schollers Peter a Giant the other Apostles little Babes And al thys he doth to enfeoff the Pope with that fulnesse of power whervnto he entitleth Peter To proofe whereof M. Harding sayth Nowe wee are not bounde to obey Peter and Paule but him that sitteth in their Chaire This is their Doctrine thus they teache so boldly dare they sette out their blasphemies against God The whole Churche saieth Pope Pius is committed to the Pope alone by the commaundement and worde of God What Apostle or Euangelist euer wrote so where didde Christe at anye time speake of the Pope or of Peters successour or of the Byshoppe of Rome What auntient Counsell what olde Doctor what Father Augustine Ambrose Hierome Chrysostome Basil euer saide that the whole Church was committed to the Pope alone It is not fitte the Pope should draw his owne Charter If no Euangelist nor Apostle no auntient Doctor nor olde Councel wil come in and beare him witnes it is not likely he hath giuen true euidence Yet he saith moreouer In plenitudine potestatis tradidit Christe hath giuen this commission in fulnesse of power This is a fifth vntruth It is wonderfull to sée howe muche they make of this fulnesse of power Abbot Panormitane telleth vs Plenitudo potestatis omnem superat legem positiuam sufficit quod in Papa sit pro ratione voluntas The fulnesse of power passeth all positiue lawe and it is sufficient in the Pope that will stande in steade of reason Durande doth tell vs al Bishoppes are deriued from the Pope as members from the head and all they receiue of hys fulnesse there was a Councell holden at Laterane in Rome vnder Leo the tenth where one Stephanus Patracensis gaue foorth these words In the Pope is al maner of power aboue all powers as well in Heauen as in earth They tell vs that whatsoeuer he doe no man maye presume to saye Domine cur it a facis Sir why doe you so To make an ende of their tales and vaine ambitious claime an other of hys flatterers beareth the world in hand Potest Papa quasi omnia facere quae Deus potest The Pope in a manner may do al things that God may do Nay not so onely saith an other Papa facit quicquid libet etiam illicita est plusquam Deus The Pope dothe whatsoeuer he listeth yea althoughe it be vnlawful and is more than God They saye Hee maketh right wrong and wrong to bee righte at his pleasure Hee maye commaunde Aungels Archaungels Cherubin and Seraphin This is the fulnesse of power whereof they dreame Who would thus presume but that mā of Sin and childe of Perdition let them shew where euer Peter had like fulnesse of power If he neuer hadde it with what face can they require it Ciprian tolde vs Christe gaue like auctoritie to al the Apostles The auctoritie of Peter was suche as the auctoritie of Iohn and of Iames and no otherwise Al the Apostles were the light of the world al were Ministers of Christ and disposers of the secretes of God they al had the same auctoritie and fulnesse which Peter had Extra quam Ecclesiam Roman nulla est salus Without whiche the Churche of Rome there is no saluation That is who liue not vnder the obedience of the Churche of Rome can not be saued No man can be saued without hir Buls and Pardons The Churche of Rome is the Arke of Noah whosoeuer is without it is drowned Subesse Romano Pontifici saith Pope Boniface omni humanae creaturae declaramus dicimus definimus pronuntiamus omnino esse de necessitate salutis Wee declare saye determine and pronounce that it is of the necesitie of saluation for euerie mortall creature to be subiecte to the Bishoppe of Rome If the case were so harde as it is made by hys wordes then it woulde goe amisse with al those Nations and Kingdomes and people whyche beléeue in Christe in Aethiopia India Arabia Africa Asia Graecia Moscouia of whiche some are greater than all Christendome They are not subiecte to the Pope they yéelde no obedience to the Church of Rome Are they al drowned because they bée not within that Arke are they al damned because they know not their good maner to the Bishop of Rome the kingdomes of England Scotlande Denmarke and Sweden the Dukes of Saxonie Brunswicke Wittenberge the Palsegraue of Rheine the Lantgraue of Hessia the Earles and Noble men throughe the whole Countrey of Germanie the infinite number of their people and subiectes many hundred thousandes in Spaine Italie Fraunce Hungarie and in the kingdome of Pole are wythout that Churche and liue not vnder the obedience thereof are they all therefore damned God forbidde the mercie of the Lorde is aboue al hys workes in euerie place who so euer calleth on the name of the Lorde shal bée saued who soeuer trusteth in the Lorde shal not be confounded You may wel recken this for the sixth vntrueth all whyche sixe are made in the compasse of sixe lines Nos nullum laborem intermittimus Wee take paynes we spare no trauell we forsake no labour Alas good man I hadde thought he would haue sayde I was often in perilles of waters in perilles among the Gentiles in perilles in the Sea in wearinesse and painfulnesse in watching often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in colde in nakednesse I hadde thought he woulde haue saide from lerusalem and rounde aboute to Illyricum I haue caused to abounde the Gospell of Christe I haue preached in season and out of season I haue done the work of an Euangelist I haue fought a good fight haue finished my course I made my selfe seruaunte to all menne that I mighte winne the more I am made al things to all menne that I mighte saue some and this doe I for the Gospelles sake He kéepeth him selfe safe ynoughe from these paines and trauelles Yet