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A61685	The wayes and methods of Romes advancement, or, Whereby the Pope and his agents have endeavoured to propagate their doctrines discovered in two sermons preached on 5 Novem. 1671 / by Joshua Stopford ...	Stopford, Joshua, 1636-1675.	1672 (1672)	Wing S5745; ESTC R791	58,066	152

third Method which the Pope and his Factors have used to propogate their Doctrines vizt their horrid Treasons and bloody Cruelties The Romish Doctors lay down these propolitions as undenyable Maximes 1. That the Pope hath power and authority to depose Kings and to dispose of their Kingdomes For this they urge 1 Jer 10. I have this day set thee over the Nations and over the Kingdomes to root out and to pull down and to destroys and to throw down to build and to plant which say they was prophetically spoken of the Pope And thus Pope Pius 5. in his Bull against Queen Elizabeth expounds it * Epist ad Micbael Imp Const Baron Tom 10 p 560. Nicolus 1. proveth his Papal power because it was said to Peter Kill and eat and because to him alone was granted that power to draw a Net full of fishes to Land And † Extravag Tit 8 p 853. Boniface the 8. proveth his Soveraignity because it is written that in the beginning God creaeed Heaven and Earth But how weak and ridiculous soever their proofs are yet this doctrine is un animously received and zealously defended by them I could here produce a cloud of witnesses Salmeron Molina Seulckenius Coquam Lessius c. These w●th many others tell us that the Pope hath power to punish Kings by deposing them and giving their Kingdomes to others That this is the opinion of all Divines both Ancient and Modern of all Catholick Lawyers of Occumenical Councels and Popes That in this there is no disagreement amongsi them That he cannot be held a Catholick no nor Christian that is against it That Christ had not been careful enough of the Church and salvation of souls if he had not left the Pope a power over Kings c. And that this is the judgment of our English Romanists is most evident from their numerous Pamphlets to which I might adde the Answers of several Seminary Priests when Prisoners in the Tower unto certain Articles ministred unto them in the Year 158● Nay they teach that not only the Pope but the people also may depose their Kings And here let two of their great Doctors speak for the rest viz Bellarmine and Estius The first saith * Bellar de Concil lib 2 c 19. p 139 That if the King turn Tyrant the people may depose him and choose another And he gives this reason for it † Bellar de ●●icis lib ●3 c 6. It is the Consent of the people that constitutes Kings or other Ruler● over them and therefore if cause be given they may turn the Kingdome into an Aristocracy Democracy c. And * ●● 4. lib S●●te●t lib 2. p 444. Estius speaks to the same purpose The Nobles and people by the Authority residing in them may defend themselves from Tyranny and not only choose themselves a lawful Prince but also cause being given may dethrone him again And they mention several cases in which it is lawful to depose Kings As † ●evardentius mentions 12. Con in Est p. 90 1. If they be Prodigal of the publick Revenues 2. If violato●s of the Publick faith 3. If they be he guilty of Sacriledge 4. If they be Tyrants 5. If they be negligent or insufficient or effeminate 6. If they be Hereticks In these and many other cases say their great Doctors and some of their Councels the Pope and people may deprive King and Princes of all Rule and government 2. That the Pope can absolve Subjects from their Oathes of Allegiance and their Obedience due to their respective Princes * Aquin 2● Quaest 1● Art 2. Their Angelical Doctor tells us that when any Prince is declared excommunicate for Apostacy his Subjects are ipso facto freed from his government and their oath of fealty And Franciscus Suarez affirms that the Pope can absolve Subjects from their Oaths of † Deseas Fidei Cath lib 3. cap 23. n 21. lib ● c 2. ● 7. cap 5. ●2 3 Allegiance that to affirme the contrary is to act against the custome of the Church the use and approbation of General Councels the Consent of Catholick Doctors and against reason and is plainly Hereticall And what was the judgement of Cardinal Perron is clear from his speech to the third Estate of France for which several Bishops highly commended him and the Pope gave him thanks in which he saith that subjects may be absolved from their Oaths of Allegiance made to their Kings That all parties of the Catholick Church did hold it and so did the French Church ever since divinity was taught in Schools till the coming of Calvin Against this Speech our Learned King James writ his Remonstrance for the Right of Kings and the Independency of their Crowns 3. That Kings excommunicated and depos'd may be lawfully kill'd by their own Subjects because then they cease to be Kings Lessius * 〈…〉 C●th lib 6. cap 4. ● 18. 14. tells us that the people Parliament or any other having ●e J●stit 〈◊〉 2. cap 〈◊〉 4 〈◊〉 12. ●e J●stit lib. 5. Quaest 1. Art 3. Authority may depose a tyrannical Prince and declare him an Enemy whereby any thing may be attempted against his person because he then ceaseth to be a King Dominicus Soto saith that when once a decree is g●ne out against a King then any one may be the Executioner And Suarez affirms no lesse then three times in one Paragraph that Kings may be murther'd by their own Subjects and he gives this weighty reason When a King is deposed he is no lawful King and therefore may be be kill'd by any private man And that this is not the private Opinion of Suarez but unanimously received by all Romanists is clear from the high censures of approbation in the beginning of his Book Alpho●so a Castello Branco Bishop of Conimbria declare that he hath read it exactly over and f●●d● all things in it agreeable to the holy Scriptures Apostolical Tradition General Councels and Papal decrees Fer●ando M●rtin Masca●●gnus Bishop of Sylvis saith that he hath also read it over and find● nothing in it but what is Orthodox And M●rte Alph●●s● a Mello Bishop of Lamego saith also that he hath read it over and thinks it worthy to be published for the publick good of Christendome Nor is this all but to passe over the Inquisition and others who allow it the same priviledges the University of C●mplut after a serious view and consideration of it declare that there is nothing in it contrary to the Roman Catholick ●ith that every thing i● worthy of praise and commendation Nay this King-killing is not only lawful * 〈◊〉 lib 96. p 454. c. but highly commended and rewarded with eternal glory They encouraged Fryar Climent to murther Henry 3. † An t Coly●et p 403 c. of France with these promises That he shall be well recompenced for the fact if he dye he shall surely fly to heaven as a Saint