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B11843	The tragedies of tyrantes Exercised vpon the church of God, from the birth of Christ vnto this present yeere. 1572. Containing the causes of them, and the iust vengeance of God vpon the authours. Also some notable comfortes and exhortations to pacience. Written by Henrie Bullinger, and now Englished.; Von der schweren, langwirigen Verfolgung der heiligen Christlichen Kirchen. English	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1575 (1575)	STC 4078; ESTC S106917	68,333	200

to mutch be wedded vnto temporall thinges but with more ernest desier séeke for thynges eternall Vnto which purpose and meanyng S. Peter writeth Deerely beloued bee yee not troubled in this heat whiche now is come among you to trie you as though some straunge thyng had hapned vnto you but rather reioyce in as mutch as you are made partakers of Christes passions that when his glory appereth yee may be mery and glad Peter the first Epistle the. 4. chapter Wherunto also tende the wordes of the Apostle S. Paule We reioyce also in tribulations knowyng that tribulation bringeth pacience pacience bringeth experience experience bringeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed Paule to the Romans the. 5. chapter Agayne when the Lorde layeth the Crosse vpon those whom hée loueth and suffereth men which are not altogether wicked to bée afflicted but sutch as feare God and serue him although notwithstandynge they haue some blemishes therwithall hée sheweth what wicked men the children of this worlde must looke for Like as the Lord himself witnesseth who bearyng his owne Crosse when hée was lead to execution sayed It it be thus in the greene tree that beareth frute what shall bee in the drye and vnfrutfull And Saint Peter For it is time saith hée that iudgment begin at the house of god then if it begin first with vs what shalbée the ende of those y obey not the gospel of God And if the iust bée scarce faued where shall the wicked sinful man shew his face By persecutions also God draweth vnto him and directeth in the right way those which before that time walked not strait in the waies of the lord And hée complaineth by his prophetes and blameth his people y being put in mind of their duty with many stripes yet wold they not turne vnto him Moreouer in persecutions afflictions there is geuē vnto vs matter occasion of trouble that we may bring foorth good works w paciēce w a good hope y we may cal vpon god in our passiōs neuer waxe wery with calling like as the lord Iesus hath manifestlye taught vs in Luke the. 18 chap. And in very déed we finde this dayly to be true that wée are slouthfull and cold in prayer when wée are gréeued with no persecution nor touched almost w ani kind of aduersity Last of all God exerciseth the faithful with persecutions swiping from them as it were the dust of worldly desire or fleshly lusts that they should not perish in their sins w the wicked worlde For it is sure and true which S. Paul writeth But whē we ar iudged of the lord we are chastined that we should not be damned with the world 1. Cor. ca. 11. Now when we be thus instructed we must humble and submit our selues vnto the mightye hande of the Lord who when he seeth his time can deliuer vs againe when it shall séeme conuenient vnto his good plesure Wherof we haue an example in Dauid who whē he was persecuted by his owne sun Absolon among other thinges he saide If I haue found fauour in the sight of the Lord he will restore mee But if he say vnto me I haue no delight in thee Behould I am here let him doe vnto mee that which is acceptable in his sight The same Sainct Peter willeth al men to do which suffer persecution writing thus VVherfore let al them that suffer afflictions according to the will of God commit their soules to him with well doyng as vnto a faithfull creator These causes and effectes of the persecutions of the Christian Churche I haue bréefly chosen out amongst many lest that the store and ouer long reciting of them at large should be gréeuous vnto any The End Herode the great firste persecuted our sauiour A cruell slaughter Math. 2. Curious questions touching these Children The cause of this persecution Iohn Baptist firste preacher of the Gospell What Iohn preached Iohn 1. Iohn taken Iohn beheaded Sundry●e opinions of this dede Causes of Herods parsecution Christes doctrine Pharisaical doctrine Christes persecution Accusation aginst christ His passion Apostles Sermons Sorrowe and praiers of the church Steuen stoned Actes 8. Actes 76. Rom. 10. Rom. 9. Cause of persecutyon at this time Actes 8. Actes 4. Actes 2. Wee muste not ask why God suffereth his churche to bee persecuted Iames Apostle slayne 2. Tim. 2. Actes 9. 2. Cor. 12. Actes 13. Actes 14. Actes 17. Actes 18. Actes 19. 1. Cor. 1. Actes 〈◊〉 Act. 23. Act. 25. Act. 2 7. Act. 28. Rom. 15. Paules affliccions 2. Cor. 11. Deut. 25. Al the apostles after afflictions were put to death Peter and Andrevv Iames the elder Iohn Euan. Phillippe Bartelmew Thomas Mathew Iames the lesse Simon and Iude. Mathias Note Nero persecuteth the Christians Rome punished with fire as Sodome was Nero imputeth the fire to Christians Wee must not dispute with God. Diuelyshe pride Note Iohn the Euangelist Read Cyp. against Demetri Traians persecution God is iust and the faith true Polycarp Pionius Iustinus Iraeneus Phoianus Maturus Sanctus Blandina Atalus Triumphyng of the people Quadratus sereous Granius Aristides In the eccles Hist boke 4. cha 9. Iustinus Asianus Appolinaris Milciades Athenagorar Apollonius Tertulian Note Origen Helchesaites heresie Babilas seradion Martirs prouoked with pleasure to reuolt Origin all of Monkes Friers and heremites Eusebius bisshop of Caesarea Abuse of peace Mauritius Foelix and Regula Edictes against christians Done at Nicodemus Nicomedia the Emperours Pallace burned Persecucion in siria In Tyrus In Egipe Phileas A wofull deede Dorothea Sophronia siluanus ●etrus Lucianus Christian Relygion 2. Pet. 4. Abuse of peace Arrius heresye Athanasius Iulians reuoltyng Gentilisme encreased Christians termed Galileans The Romane Ensigne changed A francke confession Although he were very ritche Iulian sendeth the Iewes build the Temple at Ierusalem Dan. 9. Mat. 24. Luk. 21. 80 Legats miserably brent Athanaricus King of the Gothes Genserick King of the vandals To whome Fulgentius wroat The beginning of the false prophet Machomet Alcoran what it signifieth Iohn 9. 2. Thes 21. The whole summe of the turkishe religion God. Christe Remission of sinnes Faith and iustification Workes Eternall lyfe Congregations rites and Sacramentes Holydayes Prayers 1. Iohn 2. Matrymony and deuorcement The wrath of God. What the Sarracens were Machomet is made King. souldanes The holye warre The originall of the Sarracens warre Claromont counsell The. 1. expedition The. 2. expedition The 3. expedition Ierusalem taken The. 4. expedition The. 5. expedition The. 6. expedition The. 7. expedition The 8. expedition The Lateran counsell The. 10. expedition See howe the Pope helpeth the Christians The 11. expedition The. 12 expedition Counsell at Lyons vrspurgēsis pag. 240. Originall of Turkes The popes Iubilee Original of Othoman the firste Prince of Turkes Orchannes the. 2. Amurates the. 3. Baiazetus 4. Machomet 5. Amurates 6. The reward of periurie Machomet the. 7. The firste Emperour of Turkes Constantinople taken Machomets great victories Baiazet 2. second emperour of Turkes Selimus 3. Emperour Soliman 4. Emperour Rhodes Vienna Buda Lige 〈…〉 selimus 5. Emperour Note Motions vnto these persecutions Dan. 2. Mat. 24. Luk. 21. The firste Bishops of Rome were Martirs Papa or Pope what it signifieth 1. Cor. 4. The auntient Popes aucthoritie Apostolick Sea. Tertul. de prescript haeres Frō whēce the Romish church receiued her power How the Byshoppes of Rome vsurped Popes rose against Emperours Anno Domini 739. Emperour of Constant by Popes driuen out of Italy an honest practise Charles made Emperour by the Pope Emperours swere to the pope vrban 2. Paschalis 2. Popes oppresse the emperours 2. Thes 2. Anno 1271. Kinge of Rome without Rome Se Theodor Nyem of scismes 3. booke 43. chap. and sleidan de Monar Pag. 120. 171. 172. Excommunication The popes Legates Warres and sedition Counselles Cruciata or Croysados Mendican● Friers Preachyng Friers The Pope vaunteth himselfe to be Empe. Iohn the. 22 against the emperour Ludou 4. Zurick excommunicated Warres for sicill and Naples Popes rulers of faith and the Church Errours crept into the Church Originall of the Cannon law Gratianus Scholes and Vniuersities vnder the pope Swere to the Pope Peter Lumbard Agreement of the Church A popishe decree Counselles do consent The sum of papisticall counsel Counselles Whom the Pope calleth heretieks Counselles cause wars and persecutions The counsell of Constance The Counsell of Basile The Trident counsel Persecurtions of our time Note Iob. Captiuitie of Babilon The godly suffer persecution The trueth is knowen by persecutions Persecutions are tokens of the iudgment of God vpō the wicked 1. Peter 4. Persecutions awake vs. 1. Pet. 4.

their practizes euery man that is indued with common sence and hath any knowledge of iustice mai soone vnderstand Al these things were doone with in 30. yéeres after y yere of our lorde 724 or nere therupon vnto the yéere of our Lorde 754 In the yéere of our Lorde 750. Pope Zacharie the. 1. of that name tooke vpon him tēporall matters began to medle with the ciuill gouerment assisted to depose the king of France frō his crowne and to place another in his rowme For through his help and counsell Hilderik king of France of the antient familie of Merouingi was deposed from y crown and Pipine of the familye of Charles thurst into his place But shortly after this great benifite of the Popes Pipine brought an army of Frenchmē into Italy against Estulphus king of Lumbardy when hauing taken in war the greater parte of the cuntrey hée gaue it for reward vnto pope Steuen the second and then first S. Peter obtained an inheritāce who béefore y time y space of 700. yéeres neuer had any and although y Constantius y emperour sent Embassadours vnto Pipine that hée would not alienate the Prouinces of the Romane Empire yet notwithstanding Steuen the Pope gladlye receiued those Prouinces peopls and ciuill gouerment whiche certenly S. Peter would neuer haue doone forasmuch as hee refused the charge ouer the poore Actes the vi The Popes followinge thereafter immitated the déedes of thē which went before nothinge lyke the déedes of the Apostles For Hadriane the Pope lykewise receiued all those thinges willyngly which Charles surmamed the great King of Fraunce gaue vnto him when he had vanquished and ouercome the Lumbards and taken prisoner Desiderius their king But Leo the third attempted more For he tooke vpon him the aucthoritie ouer all the Empire which then appertayned to the Emperours of Constantinople and crowned Charles Emperour of Rome withoute the knowledge and consent of the lawfull Emperours when as then as Palmerius accompteth the west had lacked their owne Emperour the space of 330. yéeres The yéere of Christe 860. Pope Nicholas the firste ruled the sea of Rome a passinge ambitious man institutinge sundry thinges not appertayning to the gouerment of the Church but to confirmation and establishinge of the popishe tyrany First that no prince no not the emperour himselfe should bée present in the counseiles of the Clergie Also that no lay man should set in iudgment ouer a clarke or ecclesiasticall person Moreouer that the Popes decrées and sentences ought to bée iudged by no man yea that the Pope is subiect vnto no ciuile power bicause he is god Reade Antoninus Titul xvi Paragra 9. and likewise in the decrées in the 76. and. 28 ▪ distinction Afterward in the yéere of Christ 962. the Popes of Rome grue vnto so great power that when Otho the. 1. emperour of that name came vnto Rome hée must néedes take an othe vnto Pope Iohn the xii that hée would defende the inheritance of Peter c. Reade the. 63. distinction which béeginneth Tibi Domine Ioanni But in the yéere after the birth of our Lord sauiour Christ 1000. the tyranny of Popes against y emperours brak foorth into light for casting away their yoke from their neckes they béegan fréely to bear rule at their owne plesure nothinge regardynge any Magistrate yea bringynge Princes kynges and Emperours into subiection vnder them and compellyng to obey them or otherwise through deceit and couen bryngynge them to the bent of their bow For I pray you what horrible tragedies and turmoiles did pope Gregory the seuenth stirre vp against Henrie the fourth For not only hée excommunicated him and intreated him most disdainfully but also discharginge his subiectes princes and nobles that were vnder the empire from their othe and allegeance raised a sedition against him causing an infinitie deale of blood to bée shead Who so is disposed let him reade this most cruell and strange historie in the yéearlye recordes of Ihon Auentine and in other historicians Pope vrbane the .ii. which succéeded Gregorie in the sea of Rome his verie true and vndoubted Disciple in the Claromont counsell was causer of the most cruell warre which the Christians made against the Sarracens wherof we haue spoken béefore Béesides hee prouoked Conrade the prince of Italye to rebell against his father the emperour Henrye the fourth which was a deede altogither against nature Likewise Paschalis the .ii. egged the sunne Henrye the v. against his father Henrye the fourth and thrise accursed him tausinge the bysshoppes of Ments and Coleine wourmes in his palace of Ingelheim by force to turne him out of his imperiall ornamentes disgrading the good ould emperour and adorninge therwith his sunne Henrye the fifte If anye man can bée delighted herewith let him read this wofull historye in his Saxonie of Albertus Crantius the fir●● booke the xx chapter The same Paschalis was troublesom also vnto the emperour Henrye the fift and was the cause of mutch bloodshead and all only for the donation and gift as they call them of certein ecclesiasticall benefices and prefermentes which vnto that time the emperour had alwayes and now the Pope went about forcibly to take them away But that which hée could not bringe to passe the same afterward Calixtus the. 2 assaid nether relented vntill hée had taken away from the emperour the same right of donation of spirituall prefermentes Wherof Abbas Vrspurgensis hath writen diligently These thinges were doone in the yéere of our lord God 1122. But the Popes of Rome were not contented with this but the later sorte haue insued the trade of their predicessours touching wickednes and mischeif in persecutinge the emperours For afterward they béecame gréeuous vnto them neuer makinge an ende of cursing seditions warres and perpetuall fraud and deceipt vntill at length they had oppressed the wéerie emperours and exalted their seate aboue theirs placinge themselues in power and superioritie aboue all other Who so desireth to haue a sounde and perfect knowledge of these matters let him reade the storye of Fridericus Barbarossa and those thinges which the Popes Adrian the fourth and Alexander the thirde practized against him of which the later most presumptiously trode vpon the Emperours necke with his foote Also what Caelestinus the fourth wrought against Henry the first Let him also there béeholde with what arrogancie pride and insolencie Pope Innocentius the third a loftie and bould Preist vsed against Philip the Emperour But specially let it bée well considered what the popes Honorius y third Gregorie the .ix. and Innocentius the. 4 committed wickedly and deceiptfully against Fridericke the seconde a notable and most excellent Emperour a man indued with most singular giftes whom most vnworthely and reprochfully they troubled afflicted as they did likewise his sunne Conradus the fourth emperour of that name These contentions persecutions and most cruell and perpetuall warres béetwéene the Popes and the emperours continued

181. yéeres béeginning in the time of Gregory the 7. vnto the enstaulinge of Alexander the fourth and vnto the yéere of our lord 1256. About which time writers of histories Cronacles do make an Interregnū or space while none ruled which indured the terme of xvii or xviii yéeres vnto the election of y emperour Radulphus of Habspurge And although in the meane time certen princes were chosen as Alfonsus and Rycharde wherof the laste tooke vpon him the charge and gouerment of the empire yet all these princes were so terr●fied with daily molestations and deceites wherwith the Popes had hetherto troubled the emperours that no man would willinglye take the empire vpon him since euerie man euidently béeheld that by possession therof hée could obtaine no quietnes nor profit but only damage and vexation For although Germanye had the title of the Romane empire yet Rome was not the head of their empire but of the Pepes if that haply through their great charge trouble and payne leadinge an armie into Italye they had by force possessed the citie so soone as they were returned again into Germanye the Pope by and by reposessed the same Moreouer the kinge or emperour of the Romans receiueth no great commoditie nor reuenue out of the Romane Empire so that vnlesse hée haue otherwyse prouision and liuinge of his owne hée is scarce able thereof to mayntayne his port and dignitie Yea and béesides this the Popes haue molested and gone about to take awaye by force of armes their patrimonie whiche haue taken vpon them the Empire thereof Wherfore princes that were of wealth and substance haue not easely bin persuaded to take the Empire vppon them And Radulphus Erle of Habspurge when as hée accepted the election yet could hée neuer bée persuaded to goe to Rome to receaue the Crowne of the Empire for hée alwayes aunswered that hée was affraid by the example of manye whiche haue gone to Rome wherof but fewe haue returned agayne And that hée might cléerelye discharge himselfe from that Cerberus hée cast into his mouth Romandiola whiche vnto that time béelonged to the empire The Popes of Rome haue vsed sundry strange practizes to bereue kinges and Emperours of their power and to extolle themselues aboue Kinges and Princes or rather to cast thē downe vnder their féete Their chiefe power consisted in excomunicatiō or hauing excomunicated any Prince they withdrue the subiectes from obeying him and exhorted them to raise tumultes and fall away from him moreouer they egged subiectes and seruantes to rebel against their Lords Maisters shamefully discharging them from their Loialtie and oth vnder this title pretence y there ought no honor nor obedience be shewē or vsed vnto excomunicate persons nor oth kept towards them Then sent they abroad into all Prouinces subtile men Legates with Bulles or Letters and w the Apostolick power as they terme it through whose meanes they bread sundrye conspiracies partly with the Bisshops of the Prouinces whom they put in minde of their dutifull obedience to the Sea of Rome partly with Princes of the Empire and with all other that were of ani power or aucthority Thus hauinge gotten certen of those in their faction and raising a dissention amonge the people the next was that there must a new Emperour bee chosen and then fell they together by the eares whiche héeld with the old Emperour and they which tooke part with the new Wherevpon many horrible wofull miseries haue ensued as ciuill warres seditions murthers burnings and generally all kindes of calamities wherwith the good Emperours somtimes béeing wearye many times ouercome by force haue bin constrained to geue place and abide these thinges and in the meane while the Popes haue with more arrogancye and bouldnesse aduaunced their head Al these thinges may bée séene as it were in a Mirrour in the histories of the emperours Henrie the fourth Henrie the. 5. Frederick the firste and Frederick the seconde and others whome wée haue béefore named And so at length the Popes haue ouercome and béecame stronge as Daniell writeth but not by their owne power Béesides this also they haue vsed the benifite of counselles vnto the confirmation and preseruation of their kingdom For in those dayes they made themselues rulers of the counselles vnto whiche they called men of their owne faction who in no poynt would gainsay the Pope And because that of oulde times sutche counselles as then were holden by most godly and learned men were of great aucthoritye they were also verye mutch regarded of all men which the moste hollye father for so hée was supposed to bée with his adherents had concluded in their assemblies And thus vnder the title of counselles the Popes mightely brought their driftes to effect There was also a newe deuise and such a one as the like hath not bin heard of before inuented in the Claromont counsel vnder Pope Vrbane the second which by a new name they called Cruciata or Croysados They preached the Crosse but farre otherwise then dyd the Apostles For they preached the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ namely how that through his Crosse and Passion wée are clensed from our sinnes and by Faith obtayne eternall felicitie But the Popes Cruciata or Croysados was a certein kinde of Alarme For the preachers of this Cruciata exhorted the christians to signe themselues with the Crosse lyke as souldiers in warre for a signe or token doo weare white or red skarfes and that they should march into the East against the Sarracens as we haue shewed before And they preched that they whiche were signed with the Crosse in this warfare obtayned indulgencies that is to saye remissions of sinnes and if they were slayne in battle should be partakers of eternall felicitie Afterward these suborned preachers of the Popes not onely preached the crosse against the Sarracens but also against the Christians namely againste the Emperours whome the Pope had proclaimed to bée hereticks generally against al y would not adore the pope obey all his commaundements And by this shift the Popes haue gathered very great and well apoynted armies almost withoute any charge obtayning their power wealth and greatnesse wherunto they bée nowe growne by verye force But in this matter the foure orders of begging or mendicant Fries haue doone the Popes verye good seruice whiche first béegan in the time of Pope Innocentius and Honorius both the. 3. of that name which kinde of people the Christian Churche wanted the space of MCC yéeres and that with more quietnesse and commodytie then hath since the time of their béeginninge and approbation ensued Howbeit in prechynge and settyng foorth of the Cruciata or Croysados the Dominican Friers haue taken most paine who by preachyng this Cruciata or Alarme obtayned the name of preaching Friers Whom the Popes in consideration of their paines and dillygent seruice haue indued with Priuiledges and honours and loued them more