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A12577	A briefe and learned treatise, conteining a true description of the Antichrist, who was foretold by the prophets and apostles And an evident proofe that the same agreeth vnto the Pope. Written in Latin by M. George Sohn Doctor of Diuinitie, and publike professor thereof at Heidelberg, and translated into english.	Sohn, Georg, 1152?-1589.; N. G., fl. 1592.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 22891; ESTC S114124	33,734	90

much vnto free-will that he seemeth to come very high to the heresie of Pelagius as may be gathered out of the 28. chap. of Augustins booke de Heresibus The Scriptures teach that Christ onely hath satisfied for our sinne 1. Ioh. 2. Roman 3. 25. and 5. 8. Ioh. 1. 29. Math. 20. 28. Hebr. 10. 14. But the Pope teacheth that wee must by our abilitie merite satisfie and answer the iustice of God The Scripture teacheth that we are onely iustified by faith in Christ and that freely vnto life eternall and that our saluation is to be accounted and esteemed as obtained by the onely mercie of God Esay 43. 25. Ioh. 3. 6. Act. 10. Eph. 2. 8. Heb. 24. But the Pope hee teacheth that wee not onely haue not our saluation by faith alone but that wee may merit and deserue euerlasting life by our workes and demerits Further that there is in the masse application made of all Christes benefits ex opere operato that is by the deede done or for the workes sake Finally that the masse beeing applied in the behalf of others though they be vnrighteous persons so that them selues put no barre and be no hinderance of the same doeth merite the remission both of the guilt and of the punishment thereof The Scripture teacheth that iustifying faith is a sure confidence reposed in Christ or els thus a sure confidēce of the remission of our sinnes for Christs sake Rom. 4. 19. c. But the Pope he teacheth that faith is nothing but a knowledge of the historie and a doubtfulnes of the remission of sinnes The Scripture teacheth that euen the regenerate man whilest he is in this life can not perfectly obserue and fulfill the Lawe of God Roman 7. Luk. 17. 10. Philippian 3. 12. Act. 15. 10. But the Pope affirmeth that hee is able consenting with the Pelagians The Scripture teacheth that the kingdome of Christ is not of this world Further that the ministerie of the Apostles and their calling is not ciuill and worldly Ioh. 18. 36. Mark 20. 25. Luk. 22. 25 27. In like manner the Canons of the Apostles commaund that hee should be remooued and deposed from his office who so euer should beare both ciuill and ecclesiastical iurisdiction But the Pope who boasteth that he is the Vicar of Christ and the Successour of Peter doth arrogate to him selfe both ciuill and ecclesiasticall authority as hereafter we will shew more at large The Scripture saith there are onely two Sacraments of the new Testament properly so called Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord of which the one is ordained Math. 28. and Mark 16. The other Math. 26. Mark 14. Luk. 22. 1. Cor. 11. But the Pope holdeth that they be seuen The Scripture teacheth that the vulgar tongue with an euident significant a loud and distinct pronuntiation is to be vsed in the Church or the meetings of the godly that whatsoeuer is spokē might be easily vnderstood and approoued by the people 1. Cor. 14. 9. And Lustinian doeth make a decree very agreeable to the Scripture in this behalfe in Constit 123. 146. But the Pope will haue all things read in the latine tongue The Scripture teacheth that men are to be baptized for the remission of sinnes Mat. 28. 19. not bruit creatures and things without life But the Pope doeth not onely baptize men but also wood and stones and bells c. The Scripture teacheth that the bread both is remaineth in the Lords Supper 1. Cor. 10. 16. 11. 26 c. But the Pope teacheth that it is transubstantiated and chaunged into the bodie of Christ The Scripture teacheth that bread in the Lords Supper is a token of remembrance or a signe of the bodie of Christ once offred vp as a sacrifice for vs and that the body of Christ once giuen for vs and his blood shed is not offered againe vpon the alter by vs in the supper but is eaten and drunken for the confirmation of our faith in Christ and for to stirre vp thankesgiuing in vs Hebr. 9. 28. and 10. 12. Make 26. 26. Luke 22. 19. But the Pope conuerteth this Sacrament into a sacrifice externall reall and propitiatorie And hee daylie in his masse offereth vp this breade turned into the bodie of Christ vpon the alter for the quicke and the deade and beeing offered hee shuts it vp in a boxe and carrieth it about and worshippeth it Cap. peract dist 2. de Consecrat and as in the Councill of Trident and the Iesuites Catechisme is to be seene Further hee offereth this sacrifice or permitteth it to be offered for corporall necessities Whereupon it is that there bee Masses for them that sayle vpon the sea or trauell vpon the lande either on foote or horsebacke women with childe and in trauell for them which are barren or are sicke of tertian or quartern agues for marchants that they may haue prosperous traffique The Scripture teacheth that Christ in the institution and celebration of the holie Supper had and retained and still hath and retaineth a true bodie of the same substance with ours Matth. 26. 26. Luk. 24. 39. 1. Cor. 11. 26. But the Pope feigneth that the bodie of Christ is inuisible and insensible and so altogether diuerse and vnlike vnto ours and such a one as may be in many places at one time that is to say that a bodie is present but not as a bodie in deede The Scripture teacheth that not onely the Ministers of the worde but others also which be faithfull ought to take eate and drinke the breade and wine in the Lordes Supper Luk. 22. 17. 1. Corinth 11. 20. But the Pope will that onely the Priestes shall take eate and drinke the rest are onely to be spectatours and to looke on as in the priuate Masse The Scripture teacheth that in the Lords supper the wine as well as the bread is to be administred and distributed 1. Cor. 11. 26. But the Pope barreth the laytie from the vse of the Chalice and of the wine as in the Councill of Const 13. The scripture teacheth that there be onely two places appointed for the soules of the dead after this life to wit heauen for the faithfull hell for the vnbeleeuers Mark 16. 16. Luc. 16. 22. Ioh. 3. 18. 4. 36. 5. 24. c. But the Pope hee feigneth a thirde place where the soules of them that are defiled with veniall that is with small sinnes are to be purged before they ascende vp into heauen which for this cause he calleth the fire of purgatorie Concil Trident. Sess 6. cap. 30. Sess 22. cap. 2. cap. 3. Sess 25. The scripture teacheth that mariage is not onely seemely and honourable for all sorts of men but also euen almost necessarie for the auoiding of fornication Heb. 13. 4. 1. Cor. 7. 2. 9. Againe it woulde haue a Bishop to be the husband of one

also the onely spouse of the Church 2. Cor. 11 2. Ephes 5. 29 Finally though hee bee also the onely prince the chiefe shephearde and the high priest vnto his Church 1. Pet. 2. 5. and chap. 5. 4. Heb. 6. 20. chap. 7. 26. chapt 9. 11. Alway liuing to make intercession for vs. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 25. Yet notwithstanding the Pope of Rome doeth arrogate this office and these properties vnto himselfe and vaunteth himselfe that hee is the chiefe head high priest and sacrificer and the Oecumenicall and generall Bishop Pastour and doctour of the whole Church here vpon earth For so saith Clement Pastoralis de Sentent re Iudic. A pastorall charge is enioyned to vs of God over all Nations of Christendome c. C. 1. extravag de empt vend We being governers of the vniuersall Church by the Lords appointment c. c. reg extravag de prebend Beeing called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by heauenlie ordinance C. 1 de treuga pace Being called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by the mercy of God so disposing it C. 3. de Elect. The holy Church of Rome which by the Lords appointment being as it were the mother and mistresse of all the faithfull which belong to Christ hath obtained of God superioritie ouer the rest distinct 22. Sacrosancta This Apostolicallchayre to wit Rome is appointed the head and principall and as it were the Hinge for as the doore is turned and gouerned vpon the hinge so all Churches are to bee ruled by the authoritie of this Cap. Vnam sanctam extravag de mator obed Therefore there is one bodie of one and the same onely Church one bead not two far that were monstrous to wit Christ and the vicar of Christ Peter and Peters successour Cap. fundament de elect 6. So likewise at this day the Pope in his bulles challengeth authoritie ouer all Churches of euerie people and nation So also doeth hee call the Church his spouse and bride C. quoniā de imminut in 6. saying after this manner Wee being loth to neglect the righteousnesse of our selues the Church our spouse In like maner also hee speaketh cap. inter corporalia c. licet in tantum de translat Episc Secondly the Pope hath violated and corrupted almost all the doctrine of Christ so that he is not onely an heretike but an Archheretique the ringleader and the Patriarke of heretikes for hee hath not onelie maintained one errour onely against the foundation but hath heaped vp manie one vpon the necke of another and defended them with might and maine as may bee plainely vnderstoode by this comparison and opposition of the doctrine of Christ and the Pope The scripture or rather Christ in the scripture teacheth that God is in vaine worshipped with the precepts of men Matth. 15. It condemneth voluntarie seruice Col. 2. 2 3. Further it declareth that al things necessary to saluation are committed to writing by the Apostles are to be sought for in theit writings 2. Tim. 3. 6. that he is Anathema that is accursed who teacheth or bringeth any other doctrine Gal. 18. But the Pope doeth vrge the traditions of men bringeth in a will-worship and letteth not to say that the scripture is obscure maimed and imperfect as it is in the counsell of Trident. Sess 4. 1. and else where The scripture teacheth that there is but one onely God who knoweth all things is almightie and the gouernour of the worlde and all thinges therein Deut. 6. 4. Mark 12. 29. 1. Kings 8. 39. 2. Cron. 6. 30. Esa 40. 13. Rom. 16. 27. 1. Tim. 6. 15. and in other places besides But the Pope making as it were a diuision of the diuine Maiestie doeth transferre the same vnto certaine petie gods and associates vnto him For looke how many he hath canonized for saintes so manie hath he erected to bee gods and lordes and rulers of the worlde Amongst which one is ouer the raine another is for faire weather one for diseases another for health finallie one for this cause another for that they hauing their taskes and offices assigned seuerally vnto them The scripture teacheth that God alone is to be called vpon Deut. 6. 13. Math. 4. 10. Act. 10. 25. 14. 11. Reuel 19. 10. 22. 9. But the Pope hee prayeth vnto the deade and teacheth that they are to be prayed vnto The Scripture teacheth that we should abhorte idols Exod. 20. 4. Deut. 4. 23. 1. Ioh. 5. 21. Reuel 18. 4. But the Pope doeth erect and set vp idols euery where to be worshipped The Scripture teacheth that now there is one onely high Priest and Sacrificer to wit Christ and that there is but one onely Oblation Heb. 6. 20. and 9. 26 28. and chap. 10. 12. But the Pope hath substituted an infinite number in stead of Christ who doe euerie day offer to God a reall and propitiatorie sacrifice to wit the bodie and bloode of Christ in the Masse The Scripture teacheth that there is one onely Mediatour and Intercessour betwixt God and man to wit the man Iesus Christ 1. Tim. 2. 5. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 24. and 9. 24. But the Pope hath suborned almost an infinite number of dead men to be mediatours intercessours and spokesmen and especially the Virgine Marie in stead of Christ as is in the Councill of Trident The Scripture teacheth that all power in heauen and earth is giuen and graunted vnto Christ and that he is exalted aboue all principalities and is appointed Lord of all things Math. 28. 18. Act. 2. 36. Ephes 1. 21. Further that he is the head of the militāt Church here vpon earth as was saide before Whereupon Gregorie the great saith That he is the forerunner of Antichrist who soeuer should challenge vnto him selfe the title of generall Bishop who that hee might leaue vnto his successours an example of humilitie was the first that called him selfe the seruant of the seruants of God And likewise the Councill of Carthage and Pelagius the Pope were of the mind dist 96. can Nullus But the Pope he placeth Christ who is now in heauen exalted vnto the right-hand of his Father not onely inferiour to his Father with the Arrians but also somewhat inferiour to his mother and willeth that shee should by her mortherly authoritie and priuiledge to commaund her Sonne c. And for him selfe hee standeth vpon it that he is the vniuersall Bishop here vpon earth and the head of the whole Church The Scripture teacheth that a man beeing deade in his sinnes is not able so much as to vnderstande any thing of him selfe that is hath no free-will in those matters that be spirituall and appertaine to saluation Ephes 2. 1. Colos 2. 13. Roman 8. 6. 1. Corinth 2. 14. 2. Corinth 3. 5. 2. Tim. 2. 15. 1. Ioh. 13. But the Pope he attributeth so

necessarie to saluation Cap. super gentes extra de consuet The Bishop of Rome is appointed by the Lorde aboue all nations and kingdomes Cap. si Imperatore dist 96. Gods will is that the powers secular should be subiect vnto the Church or the Priests Cap. nunquam eadem dist 96. It is a custome that princes shoulde submit their heads vnto the Bishops girdle and not iudge of their liues Cap. solita de maiorit obed God made two great lights in the firmamēt the greater light to rule the day the lesse light to rule the night both of thē great but the one greater Therefore hath God made two great lightes for the firmament of heauen that is the vniuersall Church to wit he hath appointed two high states or dignities which are these the authority of the Pope the power of the king But that which ruleth the day that is in matters spiritual is the greater that which gouerneth carnall affaires that is the lesse That it may appeare that looke what difference there is betwixt the sunne the moone so great oddes there is betwixt Popes Kings C. fundament de elect in 6. Papa nulli homini subest Finally the Emperour is bound to take an oath of alegiance obedience vnto the Pope the forme whereof is extant cap. 1. de jurejurando c. tibi domino dest 63. clement vnica de jurejurando And so it is said lib. 1. ceremoniarum Pontificialium cap. 7. The Pope in the night of the birth of our Lorde doeth hallowe the sword which he afterward giueth vnto some Prince in token of the infinite power which is giuen vnto the Pope according to that saying All power is giuen vnto me in heauen in earth that also He shal rule frō seato sea frō the riuer to the ende of the earth So it is also in the Glosse of the Canon law to wit that the Pope is al things aboue all thīgs that he is the lord of lords hath the right of the king of kīgs ouer his subiects that he may turn roūd into square that he is the cause of causes therfore no inquirie is to be made into his authoritie because there is no cause of the first cause that the whole world is the Popes diocesse that his authority extēdeth vnto things in heauen earth and vnder the earth that he may command the Angels that he hath so great power both in Purgatorie also in hell that hee can by his pardons deliuer as many soules as hee will which are in those places place them presently in heauen in the seats of them which be blessed as it is saide in the Bull of Clement the sixt that hee hath such power in heauen that hee may canonize whome hee will that is dead for a saint though all Byshops and Cardinals were against it And who can recken vp all his blasphemies To conclude Sixtus quintus to omit the rest doth at this day thus begin in one of his Bulles The authoritie graunted to blessed Peter and to all his successours by the infinite power of the everlasting King excelleth the power of all earthly kings and Princes Secondly for that he will be accounted the highest iudge who neither can erre in making decrees concerning faith or lawes concerning manners neither yet ought to be iudged of any And for that hee setteth vp himselfe aboue all euen the generall councels and ordaineth new sacraments and transformeth and altereth those which Christ did institute He imposeth new lawes vpon mens conscienees as for those which Christ made hee doeth ratifie and repeale at his pleasure as Cap. nunc autem dist 21. The chiefe seate that is the chayre of Rome is not indeede of any Can. si Papa dist 40. If the Pope should drawe by heapes innumerable people with him into hell no mortall man presumeth or taketh vpon him to reprehend his faults for that he is to iudge all men and himselfe to be iudged of none Can. cuncta seq 9. q. 3. Euery Church in the worlde knoweth that the holy Church of Rome hath authoritie to iudge of all persons no man may censure her iudgement Can. nemini 17. 4. It is permitted to no man to iudge of the Apostolicall seat or to retract that sentence because of the primacie of the Church of Rome cap. proposuit de concept praebend According to the largenes of our authority we may dispense with aboue law cap. significasti de elect elect potest Al councils both are called haue their strength by the authoritie of the Church of Rome the authoritie of the Bishop of Rome is manifestly excepted in their cōstitutiōs cap. regula dist 17. No council is or shal euer be established which shall not be cōfirmed supported by the Popes authority And so the Glosse saith again that the Popes pleasure is heauenly and for this cause he may chāge the nature of thigs by applying those things which are substantial in one thing vnto another That he hath allaws in the closet of his brest that he hath the same consistory which God hath and the same iudgement seat with Christ that he can make any thing of nothing and make that to be a sentence or iudgement which is none that in what so euer he pleaseth his will is to him in steade of reason and yet no man may say Why dost thou thus that he may dispense beyond law make iustice of iniustice by concealing and altering the laws that he can do all things sinne excepted whatsoeuer God himself cā do that he must be iudged of none that if he should throw downe heaps of soules into the hels yet none may demand of him Why doest thou it that he may dispense against both Apostle and Apostolicall Canon that he is aboue lawe that what soeuer is done of the Pope is to be supposed is done of God that he is all and aboue all that hee may doe all things aboue law contrarie to law and without lawe ad cap. quanto de translat Episcopi cap. proposuit de concess praeb and else where c. Thirdly for that he taketh and vsurpeth power authoritie to transferre kingdoms which is the onely worke of God as Clement vnica de jureiur ando in priu The Romane Emperours haue the approbation of the B. of Rome for the person which is to be preferred vnto the dignity of the Emperiall M ie as also the anointing cōsecratiō the crown of the Empire Clem. Past. de sent re iudic in fine The Pope hath superiority ouer the Empire whē the Empire is void succee deth the Emperour C. venerabilē de elect The right authoritie to choose a king to be Emperor appertaineth vnto the Bishop of Rome cap. 2. de sent re iudic in 6. The Pope may depose the Emperour Can. alius 15. quaest 6. Zacharie the Pope deposed the French king from

when after a watch word giuen the Eucharist was taken away hee would by his conspiratours haue killed the two brethren Iulianus and Laurentius Medices and did indeede slay the one and wound the other as Raphael Volateran recordeth in the 5 of his Geographie In Leo the tenth who is reported to haue answered vnto Peter Bembus when hee alledged a saying out of the Gospell What doest thou alledge or tell me of that fable Hee is also blasphemous in that he claimeth for his owne that which is Gods doeth speake against God namely when he saieth that he is God and of equall power with Christ the head and spouse of the Church the which we haue more fully opened before Further when he affirmeth that the Scripture is obscure and imperfect and doubtfull and that hee may interprete it as he listeth and may make new articles of faith and yet he neither erreth herein nor is to be controlled by any As also when he boasteth that he can graunt indulgences and pardons and remission of all sinnes to whom soeuer he will He is also ambitious and proud both in his wordes and deedes because hee beeing euen sicke of an vnsaciable thirst after honour and vnlawfull desire of lordlinesse doeth set vp himselfe aboue the Church aboue councils aboue all magistrates and accounteth all Emperours kings and princes which are in Europe to be but his vassals his tenauntes and almost his slaues and drudges hee treadeth them vnder his feete Of which pride and arrogancie of his we before brought testimonies euen out of the Canon lawe but nowe wee will bring others like vnto them out of the booke which is called Liber ceremoniarum Romanae curiae Where it is saide that all men of what honour or preheminence soeuer they be so soone as they come within the sight of the Pope ought to bowe their knees thrise obseruing equall distance of pace and to kisse his feete Further when the Pope doeth get vp on horse-backe the greatest prince of them which be present though he be a king or Emperour must hold the Popes stirrup then lead the horse by the bridle a little on the way But if that the Pope be not carried on horsebacke but on his chaire whether hee be king or Emperour that is present it skilleth not they must cary the seate it selfe with the Pope in it a while vpon their shoulders Againe that the prince of the city into which the Pope shall enter though he be a king shall leade the popes horse by the bridle or if the pope be caried in his chaire shall together with the chiefe of his Nobles carry the same a good way then when the pope commandeth him the king shall take his horse ride according vnto his place Further the Emperor must at the baket holde water for the pope to wash his hands And moreouer when the pope hath a feast the Emperor or els the king of the Romans must cary the first messe or seruice And to conclude the pope doth no reuerence at all to any mā only he raiseth vp himselfe when the Emperour kisseth him For examples these are chiefly to be noted first of the pope in generall who offreth his feet to be kissed of the Emperor kings princes Cardinals bishops the rest Then specially of pope Sylvester of whome it is reported that for the honour of S. Peter Pseudoconstantinus or that feigned Constātine helde his horse bridle in his hād when he tooke horse and plaid the gentleman vsher or sergeant before him Dist 96. Thirdly of pope Hadrian the fourth who was very angry with Fredericke the Emperour and did in reproch obiect vnto him that when as hee woulde haue helde his stirrup at his lighting downe from his horse he came and helde not the further stirrup as hee should but the other And that he also had set the Emperours name before the popes in certain letters which were sent vnto him Fourthly of Alexander the third who set one foote in the necke of Fredericke the Emperour when he was prostrate and suppliant at his feet in the Cathedrall Church of Venice that he might haue his excommunication released and commanding that the verse of Psalme should be song of his priests Thou shult walke vpon the Serpent and the Basiliske thou shalt tread vnder foote the Lyon and the Dragon Fiftly of Boniface the eight Anno 1300 who shewed himselfe at Rome in a great assembly of the people by reason of a Iubile then solemnized the first day of the solemnitie with all the ornaments of the Pope and the next day hee came foorth clad with the Emperours robe or coate armour and commaunded a drawne sword to be caried before him himselfe crying with a loud voice I am both Pope Emperor haue authoritie both in heauen earth within few dayes after did proudly reiect Albertus who was created Emp. by the electours of the Empire desired to be confirmed by him Affirming moreouer that no election could be authenticall which was made without his authority sith that he alone had the authoritie of both the swords which when Albertus Crautzius superintendent of the church of Hanburgh reciteth hee maketh this exclamation O Peter behold thy successour O Sauiour Christ behold thy Vicar beholde the pride of the feruant of thy seruants vnto what height he is now come He is also lawlesse because hee doeth what he listeth he abolisheth the lawes which Christ hath made maketh new at his owne pleasure and because he will be iudged of no man but aduanceth himselfe aboue lawe as wee shewed heretofore Whereof we haue example in the forbidding of the mariage of Priestes and certaine meats of the chalice in the Lords supper which is contrary vnto the reuealed will of God and of Christ our Lord. Further in dispensing with degrees contrarie to the lawe of God and nature as that Pope Martin the fift gaue dispensation that a man might take his owne sister to wife And that others haue dispensed that any man might mary two sisters his fathers sister or his mothers or any woman two brethren her vncle by her fathers side or by her mothers and that which some also of the schoolemen doe teach vpon the 4. sent dist 34. Caietan secunda secundae Thomae quaest 154 Art 9. to wit that the Pope may dispense with all degrees excepting the mariage of the father and the sonne with the daughter and the mother He is also a single man but yet a filthy fornicatour because that hee in forbidding mariage vnto his clergie the Nuns commandeth single life The authous defenders of the which law are these especially Siricius the pope C. plurimos dist 82. Greg. 7. Calixtus 6. Presbyteris dist 27. Leo. dist 32. per totū Innocentius c. proposuisti dist 82. c. Sacerdoticus seq dist 31. Leo the tenth other more But on the contrary hee permitteth concubines brothel houses