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authority_n	bishop_n	church_n	pastor_n	4,835	5	9.0511	5	true

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A69250	Newes from France containing tvvo declarations of two new conuerts from the Church of Rome to the reformed churches of France: the former made by Master M. du Tertrf [sic], Lord de la Motthe Luyne, late preacher amongst the order of the Capucins vnder the name of F. Firmin, &c. at Saumur on the 27. of May last: the latter by the Marquise Boniuet, Lord of Creuecœur, &c. at Rochell on the seuenth of August last. Both translated out of the seuerall French copies into English by E.M. of Christ-Church in Oxford. Whereunto is added an English letter sent from Paris by an English gentleman to his friend in England, touching the late surprisall and imprisonment of the Prince of Conde, which happened on the 22. of August last.; Declaration and manifestation, of the chiefe reasons and motives of the conversion of Master M. du Tertre, Lord de la Motthe Luyne.	Bonnivet, Henri Marc de Gouffier, Marquis de, d. 1589. Declaration de Henri-Marc de Gouffier. aut; Meetkerke, Edward, 1590-1657, attributed name.	1616 (1616)	STC 7372; ESTC S117179	43,123	84

to admit receiue and acknowledge the Sonne of God Iesus Christ our Sauiour in whom as the Apostle saith are laid vp all the treasures of the diuine knowledge and wisdome of the Father for their true Prophet and Law-giuer or at the least to thinke him vnfit insufficient who neither knew nor could but what say I nay malicious who would not declare and giue vs to vnderstand the will of his Father and his purpose concerning the seruice and obedience which hee would haue and which we ought to render him yea most vniust to tie and binde vs and that on paine of eternall death and destruction to obserue a law which he had not made knowne vnto vs. Which are three blasphemies none of them lesse damnable then the other the which notwithstanding before you perceiue or thinke of it your Doctours and Prelates doe make you lamentably run into by this false peruerse and wicked doctrine which they set before you to beleeue two-fold worse then you yea three-fold and an hundred-fold who therefore also shall be punished for it a thousand times more grieuously A King and Pastor ordained of God and established ouer his Church for to feede order guide and gouerne it by his diuine spirit as a soueraigne Monarke head and Pastor thereof and to keepe maintaine conserue and defend it against all his enemies visible and inuisible by his almighty arme and his strong and forcible hand and to make her finally arise and come to the hauen of euerlasting saluation of felicitie and blisse I haue beene saith he himselfe through the mouth of his ancestor and grandfather Dauid anointed and consecrated King by him to wit his eternall Father vpon his holy hill of Sion In Esay 16. Ierem. 23. in S. Luke 1. He shall raigne saith the Archangell to the Virgin ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shall be none end And he himselfe last of all in S. Matthew 28. speaking to his Disciples after his glorious and triumphant resurrection did ascertaine and assure them that all power was giuen him both in heauen and in earth And in a thousand more places and passages of the Scripture he is called and himselfe also stiles himselfe by the title of Pastour Now those of your Church doe depriue and disrobe him of these honourable charges and glorious offices for to make them ouer to a mortall fraile and perishable man whom they admit and receiue into his place acknowledging him for their soueraigne chiefe Pastour and Gouernour as if this King of infinite glory and maiestie and true Shepheard of our soules were not able and sufficient for to feede order guide and gouerne them attributing and transferring by a horrible and detestable blasphemie to him the titles qualities and conditions which befit and pertaine to the Sauiour only as he is the Bridegroome vniuersall Head and Pastour of the Church c. which is nothing else to speake properly and truly but to plucke and driue away Christ from his kingly seat and throne and to set therein another to take from his head the crowne and Miter and out of his hands the Scepter for to giue them to the Pope For if he be head of the Church Christ shall be so no longer else shee would be deformed monstrous and two-headed If all power hath beene giuen vnto him in heauen and in earth as hee impudently boasteth then truly it will altogether be taken away from Christ for as Alexander said very well to Darius as learned Plutarch reporteth and witnesseth euen as the heauen is enlightned but by one Sunne from whom all the other starres and planets receiue and keepe alike by meere and simple dependance and communication their light and splendour and there cannot be two of them in like manner in a kingdome there can be but one King and there cannot be suffered to be two otherwise the Royaltie would be imperfect and the Empire subiect to perpetuall troubles and continuall warres and would quickly beginne to fall to decay and vtter ruine To be short if the Pope be the generall only and vniuersall Pastour and Bishop of the Church to whom the Sonne of God hath giuen and committed all his authoritie care and diligence in ruling gouerning ordering disposing establishing of lawes and setting downe rules to the consciences with a bond of yeelding to him all obedience and submission as to himselfe what then hath he more to busie himselfe withall here below in his Church Truly hee hath vtterly depriued himselfe of his kingdome and disrobed himselfe of his pastorall office and charge hee is now no longer any thing else in their reckoning but a meere cypher and o in Arithmeticke which is a blasphemie not only to say but euen to thinke the which notwithstanding these wretches make you to commit and vtter though you thinke not or neglect to haue regard of it But to what a pitifull and deplored state would the Church be brought hauing for her chiefe Pastours and vniuersall Gouernours men that of their nature are weake feeble wretched and blinde who scarce are fit to rule guide and gouerne themselues their workes and actions From thence it is that are sprung and haue had their source so many disorders irregularities and Corruptions in your Church as is to be seene at this day But it is no wonder for as Iesus Christ our Sauiour saith very fitly If the blinde will vndertake to guide and direct other blinde men in their way what can be hoped and looked for but that they shall stumble on their faces to the ground and finally all of them haue a deadly downefall No no there are no others besides that soueraigne King and glorious Monarke the eternall almighty and diuine Gouernour and Shepheard of our soules who can only rule the whole body of the Church haue an eye ouer all giue order for all things as being wholly wise cleere-sighted prouident yea Wisdome and Prouidence it selfe by the meanes whereof the eternal Father doth gouerne guide and dispose of all things It is he who is the true shepheard and bishop of our soules saith Saint Peter The Lieutenant generall and vice-roy of God his Father saith Saint Matthew Who hath giuen him all power authority and might in heauen and in earth And hauing brought all things vnder his feet saith Saint Paul hath set him ouer all things for to be head to his Church A true and soueraigne Priest after the order of Melchizedeck anointed and consecrated by the eternall Father before all worlds The Lord hath sworne saith the kingly Prophet speaking to this purpose and will not repent him Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchizedeck The Apostle S. Paul confirmes and repeats this many and diuerse times in the Epistle to the Hebrewes 5.7.8.9.10 For to offer vp to him in time according to the office and duty of the high Priest his precious body and bloud