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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

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

lawfull wife not to haue concubines 1. Tim. 3. 2. But the Pope forbiddeth mariage to his clergie Nuns bindeth them with an othe vnto perpetuall single life The scripture teacheth that the vse of all meates is now free Col. 2. 16. Rom. 14. 1. Tim. 4. 3. c. and that also there is flesh of fishes 1. Corinth 15. 39. But the Pope teacheth that the eating flesh vpon certaine daies is forbidden since the comming of Christ Dist 35. And that they doe not eate flesh who doe eate fish Further he doeth as did Montanus the heretique appoint lawes concerning certaine fasting daies and that without eyther prayer or repentance To conclude histories doe record that Pope Honorius fell into the heresie of the Monothelites 2. Tom. Con. 8. Syn. Constant act 17. that Gregorie the seuenth fell from the true faith Lib. 1 Alphonsi de Castro Minonta contra Heres in the Cronicle of Abbas Vrbergens that Pope Liberius was an Arrian And that Pope Anastasius fauoured the Nestorians and erred from the faith Lib. 1. Alphonsi de Castro Minonta contra Heres That Iohn the 22 helde and maintained that the soules were mortall and died with the bodies vntill the daie of the resurrection in Sermone quodam pascali Ioh. Gerson For which cause that Pope is called a deuill incarnate In Concil Constant Sess 7. Lastly that Marcellinus the Pope sacrificed vnto Idols C. nunc autem dist 21. Furthermore the Pope is the man who vaunteth vpon his twofolde supreme authoritie spirituall and temporall and of both his swords spirituall and temporall or materiall and doeth arrogate vnto himselfe both Iurisdictions As touching them both thus they are ioyntly proued by that which is said C. vnam sanctam extra vag de maior obed Wee are instructed by the worde of the Gospell that there be two swordes the one spirituall the other temporall in this power and authoritie of the Pope Againe therefore both the swords are in the power of the Church that is both the spirituall and the materiall sword c. Fundament de elect in 6. The Pope of Rome hath the Monarchie or sole gouernment of both the Iurisdictions spirituall and temporall Whereof wee haue a notable example in Boniface the 8. who in the first yere of his Iubile in the yere of our Lorde 1300 hauing vpon him both the Emperours robe and the Priestes attyre and shewing himselfe openly in the Church of Peter and Paul and hauing both a key and a sword hee cried as loude as he coulde Beholde here bee two swordes c. vnam sanct Extravag de maiorit obed as also in Iulius the second who was a better souldier then a Priest and of whom Mantuan writeth thus Ensepotens gemino cuius vestigia adorāt Caesar aurato vestiti muricereges which is in English He powrefull is by twofold sword to him all men doe stoupe Both Emperour and stately kings with all their glorious troupe Concerning his spirituall authoritie are these testimonies Clement in Pastoral desent re Iud. c. Primum extravag de empt vend and others of which we spake before for the temporall Iurisdictions these are witnesses sufficient as Cap. Constan dist 96. where the ensignes titles pallace citie prouince right and power of the Emperours are bestowed vpon the Pope of Rome that hee hath the rule of all the West partes Et cap. 1. in fine extravag de matorit obed Where it is said without doubt whosoeuer denieth that the temporall sword is in the power of Peter doeth giue small heede vnto the word of the Lord which saith Put vp thy sword into the sheath Hee also vaunteth of himselfe with signes and miracles as is well knowne both by the bookes and practise of the Papistes but they are lying deceitfull as the Apostle speaketh and are wrought to seduce and drawe men into errour and superstition and further they are either meere fables or else iuggling sleights Fables as those which are reported of Mary of Lauritane as they call her which a certaine Iesuite hath declared to bee false and feigned in a certaine booke set foorth at Lipsia after that hee had denounced Iesuitisme so also they which are recited in the bookes of the Franciscans Dominicans especially in the bookes which are of the conformities of the Franciscans Iuggling sleights as those which are wrought either by the delusion of Sathan or by the close and craftie conueyances of the Monkes as in the apparitions of soules which made report of purgatorie and desired that Masses might be said and celebrated for them and in the healing of diseases at the Chappels I or images of saintes and in coniurations For Sathan God in his iust iudgement so permitting it to be afflicted men with peculiar diseases and againe ceased to afflict them when they were making their vowes at the Chappels or images of saintes so that they were supposed to bee cured by the making of their vowes and deliuered by the helpe of the saintes And thus hee playing with the exorcistes doeth voluntarilie yeeld vnto them though he seeme to be cast out by force and hee ceaseth to torment a man who is bodily possessed that by this meanes these errours beeing confirmed he may instead of their bodies besiege win and possesse their soules He boasteth himselfe as God whilest that hee chalengeth vnto him selfe the name and authoritie and the workes which are proper vnto God Hee arrogateth to himselfe the name of God Cap. satisf dist 96. where he saieth It is euident enough that the Pope neither is as all neither can be either freed or bounde by any temporall authoritie who as it is verie manifest was caled God by the godly prince Constantine Sith that it is euident that God can not bee iudged of men Et cap. quanto seq extr de translat Episcopi For no man but God doeth separate them whome the Pope of Rome doeth separate not by humane but rather by diuine authoritie So likewise the Pope is God on earth according as Baldus hath it hee is a certaine diuine power and hath as it were the resemblance of a visible God and what he doeth he doeth it as God not as man according to Gomazius of which there is a more large discourse in the booke which is called Recusatio concilij Trident. published in the name of the protestant princes and states Anno 64. Furthermare he doeth chalenge the power and the workes of God as he will be both indeed and estimation as hee is also accounted of verie many not only the head of the whole Church as was before saide but also the head and lord of all kings and Monarches of the worlde Extravag de maiorit obed in the end Moreouer we declare to euerie humane creature that hee is subiect to the Pope of Rome this wee doe professe determine pronounce that it is altogether a matter

his kingdome substituted Papin into his roome So Pope Hadrian saith as Arentinus reporteth Lib. 6. in Epist ad Archiepisc Trevicens Mogunt Coloniens From whence hath the Emperour his Empire vnlesse it be frō vs therefore he ruleth by vs. Againe whatsoeuer the Emp. hath he hath it wholly frō vs. Further behold the Empire is in our power to giue it to whōsoeuer we wil. Therefore are we appointed of God aboue nations kingdoms that we may destroy pull down build plant And thus say the Canonists that the Emp. is the Popes vassall and that hee hath the Empire of him in name of Homage The acts of the Bishops of Rome afford vs plentifull exāples who haue either proclaimed as deposed at their pleasure tūbled them frō their thrones or else crowned Emperors kings and princes So dealt Innocentius with Otho the 4 Emperour of that name Gregorie the 7 with Henry the 4. Paschalis the 2 with Henry the fift Hadrian the 4 and Alexander the 3 with Frederick the first Innocentius the 3 with Philip the son of Frederick Gregory the 9 with Frederick the 2 Innocentius the 4 with Conrad the 4 Alexander the 2 with W. king of Englād Boniface the 8 with Philip Pulcher the K. of France whom they did excommunicate either did depose or labored to depose them frō their Empire kingdoms And at this day Sixtus the 5 doeth depriue the king of Navar and prince of Condie of their kingdome prerogatiue all hope of successiō absolueth the subiects from the oth of allegiāce obediēce inciteth the French king to persecute them with violence fire and sworde So Leo the third created Charles the great Emperour hee annointed him and sate the diademe vpon his head so transferred the Empire vnto the Frenchmē frō the Grecians among whō it had cōtinued 500 yeres Iohn the ninth made three Emperours one after another gaue the Emperiall crown vnto Carolous Calons to Ludovicus Bulbus his sonne and to Charles the third sonne to Ludovicus Germanicus Iohn the thirteenth created Otto and Clement the fift created Henry Emperour called him Augustus But aboue all the acte of Gregorie is famous who tooke away the Empire from Henricus the Emperour gaue it to Rodolphus adding this verse Petra dedit Patro Petrus diadema Rodolpho This diademe the Rocke to Peter gaue And Peter graunts that Rodolph shall it haue The same Pope is an idolatour worshipping strange gods that is such a thing for God which is no God First in the bread of the Eucharist where Innocentius the fourth was the first who established transubstantiatiō the worship of that bread Honorious the 3 vouchsafed it a peculiar place where it should be set that the God of bread might haue a temple palace To conclude least any thing should be wanting vnto idolatrie Vrbanus the fourth Anno Christ 1263. appointed a feast vnto the body of Christ and the carying about of the Eucharist in procession and gaue verie large indulgences there withal Secondly in the calling vpon the saintes departed For he persecuteth the saintes whilest they liue on earth and killeth them whom being dead hee worshippeth in heauen Wherein he is like vnto hunters who do therefore hunt that they may kill and eate and eating doe commend the meate and are encouraged to follow their game againe And also he is like to eraftie and close marchants who whilest they are to buy dispraise that which afterward they do commend when they haue bought it according as it is said Prov. 20. 14. It is nought it is nought saith euery buyer Finally he is like to the Scribes and Pharises of whome mention is made Mat. 23. 29. 30. Thirdly in the worship of images and monuments relikes of Christ and the saintes in that which they call holy water in the hallowed and consecrated oyle and waxe candles in the signe of the crosse in the baptizing of belles in Amulets Pomanders such like The which Idolatrie is gone so farre that there hath not bin greater no not amōg the heathē The Pope is also an hypocrite worshipping the true God indeed but onely in externall rites perfourmed ex opere operato by the worke done and instituting new kinds of worship as in the sacraments in the sacrifice of the Masse in the vigils or saintes euens in Canonicall houres in chaunting in the Church in fastes in choice of meates single life religious pilgrimages anointing the order of Monasticall life whereof there be more kindes if they were tolde then there are of fowles which yet also haue differēce by their colours so great multitudes if they were mustered together that they wold seeme to bee the armie of Xerxes In workes of supererrogation in almes in mumbling of praiers and in the number of them in their apparell or holy habites in the shauing their haire their burning tapers the ornaments of the Churches the multitude of feasts wherof there is neither measure nor end But yet he is indeed prophane wicked an Atheist because he getteth this kingdome by magique or Symonie or else by threats sedition and tumult both he himselfe beareth also suffereth others to beare the titles names of holy offices without the thing itselfe For if you do take a view either of the ministerie of the word sacraments or of the whole gouernmēt of the Church it appeareth that the bishops others besides doe not execute any part of their owne function but are wholly emploied about temporall affaires contrarie to the word of God the ancient canons We haue exāples herof in Gregory the 5 who being caried with a deuilish desire of authority did first by bribes obtain the Archbishoprick of Rhenes and afterwarde got by the deuils assistance the Popedome itselfe on this cōdition that after his death the deuil shoulde wholly haue him as Platina recordeth In Gregory the 7 who being a Magitiā caused that stones fell downe frō aboue when Henry the 3 Emperor was praying in the tēple whē he was seeking answers from God against the Emp. he cast the sacramēt of the body of the lord into the fire as Platina doeth witnesse In Iohn the eight or rather Ione a woman who dissembling her sexe obtained and exercised the Popedome vntil such time as her tranell did bewray what shee was as againe Platina and verie manie others doe witnesse In Iohn the thirteene who gaue himselfe vnto Sathan corporally as it is registred in Fasciculo Temporum In Sylvester the second of whome Iohannes Stella the Venetian writeth that hee was appointed Pope by the assistance of the deuill on this condition that after his death hee might haue him whollie both soule bodie by whose subtiltie he attained to so great promotion In Benedictus the ninth and Gregorie the sixt and moreouer in Sixtus the fourth as the said Cardinall Benno witnesseth who being at Florence in the Church