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A15132	A most godly and learned sermon preached at Pauls crosse the 17 of Nouember, in the yeare of our Lorde. 1583.	Whitgift, John, 1530?-1604.	1589 (1589)	STC 25432; ESTC S114940	18,891	64

Etiam si Apostolus sis si Euangelista si Propheta siue quisquis tandem fueris These commaundementes are enioyned vnto all to Priestes to Moonkes and not to lay men alone c. yea though thou bean Apostle or Euangelist or whatsoeuer els Therefore Chrisostome doeth also include the Pope in this precept of obedience Peter from whome the Pope claymeth his Supremacie speaking of the obedience due vnto Kinges calleth the King most excellent that is aboue all others and greater then all other neither dooth he exempt himselfe much lesse those that clayme to bee his successors Colimus saith Tertulian Imperatorem sic quomodo nobis conuenit illi expedit vt hominem a deo secundum post quem primū ante omnes homines Deos. 〈◊〉 was a Priest of the Church of Rome if he had knowne or remembred the Pope to haue bin aboue the Emperour or equall vnto him hee woulde not haue said the Emperour had bin next vnto God the first after God and before all other men and Gods Chrisostome saith that the Emperour hath no peere vppon earth and calleth him Summitatem caput omnium super terram hominum The chiefe head of al men vpon earth Many of the Popes themselues haue acknowledged this superioritie in the Emperours for they haue bin complayned of vnto them pleaded their causes before them receaued iudgement by them and yeelded thereunto as it is to be read in their owne histories yea diuerse Emperours haue deposed diuers Popes from their Popedomes as it is also manifest in the same histories One of their owne Canonists saithe that the Emperour may require of the Pope an accompt of his faith And Gratian himselfe where hee dooth most of all exempt the Pope from the iurisdiction of the Emperour maketh this exception Nisi fuerit a fide deuius aut in crimine haereseos deprehendatur Vnlesse he be slid from the faith or infected with the sinne of herresie Therefore it is manifest that the Emperour hath authoritie ouer Ecclesiasticall persons euen ouer the Pope himselfe That hee hath also authoritie in Ecclesiasticall causes it is easelie prooued When I say that the Emperour or Ciuill Magistrat hath authority in Ecclesiasticall causes I meane not as the Papists and some other malitiously cauill that hee hath authoritie to execute Ecclesiasticall functions proper to the ministers of the word as to preache the Gospell to minister the Sacraments to cōsecrate bishops and such like which was neuer giuen to any ciuill Magistrate neyther yet did any Chrystian Prince take it vpon him But by authoritie in Ecclesiasticall causes I meane that it appertaineth to the Office duetie of the Ciuill Magistrat to see the commandements of God obserued true Religion mayntained euery man in the Church to doe his duetie and to prouide that all things be done therein decently and in order according to the rule of the Apostles That Christian Magistrates ought to haue this authority it is notorious For first the custodie of both Cables is committed vnto them which they can not performe accordinglye vnlesse they haue authoritie in Ecclesiasticall causes The first Table conteining thinges méerely Ecclesiasticall The Prophet calleth Kinges the nursing fathers of the Church and Quéenes the nursing mothers which title is giuen them in vaine if they haue no authoritie in matters of the Church All the good Kings and Magistrates of the old Testament as Iosua Dauid Salomon Asa Iosaphat Ezechias Iosias c. had and vsed this authority For they did not onely rule ouer the Priestes but also prescribed vnto them what they should doe in diuine matters as in Sacrifices Circumcision Blessings Cursings dedication of the temple casting downe Idolatrie Idols and such like Some of the Papistes themselues confesse that the Kinges of the olde Testament had this authoritie That Christian Kinges also hadde the same it appeareth by sundrie examples Elutherius Bishoppe of Rome who liued within two hundreth yeares of Christ writing to Lucius King of this lande calleth him Goddes vicar within his kingdome and sayth that it pertayneth to his dutie to make lawes according to the worde of God for the gouernement of his kingdome as well in matters of Religion as in matters of pollicie Eusebius calleth Constantine the great quasi communem quendam Episcopum a Deo constitutum As a cōmon Byshoppe appoynted by God And it is certayne that the sayd Constantine did not onelie call the Councell of Nice but had herein also the chiefe gouernement and superioritie he compounded controuersies betwixt the Bishops hee prescribed vnto them a rule according to which they should iudge matters then in question c. Iustinian and other godlie Emperours made lawes concerning publique prayers in the Church concerning the Trinitie Baptisme the Sacrament of the Supper Festiuall daies ordering of Byshoppes against Heretiques c. Socrates saith that since the Emperours were Christians the matter of the Church especiallie depended vppon them that the greatest councels were called by them Nabuchodonozer sayth Augustine when his heart was peruerted sette vp an Image and made a law for the worshiping thereof But when his heart was conuerted he pulled it downe and made a law for the true worshipping of the true God In hoc enim sayth he Reges Deo seruiunt sicut eis diuinitùs praecipitur in quantum sunt Reges si in suo regno bona iubeant mala prohibeant non solùm quae pertinent ad humanam societatem verùm etiam quae ad diuinam religionem In this behalfe Kings serue God for so God commaundeth them in that they are Kings if in their kingdome they appoint good things as also forbid that which is naught and this not onely in those causes which concerne the outward Communion and societie of mans life but also such as appertayne vnto Gods Religion and seruice And againe Seruiunt Reges terrae Christo leges ferendo pro Christo. The Kinges of the earth doe serue Christ in making and appoynting lawes for Christ. And writing against the Donatistes who graunted and denyed the authoritie of the Emperour in causes ecclesiasticall at their pleasure he sayeth An fortè de Religione fas non est vt dicat Imperator cur ergo ad Imperatorem vestri venerunt legati cur eum fecerunt causae suae Iudicem non secuturi quod ille iudicaret Is it not forsooth lawfull for the Emperour to commaund concerning causes of religion why then come your Embassadors vnto the Emperour why did they apoynt him Iudge in their businesse if they entended not to stand to his iudgement In the same Booke he writeth that the Emperour made pecuniarie lawes against those which called them-selues Christians and yet did not communicate with the vniuersall Church but gathered them-selues together in priuate Conuenticles which lawes although he sometimes misliked yet vpon better aduisement hee did not onelye allowe of them but also thought them to bee most profitable necessary It appeareth therefore that the Ciuill