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A04483	A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589.	1582 (1582)	STC 14614; ESTC S107782	85,989	232

Scriptures In them yée shall learne to know me and howe you should worship me in them you shal finde euerlasting life the wordes of the Lord are pure words as the siluer tryed in the fornace ther is no filth nor drosse remaining in them They are the store-house of wisdome and of the knowledge of God In respect whereof all the wisedome of this world is but vaine foolish Numa Pompilius King of the Romanes Lycurgus King of Lacedemon and Minos King of Creta were wise men of great gouernment they deuised lawes to rule the people and bare them in hande that they were taught by reuelatiō that so their ordinances might win the more credite and be established for euer But where are they nowe Where is Numa Minos or Lycurgus where bée their Books What is become of their Laws They were vnwise and had no knowledge nor vnderstanding of God they and their Laws are dead their names forgotten But the lawe of God came from Heauen indéede GOD wrote it with his finger it is the fountaine of al wisedome and therefore shal it continue for euer and neuer haue an ende Here let vs beholde the great power and worke of God When Moses receyued the Law God hymselfe came down in person wyth thousande thousande of Aungels the Aire was darkened at hys presence the Moūt stoode al couered with fire the earth shooke the heauens thundered the people stood a farre off and fled for feare and said vnto Moses talke thou with vs we wil heare but let not God talk with vs least we die This was the first proclayming publishing of y e law such force and credite God gaue to his word warrāted himselfe to be y ● Lord. Since that time so manye thousande yeares are already passed In the meane time y e people of Israel were oppressed by Tyrantes were spoiled and chased out of their Countrie Firste by Nabuchodonosor into Babilon after that by Antiochus into Syria and lastly were as vagabondes driuen from countrie to countrie Thyir Citie Ierusalem was sackte their houses ouerthrowne their Temple razed and not a stone lefte vppon a stone theyr Librarie destroyed theyr Bookes burnte the tabernacle loste the couenaunt broken No vision no reuelation no comforte for the people left nor prophet nor priest nor any to speake in the name of the Lorde In all those times of decayes of sackings of darkenesse of miserie what was done with the word of God It was wickedly burnt by Ioachim King of Iuda and Antiochus burnt the Bookes of the Lawe and cutte them in peeces● No man durste be knowen to haue them and auouche the hauing So thought they vtterly to deface the glorie of God and abolish al remembraunce of his Lawes Then came the Phariseis they drowned the worde of God with their traditions they tooke away the key of Knowledge and entred not in them selues but forbade them that came in After them came Heretiques they denyed some one parte and some an other parte of Scriptures They razed blotted corrupted and altered the word of God of the word of God they made it their own word or which is worse they made it the word of the Diuel By the space of so many thousād yers the word of God passed by so many dangers of Tyrants of Phariseis of Heretiques of fire and of sworde and yet continueth and standeth vntill this day without altering or chaunging one letter This was a wōderful work of God that hauing so many so greate enimes and passing thorough so many so greate daungers it yet continueth stil without adding or altering of any one sentence or worde or letter No creature was able to doe this it was Gods worke He preserued it that no Tyrant should consume it no Tradition choake it no Heretike malitiously should corrupt it For For his names sake and for the elects sake he would not suffer it to perish For in it God hathe ordained a blessing for his people and by it he maketh couenant with them for life euerlasting Tirants and Phariseis and Heretiques and the enimies of the Crosse of Christe haue an end but the worde of God hath no ende No force shall be able to decay it The gates of Hel shal not preuaile against● it Cities shal fal Kingdoms shall come to nothing Empires shal fade away as the smoake but the trueth of the Lord shall continue for euer Burne it it will rise againe kill it it wil liue againe cut it downe by the roote it wil spring againe There is no wisedome neither vnderstāding nor Counsel against the Lord. Let vs behold the nations kingdoms which somtimes professed Christ are now heathnish I●●yricum Epyrus Peloponnesus Macedonia others Againe let vs behold such kingdomes countries whiche wer in times past heathnish knew not God As England Ireland Rome Scotland diuers other They were al without y ● Gospel without Christe without God without hope of life They worshipped Idols euen y e work of their own hands To them they appointed Priests for their seruice dayes and places for the people to resort togither to worship thē Here in Englād Paules Church in Londō was the Temple of Diana Peters Churche in Westminst was the Temple of Apollo In Rome they had y e Temple of the great God Iuppiter in Florence y e Temple of Mars and in other places they had Temples dedicated to other Idols Iupiter Mars Apollo Diana wer vncleane spirites filthie Diuels yet gaue they thanks to them for their peace and prosperitie prayed to them in war in miserie commended vnto them their wiues their children themselues y e safe keping and custody of their soules They built gorgeous Churches Chappels set vp images of siluer gold to thē prayed lifted vp their hāds did sacrifice offred vp their children to thē A horrible thing to say yet true it is y e darkenesse of those times were such that mē slew their own offered them vp to Idolles They saide greate is Iupiter greate is Apollo and greate is Diana of the Ephesians These are the Gods of our Fathers our Fathers trusted in them they made vs and haue defended vs and haue giuen vs victorie againste our enimies Whosoeuer denyed thē were thought worthy to die Thus were the Kings and the Princes and the people persuaded And so cōtinued they by the space of some thousand yeares without controllment or contradiction They had greate proppes of Antiquitie Vniuersality and Consent Antiquitie of all times Uniuersalitie of al places consent of al the people So strongly and so mightily were they foūded Who woulde thinke suche a religion so auntient so vniuersall and so defended by common consent should euer possibly be remoued But when the fulnesse of time came God sente forth his worde and al was changed Errour fell down truth stode vp mē forsooke their Idols and went to God The Kings and Priestes and

exercise himselfe daye and night The Lawe of the Lord is perfect conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lorde is sure and giueth wisedome vnto the simple This is the rule of our faith without this our faith is but a fantasie and no faith for faith is by hearing and hearing by the worde of God Therefore Christe saith Search the Scriptures they are they that testifie of me There shall ye finde testimonie of my doctrine there shal ye know what is the wil of my heauenlye Father and there shall you receiue the comforte for euerlasting life Againe He that followeth mee shall not walke in darkenesse but shall haue the light of life If a man keepe my word he shal know the truth hee shall neuer see death Therefore Baruch saith O Israel wee are blessed for the things that are acceptable vnto God are declared vnto vs. This is thy blessednesse herein hath God shewed his fauour vnto thée he hathe reuealed the secreats of hys will vnto thée and hath put his worde in thy mouth He sheweth his word vnto Iacob his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israell hee hathe not dealte so with euerie nation neyther haue they knowen hys Iudgementes Therefore the Prophet Dauid teacheth vs to pray vnto God for the knowledge of his worde Shewe mee thy wayes O Lord and teache me thy pathes Take not thy holie spirite from mee and incline my hearte vnto thy testimonies Giue mee vnderstanding that I maye learne thy commaundementes open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe And Lighten mine eies that I sleepe not in death that I maye discerne betwéene safetie and daunger that I may knowe truth to be the truth and error to be error Thus I haue declared parte of that profite which groweth to vs by the word of God but it doeth not onelye directe our iudgement in the triall of truth but dothe also graffe in vs a boldenesse and constancie in the defence of the truth Salomon saieth A foole chaungeth as the Moone He is alwayes vnstable and inconstant he knoweth not neither what to do nor what to beleue he is somtimes ful sometimes emptie turneth and changeth as the Moone He buildeth and layeth his foundation vppon the sande therfore his house falleth to the ground He halteth on both sides somtimes worshippeth God and sometimes worshippeth Baal he is neither hotte nor colde he ebbeth and floweth like the waues of the sea he doubteth and staggereth resteth in nothing He knoweth not the truth he knoweth not that the scripturs are the word of God so he wandereth in the darke and knoweth not the way in which he walketh He hath no féeling no hart no vnderstāding He is vnfaithful towards God and kepeth no faith towards man he is wauering in all hys wayes And why because he knoweth not the wil of God nor hath the light of his word to guide his féete But a wise man is one and stedfast as the sunne He buildeth his house vppon a rocke and that rocke is Iesus Christe the sonne of God Therefore his house is neuer shaken downe Be the storme or tempest neuer so rough yet it shall stand faste like Mount Sion because his truste is in the name of the Lord. He knoweth that his name is written in the Booke of Life he knoweth that he belongeth to the Lords Shéepefolde and that no man can take him away out of the Lordes hand In this boldenesse Dauid sayeth Thoughe I shoulde walke thorough the valley of the shadow of death I will feare no euill for thou arte wyth mee thy rodde and thy staffe they comforte mee And againe the Lord is my light and my saluation whome shall I feare And againe Except thy lawes had bene my delight I should now haue perished in mine affliction when Ezechias heard y ● proud message of Sennacherib sent to him his people by Rahshaketh that they should not obey Ezech. nor trust to him when he said The Lord wil deliuer you and let not thy GOD deceiue thee in whom thou trustest hee wente vp into the house of the Lord and prayed vnto the Lorde to saue hym and hys people out of their handes that al the kingdomes of the earth might know that hee is GOD alone Euen so the Apostle Whether wee liue or die wee are the Lordes And in this boldenesse our sauiour Christe setled himselfe to beare their reproches and to carry his Crosse Father if thou wilte take away this cup frō me neuerthelesse not my wil but thine bee done Thus they that are taught by the word of God to put their trust in the Lorde and are thereby rooted and setled in him can not be remoued by any practise of Sathan but stand fast and continue for euer Which shal more plainely appeare if we looke backe into the times of persecution and beholde the boldenesse of constancie of the Sainctes of God They were brought before Magistrates caste into prisōs spoiled of their goods cruelly murthered Some were hanged vppon gibbets some run through with swords some torn with wild horses some drowned in the water and some burnt in the fire They were hated of all men for the name of Christ. They were despised as the filth of the worlde and dung of the earth Yet continued they faithfull and constant They armed their heartes with the comforte of Gods worde therby wer they able to resist in the euil day They were faithfull vntil death therefore GOD gaue them a Crowne of glorie When they were called before Kings and Princes and others of auctoritie and commaunded to forsake the trueth they had learned and the comfort which they tooke in the truth they aunswered in this manner O my gratious Lorde I would faine do your commandement I am your subiect I haue done faithfull seruice with my body with my goods but I cannot serue you against God He is King of Kings Lord of Lords He is my Lord before whom I stande I haue put my life in his handes He hathe forbidden me to doe this thing whiche you commaunde I cannot therefore doe it Iudge vprightly whether it be méete to obey you rather than God My liuing my wife my children and my life are deare vnto me I am a man like others and haue mine affections Yet neither liuing nor wife nor children nor my life is so deare vnto me as the glorie of God I am but a pore worme yet am I the worke of his handes God hathe putte his worde in my mouth I may not deny it I may not beare false witnesse against the Lord. My life is not deare vnto me in respect of the trueth I knowe if I shoulde deny him to saue my life I shoulde lose it and if I lose my life for his sake I shall finde it That which your auctoritie shal lay vpon me is not done without his will All the haires of my head are

A VIEWE OF A SEDITIOVS Bul sent into Englande from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome ANNO. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God IOHN IEWEL late Bishop of SALISBVRIE Wherevnto is added A short Treatise of the holy Scriptures Both which he deliuered in diuers Sermons in his Cathedral Church of Salisburie Anno. 1570. AT LONDON Printed by R. Newberie H. Bynneman ANNO. 1582. To the godlie Reader THE present state of these our dayes and the honourable and reuerent loue that euery one of vs subiectes oweth to so gratious a Prince as GOD in mercy hath set ouer vs hath caused this small worke to be persented vnto thee gentle Reader For it carrieth in it selfe and bringeth vnto thee a ripping vp and an vnfoulding of that seditious BVL of Pius Quinius that was set vp and published by FELTON a rebellious traitour in the twelfth yeare of hir Maiesties raigne to withdraw thee from the obedience and loue that thou owest to hir Maiestie to hir Lawes and godlie proceedinges and to this Realme thy deare Countrie To whiche is also adioined an other Treatise of the Holy Scriptures Wherein is shewed thee the authoritie and the profit and the pleasure and the necessitie of the word of God Both these the reuerend Father in GOD D. IEWEL late Bishop of SARVM deliuered to that Church and people in the great care he had to do his Maisters seruice to keepe the people committed to his charge from incurring such offence to GOD or vndutifulnes to hir Maiestie or their own euerlasting damnation His meaning herein was good toward thē not doubt but they reapt the comfortable fruit of his godlie trauailes The like mayest thou gather to thy selfe by direction of the same his speeches thus drawn into short and compendious forme if thou wilt reade them with diligence and iudgement If thou learne to humble thy selfe before GOD and to seeke wisdome of hym if thou searche the scriptures and make them thy guides to leade thee through the desert and wide sea of this life as thou arte aduertised by the later thou shalt soone espie the daunger of all such practises towardes disloialtie aud rebellion whereto the BVL driueth thee which is disclosed in the former For it is not only sayde by the wise man The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisedome but also set down by the Prophet They haue reiected the word of the Lord and what wisedome is in them that is therefore men become foolish and do such things as are vnmeete because they care not for the word of God and therefore Dauid in his experience so confesseth that by the commaundemēts of God he was made wiser than his enimies and had more vnderstanding than al his teachers because the testimonies of the Lord were euer with him and he did meditate them If thou settle thy heart to like and do those things which please God if thou haue the loue of his word hee wil teache thee the way wherein thou shouldst walke in obedience to him and in dutie to hir Maiestie our dread Soueraigne his seruant I trust thou wilte take good instructions out of these twoo Treatises to thy duty and zeale to them both and be thankful to God for that learned Father who hath lefte a light vnto thee both in ex-example and by these and other his workes whose steppes if thou shalt follow thou shalt liue godly and die with comforte as a good seruaunt of thy mercifull GOD and Father The benefites of his great trauailes taken in time of his life are thine And vnto the ende he ceassed not to continue in the faith whiche he before professed For as I one of many yet liuing can testifie in the daye and night before his departure out of this worlde hee expounded the Lordes prayer and gaue short notes vpon the 71. Psalme to such as were by him He thought good to say somwhat at that time of his Bookes written by him and set forth in Print and also of his Preaching In both which seruices done by him to the glory of God and thy comfort he made protestation of his good conscience whiche euen then as he declared witnessed and shoulde witnesse with him before God that he dealt simply and plainely hauing God only before his eies and seeking the defence of the Ghospel of Christ and that the truth thereof might bee opened and maintayned And farther gaue thankes to God that made him his seruaunt in so greate a worke and then visited him by this messenger of death whiles he was doing the message of God in visiting his Dioecese that then hee called him to reste from his labours when his weake body was spent and worne out in setting forth the glory of God for which he many times prayed it woulde pleas● God to let him be offred in sacrifice Hee was at that time verye feruent in Prayer which he poured out before the Lord aboundantly and in great faith crying often Lorde let thy seruant now depart in peace Lord let thy seruant now come to thee I haue not so liued that I am ashamed to liue neither am I afrayd to die for we haue a gratious Lord. There is laide vppe for mee a crowne of righteousnesse Christ is my righteousnesse Thy will be done ô Lorde for mine is frayle With many other suche godlye speehes In the extremitie of his disease he shewed great pacience and when his voice fayled that hee lay speechelesse hee lifted vp his handes and eyes in witnesse of his consent to those prayers whiche were made Thus being vertuously occupied and wholly resting himselfe vpon the mercies of God through Ies●s Christ our sauior he rendred vp his soule to God the 23. of September 1571. Be thou thankful to God for giuing his Church so worthy an instrument of his glorie and bee carefull to follow the good doctrine which he left behinde him not only in this that commeth forth at this present but in all other his Bookes whiche haue beene set forth before or shall be put foorth hereafter to thy benefit and increase of godlinesse 27. Ian. 1582. North Crowlie Thine in the Lord IO GARBRAND A VIEVV OF A SEDITIOVS BVL SENT INTO ENGLANDE WHiles I opened vnto you y e words of y e Apostle That daye shall not come except ther come a departing firste that man of sinne bee disclosed euen the sonne of perdition which is an aduersarie and is exalted aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he shall sit as God in the Temple of God beare in hand that he is God there came to my hands a copie of a Bull latelye sente into this Realme by the Bishop of Rome I read it and weighed it throughly and founde it to be a matter of greate blasphemie against God and a practise to work much vnquietnesse sedition and treason againste our blessed and prosperous gouernment For it deposeth the Queens Maiestie whome GOD long