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A11771	Aphorismes of state or Certaine secret articles for the re-edifying of the Romish Church agreed vpon, and approued in councell, by the Colledge of Cardinalls in Rome, shewed and deliuered vnto Pope Gregory the 15. a little before his death. Whereunto is annexed a censure vpon the chiefe points of that which the cardinalls had concluded. By Tho. Scott. Very needfull and profitable for all those, who are desirous to vnderstand the euent of the restitution of the Palatinate: and of the state of the Prince-Electors, of Saxon and Brandenburgh, in the behalfe of the clergie in Rome. Fit for the Brittish nation, especially to take notice of, that they may euidently see, the issue of all our treaties, ambassages, and promises, with other hopes depending: wherein we haue beene long held in suspence, and are still like to be, to our vnrecouerable losse. Faithfully translated according to the Latine, and Netherlandish Dutch, into English.; Nieuwe, ongehoorde, vreemde en secrete artijckelen, tot herbouwinge vande Roomsche Kercke-standt, by het Collegie der Cardinalen binnen Romen. English	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.; Catholic Church. Collegium Cardinalium.	1624 (1624)	STC 22065; ESTC S100964	18,484	32

for as much as he is Pope hath no Iurisdiction at all but for as much as he is enriched by the liberality of Princes he hath also his owne lands and hath a certaine Iurisdiction which is well to be vnderstoode in his owne lands But in the Empire where he hath no place amongst the Princes of the Empire no Iurisdiction may be allowed him without deminishing of the Emperiall Maiestie Let no man suffer himselfe once to be moued for that which hath bin so long said that the Pope of Rome is in the place of Christ here vpon earth Christ himselfe denied that his Kingdome was of this world The Disciple is not mightier then his Master nor the seruant greater then his Lord. What is more euident and plaine then that which Christ himselfe saith Let the Kings of the Nations beare rule but with you it must not be so neither is that firmer that they hope for the victory from the triumph and other proofes wherewith they haue alwayes defended their cause that Christ said All power is giuen me in heauen and in earth Maldonatus refuteth this with these words Christ speaketh not here of all power but of that which he gaue to the Apostles that is of the power to obtaine and gather together his spirituall Kingdome for which businesse hee sent out the Apostles like as temporall Princes are carefull of their temporall goods so are they also of their Iurisdictions Here auaileth that which the olde Father Bernard wrote to Pope Eugenius in his first booke of Obseruations Your power is ouer offences or sinnes and not ouer possessions These base and earthly things haue their Iudges Kings and Princes of the earth wherefore doest thou enter vpon other mens iurisdictions Wherefore doest thou thrust thy Sickle or Sythe into another mans Haruest Moreouer he saith in his eleuenth booke Dominion was forbiden the Apostles darest thou then vse it A Lord the Apostleship or an Apostolicall person dominion verily both these are forbiden you if you will enioy both these at once Therefore asketh Hostiensis what shall we say of that which concerneth the Pope in worldly or temporall affaires whereunto he maketh answere with his Lord Innocentius that vnto him viz. the Pope it concerned nothing at all The same also may de read by Iohn Pariensis in the tenth Chapter of the power of Kings and Popes This is long agoe tolde vnto them but they giue it no audience from hence ariseth the English complaint by Mathew Paris where hee treateth of Henry the third That it is sufficiently knowne and found that the wrath of God is falne vpon the Romish Church because their Magistrate and Regent doe not diligently apply themselues for the denotion of the people nor for the gaining of soules but to purchase Reuenues and to scrape money together Other Nations vsed very grieuously to complaine thereof and that with good reason especially Germany whose Princes long agoe seeking remedy hereof were not very acceptable who could neuer satisfie the Romish Clergie with riches and dignities from this vnsatiable gulfe also ariseth that they in the third Article desire to cut off the conditions for their aduantage which for the common peace sake were receiued aboue seauenty yeares since at Passow But it is not in the Popes power not in the Clergie to breake that which was concluded by a generall Councell of the States where the Authority of Charles entertained Heere followeth the Censure vppon the second part which extendeth it selfe farre larger then the first in regard that it not onely sheweth the Cardinalish Prince but that which lyeth next vnder This afore-said part containeth 20. Articles in which they with the like proofes doe proceede as yet seemeth yet their obiect indeede is something else more then in the former In which it seemeth to be sufficient to Michael Lonigus That if the Duke of Bauaria could but be perswaded that hee would seeke for the consent of the Pope in those dignities where he was honoured In such manner the chiefest Cardinals doe take the reynes of good reason too too long into their hands Nay as Phacton vpon the Waggon of their Auarice to the great danger of the world and more especially of Germany doe ride out of the common rout of the Popes like as if it were a matter of no moment to pronounce such an horrible sentence of the Transport of the Electorship of the Palsgraue and the occasion thereof whereof we will not now dispute and so they fall aboord the Prince-Electors of Saxon and Brandenburgh in the behalfe of the Rights of the Election what is it else but with the like thunderbolt to dash the heads of the sacred Empire they say they are Heretickes It is now no time to enquire after heresie but rather soundly to dispute whether that a Bishop like as hee hath right to excommunicate a man for heresie Whether therefore hee hath the power also to rob and spoile a man of his dignities and meanes verily therein is great difference Christ commaunded that the excommunicated should be counted as an Heathen or Publican but in no place willeth hee that men should rob the Heathens or Publicans of their Authority or should spoile them of their goods Christ himselfe paid Tole vnto the publicanes and by his example hath shewed vs the way what we should doe The Apostles liued vnder Heathenish Emperours and were obedient to their lawes in like manner also were all their Successors nay the Apostles being obedient vsed to pray to God for them There saith Tertullian in his Analogie in the thirtieth Chapter wee inuoke the eternall God for the prosperity of the Emperour praying that he may haue a long life a peacefull gouernment an establisht habitation strong Armies faithfull Councellours and a peacefull world When Iulian left Christianity and betooke himselfe to Heathenisme did the Christians then detrude him forth of his Empire When they heare of this then will they contend with later examples saying Wherefore then may not the Pope by the same right for heresie transport the dignity of the Prince-Electorship vnto another since that Pope Leo the third for the same occasion transported Empire from the Grecians vpon the Francks This is that Achilles which so boasts in the Colledge of the Cardinalls but yet he is not strong enough to take in our Citie of Elium They abuse themselues exceedingly with this example first from the Act of the Pope they conclude the iustnesse of the Act if we may so driue our Arguments there is no Act of any man but it may be found fault withall they erre also herein that they affirme that to be done which was neuer done We know it all of vs that the Empire was transported but withall that it was done by the councell of Rome as also all Italy consented thereunto either priuatly or publikely Of the westerne people I will passe ouer in silence They say againe that we haue many Writers which make repetition of that which