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The iudgement of the Apostles and of those of the first age, in all points of doctrine questioned betweene the Catholikes and Protestants of England, as they are set downe in the 39. Articles of their religion. By an old student in Diuinitie.
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Broughton, Richard.
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Episâ—opo nemo quicquam faciat eorum quae ad Ecclesiam spectant Sainct Clement testifieth that Sainct Peter the Apostle Clem. Rom. epist 1. commaunded praecipiebat Petrus Apostolus that all Princes of the earth omnes Principes terrae and all men should obey Bishops And proued that all which did contradict them were in state of damnation and imfamy vntill they made satisfaction and commaunded them to be excommunicate except they were conuerted The Bishop Clem const Apost lib. 2. c. 11. 12. 3. 30. 31. ruleth all Lords Preists Kings Princes Regibus Principibus Fathers children Masters and all subiects He Iudgeth as God with power The Bishop is mediatour betweene God and men He is the next after God our Father Prince Ruler King Rex Gouernour A Bishop is adorned with the dignitie of God he ruleth the clergie and commaundeth all the people Omni populo imperat Dion Areop Hier. Eccl. c. 2. par 2. 3. c. 4. 5. Martial ep ad Burdegal cap. 3. The like haue other Apostolike men of this first age And they are so farre from giuing superiority and commaund to ciuill power ouer Bishops in things of Religion that in such affaires and causes they make inferiour all temporall people euen to Preists and Deacons Preisthood is the heade or cheife of all good things in this world saith S. Ignatius Ignat. epist ad Smyrnen Sacerdotium est omnium bonorum quae in hominibus sunt apex He that rageth against it doth not ignominy to man but to God Lay men must be subiect not onely to Preists but to Deacons Laici Diaconis subditi Polycarpus epist ad Philippen sint Subiecti estote Presbyteris Diaconis sicut Deo Christo And our Protestants themselues acknowledge Rob. Barnes l de vit Pont Roman in Anacleto Anaclet epist 1. that the holy Popes of this time iudged them no Christians that called holy Preists to ciuill consistorys Anacletus Christo alienos esse indicabat qui Sacerdotes inius vocarent They which tooke away the riches of the Church were to be adiudged homicidas because the Apostles by our Sauiour his commaunde gaue chardge that the priuiledges of the Church and Preists should be kept inuolate Christ vel Ecclesiae pecunias auferentes homicidas iudicari debere censuit quia inquit priuilegia Ecclesiae Sacerdotum Apostoli Saluatoris iussu inuiolata esse debere iusserunt In Ecclesiasticall busines the the greater causes were to be referred to the primates the lesser to the Metropolitane Bishop and secular causes to secular Iudges In Ecclesiasticis negotijs grauiores causas ad primatem leuiores ad metropolitanum Episcopum referendas secularia negotia ad prophanos iudices agenda esse iussit All that were oppressed might appeale to the Ecclesiasticall Court And that such causes as could not be composed by the cheifest of the cleargie should be ended in their councells Et causas quae apud primarios Ecclesiastici ordinis componi non possent in Concilio finiendas esse To that which followeth in this Article The Bishop of Rome hath no iurisdictioÌ„ in this Realme of England I haue aboundantly answeared and so proued the weakenesse of such assertion in my Examine of their 19. Article and that which is here said most manifestly conuinceth the same For if as is proued here the Bishops in euery Prouince haue the highest and cheifest spirituall power ouer all others therein whether spirituall or temporall he which hath the supreame power and Iurisdiction ouer all and euery such Bishops or Bishop cannot be depriued of that Title and right though a farre greater consistory then these Articlers or their Approuers and applauders should deny it vnto him He that hath iurisdiction and power ouer the greater must needs haue it ouer the lesser and Inferiour in that Kind S. Ignatius calleth the Church of Rome the sanctified and Ruling Church being himselfe Patriarke of Antioch Ignatius Ecclesiae sanctificatae Ignat. epist ad Rom. in inscriptione quae praefidet in loco Regionis Romanorum S. Polycarp lyuing in the same age went from Smyrna in the East to Rome for decision of Questions about the day of Easter Propter quasdam super die paschae Hier l. de vir illustrib in Polycarpo Dion Aerop c 3. de diuin no minib Clem. Rom. epist 1. Rufino Interpret quaestiones Romam venit S. Dionisius saith S. Peter liuing and dying Bishop of Rome was the supreame glory and head of diuines Petrus supremum decus antiquissimum Theologorum columen S. Clement saith S. Peter was by Christ defined the foundation of the Church Simon Petrus fundamentum esse Ecclesiae definitus est And as the most worthy commaunded by Christ to conuert the westerne parts and performed that precept Qui obscuriorem mundi plagam occidentis velut omnium potentior illuminare praeceptus est quique integrè potuit implere praeceptum He liued much and dyed at Rome by martyrdome and committed his supreame Pastorall charge and office to S. Clement which Christ had committed to him full power to binde and loose whatsoeuer he should decree on earth should be decreed in heauen Clementem Episcopum vobis ordino cui soli me ae praedicationis doctrinae cathedram trado Ipsi trado à Domino mihi traditam potestatem ligandi soluendi vt de omnibus quibuscumque decreuerit in terris hoc decretum sit in caelis Among other Pastorall and highest Pontificall duties he gaue him power and chardge to send Bishops into all cyties whether or where S. Peter had not sent or ordained before Episcopos per singulas ciuitates quibus ille non miserat nobis mittere praecepit And S. Clement performed it Quod facere inchoauimus Domino opemferente facturi sumus Aliquos ad Gallias Hispaniasque mittimus quosdam ad Germaniam Italiam atque ad reliquas gentes dirigere cupimus Among these Bishops some were primates or Patriarks and Archbishops and the causes of Bishops and greatest Ecclesiasticall Questions and busines of the Churches were to be tried and decided by the primates and Patriarks and the Apostles so decreed Petrus Episcoporum primates vel Patriarchas ordinauit qui reliquorum Episcoporum iudicia maiora quoties necesse foret negotia in fide agitarent secundum Dei voluntatem sicut constituerunt sancti Apostoli ita vt ne quis iniustè periclitaretur definirent Archiepiscopos institui praecepit qui non tamen primatum sed Archiepiscoporum fruerentur nomine Episcoporum quoque iudicia vt superius memoratum est maiora Ecclesiarum negotia si ipsi reclamauerint aut aliquem timorem aut istos vel alios suspectos habucrint ad iam dictos primates vel Patriarchas transferri perdocuit And this was among the Apostles themselues one S. Peter aboue the rest Quoniam nec inter Apostolos par institutio fuit Sed vnus omnibus praefuit This is
Marc. Protestant consent so proue and deriue it S. Denis Anton. l. 2. de Republ. Eccl. caâ— 2. is so plaine that they plainely thus confesse it Areopagitae Dionysio tributum opusculum vnctionem ponit expressè So they confesse of S. Anacletus made Preist by S. Peter the Apostle addit vnctionem capitis Anacletus quae est antiquissima The words which he vseth deducing his doctrine Anacl ep 2. and practise from the Apostles be these Bishops are to be made by Imposition of hands of Bishops with the ghospels which they are to preach and holie vnction by the example of the Apostles because all sanctification consisteth in the holie ghost whose inuisible power is mixed with holie Chrisme and by this Rite solemne Ordination is to be celebrated Where we finde by this greate Apostolike authoritie that the grace of this Sacrament and power Episcopall is giuen by this Rite And these Protestants as by this they must and Prot. supr in Marc. Anton. are enforced confesse so of the holie fathers following both in the Greeke and Latin Church that they were consecrated Bishops by holie vnction Gregor Nazianc orat 20. de laudib Basil orat 5. ad Basil part Sim. Metaph. in vit Crisost Petr. Chrisolog Ser. de S. Seuero Isidor l. 2. de offic Eccl. c. 25. S. Iuo Ser. de reb Eccl. Steph. Aduen Sacr. alt c. 9. So of S. Basile vnctione sacrâ adhibitâ est ordinatus So of S. Gregorie Naziancen me Pontificem vngis So were S. Iohn Chrisostome and S. Seuerus Of S. Augustine S. Gregorie with others I haue spoken before To which we may ioyne S. Iuo Stephanus Aduensis and other auntient writers and expositours of holie mysteries and all Orders of Consecration By this it is euident how certayne and vndoubted a thing it is That the consecration vsed in the Romane Church is most true holie and honourable both for Order and Iurisdiction euer as is demonstrated before both in this and other nations from the Apostolike Roman see and in the old Orders of consecration the Bishop to be consecrated protesteth obedience to the Popes of Rome And how the case standeth with the Protestants both of England and all others it is as lamentable to know their desolate condition THE XXVII CHAPTER The 37. article intituled of the ciuill Magistrates thus examined and whosoeuer against the Roman Church condemned THeir 37. and next Article is intituled of the ciuill Magistrates And thus followeth The Kings Maiestie hath the cheife power in this Realme of EnglaÌ„d and other his dominions vnto whome the cheife gouernment of all estates of this Realme whether they be Ecclesiasticall or ciuill in all causes doth appertaine and is not nor ought to be subiect to any forraine iurisdiction The Bishop of Rome hath no IurisdictioÌ„ in this Realme of England The rest of this article containeth an excuse of ProtestaÌ„ts that they did not giue to their temporall Prince power to preach and minister Sacraments as some interpreted their opinion and other things not questioned betweene Catholiks and English Protestants but betweene these Protestants and some other new sectaries among themselues and be these The lawes of the Realme may punish Christian men with death for heynous and grieuous offences It is lawfull for Christian men at the commaundement of the Magistrate to weare weapons serue in the warrs These positions are graunted and allowed by all Catholiks The first part of this article giuing vnto the King a temporall Gouernour and Ruler cheife gouernment ouer all estates in all causes Ecclesiasticall or ciuill as also their statute and oath of Princes Supremacy in spirituall things fighteth with and contradicted it selfe for thus it addeth we giue not to our Prince the ministring either of Gods word or of the Sacraments the which the Iniunctions also sometime set fourth by Elizabeth our late Queene doe most plainely testifie Therefore seing Kings be not Teachers preachers Doctours Pastours and sheephards in the Church and fould of Christ to giue them some place therein members of it and not to be quite excluded from the name and number of Christians we must needs say they be of them which be taught preached vnto instructed sheepe and subiects fedde ruled and gouerned by them which haue authority and spirituall power in such things And these our Protestants haue accordingly this defined the Church before in these their articles The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithfull men in the which the pure word of God is preached Protest art 19. sup and the Sacraments be duely ministred according to Christs ordinance They to whome the word is preached and Sacraments be ministred and neither haue power to preach nor minister Sacraments which this Article confesseth of their Protestant Kings and temporall Rulers cannot possibly in the respect be cheife Gouernours of theÌ„ to whome God himselfe hath power and preeminence The holy Scriptures do in many places commaund obedience both to temporall spirituall Rulers but obedieÌ„ce in matters of Religion in feeding and ruling soules the flocke of Christ gouerning his Church and such spirituall emnencies is onely appropriated in theÌ„ to spirituall gouernours Qui benè praesunt Presbyteri duplici honore digni sunt Pascite qui in vobis est gregem 1. Tim. 5. 1. Petr. 5. Ioh. 21. Act. 20. Hebr. 13. Dei pasce agnos meos Pasce oues meas Attendite vobis vniuer so gregi in quo vos Spiritus sanctus posuit Episcopos regere Ecclesiam Dei quam acquisiuit sanguine suo Mementote praepositorum vestrorum qui vobis locuti sunt verbuÌ„ Dei. Obedite praepositis vestris subiacete Ipsi enim peruigilant quasi rationem pro animabus vestris reddituri Where we see neither king nor Prince if he will belonge to the Church of Christ haue his soule purchased with his blood a care had of it and accompt made for it can be free from this obedience much lesse can he clayme it for himselfe from them to whom it so infallibly belongeth by the highest authority The Apostolike men of this first age haue testified this at large before in the examination Ignat. epist and Anâ—ioch Ep. ad Smyrn Epist ad Philadelph Magnesian Trallian of the last precedent article S. Ignatius hath taught vs a Bishop is aboue all principality and power Episcopus omni Principatu potestate superior est No man is more honorable then the Bishop Nemo Episcopo honorabilior Preists and Deacons all the clergy together with the people and Souldiars and Princes and the Emperour also must obey the Bishop Cum populo militibus at que Principibus sed Caesare obediant Episcopo Be subiect to the Bishop euen as to our Lord for he watcheth for your soules and is to make accompt for them Therefore it is needfull that you doe nothing without the Bishop No man may doe any thing that belongeth to the Church without the Bishop Sine