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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68827	A treatise concernynge generall councilles, the byshoppes of Rome, and the clergy	Alesius, Alexander, 1500-1565, attributed name.	1538 (1538)	STC 24237; ESTC S119686	16,965	70

of god And they may also baptise without ceremonyes or exorcysmes by the lawe of god and so may euery lay mā but none may vse the ceremonies or exorcysmes but prystes and that is by lawes of the byshops of Rome and so like wise the ceremonyes in other ministrations be by lawes of bishoppes of Rome or by custome Also the mynistration of extreme vnction none may exercise but onely priestes and as for the puttyng away of synne no prist maye doo it neyther by the lawe of god ne by the lawe of man for god onely of his mercye throughe contricion which is the very trewe penaunce putteth awaye synne and none but he And euerye man that hath offended muste vse this mynystration of penaunce and of contrytion in hym selfe and in his owne harte if he wyll haue forgyuenes And none other but he may vse this mynistration for hym ¶ Of dyuers mynystrations whiche the clergye hath vsed by custome and by lawes of man and yet many of the lay people haue thought that they haue vsed theym by the lawe of god The thyrde chapiter MATRIMONY was ordeyned by god as is sayde before and it hath ii greate prerogatyues before any other mynistration that is to say by reason of the place and of the tyme of the place for it was instituted by god in paradise of the tyme for it was fyrste ordeyned before all other mynystrations And trouth it is that prestes by custome haue had alway the ministration the solempnysyng therof and none but they as to the ceremonies so it is right cōuenient that they haue stil but yet it is expedient that it be knowē by what authorite they haue it and that it may with a cause be taken fro them by the hyghe powers as it may in dede Also confyrmation is by the lawe of man and was ordeined by the bishoppes of Rome and the clergie throughe the example of thappostles in the prymitiue churche whiche by touchynge of theyr handes gaue the holy gooste in a vysyble sygne but that gyfte went not to theyr successoures how be it theyr successours haue ordeyned that they shall lyke wyse confirme them that be baptised by tow chynge of theyr handes and if they that do it be in grace it maye doo good and elles it wil do lytel good Also auriculer confessyon is by the lawe of man and it may sometime do good and be occasyon to bringe in contrition Neuer the lesse many of the clergye affyrme and all the peple in maner beleue that it is by the lawe of god Also satisfactyon if it be taken as a parte of penance gyuen by iniunction of the confessour in suche maner as hath benne vsed in tyme past after confessions is by the lawe of man And if it be taken as good deedes of prayour fastynge and almes deede done of deuotion then it is commanded to euery man by the lawe of god but yet whiche way so euer it be taken it neuer putteth away synne but it maye throughe grace and through the free gyfte of god whether it be frely done or by waye of iniunction and penaunce encrease his merite and rewarde in heuen Also benedictions and hallowynges as they be commonlye vsed be by the lawe of man and if the minister be in state of grace his benedyctyons and halowynges may do good but if he be out of grace then as of them selfe they do rather hurt then good And neuerthelesse many of the people thynke that the euyll lyfe of the mynyster hurteth not suche hallowynges or benedyctions noo more than it dothe hurte theyr consecrations and absolutions or suche other mynystrations as they haue by the lawe of god And surelye that is a ryghte great errour Also bysshops haue power to examyne encumbentes that be presented to benefyces but that is in this realme onely by custome and by the fauour and sufferaunce of the king and his lawes and not by the lawe of god for it can not be proued by the lawe of god that one prist hath that power ouer an other priste ne none shoulde be made pristes but such as were able to take a cure Also all holydays excepte the seuenth daye and also the precyse fastynge dayes matyns euensonge the ceremomies at masse and other like be by the law of mā and so is the power of iurisdiction that the clergye hathe vsed in tyme paste as to kepe courtes and councilles to do corrections and suche other And yet many thynke that suche thynges haue ben by the lawe of god Trouthe it is that many of the prayours that be sayde at masse matyns euensonge and diriges be taken out of scripture and be scripture in dede but to this intente that they shall be sayd in one place of the seruice rather then in an other or in this tyme of the yere more than in this or to this intente one time and to this an other they are but ceremonyes for they be ordeyned to be saide in that ordre by the onely lawe of man And therfore it were righte expediente that it were openly declared and knowen what thynges be vsed by the law of god and what by custome and by the lawe of man And vndoubtedly there is no lawe of god that commaundeth settynge vp of ymages but whether the settynge vp of them be prohybited by the lawe of god that is to say by the xx Chapyter of exodie or not is a great doubte to many men and as it semeth if the sayde texte were indyfferently loked vpon it wold appere that the settyng vp of them is therby clearly prohibite howe be it if the clergy be iudges in that matter it is verye lyke that many of them wyl mainteyne that theyr predecessours began Also all the inferiour orders vnder deacon and also these names Pope patriarke Cardinall and dyuers other haue ben inuented and broughte vppe by the power of the bysshoppes of Rome and the clergye and not by the lawe of god ¶ Of dyuers thynges that the byshops of Rome and other byshops and prystes haue claimed vnder the color of the law of god whiche it gyueth them not ne that theyr protence therin can not be affyrmed by custome ne yet by assente of the people The fourthe Chapyter FYRSTE bysshoppes of Rome haue pretcded to be supreme hed of the buyuersall churche of Christ and they haue pretended also thae they haue bothe powers spitytuall and temporal howe be it they agre that they haue gyuen the execution of the temporall power to kynges pryncis but the power of tight they haue pretcded to haue holly in them selfe and therfore they haue sayde that they haue power to depose kinges and pryncis and that some of theyr predecessours haue doné so in dede And ferthermore they haue pretended that by theyr sayde supremitie they haue power to somon a generall councill and to commaunde kynges and princis to assiste theym therin And that byshoppes pristes and other of the clergye aughte to