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A52905	Three sermons upon the sacrament in which transubstantiation is impartially considered, as to reason, scripture, and tradition to which is added a sermon upon the feast of S. George / by N.N. ... Preacher in ordinary to Their Majesties.	N. N., Preacher in Ordinary to Their Majesties.	1688 (1688)	Wing N60; ESTC R11075	101,855	264

were not instituted by Christ or had not authority from him For the Pope himself is created by the Cardinals and yet hath his authority from Christ So the Bishops receive the Diocess from the Pope authority from Christ Their Superiority over Priests he prov'd to be jure divino by authority of many Fathers who say that Bishops succeed the Apostles Priests the seventy two Disciples Antony Grossetus insisted upon the same point * p. 559. He said it was necessary to declare that Bishops have not commission for their Office from men for so they would be Hirelings to whom the Lambs do not belong because the man who had committed the care unto them being satisfied they had no more to think on .... In the end he excused himself that he had spoken without premeditation ... not remembring that that point was forbidden to be spoke of Here it is that Soave would make us believe that Grossetus fear'd some bad encounter but I am sure if any bad encounter had ever hapned to him upon this account Soave would have taken care to let us know it Have but a little patience to observe how freely boldly the Bishops deliver'd their opinions in the following Congregations and then I 'l give you leave to tell me if you can what bad encounter they fear'd The Archbishop of Granata said * p. 565. They must needs declare both these two points that is that Bishops are instituted jure divino and are jure divino superior to Priests And he confirm'd his opinion at large with many reasons arguments authorities ... He cited Pope Eleutherius who in an epistle to the Bishops of France wrote that Christ had committed the Church Universal to them He added that Ambrose upon the Epistle to the Corinthians saith that the Bishop holdeth the place of Christ is Vicar of the Lord ... that there are extant Epistles of Cyprian to Fabianus Cornelius Lucius and Stephanus Popes where he giveth them the title of Brothers and of Austin written in his own name of the Bishops of Africa in which the Popes Innocentius and Bonifacius are likewise call'd Brothers which is most plain not only in the Epistles of those two Saints but of many others the Pope is call'd Colleague ... that it is against the nature of a Colledge to consist of persons of divers kinds ... In this Colledg of Bishops the Pope is Head but for edification only ... that S. Gregory saith in his epistle to Johannes Syracusanus that when a Bishop is in a fault he is subject to the Apostolick See but otherwise all are equal by reason of humility which Christian Humility is never separated from the Truth He inveigh'd against those Theologues who said that S. Peter had ordain'd the other Apostles Bishops ... * p. 566. He jested at those Divines who had said that all the Apostles were instituted by Christ and made equal in authority but that it was personal in them ought not to pass to their Successors except that of S. Peter asking them as if they had been present with what ground authority or reason they were induced to make such a bold affirmation invented within these fifty years only expressly contrary to the Scripture in which Christ said to all the Apostles I will be with you untill the end of the world which words because they cannot be expounded of their particular persons only must be necessarily understood of the succession of all * p. 567. The Archbishop of Braga prov'd at large the Institution of Bishops de jure divino He said that the Pope cannot take from Bishops the Authority given them in their consecration which doth contain in it the power not only of Order but of Jurisdiction ... that to Titular Bishops a City is allotted which would not be necessary if the Episcopal Order could subsist without Jurisdiction He was follow'd by the Bishops of Segovia of Segna others who spoke as boldy as himself not fearing any bad encounter and Soave says * p. 569. almost the half were of that opinion Afterwards * p. 577 to quench the boyling heat of the controversy about the Institution of Bishops that it might not increase by means of so many who were prepar'd to contradict Laynez they would not hold any Congregation for many days And yet they were so far from fearing any bad encounter that almost every day * p 578 three or four of them joyn'd together went to some of the Legates to renew the instance And one day the Bishop of Guadice with four others told them among other things that * ibid. as a Prince dos institute in a City a Judge of the first instance a Judge of Appeal who though he be superior yet cannot take authority from the other nor usurp the causes belonging to him so Christ in the Church hath instituted all Bishops the Pope superior in whom the Supreme Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction was yet so that others had theirs depending on Christ alone After all this the Bishop of Segovia when the Prelates met again in Congregation argued * p. 582. that it was decided in the Congregations under Julius III. that Bishops are instituted jure divino though it was not publisht in Session by reason of the suddain dissolution of the Council ... The Cardinal of Mantua caused the Acts of that time to be search'd that to be read by the Secretary which was then defined to be published ... Three Heads of Doctrine were then composed and in the third which was of Hierarchy it was said The Holy Synod doth teach that those are not to be hearkned unto who say that Bishops are not inslituted sure divino it appearing manifestly by the words of the Ghospel that Christ our Lord hath himself call'd the Apostles promoted them to the degree of Apostleship into whose place the Bishops are subrogated neither ought we to think that this so eminent necessary a Degree hath been brought into the Church by human institution There were also eight Canons the last whereof said thus He that shall say that Bishops are not instituted Jure divino or are not Superior to Priests or have not power to ordain or that this doth belong to Priests Let him be Anathema This the Cardinal of Mantua interpreted only of the power of Order the Bishop of Segovia understood it of All which containeth Order Jurisdiction and though he answer'd reverently in appearance there past so many replies that they were forced to break up the Congregation When the Cardinal of Lorain came to Trent he told the Cardinal of Mantua he * p 583. would not be curious in unprofitable questions that for his own part he was more inclined to the opinion which doth affirm the Institution of Bishops the Obligation of Residence to be de jure divino but though it were certainly true he saw no necessity

still rais'd sometimes about the manner of treating sometimes about the matter with which to begin ... * p. 353. the Adherents of Cesar Spaniards others mov'd by the Emperour's Ambassadors desired to proceed but the Papalins he has always a fling at the Court suspecting that the end of the Imperialists was to come to the Reformation of the Court of Rome embrac'd all occasions of delay The Legate says he was thought to feign himself sick but Soave I presume did not think so himself because he tells us in the very next page that he died soon after at Verona which was no good proof of his dissimulation But let us go on with his story * ibid. The first of April the Elector of Saxony besieg'd Ausburg which did render it self the third day the sixth news came thereof to Trent that all Tirol did arm meant to go to Inspruc ... Therefore many of the Italian Bishops embark'd went down the river Adice to go to Verona and the Protestan's determin'd to depart See here the true cause of their departure and tell me no more of their being either denied audience or liberty of disputing XIII The place was not secure A. Very true it was far from being secure for the Catholicks The Protestant Army forced them to suspend the Council April 28. Neither was it any wonder that they were so much afraid of their victorious arms Soave says * p 355. The Emperour was forced to fly by night with all his Court from Inspruc to wander in the mountains of Trent and that a few hours after Maurice arrived there the same night made himself Lord of the Emperour's baggage Consider here on the one side how littie reason the Protestants have to complain of the choice of this place 1. it was nigher the Protestants of Germany than the Catholicks of Spain France 2. the Pope's forces had no access thither 't was in the Emperour's power 3. the appearance only of the Protestant Army was enough to fright away the Council On the other sid you see how justly the Pope refus'd to call a Council in any City of Germany for fear of the Protestant arms As for the Canon Ut illic lites terminentur ubi exortae sunt 't is understood of those causes where some fact is to be prov'd by witnesses that live upon the place XIV The Council was not free It was call'd by the Pope And nothing could be determin'd till the Pope sent his instructions from Rome A If any man have a right to convocate the supreme Ecclesiastical Assembly 't is certainly He who has from God the supreme Ecclesiastical power upon earth and this right of calling it appertains as manifestly to the Pope as the convocation of a Provincial Council belongs to the Metropolitan Moreover Scave says the Princes in the Diet of Noremberg desired * p 31. that by the Pope with consent of the Emperour a free Council should be intimated as soon as was possible he says the Emperour sent Letters to the Diet of Spira that * p. 34. he was resolved to pass into Italy and to Rome to treat with the Pope for the calling of a Council and afterwards under Pius IV. he says * p. 304. all Princes had agreed in demanding it As to the Second part of your objection 'T is certain that if it had stood with the Pope's conveniency He ought to have been present In his absence 't was necessary for the Legates representing his person to receive frequent directions from him that they might the better supply the want of his presence If for this reason it was lawfull to give them instructions before the Council began why not afterwards as long as the Council was sitting In fine whatsoever advice came from Rome Nothing in matter of Doctrine was determin'd which any considerable part resisted Soave himself confesses * 538. that it was a general Maxim in this Council that to establish a Decree of Reformation a major part of voices was sufficient but that a Decree of Faith could not be made if a considerable part did contradict XV. Many of the Bishops were Pensioners to the Pope A. Soave acknowledges that several * p. 116. of the Bishops moved by poverty made grievous complaints threatned that they would depart If therefore the Pope maintain'd some of them it was a great charity done by him a good example to Princes a thing which formerly used to be done by the Emperours 2. Secular Princes had more money than the Pope and if it had been the policy of his Holiness they might easily have countermin'd it 3. All the Popes in their Bulls of Convocation desired exhorted all Secular Princes to send as many of their Bishops as possibly they could 4. His Pensioners were not necessary for him at least in the Protestant Controversies therefore this is no excuse for the Reformation XVI In some Sessions under Paul and Julius there were scarce any besides Italians A. 1. The Council being drawn out from 1545. till 1563. actually sitting for about four years it cannot be rationally expected that any great frequency of Bishops should be continually present 2. The disorders caused by the Calvinists in France and by the Lutherans in Germany required their Bishops residence to secure Catholick Religion at home otherwise they would not have been absent from the Synod 3. The dissentions that hapned betwixt the Pope the Emperour King of France and the civil wars betwixt Catholicks Protestants hindred the Bishops sometimes of one Nation sometimes of another from attending the Council 4. All this was fully recompenc'd in the third last Convocation of the Council under Pius IV. XVII In the end of the Council we find 187. Italian Bishops and all the rest make only 83. A. 1. All these Italians were not of the Pope's Territory but a great many of them subject to the Emperour the King of Spain the Duke of Florence the State of Venice In several matters they had different instructions adhered to their divers interests even in opposition to the Pope when the Ambassadors of their Princes craved their assistance Soave tells us * p. 522. it was publichly said by the Papalins so he is pleas'd to call them that France had ever pretended to limit the Popo's power subject it to the Canous and that this opinion would be follow'd by many Italians who because they cannot or know not how to make use of the preferments of the Court do envy those that do besides those who are desirous of novity they know not why of whom there seem'd to be a considerable number 2. 'T is no great matter as to our present purpose whether the Pope had all the Italian suffrages at his beck or no because 't is certain he had no need at all of any such assistance in deciding the Protestant controversies in which the