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A05555	The answer of John Bastvvick, Doctor of Phisicke, to the information of Sir Iohn Bancks Knight, Atturney universall In which there is a sufficient demonstration, that the prelats are invaders of the Kings prerogative royall, contemners and despisers of holy Scripture, advancers of poperie, superstition, idolatry and phophanesse: also that they abuse the Kings authoritie ...	Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.; England and Wales. Attorney-General.	1637 (1637)	STC 1568; ESTC R212826	58,859	30

of the Kingdome of Heaven by name are committed those are more vvorthy honorable then those tha● have not that Priviledge But for the Presbyters they have the Priviledge of the Keys granted unto them by name Ergo the Presbyters are more honorable then Bishops For the major no good Christian vvill or rationall man can deny it And for the minor he that readeth the last of Iames shall finde it manifestly enough confirmed and proved By all vvhich Arguments the Defendent did sufficiently beat dovvne the Bishop of Romes autority and by the very light of reason overthew it For if that every Presbyter be by the word of God as good a man as the Bishop of Rome if not better and vvithall if the Presbyters neither can nor may usurp autority over their fellovv brethren much lesse may they doe it over Kings and Emperors and by consequence and necessity of reson it follovve●h that the Bishop of Rome hath no cause to arrogate such autority to himselfe over the vvhole Church as he doth and therefore that his rule Government is a meere usurpation and an abominable tyranny over the vvhole Church of God and ought of all men to be defyed abominated and abhorred vvith all his complices as impious and blasphemous against God●●njuriou● to Kings Princes and nocent to all the faithfull members of Iesus Christ. The recapitulation of all the vvh●ch Arguments this Defendent thought fit to make knovvne to this honourable Court that their illustricityes might in every respect see his innocency vvho first exemted all Bishops that acknovvledge their autorityes from Kings and Emperors out of the number of those against vvhich he disputed and secondly never by name fought against any other but Romish Bishops and vvi●h their ovvne arguments vvounded them● And therefore he could not but take it unkindly that when in this combat they should have helped him against the common enimie they defending him fell upon the poore Defendent to his perdition saying that he meant ●hem and that he vvas erronious and factious in his opinions Novv if the Defendent hath erred in the discussing of these truthes the Scripture that Word of Life hath brought him to it vvhich vvere blasphemie to thinke and therefore vvhen they adjudged his booke to be burnt they might as vvell have burnt th● Scripture also yea all antiquitie and the gravest and learnedest of auncient Fathers vvhose testimonies also hee hath made publick for the greater vindication of the truth against error and cruelty But that the integritie of the defendent may yet more clearlie appeare he most humbly entreateth this Illustrious Tribunall to heare hovv the busines vvas carried against him at his Araignment before the Prelats Barre at Lambeth and hovv submissively he demeaned himself there and hovv superciliously they carried themselves towards the Defendent on the contrary side When it came to his part to speake for himselfe the Advocat having formerly denied to plead his case any farther then about the vvitnesses testimonie vvhich he also did very jejunely beeing an Advocate of such excellent parts of learning and eloquence as he vvas and also at the Bar ●enouncing i● saying That the Defendent should plead himselfe which vvhen it vvas put upon him he then first related vnto the Assemblie the Theame of the booke vvhich vvas the mayntenance of the Kings prerogative royall Then he told them the occasion of his vvriting of it that he vvas provoked thereunto by a Pontifician vvho often had dared him into the list of dispute● which a● last he could not deny as he vvas a Christian and as he vvas a Subiect for by the Word of God he told them and by the Law of the Land and his speciall oath he vvas bound unto it vvhich Oath he also read at large in open Court the vvhich also all the Bishops of England and all the Iudges of the Kingdome had taken and vvere equally bound vvith him to observe Then before he entred into the combat vvith the adversarie he shevved vvhat caution he used that being to vvrite against the Bishop of Rome Italian Bishops it vvas onely as they arrogate their au●oritie over their Brethren and the Church of God yea over Kings and Emperors jure divino against such Bishops onely hee affirmed he did dispute read the vvords of exception formerly cited at the Barre as for such Bishops as acknovvledge their jurisdiction povver and autority from Kings and Emperors he sayd he ha● no controversy against them as he there againe and againe declared himself in the number of vvhich he the Defendent sayd ours were for all the Bishops of England and in his Majst Dominions had and received or at leastvvise ought so to doe their autoritie jurisdiction over their brethren from him For proofe of vvhich he cited read publickly the Statuts and Acts of Parlament as follow First that of the first of Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie vvherein the Oath of Allegiance vvas ratifyed In the which Statute there are these words That all jurisdiction all Superiorities and all Privileges and Preminencies spirituall and temporall are annexed to the Imperiall Crovvne vvhich by Oath he being bound to mayntayn●● could doe no lesse being provoked by an adversary of regal dignity He read also the Statute vvhich was inacted in the 37. of Henrry the eight vvhich is that Archb and Bish. and all other Ecclesiasticall persons have no other Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction but that vvhich they received and had by the King from the King and under his Royall Majest He read also the Statute made in the first of King Edward the sixt in these vvords That all jurisdiction and Autori●ie Spirituall and Temporall is derived and doth come frō the Kings Majest as supreme Head in the Churches and Kingdomes of England and Ireland and that by the Clergy of both the Kingdomes it ought no otherwise to be held or esteemed of and that all Ecclesiasticall Courts vvithin the sayd Kingdomes ought to be held and kept by no other povver and autoritie eyther domesticall or forrain then that vvhich comes from his most excellent Majestie And that vvhosoever did not acknovvledge and venerate this autoritie that the same men are ipso facto in a praemunire under the Kings high displeasure and indignation as the vvords of the Statute run and the mouth of the lavv speaks and then vvith some reason● also vvhich the Defendent produced besides the Word of God hee shevved That no Romish Bishops had autoritie over their fellovv brethren nor could jure divino challenge it much lesse over Kings and Emperors and therefore so long as the defendent had the Word of God the Lavves of the Kingdome and reason it self on his side he told them he thought himself reasonably secure from all danger in that place And then applying his speech unto the right honorable and noble Lord the Earle of Dorset then present the Defendent tolde his honour that he could not but vvonder that hee should stand

the proceedings of the Prelats against himself and their dealings tovvards others of their brethren the theame of vvhich booke he the Defendent desireth the honorable Court● to take a briefe relation of at this time that they may the better be informed of the falsitie of the information And first for the principall theame and matter of the booke it is the State of the questions in his Flagello Pontificis for vvhich he suffered vvith the summe of the Arguments he produced for the confirmation of the trueth The questio●s arising betvveen the Babylonian and the defendent concerning the autoritie of the Pope were these The first whether Christ did constitute Peter sole Monarch of the Catholick Church The second vvhether the Pope of Rome if hee bee a Bishop as hee is a Bishop hath Autoritie jurisdiction over Kings Emperors Thirdlie vvhether Popish Bishops be true Bishops or no and of the discussing of these questios the defendent saith his adversarie vvas the sole cause In the handling of the which the Defenden● f●rther affirmeth that he used all the caution that vvas possible as he supposed for man to use prefacing in his booke that being to dispute about the Autority of the Bishop of Rome he desired candidly to be understood of all men● for while he disputed of Episcopall autoritie he medled nor contended not against such Bishops as ackovvledge their autoritie jurisdiction from Kings and Emperors into vvhose hands the government of States Kingdomes● and Commonvvealths is by God committed For if the Popes themselves vvould acknovvledge their immense and unlimited autoritie from Kings and Emperors he the defendent there said if they commanded nothing contrarie to the vvill and Word of God that he for his part out of the reverence duty ● loyaltie to his Prince vvould obey it The Words in the Original are these Verum de Episcoporum autoritate locutus à bonis bene intelligi cupio Non enim litis litem moveo quatenus ab Imperatoribus Regibus Principibus Terre quorum interest salutem civium tueri potestatem ●us Imperium in socios totumque Dei gregem adepti sunt Nam si Romani Episcopi imm●nsam illam nullis limitibus circumscriptam autoritatem indulgentia Principum acceptam ferrent voluntati Episcopali nihil voluntati divinae inimicum jubenti obtemperandum putem ob reverentiam Principi si volenti debitam c. So that the defendent having thus playnlie set downe his minde before knowing that all the jurisdiction that the Bishops in England now exercise over others is ●rom the King he thought himself not onely secure from danger but expected fav●ur at least from the Bishops their helping hand especially when the opposing the Popes Autority in England is a thing that the King and State have ever so well allowed of And that this honorable Court may yet be f●rther informed of the speciall cause for which the Prelats are so displeased with the defendent it was for the truely and narrowlie disputing and discussing of the second question to wit whether the Pope of Rome if he be a Bishop as he is a Bishop have Autoritie jurisdiction not onelie over his fellow breth●en but over Kings and Emperors which the Defendent there denyed for many warrantable Arguments The summe of which he desireth here to relate unto this honorable Court for his just and necessarie defence justification For by the ve●ie light of nature and unanswerable reason it is evident and manifest that where there is an equalitie and pari●ie amongst men there the one doth not exceed the other in power or Dominion Paris enim in Parem non esse imperium inter Naturae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 est Novv Divine constitution hath made Bishops and Presbyters or Elders a like and equall vvhich that it might the better appeare the Defendent propounded there tvvo things to be proved The first vvas That Bishops and Presbyters vvere by the Word of God one and the same Secondlie That Presbyters had equall Autoritie of Government● Ordination Excommunication vvith Bishops vvherein onely consists their preeminency Autoritie above their brethren vvhich things being proved it vvill necessarilie follovv That the Pope of Rome as he is Bishop doth no vvay exceed other Bishops and Presbyters they being in all things a like and equall unto him much lesse hath any Autoritie and povver over Kings and Emperours And for the proofe of the first position the vvords Presbyter Bishop do sufficientlie evince i● vvhich in holy Scripture though diverse in sound signifie one and the same thing as not to cite the vvords themselves vvhich would be large The Apostle Paul to Titus in the first chapter doth sufficientlie shew vvhere the words Bishop Presbyter are confounded And likevvise in the first Epistle of Peter and the fift Chapter there Presbyter and Bishop signifie one and the same thing And the Epistl● to the Philippians the first Chapter and the ●irst verse do●h apparentlie demonstrate it● and diverse other places might be produced dilucidating the same thing But the 20● of the Acts puts all out of controversie where Presbyter and Bishop signifie one the same thing● for office● honour and function so that the identity of their office● is signifyed by those tvvo expressions Neither is there a confusion of their names with a difference still of their functions administrations as some vvould cavill for in these places vvhere Presbyters are called Bishops the disputation is not about the title but about the office signified and specified by the title For vvhen S. Paul exhorts the Presbyters to have an eye to their duty charge he useth this reason that the Holy Ghost had made them Bishops● And the trueth of ●his is so evident that the Rhemists themselves as learned men as any Bishops in England and as able to mayntayne an error are forced ingen●ouslie to confesse it saying in expresse vvords in their No●es upon the 28. vers of that Chapter That in the Apostles times there vvas no difference betvveen Presbyter and Bishop● so that for the first position it is not onely by the Word of God clearlie evident but by the very confession of the adversaries of the trueth granted as a thing without controversy Novv for proofe of the second position that Presbyters as vvell as the Bishop of Rome have the povver and right of Government Ordination and Excommunication by vvhich in these times Bishops onely exceed Presbyters the defendent vvill here brieflie demonstrat it referring those of this honorable Court that have a desire to search into the full trueth of it to his booke And for proofe that the Government vvas committed unto them and that they exercised the same it is most perspicuous out of the first of Timothie 5. vvhere the Apostle sayth The Presbyters that rule vvell are vvorthie of double honour especially those that labour in Word and Doctrine By this testimonie it is evident that they

is well knowne to the Townes country where they both dwelt that the sayd defendent could never be quiet for his braggs and● scriblings to himself others till he had ansvvered vvhich vvas the sole cause of his ruine the vvhich ansvver of his though he had long time for peace sake neglected yet at last he vvas through his adversaries importunity put upon it Neither could he for the honour of the trueth and the honour of his Prince both vvhich he loves more then his life delay it any longer and ●herefore out of his duty to God and the King he entred the combat vvith the enimy To vvhich duty he the defendent saith he vvas bound by Christ himself vvho ha●h commanded to give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars unto ●od the things that are Gods vvhich commandement of Christs tyes all Christians under obedience to a double duty vvhich by them may not be neglected Viz. to give vnto God his due and unto the King his Yet for obeying of this commandement this poore defendent must be defamed ruined undone and left friendles monylesse and in captivity and given to the Divell and yet say nothing But the Defendent desireth this honorable Court to give him leaue to say as Queene Hester spake to Ahashuerosh if that hee and his wife had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen he had held his peace but for them to be ruined and undone because he could not see God and the King dishonoured he the defendent cannot but speake Let the King live for ever and never let it be sayd that he hath such a base cowardly fellovv in his Kingdomes that vvill suffer his imperiall Mast. to be trampled upon and suffer it in silence For his ovvne part this defendent confesseth that he is but poore and the Prelats have made him so but as rich in loyalty as any Subject in his Highnesses three dominions and as ●ob sayd concerning God though the Lord should kill him yet he vvould trust in him so this defendent sayth Though the King should leave him to the mercylesse f●ry of the Prelats yet he vvill ever honour him vvith his life and all that ever he hath and as hee vvas borne under obedience under obedience hee vvill dye and vvill ever say vivat Rex let the King live for ever and our gracious God put it into his Royall breast to looke into the devillish plo●s of the Prelats that doe not onely equalize the paynted tombes in Christs time but farre exceed them in cruelty and wickednes This he is resolved living and dying to doe ●●vito Diab●lo to give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are Gods for he is bound to this duty by Christ himself● neither will he ever rebell against his blessed will Now the things that belong unto God as he is King of Kings Lord of Lords and by vvhom alone Kings raigne is an absolute command Soveraign●y ove● his Church and vvho requires of all his Subjects that they should love him vvith all their hearts vvith all their Soules and vvith all their migh●s and that they should not serve him by any of their ovvne inventions And for the maner of his vvorship he hath abundantly declared it in sacred vvrit And Saint Paul vvriting unto Titus vvarnes him● sharply to rebuke his audito●s that they may be sound in the faith not giving heed unto the commandements of men that turne from the Trueth chargeth the Corinthians that they should ●ot be servants of men nor vvise above that vvhich is vvritten● sayes unto the Colossians vvherefore if yee be dead vvith Christ from the rudiments of the vvorld● vvhy as though living in the vvorld are ye subject unto ordinances and Christ himselfe saith In vaine doe they vvorship him teaching for Doctrines the commandements of men By all vvhich it is manifest if Christians vvill give unto God that vvhich is his and vvill not vvorship him in vaine as they must love him vvith all their hearts so he onely must rule in them they must give him his ovvne vvorship and such service onely both for matter and maner as he requires at their hands and commands from them and not serve him accordi●g to mens precepts and devices for in his vvorship they must not be the servants of men for he is the onely King and Lavvgiver in his Church and this is his prerogative Royall vvhich no man may meddle vvith● this is to give unto God that vvhich is Gods this duty he the Defendent sayth all Christians are bound unto Againe for all Subjects duties towards the King the defendent saith that must allso freelie vvillinglie bee yeelded and that by speciall precepts for they are commanded to feare God honour the King to be subject unto his autoritie in all things in the Lord to give unto Caesar that vvhich is Caesars Novv in regard of his duty both to God and the King and also of his speciall Oath of allegiance the defendent sayth he could doe no lesse then that vvhich he did in vvriting his booke being provoked thereunto by an enimie of both And so much the rather because himself and all Christians are commanded to give a reason of their hope to vvhomsoever shall demand it of them earnestly to contend for the faith vvhich vvas once delivered unto the Saincts he saith in all these respects he could doe no lesse in ansvvering that Popeling then that he did by giving unto God the right of his government in the hearts consciences of men taking it from the Pope that Vicar rather of hell then of Christ by giving the King that jurisdiction and a●tority of regiment in his dominions over his Subjects which God hath conferred upon him● Both vvhich Autorityes Spirituall and temporall the Pope and Popish Bishops most blasphemouslie arrogate unto themselves ●rampling all Divine Lawes and Kinglie regalitie under their polluted feet making Kings and Emperors their Vassals vvhich is a most horrible arrogancie and usurpation and not to be suffered by either Kings or their Subjects And therefore vvhen this defendent did nothing but that vvhich by his speciall dutie he vvas bound unto If this by the Informers be thought either schisme faction or sedition he this defendent is resolved to live and dye in it and never to thinke any a good Subject that is not of his minde He doth vvithall freelie confesse unto this honorable Court that he looked for no ill usage of the Prelats for this his indeavour vvhich vvhen he found at their hands it vvas the occasion of the vvriting of manie other books since that time amongst the vvhich there is one called Apologeticus ad Praesules Anglicanos c. dedicated unto the privie Counsell but vvhether the booke that is annexed unto the Bill bee the same that the defendent knovveth not but a booke vvith that Title he confes●eth he vvrit vvherein he set dovvne