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A12577	A briefe and learned treatise, conteining a true description of the Antichrist, who was foretold by the prophets and apostles And an evident proofe that the same agreeth vnto the Pope. Written in Latin by M. George Sohn Doctor of Diuinitie, and publike professor thereof at Heidelberg, and translated into english.	Sohn, Georg, 1152?-1589.; N. G., fl. 1592.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 22891; ESTC S114124	33,734	90

lawfull wife not to haue concubines 1. Tim. 3. 2. But the Pope forbiddeth mariage to his clergie Nuns bindeth them with an othe vnto perpetuall single life The scripture teacheth that the vse of all meates is now free Col. 2. 16. Rom. 14. 1. Tim. 4. 3. c. and that also there is flesh of fishes 1. Corinth 15. 39. But the Pope teacheth that the eating flesh vpon certaine daies is forbidden since the comming of Christ Dist 35. And that they doe not eate flesh who doe eate fish Further he doeth as did Montanus the heretique appoint lawes concerning certaine fasting daies and that without eyther prayer or repentance To conclude histories doe record that Pope Honorius fell into the heresie of the Monothelites 2. Tom. Con. 8. Syn. Constant act 17. that Gregorie the seuenth fell from the true faith Lib. 1 Alphonsi de Castro Minonta contra Heres in the Cronicle of Abbas Vrbergens that Pope Liberius was an Arrian And that Pope Anastasius fauoured the Nestorians and erred from the faith Lib. 1. Alphonsi de Castro Minonta contra Heres That Iohn the 22 helde and maintained that the soules were mortall and died with the bodies vntill the daie of the resurrection in Sermone quodam pascali Ioh. Gerson For which cause that Pope is called a deuill incarnate In Concil Constant Sess 7. Lastly that Marcellinus the Pope sacrificed vnto Idols C. nunc autem dist 21. Furthermore the Pope is the man who vaunteth vpon his twofolde supreme authoritie spirituall and temporall and of both his swords spirituall and temporall or materiall and doeth arrogate vnto himselfe both Iurisdictions As touching them both thus they are ioyntly proued by that which is said C. vnam sanctam extra vag de maior obed Wee are instructed by the worde of the Gospell that there be two swordes the one spirituall the other temporall in this power and authoritie of the Pope Againe therefore both the swords are in the power of the Church that is both the spirituall and the materiall sword c. Fundament de elect in 6. The Pope of Rome hath the Monarchie or sole gouernment of both the Iurisdictions spirituall and temporall Whereof wee haue a notable example in Boniface the 8. who in the first yere of his Iubile in the yere of our Lorde 1300 hauing vpon him both the Emperours robe and the Priestes attyre and shewing himselfe openly in the Church of Peter and Paul and hauing both a key and a sword hee cried as loude as he coulde Beholde here bee two swordes c. vnam sanct Extravag de maiorit obed as also in Iulius the second who was a better souldier then a Priest and of whom Mantuan writeth thus Ensepotens gemino cuius vestigia adorāt Caesar aurato vestiti muricereges which is in English He powrefull is by twofold sword to him all men doe stoupe Both Emperour and stately kings with all their glorious troupe Concerning his spirituall authoritie are these testimonies Clement in Pastoral desent re Iud. c. Primum extravag de empt vend and others of which we spake before for the temporall Iurisdictions these are witnesses sufficient as Cap. Constan dist 96. where the ensignes titles pallace citie prouince right and power of the Emperours are bestowed vpon the Pope of Rome that hee hath the rule of all the West partes Et cap. 1. in fine extravag de matorit obed Where it is said without doubt whosoeuer denieth that the temporall sword is in the power of Peter doeth giue small heede vnto the word of the Lord which saith Put vp thy sword into the sheath Hee also vaunteth of himselfe with signes and miracles as is well knowne both by the bookes and practise of the Papistes but they are lying deceitfull as the Apostle speaketh and are wrought to seduce and drawe men into errour and superstition and further they are either meere fables or else iuggling sleights Fables as those which are reported of Mary of Lauritane as they call her which a certaine Iesuite hath declared to bee false and feigned in a certaine booke set foorth at Lipsia after that hee had denounced Iesuitisme so also they which are recited in the bookes of the Franciscans Dominicans especially in the bookes which are of the conformities of the Franciscans Iuggling sleights as those which are wrought either by the delusion of Sathan or by the close and craftie conueyances of the Monkes as in the apparitions of soules which made report of purgatorie and desired that Masses might be said and celebrated for them and in the healing of diseases at the Chappels I or images of saintes and in coniurations For Sathan God in his iust iudgement so permitting it to be afflicted men with peculiar diseases and againe ceased to afflict them when they were making their vowes at the Chappels or images of saintes so that they were supposed to bee cured by the making of their vowes and deliuered by the helpe of the saintes And thus hee playing with the exorcistes doeth voluntarilie yeeld vnto them though he seeme to be cast out by force and hee ceaseth to torment a man who is bodily possessed that by this meanes these errours beeing confirmed he may instead of their bodies besiege win and possesse their soules He boasteth himselfe as God whilest that hee chalengeth vnto him selfe the name and authoritie and the workes which are proper vnto God Hee arrogateth to himselfe the name of God Cap. satisf dist 96. where he saieth It is euident enough that the Pope neither is as all neither can be either freed or bounde by any temporall authoritie who as it is verie manifest was caled God by the godly prince Constantine Sith that it is euident that God can not bee iudged of men Et cap. quanto seq extr de translat Episcopi For no man but God doeth separate them whome the Pope of Rome doeth separate not by humane but rather by diuine authoritie So likewise the Pope is God on earth according as Baldus hath it hee is a certaine diuine power and hath as it were the resemblance of a visible God and what he doeth he doeth it as God not as man according to Gomazius of which there is a more large discourse in the booke which is called Recusatio concilij Trident. published in the name of the protestant princes and states Anno 64. Furthermare he doeth chalenge the power and the workes of God as he will be both indeed and estimation as hee is also accounted of verie many not only the head of the whole Church as was before saide but also the head and lord of all kings and Monarches of the worlde Extravag de maiorit obed in the end Moreouer we declare to euerie humane creature that hee is subiect to the Pope of Rome this wee doe professe determine pronounce that it is altogether a matter

whoredomes filthie lustes or at least doeth tollerate them filleth all Christendome with whores with Bastards with buggerers and others more of the same stampe as it is knowne full well and yet further by giuing dispensation he permitteth incestuous mariages and that which is more then all the rest he maketh a gaine and raiseth a yerely rent of the common stewes So Iohn 13 being found with a queane was run through of the husband of the same harlotte Further how great was the chastitie and honestie of Alexander the sixt it appeareth by this epitaph made for his daughter Hic iacet in tumulo Lucretia nomine sedre Thaïs Alexandri silia sponsa nurus Here lyes entombd Lucretia by name but wee her sawe Thais in life Alexanders childe spouse daughter in lawe So Iohn Casus Archbishop of Beneventum the popes legate among the Venetians hath cōmended published in print that horrible kind of lust and venerie which is not at all to be reported yea that who is called P. Iohn the 8 was both a woman and an harlot as she went to the palace of Laterane shee traueiled in the third yere of the Popedome died of that trauell in the same place whereupon Mantuan in his time writeth after this maner Jpudor in villas si non patiantur easdem villae vomicas Roma est iam tota lupanar O shame to village packe away If it may be found deere Rome is a stewes now chastitie hath no abiding there He also abstaineth from certain meates yet exceedeth in all kinde of excesse because he forbiddeth flesh all things which haue generation by seede or doe sauour of flesh as milke cheese egges to be eaten on set daies vnderpain of deadly sinne to satisfie for sinne to deserue the grace of God life euerlasting but he granteth all the dainties delicates whatsoeuer de consec dist 3. de esu carnium dist quia eadem dist 5. quadr dist 4. c. denique c. 13. quaest 2. animae And yet he will for mony dispēse for the self samething He is couetous because he vseth Symonie that is buying selling making a marchaudise of things spirituall he giueth nothing but selleth al things as the grace of God the sacraments good works heauen life euerlasting out of all of them he piketh out gold and siluer and raiseth his gaine for heauen hell the earth yea time itselfe and all creatures whether they haue life or be without life as wine bread oyle linnen milke butter cheese water salt fire perfumes the stewes c. So that there was neuer hearde of either any greater or more abominable marchandise Whereupon his marchants brokers that is the Monkes the Bishops Cardinals are not onely become rich but are euen princes vpon the earth So likewise doeth he make a gaine of Masses satisfactions pardons burials and Church liuings to wit by selling of benefices annats or vacations preuentions resignations for fauour commendatus dispensations for age for orders for irregularity for blemish of body for redemptions of the Bishops pall and the Bulls Further by reseruation of cases by mariage causes by sinnes and offences to wit when as license for sinnes and all kind of mischiefes are bought and sold after a certaine price and rate and by other cases and causes of the like nature which if wee shoulde recken vp one by one would be very tedious because they want both measure and modestie and there is no great necessitie so to doe for that there is a booke extant of these things which hath this title Taxae Cancellariae Apostolicae Taxae sacrae Poenitentiariae itidem Apostolicae cum not abilibus iuxta stylum hodiernum curiae Romanae In which book thus there is a sentence worthy the remembrance set downe in these wordes And marke this diligently that such immunities and dispensations are not graunted vnto them which be poore For they because they bee not rich can not be comforted Hereof commeth it to passe that an infinite masse of gold and siluer is brought vnto Rome which afterward the Pope Cardinals and the rest of the same rable do consume in their stewes and brothel-houses and doe riotouslie spend as it were in the bottomles gulfe of their vnsaciable gluttonie sensualitie to the great shame ignominie of Christianitie So Franciscus Petrarch hath left it in record that in the treasure house of Pope Iohn the 22 there was founde when hee was dead by his heires 25 thousand thousand crownes that is 250 tunne of gold And of Boniface the eight who was taken prisoner spoiled at the commandement of Philippus Pulcher the French King wee finde it registred that all the kings of the world were not able to disburse so much out of their treasurie within the compasse of one yere as was taken and caried out of the Popes palace wherefore there haue alwaies beene some at all times who both detested that in satiable hunger and vncontented desire and greedines of riches and also lotted not to enueigh against the same hereupon Mantuan saith thus venalia Romae Templa Sacerdotes Altario Sacra Corona Jgni● thura preces Coelum est venale Deusque which is in English thus Churches and Priestes Altars and Princes at Rome are to be solde Kingdomes and rites incense and heauen yea God Rome is so bolde And another thus Curia Romana non carpit ovem sine lana Dantes exaudit nō dantibus ostia claudit which may be thus translated The Romish court doeth make no pay Of sheepe that fleece doe want No man can speed vnlesse he pray Bring giftes and take our graunt And againe another speaketh after this manner The treasure house Apostolicall is like vnto the sea into which all flouds doe runne and yet it doeth not ouerflowe for euen so thousand waightes of golde are brought into this out of diuers partes of the worlde and yet it is not filled Hee is also craftie deceitfull false and giuen to lying craftie hee is for that hee blindeth trueth and falshoode together deceitfull and a lyar hee is in that his feigned seruice to witte when as hee entituleth his lordlinesse with a name of seruice that is when hee calleth himselfe the seruant of seruants vnder pretence of humilitie according to the example of Gregorie the great who for this ende called himselfe the seruant of the seruants of God that hee might giue his successours a patterne of lowlinesse and yet in words and deede hee proudely exalteth himselfe aboue all kings and princes desiring to bee the lorde of lordes as wee declared at large heretofore in so much that hee indeede retaineth the bare name and title but vsurpeth a statelinesse altogether disagreeing from the title so further in the fained donation of Constantine as is mentioned in Cap. Constantinus dist 96. hee produceth a forged instrument of Constantine his deede of gift in which hee affirmeth that