lavves against the procuring of excommunications Bulles or ecclesiasticall censures from the pope or See of Rome against the king or any of his 〈◊〉 in those dayes when popery moste flourished 〈◊〉 the time of Edward the first one for 〈◊〉 an excommunication from Rome againste one of the 〈◊〉 subiectes vvas 〈◊〉 the realme and had suffered as in case of high 〈◊〉 had not the Chan cellor and treasurer of England made speciall suite for him Theresore also it vvas enacted that no forreign power should hold any plea without the kings protection vvithin this realme or take any vvithout The pope should giue no benefices nor byshop rickes here They that procured cytations or procurations from Rome fell into a Premunire So did they that tooke letters of Attourney lormes or administrations for benefices vvithout the kings speciall licence It was made death to 〈◊〉 procure or cause to be procured any Summons excommunications or 〈◊〉 from Rome If any tooke vpon them the 〈◊〉 of any byshop sued any proces or sentence excommunication Bull or 〈◊〉 touching the kings crown or regality brought them in or receiued them notified them or made execution of them vvithin the Realme or vvithout both the offenders and mainteiners vvere out of the kings protection their Landes and goods vvere con fiscate and Bulles from Rome for 〈◊〉 was a 〈◊〉 I speake not of our late parliamentes and lavves because they vvill holde they are 〈◊〉 as not being ratified by their Pope and themselues This being so manifest plaine I maruell at Campions impudencye that vvill auouch the Romish religion not only by 〈◊〉 and philosophy but also by law both ciuil temporall yet in force and yet herein I 〈◊〉 appeal to those lawyers that are his best frends 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 mostè the laws stāding as they do if they vvould plainly shevv their iudgment 〈◊〉 must the trial of Gods religiō that is alway one perfect be subiect novv to the changeable 〈◊〉 of men and yet it may appeare in al ages and times sith Antichriste displayed himselfe that hee and his members haue beene the 〈◊〉 practisers of treasons that euer 〈◊〉 and being such euill men haue brought forth those good 〈◊〉 that hath ben made agaynst such vsurpation and vnnaturall trechery against God 〈◊〉 naturall prince state and country I could 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from their practise specially vvhen princes began to see some 〈◊〉 of the truth And this vvas the cause that vvhen king Henry began to banishe the Popes aúthority he and his land vvere interdicted And did not Cardinall Poole 〈◊〉 Charles the 〈◊〉 in an oration being bent against the 〈◊〉 to leaue all that businesse to bend his 〈◊〉 against 〈◊〉 encouraging the subiectes of the 〈◊〉 against their souereigne Lorde The gospell and the 〈◊〉 thereof hovvsoeuer 〈◊〉 be charged by viperous 〈◊〉 tongues such 〈◊〉 as Surius VVicellus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the rest vvho seeme to haue 〈◊〉 that faculty aboue the rest that from it and the preachers thereof hath sprung 〈◊〉 blodshed disobedience contention and 〈◊〉 in france Germany and other countries The trueth is that from themselues and vnder their ovvn vvings these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of treason and rebellion haue euermore bene hatched or else from suche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 I mean the 〈◊〉 vvho howsoeuer they differ in some heads yet they are fast tied together by the 〈◊〉 For Caluine Beza Luther and such other excellent instruments haue bin from time to time the onely oppugners and resisters of these heretiques and their rebellious proceedinges when papists haue clapped their handes and laughed in 〈◊〉 sleeues at them because hereby truth was brought into hatred vvith Christian princes they 〈◊〉 the aduantage to set vp their 〈◊〉 I dolatry and heresie And therefore I vvonder not a litle at this platterfaced ovvle of Parsons that vvith his staring and shamelesse countenance dareth euen to the maiesty of a prince vvhom the Pope his maister and al the right Papists such as he calleth the hotter sort of Catholiques condemne as a Schismatique heretique and therfore think themselues discharged of all obedience and her highnesse to haue no 〈◊〉 of gouernment ouer them that he should thus savvn vpon her vvhō he condemneth and loueth as vvel as the light of the gospel vvhich neither he nor any of that darke broode could euer abide yet I say that he dareth thus shamlesly to flatter as thogh she were so simple to be caried away with vvords when she seeth vnderstādeth their deeds hath selt their practises and if God of his wōderful mercy had not kept her highnes had tasted of their cruelty as other Princes noble gentlemē haue done before her round about her VVhat should I blot paper in setting down such things as euery book soundeth forth only let vs hear out of the mouth of the papaists on of their own doctors how they 〈◊〉 of her 〈◊〉 I meane not to set dovvn that might yeelde me some aduantage against them as neyther standing vvith my 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 spoken to the dishonoure of her maiesties person not beeing fit to be noted by vvriting in the face of the world but rather to receiue a punishment due for suche presumtuous 〈◊〉 onely I vvill mention howe he maketh Story Felton others that vvere condemned not in any cause of religion but for high treason 〈◊〉 he maketh them Martyrs The moste 〈◊〉 that refuse without al reason the meanes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and haue bene for 〈◊〉 iust 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet 〈◊〉 he calleth constāt 〈◊〉 but I hope some of thē are ashamed I know whatsoeuer they ar they may be to haue their names in such a kalēder Of those same rebels in the north that appeared in actuall rebelliō against her highnesse he maketh a solemne kalēder he putteth in a Catalogue their names cōditions giuing it this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 qu 〈◊〉 fidem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 arma 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The names cōditions of those englishmen vvhich tooke arms are yet in exile for the Catholike 〈◊〉 for the primacy of the church of Rome He reherseth the Bull of 〈◊〉 Quintus against her highnesse plainly asseuereth that it vvas for iuste causes declared published He calleth her maiesty the pretended Queene and sheweth hovve Doctor Morton was sent into England to admonish 〈◊〉 catholike noble mē that Elizabeth that then gouerned vvas an 〈◊〉 that for that cause she was by very right fallen from all gouernment power vvhich she vsurped ouer the catholiques that she might be 〈◊〉 of them without any danger 〈◊〉 an heathen publicane neither that they were frō 〈◊〉 bound to obey her laws 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he sheweth that 〈◊〉 noble men 〈◊〉 to deliuer their brethren ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de from the tyranny of heretiques and albeit thinges fel not out to 〈◊〉 expectation
holiwater without doubt they learned of Ouid as they did purgatory of Virgil other their misteries frō other prophane Pagans and vvriters Suche enemies to God they are that vvith the gentiles they haue forsaken the liuing God chosen to themselues other forren Gods made of mettall wood stone potearth bread before whom they haue 〈◊〉 to which they haue praied which they haue adored vvorshipped kissed crept to embraced making their vile priests creators of their Creator For if he be greater that maketh and createth then that vvhich is made and created it must follovve that their dignitie muste needes be more then Gods that that place of Scripture may iustlye fit them vvhich saith That that man of sinne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 himselfe 〈◊〉 all that is called God And if euery prieste be greater then God vvhat is he that createth such creatures as can make God In deede if this vvere true they are far aboue the virgin Mary vvho bore him but once and they make him often Shee vvas his mother as he was man but they make him as he is both God and man vvhich is horrible blasphemy And therefore their ovvne massebooke saieth that the priest is the creator of his creator And he that made me with out me is novv made by the meanes of me Such wretched enimies to God they are that their sayth hangeth altogether vppon Antichriste their God vvhome they make not onely a God of the hilles but also of the vallies They beleeue nothing but that which he alloweth as for Christe his Euangelistes Apostles and teachers they make no reckoning of them in respect of their Popes lawes and constitutions he that can dispence with them against them must needs be aboue them And therfore their doctors teach that to cleaue to the scriptures is to be an heretique Suche enemies to God they are as are marked vvith Caynes lying crucltye and murther bothe agaynste the Lavve of GOD and man For they haue murthered Christians vvithout all compassion they keepe no faith nor promise No nature or kindenesse maketh them spare vvhere hatred is 〈◊〉 againste the trueth no age sex or condition dravveth any pittye be they old or young halte or blinde with child or without brother or father sister or mother wife or kinsewoman husband or friend at home or abroad Sonne or seruant but they shal be sure to die a cruell death for it Al stories are full of examples of their sauage and outragious cruelty not only against the professors of the trueth but euen one of them againste another example is yet freshe in memory of Shervvoodes 〈◊〉 againste Hobson one of his deareste friendes muche like the vvicked Treason of Alphonsus against Iohn Diazius his own natural brother besides infinit examples in these murthers in Fraunce in the inquisition of Spaine full of hideons tormentes which shall vvitnesse the trueth hereof to all posterities This howling owle notwithstanding by his bolde flight prognosticating some mischeefe scricheth in her maiesties eares of the hard handling of Catholikes how they are tossed and tumbled opmrisoned and pined husbandes seperated from their vviues vviues from their husbands their houskeeping broken vp by name M. Dimock killed in prison one mystresse Tomson a virgin sent for religion to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what shal I say In imbre garrula est noctua This foolish owle complaineth of case slaundering her maiestie to vvhome he vvoulde seeme so dutifull and her vvhole gouernment and state of barbarous cruelty when the trespasse in deede is onely herein that they are dealte vvith but to gently considering their continuall attempts against her highnesse estate crounc and dignity Concerning M. Dimock of whom he speaketh he had the chusing of his ovvne prison vvhiche was no choking dungeon no Colehouse or 〈◊〉 tower such as they were wonte to stifle men vp in but a friends house to vvhome his vvife if he had any friends and other acquaintance repaired vvhos death vvas by Gods hande and by no procurement of those magistrates that sought his reformation as his ovvne friends can vvitnesse As for the yong womā vvhō he cōplaineth to be cōmitted to bridevvel for her conscience forsooth if conscience may be without knowlege she was cōmitted by her highnes high comissioners to a place both for aire expēce that vvas thought 〈◊〉 for her person 〈◊〉 hauing behaued her selfe ouer obstinatly and immodestly 〈◊〉 a sober 〈◊〉 hovvsoeuer vvorthy her religion before them And yet this perking Parsons or ovvlishe 〈◊〉 needs be so out of his yuie bush might haue lerned that honester then she and al the pack of them vvil euer be except they amend hie them apace haue bene cōmitted to that place both for religiō other causes as som others haue bene for dishonesty an il life Ther haue bin such cōitted thither as he cōplained of before that they escaped with litle or no punishment for breaking the booke It is not the place but the cause that putteth off or draweth on an infamy But her maiesti may see so may al the honorable the malepertnes of this vgly ovvl that is so curious in cōmonvvealth matters that he prierh into her highnes officers doings hauing so slāderous a toung pretendeth not vvithstanding such loyalty and duety tovvardes her highnes But if vve had bene in their handling vvee should haue had little leasure and lesse oportunity to haue opened our griefes before any Soueraignty in authority For besides that they vvere in trueth the practisers of tyranny and cruelty in al other doings they vvould haue dried vp the best bloud in our bodies and sent vs to heauen in fierye chariots after vnspeakable torments to haue put an ende to our wretched liues Their consciences forsooth may not be vrged nor their catholikes may not bee allowed to obey their prince in comming to the Church to heare the vvorde of God preached the onely ordinary vvay to reforme them and to bring them to saluation tender regard must be had of the sex and byrth of their offenders yet this vvoman vvhom he vvil needes make a great gentlevvoman is but a francklins daughter though they offende obstinately both agaynst God and their Soueraigne vvhom they ought to obey in and for the Lorde and that vvhen they offend against the vvoorde of God the peace of the churche and the good lavves of this Realme Not so muche as a little imprisonment in steed of death being founde obstinate and vncorrigible and lightly ioyned vvith treason agaynste the state but it must be exclaimed against as if they had endured the greatest vvrongs in the vvorlde vvhen it is plaine and yet fresh in memory vvhat hauocke they made of the liues of noble and vnnoble of blinde and lame of boies gitles euen before their counterseite sentence of condemnation vvere past and yet it vvas for
but thankes be to God it vvas both orderly kept and vvell obtayned For vpon better information giuen to the Right Honorable the Lord Burleigh Lorde high 〈◊〉 of England vvho by reason that his Honour is Lord of that towne of Stamford and for that also his Lordships house of Burleigh is hard adioyning 〈◊〉 and beeing othervvise very good Lord vnto the tovvne he vvas the rather made acquaynted vvith their good desire and proceeding and by the letters of M. Robert Iohnson also satisfied To vvhich letter his Honour vouchsafed to giue an honourable and fauourable aunswere returned to the sayd M. Robert Iohnson from the Court then beeing at Otelandes bearing date the 25. day of Iuly 1580. vvherein his Lordship shevveth his good contentment and forvvardnes to so holy an exercise testifying that for the sayde M. Iohnsons readines and paynes in preaching in teaching and reading in those partes thereabout he hath cause both to esteeme and loue him His Lorship exhorteth him to continue in his vocation I set not dovvne his Honours letters in respect of duety not hauing communicated my purpose vvith his Honour trusting of his Honors fauour in this behalfe seeing it is against an enimy of God and in maintenaunce of the truth But this is true that therwithall his Lordship vvrote also a louing letter to the Alderman and Burgesses of the sayd towne of Stamford bearing the same date approuing any thing that the Bishop should direct or order in that behalfe another also he vvrote to the Bishop of the Diocesse vvhich they foorthvvith sent by a speciall messenger a letter frō themselues and this vvas the copie of the letters sent from the towne To the right reuerend Father in God and our Diocessan my L. Bishop of Lincolne RIght reuerende Father after our dueties most humbly premised It may please your L. to be aduertised that vvheras of late vve made request to the godly learned 〈◊〉 about vs to afforde vs their godly trauel in a days exercise to be spent with vs in the seruing of god in fasting prayer godly meditations and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his vvorde relieuing of the poore vvhich orders we vnderstand to the great 〈◊〉 edification instruction and comfort of Gods people hath of late bene obserued in many 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in sundry such places within your good Lordships Diocesse as lawe thought conuenient for that purpose vvhich our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 determination vvas misreported of to the Lorde Treasurer our especiall and very good Lord vvherevpon by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 letters of the second of this moneth he required aduised vs that the said entended exercise for some considerations should be stayed and forborne vvherevpon vve haue made staye of it hitherto So it is nowe that vpon some 〈◊〉 and more particuler declaration made to hys Lordship by letters sent from M. Iohnson a preacher to his Lordship touching that matter it hath pleased his Lordship by his letters of the 25. of this moneth to graunt vs his good and fauourable allowaunce to the hauing of the say de exercise and further hath aduertised vs in the same letter to beseech your good Lordship of your direction consent therevnto to the vvnich purpose he hath sent a letter to your Lordship included with a letter sent to me and my brethren the Comburgesses of this towne vvhich letter vve sende vnto your good L. by this bearer most humbly beseeching you to graunt vs your good furtheraunce in this our request vvhich vve 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 make to your good 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 vve nothing doubt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 godly zeale and care to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 of Gods glory And thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lordships fauourable 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vve most humbly take our leaue 〈◊〉 this 30. of Iuly 1580. Your 〈◊〉 humble 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Borough 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. To these letters and by occasion of the others the Bishop gaue his consent and returned in effect this answere gathered out of his letters by M. Frauncis Harington Recorder there 〈◊〉 superscription To my very 〈◊〉 friends the Alderman and 〈◊〉 of Stamford 〈◊〉 this THE order that I do 〈◊〉 good of is this that you of the towne of 〈◊〉 by conference vvith your Preacher M 〈◊〉 should agree vpon some 〈◊〉 or dayes vvherin you vvil vse that godly 〈◊〉 of preaching fasting vvithout the confluence of other 〈◊〉 that apperteine not vnto your town And that M. Hanson on the Sunday before the 〈◊〉 appoynted do in a Sermon exhort the people 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 thēselues to so conuenient godly an exercise that on the day it selfe there be two sermons one preached by M. Hanson and 〈◊〉 by M. Liuely the residue of the time either before betwene or alter the Sermons you may 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in open or 〈◊〉 prayer or in cōtribution to the poore in such 〈◊〉 as you shall thinke conuenient This maner I thinke in my 〈◊〉 sufficient neither would I 〈◊〉 you to do it othervvise for I know and haue signification giuen me already that it 〈◊〉 be very offensiue breede more 〈◊〉 then I vvould gladly haue come to 〈◊〉 These my letters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you keepe sor the 〈◊〉 of my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the matter 〈◊〉 come in contiouersie Thus fare you hartily 〈◊〉 Your very louing friend 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hereby may plainely appeare the shamelesse lye of this staring Owle that blushed not in the eares of her 〈◊〉 to vvhoope that this exercise vvas kepte 〈◊〉 against the Byshops will that the preachers disobediently stepte vp in the pulpit and vttered such sedicious 〈◊〉 as he and his informing scribe haue patched together as farre from all coulor of trueth as any of the rest to the slaunder not onely of those godly and learned preachers but also of the magistrates and vvhole corporation of that town vvho did nothing but according as they were directed by aucthority sauing onely that M. Iohnson preached in the second place in steede of him that vvas appointed by the byshop he vpon some occasion failing as there may 〈◊〉 out in such a case many 〈◊〉 M Iohnson being notwithstanding requested of the magistrates there both by letters at the first at that instant that after the viewing of his 〈◊〉 and as for M. Liuely the first preacher let him be heard as able to speake for himselfe in this matter Richard Liuely minister in Market Deeping and first preacher in the publique fast at 〈◊〉 to Iohn Howlets acculation answereth as followeth IT is not without great cause that Saint Paule in his first Epistle to Timoth. cap. 5. 19. setteth down this rule and leaueth the same as a 〈◊〉 order in the Churche that againste an Elder no accusation should be admitted but vnder the testimony of two or three witnesses he did well consider that the minister being stained his doctrine is in hazard and the gospell thereby like to receiue some wounde Therefore he woulde not that the minister without true
proofe should be condemned but rather iudicially called and heard to aunswere for himselfe Again as nothing more hindereth or plucketh down the kingdome of Satan and setteth vp the kingdom of Christ then the worde and Gospel and the comfortable preaching thereof So there is 〈◊〉 vvherein he is more diligente then to accuse and slaunder to deface and depraue the Preachers of the worde as the readiest meane to hinder the credite and course of the Gospell to retaine the wicked in their 〈◊〉 and so to holde the worlde as it were in his clawes That this hath bene the practise of Satan from time to time not onely by his ovvne vncleane mouth but other conuenient instrumentes for that to forge accusations and slaunders to carrye and recarrye misreportes especially agaynst the ministers experience of all ages and examples in Scriptures doe plentifully recorde He moued Corah Dathan and Abyram to accuse and slaunder Moses and Aaron in the open face of the congregation he procured the Priests and false Prophetes to accuse Ieremy and Amaziah to accuse Amos he 〈◊〉 the Scribes and Pharises to slaunder Christe himselfe hee stirred vp the eloquent Orator 〈◊〉 to accuse Paule So it is a 〈◊〉 of the Gospell till this day to be subiect to captious enimies and the preachers thereof to the persecution of 〈◊〉 lous tongues vvhich no doubt vvere able to discourage vs from oure duties and vvounde vs to the very heartes if vve had not that good shield left vs Mat. 5. Blessed are you when men shall speake all manner of 〈◊〉 sayings against 〈◊〉 Now Sir if you bee founde in the rable of these accusers and youre accusations though in manye vvoordes yet most of them vntrue then vvith what Spirite you vvere led in penning these things your conscience will tell you euen with the Spirit of him vvho as a liar from the beginning and the father of the same thing And all men may easily coniecture that malice in your heart exiled trueth from youre tongue and bashfulnesse from your countenaunce For if to report a lye to a meaner person hath bene euermore counted shame and dishonesty Then so malepertly to insinuate suche manifest vntruethes into the eares of a prince yea of so wise godly and vertuous a Prince because you vvould do the greater hurte I doubte not but it shall purchase to your selfe perpetuall discredit and 〈◊〉 You lay to our charge the odious crime of disobedience and contempt of lawes and magistrates and this you seeme to proue partly by our actes as violent rushing vp into the pulpit being forbidden partly by certeine propositions of doctrine published at the generall fast in Stamford as you are informed by a minister there present Now hovv greatly your minister that gratified you with these 〈◊〉 did therein abuse you and consequently you abuse others you shal soone perceiue First concerning the note of disobedience I say that the 〈◊〉 of Stamforde vvho 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 person in that towne vvith the other 〈◊〉 by one assent and consent and by earnest suite requested mee to 〈◊〉 that good worke my 〈◊〉 which is my L. Byshop of 〈◊〉 by his letters 〈◊〉 date the 〈◊〉 day of August did nominate and by speciall name appoint me to that 〈◊〉 to occupy the place that day Therefore 〈◊〉 by the alderman and his brethren requested and by the Byshop appoynted and neuer after had nor heard of any restraint or countermaund nor any 〈◊〉 tending to that purpose what trueth can be in your assertion that I would not obey my charge lieth not in that place and therefore no cause why I shoulde intrude my selfe against authority Concerning youre foure propositions of Doctrine inferred as it seemeth altogether from the Prophete Ionas hath not so muche as any face of trueth seeing my text vvas in the prophesy of Esay Vppon these Articles as false 〈◊〉 you grounde a moste vvicked conclusion that vvee vvoulde haue no ruler nor gouernour at all Notvvithstanding I doubte not to approue my loyalty to my Prince and my good affection tovvardes magistrates vvell ynough hovvsoeuer you dare so maliciously 〈◊〉 port it In that place and not long time before I proued that neyther City nor Kingdome nor Socictye of men vvas able to endure but by the benefite of good and vvholsome Lawes and that Lavves were nothing vvorth 〈◊〉 there should be Magistrates to execute the same for Lex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 autem est lex 〈◊〉 The lavve is a dumbe Magistrate but the Magistrate is a speakinge lavve I declared openly that by them vve enioye our landes liuings goods and possessions in safety that by them our controuersies are decyded the vveakest vvhich els vvere like to go to the vvalles by this meanes godly defended And therefore the sunne in his brightnes not more needefull for the increase of the fruites of the earth nor meate and drinke for the sustentation of this our nature then the vse of good and godly magistrates in euery cōmon vvelth As occasion then required I styrred vp the peoples heartes to thankfulnes to God for the happie and peaceable gouernment of this Realme All vvhich may argue hovv farre I am from suche Anabaptisticall opinion of vvishing no ruler or gouernour at al. At that instant time of the generall Fast I made prayer my selfe and exhorted the people to pray asvvell for her Highnes as her most honorable Counsell and all other the Nobilitie of this Realme all Iudges Iustices and ciuill Magistrates and by special vvords for her Maiesties preseruation agaynst all trayterous practises eyther of domesticall or forreyne enemies for the multiplying of her dayes and yeres in abundance of peace and godly lyfe for the continuance of her and the Gospell if it vvere his good vvill and pleasure euen to the days of Methushelah And can any man thinke that in the turning of a hande out of one fountayne should flowe svveete vvater and sovvre also first to shevv honest and hartie affection to Magistrates and immediatly to breath out hatred and contempt of Magistrates to make a diuorse betvveene my vvords and my heart to vvishe there should be no ruler or gouernour at all No it is you and your sect of stisnecked Papistes that pinch at Magistrates vvhile you exempt your selues from 〈◊〉 obedience you knovve vvho ground them selues vpon that saying of the Psalme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 meos Touche not mine annoynted doe vvrest this and suche like places retche them as Shomakers do their lether to serue your purpose for the Popes shauelings A learned father confuting your vanitie sayth you might aswell make a syllogisme of Quem terra pontus to proue of nothing something VVhere you are pressed vvith the authoritie of S. Paule Rom. 13. Let euery soule submit himself to the authoritie of the higher powers you knovve vvho shift of the matter vvith this glose Onnis anima secularis non item 〈◊〉 Euery secular soule and not euery spirituall soule But Chrysostome confuteth your saying Omnis