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A01567	A declaration made by the Archbishop of Collen, vpon the deede of his mariage, sent to the states of his archbishoprike VVith the letter of Pope Gregorie the. 13 against the celebration of the same mariage, and the Bishops aunswer therevnto. According to the coppie imprinted at Collen. 1583.	Gebhard, Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1547-1601.; Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.; Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585.	1583 (1583)	STC 11693; ESTC S102953	12,394	38

peine whereof craueth the losse of my life or of my charge and dignitie for the which I am accused among you which maketh me most odious maketh the world to thinke that I reiect all discipline all duety and all honour but the shame thereof falselie accusing me maketh your selues almoste to blush Which is because I am purposed to marie which S. Paule neuerthelesse affirmeth to be honourable amōg all men and which is also sette in the Romane church among the number of the Sacramentes But whensoeuer I am minded to accomplishe this thing what shall I doo or enterprise against the examples of the holy Apostles and their rules and decrees What doo I against the aduise of Clement Alexandrian or against our owne Lawes in the .28 Distinction the .11 and 12. Chapters where mention is made of the wiues of Priests and Deacons being aboundantly contained in the .17 cannon as it was decreed by the Councell of Gangar that If any reiect a maried Priest being of opinion that he ought not to offer because he is maried and for that cause will not come to his seruice let him be accurst Moreouer those words spoken with great grauitie by Paphuntius in the Councell of Nice are cōmended in the second parte of their decrée which did not feare to call mariage the second degree of chastitie Wherefore is it then that the aucthoritie of Siricius or Pelagious should be of greater waight among vs then that of the Apostles Of generall Counselles Of auncient Fathers before mentioned Or of GOD himselfe Which plainly pronounced that it was not good for man to be alone What follie or what madnesse I praye you is it then to endure rather adulterers fornicators and Sodomiticall liuers in the ministerie and church of Christ then those which hath true lawfull wiues following the cōmaundements of God From what spring or from whose mouth came the same doctrine which forbiddeth and condemneth mariage It appeareth by the eleuenth chapter of Daniel vers 36. 37. and the first of Timothy the fowrth chapt ver 1. 2. 3. Aeneus Silueus in his discription of Germany witnesseth that the holy bishoppe Vldricus strongly withstoode the lawes of Celebat against the Popes of his time writing an Epistle vnto Pope Nicholas wherin he greatly cōplained that the chiefest Prelates and Priests namelie of Italy were so much giuen to lust and lecherie that they would not abstaine from deflowring maid wife or any other nor spare theyr owne kindred but commit sinne against nature with y e masquelin sort also with very brute beasts and there he declareth an historie worthy the noting that Pope Gregorie the first being he that did first forbid ecclesiastical persons to marie sending afterwarde certaine fishers to fishe in a mote hard adioyning to a Nunrie they founde more then six thousand childrens heads that had béene throwne therein which when Gregorie sawe and perceyued the wicked fruit of his Celebat sorowing to heare the same he brake that decree alledging the sentence of S. Paul that It is better to marie then to burne Adding also that it is farre better to suffer mariage then to be the cause of murder The Abbot Vspergus also in his Chronicle maketh mention of an epistle in the most renoumed coūcell of the ecclesiasticall states at Bresse Nore made against Heldebrand wherin among other things was a cōplaint made y t he deuorsed spyrituall persons from theyr wiues vnder this detestable Pope the Churches were in great daunger also he declared y t they were not bound in any promise to the Pope for it is a greater thing to make a vow to obey God and the catholique church then to submitte our selues to the will and pleasure of any Pope whatsoeuer For these reasons I that knoweth my duetie towarde Iesus Christe and his Church I am determined to take the lawfull way and remedy permitted to all manner of men without exception against euill and disordinate lustes as it becommeth a true bishop and a man of noble race to doo to the ende that I may keepe my soule chaste and arme the same against all allurements of the flesh Therefore am I determined to enter into mariage not being mooued by any light or disobedient minde but after long tryall made of my selfe I haue knowne that it is not good for me to liue vnmaried Which gifte is not permitted to all nor for euer that is to say to make so long a triall of themselues I am resolued following the lawes of the church aboue mentioned to leaue that vndiscrete vow of the Celebat which is not in my power to performe estéeming that this is lawful for me for the auoiding of a greater euill and for the better obseruing accomplishing the vowe of chastitie which I made vnto Iesus Christ and in so dooing I haue framed my selfe according to the commaūdement of God submitting to his prouidence and staying to his protection not caring what euill men may iudge nor for y e threatnings daungers or any other thing whatsoeuer hauing in memorie that which Theodorus hath written in his fourth booke the tenth chapter of the auncient Christians Whiche dyd knowe no greater griefe then the renouncing of pietie and although the tyrants went about raging and running vpon them as stormes or tempestes yet could they not be shaken or put backe from pietie and godlines Therefore in all extremities I haue recourse to the iudgement of those which hath right intelligence and knowledge Unto whome I doo appeale and submit my selfe after the example of Iustinus Martyr in his Apolligie for the Christiās In this submission most rightfull and iust that by those which religiously feareth God the trueth alone is reuerenced and to the same all and euerie thing must be agréeing Nowe I addresse my selfe to you Pope Gregorie to the ende I may obtaine of you this my purpose being most chaste and according to the discipline of the true and auncient Catholique Church some protection and defence Therefore I doo earnestlie pray and beseech you that of the same affection which it hath pleased you to admonish me that you will take my part in my most iust enterprise remembring that those which smothlie flatters you a sort of bribe takers which dooth but lightlie and softlie touch the moste daungerous woundes bee not those that dooth most honour and reuerence vnto you and the Church but well are they which Plutarch speakes of in his Trentes of the difference betweene the flatterer and the friend which boldlie and lyberallie speaketh admonishing and rebuking not according to theyr owne appetie and desire What am I then that should speake or brall against the Popes if they take all that they say out of the word lawes and commaundementes of God and out of the writings of the Apostles and Prophetes vppon which doctrine the Church and the Popes ought to be founded and builded by GOD which hath the sufferaintie ouer Kinges and Popes Oh that it were the good will and pleasure of him that I might see the daye that you would not take the care to oppresse me and all other men louers and followers of the doctrine and life of the Apostles but rather that you should earnestlie vndertake to cast farre away from you so many vanities so many idolatries simonies and sacrileges and cut off these effeminates fornicators and adulterers drunkardes and idle personnes which our owne lawes dooth excommunicate to the ende that the Romane church might recouer her auncient dignitie and that peare and tranquilitie might come againe among all Christians that many grieued and wounded consciences might finde rest and consolation Nowe as it is commonlie sayde that of a poore gardener or a simple man something may be heard of reasonable sence so I hope that you will not take this my small admonition otherwise then with a fatherlie religious and equitable hart which is made vnto you by one of your Brothers in Iesus Christ and an Almayn which could neuer dissemble wherevppon I praye God to kéepe you in his protection FINIS