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A07410	Of two vvoonderful popish monsters to wyt, of a popish asse which was found at Rome in the riuer of Tyber, and of a monkish calfe, calued at Friberge in Misne. Which are the very foreshewings and tokens of Gods wrath, against blinde, obstinate, and monstrous Papistes. Witnessed, and declared, the one by Philip Melancthon, the other by Martyn Luther. Translated out of French into English by Iohn Brooke of Assh, next Sandwich.; De deux monstres prodigieux. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut; Crespin, Jean, d. 1572.; Brooke, John, d. 1582.	1579 (1579)	STC 17797; ESTC S107029	24,551	44

a wonderfull sort either his wrath or 〈◊〉 And ch●efely the 〈◊〉 chaunges the encreasinges 〈◊〉 of Kingdomes and Empires As wée maye sée in Daniel the eight where after the fourth Monarch the kingdome of Antechrist is also foreshewed to the ende that all true faithfull men and Christians should bée admonished in good time and shoulde take heede of his trumperies and deceites and of his Idolatryes and execrable blasphemies and of all his diuine seruice the which hée hath so greatly and with such craft vnder the shewe and appearaunce of truth valued that it is to bée feared least that the elect and faithfull bée deceiued and wrapt in his errours as Iesus Christ saith Mathew Chapt 24. Euen so then God hath declared great meruailes and many monsterous tokens and signes duringe that barberous and pernicious domination And nowe hée hath sette foorth this horrible figure of this popish Asse ▪ whiche was founde dead at Rome in the ryuer of Tyber in the y●●●e of 〈…〉 thousande ●●●re hundreth foure score and si●téene And in the same he representeth and setteth out so properlye so opensye and cleerelye the manner of the Popes kingdome that it séemeth that mans industrye or cunninge coulde not make nor sette out one such figure ▪ Wherefore wée must confesse that God himselfe hath set foorth this abhominnable Popedome vnder one such figure for to make it to bée behelde and séene of men Truely this is not a figure which is for to signifie and declare any grace or fauour But it is a witnesse of a ●●●tible wrath● by the whiche GOD declareth his ho●t●●le indignation to this 〈…〉 call doth ●●ation of the Pope for 〈…〉 doth not onely 〈…〉 chast figure but also 〈…〉 ●isshapen members 〈…〉 First of all the heade of the Asse is a description of the Pope ▪ For the Churche is a spirituall bodye and kingdome assembled together in spirite And therefore it cannot nor ought not to haue a mannes head nor a visible Lorde But onely the LORD IESUS which formeth the heartes inwardlye by the holy Ghost by fayth kéepeth reneweth and gouerneth them as Lorde and head Contrary vnto these thinges the Pope hath made himselfe the visible and outwarde heade of the Churche And for that cause the Pope is signified by the heade of this Asse ioyned with a mannes bodye For as it is not séemely that a mannes bodye shoulde haue an Asses heade euen so is it altogether vnsmelye that the Pope of Rome shoulde bée the heade of the Church For the holy Scriptures doe vnderstande by the Asse the externall and carnall lyfe and the Elementes of the worlde As in the thirtéenth Chapter of Exodus And as much difference as there is betwéene the brayne of an Asse and the reason and witte of a man so muche difference there is betwéene the doctrine and ordinaunces of the Pope and the Doctrine and instruction of the sonne of God. For in the Popes kingdome there is nothinge but mannes traditions and ordinaunces whiche beare authoritie ▪ by the which hée hath enlarged his lymittes and boudes and hath exalted himselfe in dignitie These are the rockes vppon whiche hée is builded But as soone as he should heare the woord of Iesus Christ to sounde and that hée shoulde suffer that 〈…〉 preached hée shall sodothelye come to 〈…〉 this is the cause wherefore alwayes hée 〈◊〉 so muche the Counsells But although it bée not compared to the woorde of God and the holy Scriptures but onely to the naturall equitie and lyght of mans reason wée shall finde that his brayne is the brayne of an Asse The whiche the Canonistes themselues doe wytnesse settinge foorth this matter that a méere Canonist is a very Asse and a beast Their bookes doe confirme the same so cléerely and playnelye that hée which shall knowe them will not aske what is hée whome they call Asse For a Canonist is hée which hath studyed in decrées or in the right Canon the Popes Scholler hauing the Pope for his Schoolemaster Secondly the right hande lyke vnto the foote of an Elephaunt signifieth the spirituall gouernement of the Pope by the which hée amazeth and feareth all the weake and fearefull consciences And ●n very deede he hurteth and killeth an influit number of soules through so many decrées and intollerable ordinaunces that hée maketh by the which hée chargeth tormenteth and casteth downe the poore consciences with sinnes and terrible a●guishes without any necessitie or ●e●asion As the Elephaunt which is a beast very great and meruailous to behold which destroyeth treadeth downe and breaketh all that that he can lay foote vpon For what is the spirituall kingdome of the Pope but a cruell but therye and ●●aughter of consciences The which tormenteth burneth woundeth and destroyeth the soules after a tyrannicall sorte against the woorde of GOD constrayninge and compelling men to confesse him indusinge and per●●ading them to make vowes eyther of pouertie or of chastitie and others bringing in Masses full of impietie and vngodlynesse and false penaunces making promises and after breakinge them suffering and afterwarde forbidding establishing his pardons and bulles And finally tourning the soules from the true fayth and Christian lyfe for to leade them vnto a vaine and friuolous simulation of outward woorkes and vnto a false shewe of holynesse According to that which is sayde in Daniel Chapt viij He will put to death the people of the Saints And in the second Epistle to Timothe Chapter iiij But after their owne lustes shall they whose eares itch get them an heape of teachers and shall tourne their eares from the truth and shall bée giuen vnto fables For the right hand declareth the inward Ministery proper to the consciences and soules where it is expedient that the sonne of God our Lorde Iesus Christ do reigne after a gentle fashiō but this gratious Lord both exercise héere a pernicious vniust and cruell domination Thirdly the left hand which is the hand of a man signifieth the ciuile power of the pope The sonne of god hath manifestly forbidden that power or domination to the Prelates of the Church Luc. 22 chap. saying The kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them they that beare rule ouer them are called gratious Lords But ye shall not be so Neuerthelesse the Pope through so many deceits engines crafts and enchauntments is mounted vnto so high power and authoritie through the instigation of the diuell that his ciuill Iurisdiction is no lesse then the most purssant King that one can finde But he hath more he gouerneth and hath vnder his féete all worldly Kingdomes and Empires as souereigne Lorde of Kinges and Princes whome hée hath ioyned to him for to amplyfie beautifie confirme and mainteine his barbarous and cruell power and authoritie And that is to the ende that the Prophecie of the eyght chapter of Daniell bée fulfilled saying Hée shall bée mightie and strong but not in his owne strengh