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A01130	The Pope confuted The holy and apostolique Church confuting the Pope. The first action. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iames Bell.; Papa confutatus. English	Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Bell, James, fl. 1551-1596.	1580 (1580)	STC 11241; ESTC S116021	179,895	252

Who as is only holy who only as hath power of life and death and of al authoritie in heauen and earth so is he onely alone able to be●●ow his graces vpon whom he will being tyed to none nor holden bound to any law Nowe therefore sith by his glorious Gospel as by the antentique seale of his euerlasting wil he hath deliuered vnto vs so manifest and determinate a demonstration of his vnchangeable will witnessing thereby That whosoeuer bele●ueth in him shal of his gift enioy euerlasting life and the glory of his kin●dome what may godly ministers doe in discharge of theyr function more duetifully but by faithfull proclaiming theyr commission to put in executiō the charge committed vnto them by their Lorde and Maister What and wil the Pope of Rome with his councell of Trident require vs to renounce the Gospel of Christ and to post ouer vpon their pelting war ra●m● the crowne of glory to the lawe of workes which Christe hath already warranted too faith yea will they haue vs so saucie as to challendge them as a duetie which Christe assured to all of free gift or do these holy fathers thinke it to bee reasonable that we shoulde hearken vnto them rather then vnto Christe Christe doeth very plainly and expresly set downe in the Gospell Thy faith hath made thee whole And shal we say on the contrary part Thy workes hath made thee whole Christ saith Beleeue only● al things are possible to him that beleeueth And shal we turning the cart before the horse yeelding chiefe preheminence to works promise al things to become possible to them that worke and not to them that beleeue only I beseech you what notable peece of worke wrought they towards the curing of their maladies which were commaunded but to lift vp their eies only and too looke earnestly vpon the brasen Serpent Finally where the holsome doctrine of the gladsome Gospel seemeth to enterlace heere and there many graue and weightie councels to the embracing of most absolute integritie to prescribe many ●ules to allure to liue wel If a man would discend into the due consideration of the end scope of the Euangelicall exhortatiōs he shal find nothing y t doth more nearely resemble the meaning purpose of Christ our Sauior that doth approch more neerely to the direct end of al his speaches actions myracles then this one thing chiefly aboue al other namely to draw all men to faith the knowledge of Christ as who did very wel know that all our safetie righteousnesse doth depende wholy vpon this only faith in him Paul likewise treating vpon nothing else almost throughout al his Epistles how learnedly how industrio●sly doth he vrge al his force of skil to acquaint vs throughly with this doctrine that the whole substance of our saluation strongest piller of our righteousnes was groūded not vpon the sa●des of y e law not propt vp w t the slimie morter of works not raised vp w t any our sweating or moyling but promysed by the free mercy of god accomplished by the only workmāship of Christ geuen receiued through our only faith and beliefe in him and yet not excluding meane whiles the works of the law so as they might not be alwaies attendaunt vppon the man that is iustified as fruites and effects of faith but that they shuld in no wise be taken for the original cause of iustification and againe neither making this cause of iustificatiō to depēd so wholy vpō faith as that we might therfore slacke any part of our dutie in doing good al the rest of our life But to the end we shuld not be carried away with vaine confidence of works nor grounde our righteousnesse which wee receiue only at Christes handes else where in the only faith in Iesus Christe And for this cause Of faith saith S. Paule that the promise might be made sure by grace which otherwyse woulde bee alwaies whirled aboute in vnstable vncertaintie if it rested wholy vppon perfection of workes and by the same meanes woulde it come too passe withal that the promise should be thrust cleane out of credite For if we bee adopted into inheritance by the law then is faith become void the promise is of none effect ● which the Apostle doth with like phrase of speache vrge againe in his Epistle to Titus For i● inheritaunce come by the law sayth he then not of promise nowe And againe to the Romanes to the same effect If of grace then not of workes now otherwise grace shuld not be grace● And why so I pray you is it because the law is so manifestly repugnāt against the promise or that grace is so dir●ctly contrary to good works as that they cannot come togegether vnder one roofe but the one wyll stiffle vp the other Let vs heare the answere of the Apostle God forbid that any man shal thus think with himselfe that there is any such mortal enmitie betwixt grace good works as that who so cleaueth to grace must foorthwith become a deadly foe to good works or as though who so take holde of the promises of God the same may in no wise walk in the cōmaūdements of the law For what can be more familiar together thē the grace of god the fruits of good works Who was stronger in faith then Abrahā who more excellent then he in all maner of vertues Grace and good works therfore doth not simply differ ech frō other but acording to the diuersity of the obiect wherunto they be referred Wherfore the state of the question must be aduisedly cōsideratly noted For the question in this place doth not tend heereunto whether the person that is alredy inuested in the inheritance of grace ought to liue wel● but how the possessiō of this inheritance may be wōne namely whether it come of free gift to the vnworthie or to thē that deserue it by force of the lawe or by promise for any respect of works or of the speciall and onely benefite of faith without workes Here loe the shamelesse sacriledge of the Popes iuggling bewrayeth it self which directly against the authoritie of Gods worde would vnder a very s●ye and suttle but most pernicious pret●nce of magnifying and establishing the commaundementes of God restreigne against al equitie right al whatsoeuer Christ his Apostles and the most euident meaning of the holy Ghost vouchsafed to endue poore forlorne man with all of very free and franke liberalitie for the incredible comfort and co●solation of the godly to the slippery state of miserable workes From out which one platfourme very ill fauouredly framed it is incredible to be spoken what rotten ruin●s haue ensued what monstruous superstit●on what beggerly and patched religion and howe troublesome a confusion of doctrine hath heretofore too to long preuailed against Gods church yea euen to this day doth holde captiue miserably entangle the cōsciences of

so vnmannerly rage against vs persecuting vs so vnciuilly with his bulles not so muche for any our deserte as for the defence of Christe and his Gospel which we do prof●sse In which kinde of crosse whereas two things occurre to be duely considered of eche godly Christian not onely what iniury is offered but also by whom and for what cause it is susteyned Then as often as we haue recourse to this last poynt we are not a little recomforted against your cholericke curses by the sweete speeches of the gladsome Gospel Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnesse sake and when men curse you speaking al euill against you belying you for my sake● c. With which kinde of persecution sithens yee are now purposed to proceed● against vs you could not by any meanes haue vttered any one more manyfest a token of true consolation and certaine assurance of infallible comfort then by this grosse rankor of minde conceiued against vs which doeth assure vs of Christes vndoubted benignitie high fauour grace powred foorth vpon vs for the same For if to be euil spoken of for doing good vnto others be accounted for a princely ornament euen with the most re●owmed Princes and if there can bee no greater prayse attributed too any person then to be slaundered and reproched of the wicked then questionles to bee maliciously vndeseruedly maligned of this Antichristian Atheist we think it not so much a cōmendation meet for a Princesse as a renowme rather wel beseeming an Empresse which also we do plainly confesse to be one of the fayrest flowers of our floorishing garland Wel then ye Prelate of Rome forasmuch as ye shame nothing after your wōted want of discretiō so vnaduisedly to scatter abroad all slanderous reproches against kings and queenes tel vs I beseeche you what that so great haynousnes may be that causeth you to bray out so vndiscretly against vs. Wee heere say yee haue called vs in your Bulles Bondmaiden of all wickednesse and accuse our kingdome too bee the refuge of all Heretiques Good God what strange and monstrous shamelesnes is this Dare this Babylonicall Strumpet bee so voide of shame as to condemne others of wicked life which when shee hath throwne out all maner of cursed speaches and slaunders that her lying choler can imagine shall yet neuer bee able too discharge one halfe of her vgly abhominations wherewith she swarmeth on all partes most horrible and euidently apparant For what common Channel or Sincke can be more vnsauery then your life and Court But as concerning your owne loathsome filthinesse wee referre you ouer to answere for your selfe before the high Iudge In the meane time too speake somewhat for our selfe in fewe woordes be ye thus satisfied First that neither it is nor euer hath beene any our nature or qualitie to make boast of our good life before God as the Pharisees vse too do for wee dare not presume vppon any suche innocencie And yet on the other side wee wyll not so condemne our conuersation before men as we think it when it is at the worst to be in any respect so stained or blame worthie as yours is Now when we name you we meane not one particular person only not Pius the 5. nor Gregory the 13 but we comprehend therein the whole rabble of that rebellions Gallantes altogether neither do we simply condemne the whole Sea or succession of Romane bishop namely that Sea which in the sweete nurcery of the pure and primitiue Church was euer highly commended praysed by sundry mens writinges and iudgementes suche a one as the Poet Ennius maketh mention of Autentike lawes and sages gray Keepe Rome in state and ciuill stay But we speake of this Rome which ruleth the roast a● this present so fouly fallen from the aun●ient steppes of her auncestours from faith from grauitie from religious life not that other auncient Rome long sithens buried raked in graue and worne out of memory but a certayne chaungeling fr●mshapen Rome nowe of late start vp so altogeather vnlike too that former by howe much that first florished in grau●ty discipline vertue and trueth and this other wallowing weltring in vanitie riotte riches pride ambition extortion licentiousnesse and filthie delightes of this worlde seemeth vtterly forlorne hauing no sparke of remembraunce or countenance almost of the auncient int●gritie no partaking with Christe nor any maner of affinitie with Christes Apostles In which Sea I meane the Sea of this present age wee may easily discerne the vsual practises of that Romishe Antichriste not vnknowne too the whole worlde Neither doth this holy father therefore rayle vpon vs so barbarously because he thinketh vs to be so licentious in deede as he slaundereth vs maliciously in words neither would he reprooue vs one iot● the more for that cause though we were in very deede much worse then wee are nay rather wee shoulde bee so muche the more dearely be loued of him by howe muche wee resembled him neerest in leawdnesse and loosenesse of life But there lurketh an other snake in the greene grasse which bicause he neither discloseth in his Bulles nor the simplicitie of the godlye can easily discerne we wil franckly make knowne to the whole worlde And this it is If wee woulde yeeld our person and our kingdome to the Romish Halter and suffer the marke of the beast to be sealed vpon our forehead af●er the maner of some Princes and with as great affection as they doe Certes no kinde of inordinate licenciousnesse were it neuer so abhominable might be any such estoppel to barre vs out of the number Beadroll of his dearest Sonnes Daughters but shoulde bee beautified with as much of the Apostolike blessing as the dearest dearling of all the crue Now because wee haue shaken of these peeuish Papane fe●●ers and betaken our selues to that Emperiall standarde of true religion vnder the which wee haue chosen to aduenture our life for Christes glory and honour rather then to remaine in thraldom vnder the Pope Heerof commeth it that we be reproched with this foule name to wit a Bondmaide of all treachery this is it that makes him to boyle with so hotte hart-burning against vs. And thus muche hytherto nowe of that which you may conceiue either vttered already against you by the renowmed Queene of Englande or at the least as muche as her highnesse might iustly speake vnto you which neuerthelesse if had beene set downe by her owne penne woulde haue beene muche more artificially and princely deliuered if her highnesse woulde haue vouchsafed so much to haue embased her Maiestie as too deale with such a monster Nowe I returne vnto my selfe and the publique defence of that little Ilande which with cursed mouth you doe slaunder too bee the kingdome of Heretiques expressing heerein the very shape and conditions of that frowarde Phormio in Terence who alone marring the whole Action and for the same cause apprehended too cleare him selfe before