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A13964	The trial of trueth or a treatise vvherein is declared vvho should be iudge betvvene the Reformed Churches, and the Romish in which is shewed, that neither Pope, nor Councels, nor Fathers, nor traditions, nor succession, nor consent, nor antiquitie of custome: but the onely written worde of God, ought to determine the controuersies of religio[n]: wherin also is declared which is the true religion, and Catholick church. Written for the pleasure of the Popes, Cardinalles, prelates, abbots, monkes: and speciallie the Iesuites, which of late were driuen out of Transyluania, by the states there. Published in Latine by a certaine Hungarian, a fauourer of the trueth: and translated into English by Richard Smith.; Oratio de constituendo iudice controversiorum religionis. English.	Smith, Richard, tr.	1591 (1591)	STC 24274; ESTC S100745	49,352	68

the eight had cursed with bell booke and candle as a Schismatick and an heretick yet the King ceased not from his enterprise but when he had by manifest proofes prooued him guiltie of horrible villanies he caused him to be apprehended at Rome and cast into Prison who when he had entred as a Fox and raigned as a Lyon he died as a Dogge The same Boniface in the yeere of our Lord one thousand thrée hundred when there was great floking of people out of diuers Countries to Rome because of the yéere of Iubily the first festiuall daye shewed himselfe to the people attired in his Bishoplike ornaments and the next day flaunting it in his Princelike robes commaunded a naked swoord to be borne before him crying with a lowd voice I am both Pope and Emperour I haue both temporall and spirituall iurisdiction and dominion And when as a fewe daies after Albert being made Emperour by the Germain electours required his confirmation of him at first he refused it denying that an election made without his authoritie ought to be of force but yet a little while after he agreede to the emperour vpon this condition that he should with all spéed by force set vpon the Kingdome of Fraunce Innocentius the third did so boyle in rancour against Phillippe the Emperour because hee had beene chosen against his will that he often times saide Either the Pope shall take from Phillipe his crowne Kingdome or else he the Apostolical ornament and dignitie from the pope Clemens the sixt tould the Ambassa●●rs that hee wo●ld nener pardon Lewis unlesse hee first ●●rrendred his Empire and yelded both him selfe his sonnes and all that he had into his hands and would promise that he would take none of them againe without the Popes leaue and fauour Besides this they further charge them that where as Constantine the first was the first that held soorth his feete for the Emperour to kisse Martine the first compelled the Emperour Sigismund Iohn the two and twentieth Crescentius the Consul of Rome and Bennet the third the Emperour to doe like wise Neither doe they say that this is to bee passed ouer in silence that Innocentius the third excommunicated Otho the fourth Gregorie the seuenth did the same to Henrie the fourth Pascalis the second to Henrie the first Hadrian the fourth and Alexander the third to Fridericke the first Innocentius the third to Phillippe the sonne of Fridericke Gregorie the ninth to Fridericke the second three time● Innocentius the fourth to Conradus the fourth and that specially for this cause that they did not in al points satisfie the Popes lustes And now moreouer there is no King no Kingdome no Prince whom the Romish papacie hath no● challenged to bee her vassal and tenant Sixtly the Gospellers accuse the Popes of treacherie and conspiracie and proue both by most auncient and also most weightie Histories that the Popes in all ages haue wholly bent their might to this that when they knewe that there was any debate growen betwene Princes they might by certaine bréed-bates of theirs helpe forwards and increase the quarrel and might also bargaine with one of the s●des that if they gotthe kingdome of y t contrarie faction by their furtherance they should then acknowledge the See of Rome for the author of so great a benefit and paye her an yearly rent This legéerdemaine being once contriued presently the Prince of the contrarie side was proclaymed an Hereticke by the Pope and his kingdome graunted to him that could first inuade it This matter will be more euident by examples For although Lewis the twelfth king of Fraunce had giuen certaine Cities to Pope Iulius the secōd yet not withstanding he not satisfied with the gift vexed him with the terrible thunderbolts of excommunications as a schismaticke and an Hereticke and laide open his kingdom to the spoyle But when he for sundry kinde of abominable vices which anon shall bee handled by a counsell called at Pisum but interrupted by him and translated to Lions was suspended from his Popelike function he so raged with furie that spedily leuying an Armie he hastned into Fraunce and as he ledde his hoaste out of the Citie by the bridge of Tibris in his harnesse he spake these wordes in the hearing of many thousand men Sith Peters keyes stand vs in no stede goe to let vs drawe fourth Paules rustie sword And therewithall casting Peters Keyes into the riuer of Tybris and drawing his sworde out of his sheath threatned all crueltie to the French men with a mighty hacking and gnashing of his teeth together Neither is the example of Phillip the french King much vnlike hereunto who when he had recouered no smal part of his possessions out of the English mens handes Innocentius the third first sent two ambassadours into France which might there rayse Rebellion and afterwards so incensed the Emperour Otho the fourth and Ferdinand Earle of flaunders against the Frenchmen that except with great stomacke and valure they had withstoode the Popes practizes they had euen then lost their kingdome But what néede we olde examples when fresh matters are in the mouthes of all men For in the yeare one thousand fiue hundred four score and fiue Sixtus the sifte bishop of Rome sent out his brutish thunderbolts against Henrie Bourbon king of Fraunce and Nauarre and Henry Bourbon Prince of Condie their heires and successors whom he banneth as heretikes and committeth their kingdomes to the spoile Neither is that matter close or vnknowen which fell out very lately For the same Sixtus the fifth in the yeare of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred fourscore and nine did solemnlie geue vnto Philip king of Spain the realm of England hauing condemned it for heresie The Spaniard had furnished such a Fléete as might terrifie the Emperor of the Turkes himselfe and the sauage Princes of Africa For they had besides vessels of cariage one hundred and thirtie ships whereof thréescore were of such ●●genes that there scarce passe any in the Ocean to match them and whereof foure are thought to haue gotten the victory at the Gulfe of Arta. There were in them of most choise Souldiers of Italians Spaniards and Germanes to the number of thrée and twentie thousand at the least euen by the testimonie of the Spaniardes themselues sixe thousande brasse péeces Besides this so great an armie the King of Spaine had in Flaunders fourtie thousand choise footmen and twelue thousand horsemen the monthly charges of which armie came to fiftéen hundred thousande crownes But what did this so well stored a Fléete preuaile what did this so great an hoast boote Of these hundred and thirtie ships of warre scarce thirtie went home againe and those of the lesser sort and of men of all sorts scarce thrée thousand and those scarce hauing life or soule Now if we please to alledge

dialogo quodam See Socrat. The E●ag Ruffin Or●s Bedam Zozin hist par 2 Vol. li. Geor. 3. Alber. Kran in Sax. li. 2. ca. 1. Marcil in defe p●c cap. 1● Mant. li. 1. de p 1. cap. 30. Eus de vit Con. Ruf. l. 1. c. 11. Socr. l. 1. ca. 39. Vincen. l 24. hist The exposition of Christes words Barnard l. 2. de Cons Ni● l. 8. c. 4 Aug. in Io. tract 10. 124 de ver Dei ser 20. Cy●il in di●l de Trin. l. 4. ●mb in epist ad Ephe. c. 2. Chrisost hō 5● in Mat. Bar. Epist. 230. ●●si quis decre de petit Hared L. 1. c. de furt L. Titus D. 99. The third reas●n of insu●ficiencie Di●● 96. satis euidenter Can. 9. Quast 3. Dist 34. Can. Lec in Dist 82. Can. Presbyter Lib. 1 Decret Greg. tit 7. Can. 5. Io. 14. 2. Tim 3. Mat. 15. Ier. 7. Ir●n Epist 4. Athon in prin Lib. 2. Cō Grec Con. Trid. ses 4. c. 1. Li. 1. Cor. Pon. suc 7. See the complaints of Maximiliā of the cuppe of the Lords Supper Lib. 3. Decret Greg. tit 41. Cā sa● ●ū Dist 2. de consec can presb When and by whom the Popish ceremonies were ordained Of the reseruation of the Sacrament Of the Mass● in Latin Of the Masse of such as kept concubines Dist 32. praeter hoc itē Nullus Of the life of Ministers Of Images Of Monckes Caus 16. Quaest 1. adijcimus Dist 92. can in sancto Of Canonicall houres Of the yeare of Iubilie Can. 11. Quaest 3. qui omnipotem Decret Sym cap 8. Quaest 4. Of the electiō of the Pope Whores chose the Popes Tici●ensis Lib. 2. cap 13. Vnlearned laym●n Popes Of auriculat confession Lib. 5. decret tit 38. can omnibus vtriusque Of the eleuation of the Sacrament De consec Dist 1 cau vasa Dist 95. canubinam Of the hatred between pope and pope Platina de vitis pontificum The heresies of the popes Flauius Blōd. li. 3. Rom. inst Eu. 6. Breuiarij postulat Iud. 12. art 72. Abba● vrsper in vit Philip. nuper pag. 321. Theod. Nihem tract 6. c. 37. Alberic lib. bene a Zeno. 18. quad praes●●pt Alphon cōt her Lib. 11. cap. 4. Hiere Mar. Ecc. Iohn Gerson The fourth cause of insufficiencie The complaint of the French King The complaint of Princes The wonderfull treasure of Iohn 22. Pardons the occasion of reformation The first cause of insufficiencie namely the sinne of treason C. Vn. san● extrauag de maiorib obed Ca. 1. extrauata consuit C. solit extr dema ob Helmold Chron. 5. Cla. 8. Naucler Lib. 1. Geu 79. Barnus in vi●is Pontificum The Emperour the Popes horseman Nauclerus Ger. 39. Barnus de vit Rom. pont Funceus in Chronol The wonderfull pride of the Pope Platina The cronicles of Fr●un●e The Pope vsurpeth both Swoords Cuspinianus in vita Alberti Abba● vrsper gensis in parali●omenis Annales Gallie● Marius in eusebio cap. Abbas vrsperge●sis See for these thinges Platina Marius the Cronicles of Fraunce and of the Empire Emperours excommunicated All kings the Popes seruants Augstench lib. 2. dedonat Const pag. 138. The sixte cause of insufficiencie The cuning practies of popes Arnobius Ferro Guilie●nus Budaeus de Asse lib. 5. The Pope ●lingeth away Peters keyes and draweth out Paules sworde The br●●tish thunderbolt of Six●●s the fi●th against Henrie king of Fraunce and Nauarre The storie of the Spaniards viage into England 10. Morellius in lide eccles ab Ab. Antichristo per eius excidiū liberand The preparation of the Spanish flecte Bernardinus ●endoza Ambassador of Spain with the French king The successe of the Spanish viage The Popes chuse themselues Stella Venetus Plat. Lintpran dus Massaeus Vspergensis Three Popes togither Two heades at once in Rome The seuētenth cause of insufficiēcie namely Antichristianitie 2. Thes 2. The whole Chapter Iohan. Apoc. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 6. 2. Cor. 6. Eph. 2. Thes 4. The Pope proued Antichrist The criers proclaim before the Pope Bow downe bow down fall on your knees Dist 19. 22. 96. Bald. l. vlt. c. rescin sent Deciu c. 1. de Constit Felinus c. ego r. de iure Eberhardus Saelisb Arch. lib. 7. Ann. Io Auenti The eight cause of insufficiencie a heap of eight de testable viccs Popes haue been whoremongers and Buggerers Luitprandus Ticinencis li. 3. cap. 12 de gest Imperat. Petrus Premonstraten Platina Ticinens lib. 2. cap. 13. Luitprandus l. 6. Mantuau Valer volaterr Hier Marius in Eusebio cap● Joan Iouianus Pon. Actius Sanazarius In Alphons li. 3. Platina Functius Ianus Pannontus Episcopus quinqus Ecilesiensis tēpore D. Matthiae Regis nostri Vide Cemment Magist Barisiensi Grebellium Georgium Lilium Vergerius Episcopus Lustinop●litan 〈◊〉 The book was Printed at Venice by Trea nus Zanius Iohannes Riuius Johānes Rasis Baptist Māt l. b. 4. Alphonsi Volater in declarat ad Lou. Valer. Anselmus Vergerius Agripa Marius Eusebius capit Paulus Verger The admirable crueltie of the Popes Luitprandus in his whole sixt booke P●at Val. Ansel Stella Granzius Vicelius V●le Ansel Vo 〈…〉 Marul Luitprand lib. 3. cap. 12. The popes Magicians Hier. Mar. in Euseb Val. Pan. ●●ing Benno Card. The Popes Atheists Vitae Pontificum Exempla Huldrici August Pet. Pre Ben. Card. Benno Cardinalis Pant. Paul Verger Vergerius The Popes murtherers Mat. Patis Huld Hutten Grebel Gil. Duchinius Eras Colet See the Acts of the ma 〈…〉 s of England Fraunce Germanie c. The Popes traitors or betrayers See in the stories how the Emperour was taken and let goe againe by the Souldan Nauclerus Bernus 7. The Popes poysoners Vergerius Agrippa Contarenus Vergerius and such others Petrus de vineis li. 6. Epist The popes bastardes and whores children Sigebertus Vincentius Monsters sent of God for the abominations of the Popes Petrus Praemonstrat Benno Card. Abbas Vsper Mattheus Parisius 1260 135 Joannes Nouiomagus in illust Batauiae 1517 The miraculous punishments whereby God hath shewed his detestatiō of the Popes villanies See for these thinges the liues of the Popes in the authours aboue mentioned The definitiue and summarie causes of reiecting the Popes Distinct 40. Canon li. Papa L. Item si v 〈…〉 17. §. vlt. Why the counsels are reiected as iudges in religion and how farre foorth they are not refused The first cause The second cause The third cause The fourth cause The tradition of the house of Elias Three circles or diuisions of time in the new Testament The Church like to the Moone Apoc. 12. The circle of the first two hundred yeres Acts. 1. 6. 15. The foure seuerall counsels The councel of Nice 328. Of Constantinople 385. Of Ephesus 435. Of Chalcedon 455. The second circle of fiue hundred yeeres 788 869 The third circle of fiue hundred yeares 1049 1080 1160 1243 1311 1414 The death of Iohn Hus and Ierom of Prage 1431 1511 1552 Many contrarietes of councels Dist 32. Can.

the kingdome of heauen This promise of a heauenlie inheritance hath hee enrolled in the publique records of the olde and new testament and committed it to his heires being sealed with the seale of the Sacraments Now he hath annexed to these letters of his will certain conditions as a father to the performance whereof his heires should be bound Now the children falling at variance are deuided to omit the rest into two sides extremelie disagréeing among themselues The one acknowledgeth the Pope for their head and as it were the Executor of the will maker God the other acknowledgeth it not They striue for the possession of the kingdome of heauen and for the right of the true church which each side chalengeth as their due The Plaintife in this case is the Bishoppe of Rome with all those which take parte with the See of Rome The Defendantes are those which receiue not the Bishop of Rome but professe themselues Gospellers and men of the reformed religion Both of them bring their allegations their writings sealed with the kings seale and also their witnesses but both sides kéepe great stirre for the assigning of a Iudge For both desire that he should be appointed Iudge whom they hope would be more fauourable to their cause The Romish See would stande to the iudgement of the Popes traditions councels fathers and miracles and saith that yet neuerthelesse shee doeth not shutte out the worde of God The Gospellers on the other side refuse these Iudges for they alledge that the Pope cannot haue the place both of a partie and a Iudge too especiallie sith hee is charged with so many crimes Traditions they reiect as suspected Iudges and not of sufficient credite And as for Councels Fathers Myracles and succession of persons they say that they admitte them not as Iudges but as sworne witnesses wherein notwithstanding they protest that they wil so far foorth only receiue the authoritie of these witnesses as their euidence shall agrée with the publique déede The Sée of Rome accuseth the Gospellers for let mée with good leaue of both sides vse these termes that are now made common that they haue reuolted frō the true church inuented a new doctrine and newe ceremonies and haue but a fewe yeares since picked this quarrell with her and that therefore the kingdome and claime of heauen doeth belong not to them but to her by the lawe of God The Gospellers replie that they haue departed not from the true Church but from the Sinagogue of the malignant and that they haue not coyned a newe doctrine or newe ceremonies but that they holde that Religion by the which the faithfull euer since the beginning of the worlde haue beene saued That they were in déede of later yeares oppressed by their tyrannie as Abell was by Cain Isaak by Ismaell and Iacob by Esau so that they were compelled to hide themselues but that now they haue like the Moone recouered their light and that they will by lawe recouer their birth-right In this Court of sonnes going to lawe one with another there is great concourse and throng of people a great hurlie burlie and stirre ariseth they growe from wordes to blowes to murthers to burnings to warres to bloudshed and in a word to all kinde of torments Sometimes this side séemeth to haue the better hand sometimes that and the more that the Gospellers are suppressed tormented and burned the more doe they boast that they growe encrease preuaile and triumph In the meane season they protest that the matter ought to be tried not by violence but by course of lawe They appeale to God himselfe besides whō they say that they admitte none for chiefe and iudge That the Will maker himselfe may determine this controuersie by his holy word And that this may be the better done they appeale to a Generall Councell wherein it may be lawfull fréelie to reade and scanne the déede of the will and therehence to finde out the minde of the Will maker The See of Rome on the other side pleadeth that she hath not a fewe times assembled Generall Councels wherin the writings haue béene examined and found to haue geuen iudgement on her side for the title of the true Church The Gospellers denie that those Councels were generall and frée because the Papists would not permitte them fréely to geue an account of their faith neither would heare their defence but contrarie to all law either of God or man were themselues both parties and Iudges and con 〈…〉 their brethrens cause before they heard it or vnderstood it and therfore they protest that they haue not béene cast in their suite but will so long be heires of the possession bequeathed vnto them while they perfourme the couenants conteined in the publicke déede of the will according to the appointment of the will-maker And in the meane space they say that they are readie to waite for the righteous Iudge euen the Lorde Christ who shall come to iudge both the quicke the dead and to ende these long contentions in such sort that he will render to those y e shal ouercome the reward of eternall life but to those y e shalbe ouercome euerlasting condemnation Thus far onely haue both sides procéeded in iudgement Now then the question is to which party the inheritance of euerlasting life and the name of the true church is to be adiudged Surely the iudgement héer of peremptorily belongeth onely vnto Christ which he wil doo in that last iudgement court wherunto a thousand fiue hundred foure score and eleuen yéeres since he hath summoned all the worlde and which doubtlesse shalbe held before it be long But take héede O ye Kings Princes and inhabitants of the whole earth that in the mean time ye take parte with the better cause least if you be careles to decide this controuersie Christ héereafter doo mightilye iudge you in the last iudgement And that this may be doon by due form of law goe to I pray you shew your selues indifferent Iudges and condemne not a cause being not heard but if you haue heard the cause of the See of Rome with the right eare as was méet doo you likewise heare the doctrine of the Gospellers with the lest least ye be found farre vnlike y e great Alexander who heard y t speech of the accuser with the right eare but kept the left eare stopped for the defence of the accused First therefore I will rehearce the iudgement of both parties out of the writings of them both worde for worde neither trust me will I adde or diminish any thing which is not to be found in the same forme of words in the bookes of both sides Next I will shewe the reasons wherefore the Gospellers doo refuse to admitte for Iudges the popes themselues the Councels fathers traditions other such like witnesses but would haue all the controuersies of the Church to be discussed by the written woord of God And then if you