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A17182	A commentary vpon the seconde epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the which besydes the summe of oure faythe, ther is syncerelye handled [and] set forth at large, not onely fyrst co[m]myng vp [and] rysyng with the full properyte [and] dominion, but also the fall and vtter confusion of the kyngdome of Antichriste: that is to say of Machomet [and] the byshop of Rome.	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; R. H., fl. 1538.	1538 (1538)	STC 4054; ESTC S108939	53,970	140

ChristeÌ„ yee and also of the Heythen and called it Alcoran And those that obeyed it he gaue them to name Sarracenes or Agarens and armed them agaynste the Perses Agaynste whom because he had metelye good fortune he beganne to be taken for a Prophete or a man of God And whan he had gotten hym great glorye he dyed after he had lyued .xl. yeares After hys death many prynces of that nacioÌ„ by succession when they had dyuyded the multytude or hoostes betwene them raygned some in one place and some in another And Homar the thyrde after Machomet after that he had subdued the Perses toke Ierusalem and all Syria about the yeare of our LORDE CCCCCC lxx Constantine the fourth then reygnyng After thys they that followed hym inuaded Egypte also and ordeyned Calypha to be ruler ouer it A man mâ—â—e reade more of the Sarracenes and of theyr kyngdome here and there amonge the wrytters of histories And the nacion of the Turkes commynge of the Scythyans warred vnder the Sarracenes in Asia toke theyr professioÌ„ and relygion of them from tyme to tyme as it were by hande from one to another euen as they toke of them also the greatest porcyoÌ„ of theyr Empyre kepe it to thys daye gettynge synce therto Asia Macedonia Moesia Athens Peloponesus Epyrus Thratia Illiricus with many other contryes Nowe by thys ye perceaue what that lytle horne dyd sygnifye the whyche commynge vp among the tenne hornes dyd plucke vp other thre For it is Machomet the whyche coÌ„myng of a meane yee of a moost lowe stocke of a marchaunte is made a kynge whose successoures haue holden thre of the mooste myghtyest kyngdomes of the world Persia Siria and Egypte and yet I rehearse not the other kyngdomes of whych I made mencion euen now For by the nombre of thre he vnderstode many kyngdomes But yet all thys whyle we haue not mad an ende of the mystery of iniquite The bysâ—â—p of Rome For ther is another certayn thyng also which pertayneth to the perfeccion of thys body of Antichrist Therfore whyle these thynges were in hand in the East partyes the By shop of Rome goeth aboute the dominyoÌ„ of the West in the West partyes Ye loked not that I shuld saye suche thynges of the By shope but yet they are true And who wolde euer haue thought the the ministers of Godes word and of the churches shuld once haue come vnto suche madnes as for to thynke cauncell howe they myght gette the gouernaunce of the cytye and of the worlde Specially in as muche as Christ had sayd in so playne wordes The kynges of the gentyles do rule but so shall not ye but I haue chosen you that ye shulde go and brynge forth muche frute And he that is greatest amonge you shal be a seruaunte to you all But these commaundementes of the LORDE beynge neglected ther beganne certayne men to dispute of the primacy of the Byshope of Rome at suche tyme as that lytle horne was acoÌ„mynge forth And because it was wrytten Thou arte Peter and vpoÌ„ thys rocke wyll I buylde my churche And I wyll geue the the keys of the kyngdom of heaueÌ„ And what so euer thou byndest vpoÌ„ earth shal be bounde in heauen And agayne because that Achasius the Bishop of Constantinople and Timotheus men of Grecia dyd desyre of Simplicius the Byshop of Rome that he also wolde condempne Peter the byshop of Alexandria the follower of Euthicetys heresye as one whyche had rule ouer the chefe churche whose authorite was of greate value among all meÌ„ certayne men coÌ„cluded vpoÌ„ thys that the seate of Rome was the chefe of all churches and that the Byshope of Rome was the head ruler ouer all byshopes Thou seyst here also howe that lytle horne beganne to lyfte vp it selfe Ihon of CoÌ„staÌ„tinople And IhoÌ„ of Constantynople puttynge more coles vnto thys fyre helde a Councell amonge the Grecyans in the whyche he declared hymselfe to be the vniuersall Byshop or Patriarke The whyche thynge Mauricius the Emperoure of the Romaynes dyd sygnifye vnto Gregory the fyrst Byshope of Rome of that name commaundynge hym for to submytte hymselfe and to be obediente vnto Ihon. But Gregory answered that the power of byndyng lowsyng was geuen vnto Peter not vnto the Byshopes of Constantynople and that therfore he shulde ceasse to prouoke the wrath of God vpoÌ„ hym Thys same Gregory wrytynge vnto Anastasius of Antioche and to Eulogius Byshop of Alexandria in the register of the .vii. parte of hys .xxx. Epistle sayth Youre worshypfull holynes knoweth that thys name vnyuersall byshope was offered by the holy CouÌ„cell of Calcedonye vnto them of the Apostolyke seate whych god so disposynge I do nowe serue But none of my predecessoures dyd consente for to vse so prophane a name because surely that yf one be called an vniuersal Patryacke it is a derogacioÌ„ vnto the name of other Patriarkes But God forbyd the ony ChristeÌ„ maÌ„ shuld take that to hym selfe wherby he shulde seme to dimynyshe the honoure of hys brethren in ony parte were it neuer so lytle These are Gregorius wordes But not al only the Byshopes of Constantynople but also of Rome the successoures of Gregory forgettynge these thynges dyd not cease to stryue aboute the prymacy vntyl that Bonyface the thyrde of that name not longe from the tyme of Gregory had optayned But yet as Platina sayeth also not without greate coÌ„tencion of Phocas the Emperoure whyche slewe Mauricius with hys chyldreÌ„ very cruelly That S. Peters seate shuld be counted called the head of all other churches Of the whych thynge Paule the Deacon maketh mencion also in the .iiii. boke of the actes of the Lombardes the .xi. Chapter Nowe whan thys was graunted vnto the Byshopes of Rome ther was as it were a wyndowe opened vnto the whole Empyre And theÌ„ they cast theyr mynde for to rule ouer the cytye the whole world And theÌ„ hauynge an occasyon they gaue all theyr diligence to the same And the wanders whyche were sene at that tyme dyd sygnifye a greate chaunge of thynges for they were suche as were neuer sene before of whych the hystoryes do testifye dyligeÌ„tly And ther were theÌ„ very many occasions whyche dyd lyfte vp the Byshope of Rome very hye then goynge aboute the same thynge and specially the sedycious warres and the often breakyng in of rude nacions The breakynge in of the Sarracens For the Saracenes the generacion of Machomet after they had taken Africa dyd spoyle Syria and Asia and set vpon Europa Therfore the Emperours beynge holden in the East partys because of these presente perylles were coÌ„pelled to set asyde the gouernauÌ„ce of the West And by thys means it came to passe that the Frenche men and Lombardes encreased greatlye in so muche that the Emperoure was at the laste afrayed of the kynges of bothe those nacions For althoughe the Emperoure had set certayn Debytes for to gouerne Italy yet was theyr power

betraye them notwythstondynge ony othe In ouerchargynge Italy wyth trybutes was neuer none so bolde Greate ryches he had but departe from ony he was lothe Thys is he whyche hys owne contrey wyth cruell warres dyd oppresse And fylled all the earthe full of Christen mens bloude He spoyled many cytyes thrustynge out both more and lesse Oh cruell persone who euer redde that he dyd ony good Infinyte other thynges of thys sorte I do ouerpasse leste I shuld make the godly reader for to vomyte And surely no man althoughe he were verye eloquente can sufficientlye declare what multitude of wyckednesse hath crepte from suche heades of the churche amonge all the people of Christe so that I haue not offended in expoundynge thys prophecye of Paule of the Byshopes of Romes kyngdom I wyll speake nothynge nowe of the ypocrysye synnes and wyckednes of Monkes Nonnes Prestes and the spiritualte as men call them because that experience itselfe doth set forth all these thynges more clerlye then ony maÌ„ caÌ„ descrybe theÌ„ For here is the thynge fulfylled of whyche S Paule dyd prophycy They shall resyste the truth men of corrupte myndes reprobate as touchynge the faythe but they shall preuayle no lenger for theyr madnes shal be euydent vnto all men .ii. Timo. iii. Secondlye Paule calleth Antichriste Aduersarium that is to saye an aduersarye and he calleth hym an aduersarye or Antichriste as though one shuld saye set playn contrarye agaynste Christe as one whose wytte maners lyfe doctryne dedes lawes and institucions do fyghte agaynste Christe A comparison betwene Christe and Antichriste Christ came to shewe peace to all the worlde as of whose commynge the Prophetes had shewed before that theÌ„ moost cruell nacions shulde turne theyr sweardes into coulters theyr speares into sythes Nowe Machomet doth boaste hymselfe to be sente of God in the power of armoure Christe taught that men are not defyled wyth those thynges that go into the mouth But Mahomet hath forbyddeÌ„ hys wyne and other meates whiche god ordeyned to be receaued wyth geuynge of thankes He hath also geuen vnto his circumcision and admitteth Polygamiam that is moo wyues at once then one the whyche Christ hath abrogate and taught out of the olde lawe that one fleshe onely not two or mo ought to be in matrymony To be shorte al the lyfe and doctryne all the lawes institucions and dedes of Mahomet are agaynste Christe Nother do the sayenges dedes doctrynes and rytes of the Byshope of Rome wyth all hys bodye agree ony better wyth Christe Christe hath geuen vs in the Prophetes and by the preachyng of the Apostles an absolute and perfecte doctryne which alone is sufficient ynoughe to gette euerlastyng lyfe But the Byshope of Rome sayeth that vnto that perfeccion we must haue tradycions of fathers I wote not what as thynges wythoute whyche no man can be saued and as though those holy meÌ„ whyche lacked them were damned Christ taught that one onely God ought to be worshypped and called vpon and that by the meanes and intercession of hys name But the Byshope of Rome hathe thruste in to the churches the prayenge and worshyppyng of sayntes more diligentlye then the true relygyon of God The Apostles oute of the tradycion and spirite of Christ taught that ther was but one onely hye preste one euerlastynge sacrifyce onely that is Iesus Christe But the Byshop of Rome subuertynge that order of Melchisedech hath consecrated innumerable sacrifyces for to sacrifyse daylye for the synnes of the quycke and the deade The Apostelles taught that God onely doth remytte synnes and that to hym onely men ought to confesse them But the Byshope of Rome hath set forth vnto the churches wonderous lyes of the power of the keyes of auricular confession of cases reserued and of the market of pardones The Apostles dyd commende vnto the churches the grace of God they taught that the beleuers were iustifyed by fayth But the Byshop of Rome hath boasted the merites of sayntes yee and hath solde theÌ„ to What nede is therof many wordes trueth doth not so much repugne lyes nor lyghte darknes as Antichrist is contrarye to Christe Christ dyd abrogate ceremonyes he sette in theyr steade a fewe sacrameÌ„tes the rest he wolde haue vs to serue him in sprete and truthe and requyred fayth and charite of vs. But the Byshope of Rome as one forgettyng these thynges hathe stuffed the churche wyth ceremonyes yee and wyth mooste foolyshe rytes superstycions And those thynges whyche Christe by hys example wordes and dedes had banyshed oute of the churche he once receaued them agayne holdeth theÌ„ fast by the tethe Christ flyeth kyngdomes washeth hys disciples fete taught humylite The kynges of the Gentyles beare rule sayeth he but so shall not ye But the Byshoppe of Rome persueth not after kyngdomes onely but the chefe Empyre it selfe getteth it by crafte and beareth rule ouer kynges that are subiect vnto him yee and profereth hys fete vnto kynges to be kyssed and suche kynges as kycke agaynste hym wyll not worshyp this beaste he stryketh them wyth the thonder bolte of hys excommunicacion putteth them out of theyr kyngdome setteth other kynges in theyr rowme assoyleth theyr subiettes of theyr othe of obedience Christe ware a crowne of thorne was clothed wyth a purple garmente But the Byshope of Rome decked wyth a tryple crowne as it were Darius of Persia coÌ„meth forth glysterynge in hys golde and precyous stones compassed aboute wyth an hoost of men Christ payed toll But the Byshope of Rome doth exempte his from it condempnynge and persecutynge the holy authorytye that requyreth ony trybute of thys anoynted secte Christe beareth a crosse The Byshope of Rome is borne vpon the shulders of moost couetous meÌ„ Christe was poore he fedde the shepe wente mekely into the towne and caste oute of the temple both byers and sellers But thys maÌ„ boasteth hymselfe to be the Lorde ouer all the Weste partyes he spoyleth and deuoureth the shepe and closed in wyth an hoost of men is caryed proudly in a tryumphe he receaueth into the temple of God all byers and sellers and theÌ„ that wyll not receaue them he excommuntcateth and pronouÌ„ceth them heretykes To be shorte he hath suffered all the temples of Christ to be made so prophane that nowe they be lyke to a well trymmed market For yf I shulde speake nothynge at all of the choppynge and chaungyng and byeng of benefyces of the pardoners or rather the deuelles marchaundise of the fayers of sacramentes masses and indulgences Ther stande ready before the churche dores tabernacles tables chayres and settelles in them are set forth to selle fygures of waxe lytle ymages fete and haÌ„des of yron and waxe hennes ans cockes and innumerable muche of suche kynde of oblacions and in the churches themselues stande Idolles wyth stretched out haÌ„des and because they be domme they haue an interpreter by that lacketh no tunge For he standynge by the aulter and by the Idoll

for to salute them that come receaueth them allureth them and fedeth them wyth fayre wordes expoundeth the vertues of the saynte and telleth forth the fayned myracles of the Idoll to be shorte he mylketh away the money from the superstycious and foolyshe people And that ther shulde be nothynge to lette hym that shulde offre he hath al sortes of money by hym and therfore he choppeth and chaungeth scrappeth all into the sayntes boxe Ouer the whyche Idoll somme monke or preste hath rule whyche of those offerynges doth noryshe hys shameles housholde whores baudes yesters scoffers knaues and ydle houswyues And before all thynges the moost holy father hath hys parte of these gyftes the whyche hathe confyrmed thys holy marchaundyse by grauntynge of his large indulgences for all that our LORDE hath commaunded Frelye ye receaued frely geue agayn Peter also sayeng and pronouncynge Peryshe thou and thy money because thou thynkeste that the gyfte of God can be gotten wyth money But why do I prosecute these thynges so muche seynge he is not lyuynge that can sufficientlye declare the couetousnes deceates vnshamfastnes of hys mooste vngracious stocke wyth theyr workes moost contrarye to Christe and true relygion Thyrdlye ther followeth in Paule He is exalted aboue a â— that is called God or worshyped that he is exalted aboue all that is called God or worshypped whyche sentence may be expounded two maner of wayes ether that he is exalted aboue God hymselfe and set vp agaynste all true relygyon and worshyppynge of God ether that he is exalted agaynste all godly thynges that is to say all true worshyppynge of God takyng the persone and name of God for true relygion and godly thynges But why do I stande vpoÌ„ these thynges so muche seyng that the Apostle hymselfe doth ioyne vnto thys immediatly that whyche maye expounde all the forsayde senteÌ„ce so that he shall sytte in the temple of God auauncynge hymselfe as God After thys maner I saye is he exalted agaynste God hymselfe and all true relygion The temple of God is here taken for the worlde for the catholyke and vniuersall churche and the faythfull harte of euery man To sytte is for to raygne to beare rule To auauÌ„ce hym selfe as God is to boaste hym of the power of God to promyse and chalenge those thynges as peculyar to himselfe whyche belonge onely to God Lette vs heare nowe howe these thynges are fulfylled in Machomet and the Byshoppe of Rome Mahomet doth not alonly despyse the moost holye trynite but denyeth also Iesus Christe hymselfe to be very God He affirmeth that he gaue a more perfecter lawe then was geuen ether of Moses or of Iesus Christe he gloryed also that ther was wrytten of hym in the lawe and in the Gospel yee and that his name was wrytten from the begynnynge in the throne of God in the vpper parte on the ryghte haÌ„de And among vs yf the Byshop of Rome or hys Legate had come into ony town with greate dilygence the congregacioÌ„ fell down before him at his metyng receaued him not as a maÌ„ but as God All the relyques were brought forth all meÌ„ kneled down to hym loked for hys blessynge thought it healthful yf they myght haue kyssed his fete And yf that ony man had but once thought that he had not had the full power in heaueÌ„ in earth he was strayght waye taken for an heretyke What shall we saye also that all prestes wyth wycked Freres dyd preache openly in expresse wordes in all the temples of Christen men that the Byshoppe of Rome was the vycare of Christe the heade of the churche and that he had full power in heauen and in earth yee and in purgatorye to and that he dyd geue full remyssioÌ„ of synnes that he could not erre that all the interpretacion of scripture was subiecte to hym that hys lawes ought to be kepte as the lawe of God that he was iudge ouer all men that he was vnder no mans iudgemente yee these meÌ„ were not ashamed for to put these horrible blasphemyes into publike coÌ„mune lawes Of the whyche thyng I wyll now bryng forth certayn euydeÌ„te wytnesses distinc XXII cap. OeÌ„s Vnto Peter sayth Pope Nycolas the keye bearer of eternall lyfe dyd God commytte iurisdictioÌ„ ouer heauen and earth Item capit Sacrosancta Although all were Apostelles sayeth Anacletus yet dyd the LORDE graunte vnto Peter yee they wold the same amonge them selues that he shulde haue rule ouer all the Apostles and shulde be called Cephas that is to saye the heade and chefe of the Apostles the whyche also dyd delyuer the same maner to be kepte of theyr successours and other Byshoppes Therfore thys Apostolicall seate is ordeyned of God and of none other to be the heade henge and as the dore is ruled by the henge so by the ordinaunce of God are all churches ruled by the authoryte of thys holy Apostolycall seate Agayne Distinct .xix. Agatho the Pope doth wryte thus vnto all Byshoppes All the decres of the Apostolyke seate are so to be receaued as yf they were confyrmed by the godly mouth of S. Peter hymselfe Item capit In memoriam Although that holy seate do laye a yocke vpon vs scarslye able to be suffered yet let vs suffre it and obedieÌ„tly abyde it And a lytle after sayeth Pope Steuen Trulye because the holy church of Rome ouer whyche God wolde vs to rule is set forth for a glas and an example what so euer it decreethe or ordeyneth it is to be kepte of all men for euer and wythoute ony gaynsayeng Furthermore .ix. questi capit .iii. Gelasius the Byshop of Rome sayeth vnto all the Byshoppes that were ordeyned thorow out Dardania these wordes All the churche knoweth thorow out all the worlde that the Popes seate whyche is saynte Peters ryghte hathe power to lowse those thynges whyche are bounde by ony maÌ„nes iudgementes what so euer they be as one that hathe rule to geue sentence ouer euery churche And agayn All the churche knoweth thorowe oute all the worlde that the holy churche of Rome hath power to iudge ouer all men but it is not lawfull for ony man to iudge vpoÌ„ the senteÌ„ce of it for meÌ„ may appeale vnto that oute of ony parte of the worlde but from that no maÌ„ is suffred to appeale Item distinct Abused Canon XL. capit Yf the Pope saythe Boniface be found neglygeÌ„t aboute hys own health and hys brethrens or els vnprofytable slowe in hys workes or slacke to do good whyche hurteth hymselfe greatlye and all other men and doth also leade wyth hym by heapes innumerable people to be punyshed wyth hym euerlastyngly in hell yet let no man in the worlde be so hardye as to rebuke hys fautes for he beynge ordeyned to iudge all men ought to be iudged of no man excepte he be taken swaruynge from the fayth Agayn IX Questi III. capit saythe Innocencius the Pope No man may iudge

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