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A19296	A sermon profitably preached in the church within her Maiesties honourable Tower, neere the citie of London ...	Anderson, Anthony, d. 1593.	1586 (1586)	STC 571; ESTC S108526	34,033	110

aunswere is still because hee is Christes ministeriall heade in his vniuersall Churche therefore hee may a●● doth excommunicate 〈…〉 and also depose her of her Crowne and dignitye If he bee demaunded who hath endowed him with this power these miserable Traytours say it is giuen him by Christ Iesus our Lorde so saith the Pope himselfe in the Canon lawe Pastoralis cura c. C●●m●nt de 〈…〉 the Pastorall care of the whole Christian Churche is by the diuine power and commission laide vpon vs. Againe De nec●ss●t●te credendū c. It is of necessity to be beleeued that euery creature is subiect to the Bishoppe of Rome A●ayne the Pope is sette ouer all asw●ll ouer all Nations as kingdomes 〈◊〉 de ma●● ob●di And agayne the Pope hath power to transferre kingdomes at his pleasure and to sende one king into anothers kingdome The Pope of Rome hath in him Cl●ment c. p●storal de ie iudic c. 2. ibid the whole Monarchie of both powers spirituall temporall These bee blasphemous and thrasonicall braggs But this proude insolent challenge if we confer with Iesus Christs modesty cōmaundement to his Apostles we shall easily perceiue that from him neither Peter or Pope canne haue such commission The kings of the nations raigne ouer them saith Christ and they that bee great exercise aucthoritye ouer them but it shall not bee so with you but hee that will bee chiefe amonge you let him bee your Minister euen as the sonne of manne came not to bee ministred vnto but to minister And according to this course when hee sent them to preache into the worlde after his assention he made no one chiefe of them to aunswere his place of Prerogatiue ouer the rest but reseruing that romth to himselfe saying beholde Mat. 28.20 saying beholde I am with you to the ende of the worlde hee gaue to them one equall commission and place goe yee and preache yee the Gospell Mat. 28.19.20 baptize yee and doe you teach them to obserue all that I haue commaunded you But good christians marke wel that I shall say and I trust you will saye with me the neither Peter nor Pope can be Christs successor to haue his whole aucthoritye sole ouer all The Bishop of Rome doth saye that by the aucthoritye of Christ hee is Peters successour the Prymat● of the worlde But aga●ne I ask● by what right If hee saye by the scriptures why did not Peter then practise it or why did all the Bishops of Rome vntill the supposed donation by Constantine not once dreame of it And what reason then hath his owne Lawe to shut vnder hard censure such as shal presume this title vnto them For the decree reporting it from Chrysostome saith Quicunque desiderauerit primatū in terra inuenerit confusionem in co●lo Dust 4. c. multi qui cunque Whosoeuer shall hunger after primacie in earth shall finde confusion in heauen Neyther shall he be numbred among the seruants of Christ which contendeth for supremacie Again the Bishop of the first or chiefe seat shall not be called either the prince of Priests or the high or chiefe Priest or any such like name but onely the bishop of Rome himselfe be called vniuersal And surely if the holy scriptures had giuen such preheminence to Peter and his successors both the first Church and Councels aswell Nyce as Constantino●le of Ephesus as Calcedon had bene ve●y iniurious to the holy Apostle and his successors and further not to the posteritie in the Church onely but also to their owne deserued credites all which time and councels as knowing no such matter did giue prerogatiue to euerie Bishop in his owne sea onely Concil Nicen p. 315. c. 6. Brut Ful. 153. Eph. Synod an 431. c. vltimo Concil Calced au 450. and to euerie Patriarke in his own prouince alone and made equall the other Patriarkes with the Patriarke of Rome And if they haue it by successiō I aske whether of doctrine or place or person or one or al For doctrine I am sure there is as greate difference betweene Peters doctrine and the Popes for many yeares past as is betwixt truth falshood As for example Thou shalt not kill but honour the king was Peters doctrine but the Popes is Thou shalt not honour but kil the Queene Elizabeth if so thou canst as the Cardinals letter to that traytor Pary is most apparaunt But if he succeede not in doctrine his other succession is of no value yet what other succession can he haue By the cyuill lawe it appeareth that there bee 3. sortes of succession L. vlt. d. de exe●ot rei rend L. 1. c. in locum vz. Successores Iuri● Rei muneris personalis The first sorte are called successors vniuersall and these be as heires D. quod legat l. 7 ●● de iure in●and l. priuilegio 27. c. de decut l. 10. The seconde sorte are of matters or goodes acquyred or giuen by Legatorie meanes and these bee called successors in part or particular The third sort are of personall giftes these be called successors in function They now which be successors of the first or second sort haue their right and authority of those whose successors they be L. qui in Ius ●●2 c. ●● reg 〈…〉 whether they be vniuersall or singular But the thi●●e sorte haue not their succession in r●●ht of theyr antecess●rs but of those of whome they are chosen and are so placed in theyr antecessors Roomes whether it be the succession of Magistrates Tutors Church-men or such like For the office and place is personall which is supplied with watchfulnes of the soule Now I demaund of the Lord Pope by what kind of successiō he is Christes successor or Peters before him Christs heyre Peter cannot be L. 1. d. de Herod vend because his Lorde Christ lyueth for euer and doth not resigne his righte to hym ●anie other neyther canne hee suffer to haue companions in his dignitie Heb. 7.24 Wherefore Leo the Pope hath shamefully saide this blasphemie that Christ hath giuen to Peter Sermone 3. de Anix ass 10. Heb. 7.24 a woonderfull fellowship of his power Much lesse canne the Pope be either his successor or Peters in vniuersall or in particular since Christ neuer gaue to him that prerogatiue but ambition hath begot him that name which first began at Constantinople after tooke roote at Rome And the Councell of Calcedon doth freely affirm Conc. Calcedon An. 451. rent c. 28. that the Bishop of Rome had his honour not from Peter but from the emperiall seat saying because Rome then raigned ouer all therefore the Fathers gaue her Church the greatest honour and first place but nowe perswaded by the same rule we giue say they to the new Rome in Constantinople equall degree in honor and place with the auncient Rome in Italie As for the third sort of succession the Pope hath naught to do

therewith for he cannot be vniuersall successor to him that hath no successour at all but doc● supply the office him●●l●● 〈…〉 extinguished but remaineth euer present by his power and spirite Hebr. 13.20.21 the chiefe shepheard of his Church and vseth men his Apostles and Bishops vz. preachers of his word but as the hands by whome he solie gouerneth ouer all The Apostles wēt preached Mar. 16.20 but Christ wroght with them and confirmed the worde with signes and wonders Beholde beloued the presence of Christ with the labour of his Apostles And to Peter the Pope can bee no successour For it is a function personall and taketh succession from the election and giuer which is not Christ but supposed Constantine wherefore the Romish Bishop is not Peters successour but the Emperours who extinguishing that power in himselfe endowed the wicked Pope therewith But when Christ sent his Apostles to preach the worde and to gouerne hys Church hee did not sette ouer them one dumb Arch-messenger or Arch-apostle Esay 56.10 which should rest snorting in his chaire 〈◊〉 home and commaund all others to 〈◊〉 ●ome the faithfull laborers as vas● 〈…〉 render an accompt for suche a dumbe creature is vnworthie the name or dignitie of an Apostle Patriarch Archbishop Bishop or Minister Trait 12. 4. in Ioan. And touching the promise tibi dabo Saint Augustine doth discharge the Pope of that preheminence and declareth Peter to signifie there the vniuersall Church which is founded v●on Christ Wherefore he sayth Non ecl●s●abo me super te I will not builde my bo●ie my Church vppon thee Pete but I will build thee vpon me So then the kepes by S. Augustines iudgement are not giuen to Peter as to him onely or in chiefe but with him to the whole Church of Christ But this is that Sathanicall pride of Rome which that olde Father Barnard so long since sawe reproued in theyr Bishops saying In times past ye were contrary to Peters doctrine Lords ouer Gods heritage Barnare epist 230. and against his Coapostle Paule his doctrine ye beare the swaye ouer the faith of the worlde but nowe ye● haue added attempt vsurping mo●● tyranny against 〈◊〉 ●●ligiō of Chri●● And what 〈…〉 ye transcend the heauens presume to beare rule ouer the Angels And whereas they boast of Constantine the Emperor that hee gaue thē this prerogatiue to be ouer the Bishops and priests of the earth as the king is ouer his Iudges to haue the temporall dominion ouer his people Note I pray you that by this challenge th●y secretly confesse that they ●aue no suche power for theyr Pope by Christ but by the grāt rather of Con●tantine the Emperor And who can bee ignorant the euery priuilege is a bar against the vniuersall law If the Pope then haue but now this priuilege to be head c then it sufficiently appeareth that before this graunt the Bishop of Rome had no more right then by the common cons●̄t of the councels and Church other Patriarkes had in theyr places Which cōmon consent was y● ech patriarch should be the gouernor of his owne Prouince and not to thrust himselfe in●● anothers territory And here obserue 〈◊〉 me that if Constantine could by right 〈◊〉 this vniuersal Church power from 〈…〉 it is certaine that at the time of this gift the said Emperor was Lorde of that hee gaue and before this ●●d this preheminence in himselfe For Constantine could not properly giue that which was not his to bestow And this Obiection Marsilius Patauinus laide to the Popes pride 200. yeare ago Defens pa●is cap. 11. In decretis reperitur priuilegium c. In the decree saith hee it is saide that Constantine gaue to Syluester iurisdiction vppon all the Churches in the world c. Brut. Ful. Seing saith he that the Pope and his cleargy doth holde this for certaine and sound it is by consequence certain to be graunted that the same Constantine before this graunt had in his power and person the prerogatiue and iurisdiction ouer the Pope and all his cleargy And thus you see by the holye Scriptures the Popes Canons their owne confession of graunt natural reason and search into t●● 〈◊〉 ●●ter of chalenge 〈◊〉 neither Pete● 〈…〉 Pope hath 〈◊〉 God 〈…〉 ●ther pow● 〈…〉 alone wic● 〈…〉 which is inough to his condemnation except hee better could vse it And you see that Christian kings haue power in them to compel and gouern by the laws of GOD aswell Priestes as others within their allotted kingdomes and that from God neither can they be discharged thereof though they committe the same to others Then let vs conclude thus that wee in this kingdome of England beeing no parte of the Romish Bishoppes territorie are not within the compasse of hys commission and therefore hee cannot or may excommunicate the lowest subiect of this Lande much lesse canne hee or ought to dare to excommunicate the highest soueraigne therein vnder God our Elizabeth the Lordes annointed Queene Then looke to this you bewitched Cath●likes for as ye are borne so 〈…〉 maiestie 〈…〉 you from 〈…〉 you 〈…〉 maie● 〈…〉 For excommunication doth neyther depose a Prynce of his Crowne or yet his Subiectes of their loyaltie Then where is your warraunt for her murther Christ Iesus speaking of excommunication saith thus of it Lette suche a one whome the Church rightlye Math. 18.17 casteth out be to thee as an heathen or as a publicane But it is euident that both the heathens and Publicans were admitted their possessions continued their offices and were obeyed by the Church And Christ Iesus spirit was fo farre off from killing suche that hee gaue many of them eternall lyfe and chose a chiefe of them into his Apostleshippe But was not Caesar an Heathen prince What was Nero but the same and for 300. yeares after Christ the rulers were no better 〈…〉 ●raye you what is th● 〈…〉 ●●en mā shu● 〈…〉 and t● 〈…〉 Ch● 〈…〉 ●maundeth Math ●● to him all sorting dutie And Paule knowing the rebellious nature of his brethren the Iews doth next to faith ioyne the doctrine of obedience Rom. 13. thereby teaching dutifull submission to the Romaine powers which they most deadlie hated and crowneth those with godlye power that yet were excommunicate from the Church of God Hee exhorteth to pray for suche notwithstanding they are cut from the Church and maye not with their heathen profession be admitted into Christian fellowship And also he teacheth that they may well exercise authoritie ouer the people of God the same ought to yeeld them willing submission So teacheth Peter also 1. Pet. 2. Submit your selues c. he prophesieth not of Christian princes to come but commandeth submission to these now being w● 〈…〉 seek in mali● 〈…〉 Church of 〈…〉 But 〈…〉 Ca●●●likes 〈…〉 ●elf 〈…〉 I thinke they will say yes Then I wil offer them one instant of a Prince excommunicated by the Lorde himselfe