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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06658	The beginning and endynge of all popery, or popishe kyngedome	Lynne, Walter.; Joachim, of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202. Vaticinia.	1548 (1548)	STC 17115; ESTC S108949	25,410	65

sceleri Praemia magna locat Qui pede ceruices Regum premit imperioso Atque tumet fastu turgidus Arsacio Venalesque malis sacros proscribit honores Obruit uerbi semina sancta dei Connubijque suis socialia foedera nescit Pacem almam frangit dissidiumque serit Colliditque armis totum feralibus orbem Foenerat annonas aere flagellat iners Diuinosque suis titulis postponit honores Et redimi sacris coelica regna docet Monstrū haec cuncta Deo patrans pugnantia christi Dici hostem meritô quis dubitare queat Sollicito hunc studio lector peruolue libellum Sat scio uel lectus ter mage gratus erit Non fuco at uero depicta colore placebit Portenti facies prodigiosa trucis Dispeream nisi uera magis quàm oracula Phoebi Delphica uel sortes Diua Sibylla tuae I.A. Paule in his seconde epistle and seconde chapiter to the Tessolonians BRethrē we beseke you by the cōmyng of our LORD Iesus Christ in that we shal assēble vnto hym that ye be not sodenly moued from youre mynde and be not troubled nother by sprete nother by wordes 2. pet 3. a nor yet by letter which shuld seme to be sent from vs as though the daye of Christ were at hande Let no man deceaue you by ony meanes Danie 9. c 1. Tim. 4. a. Luce. xi c For the Lorde cōmeth not excepte the departyng come fyrst and that that mā of synne be opened euē the sonne of perdiciō which is an aduersary is exalted aboue all that is called god or gods seruyce so that he sytteth as God in the tēple of god and boasteth himselfe to be God 1. Co. ● ● and. 6. c. Dan. xi c Remēbre ye not that whā I was yet with you I told you these thynges And now ye knowe what witholdeth it euen that it myghte be vttered at his tyme. 1. Ioh. ● ● For the mysterie of the iniquite worketh alredye tyll he whiche now onely letteth be takē out of the way And then shal that wicked be vttered whome the LORD shal cōsume with the sprete of his mouth Iob. 15. d. Esay 11. a. Danie 8. d. Ioh. 8. d. Deu 13. Math. 24 v shall destroye with the appearaunce of his cōmynge euen hym whose cōmynge is after the working of Sathan with all lyenge power and signes and wonders with all deceueablenesse of vnryghteousnesse among thē that peryshe because they receaued not the loue of the treuth that they might haue bene saued zacha 5. a. Rom a. 1. d. Therfore shall God sende thē stronge delusion that they shulde beleue lyes that they almyght be dāned Osee 7. a which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnesse But we are bound to geue thākes alway vnto God for you brethrē beloued of the Lorde because that God hath frō the begynnyng chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifyenge of the sprete in beleuyng of the treuth whervnto he hath called you by our Gospel to optayne the glorye of our LORDE Iesus Christ Therfore brethren stonde fast kepe the ordinances which ye haue learned whether it were by oure preachynge or by epistle But oure Lorde Ihesus Christ hymselfe God our father which hath loued vs geuen vs euerlastynge consolacyon and a good hope thorow grace comforte your hartes and stablyshe you in all doctryne good doynge And than shall that wicked be vttered whom the lord shal cōsume with the spirite of his mouth and shal destroy him with apperaunce of his cōmynge euen him whose comming is after the workinge of Sathan ¶ The beginnynge and endynge of all poperie beinge taken oute of certaine olde prophecies more then .ccc. yeres agone here faythfully set forth to the amendement of this presente worlde out of hye Almayne by Gwalter Lynne The interpretacion of the wordes of christe Math .xvi. Thou art Peter c. whiche the pope ascribeth vnto hym selfe THe pope because his estate myght seme the hollyer toke the holy scriptures and christ him selfe to defend and maintaine it withall As Lucius Silla by the romaines hauing vnder the pretens of goodnes delyuered them from the Marianes afterwardes betrayed the riche and honest men of them imprisoned spoiled and kylled them Myght not such another parte be plaied with vs yes and it is the more pite come to passe alredy And styll he hath kepte vs vnder with the wordes which Christ spake vnto Peter Thou art Peter c. which wordes in no wise do serue for his purpose But commonlye is it seene that all thinge so begonne come to an euill ende as is to be seene by the hole popery They might better haue ben suffred yf they hadde ruled more with goodnes in peace and tranquillite then with rigour and mere tirannie yf they hadde likewise rather for geuen then still persecuted to death But truelye the wolfe the whiles he is in prison deuoureth no shepe althoughe there were neuer so manye with him in captiuitie but being at libertie let euery mā beware of him CHriste said to Peter Mathew .xvi. Thou art Petrus c. Petrusin the greake tonge is as muche to saye as in the latyne tonge saxum In the englyshe tonge a rocke and therefore of christ he was named a rocke bicause he hadde ben constant in the knowledging al the holy catholique faithe and not wauering hither and thither as the commune people did And vpon the same rocke that is vpon the same stedfast knowledge of faith will I buyld my churche And who soeuer stedfastly standeth to the same the very hell shall not preuaile against him muche lesse shal men Lyke as saint Augustine in his sermon vpon this place dothe attribute these wordes vpon this rocke to our Lord Iesu Christ and not to Peter saieng this is the meaning of it Thou arte Petrus and vpon the same rocke whiche thou hast confessed and knowledged saienge Thou art christ the sonne of the liuing god wil I buyld my church vpon me I wyll buylde the and not me vppon the. But suche as wolde men to be buylded vpon men said thus I holde of Paule I holde of Apollo I hold of Cephas which is Peter The other sort whiche wold not be buylded vpon men but onely vpon the rock Iesu christe saide I holde of Christe c. Augustinus Erasmus Roterodamus I Maruell therfore not a littell that certaine people there be that wrest and wring this place and forcely apply and asscribe him to the pope as if it onely apperteined vnto him But the whyles his churche whiche he nameth the catholyke church is not buylded vpon christe but vpon hym selfe so muste lykewise the foundacion euen be so stronge mightye and durable Yet doth he set forth him selfe with the holy scripture which in no maner of wise doth serue for him Neither is Cyprian with him where as he speakethe of sainte Peter vppon whome the churche was buylded For S. Peter in his

confession and knowledge and the pope agree euen as fier and water what comparison is there betwene Christ and Beliall if the popes both in faith and lyuinge were to be compared with Peter so were there some hope to be hadde Math. v Mat. ix Luc● xiiii But whiles he is but a corrupte and vnproffitable lalte hauing lost his sauour wherto doth he serue scasse to the dong hill And therfore is he dekeied Yet the pope that the scriptures wolde not maintaine him he hathe sought another meane or waie As is to be sene and redde in the popes Cronicles ¶ How longe that the byshops haue bene in the churche and when with the beginninge lykewise of the pope THe christians hadde but bishoppes vntill the time of Constantine Anno .ccc. xi And these byshops did nothing but study the holye scripture and taught the holy gospell to the people and exercised the same liued soberly The bishop of rome had no dominion ouer rome as he hathe nowe he was a curate vnto thē that was al. And bishops generallye according to their vocation taught the people the kingdom of god comforted and fedde the poore The communes gaue thē mony with other necessary thinges whiche they dealed among the poore people as the apostles dydde lyke wise There was moche spite wroughte againste them by diuers great and mightye men They were there to suffre Fewe of the magistrates were of their syde yf by chaunce one were with them tenne were against them as both themperoures and popes Cronicles testifie The persecutiō of the christē peple how they came togyther yet dyd they suffer al thinges for gods sake Item the commune people labored truelye and holpe one another and where as they might be sewrest there did they gather togither So hathe lykewise the holy Anthony done in egipt and brought many to christ and they encreased Insomuche that there dwelt certaine thowsandes of christians in the wildernesse of Egipt and liued by the gospell geuinge them selues to mortify the flesh daily labours This witnesseth s Ierom. Ierom. x● BVt whē the foresaid Constātinus Magnus had ouercome subdued cruell Maxētius whiche persecuted al christiās he gaue licēce to the christiās being scattered abrode to build chirches openlye to preache the gospell geuinge them also certaine greate giftes towards the same but not the citie of rome neither yet landes nor people as the pope alledgeth in his lawes Constantinus gaue not rome to the pope Distinct .xcvi. Constantinus but kept them to him self his heyres and executors Constantius his sonne had the possession of rome euen as Constantinus his father had before him After Constātius Iulianus lykewise Iouinianus Valentinianus Gratianus and so forth WE read no where that the byshop then inuaded the Romains neither that he kept anye maner of warres Suche emperour such byshops but lyued poorelye And the byshop with the christians were many times inuaded by the emperoure BVt when Iustinianus after the birth of christ v c .xix. became emperour he redemed the bysshops oute of their miserye and dydde muche good vnto them After hym reigned Iustinianus his susters sonne which was so righteous that he compiled set in order all the institucions of themperours of rome whiche nowe we name themperiall lawes he buylded diuers goodly churches at cōstantinople and gaue them greate riches yearelye fode and sustinaunce The begynnyng of the popes ryches And by this meane the bysshops and preistes became somewhat more welthye then they were before ANno v c .lxxx. was Gregorius Magnus the first of that name made byshop of rome and one named Mauricius de Cappadocia the first that came out of grecia emperour when as before the byshop of rome was become somewhat myghty and riche they coulde not agree betwene them Insomoche that Mauricius became ennemy vnto Gregorye At the same tyme were the byshoppes somethinge yet persecuted as yet being faithfull And themperour continuyng in persecution of thē god permitted a plage to come ouer hym that he was takyn prisoner by Phoca that was chosen emperour in hys rome and causyd hym to be headyd When nowe Phocas Anno. vic. iii. kept hys seate at Constantinopell And the occidental empire that is Rome Italy France and Germanie were withoute a heade Practise to get londes and people the vice emperoure beinge slaine of the Gottishe kinge Theodorico The byshop of Rome thoughte in his mynd what yf thou hadste the dominion of the vice Emperowre that rowme neded not to stond open for a preye to euerye man For that cause wente Bonifacius the thirde vnto themperour Phoca to obteyne of hym that as in worldly dominion euery mā toke themperoure for the chief heade of all the worlde lykewyse the byshop of Rome might be the chief bishop within Christendome Then muste nedes followe that he must haue landes and men WHyles themperowre of Rome kepte his seate at Cōstantinople the byshop of Cōstantinople wrote hym selfe the chiefe bishop bicause of the empire Thys shrodely troubled the byshop of Rome called Bonifacius when and ī what bysshops time this name papa begā who went for the same cause to themperoure Phoca praienge hym instantlye to graunte to the seat of Rome hys Imperialle priuilege frō henceforth to be a bishop aboue al bishops that is Papa patrum And the byshoprike of Rome to be named the chiefe of all bishoprikes ALthoughe this priuilege wolde not so lyghtly be graunted yet he obteined it by continuall seute and begging This will they not be a knowen of nowe but saye that the pope is the supreme head and his romishe byshoprike to be aboue all byshoprikes by goddes ordenaunce .xxi. Quamuis and Distinct .xxii. omnes And themperour Constantinus say they sholde lykewise haue giuen this priuilege to be pope and his bisshoprike to be aboue al other which likewise appereth by their own Decret Distinc .xcvi. Constantinus They make of the priuilege whatsoeuer they wil the whiles it is to their profite And thus haue they writen it in their owne Decrees Thence commith the name of the most holiest father the pope The same haue they afterward colored with Christ his holy worde and Peter It sholde haue hadde no lykenesse to truth elles BVt how agre these thinges Constantinus did graunte the priuilege Gregorius the thirde broughte it to passe by Phoca And afterward must Christ confirme the same Haue the faithful olde bisshops before Constantynes tyme bene so ignorante that they vnderstode not the holy scriptures then is it no maruail that they were persecuted Yf they had set forth them selues by tymes with christes wordes they myghte haue bene in better case YF they hadde suche power of christe what neded they to entreate and flatter the vngodlye emperours for it when christus chose Paule to be an apostle amonge the heithēs he must nedes be it went also did as he was commaunded neding nether emperours nor kinges