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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01567	A declaration made by the Archbishop of Collen, vpon the deede of his mariage, sent to the states of his archbishoprike VVith the letter of Pope Gregorie the. 13 against the celebration of the same mariage, and the Bishops aunswer therevnto. According to the coppie imprinted at Collen. 1583.	Gebhard, Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1547-1601.; Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.; Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585.	1583 (1583)	STC 11693; ESTC S102953	12,394	38

liuing God the fortitude strength of the trueth Then the Romane church which was in the time of S. Paule and certaine yéeres after was of great renoume and estimation for the faith they had in Iesus Christ and at that time taught through the whole world the which faith was her onelie ornament insomuch that the Priests Elders of the same Romane Church plainly cōfessed writing to S. Ciprian in his 7. epistle of his 2. booke in these words That letting the honor praise decay which S. Paule gaue to the Romanes was a great grieuous crime and y t it had béene lesse shame neuer to haue had those prayses spoke of or preached abroade then after the publishing thereof to lose the honour of such high commendations Therfore as often as it comes in question to speake of the pure true Apostolique and vniuersall church reason requireth and all wise men giueth counsaile that we ought to discerne betwéene that which is groūded vpon the head corner stone Christ vpon the holy Gospell the honour and name wherof shal endure euerlastingly and that which is y e bastard church going against the trueth worshippeth God in vaine following after the commaūdements traditions of men And therfore y e goldē rule of Tertullian hath euer pleased al good and vertuous men saying that the first hath béen alwayes the truth that which came afterward corrupted and that is it which hindeth mee to the othe which I haue made which othe dooth cōmaund that I must acknowledge the sayde Apostolique church which holdes the ancient beléefe of the Romane church agréeing to the beléefe of Nice and of Constantinople which dooth acknowledge and beléeue one baptisme for remission of sinnes by y e blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which is our onely purgatorie that cleanseth vs of all our sinnes which receaueth no other traditions then this only that are appointed by the Apostles leauing deliuering faithfully that which they receiued from our Lord Iesus Christ. After whose example I am bounde by my othe to take the holy scriptures interpreting and vnderstāding the same not after the sence or interpretation of any Bishop or Councell whatsoeuer but after the vnderstanding and exposition of the true Apostolique and holy mother Church that I say which hath followed the steps of the holy Apostles Whervnto the auncient Fathers hath from time to time consented so that without any blemish to the othe which I haue made I am addressed after this rule bound to this foūdation neither will I receyue or beléeue any thing which is not brought from the same wheresoeuer it was writtē whether at Rome or at Trent being reasonable to prefer these aunciēt things with new the truth with falsehood the traditiōs of the Apostles with y e cōmaūdements of men For our lawes as it dooth euidently appeare in the 15. distinctiō of y e third canon doth not alowe these auncient and most renoumed Councelles the like aucthority as they do to the holie Scriptures Apostles which sayth thus The holy church of Rome after the writinges of the old and new Testament which we receiue for certaine rules doth not forbid but that we may receiue the Councell of Nice of Constantinople Ephesus and of Chalcedonae Thus haue I hytherto shewed what was the band and foundation of y t othe which I lent vpō the which I protest that by the grace of God I will not starte nor turne from the true faith in Iesus Christe nor seperate my selfe from the holy and Apostolique church to the which I do owe all reuerence as I wil doo all my life in remembrance of that which I did vowe in baptisme to God and promised to the Church For the rest it is out of doubt betwéene all good and learned men that whatsoeuer we haue promised or sworne if it be wrong contrarie to our first faith receyued in baptisme that it bindeth vs not at all this I saye is to be seene by the rule of the right cannon Lawe that is to say that an oth taken against good and godlie workes bindeth not and following the right cannon the othes that are made against good déeds drawes vs vnto sinne Wherevpon the Maister of Sentences hath wiselie sayd in the 39. Distinction after Saint Hierome that an othe hath three proper companiens veritie iudgement and iustice and if any of these lacke it is not a true othe but a false othe But Gratiā giueth these aduertisemēts vpō the déede of an oth Euil promises saith he breakes faith chaunge therfore the the ordinaunce of euill and dishonest thinges and do not that which thou hast vnwiselie promised for that promise is against God which is accomplished with wickednesse In the seuenth cannon of our lawe we haue a rule giuen which we ought straitlie to obserue not onely for the regard of othes but in all the actions of our life that is to say that if by the sutteltie of our craftie enimie we are falling into any faulte we must séeke to escape it by that meanes which we sée is least hurtfull and daungerous thus you sée that the olde and auncient Fathers hath generally concluded that all vndiscrete and vnlawfull othes ought not to be obserued and kept and that it is more tollerable for to breake an othe then to perseuere in the sinne of fornication The same is also learned by the aucthority of S. Augustine that if faith be not obserued to the intent to returne to the right waye it cannot be called y e violating of faith for as much that the same is not true faith which is requisite to commit sinne It is easie to shew by many learned men and also by the holie scriptures and by the auncient Doctors that partly the slacknes and slouthfulnes and partly by the couetousnes and malice of many Popes sundrie things hath crept in y e Romane church as Platinus though otherwise greatly affectionated to y e Roman seat certifieth that those things do not agree to the Apostolique catholique church but they are notably iniurious against Iesus Christ which is established for to be the redéemer of peace by the faith in his blood also most idolatrous which whosoeuer should followe of a trueth should sinne greeuouslie against God and yet as Arnobius sayeth in his seuenth booke against the Gentiles that we ought to forgiue liberally and fréely though it were against the Church and against our owne conscience For these thinges then I am not drawne through any cause by you as many other great woorthy personages hath taken occasiō to withdraw themselues not from the catholique church but frō the corruption abuses which turneth vpside downe the foundation thereof I wil not for this time enter into long disputation but I would rather come to the crime wherein I fell my selfe by you most accused I sée I sée or at the least I féele a certaine smell that cannot be lesse then a sinnefull thing the