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death_n	jesus_n	lord_n	sin_n	17,540	5	4.4979	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13105	The theater of the Popes monarchie wherein is described as well the vncleane liues of that wicked generation, as also their Antichristian gouernment, and vsurped kingdome : togeather with their horrible superstition, and blasphemous religion, as it is now vsed at this present, where Antichrist the Pope & his members do beare rule / by Phillip Stubbes.	Stubbes, Phillip.	1585 (1585)	STC 23399.3; ESTC S2912	56,791	138

him nothing at all vnlesse hee canne prooue that Peter had suche large power and authoritie as hee pretendeth by these keies These thynges if eyther hee or a nye of his whelpes can prooue vnto mee than wyll I say more vnto them in the meane time I rest perswaded that hee is so farre from hauing any power in or ouer the Churche of God vppon earth by reason of these keyes or any thing els that hee is not so muche as a member of the same But notwythstandinge I confesse that Peter receyued the Spirituall Keyes of the kingdome of heauen that is the power of bindyng and loosing of sins togeather with the power and gyfte of expoundinge interpretynge and explaning of the holy Scriptures to the people And not onely did Peter receiue these keyes but also all the reste of the Apostles wythe hym and in them all other faithfull Preachers Pastours Doctours and Ministers of the Gospell as effectually as fully and as amplie as the Apostles themselues Phile. What is meant by these keies Stupe A key yee knowe is an instrument that men vse to open and to shut withall Therefore is this Metaphor borrowed thereof by which keyes is meant potestas soluendi ligandi the power of bynding and loosing as I tolde you before in the Page precedent Phile. How is binding loocing perfourmed Stupe By preaching of the lawe and the Gospel as for example When the lawe is preached and the fearefull threates and comminations therof thundred foorth against any impenitent sinner then may hee bee saide to be bounden and his sinnes to bee retained And when the glad tidings of the Gospel is preached too the penitent and contrite sinner then may he be saide to be loosed and his sinnes to be remitted Again when any one ariseth against the Maiestie of GOD and rebelleth against his lawes and commaundements without eyther remorse of conscience feare of God intention of amendement or repentaunce at all this man is bounden and his sinnes retayned But vpon the other side if hee sinne of frailtie and afterwarde truelie repenteth amendeth and turneth too the Lorde wythall hys hearte wyth an intention neuer to committe the same offence againe and constantly beléeuing in Iesus Christe trusting too bee saued and pardoned by his death then is hee loosed and hys sinnes cleerely put away and remitted In this sorte and in this case hath euerie faithfull Pastour and Preacher of the Gospell full absolute and Plenarie power too binde the impenitent sinner that is to pronounce hym by the warraunt of Gods worde to be bound and to loose him agayne that is to pronounce hym by the woorde of God too bee loosed when hee repenteth and turneth to the Lorde with all his hearte as I haue saide Thus ye see the power of the keies that is of bynding and loosing is restrayned within the Pale and wall of Gods woorde and not in suche a lauish maner and raunging sorte as pleasethe Magister noster our greate Master the Pope too determine For if it were true or coulde bee prooued that the Pope hadde this Plenarie power too bynde and loose whome hee would wythout the warraunt of the woorde of GOD then woulde I not blame them yf all the worlde wente after him and not onely worshypped hym as a manne but as a GOD vppon earthe Is it any maruaile though hee hath withe thys Sweete Bayte and venemous Hooke drawen vntoo hym selfe the moste Kingdomes and Nations of the woorlde But nowe GOD bee thanked they beeing better instructed in the woorde of GOD and seeynge hys horrible Blasphemie Superstition Idolatrie and euen Diuelrie it selfe haue the most of them made Defection and shrunke from hym And dayly doe they fall from his Antichristian kingdom and the Lord graunt that more and more may fall from hym euery day and houre tyll there be none left with him that God may be glorified and they eternally saued in the daye of the Lord Iesus Phile. Mee thinke that menne might easily spie out his doings being so detestable as they bee and hauing spied them out myght then eschewe them might they not Stupe Yes And God bee praysed so they doe dayly Englande hathe spied out his knaueries and therefore hath spewed hym out Scotlande hath done the like Fraunce hath abandoned hym Germanie hath vtterly forsaken hym Yea and part of his owne countrie of Italie seeing hys abhominations haue and doe dayly fall from hym with infinite other places Countries and Nations which for breuities sake I omit Phil. It cānot otherwise be but hauing the woorde of God amongest them they must needes finde out his knaueries being so grosse that a man with halfe an eye as they vse to say may easily perceiue them Stupe You saye the trueth But if the worde of God shoulde once bee set a broch and come to light then he knoweth it verye well his kingdome of ignoraunce and darknesse woulde soone decay and come to naught And therefore to the end that he may the better maynteine his kingdome of ignoraunce hee clappeth vppe the Byble forbidding all men whatsoeuer to reade it or once to looke one worde vpon it and that vppon payne of damnation saying further that none ought to looke vpon it but he and his rabbynes or such others as he shal license and authorize therto by his bulles of dispensation This is cleane contrary to the doctrine of our sauiour Christ who biddeth vs searche the Scriptures saying Scrutamini Scripturas eae sunt enim qui testificantur de me Whiche is Searche the scriptures for those are they that beare witnesse of me In an other place he saith Scrutamini scripturas in eis enim speratis vitam eternam habere That is search the scriptures for in them you hope to haue eternal life This is contrary to the example of the Birreans in the Actes of the Apostles who searched the scriptures dayly to see whether the things preached by the Apostles were true or not Nowe whether it bee better to obeye Christe who commandeth vs to search the scriptures or the Pope who forbiddeth vs the sight of them iudge you And to the ende that he may bee sure to keepe the worlde in Cymmeriis tenebris in palpable darknesse grosse ignoraunce stil for ignorance he calleth the mother of deuotion whereas indeede it may well bee called the mother of damnatiō he not only locketh vp the byble vnder strong lockes keyes but also turneth it into a straunge tongue contrary to the doctrine both of our sauiour Christe his blessed Apostle Paul who commandeth that al thinges be done in the Church to edification in a knowen tongue also to the example of the Prymitiue and Apostolicall Church who euer vsed to haue the bible and other diuine bookes in the mother tongue which they vnderstoode And as though this restraint were not badde ynough he giueth in charge that