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A04483 A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570 Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589. 1582 (1582) STC 14614; ESTC S107782 85,989 232

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for a law And doth he onely say this Or shall we thinke they be words of reuerence written by such as are deuout to his holinesse and that he doth not so much as he may by vertue of his speciall priuiledge Who was it y ● gaue a dispensation to the brother y ● he might marie his owne sister Who was it that gaue dispensation to Henrie the fifth to rise vp against Henry the fourth his own father and put him from the Empire What dispensation Pope Pius sent to King Philip God knoweth but the yong Prince the Kings sonne lost his life I know not what dispensation past lately into Scotland but the King was strangled c. A horrible déede the world knoweth it was so what mistes pretēces soeuer they make To worke such practises the Pope sendeth abrode his dispensations Such a dispensation did Pope Pius lately send into England and discharged the Subiects from their due obedience to our Prince and thereby made way for them with his fauour and licence to runne headlong into euerlasting damnation With some weake heades hée hath preuailed It is likely hée hath vsed secrete conference with them some long time before they would be drawen to be traitours to their owne country and be emboldened to put themselues in armour and robbe and spoyle burne and kill their countrie men friends and kinsefolkes and children and parents against the law of nature and the commaundement of God This was done not long sithence You can not but remember it they were in armes and had gathered a great cōpanie of Confederats the banner was displaied in fielde What thinke you was their meaning Or to what ende did they rise Among all those that liue within this realme whose person sought they against whom bente they their speares And against whose body drew they their swordes But the Lorde preserued his anointed he hath placed hir vppon his holy hill of Sion no traiterous malice shall annoy hir Consider nowe whence all this rebellion grew There is no treason without conference There euen there began all our trouble The maister of all this mischiefe fitteth at Rome as I tolde you before y ● coales were kindled here but the belloes were there there sate he y ● blew the fire We saw the poppets but y ● iuggler that drew the strings kept him selfe close They which rebelled brake their oathes forswore thēselues robbed their country spoiled towns burnt y ● holy Bible y e word of God they cared neither for God nor man neither for Prince nor for lawe They were promised furtherance in their doings by insurrections which shoulde haue bene likewise made in other places of the Realme In all this they tooke courage and countenance of Pope Pius He furnished them with all deuise of counsell he blessed thē in their purpose he promised them forgiuenesse of their sinnes for part of their wages Miserable man which could finde no better company and in miserable case when he cannot be vpholden by other meanes than by treason But most miserable are they which through his wicked persuasions are content to cast themselues and to séeke howe their country may be brought vnder the subiection of foreine enemies into bondage and miserie So doth he lose and set at libertie the consciences of men and flattereth the wicked in their vngodlinesse as if his dispensation should be their excuse It is an olde saying Caueat emptor let him that buieth take heede What colour soeuer the Pope setteth on his marchandize let the buier take héede of them We haue called God to record vnto our soules our conscience standeth charged If we commit periury God wil auenge it If we resist the power wee breake the ordinance of God and then we receiue to our selues damnation Let vs therefore be wise and circumspect As for Pope Pius word it is no warrant for vs against the iudgement of God In the day of the Lorde when we woulde call him forth for our discharge we shall not finde him He is not able to warrant himselfe Yet for his better credite and to preuaile the more with vs he saith well of him selfe magnifieth and aduaunceth his owne name when he telleth vs I am a Prince I am aboue nations and kingdomes I excommunicate Kinges and Princes I depriue them and put them downe and roote them vp I haue authoritie ouer their Subiects I discharge them of their othes I curse them and giue them vp to the Diuel I am like to the highest These are blasphemous and abominable words méete words for him that sent them to whō is giuen a mouth to speake great things and blasphemies And thus he imagineth all the worlde should fall downe before him with a Sāctus He imagineth he holdeth the Sunne and Moone in his handes and can rule them as it pleaseth him thus he is fallen into a pleasant phrensie he dreameth of great matters and with his owne breath he bloweth him selfe bigge like a bladder But this breath is nothing it is easie to let it out and then the bladder will also be as nothing It wil not be so easie as he thinketh to haue such place giuen him in the consciences of men as hee sometimes had or to roote out all that professe the Gospel of Christ or to make that the name of the holy one of Israel shall be no more spoken of Yet hee attempteth it and thereto employeth all his power and his wisedome and his counsaile But he that dwelleth in heauē laugheth him to scorne the Lord shal haue him in derision As though he were a Sampson he taketh hold of the pillars he crasheth them in péeces but the house which he pulleth downe shall fall vpon his owne heade His heart is exalted against his fall which is at hand All his great boast is but a cloude of darknesse a cleare winde will blow it ouer And now to giue you a short view of the whole matter Remēber that Pope Pius hath sent vs ouer against our gracious Queene and all hir Subiectes a Sentence of his cursse and depriuation Wherein he hath dealt ignorantly and contrary to the lawes without wit or discretion and foloweth no order For the Sentence which shoulde be kept vntill the last is giuen out before the parties were called or the cause and proofes duely alleaged and examined Remember that he is no competent Iudge that he hath no iurisdiction ouer vs that he him selfe is a partie that hée hath bene accused and founde guiltie by the iudgement of the whole worlde that he is ouer much affectionate in the case wherein he séeketh to exalt and enrich him selfe Remember that he hath conueied 19 vntruths into this one bundle that hée hath forged a false commission that hée hath corrupted and falsified the worde of God and hath made God a false witnes vnto his folies Remember that hée teacheth vs contrary to that we haue receiued of Peter and of Paul and of Christ and
the wind lay at Rome and ther sate he which made the fire At what time he wrote this Bul she had displaced none neither Lord Baron nor Earle nor touched thē in their liues bodies goodes or landes Indéede Pope Paulus 4. cast Moronus into prison and there kept him al the time of his papacie Pius 4. tooke Caraffa a chief Cardinal he caste him into prison and in the midnight sent a slaughterman to put him to death Pope Vrbanus tooke sixe Cardinals and knit them in bags threw thē into the sea Hir milde gratious merciful nature hath neuer béen distained by any the like crueltie neyther haue any of hir Noble men béene so by hir dishonored Againe Hominibus obscuris compleuit Shee hath made hir Councell of poore darke beggarly fellowes and hath placed them ouer the people What hathe Pope Pius to doe with the Councell of Princes Maye not a King choose a Councellour vnlesse he allow of hym Men take their owne eyes to choose ther wiues and Princes take their owne heartes to choose their Councellours As wel he might say No King shal haue any Secretarie any Iudge or Iustice or Sergeant or Attorney or Solicitour or man at Law any Captain for wars any Garde to his person any Phisition to his body any Sewer or Taster but by his appointment Oh what a charge this man taketh He calleth hir honourable Councellours darke and obscure and beggarly What if they had bene such Maye not Princes haue any other Councelloures than Dukes and Earles Cardinall Woolsey was able to doe something in this realm in the late time of King Henrie Of what noble house came he Of what noble house came B. Heth Stephen Gardner Iohn Bourne and M. Boxall Of what honorable Parentage of what noble bloud came they They were of the Councel yet who was their Father Grandfather what Duke Earle Lord Barō or Knight I speak not this in dispite of their persōs let no mā so mistake me som of thē ar yet aliue I pray for thē for my selfe God direct them to do those things which may be for his glorie Hée is noble whiche is the childe of God which is borne from aboue he is honourable he is noble But what are they who are nowe in auctoritie whome Pius calleth so poore and beggarly I will not name them I cannot flatter it were vnséemly I shold You knowe them and are thankefull to God for them There is none of them which hath not bin at the least a Knight or worthy of that degrée aboue these xx yeares so wise learned vertuous and godly so carefull of the Commune weale as euer were bredde vppe in thys Realme They haue euer béene in credite in the countenance and knowledge of the worlde As Pope Pius complaineth now of the Councellors of England so did the Wolf sometimes make complaint to the shéepheard against his Dogges Thou haste two vile ill fauored Curres they iette vp and downe they barke and howle and trouble thy flocke which can not bée quiet nor féede for them Remoue them away tie them vppe braine them hang them what do they here the Shéepehearde aunsweareth would you so nay I may not spare my dogges they do me good seruice Spaniels and Greyhounds are faire and daintie yet they neuer do me so much good these watche when I sléepe they ease me muche paine and saue my flocke If I should tie them vp thou wouldest be bold with me and take thy pleasure I shall not néede to applye this The Queenes Maiestie is oure Shéepehearde we are left by God to hir safe kéeping The faithfull Councellors are like the watchful Mastiffs they take paines they ease our Shéepeheard they saue the flocke Nowe you maye soone iudge who is the Woolfe If Pope Pius coulde place his Pilot in our Ship he would make vs arriue at what Porte he listed Séeing Pius hath vpon ghesses or vain reports after this maner vnséemely delt with the Péeres and honorable estate of our Countrie let vs looke somewhat abroad and sée what worthie wightes the Pope hathe placed in the Councelles of Kings And so lette vs be aduised by the harmes of our neighbors Didde he not place one Dauid Retchio so high in Scotlande that he tooke vppon him to rule the Queene there and sought al meanes to disgrace and disquiet the Nobles and to vndoe that Country and therefore was slaine in the Queenes presence Was not the Cardinal of Lorraine the highest Councellour in Fraunce Did not Cardinall Granvele beare the whole swaye in Flaunders they were appointed by Pope Pius they were endewed with his spirite they wente from his side they knewe what he would haue done Haue not they spoiled and wasted those two noble Countries and brought them to suche vilanie and miserie as they neuer felt before the King of Spaine suffereth Monkes and Friers to gouerne him and his Countrie It is well known what good they haue done him By these fewe you may sée what Councellors the Pope alloweth and for what purpose Yet that we maye the better marke the order of their gouernment and what good Cardinalles worke in Princes Councels one telleth vs Legati Romanorum Pontificum sic bacchantur in prouincijs acsi ad flagellandam Ecclesiam Satan egressus sit à facie Domini The Popes Legates keepe such reuels in Kingdomes and Countries as if Satan were sent abroade from the face of the Lord to scourge the Church He was wise and did sée what was done If wée open our eyes and beholde the storie and present course of their doings wée maye finde the like What Prince soeuer receiueth them receiueth traitors and enimies to his estate They alwayes bréed suspition stir vp dissention encrease hatred betwéene Prince and Prince and set the one against another they séeke to aduance their maister y e Pope they spoile al Churches to furnish one they be y e very plagues and decay of Countries Let not Pope Pius complaine of the Councellors of England no Prince in Christēdome this day hath better God graunte them the spirite of vnderstanding and of counsel God continue them in his feare and direct them in his glorie If Pope Pius had but one so wise a Councellour hée neuer woulde haue sente suche Bulles and Bables about the worlde Againe hominibus haereticis compleuit The Counsailours are not onely pore and beggarly but also Heretiques The accusation of Heresie is heauie shoulde not be laid vpō any but after due proofe Paule the Apostle was accused for Heresie but he aunswered After that waye which they call heresie worshippe I the God of my Fathers beleeuing al things which are written in the Lawe and the Prophets The high Priestes and Phariseis called our Sauiour a Deceiuer All the Christians of the Primitiue Church were called Heretiques Misistis per omnē terram qui circumirent dicerent impiam haeresim surrexisse Christianorum You haue chosen saith Iustine the
O monster in the likenesse of man He imagineth that hir Maiestie preacheth in the Pulpittes that she administreth the Sacraments that she sitteth in the Consistories and heareth all spirituall causes Whiche if she doe she dothe more than the Pope doth It were monstrous to sée the Pope in a Pulpit And it is monstrous to sée Antichriste sitte in the Temple of God to sée a Bishoppe girded with both swords to sée a Priest take vppon him the rule of Heauen and Earth the seruant of seruants aduanced aboue all the Princes of the worlde and to sette his foote vppon their neckes a wretched man to claime auctoritie ouer the Angels of God and a sinfull creature to suffer himselfe to be called by y ● name of God This is a mishapen wonder a monster in nature Let the Pope therefore looke vpon him self and know what supreme authoritie and iurisdiction and ouer whome he taketh it vpon him monstrously Queene Elizabeth doth not any thing monstrously She preacheth not she ministreth not y e Sacraments she doth neither excōmunicate nor absolue frō excōmunication shee sitteth not to giue sentence in spirituall causes she chalengeth not the dispensation of the Keyes of the kingdome of Heauen She doth nothing but which she may lawfully do nothing but wherevnto the Lord God hath giuen hir especiall warrant Hir Maiestie is supreame Gouernour ouer hir Subiectes The Bishoppes within hir Realme are subiects to hir Shée gouerneth they yéeld obedience When occasion is offered to dispose of any thing specially appertaining to the seruice of God or to iudge of any controuersie arising in Spirituall causes She commendeth and giueth to hir learned Diuines the due consideration thereof All other pleas suites shée causeth to be ended at home suffereth no appeales to flie to Rome Which is done for the ease and quietnesse and wealth of hir good subiectes For wherein grew more extremitie against plaine dealing simple and honest pore menne Whereby were they oftener shifted off and put from the right of their suite thā by such appeales when after they had bene haled thorough all the Courtes in theyr owne Countrey they were driuen to followe the matter 1500. miles at the Popes Courtes in Rome To be short Queene Elizabeth doth as did Moses Iosua Dauid Salomon Iosias Iehosaphat as Constantine Valentinian Gratian Theodosius Arcadius Honorius and other godly Emperors haue done God hath giuē charge to hir of both Tables In the firste she hath charge of Religion in the other of Ciuill causes By the Prophet Esay God promiseth to his Church Kings shall be thy noursing Fathers and Queenes thy Nursses And Dauid saith Be wise therfore ye Kings be learned ye Iudges of the earth serue the Lord in feare Upon which place the learned father Augustine saith Quomodo ergo Reges seruiunt Domino in timore nisi ●a quae contra iussa Domini fiunt religiosa seueritate prohibendo atque plectendo aliter enim seruit quia homo est aliter quia rex est Quia homo est ei seruit viuendo fideliter quia verò etiam rex est seruit ei leges iusta praecipientes contraria prohibentes conuenienti rigore sanciendo sicut seruiuit Ezechias c. Howe then doe Kings serue the Lord in feare but in that they doe forbidde and in a religious seueritie punish suche things as are done againste the Lordes commaundementes for hee serueth after one maner as a man and after another as a Prince as a man he serueth the Lord in liuing faithfully but in that he is also a King he serueth hym by making Lawes which commaunde the thinges that are right and whiche with conuenient rigour forbid the contrarie as Ezechias serued the Lord when he destroyed the Woodes and Temples of Idolles and those highe places whiche were builte againste the commaundements of God as IOSIAS serued doing also the like as the King of Niniute serued gathering togither al his Citie to appease the wrath of the Lord as DARIVS serued giuing auctoritie to DANIEL to breake the Idol and casting his enimies into the Lions as NABVCHODONOSOR serued of whome we spake before who by a terrible Lawe forbad al within his kingdome to blaspheme God In ho● ergò saith he seruiunt domino Reges quando ea faciunt ad seruiendum illi quae non possunt facere nisi Reges Herein therefore do Kings serue the Lord whē they do those things to serue him which none may do but Kings The Pope therefore writeth vnaduisedly We know not anye so mōstrous vnlawful doing It is hir office it is hir dutie I trust God will giue hir grace to discharge the same to his glorie Regium concilium e● Anglica Nobilitate conflatum diremit Shee hath remoued the Noble men of Englande from the Kings Councel The Poets had a fonde deuise of their great God IVPITER that he helde a golden Chain in his hād and tied to the ende of it both the Lande and Sea and coasts of the whole world and so might tosse and turne and sette them higher and lower at his pleasure Pope Pius bestirreth himselfe as though he were in Iupiters place and mighte by his Bulles and cursses set higher and lower place and displace appoint who shall againe who shall not be in Princes Councels Nothing may be done but by his sufferance Such a practise he hath to make himselfe King of Kings and the God of this worlde For when hée may rule the Councell he maye rule the King and being able to rule the King he maye rule the people throughout the worlde Hée saieth Queene Elizabeths Conncell is not to my liking She hathe put those from the Councel which were of the Nobilitie of Englande Thus he goeth on and increaseth hys follie He singeth by reportes and speaketh he wotteth not what Hath hir Maiestie remoued all the Nobilitie Who would thinke the Uicar of Christ wold be so vaine You which haue liued in countenaunce and haue béene at the Court and haue these many yeares knowne the state of our Countrey you knowe well that this is false The Nobilitie are all in England and in Courte and in Councel as before I doe not speake of suche as became Traitours You knowe what vnnaturall attempts were lately made Their guiltie conscience did make some to flie I speake not of one in duraunce I dispute not his case A Prince oughte to be verye carefull and iealous for hys preseruation It toucheth not himselfe onely but the welfare of his people Of these I speake nothing Yet when thys Bull was stamped at Rome all were at libertie Marke the date the fifth of the Calends of March in the yeare paste at which time they were al at libertie and of the Councell or at leaste in good fauor Since which time what hath bin wroughte by this Bull I praye you consider Remember what ensued the Sommer following The coales were kindled here but the bellowes whiche gaue
this case Christe saith Ne●oice and be glad For so persecuted they the Prophets whiche were beefore you Origen sheweth howe all that be like minded vnto Pharao crie out that men are seduced and led out of theri way if Moses and Aaron that is if the spéeche of the Preachers call vpon them to be diligent in the Lawe of God and to followe hys worde And Chrysostome telleth vs this is no newe thing Ne admiremur quod spiritualibus instantes multa patiamur aduersa c. Let vs not maruell if we abide many aduersities because we follow after and desire those thinges whiche are spirituall For as the théefe diggeth not nor layeth his waite at the place where straw and chaffe and feathers are layd but there where is golde and siluer so is the Diuell moste out of quiet with those whiche take in hande spirituall businesse These things saith our Sauior haue I saide vnto you that ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shall come that whosoeuer ●●●leth you wil think that he doth God 〈◊〉 And these things will they doe vnto you bicause they haue not knowne he Father nor me But what are the effectes and force what successe take the Popes blessings his cursses he stirred vp the K. of France to plague his subiectes to that purpose he blessed him and his folowers they their Countrie were brought to greate miserie He blessed Philip King of Spaine he hath bin wonderfully troubled by the Moeres at home and liueth in continuall turmoyle with his subiectes in other his dominions abroade He blessed the states of Venice they are still disquieted by the Turke On the other side he hath accurssed England thankes be to God it was neuer better in worldly peace in health of bodie in abundance of corne and victuals He hath accursed the Princes and states of Germanie they were neuer stronger He blesseth his own side but it decayeth and withereth He cursseth the Gospel but it preuaileth prospereth The more he cursseth the more it prospereth This is the Lordes doing it is maruellous in our eyes So doeth God turne the Popes cursse into a blessing vnto vs. And so we maye well saye with Seneca Caelestis ir a quos premit miseros facit humana nullos The anger of God maketh those mē miserable vpon whom it lighteth but so doth not the wrath of man Quin et●iā ipsam pret enso regni praedicti iure necnon omni quocunque dominio dignitate priuilegioque priuatam We also make it knowen that wee haue depriued hir from that right she pretended to haue in the Kingdome aforesaid and also from al and euerie hir auctoritie dignitie and priuiledge This is the other part of the Popes sentence In this his vaine fantasie and by this childish mockerie hée thinketh to depose Queene Elizabeth from hir kingdome O vaine man as though the coastes and ends of the world were in his hands or as if no prince in y ● world might rule without his sufferāce So haue the proude Prelates of that Sée these manye yeares troubled the states of al Christendome therby béen cause of much slaughter sheding innocent bloude And so at this present he seeketh to disquiet Elizabeth Elizabeth I say our soueraigne and moste gratious Lady a Uirgin ful of wisedome vertue grace and compassion she is vnto vs as a comfortable water in a drie place as a refuge for the tēpest and as the shadowe of a greate rocke in a wearie land The greatest blessing whiche God gyueth to any people is a godly Prince to rule ouer them The greatest miserie that can fall vppon a people is to haue a godly Prince taken from them For by a godly Prince he doth so rule the people as if God himselfe were with them in visible appearaunce The Prince walketh in the wayes of the Lorde the Nobles folowe the steppes of the Prince the people fashion them selues to the example of the Nobles The face of a godly Prince shineth as the Sunne beams and bringeth ioy and comfort to his subiectes When the Lord was displeased with the people of Israell he tooke Samuell from them gaue them Saul to be theyr King Saul did wickedly without Iustice without Mercie He deuoured the people like a Lion he ouerthrew the tabernacle and slewe the Priests Then was there no Reuelation None that did Prophecie or care for the name of the Lord. But when God tooke mercie vpon the people he gaue vnto them Dauid a man after his owne heart He deliuered hym from daunger and tooke him out of the Lions mouth He crowned him and did set a crowne of pure golde vpon hys head Dauid loued the people he taught them the wayes of God he put downe Idolatrie and destroyed the Groues he set vp a Tabernacle to the God of Iacob Under him the people had great prosperitie in their houses and abroad in their Uines in their Corne and in their Cattell in time of Peace and in tyme of Warre When it pleased God to send a blessing vpou vs he gaue vs his seruant Elizabeth to be our Queene and to be the instrument of his glory in the sight of all the worlde Who is so blind which séeth not who is so vnthankful that remembreth not what things God hath wroughte by hir who séeth not the glorious beames of the trueth who séeth not the wonderfull peace in which wee haue liued who séeth not the wise and safe guiding of the people one of those alone were a great blessing but al togither are such a blessing as our Fathers before vs neuer enioied so happily As touching religion let vs thinke of that time of ignoraunce wherein wée were before How miserable a case was it to sée suche deadlye dumbenesse in the Church of God to sée the people ledde away in the darke they knew not whether to sée the word of life taken away to sée the people fedde with fables to sée an Idol sette vppe in the place of God to sée Iesus Christe our Sauiour putte to silence In this case were we This we did sée we did féele this Out of this deadly dungeon GOD deliuered vs by the hand of our Queene By hir hée restored the trueth by hir he sente vs the light of his holy worde by hir he hathe reléeued the heartes of the people God himselfe hathe bene the worker hereof Elizabeth hath bene his instrument and the meane by whome he hath done thys worke And marke the tyme when shée attempted this Euen at the firste entrie into hir kingdome at whiche time the King of Spaine the King of Fraunce the Quéene of Scottes and many of the Nobles and the Bishoppes of thys Realme were against it She had larned First to seeke the kingdome of God she hadde learned to séeke hys glorie and not hir dwne shée had learned to saye as Dauid saide I wil not suffer mine eyes