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A10389	A revievv of the Councell of Trent VVherein are contained the severall nullities of it: with the many grievances and prejudices done by it to Christian kings and princes: as also to all catholique churches in the world; and more particularly to the Gallicane Church. First writ in French by a learned Roman-Catholique. Now translated into English by G.L.; Revision du Concile de Trente. English	Ranchin, Guillaume, b. 1560.; Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.	1638 (1638)	STC 20667; ESTC S116164	572,475	418

Church and Empire 2 Nicholas de Clemangiis after hee hath discoursed of all the vices of the Popedome and those of the rest of the Clergy which he deriveth like petty rivulets from that great fountaine● applies in fine the ancient Prophecies to the See of Rome and bespeaks her thus Rowze up thy selfe now at last from thy too long slumber O happy sister of the Synagogue awake one day moderate thy drunkennesse that I may so say wherin thou hast sleeped too long see read and understand this prophet and the rest if yet thy drunkennesse have not quite bereft thee of all sense and understanding if there bee yet any sparke of sound judgement remaining in thee search the words of the Prophets and thence consider thine estate and thy confusion which sleepeth not but is neere at hand Thou shalt see what ends are prepared for thee and how that now is the time that thou crouchest under these villanies with danger but if thou wilt not heare the Prophets nor beleeve that they spoke of thee when they denounced so many miseries thou cheatest and deceivest thy self by a too dangerour errour for it is of thee they spoke and thou may perceive if thou hast not lost all sense that all those curses which are denounced shall fall upon thee But suppose their prophecies aime at another thing what thinkest thou of that Prophecie in the Revelation of St. Iohn dost thou not thinke at least that it concernes thee in some sort Thou hast not so lost thy shame with thy sence that thou wilt deny it Observe it then and read the condemnation of the great whore which sitteth upon many waters there behold thy fine pranks and thy future miseries Besides when thou observest how all Empires and Kingdomes how great large and potent soever they are have beene brought to nought by their pride and injustice when thou seest them turned upside downe and overthrowne and how on the other side thou hast so far abandoned thy humility which was thy foundation and lifted up thy horne so high how canst thou imagine that the foundation of humility being taken up and razed such a great weight of pride as thou hast built thereupon should not fall to the ground It is a long time since thy pride not able to withhold her selfe hath begun to fall downe but slowly and by little and little and therefore the downfall was not perceived by many but now it beginnes to fall headlong and like a torrent 3 Marsilius of Padua after hee hath represented all the Popish usurpations and the indirect meanes which they used at last resembleth the Court of Rome to the Image in Daniel which passage wee will here insert as fitting well with the whole tract concerning the reformation of the Head As for mee which have seene it saith hee speaking of the Court of Rome and who have beene there mee thinks I saw the terrible Image which Daniel tels that Nabuchadonosor saw in a dreame having the head of gold the armes and breast of silver the belly and thighes of brasse the legs of iron the feet halfe of iron halfe of clay for what is that great Image else but the state of the people of the Court of Rome or of the great Bishop who was anciently terrible to wicked men but is now horrible to bee beholden by all good men For the higher members of that Statue to wit the Head the breast and the armes what are they else to the eye to the desire● and to the embrace but gold and silver and the worke of mens hands the belly and thighes what are they but the noise and din of pleadings and processes for the goods of this world but calumnies and Simoniacall contracts as well of spirituall things as carnall the thighes of brasse what are they but the pompous preparations of pleasures of luxury and all kinde of vanities even such as are not fitting for Lay men which even they do stamp upon the minds of men who should be patterns of chastity and honesty The legs feet and toes of iron upon which the Image stands and which are partly of earth and clay what doe they import but the usurpation invasion and seazing upon Secular Dominions Provinces and Kingdomes by the violent power of armed men and overlaid with iron upon which they beare their superiour members the furnishing with gold and silver which invites the men of warre hereunto the belly also and the thighes of brasse by a promise which is often made both lowd and large by a cheating absolution of their sins and punishments and by an unjust condemnation and curse however harmelesse by ●eason of Gods protection of such as stand in defence of their owne liberty and will preserve the loyalty which they owe unto their Princes The basis of the feet and the toes of earth and clay which may therefore be broken● what doe they denote but the inconstancy of the Court of Rome what doe they signifie but the open weaknes that I say not the falsenes and unjustnesse of those causes and occasions which the Pope takes to oppresse the faithfull people of Christ But according to the testimony of the same Prophet there must a stone fall upon this Image rent from the mountaine without hands that is a King whom God will raise up having chosen him by his grace from amongst all people giving unto him the power and Kingdome which shall not be transferred upon an other hee I say more by the strength and grace of God than by the worke and power of the hands of men shall first breake in pieces that piece of clay the feet upon which it unjustly stands making the false and unjust pretences or to speake more truely with the Poet those bald occasions appear unto all Princes people discovering their Sophistry refuting them by humane demonstrations and disanulling them by the truth of the holy Scripture And afterwards repelling the iron that is the barbarous and impious dominion and then the brasse that is the authority of reviling against Prince and people which it challengeth hee shall cause the tumults of Secular usurped jurisdictions and by consequence of processes and vexations to be husht hee shall cause the luxury of voluptuousnesse and the pomps of vanity to cease hee shall moderate the gold and silver that is the avarice and rapine of the Pope and those higher members of the Court of Rome and shall allow him the use of temporall things with due moderation 4 A certaine Chronicler writ a pretty while agoe that this King should come of the house of France and the race of Charlemaigne according to that which was prophecied of him Some say saith he that there is another common prophecy that some of the Carolingians that is of the race of King Charles and bloud royall shall have an Emperour of France by name Charles who shall bee Prince and Monarch over Europe and shall reforme the Church and