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A12577	A briefe and learned treatise, conteining a true description of the Antichrist, who was foretold by the prophets and apostles And an evident proofe that the same agreeth vnto the Pope. Written in Latin by M. George Sohn Doctor of Diuinitie, and publike professor thereof at Heidelberg, and translated into english.	Sohn, Georg, 1152?-1589.; N. G., fl. 1592.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 22891; ESTC S114124	33,734	90

necessarie to saluation Cap. super gentes extra de consuet The Bishop of Rome is appointed by the Lorde aboue all nations and kingdomes Cap. si Imperatore dist 96. Gods will is that the powers secular should be subiect vnto the Church or the Priests Cap. nunquam eadem dist 96. It is a custome that princes shoulde submit their heads vnto the Bishops girdle and not iudge of their liues Cap. solita de maiorit obed God made two great lights in the firmamēt the greater light to rule the day the lesse light to rule the night both of thē great but the one greater Therefore hath God made two great lightes for the firmament of heauen that is the vniuersall Church to wit he hath appointed two high states or dignities which are these the authority of the Pope the power of the king But that which ruleth the day that is in matters spiritual is the greater that which gouerneth carnall affaires that is the lesse That it may appeare that looke what difference there is betwixt the sunne the moone so great oddes there is betwixt Popes Kings C. fundament de elect in 6. Papa nulli homini subest Finally the Emperour is bound to take an oath of alegiance obedience vnto the Pope the forme whereof is extant cap. 1. de jurejurando c. tibi domino dest 63. clement vnica de jurejurando And so it is said lib. 1. ceremoniarum Pontificialium cap. 7. The Pope in the night of the birth of our Lorde doeth hallowe the sword which he afterward giueth vnto some Prince in token of the infinite power which is giuen vnto the Pope according to that saying All power is giuen vnto me in heauen in earth that also He shal rule frō seato sea frō the riuer to the ende of the earth So it is also in the Glosse of the Canon law to wit that the Pope is al things aboue all thīgs that he is the lord of lords hath the right of the king of kīgs ouer his subiects that he may turn roūd into square that he is the cause of causes therfore no inquirie is to be made into his authoritie because there is no cause of the first cause that the whole world is the Popes diocesse that his authority extēdeth vnto things in heauen earth and vnder the earth that he may command the Angels that he hath so great power both in Purgatorie also in hell that hee can by his pardons deliuer as many soules as hee will which are in those places place them presently in heauen in the seats of them which be blessed as it is saide in the Bull of Clement the sixt that hee hath such power in heauen that hee may canonize whome hee will that is dead for a saint though all Byshops and Cardinals were against it And who can recken vp all his blasphemies To conclude Sixtus quintus to omit the rest doth at this day thus begin in one of his Bulles The authoritie graunted to blessed Peter and to all his successours by the infinite power of the everlasting King excelleth the power of all earthly kings and Princes Secondly for that he will be accounted the highest iudge who neither can erre in making decrees concerning faith or lawes concerning manners neither yet ought to be iudged of any And for that hee setteth vp himselfe aboue all euen the generall councels and ordaineth new sacraments and transformeth and altereth those which Christ did institute He imposeth new lawes vpon mens conscienees as for those which Christ made hee doeth ratifie and repeale at his pleasure as Cap. nunc autem dist 21. The chiefe seate that is the chayre of Rome is not indeede of any Can. si Papa dist 40. If the Pope should drawe by heapes innumerable people with him into hell no mortall man presumeth or taketh vpon him to reprehend his faults for that he is to iudge all men and himselfe to be iudged of none Can. cuncta seq 9. q. 3. Euery Church in the worlde knoweth that the holy Church of Rome hath authoritie to iudge of all persons no man may censure her iudgement Can. nemini 17. 4. It is permitted to no man to iudge of the Apostolicall seat or to retract that sentence because of the primacie of the Church of Rome cap. proposuit de concept praebend According to the largenes of our authority we may dispense with aboue law cap. significasti de elect elect potest Al councils both are called haue their strength by the authoritie of the Church of Rome the authoritie of the Bishop of Rome is manifestly excepted in their cōstitutiōs cap. regula dist 17. No council is or shal euer be established which shall not be cōfirmed supported by the Popes authority And so the Glosse saith again that the Popes pleasure is heauenly and for this cause he may chāge the nature of thigs by applying those things which are substantial in one thing vnto another That he hath allaws in the closet of his brest that he hath the same consistory which God hath and the same iudgement seat with Christ that he can make any thing of nothing and make that to be a sentence or iudgement which is none that in what so euer he pleaseth his will is to him in steade of reason and yet no man may say Why dost thou thus that he may dispense beyond law make iustice of iniustice by concealing and altering the laws that he can do all things sinne excepted whatsoeuer God himself cā do that he must be iudged of none that if he should throw downe heaps of soules into the hels yet none may demand of him Why doest thou it that he may dispense against both Apostle and Apostolicall Canon that he is aboue lawe that what soeuer is done of the Pope is to be supposed is done of God that he is all and aboue all that hee may doe all things aboue law contrarie to law and without lawe ad cap. quanto de translat Episcopi cap. proposuit de concess praeb and else where c. Thirdly for that he taketh and vsurpeth power authoritie to transferre kingdoms which is the onely worke of God as Clement vnica de jureiur ando in priu The Romane Emperours haue the approbation of the B. of Rome for the person which is to be preferred vnto the dignity of the Emperiall M ie as also the anointing cōsecratiō the crown of the Empire Clem. Past. de sent re iudic in fine The Pope hath superiority ouer the Empire whē the Empire is void succee deth the Emperour C. venerabilē de elect The right authoritie to choose a king to be Emperor appertaineth vnto the Bishop of Rome cap. 2. de sent re iudic in 6. The Pope may depose the Emperour Can. alius 15. quaest 6. Zacharie the Pope deposed the French king from

also the onely spouse of the Church 2. Cor. 11 2. Ephes 5. 29 Finally though hee bee also the onely prince the chiefe shephearde and the high priest vnto his Church 1. Pet. 2. 5. and chap. 5. 4. Heb. 6. 20. chap. 7. 26. chapt 9. 11. Alway liuing to make intercession for vs. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 25. Yet notwithstanding the Pope of Rome doeth arrogate this office and these properties vnto himselfe and vaunteth himselfe that hee is the chiefe head high priest and sacrificer and the Oecumenicall and generall Bishop Pastour and doctour of the whole Church here vpon earth For so saith Clement Pastoralis de Sentent re Iudic. A pastorall charge is enioyned to vs of God over all Nations of Christendome c. C. 1. extravag de empt vend We being governers of the vniuersall Church by the Lords appointment c. c. reg extravag de prebend Beeing called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by heauenlie ordinance C. 1 de treuga pace Being called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by the mercy of God so disposing it C. 3. de Elect. The holy Church of Rome which by the Lords appointment being as it were the mother and mistresse of all the faithfull which belong to Christ hath obtained of God superioritie ouer the rest distinct 22. Sacrosancta This Apostolicallchayre to wit Rome is appointed the head and principall and as it were the Hinge for as the doore is turned and gouerned vpon the hinge so all Churches are to bee ruled by the authoritie of this Cap. Vnam sanctam extravag de mator obed Therefore there is one bodie of one and the same onely Church one bead not two far that were monstrous to wit Christ and the vicar of Christ Peter and Peters successour Cap. fundament de elect 6. So likewise at this day the Pope in his bulles challengeth authoritie ouer all Churches of euerie people and nation So also doeth hee call the Church his spouse and bride C. quoniā de imminut in 6. saying after this manner Wee being loth to neglect the righteousnesse of our selues the Church our spouse In like maner also hee speaketh cap. inter corporalia c. licet in tantum de translat Episc Secondly the Pope hath violated and corrupted almost all the doctrine of Christ so that he is not onely an heretike but an Archheretique the ringleader and the Patriarke of heretikes for hee hath not onelie maintained one errour onely against the foundation but hath heaped vp manie one vpon the necke of another and defended them with might and maine as may bee plainely vnderstoode by this comparison and opposition of the doctrine of Christ and the Pope The scripture or rather Christ in the scripture teacheth that God is in vaine worshipped with the precepts of men Matth. 15. It condemneth voluntarie seruice Col. 2. 2 3. Further it declareth that al things necessary to saluation are committed to writing by the Apostles are to be sought for in theit writings 2. Tim. 3. 6. that he is Anathema that is accursed who teacheth or bringeth any other doctrine Gal. 18. But the Pope doeth vrge the traditions of men bringeth in a will-worship and letteth not to say that the scripture is obscure maimed and imperfect as it is in the counsell of Trident. Sess 4. 1. and else where The scripture teacheth that there is but one onely God who knoweth all things is almightie and the gouernour of the worlde and all thinges therein Deut. 6. 4. Mark 12. 29. 1. Kings 8. 39. 2. Cron. 6. 30. Esa 40. 13. Rom. 16. 27. 1. Tim. 6. 15. and in other places besides But the Pope making as it were a diuision of the diuine Maiestie doeth transferre the same vnto certaine petie gods and associates vnto him For looke how many he hath canonized for saintes so manie hath he erected to bee gods and lordes and rulers of the worlde Amongst which one is ouer the raine another is for faire weather one for diseases another for health finallie one for this cause another for that they hauing their taskes and offices assigned seuerally vnto them The scripture teacheth that God alone is to be called vpon Deut. 6. 13. Math. 4. 10. Act. 10. 25. 14. 11. Reuel 19. 10. 22. 9. But the Pope hee prayeth vnto the deade and teacheth that they are to be prayed vnto The Scripture teacheth that we should abhorte idols Exod. 20. 4. Deut. 4. 23. 1. Ioh. 5. 21. Reuel 18. 4. But the Pope doeth erect and set vp idols euery where to be worshipped The Scripture teacheth that now there is one onely high Priest and Sacrificer to wit Christ and that there is but one onely Oblation Heb. 6. 20. and 9. 26 28. and chap. 10. 12. But the Pope hath substituted an infinite number in stead of Christ who doe euerie day offer to God a reall and propitiatorie sacrifice to wit the bodie and bloode of Christ in the Masse The Scripture teacheth that there is one onely Mediatour and Intercessour betwixt God and man to wit the man Iesus Christ 1. Tim. 2. 5. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 24. and 9. 24. But the Pope hath suborned almost an infinite number of dead men to be mediatours intercessours and spokesmen and especially the Virgine Marie in stead of Christ as is in the Councill of Trident The Scripture teacheth that all power in heauen and earth is giuen and graunted vnto Christ and that he is exalted aboue all principalities and is appointed Lord of all things Math. 28. 18. Act. 2. 36. Ephes 1. 21. Further that he is the head of the militāt Church here vpon earth as was saide before Whereupon Gregorie the great saith That he is the forerunner of Antichrist who soeuer should challenge vnto him selfe the title of generall Bishop who that hee might leaue vnto his successours an example of humilitie was the first that called him selfe the seruant of the seruants of God And likewise the Councill of Carthage and Pelagius the Pope were of the mind dist 96. can Nullus But the Pope he placeth Christ who is now in heauen exalted vnto the right-hand of his Father not onely inferiour to his Father with the Arrians but also somewhat inferiour to his mother and willeth that shee should by her mortherly authoritie and priuiledge to commaund her Sonne c. And for him selfe hee standeth vpon it that he is the vniuersall Bishop here vpon earth and the head of the whole Church The Scripture teacheth that a man beeing deade in his sinnes is not able so much as to vnderstande any thing of him selfe that is hath no free-will in those matters that be spirituall and appertaine to saluation Ephes 2. 1. Colos 2. 13. Roman 8. 6. 1. Corinth 2. 14. 2. Corinth 3. 5. 2. Tim. 2. 15. 1. Ioh. 13. But the Pope he attributeth so

his kingdome substituted Papin into his roome So Pope Hadrian saith as Arentinus reporteth Lib. 6. in Epist ad Archiepisc Trevicens Mogunt Coloniens From whence hath the Emperour his Empire vnlesse it be frō vs therefore he ruleth by vs. Againe whatsoeuer the Emp. hath he hath it wholly frō vs. Further behold the Empire is in our power to giue it to whōsoeuer we wil. Therefore are we appointed of God aboue nations kingdoms that we may destroy pull down build plant And thus say the Canonists that the Emp. is the Popes vassall and that hee hath the Empire of him in name of Homage The acts of the Bishops of Rome afford vs plentifull exāples who haue either proclaimed as deposed at their pleasure tūbled them frō their thrones or else crowned Emperors kings and princes So dealt Innocentius with Otho the 4 Emperour of that name Gregorie the 7 with Henry the 4. Paschalis the 2 with Henry the fift Hadrian the 4 and Alexander the 3 with Frederick the first Innocentius the 3 with Philip the son of Frederick Gregory the 9 with Frederick the 2 Innocentius the 4 with Conrad the 4 Alexander the 2 with W. king of Englād Boniface the 8 with Philip Pulcher the K. of France whom they did excommunicate either did depose or labored to depose them frō their Empire kingdoms And at this day Sixtus the 5 doeth depriue the king of Navar and prince of Condie of their kingdome prerogatiue all hope of successiō absolueth the subiects from the oth of allegiāce obediēce inciteth the French king to persecute them with violence fire and sworde So Leo the third created Charles the great Emperour hee annointed him and sate the diademe vpon his head so transferred the Empire vnto the Frenchmē frō the Grecians among whō it had cōtinued 500 yeres Iohn the ninth made three Emperours one after another gaue the Emperiall crown vnto Carolous Calons to Ludovicus Bulbus his sonne and to Charles the third sonne to Ludovicus Germanicus Iohn the thirteenth created Otto and Clement the fift created Henry Emperour called him Augustus But aboue all the acte of Gregorie is famous who tooke away the Empire from Henricus the Emperour gaue it to Rodolphus adding this verse Petra dedit Patro Petrus diadema Rodolpho This diademe the Rocke to Peter gaue And Peter graunts that Rodolph shall it haue The same Pope is an idolatour worshipping strange gods that is such a thing for God which is no God First in the bread of the Eucharist where Innocentius the fourth was the first who established transubstantiatiō the worship of that bread Honorious the 3 vouchsafed it a peculiar place where it should be set that the God of bread might haue a temple palace To conclude least any thing should be wanting vnto idolatrie Vrbanus the fourth Anno Christ 1263. appointed a feast vnto the body of Christ and the carying about of the Eucharist in procession and gaue verie large indulgences there withal Secondly in the calling vpon the saintes departed For he persecuteth the saintes whilest they liue on earth and killeth them whom being dead hee worshippeth in heauen Wherein he is like vnto hunters who do therefore hunt that they may kill and eate and eating doe commend the meate and are encouraged to follow their game againe And also he is like to eraftie and close marchants who whilest they are to buy dispraise that which afterward they do commend when they haue bought it according as it is said Prov. 20. 14. It is nought it is nought saith euery buyer Finally he is like to the Scribes and Pharises of whome mention is made Mat. 23. 29. 30. Thirdly in the worship of images and monuments relikes of Christ and the saintes in that which they call holy water in the hallowed and consecrated oyle and waxe candles in the signe of the crosse in the baptizing of belles in Amulets Pomanders such like The which Idolatrie is gone so farre that there hath not bin greater no not amōg the heathē The Pope is also an hypocrite worshipping the true God indeed but onely in externall rites perfourmed ex opere operato by the worke done and instituting new kinds of worship as in the sacraments in the sacrifice of the Masse in the vigils or saintes euens in Canonicall houres in chaunting in the Church in fastes in choice of meates single life religious pilgrimages anointing the order of Monasticall life whereof there be more kindes if they were tolde then there are of fowles which yet also haue differēce by their colours so great multitudes if they were mustered together that they wold seeme to bee the armie of Xerxes In workes of supererrogation in almes in mumbling of praiers and in the number of them in their apparell or holy habites in the shauing their haire their burning tapers the ornaments of the Churches the multitude of feasts wherof there is neither measure nor end But yet he is indeed prophane wicked an Atheist because he getteth this kingdome by magique or Symonie or else by threats sedition and tumult both he himselfe beareth also suffereth others to beare the titles names of holy offices without the thing itselfe For if you do take a view either of the ministerie of the word sacraments or of the whole gouernmēt of the Church it appeareth that the bishops others besides doe not execute any part of their owne function but are wholly emploied about temporall affaires contrarie to the word of God the ancient canons We haue exāples herof in Gregory the 5 who being caried with a deuilish desire of authority did first by bribes obtain the Archbishoprick of Rhenes and afterwarde got by the deuils assistance the Popedome itselfe on this cōdition that after his death the deuil shoulde wholly haue him as Platina recordeth In Gregory the 7 who being a Magitiā caused that stones fell downe frō aboue when Henry the 3 Emperor was praying in the tēple whē he was seeking answers from God against the Emp. he cast the sacramēt of the body of the lord into the fire as Platina doeth witnesse In Iohn the eight or rather Ione a woman who dissembling her sexe obtained and exercised the Popedome vntil such time as her tranell did bewray what shee was as againe Platina and verie manie others doe witnesse In Iohn the thirteene who gaue himselfe vnto Sathan corporally as it is registred in Fasciculo Temporum In Sylvester the second of whome Iohannes Stella the Venetian writeth that hee was appointed Pope by the assistance of the deuill on this condition that after his death hee might haue him whollie both soule bodie by whose subtiltie he attained to so great promotion In Benedictus the ninth and Gregorie the sixt and moreouer in Sixtus the fourth as the said Cardinall Benno witnesseth who being at Florence in the Church