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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08425	A reproufe, written by Alexander Nowell, of a booke entituled, A proufe of certayne articles in religion denied by M. Iuell, set furth by Thomas Dorman, Bachiler of Diuinitie: and imprinted at Antvverpe by Iohn Latius. Anno. 1564. Set foorth and allowed, according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions; Reproufe of a booke entituled, A proufe of certayne articles in religion denied by M. Juell	Nowell, Alexander, 1507?-1602.; Dorman, Thomas, d. 1577? Proufe of certeyne articles in religion, denied by M. Juell.	1565 (1565)	STC 18741; ESTC S113385	180,927	268

for the same purpose out of Deuteronomium If it please the Pope to offer his feete to Emperours Kinges of the worlde to kisse or if it stādeth further with his pleasure to treade on their neckes as he serued the Emperour Frederike or if he haue a likyng to their crounes and kyngdomes as he had to the croune of Englande in kyng Ihon his time or liste he to depose kynges and Emperours as he hath deposed many yet maie he neither be disobeied nor denied in his will and luste For as Pighius to that purpose hath alledged Qui superbierit nolens obedire c. He that waxeth proude and will not obeye the commaundemente of the high Prieste for the tyme beyng lette hym dye by the decree of the iudge And peculiarlie that he maie so tread vpō Emperours and Kynges neckes that in so doyng he doeth but right appereth by this texte alledged for that purpose by Pope Alexander the thirde Super aspidem Basiliscum ambulabis c. That is to saie Thou shalt walke vpon the Adder and Basiliske thou shalt tread vpon the Lion and Dragon And his right to all kyngdomes that in askyng of them he dooeth but aske his owne and that he maie make and depose kynges and bestowe kyngdomes at his pleasure and that he hath bothe the swordes and the right of bothe the heauenly and earthly Empire is proued by these speciall textes alledged by Pope Boniface the eight and other Popes for that purpose Ecce duo gladij hic Beholde twoo swordes here Et ecce constitui tesuper gentes regna c. Beholde this daie doo I sette thee ouer the people and kyngdomes that thou maiest roote out breake of destroie and make waste that thou maiest builde vp and plante And by this texte alledged by Pope Gregorie the .vij. Quicquid ligaueris aut solueris in terra c. What soeuer thou doest binde or loose vpon the earth shal bee bounde or loosed in heauen Of whiche woordes the saied Pope maketh this collectiō that if thei maie binde and loose in heauen thei maie muche more in earth take awaie and geue Empires Kyngdomes Principates and what soeuer mortall men els haue and so foorth as foloweth in Platine moste worthie to bee read And the same is proued also by this speciall texte to the like purpose alledged by Pope Iulius the thirde Gens regnum quod mihi non seruierit peribit The nation kyngdome whiche shall not serue me shall perishe Whiche sentence also for more suretie the said Pope caused to be stamped in his coigne Finally whatsoeuer it shal please the Pope to doo to the burte of mennes bodies or losse of their gooddes and possessions yea or to the eternall damnation of their soules be thei neuer so many yea bee thei innumerable yet maie no mortall man blame hym no man maie bee so bolde to saie Domine cur ita facis Lorde why doe you so Wherefore notwithstandyng saincte Paules boldenesse with Peter the Popes predecessour as he saieth wee are ●ow without all remedie against the Pope what errour so euer he doo teach and what mischief so euer he doo and wee must rather suffer our selues and infinite thousandes to b●e damned then to bee so bolde as to alledge any scriptures though moste manifestlie contrary to suche the Popes saiynges and doynges Suche as emongest others are these Principes gentium c. That is to saie Princes of nations beare rule ouer them but it shall not bee so emongest you but he that will bee the chief emongest you let hym bee your seruaunte and he that will bee greate emongest you let hym bee your minister euen as the soonne of man came not to bee ministred vnto but to minister vnto other And againe Nolite vocari Rabbi c. Vos omnes fratres estis Be not desirous to be called Rabbi for one is your maister to wit Christ and ye are all brethren bee not called maisters he that is greateste emongest you shal bee your seruaunte for whosoeuer exalteth hymself shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth hymself shalbée exalted Et ne sitis ceu dominium exercentes in cleros Bee not as those who exercise dominion ouer the people or as Lordes ouer Parishes For so is it trāslated also If we I saie shall alledge these and suche like Scriptures againste suche vsurped tyrannie and false wrestyng of the scriptures wee shall gaine nothyng thereby but onely to be accompted here●ikes for not obeyng the voice of the high Priest who alone can tell the sense and meanyng of the scriptures accordyng to this texte Legem requirent ex ore sacerdotis thei shal require the lawe at the mouthe of the high Priest without whose interpretation the scripture is but the dumbe and deade letter a rule of Leade a nose of waxe flexible what waie you liste bou it If we further doo bryng the olde Doctours of the Churche by whose interpretations it is declared that these scriptures doo serue directly against suche vsurped rule and dominion as sainct Augustine alledged in the Popes owne Canon lawe teachyng that Episcopatus operis non honoris nomē est a Bishoprike is a name of woorke not of honour And S. Hierome likewise alledged in their owne Canons willyng bishops to knowe that thei bee Ecclesiasticall ministers and not Lordes where he bringeth for hym the foresaied place of S. Peter And the scholies of that Canon do● note it to be written against the pride of Bishops and that where thei call their inferiours children thei ought to call them brethren And the same place of S. Peter S. Bernard likewise alledgeth to Pope Eugenius willeth hym as Peters successour to heare Peter yea and Paule also bothe ioinctly warnyng him to auoide the vsyng of dominion and Lordeship ouer the Churche And telleth hym that if he bee sent by Christ he is sent to serue not to be serued And exhorteth him not to be presumptuouslie wise but to feare and warneth hym to beware of bribes to weigh the causes of the Archbishop of Canterburie the bishops of Winchester and Yorke not by money accordyng to the custome of the courte of Rome but by equitie For these Prelates at that tyme pursued their controuersies in the courte of Rome And the same saincte Bernard vpon this place afore alledged out of saincte Luke The kynges of the earth haue dominion ouer them c. hath these woordes It is plaine dominion is forbidden vnto Apostles Goe therefore and be so bolde saieth sainct Bernarde to Pope Eugenius as to vsurpe to thy self either the Apostleship vsyng dominion or dominion beyng Apostolike Doubtlesse thou art forbidden the one or the other If thou wilte haue bothe a like thou shalt lose bothe And so foorth telling hym plainly that if he will needes raigne he shal be of that compainie of whō God speaketh by y e Prophet Thei