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A79535 A christal for the clergie, especially those that are corrupt in doctrine, scandalous in their lives and conversations. An. Dom. 1641. 1642 (1642) Wing C3932; Thomason E135_40; ESTC R16423 3,770 7

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them the Germans therefore flaine by Treason Leo himselfe hardly escaped Hildebrand himselfe by degrees obtained the Popedome where he so carried himselfe that no man except blind but might perceive his divelish government requited the Emperor Henry the fourth for his carring away into Germany by Henry the second This Pope also excommunicateth Henry the fourth deprived him of the dignity Imperiall moreover hee stirred up his subjects against him and absolved the Rebells and Traitors of their oathes of fidelity and he himselfe like a Monarch gave the Crowne of the Empire unto others at his pleasure The power therefore and treasure of the Empire hath he so worne and wasted what with civil and what with forraigne warrs that these many yeers now the Kings of Almaine have never beene able to recover their force nor yet to resist the most Arrogant tyranny of the Popes Gregory the ninth whilst Fredericke that Excellent Prince made war in Siria for religion with the Soldan invaded and kept the Provinces of Frederick There were cruell warres betwixt the Popes and this Frederick Innocentius the fourth stirreth up the Prince of Theoring against Conrade the fourth of that name and Sonne of Fredericke the second and when the Emperour Conrade was dead the Pope obtained the good will of the Neapolitanes to yeeld themselves to the See of Rome Conrade a Sonne and heire Conradine and Manfrede his bastard Brother which would bee called King of Cicily wherefore Pope Vrbano the fourth Sonne to King Clement the fourth Manfred sent for Charles Brother to Lewis the french King Earl of Province and of Gaunt to come with an Army into Italy and called him King of Cicilie who overcame and slew Manfred at Bewent and received the Kingdomes of the Pope to doe him homage There were slaine in the battell betweene them 12000. the occasion thereof being the Popes Many such like instances might be taken out of History but these shall suffice for the present it only remaines to compare the impurity tyranny and malice of those Bishops in the beginning of superstition idolatry and these times wherein we now live with the Bishops and Clergy of this Kingdome What hath beene more used by our Bishops of our time especially the Archbishop of Canterbury in his hierarchy at Lambeth in his Courts of inquisition high Commission I would say then excommunications deprivations and degradations of learned and zealous Ministers and teachers of the word of God and other his Majesties good and loyall subjects so far as their power could extend beganne to deny the Princes supremacy in causes ecclesiasticall what may we conceive would they have attempted if God in mercy by the wisdome of our gracious Soveraign and his great Councell of State had not prevented the same Secondly what divelish practice what stratagem what treason by poysoning otherwise attempted by the Arch enemies of our peace the Priests and Iesuits against not onely the persons of godly and Religious Peers the whole Parliament and state of the Kingdome but they directly or indirectly have had a hand in the same what then may we thinke of them if they had power to their malice Thirdly and lastly what commotions in Scotland what warres betweene England and that Kingdome did they endeavour to stir up and raise seeking by the destruction and confusion of both Kingdomes to worke their ends and purposes and what distractions and troubles hath beene in this Kingdome what miseries and calamities that are fallen upon Ireland but some of the Bishops have beene agitators and actors therein And thus much of this Christall wherein the Clergy that are concerned may cleerly see themselves and their actions and learne to amend and turne from their evills wayes doing good in the Church for the evill they have formerly practised which God grant or otherwise cut them off or remove them from amongst his children and Saints that their examples may be no more stumbling blocks to hinder their walking in the paths of righteousnesse piety and godlinesse FINIS