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A13255	A mustre of scismatyke bysshopes of Rome otherwyse naming them selues popes, moche necessarye to be redde of al the kynges true subiectes. Cum priuilegio.	Swinnerton, Thomas, d. 1554.; Robertes, Johan, pseud.	1534 (1534)	STC 23552; ESTC S104852	33,594	89

sentence / so that all men may se playnly that Iames knowledged no superiorite in Peter whiche he must haue done yf there had ben any in Peter Yea yf there sholde be any prymateshyp or superyorytye in any of Chrystes discyples me thynketh it sholde be in Iudas and Silas whiche in the same chapytre folowynge be called heed men or superyours among the bretherne whiche yet can not be vnderstande as cōcernyng any power that they had more than their felowes but for some other syngler gyft wherin they passed the rest And yet in all scrypture is there no place that speaketh so moche for Peter That Peter also had no more authorite than any other of thapostels is easy to se in the xviij of Mathewe where they receyued all as moche as hygh as great power as Peter had promysed vnto hym in the sayd .xvj. chapiter al though the wordes myght be referred to Peter alone / as we haue iustly fortyfyed before that they were not The wordes of the .xviij. chapytre ben these Trewly I say vnto you sayth Christ to his apostels that what so euer ye shall bynde vpon erthe shall be bounde in heuen / and what so euer ye shall lose vpon erthe shall be losed in heuen who seeth not here in these wordes as moche power conteyned as is in the .xvj. of Mathew where he sayth what so euer thou byndest vpon erthe shall be bounde in heuen / and what so euer thou losest vpon erthe shall be losed in heuen And yet in this .xvj. chapitre of Mathew the power is but onely promysed Wherevnto some of the papystes obiecte well and wysely that goddes promesse is his dede and performaūce meanyng that as soone as the promesse was made which is wryten in the .xvj. of Mathewe it was performed euen by and by I wyll make you a lyke argument Chryste was promysed vnto Aoam that he sholde cōme redeme hym and all his posteritie from thraldom ergo by these wyse papystes reasons Chryste was borne euen by and by And it was promysed in scripture that a pure virgyn and mayde sholde be the sauyour of the worlde ergo yf god alwayes fulfyll his promesse immedyatly Chryst was conceyued and borne vpon our lady before she was borne her selfe thousandes of yeres long before the aungell saluted her and went aboute inuysybly to teche the papistes suche subtyll argumentes No doubte but our papystes ben euer the best lerned and best reasoned men / where there be no mo 〈◊〉 they But let vs ymagyn that the power contayned in the .xvj. of Mathewe was promysed than to Peter only / yet maketh it not for al that that he had any superioryte or primatshyp ouer his felowes / in so moche as the contrary apereth in the xviij of the same euangelyst as it is before declared Suche arguyng is moche lyke as though the kynges grace god saue his hyghnesse hauynge twelue gentylmen standynge before hym and promysynge one of them by name hereafter to make hym knyght of the Bathe but appoyntynge no certayne day / shulde happen afterwardes accordynge to his promesse to doubbe hym knyght of the hathe / but with the other .xj. of his felowes all at one season and tyme. Nowe if this gentylman thus by the kynges grace promoted wolde take vpon hym to be lorde and mayster ouer his felowes bycause the diguyte was fyrste promysed vnto hym / I suppose verily that the rest wolde thynke hygh scorne therof / and compte hym not very wyse nor yet take hym so in d●●e For all be it that the promsse were made vnto hym fyrst / yet they came vnto it as sone as he / and had the same dignite as moche gyuen vnto them as had he / and all at one tyme. And so lykewyse it fareth by the power keys supposed of the papystes to be promysed vnto Peter onely and before al other / although it be as true as that the see burneth But admyt that it were of a truthe / yet dothe it not folowe immediatly that he had any superiorite ouer them / for as moche as euery one of them receyued the same selfe authoryte in the xviij of Mathew / by these wordꝭ Truly I say vnto you saythe Christ that what so euer ye shall bynde in erth shal be boūde in heuen / what so euer ye shal lose in erthe shall be losed in heuen So that the moste which they might proue if their supposycion were true as it is not / were that Peter receyued tha●●orite of byndyng losyng first or any of thother receyued it whiche natwitstādyng is vntrue And agayn that there was no superiorite among the apostels doth the holy apostle Paule proue the seconde chapytre to the Galathy●●s where he saith thus As sone as Iames Cephas Iohn̄ whiche semed to be the pyllers perceyued the grace whiche was gyuen vnto me they gaue vnto me Bar nabas theyr handes / and so forth All the worlde may se by these wordes of Paule that Iames and Peter whiche he calleth Cephas and Iohn̄ were not in dede pyllers and heedes of the rest of thapostles but semed so to be and that to some men / for the vehemencye diligence peraduenture that they shewed aboue their felowes in settyng forth the worde of god Marke here also how he sayth not that onely Peter semed to be the pyller alone but Iames and Iohn̄ semed to be pyllers as well as he and were taken for as greate men as Peter was whiche coude not haue ben if his power had excelled theirs Neyther dothe he saye that Iames Peter Iohn̄ were of any power or pyllers in dede aboue the rest / but onely that they semed to be the pyllers Wherfore it is playne that they were not so but contrarye of egall power and dignitie with the other .ix. Y● le here furthermore by the authoritie of Paule that Iames and Iohn̄ were as hyghly estemed as Peter but neuer man yet sayd that Iames and Iohn̄ had any more authoritie than Andrew Mathew Thomas and the rest wherfore it concludeth that Peter had no more authoritie than all other of thapostles And so it foloweth that the pope hath no more authoritie than an other bysshop Whiche graūted it argueth of necessitie that he hathe no further to do than within his owne diocese whiche ought to extende no further than to the next bysshops diocese adioynyng to his It argueth agayne that he can reserue no cases from an other bysshop that he can not sende any īterdiction in to another bysshops diocese / that he can make no maryages / or gyue any dispensacyons in another bysshops diocese c. Finally it argueth that he can do nothing in an other mannes diocese for that that he hath not the worde of god to bere forth his acte oneles the bysshop of the same for a more aduauntage wyll consent vnto his ●surped power / and wynke ther at Of this it is playne that what so euer power the

bysshop of Rome hathe put in execucion within this realme of Englāde synce the tyme that he fyrst crepte in to it / is and hath ben nothynge els but stronge illusyon vsurpacyon and tyra●●ye / and euery peny that he hathe had playne extorcyon thefte and robberye To this I adde that all be it the wordes of authorytye gyuen vnto all the apostles / and so consequently vnto Peter seme very large and to enclude alle maner of power in them where Chryste sayd What so euer Mathewe xviii ye shall bynde in erthe / shall be bounde in heuen c. Yet I saye that other places of scripture declare / that it ought to be vnderstande of the spirytuall power onely of byndynge and losynge of synne by prechynge the worde of god and mynystrynge the sacramentes That the foresayd wordes include no power ouer temporaltyes or temporall rule / is euydent by the .xviij. chapytre of Iohan where Chryst sayd vnto Pylate My kyngdome is not of this worlde / which is as moche to saye to any wyse man As I am no worldly kynge prynce or ruler nor haue any thynge to do in suche busynesse as concernynge my manhode and the mynystracyon of my fathers worde Here wolde I fayne lerne how the bysshop of Rome came by his temporall power to depose kynges and Emperours seyng that Chryste denyed suche power before good wytnesse I am sure that the bysshop of Rome hathe not more authorytye than Chryst had If Chryst had no temporall kyngdom rule nor power in this worlde / than dare I be bolde to saye that the popet of Rome hath none And for as moche as there be but two maner of condycyons or states in this worlde / that is to wyte / eyther the condicyon and state of a kynge or of a subiecte / it must nedes folowe that the bysshop of Rome who wolde fayne be called pope is nor can be of any other state and condicion than a subiecte / for as 〈…〉 he as he can be of no hygher estate that was Christe / whiche knowledged hym selfe to be but a subiecte before Pylate sayeng If my kyngdome were of 〈◊〉 .xviii. this worlde that is to saye if I were a kynge in this worlde as I am but a subiecte than wolde my mynysters surely lyght that I shulde not be delyuered vnto the iewes / but nowe is not my kyngdom from hence / as who shulde say the contrary is trewe that I am but a subiecte and therfore I may not fight resyst the power and ordynaunce of god but be obedyent thervnto as my father hath cōmaunded Ye to signify that as concernyng his manhode the admynistracion of his fathers worde he his mynisters what name so euer they beare must nedes be subiectes vnto the kynges power / in the .xvij. of Mathew he payeth tribute for hym and Peter ye in Peter for all other thapostels and mynisters of the clergye / whom Peter represented and fygured to teche declare and be an ensample to al that euer shulde succede him and his apostels of their due obedyēce towarde their princes And this he dyd couertly signifyeng that there shulde come in the latter dayes suche false prophetes and Antychristes as wolde teache the contrary and withdrawe their dutye from their souereygnes Here is it euydent oh good reder that the bysshoppe of Rome can be but a subiect nor is but vnto whom Forsoth to themperour Than note my mynde in one thyng Euery man knoweth that what so euer subiecte maketh insurrectyon agaynst his liege lorde and souerayne must nedes be a traytour vnto him to god also The fals●●ysshop of Rome that nowe is otherwyse called the pope hath done ye daily doth the same / ergo he is a traytour to god and themperour ye if thou enserche thystories with good dylygence thou shalte fynde that there haue ben very fewe other this .vij. hundred yeres If the bysshop of Rome be but the emperours subiecte / by what authoryte may he thinkest thou take vpon him to do that thyng that his owne liege lorde and souereygne themperour may not do at the le●st by good authorite and iustyce as to depose and sette vp this kynge and that kynge at his pleasure / whiche his lyege lorde and souereygne the emperour hym selfe can not do And than he beyng but a subiecte howe the dyuell cometh it to passe that he may do it were it a mete thynge that the archbysshoppe of Yorke shulde depose themperour or the kyng of Hungary Nowe seyng that euery bysshop hath as moche authorite one as an other by the lawe of god as we haue proued before / why shulde not the archbysshop of yorke depose the kyng of Hungary or suche another man as well as the byshoppe of Rome that somtyme was named Iunocent the thyrde in a maner deposed the moste vertuous prince kynge Iohan of Englande / and brought hym to that extremyte that he must nedes to saue his lyfe crowne and his realme from further inconuenyentes beyng a kyng knele downe before a knaue called Pandulph the bysshoppe of Romes legate and yelded vp his crowne to the sayde Pandulphe as in to the handes of that foule monstre and hoore of Babylone Innocent beforesayd / whiche crowne the sayd Pandulph receyued and kept fyue dayes in his handes My stomacke abhorreth to declare any further of the mater therfore I beseche the what so euer thou art good reder and the kynges trewe subiectes to seke the rest thy selfe In my conscyence if that same mater were well pondred and regarded with a trewe iudgement and a true subiectes herte of all them that maye and do rede it / with other moste shamfull abhomynacions that haue ben sythe that practysed by that babylonycall strompet of Rome and hers / as well in all partyes beyonde the sees as in our natyfe countrey and realme of Englande I doubte not that if all trewe englysshmen knewe them perfytely and pondred theym as they shulde do but that they wolde ye and therto myght with ryght good cōseyence detest defye bespytte and abhorre that same foule tode of Rome as they wolde and myght the graunde dyuell and capytayne of hell Lucifer prince of darknesse Nowe to make an ende of this mater I haue proued that the bysshop of Rome called pope by vsurpacyon hath no more authorite than an other bysshop and that by scrypture doctours and the papystes owne gloses And that furthermore the power that he hath with all other bysshoppes is more spyrituall / and hym selfe but a subiecte with all his to the kynge and his lawes bothe morall iudyciall And that haue I dene by the authorite of Christes own wordes vnto Pylate in the xviij chapyter of Iohan where Christe saith Mykingdom is not of this worlde as who shulde say / I am no kynge or ruler of the worlde / and than must he nedes be a subiecte Seyng than that Christ was but a subiecte in this