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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19296	A sermon profitably preached in the church within her Maiesties honourable Tower, neere the citie of London ...	Anderson, Anthony, d. 1593.	1586 (1586)	STC 571; ESTC S108526	34,033	110

in Englande our gracious Queene Eliz●beth To kingly parents Pet. 2. the Lord ●●th ●●●●aunded charged vs to giue 〈…〉 tribute obedience wil● 〈…〉 silence suf● 〈…〉 hony ney● 〈…〉 raigne 〈…〉 they be neither Christians nor comfortable to their subiects but Heathen Princes Idolatrous kings or cruell Tyrāts as these and many suth other places doe proue 1. Sam. 10.25.8.11.12.13 Iere. 29.7 Exod. 21. Psal 20.82 Eccle. 9. Pro. 6.24 Ma. 21.21 Mar. 12.17 Luc. 20.25 Ro. 13.1 1. Pet. 2.13.17 1. Tim. 2.1.2.3 And the disobedience hereto draweth Gods vengeaunce as the Apostle saith and the scripture proueth as the plagues of Corah Dathan and Abiram by the very hande of God from heauen doe testifie his hate of disobedience in earth to his appointed Magistrates Yea our fealtye and allegeaunce ought to be such vnto them as we permit not an euill thought to possesse nay not to enter our bosomes 〈…〉 ●m For the byrds of th● 〈…〉 shall ●cle 10. bewray ei● 〈…〉 ●ll reue● 〈…〉 ●n 18.9 sho● 〈…〉 either equall or aboue God but forsomuch as he is the Lorde omnipotent ouer all therefore it cannot be that man or Angell canne graunt either freedome against this commaunded duetye or in any sorte to discharge vs of the same yet naye the lesse that manne of sinne the Antichrist of Rome doth take vpon him in his Bulles both thither and into Fraunce to doe the one and the other And he hath hereby besotted many fine witts and made dronken into this rebellion not a fewe able persons to haue serued her Maiestie in much better sort But I beseech you Syr Pope by what aucthoritye doe you discharge our english subiectes of their moste bounden dutie to her Maiestie their naturall Soueraigne sith you are but an Italian Priest or Bishop haue no place much lesse setth Regall power in England His friendes do aunswere 〈◊〉 him thus That ●ee is the Vicar 〈…〉 earth Surely sir but not 〈…〉 For the scrip● 〈…〉 sente an● 〈…〉 to the ende of the worlde Mar. 16.20 Hebr. 13.21 And for the ciuill gouernement hee confirmed that Regiment he founde as of olde by himselfe established commaunding euery nation to obeye their superiour powers and to giue their King that whiche is his Yea and Christ himselfe for example to all Christians though hee bee freedome it selfe and Subiecte to no creature but soueraigne ouer all yet both himselfe and his Peter Mat. 17.25 he paid tribute money teaching by the miracle of the fishe that all possible meanes must be made by sea and land of euery subiect bond or free to our duety vnto our Caesar least wee shoulde in any suche sorte offende them And for the spirituall gouernement hee neuer committed it vnto one alone no not among the 12. Apostles but rather reprooued that ambition in them and sette this downe for a lawe that whiche of them shoulde hunger after he●d shippe he shoulde 〈◊〉 farre depre● 〈◊〉 his 〈…〉 hadd● 〈…〉 And when he sent out to preach he gaue equall commission saying Goe yee Mat. 20 2● Mat. 16.15 and preache and baptise c. And the Apostle Paule sayth not that Christ hath sette not onely one Vycarre in his absence till his returne But ascending and leading Captiuitye Captiue Ephe. 4 hee hath giuen not one gifte to one vniuersall Pastor or Elder vppon the whole Churche but giftes to menne as that in the persone of many his holy spirite maye raigne and rule in the heartes of all that feare him Hee hath therefore geuen some to bee Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes and some Pastours and Teachers that in this Aristocratia his spirite might gouerne his Church not in a Monarchy as the Pope would haue it Neither doth that place so often alleaged serue his turne Tibi dabo claues c. M●t. 26. For besides that these keyes haue no power to shut vp the Pallace from the Prince nor Royall kings from their Regall digni●ies or yet other men from their earth 〈…〉 But are giuen to open 〈…〉 of the Gospell by the office of preaching and to shutte out of Gods congregation for a time suche as doe continue to heare his voice and to obey his holy commaund So when this promise was performed it was giuen in common to al the Apostles with him in equality Christ saying to them altogether Receiue ye not thou Peter alone or first or aboue the rest the holy ghost whose sinnes ye remit they are remitted c. Thus Christ and his Apostles left the state of his Churche And if it should be otherwise I must needes wōder at Peter his softnes that hauing such authority aboue the rest giuen him of Christ he would beare so base a mind as to suffer not onely his equalls to vsurpe his preheminence but his inferiours the Elders in the Churche to vse asmuch power in doctrine and gouernment Ecclesiasticall as he Or yet that hee woulde not excommunicat the Apostle Paule Gall. 1. for reprouing him openly before the people in Antioch Surely the very reason w●●ch●●● that as hee was 〈…〉 a shrewde che● 〈…〉 he was of an heauenly spirit and tooke reproofe as a medicine to that disease and neuer sette himselfe aboue his brethren but ioyned himselfe with his inferiours for calling yet equall in power saying 1. Pet. 5.1 The Elders which are among you I beseeche which am also a fellowe Elder c. Consenior is your vulgare translation Feede the flocke c. Not as Lordes ouer Gods herytage but that yee may be ensamples to the flocke And when that chiefe shepheard shall appeare ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory Note this good brethren Peter is but a fellowe Elder with his brethren Heb. 13.20 and doth so entitle himselfe And note also that he referreth the name of chief princely or heade to the onely Shephearde of our soules Iesus Christ alone And to conclude this point if Christ gaue not any one the preheminence of all if hee appointed not a Monarchye but a Churche gouernement Aristo●●●ticall videlicet to rule by sundry 〈…〉 no larger keyes then the rest if he tooke no more vppon him then a fellowe Elder if hee became not a comptroler of the whole Church but was vnder the censure of his brethren that did discerne him how canne it come to passe were hee Peter his successour as Symon Magus doth rather challenge him that vnder the name of Peter the Apostle whose limitation by Gods spirite was ouer the Iewes and Paules commission rather more Bishoplike ouer the Gentiles this Antichrist of Rome shoulde haue such aucthoritye ouer our soueraigne so farre distant from his territorye or Bishopricke as to excommunicate her Maiestie to discrownize her Royall person and to release her subiectes from the bondes of their alleageaunce and as it fitteth the nature of that monstrous Hydra to sanctifie as saintes all such cursed soules as woulde embrue their handes in her right Innocent bloude The