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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04483	A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589.	1582 (1582)	STC 14614; ESTC S107782	85,989	232

and goodes to our priuate vse and so maintaining the good estate of our neighbours For paying our rents to Landlordes and custome and tribute where tribute and custome are due Let not any obey these lawes saieth the Pope Lette no man dare obey hir or hir will or commaundements or lawes Estéeme not hir law as a law take not hir to be your Quéene Is not this fatherly Counsel Are they not happy which follow it What godly creature euer gaue the like What Patriarke or Prophet or Euangelist or Apostle euer sent the like commissions into the worlde Pius wil be called the Uicar of Christ. Did Christe euer sette vp himselfe against the Prince did hée so teach his Disciples was it any parte of that doctrine he hath left vs Pius telleth vs he is Successour to Peter and Paule that he is inuested in their auctoritie and enthronized in their chaire Let vs conferre the doctrine of Peter Paule with that whiche is written vy their Successour Pius sayeth of our Soueraigne Let no man be subiect to hir or obey hir But Peter saith Submitte your selues to all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto the King as vnto the Superiour or vnto Gouernours as vnto them whiche are sente of him for the punishment of euil doers and for the praise of them that doe well for o i● the will of God And againe he saith Feare God honour the King Peter sayeth it is the will of God that you obey your Prince Pius gainesayth Obey not your Prince my wil is that you obey not Paule hath left words for our obediēcs Let euerie soule be subiect to the higher powers for ther is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinaunce of God and they that resiste receiue vnto them selues iudgement For hee is the Minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe euill feare for he beareth not the sworde in vaine Wherefore yée must be subiect not bicause of wrath onelye but also for conscience sake Giue therefore tribute to whome you owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whome you owe honour Nowe sayeth Pius Let no soule be subiect to the higher powers resiste power resiste the ordinaunce of God bee not Subiecte neyther for wrath nor for conscience Yeelde youre Prince no tribute no custome no feare and no honour Howe agréeth this with the Apostle Whether it be right in the sight of God that you be lead by Peter Paul the Apostles of Christ or by Pope Pius iudge yée And for what Prince doth Paul require this of the Romanes for Nero an enemie vnto God and godlinesse and al that liued godly who destroied and burned their citie who slewe his mother ripped that bellie which brought him to life a Monster in nature and the most wicked ruler that euer raigned And yet doeth Paule require them to obey him bicause he is the Minister of God c. Who was like to Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon he was the rod of the Lords wrath he oppressed the people of God fired and razed their Citie sacked their Sanctuary and spoyled their Tēple yet are the people commaunded to praye for the life of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon and for the life of Baltazar his sonne that their daies may bee vpon earth as the dayes of heauen And againe God speaketh by the Prophet Hieremie I haue caused you to be caried away Captiues from Ierusalem vnto Babylon Seeke the prosperitie of the citie whether I haue sent you away Captiues and pray vnto the Lord for it for in the peace thereof shall you haue peace If the Apostle withdrewe not the Romanes from the subiection of Nero if the Prophets willed the children of Israel to praye for Nabuchodonosor who were wicked Princes will Pope Pius tell the Subiectes vnto a godly and vertuous Ladie that they muste not obeye hir Into what case doth he lead miserable simple men that giue him some credite Howe doth he amaze them God telleth vs we receiue to our selues iudgment if we resist his ordinance Pius saith we are accursed vnlesse we doe resist it What shal a simple mā do Which way shall hée folowe If he obey God he must forsake Pope Or if heé obey the Pope he must forsake God If hée obey the Prince as God willeth him then the Pope cursseth him Or if hée disobey the Prince as the Pope willeth him then doth God condemne him The commaundement of the one is as contrarie to the commaundement of the other as light is contrarie vnto darkenesse But thankes be to God who hath filled vs with the knowledge of his will We know Pope Pius is no God We pray for him that he may be the seruant of God Paul hath warned vs if an Angel from heauen or if any man preach vnto you otherwise than that you haue receiued let him be accursed We haue receiued of Paul and of Peter and of God him selfe that we shoulde obey yet dareth Pope Pius no Angel but a man commaund vs that no man obey no not vnder paine of his cursse Accursed is he for so commaunding we haue good warrant to say he is accursed ●mnes qui illt quomodocunque iurauerunt à 〈◊〉 amento huiusmod● ac omni prorsus domin●●● fidelitatis obsequij debito perpetuò absolutos declaramus We pronounce that all whosoeuer by any occasion haue taken their oathe vnto hir are for euer discharged of such their oath and also from all fealtie and seruice which was due to hir by reason of hir gouernement Doth Pope Pius knowe what an oath meaneth Doth hee knowe what it is to sweare by the name of God An oathe is a solemne promise made betwéene men wherein God who knoweth the secrets of the heart is called to witnesse of the doing As for example wée haue taken this oath I will be a true and liege Subiect to our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth I will neither in worde nor deede procure hir euill I will not conceale any treason or conspiracie against hir and this doe I promise as I hope to be saued by the bloude of Iesus Christ and I take witnesse to this of God who seeth the singlenesse of my heart beseeching him to auenge it vpon me to put my name out of the booke of the liuing and to giue mee no portion in the kingdome of Christ of God if I willingly or wittingly breake this my promise Such is the oath which we haue taken to hir highnesse This is nothing saith Pope Pius I can dispense with it I am able to dispense against the lawe of nature against the Canons of the Apostles against the newe Testament I can dispense for all thinges done contrary to the commaundements of the old and new Testament I can dispense against the lawe of God I am aboue all generall Councels my wil must be kept

the fruit therof appeare but reiect it and make it a reproch and cast it away from vs and therfore is it that the Lord doth cast vs away that we are vnwise that we please our selues with our own deuises and follow our owne imaginatiōs and perish because we haue not vnderstanding to heare y e instruction of the Lords word but like ignorant mē disallow it and cast it behinde the backe The consideration hereof moueth mée to say somewhat of the holy Scriptures whyche are the bright Sunne of God whiche bring light vnto our wayes and comforte to all parts of our life and saluation to our soules In whiche is made knowen vnto vs our estate and the mercie of God in Christe our Sauiour witnessed That we may the better sée the path whiche wée haue to walke in my meaning is truely and plainely and shortly to shewe you what Auctoritie and Maiestie the worde of God beareth then what Profite we maye reape by it also howe needeful it is that we be wel instructed in the holy Scriptures and what Pleasure and Delectation a Christian conscience may finde in them and lastle whether they be darke and doubtfull or plaine and easie for youre vnderstanding that when we know the Maiestie and Auctoritie of the worde and what comforte and profitte GOD giueth vs by it we depriue not our selues thereof by oure vnthankefulnesse nor close vp our eyes that we sée it not but heare it in reuerence and in feare that it may be fruitfull in vs and we receiue it not in vaine The Scriptures are the worde of God What title can ther be of greater value what may be said of them to make them of greater auctoritie thā to say The Lord hath spoken them That they came not by the wil of men but holie men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost At the worde or Proclamation of an earthly Prince we stand vppe and vaile our bonnets and giue good eare to it we are bounde so to doe it is oure duetie such honour belongeth to the powers that are placed to rule ouer vs for they are ordained of God And who soeuer resisteth them resssteth the ordinance of God If we shoulde haue a reuelation and heare an Angell speake vnto vs how carefull would we be to marke and remember and be able to declare the words of the Aungel yet is an Aungel but a glorious creature and not God And what is a King greate and mightie yet mortall and subiecte to death creature and not God And what is a King great and mightie yet mortall and subiecte to death His breath departeth and his name shal perishe Bothe he and his worde his power and his puissance shall haue an ende But the word of the Gospell is not as the worde of an earthly Prince It is of more Maiestie than the word of an Angel The Apostle sayeth If the worde spoken by Aungels was stedfaste and euerie transgression disobediēce receiued a iust recompence of rewarde how shall wee escape if wee neglecte so great saluation whiche at the firste beganne to bee preached by the Lorde and was confirmed vnto vs by them that hearde him God saith by the Prophet Esay My word shal accomplish that whiche I will and it shal prosper in the thing whereto I sent it And the same Prophet saith The worde of God shall stand for euer And It is more easie that Heauen and Earth passe awaie than that one title of the Lawe shoulde faile sayth our fauiour For it is the worde of the liuing and almightie God of the God of Hostes whyche hathe done whatsoeuer pleased him bothe in heauen and in earth By thys worde he maketh hys will knowen I haue not spoken of my selfe sayeth Christe but the Father whiche sente mee gaue mee a commaundemente what I shoulde saye and what I shoulde speake And againe If I hadde not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde not haue had sinne but now haue they no cloake for their sinne No man hath séene God at any time He is inuisible no eie can reach vnto him The onelye begotten sonne whyche is in the bosome of hys Father he hath declared him he hathe shewed vs the throne of grace that wée may seeke for mercie and finde grace in time of néede he hath disclosed vnto vs the will of his father He hath lefte vnto vs and ordained that we should heare his holy worde Thys word the Angelles and blessed spirits vsed when they came down from Heauen to speake vnto the people when they came to the blessed Uirgine and to Ioseph and to others they spake as it was written in the Prophetes and in the Scriptures of God they thought not their owne auctoritie sufficient but they tooke credite to theyr saying and auctoritie to their message oute of the worde of God This Worde the Prophetes vouched and alleadged to the people Albeit they were sanctified in their mothers wombe albeit God had endued them with his heauenly spirite although a Seraphin came vnto one of them and touched his mouth with a hote coale albeit he sawe the Lorde sitting vpon an high throne yet they woulde not speake as of themselues but onelye in the name of the Lord for thus they vsed to say The Lord hath spoken this is the worde of the Lorde Heare what the Lorde saith Sainct Paule albeit hée was taken vppe into the third Heauen and into Paradise and hearde wordes that are not lawefull for man to vtter yet he wrote not his owne words to the Churches of Rome of Corinth and Thessalonica and of other places but deliuered which had receiued and taught them according to the Scriptures This word is the true Manna it is the bread which came downe from Heauen it is the key of the kingdom of heauen it is the sauour of life vnto life it is the power of God vnto saluation In it God sheweth vnto vs hys mighte hys wisedome and his glorie By it he wil be knowen of vs. By it he will be honored of his creaturs Whatsoeuer truth is brought vnto vs contrarie to the word of God it is not truth but falsehoode and errour whatsoeuer honour done vnto God disagréeth from the honor required by his worde it is not honour vnto God but blasphemie As Christ saith In vaine they worship me teaching for doctrines mens precepts By Esay God saith Who required this at your hands And by Ieremie I spake not vnto your Fathers nor commaunded them when I brought them out of the lande of Aegipt concerning burnt offerings Sacrifices But this thing commaunded I them saying obey my voice and I will bee your God and yee shall be my people and walke yee in all the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that it may bee well vnto you Againe What is the Chaffe to the Wheate saith the Lord What are your dreames to be weighed with the truth of God Search the

of God and that he saith Let no soule be subiect to the higher powers let euery soule resist the Prince let him withstand the ordinance of God be not obedient neither for wrath nor for conscience giue no custome nor tribute nor feare nor honour vnto hir Remember if thou obey thy Prince as God hath commaunded thée thou art accursed by the Pope or if thou disobey the Prince as the Pope requireth thée thou art condemned by the iudgemēt of God Remember that the Pope hath conferēce with traitours in all countries that he raiseth Subiectes against their Princes that he causeth Princes to plague their Subiectes that he hath no regard of the stranger and the fatherlesse that hée suffereth Iewes and Harlots to liue in wealth and peace with him at Rome yet will not suffer a Christian and lawfull Prince to liue in y ● peace of hir own Countrie at home that he is the procurer of theft and murder of rebellion and dissention in the land that he hath sent in a Bul● to shewe his meaning and to worke our disquiet so bold and vaine impudent a Bul and so full fraught with blasphemie and vntruth as neuer before him did any Let these thinges neuer bée forgotten Let your children remember them for euer Let vs your children with vs pray God saue Queene Elizabeth and confound all those which rise vp against hir Let vs at the length take knowledge of the Pope of his enterprise boldnes He his Predecessours haue deceiued y ● worlde our Fathers before vs. Let vs bee no more children in vnderstanding God hath giuen vs the light of his word we haue by it espied wherein they robbed vs let vs be no more deceiued I say vnto you againe I beséech you let vs at the length take knowledge of the Pope and of his enterprise and boldnesse Hée and his Predecessours haue deceiued the worlde our Fathers before vs. Let vs be no more children in vnderstanding God hath giuen vs the light of his word we haue by it espied wherein they robbed vs. Let vs be no more deceiued And thou O most merciful Father bée our defence in these daungerous times The Lyon rangeth and séeketh whome he may deuour Looke downe from thy heauens vpon vs. Giue thy grace vnto Elizabeth thy seruant Thou hast placed hir in the seate of hir fathers thou hast made hir to be a comfort vnto thy people thou hast endewed hir with manifold gifts shadow hir vnder the wings of thy mercifull protection confound and bring to nothing the counsell of hir enemies direct the worke of thine owne hands establish that O God which thou hast wrought in vs so we which bée thy people and the shéepe of thy pasture shal giue thée honour and praise for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Treatise of the holy Scriptures gathered out of certaine Sermons which the reuerend Father in God Bishoppe Iewel preached at Salisburie Anno. Domini 1570. AMONG al his creatures in heauen or earth God hath not made any like vnto the Sunne in the firmament the beames where of are beautifull and pleasaunte and doe giue comforte in all places to all things It reioyceth the whole and relieueth the sicke it causeth birds to sing fishes to play cattel to stirre wormes to créepe grasse to grow and trées to bring fruit it reneweth the face of the whole earth Yet a blind man hath no pleasure in the beauty therof because he is blind and cannot sée it Yet a deade man hath no warmth by the heate thereof because he is dead and féeleth it not Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate and in the companie of Gods Angles God walked and did talke with him He heard the voice and behelde the presence of God The riuers yéelded waters aboundantly the trées brought him foode of life He had plentie without trauel he had pleasures ioy and his hearts desire But Adam was vnthankfull he knew not God the worker of his happinesse he knewe not the place in whic● he was he knew not his owne state and blessednesse therefore the wrath of the Lord grewe against him he fell into the snares of the Deuil he became mortall and returned to dust What nation in all the Worlde so happy as Israel they were deliuered by a mightie hand out of Aegipt from the tyrannie of Pharao from seruage and vilanie Their children were no more slaine before their faces They passed through the bottome of the Sea as vpon drie land When they were hungrie there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought them Quailes from the sea and Manna was giuen them from Heauen to eate when they thirsted the rocks opened and powred oute water that they and theyr beastes might drinke In battaile they were mightie and strong no power was able to stande against them The Lord wente before them by daye in a pillar of a cloude to leade them the waye and by night in a pillar of fire to giue them lighte When they called vpon the Lord he heard them When they trusted in him they were not confounded But they grewe vnmindfull of all these mercies and murmured agaynste the Lorde and againste his seruauntes therefore God raught forth his hand against them He sware in his wrath that they shoulde not enter into his reste Hee sent his Angel and destroied them in the wildernesse Euen so fareth it with all suche whiche regarde not the worde of their saluation because they haue eares and heare not nor will vnderstande with their harts the furie of the Lord shal be kindled against them The Prophet saith in the name of God to Israell I haue sent vnto them al my seruants the Prophets yet would they not heare mee nor encline their eare And Behold I sowe my law in you that it may bring foorth fruit in you But our fathers which receiued the lawe kept it not neither obserued thine ordinaunces neyther did the fruite of thy lawe appeare For they that receyued it perished bicause they kepte not the thing that was sowen in them Samuell telleth Saul Thou haste caste away the word of the Lord and the Lord hathe caste awaye thee Againe Ieremie sayeth How do yee saye wee are wise and the Lawe of the Lorde is with vs they haue reiected the word of the Lord and what wisedome is in them Againe Vnto whom shal I speake and admonish that they may heare Behold their eares are vncircumcised and they cannot hearken beholde the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche they haue no delight in it I wil cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of theyr owne imaginations because they haue not taken heede vnto my wordes nor to my lawe but cast it off After this sorte dothe God shewe the cause why his word taketh not place in vs bicause we are wilfull and will not heare it nor receiue it nor take delight in it nor let