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A11520	The history of the quarrels of Pope Paul. V. with the state of Venice In seuen books. Faithfully translated out of the Italian, and compared with the French copie.; Historia particolare delle cose passate tra'l sommo pontefice Paolo V. e la serenissima republica di Venetia. English	Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.; Potter, Christopher, 1591-1646.	1626 (1626)	STC 21766; ESTC S116772	184,594	464

and Apostolique See his infallible Iudgement and vnlimited Iurisdiction How by degrees he plucked vp all ancient Pales and Boundaries extended his Diocesse all ouer the Earth and at length inclosed all Christendome within the walls of Rome His first attempt to this purpose was to depresse his Concurrent of Constantinople in spite of so many Canons of ancient Generall Councels so iealous of their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ecclesiasticall limits and so often assigning to those Two Prime Patriarches 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 equall Honour and Authority which he easily compassed by fauouring the Treasons and Parricides of that vsurper Phocas receiuing from Him in recompence the Title so much detested by Gregory 1. of Oecumenicall Bishop After this he contended with all Catholique Bishops in that quarrell about Images and against them all gained his Processe in that ridiculous Packe the second Synod of Nice At last being encouraged with this great successe his Arrogance still prompting Him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he fell to contest with Emperours themselues in apparence for Ecclesiasticall Inuestitures in truth for Soueraignty Confounding all Europe with horrible ruines tumults and bloudshed firing all Countries with his Excommunications Interdicts which were indeed but Igues fatui neuer penetrating contrary to the lightning of Heauen but where they found no resistance and receiuing all their heat and vigor from the cold patience and weaknesse of the Times and assuming to himselfe a vaste power to dethrone Kings at his pleasure and to tosse their Crownes like so many Tennis-Balles Till in conclusion he was saluted Dominus Deus noster Papa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 no more a Mortall and had seised himselfe as in fee of all Churches and Kingdomes all Bishops being now his Curates and all Kings in his account his Vassals and Homagers With such lewd impostures and holy trum peries he cheated our innocent Forefathers hauing first blindfolded them by withdrawing the diuine light of Scriptures and by planting a fatall ignorance of all good Letters which together with the superstition which followed so amused and enfeebled all Spirits that they were rendred capable of any absurdest impressions But it exceeds all wonder that he should yet still continue to put his iugling tricks upon this Age of Light and Learning wherein he hath beene so often convicted and stigmatized for a Coozener Vnlesse haply his lanizaries the Iesuites make Him beleeue that they haue subdued all Peoples under his Blind Obedience and taught them like uncleane Beasts or like Themselues to swallow his morsels without chewing to receiue his Commandements without disputing If He nourish any such impudent hopes the stout Venetians as appeares in this History will helpe to disabuse Him and lend Him spectacles if He be not starke blind to see his Error Besides those Excellent Wits of that Republique all collected in the Latine by Goldastus which vpon this occasion canuased the Controuersies haue so learnedly nullified these Papall pretensions and Censures that hereafter his wisest course will be to play these parts vpon the stages of Iapan or Mexico among his new silly Conuerts not in Europe where an Asse is easily knowne from a Lyon and his Rodomantades in this kinde will finde as much credit as Lucians true Histories In one word We are told in this History pag. 117. by an Oracle our late blessed Soueraigne of Immortall Memory and it is a truth as cleare as if it were Solis radio scriptum in the Prouerbe of Tertullian written with a Sunne-beame that the onely pride of this Vsurper hath bred and fomented all Contentions in point of Religion miserably difioynted the Catholique Church into so many fragments and pieces and still keeps fresh the bleeding wounds and ruptures of Christendome Whilest he is obstinate in despite of God and Men to erect his absolute Monarchy and to that end urges euery Canon of the Trent Councell more rigorously than any part of Canonicall Scripture and all those new Articles of Pope Pius the fourth his Creed more then the old ones of the Apostles Whilest be disdaines to acknowledge his Humanitie by exempting Himselfe from Error obtrudes vpon the World euery fantafie of his Court for a Catholique veritie and presumes as if he had the keeping of the Booke of Life to raze out of the Communion of Saints all that are not of his Schismaticall Congregation as if Fides Catholica were now nothing but Fides Vrbica or Vrbana and as if they had no part in Christ Iesus who are not in the part of Pope Vrban iust the old iargon of Donatus one of the Patriarchs of Popery Now for these broyles at Venice it had beene a Miracle far exceeding all that euer were wrought by Father Xauier or any of his Comperes in the East or West Indies if the Iesuites had not beene tampering with their bellowes in this fire Although in the euent by the iust prouidence of God all the smoake was blowne into their owne Eyes and their owne Nests by this fire consumed For this wise Republique obseruing the seditious humor of these wicked Spirits meerely incompatible with the Peace of any State thought best to coniure them out of their Dominions and accordingly by an irreuocable Decree which will not be so easily demolished as that Pyramide erected once at Paris to their infamy banished them for euer Grounding their Iudgement vpon this euidence pag. 138. that the Iesuites haue beene the sole Authors of all discords disorders and miseries in this Age thorowout all Kingdomes of the World And certainly few parts of the Habitable Earth haue escaped their bloudy and violent Practises neither is it possible in Europe to name that Countrey saue only Spaine and the House of Austria their great Patrons wherein those restlesse Furies haue not beene kindling Combustions and plotting the diuision and consequently the desolation of the State Without question when they goe to their owne place the Deuill is wise enough to pin vp these Broüillons in some close dungeon by themselues for otherwise they would disturbe Hell it selfe and Satan should haue no peace in his owne Kingdome which as our Sauiour tells vs if it be diuided cannot stand Nor doe they onely act but teach Sedition giue rules of disloyalty periury and parricide make their Disciples beleeue that Rebellion is a vertue and the murthering of a Prince a merit that a Clarke cannot be a Traitor because he is no Subiect and that a King ought not to raigne or liue if he serue not the Pope who hath directly or indirectly it matters not all Power in Heauen and Earth These are the Maximes of their Cabale aboue 30. Iesuites of late haue beene openly challenged by the Vniuersity of Paris in the name of all the others of France to haue published these execrable Doctrines tending to the ruine of Mankinde And lest they should want Actors for any of their Tragedies in time of need they haue their Chambers of Meditation which are clearely so many Seminaries of