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A03851	A view of the Romish hydra and monster, traison, against the Lords annointed: condemned by Dauid, I. Sam. 26. and nowe confuted in seuen sermons to perswade obedience to princes, concord among our selues, and a generall reformation and repentaunce in all states: by L.H.; View of the Romish hydra and monster, traison, against the Lords annointed: condemned by David, I. Sam. 26. and nowe confuted in seven sermons.	Humphrey, Laurence, 1525 or 6-1589.	1588 (1588)	STC 13966; ESTC S118809	105,796	218

the murdering hande the murdering tongue the murdering heart against Princes be guilty also by this Law't We vnderstād what they say in their Popish Decrees And this also I would haue our coūtrymen note that if any haue taken an oath to Pope or any other C. 12. q. 5. 〈◊〉 Glossa Tamen contra propriā patriam non iuuabit ipsum He shal not aid any man or master against his own coūtry And whereas in sundry places of scripture we are bound by the commaundement of God to obey to honour to fear the King and al higher power as the places rehearsed before declare now their Law inforceth that beeing a precept or commaundement it must be doone and followed Whosoeuer obeyeth not commandements C. 14 q. 1. is guiltie and a debtour of the penaltie out of Austin De sermone Domini in Monte. And in the same Title out of Gregory That which is giuen in precept is commaunded that which is commaunded must needs be don if it be not done Paenam habet it hath the penalty Why then should any Pope dispense with any Princes subiect and not incurre double punishment in that hee breaketh himselfe and causeth many thousands to commit the like The Popes law can tel him Quod alter mandato nostro facit nos reputamur fecisse The Popish Schoolmen teach That if a man doth not fulfil his penance enioyned to him by his ghostly father he committeth deadly sin Scot. in 4. d. 15. and so doth Bonauenture require obedience to a Prelate vnder paine of death And to disobey a Prince shal it be venial and a thing of nothing Nowe let vs set their owne sayinges and doings in one ballaunce and see how far they disagree from this authority of these fathers The Popes Actes contrarie to their lawes alleadged by their Gratian. It is written that Pope Innocentius the third of that name when he had intermedled and made debate by his double dealing betweene Otho the first and Frederik B. Fulgos lib. 6. he made a cunning collation at Rome in the holy time of Lent of peace and agreement but this iudgement was giuen of that Sermon by a noble Citizen of Rome Iohn Capocius O holy father your wordes are the wordes of God but your deedes are the deedes of the diuell So may wee iudge of the rest of the rabblement of Popes whose lawes compiled out of these fathers are godly in some cases but their own woords works are diuelish Touching woords N●c 〈◊〉 C. 9. qu●s● in their owne high maiestical stile thus they speake It is certainly most euident that the iudgment of the Apostolical See whose authority is greatest must not be retracted of any man neither is it lawful for any man to iudge of her iudgementes And againe Junnocent cap. Nem● The iudge must not be iudged neither of the Emperour neither of al the cleargy neither of Kings And againe The Church of Rome alone by her own authority may iudge of al Calixen● but it is not permitted to any to iudge of her It is a great vsurpation of the Byshop of Rome both in his notorious claime of all Kingdomes and in his oppression of all Kinges which by generall terms and particular discourse may be found in Histories and are couched together in Augustin Steuchus a great Proctor of the Pope euen out of the bowels and priuities of the Popes Epistles Registres De Dona●● Constant cont I aur Vall. The Vniuersality of Rome The generals are Papam habere vetustissimum vniuersalemque Dominatum c that the Pope hath a most auncient and vniuersal dominion ouer the King domes of al the west Church That Rome is content King Pope Queene Rome destroieth all Kinges and Queenes The speciall and peculiar Prouinces of the Pope Sect 93. Spaine and suffereth Kinges to rule so that they acknowledge hir to be Patronam Dominam ac Reginam as the Patronesse Lady and Queen so that al pensions be payed to her and shee as Queene to be saluted worshipped Adoretur These specialties be many Gregory otherwise Hildebrand giueth the Kinges of Spaine to vnderstand Regnum Hispaniae ex antiquis constitutionibus Beato Petro Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae in ius potestatem traditum esse That the Kingdome of Spaine by auncient Recordes and constitutions hath beene giuen vp and deliuered to the right propriety of Blessed Saint Peter and of the holy church of Rome Sect. 94. Hungarie The same Pope writeth to Salomon King of Hungary in like sort chalenging that Kingdome as his proper possession Pope Alexander the third certifieth William Conquerour that before King Iohn offered vppe England to the Church of Rome England it was in the hand of the Prince of the Apostles and vnder his Tutorship or tuitiō vntil some others came who following the pride of Satan Pactum Dei abiecerunt Sect. 95. Anglorum Populum à via veritatis auerterunt that is Vntil they did cast away the couenant of God and turned the people of England frō the way of truth And praiseth English men as faithful Contributours butours Exhibeb●e and Exhibitors to the See Apostolical by a yearly Pension partly to the Byshop and partly to Saint Maries Church Quae vocatur Schola Anglorum which is called the Schole of English men It is likely our English Seminaries receiue some portion and peece of this Exhibition at Rome Rhemes which our Popish Iesuites bragge to bee the Popes liberality The Pope giueth a Pig to our Papistes of our owne Sow But there is another effertuous point in that Popish Register A sure and certaine warrant to William that he shal haue Peter a pitifull and gracious debeour Pium propitium debitorem I know not with what measure of mercy and pitty Saint Peter hath paied this debt to King William but Queene Elizabeth and her predecessours of late haue receiued smal Alms but rather haue felt a shroad recompense The same Alexander chalengeth Denmarke Denmarke tanquam peculium vectigal Romanae Ecclesiae As his owne peculiar and trybutary to his church Sect. 96. Ex Regist Im●●c 3. Alex. 3. Paschalis Bohemia Genua Sect. 97. c Item the Kingdomes of Aragonia of Sardinia of Portugal of Boemeland Swethland Norway Dātia are subiect with like conditions as also Ianua in Italy Our neighbour Fraunce is so holden and King Demetrius and the Queene of Ruscia so confesse to Gregory the seuenth That they receaued it Ex dono Petri Of the ree gyft of Peter And yet their printed Text is in a Distinction against these Registres Imperator non habe● Imperium à Papa Abbas Vrs fol. 231. sod à Deo The Emperour hath his Empire not of the Pope but of God I omit the rest as Croatia Dalmatia who acknowledge that they haue their Regimēt per vexillum c. By the banner sword Scepter and Crown rendred from Gebyzo the Legate

of the people continued stil at his deuotion making his confession vnto God by the thrust of a sworde and by shedding his innocent blood was made pium morris sacrificium a sacrifice and a Martyr to God But Blacco the Captaine that first rushed into the Church made the people in that holy place to shed blood euen in the first entraunce of the Church was first of al murdered as a sacrilegious man towards God and a Parricide towards his King the people afterward repented them of their rashnes tooke this Canutus to be a Saint What should I speak of others rather wolues and vipers dogs then men who thus brutishly deuise say and do against the Lords annointed Is not this woluish foxy generation yet aliue Haue they not doe they not stil practise against our Soueraign notwithstanding the examples of Gods seuerity in al times and countries neither looking backward toward the punishmēt passed in Iury in Italy in Greece in Flanders in France in Hungary in Denmarke and here in England neither looking for-ward on the iudgements to come And what is the cause Onely this in Tertullian Bonus vir Caius Seius Ju Apo●● sed malus ●antùm quia Christianus Item alius Ego Luciune sapientem virum repentè Christia●um factum defero Caius Seius is a good man but he is an il man only because hee is a Christian man And another saith and confesseth Lucius to bee a wise man but sodenly made a Christian man the one they cannot but praise the other they tel as newes of dispraise I say with Tertullian They praise chose things that they know they dispraise those thinges that they knowe not and that thing which they doe knowe because they know not they doe corrupt and man Our Religion is forsooth a cause of their rebellion therefore our Countrymen at home are our enemies Is this newes to you You knowe my Brethren that it is an ould grudge an auncient offense and scandal You know many shal be Offended with Christ Matth. 10.1 Pet. 2. Matth. 21. Luc. 2. You knowe the Scriptures Christ shal bee the stone of offense and the rocke of scandal The stone cast away of the builders and Priests set to be the ruine resurrection of many Christ and Christes annointed haue this portion the inheritaunce of the Crosse euen for Christes Crosse sake The Kinges of the earth bande themselues Psal 2. and the Princes are assembled together against the Lorde and against his Christ Psal 3. And againe How many rise against mee The Prince and the Prophet haue this lot King Cyrus had displeasure of the Babylonians for defending Daniel his religion They say the King is become a Iewe he hath abolished Bel killed the dragon slain Priests and they flocke together to the King saying Giue vs Daniel or woe will kil thee with all thy house In Histor Bel. Daniel likewise is laide waite for by the Princes and nobles he is complained of to Darius because they found him making praiers and suppl●cation to his God As Daniel so the rest of the Apostles and Prophets and why Serpens hostis est contrarius veritati Daniel 6. In Eze●● Hom● Actor●● as Origen replieth The Serpent is an enemy contrary to the truth Which of the Prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted smd● blessed Stephen and therefore was stoned The Propher Icremy was mocked continually stricken of the Priest Pashur Cap. ●0 Dorothe●●● in synopsi Origen in Matth cap. 13. and in the end murdered and in AEgypt stoned by the people Esay for the truth was cut in peeces by his countrymen Zachary for the truth was slaine betweene the Temple and the Altar The Thessalonians for the truth suffered euen of their owne countrymen 1. Thessal cap. 2. And Origen maketh this coniecture that Paul preaching euery where yet hee prenched not at Tharsis in his coutry Sciens Propheram expertē esse honoris inpropria patria because Paul did knowe that a Prophet was not honoured in his owne country●●● 〈◊〉 for this cause the Apostle forsooke Israel and said Act. c●●●● Because you cast vs out iudge your selues vn worthy of euenlasting life behold we turn to the Gentils The Gospell could haue no place miracles could take no effect in Christs countrie whereof he complaineth in his Euangelisles Mat. 13 Math. 6. Luc. 4. Matthe we Marke and Luke I speake not this of you dearelie beloued whose zeale in Religion is knowne and I hope will continue and increase more and more but I speak it with griefe of minde by this common practise and experience oftimes fearing our countrimen that euen now begin to reuolt in hart and a great number in bodie who withdraw themselues from our Church from our Sermons and Seruice and Sacramentes and from their obedience t● God their Prince and from all pierie towar●s their P●●ia●● and Country Christ banished daily conspiring and all for Christ and his Gospel whom they would banish and like Herodians extinguish among vs 〈◊〉 but if he be banished it is no sh●●le for vs to be banished with him It is he to whō we must clean● by life or by death It is his cause her is able and willing to defend it He is our friend and Protector against at traitours and enemsies whereof now by order I must speake as followeth in the Text. As Dauld hither to hath made a prohibitiō to Abishai The third part of D. politick Resolution and also hath protested for himself saying The Lord keepe me for laying mine hands vpon the Lordes annointed So now he goeth forward with his politick and prouident resolution beginning here I pray thee take now the speare that is at his head and the pot of water and let vs go hence and so foorth as you may see in the eleuenth twelfth verses this is the third part of Dauids aunswere and of my diuision In which part as many good notes may be made and many pointes of doctrine may bee gathered as Dauids humble request to Abishai and his poliey in taking away the spear and the pot for considerations and the drowsines of the enemies so I rest only vpon this common place the Prouidence of God that threefold taken out of the circumstāces First out of the person of Saul Secondly out of the person of Dauid and Abishai A triple prouidence of God Thirdly out of the circumstaunce of the place where they were and of the state they were in at this time Sauls person ministreth occasion to intreat of the protection of Princes of the singular prouidence of God which is a reason forcible to penswade all euill and ob●●inate men Gods singular prouidence and care of Princes that they intermeddle not against them of whome the Lord hath fueh an extraordinary special care s●nd it is a woonder to see and to heare bowe man not regarding this carefull and watchfuley of the