Christianography, Chapter 6
By what meanes the Papall Monarchie hath beene raiſed, and how it hath been, and is, upheld.
CHAP. VI.
THere was a Time when the Biſhops of Rome were holy men, painefully labouring in the Lords harveſt,Of the primitive eſtate of the Biſhops of Rome. many of them ſuffering Martyrdome: And then they acknowledged our Lord Ieſus Chriſt to be the onelyonly Head of his Church.
Pope Pius the ſecond teſtifieth, that before the Nicen Councell,Aeneas Silvius in epistola 301. Ante Nicenum concilium ſibi quiſque vivebat & ad Romanam eccleſiam parvus habebatur Re ſpectus. the Biſhops of Rome had ſmall or no reſpect: That Councell divided the Regiment of the Church, into foure Patriarchall Sees; Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Hieruſalem.
They had all equall Authoritie given them in their owne Provinces, as appeareth by eight Councells, cited at large by Doctor Willet.
Afterward,Synopſis pag. 148. there was a certaine Primacie of Order,Can. 28. quia urbs illa imperaret granted to the Patriarch of Rome; as, To have the firſt place, to ſit firſt; To give ſentence firſt, for that Rome was then the Imperiall Citie: This reaſon is yeelded in the Calcedon Councell.
2. For the Popes Title, about the yeere 604. Boniface the third obtained with much contention of Phocas, 2. Popes Title. Egit is ab initie adminiſtrationis, cum Phoca, ut Romana Eccleſia eſſet omnium aliarum capnt, nec ſine multa contentione Apoſtolicae ſedi datum, Sabell. Ennead 8. lib. 6 pag. 396. For this read Mounſ. Pleſſes, his Historie of the Papacie who proveth it by many Teſtimonies.who murthered his Maſter Maurice the Emperor, the title of Vniverſall Biſhop, and that the Church of Rome ſhould be head of all Churches.
This Phocas murthered alſo the Empreſſe with her children, and being diſpleaſed with Cyriacus Patriarch of Constantinople (who would not allow of his cruell Murthers) gave the title which he claimed, to Boniface Biſhop of Rome.
This murtherer tyrannizing over the Nobilitie: ſome of them with Photinus (whoſe wife he had raviſhed) tooke him and cut off his head, feet, and privities, giving his body to the Souldiers, who burnt it.
Platina reports, that ſince this time the Popes have in all their Mandats uſed theſe words;In…it… Bonifacij. 3. Volumus & Iubemus, We will and command.
Alſo Pope Adrian the ſecond, flattering another Traytor, to wit, Baſilius, who had murthered Michael the Emperor,Baronius. the ſaid Baſilius depoſed Photius, Patriarch of Conſtantinople, who had debar'd him from the Communion, for his murthers, and advanced the Biſhop of Rome, ſuffering none to enter the Councell then called, that did not ſubſcribe to the Popes Supremacie: This Baſilius alſo came to an untimely death, being killed by a Stagge: and thus was the Supremacy founded.
Donnus the firſt, ſubjected the Church of Ravenna to the Papacie,Sabell. Ennead. 8. lib. 7. pag. 415. by the helpe of Theodore the Archbiſhop. After whoſe death Felix the Archbiſhop his Succeſſor, going about to ſhake off the Roman yoke, had his eyes put out with a hot yron, and was baniſhed into Pontus.
Stephen the ninth, ſubdued the Church of Millan to the Papacie, which had bin free from the Apoſtles time.
3. For the Popes Temporalties,3. Popes Temporalties. Stephanus 9. Eccleſiam Mediolanenſem quae a temporibus Apostolorū libera fuit, ſub obedientiam Romani Pontificis redegit. Zeged ſpecul. Pontif. pag. 15. Sigon: de reg. Ital. lib. 3. ne …i tributū darent, aut aliâ ratione obedirent, indixit. Gregorie the third, did excommunicate his Lord, and Emperor Leo the third: who was deſirous to aboliſh the Worſhip of Images, (then creeping into the Church) and cauſed them to be defaced.
Alſo the ſaid Pope forbad the Italians to pay the ſaid Leo tribute, or to obey him: VponUpon this Sentence and inhibition of Popes, part of Italie rebelled againſt their Emperor, and laid violent hands upon his Deputies and Leivetenants, of whom they ſlew two, and put out the eyes of a Third: by reaſon of which uprore and tumults enſuing, part of the countrie that rebelled was conquered by the King of Lombardy and Rome: and the dominions of the Roman Dukedome, fell unto the Pope. So the Pope, who till that time had beene a Biſhop onelyonly, became a Prince,Zacharias Papa ex authoritate ſancti Petri Apoſtoli mandat populo Francorū ut Pipinus qui poteſtateregia utebatur, etiam nominis dignitate frueretur. Ita Hildericusultimus Merovingorū qui Francis imperab…t depoſitus eſt, & in monaſterio miſſus eſt. Marian. Scot. hiſtoriae. lib. 3.4. How the Pope got Superiority above the Emperors. and that alſo by Treaſon.
Pope Zacharie the firſt, abſolved Pipin, and the French, from their oathes to Chilperich King of France; who beeing put into a Monaſterie, Pipin was made King in his ſtead: for reward hereof, the Exarchat of Ravenna, and other lands are given to the Papacie; which lands are now called St Peters patrimonie: and by this meanes alſo the Popes Temporalities are increaſed.
Nicholas the ſecond, giveth Apulia, Calabria, and Sicilia to the Normans, conditionally, that when they ſhould conquer thoſe Regions, and take them from the Greekes, they ſhould hold them of the Papacie, and pay an Annuall tribute for them.Gregor. 7. primus imperium pontificum condidit, quod ſucceſſores invito mundo, invitis Imperatoribus adeò duxere, ut inferos, ſuperos in ſer vitutemredegerint, &c. Avent. Lib. 5.
Gregorie the ſeventh, before called Hildebrand, founded the Pontificall Empire, which his Succeſſors have enjoyed to this day in deſpite of the World, and of the Emperors.
For although ſince the time of Charles the great, the Popes have often oppoſed the Emperors: Yet it was not the will of Almightie God to ſuffer them totally to caſt off the yoke of obedience, by holy Writ inveſted upon Princes, untill the time of this Gregorie: who contrarie to the cuſtome of his predeceſſors, uſurped the Papacie without any conſent of the Emperor at all. And hee alſo decreed that hee had not onelyonly power in Heaven to binde, Formula Decreti extat. C. ſi quis deincep.and to looſe, but alſo that hee had plenitude of Juriſdiction in Earth, to take away, and to give Empires and Kingdomes, and Principalities, &c. Henry the fourth being then Emperor, although infinitely perplexed with the Warre of Saxonie; yet to ſuppreſſe this novell pertinacy of this Pope, calleth a Councell at Wormes, in which a Decree was made: That ſithence Hildebrand, a fugitive Monke, firſt of all other, incroached upon the Papacie, without the good liking & privitie of the Emperor, conſtituted of God, to bee his Soveraigne lord, and that contrary to the custome of his predeceſſors, contrary to Law, and contrary to his oath of Jnſtalment, &c. ipſo facto he was depoſed:Platina in vita Grego. 7. Hildebrand receiving this ſentence, excommunicateth the Emperor: Him he proſcribeth, depriveth of all Kingly authoritie, deſpoileth of his Kingdomes, and abſolveth his Subjects from their Oathes of obedience: Some of the Princes of Germanie taking notice of this Curſe, and threatning a Revolt, This great Emperor being a man neither unlearned,Vſpergen. Cronicon. pag. 170. nor a coward (for hee had fought above 60. battells) was compelled to waite barefooted, clad in canvas, with his Empreſſe and his ſon, three dayes at the Popes gate for Abſolution: to whom alſo, in token of obedience, hee reſigned his Imperiall Ornaments. The Pope fearing that the Emperors great ſtomacke would not digeſt this indignity, for all his abſolution given, goeth about to depoſe him; and ſendeth an Imperiall crowne to Rodulph Duke of Swevia the Emperors brother in law: who although he was his Leigeman, and had received many benefits from him, yet ſeduced by the Pope, he taketh upon him the title of Emperor, and invadeth the lands of his Soveraigne: The Pope to helpe, reneweth his excommunications,Vſpergenſis Chron. folio 172. Fertur in ext…nis poſitus & abſciſſam dexteram intuitus ad Epiſcopesqui forte aderant graviter ſuſpirans dixiſſe Ecce haec eſt manus qua Domino meo Henrico fidem ſacramento firmavi, &c. Vſpergenſis Chron. pag. 171. impreſ. Argentorat. 1609. Idem. pag. 170. and ſendeth forth his Mandates, full ſtuffed with furie. Henrie, after many bickerings, in a battell overthroweth Rodulph, who being deadly wounded, and having loſt his right hand, ſaith to his Biſhops who were preſent, looking upon his hand, My lords, this is the hand, with which I plighted my faith to my lord Henry, at your intreaties, thus and thus many times, yet hath unfortunately fought againſt him. Returne yee, and make good your firſt Oath to him: I am to depart to my fathers. Rodolph being dead, Henry calleth a Counſell at Brixia: where the Acts of Hildebrand being examined, hee had judgement to be depoſed, and expelled; For unadviſedly preaching of Sacriledges and Factions, defending perjuries, and ſcandals, a beleever of dreames and divinations: a notorious Negromancer, a Man poſſeſsed with an uncleane ſpirit, an Apoſtate from the true faith, &c. This being done, the Pope ſtirreth up the Saxons to create Harman Prince of Luxenburg Emperor, who was ſlaine by a woman with a ſtone caſt from a wall: Then he ſeduceth Ecbert Marquis of Saxonie to take upon him the Empire, who was ſlaine in a Mill by the Emperors Guard, hard by Brunſwicke. All theſe Plots failing, the Emperor Henry calleth an Eccleſiaſticall Diet, wherein Heldebrand is againe condemned and depoſed; and Gilbert Archbiſhop of Ravenna is choſen Pope, and called Clement the third: Hildebrand dyed in exile; after whoſe death Ʋrbane intruded upon the Papacie, aided with the Dutches Matildas Money, and the Armies of the Normans, who confirmeth Hildebrands Decrees; and alſo draweth into Parricide the Emperor Henries ſonne, Conrade, who was by his Father made Vizeroie of Jtalie: and the Pope beſtowing Matilda, the rich Princeſſe upon him, they expulſe Clement. But Ʋrban the Pope, and Conrade being quickly diſpatched, Paſchal, by the aforeſaid Faction, was made Pope: who reviveth Hildebrands curſe againſt Henry; and procureth the Emperors other ſonne Henry, to take Armes againſt his Father, and to take upon him his Imperiall Eſtate: Henry the Father, whom they could not quell by force, was taken by treaſon, againſt publique oath of ſafe conduct, as hee was travelling to Ments to a Diet, and ſo was degraded by his Sonne, and by him committed to Priſon, where hee finiſhed his troubleſome dayes in moſt miſerable manner. Thus by the meanes before named, the Papacie hath obtained ſuch greatneſſe, that whereas before, the Popes were to have the Allowance and Confirmation of the Emperors: ſince Gregorie the ſevenths time, the Emperors crave the Popes allowance, and confirmation.
For meanes to get money to ſupport Papacie, Meanes to get Money. Agrip… de vanit. ſcientiarum. eap. 61. primus in dulgentiarum nundinas, primus in purgatorium extendit indulgentias. idems.they have invented many; as,
Pope Boniface the eighth, firſt inſtituted the ſale, or Market of Pardons; hee firſt made pardons extend into Purgatorie: Of their blaſphemous Bulls, and Indulgences reade a booke called Fiſcus Papalis.
The ſummes of money which the Pope receiveth for firſt fruits, Palls, Jndulgences, Bulls, Confeſsionalls, Jndults, Reſcrips, Teſtaments, Diſpenſation, tot quots, cannot be counted.
The Archbiſhop of Ments, paid for his Pall to the Popes, 26000. Florence.
The Curtezans of Rome pay yeerely about 40000. ducats.
The Popes Legats demanded, or received for Chriſme, in one City before named,Ireuaeus Rhodoginus. 80 pound weight of Gold.
What may he have in all other places, alſo, for Palls, Curteſans and Chriſme?
The Archbiſhop of Maidenburg, writeth, that in the time of Pope Martin the fift; There was brought out of France, to Rome, nine times 1000. Crownes: What then might the Pope have out of Germany, Spaine, England, and other Countries?
You may ſee a relation of the Popes receipts out of England, pag. 640.in Biſhop Jewells defence.
The Popes Treaſure iſſuing out of Purgatorie onelyonly, is inexhauſtible: a Mint lately found out, and poſſeſſed by the Pope alone, for no Patriarch in the world, hath any ſhare in it,Boter in Latin, printed at Coloine. Pape non deerunt pecuniae, quans diu ipſi manus eruns & calamus. or ever had. For the Popes meanes it is reported; That Sixtus the fourth was wont to ſay, that the Pope could never want money, ſolong as his hand could hold a pen.
For the Popes State and Magnificence, His State and Magnificence.it is ſet downe in the bookes called Caeremoniae Eccleſiae Romanae, Sacrarum Caeemoniarum. lib. prim. pag. 17.in words to this effect: Whenſoever the Popes holineſse is perſwaded to ride on horſeback, then muſt the Emperor, or King, which is preſent, hold his ſtirrop, and after a while, leade the horſe by the bridle in his hand. And alwaies when the Pope will be carried in a Chaire; then is the Emperor or King, whoſoever it bee, bound of duty; to how downe his necke, and to take up the Chaire upon his ſhoulders. And likewiſe, when the Pope goeth to Dinner, the duty of the Emperor, or King, is to ſerve him with water, wherewith to waſh his holy hands: And he muſt beſure to attend at the Table, untill the firſt courſe beſerved; And all men living are bound of Duty, as ſoone as they come within his preſence, to fall three times downe upon their knees, and then to kiſſe his feete; And whereſoever he paſseth by, there muſt they all fall down upon their knees, and worſhip him, &c. as it is ſet forth in the Booke aforeſaid.
As you have ſeene the Popes Magnificence, ſo his munificence, For his Munificence and gifts. Camden in the life of Queene Elizab. 141. Idem ibidem.and largeſſes iſſuing out of his Treaſury, are not very great, as Pope Clement the 8. gave to Tyrone, for all his good ſervices in Ireland, a plume of Phenix feathers; And Vrban the third, gave Earle John, ſonne to Henry the ſecond King of England, a Coronet of Peacockes feathers; Leo the tenth, gave a Roſe to Fredericke Duke of Saxony; and Iulius the ſecond, a ſword to King Henry the ſeventh: And ſome Princes they reward with Titles, or give them their Feete to kiſſe for a Favour. And oftentimes he payeth his men of Warre, with his treaſure iſſuing out of Purgatorie, as Clement the ſixt gave to his croſſed Souldiers by his Bull, power, every one of them, to deliver three or foure Soules out of Purgatory, even whom they would. And by reaſon of this his wealth, & greatneſſe before named, the Pope taketh upon him ſuperlative Authority, and hee is very unlike our Lord and Saviour, whoſe Vicar he pretendeth to be: for whereas Chriſt paid Tribute to Caeſar, he maketh Caeſar pay him Tribute: And whereas Chriſt waſhed his Diſciples feet, the Pope maketh the Emperor his Lord, kiſſe his Feete.
To confirme the forenamed relation of the Popes riſing, reade Guiccardines hiſtorie, His Relation. Lib. 4. prope finem.who in the latter end of his fourth Booke, not onelyonly denieth the feined Donation of Conſtantine, but affirmeth, that divers learned men reported, that Silvester, & he, lived in divers Ages; Then he ſheweth how obſcure, & baſe they were, during the time that the barbarous nations made havocke of Italie. Secondly, that in the Inſtitution of the Exarchate, the Popes had nothing to doe with the Temporall Sword, but lived as ſubject to the Emperors; Thirdly, that they were not very much obeyed in matters Spirituall, by reaſon of the corruption of their manners. Fourthly, that after the overthrow of the Exarchate, the Emperors now neglecting Italie, the Romans began to bee governed by the advice, and power of the Popes. Fiftly, That Pipin of France, and his ſonne Charles, having overthrowne the Kingdome of the Lombards, gave unto the Popes, The Exarchate, Vrbin, Ancona, Spoleto, and many other Townes and Territories about Rome. Sixtly, That the Popes in all their Bulls or Charters, expreſſed the date of them in theſe formall words; Such a one our lord the Emperor reigning. Seventhly, That long after the tranſlation of the Empire from France to Germany, the Popes began to make open proteſtation; that the Pontificall Dignity was rather to give Lawes to Emperors, then to receive any from them. Eighthly, That being thus raiſed to an Earthly power, they forgot the Saluation of Soules, Sanctitie of Life, and the Commandements of God, Propagation of Religion, and Charity towards men. And to raiſe Armes, to make Warre againſt Chriſtians, to invent new devices for the getting of Money, to profane Sacred things for their owne ends, and to enrich themſelves, their Children, and kindred, was their onelyonly ſtudy; and this is the ſubſtance of Guiccardine in that place; an Author above all Exception.
Having thus a little glanced at the meanes by which the preſent demeaſnes of the Church of Rome, were firſt gotten, and increaſed: The policies by which the Popes keepe that which they have.Let us conſider by what Policies, the Monarchie hath been held up in reſpect, and magnificence.
The donation of ſeverall Kingdomes to thoſe that have no right, or Title to them, but from the Pope, and in force of his Donation, cannot but oblige them to him.
Their allowance of Marriages prohibited by God and Nature; the iſſue of which cannot but uphold the Popes infinite Authoritie, without whom, their Birth is unnaturall, and their perſons not capable of their Eſtates.
Their diſpenſing with Oathes of Princes, which both preſerve their Credits, in not beeing perjured, as they thinke (ſince allowed by the Church) and alſo get ſomewhat, for which they cannot be unthankefull to the Papacy.
Their State hath the firmeſt foundation of any, as being laid in the Conſcience of men, by perſwading them of their infallible Power, and their Eccleſiaſticall, and temporall Iuriſdiction, which they have over Heaven, Hell, Earth, and Purgatory.
The Chooſing of younger Sonnes of potent Families into their Cardinall-ſhips, by which meanes, the whole Lineage are ready to ſupport him, as the chiefe ſtaffe of their Brothers, or Cozens preferment.
The innumerable Preferments of men of all ſorts and humors, as having well-nigh in their diſpoſing all the Benefices and Biſhopricks of Italie, halfe in Spaine, divers in France, and Germany, which keepe the Clergie in an infallible bond of Allegiance, eſpecially enjoying divers priviledges, which they of the temporality are not capable of.
The multitude of Friers, their ſpirituall Knights or Souldiers, whoſe hopes depend upō his ſafety, are known to be more then a Million whereof halfe at the leaſt, would grow fit to be imployed in any Warlike ſervice, and all them are maintained at other mens coſts, themſelves not diſburſing a penny.
The readineſſe of their Miniſters to kill ſuch as reſiſt them, cannot but deterre Princes from injuring them, and conſtraine them to keepe their Friendſhips, eſpecially ſince by a Writ of excommunication, they can arme the Subjects againſt the Soveraigne, and without levying of a Souldier, either utterly to deſtroy him, or bring him to good Conformity.
The Severitie or Tyranny of the Inquiſition cruſheth not only the beginnings, but the ſmalleſt ſuppoſitions, in being contrarily affected.
To which I adde, that the Church of Rome having beene conſcious of their errors, and Corruptions, both in Faith, and manners; have ſundry times pretended Reformation; yet their great Pride, and infinite Profit, ariſing from Purgatory, Pardons, and ſuch like, hath hindred all ſuch Reformations: Therefore to maintaine their greatneſſe, errors, and new Articles of Faith;
1. They have corrupted many of the ancient Fathers, and reprinting them,Doctor Iames, in his treatiſe of the Corruption of Scriptures, Councels, and Fathers. &c. make them ſpeake as they would have them: as Doctor Iames hath ſet downe at large.
2. They have written many Bookes in the Names of the ancient Writers, and forged many Decrees, Canons, and Councells, to beare falſe witneſſe to them. As for example; Whereas in the beginning of this Chapter, you heare of Pope Pius the 7. his report, that the Church of Rome was but of little eſteeme before the Nicen Councell:The anſwer of the now Archbiſhop of Arimagh to a Challenge made by a Ieſuite: pag. 12. You ſhall have (as the Primate of Armagh relateth,) a Crafty Merchant (Jſidorus Mercator, I trowe they call him) that will helpe the matter, by counterfeiting Decretal Epistles, in the name of the primitive Biſhops of Rome, and in bringing in Thirtie of them in a row, as ſo many Knights of the Poſt, to beare witneſſe of that great Authoritie which the Church of Rome enjoyed before the Nicene Fathers were aſſembled; If the Nicene Fathers have not ampliſied the bounds of her Iuriſdiction, in ſo large a manner as ſhee deſired, ſhee hath had her well-willers that have ſupplyed the Councells negligence in that behalfe; and made Canons for the purpoſe in the Name of the good Fathers, that never dreamed of ſuch a buſineſſe. As if the power of Judgeing all others will not content the Pope, unleſse hee himſelfe may bee exempted from being judged by any other.
Another Councell, as antient at leaſt as that of Nice, ſhall be ſuborned, wherein it ſhall bee concluded, Concil. Rom. Sub Syluest. cap. 20. Nemo enim judicabit primam ſ…dem. Concil. Sinueſſan. circa finem.by the conſent of 284. Jmaginarie Biſhops, that no man may Iudge the firſt Seate: And for failing, in an elder Councell then that, conſiſting of 300. Buckram Biſhops of the ſelfe ſame making, the like Note ſhall bee ſung, Quoniam prima ſedes non judicabitur a quoquam, The first Seate muſt not bee judged by any man. Laſtly, if the Pope doe not thinke that the fulneſſe of Spirituall power is ſufficient for his Greatneſſe, unleſſe he may bee alſo Lord Paramount in temporalibus, hee hath his followers ready at hand, to frame a faire Donation, in the name of Conſtantine the Emperor, whereby his Holineſſe ſhall be eſtated, not onelyonly in the Citie of Rome, but alſo in the Seigniorie of the whole Weſt: Jt would require a volume to rehearſe the Names of thoſe ſeverall Tractates which have beene baſely bred in the former dayes of Darkeneſse, and fathered upon the antient Fathers of the Church, who if they were now alive, would be depoſed, that they were never privie to their begetting.
3. As they have expurged antient Writings; ſo alſo the holy Commandements of God. And leſt the Lay people ſhould ſmell their Idolatrie, they leave out the ſecond Commandement of the Ten, out of … Pſalters and Catechiſmes: and they are publiſhed by the Church of Rome in this manner following.
1. I am thy Lord God, thou ſhalt have no other Gods but me.
2. Thou ſhalt not take the name of God in vaine.
3. Remember to ſanctifie the holy daies.
4. Honour thy Father and Mother.
5. Thou ſhalt not kill.
6. Thou ſhalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou ſhalt not ſteale.
8. Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witneſſe.
9. Thou ſhalt not deſire thy neighbours wife.
10. Thou ſhalt not deſire thy neighbours goods.
4. And that which is worſt of all, they forbid the Reading of the holy Scriptures,Haereſin eſſe ſi quis dicit neceſſarium eſſe ut ſcripturae in vulgares linguas convertantur: Sander. viſib. monar. lib. 7. hareſ. 191. Credo inſtitutum hoc a Diabelo eſſe inventum. Pereſius de Trad. par. 1. Aſſert. 3. pag. 47. Characteres mortui, Lindan. Lib. 2. Stromat. cap. 3.6. traducing them, and blaſpheming them, viz. that it is … that it is the Devils in vention to permit the Laitie to reade them: that they are dead Characters, and not to be permitted. Which if they ſhould be ſuffered to be read, they would caſily diſcover their new Articles of Faith, to bee blaſphemous, their Image-Worſhip to bee Idolatrie, and their not erring Biſhop, to bee a meere Impoſture, and Deceiver.
5. And alſo to breede an Antipathie, and hatred betweene the Papiſts, and Proteſtants, they are taught to beleeve, that the Proteſtants are Blaſphemers of God, and all Saints; That in England, Churches are made Stables, and that the people are growne barbarous. To theſe they have wilfully feyned many ſcandalous lies of us, and the Reformers; ſet downe by learned Doctor Hall, In his ſcrious diſſwaſive from Poperie, pag. 37.now Lord Biſhop of Exeter, as of Wickliffs Blaſphemies, of Luthers advice from the Devill, of Tindalls communitie, of Calvins blaſphemous death, of Bucers breaking his necke, of Beza's Revolt, of the blaſting of Hugonites, of Englands want of Churches and Chriſtendome; of our putting Engliſh Catholikes into beares skinnes, and caſting them to dogges to be baited; of the Lutherans nightrevelling, of Scories drunken or dination of our Biſhops in a Taverne, of the caſting of the remaine of our Sacraments to Doggs, of Mounſier Pleſsis overthrow, and the like.
And lately they have publiſhed two Bookes, commonly ſold in Jtalie, and in France: one of them of the late Right Reverend Father in God, Doctor King, late lord Biſhop of London, his Apoſtacie: the other, containing a relation of Gods Iudgement ſhowne upon a ſort of Proteſtant hereticks, by the fall of a houſe in Black-fryers London; in which they were aſſembled to heare a Geneva Lecture, Octo. 26. Anno. Dom 1623. By which the ſimple people were made to beleeve, that Iudgement to bee upon the Proteſtants, which God ſent upon the Papiſts: and as they ſcandall us, ſo alſo the other Chriſtians, not ſubject to them. Thus you may ſee in the Church of Rome, Religion to be Metamorphiſed into Policie, and all their Policie tending to maintaine their atchieved Majeſty and greatneſſe.