Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations, Title page
A Breviate of the Prelates intollerable usurpations, both upon the Kings Prerogative Royall, and the Subjects Liberties.
Ezechiel. 34.2. to 11.
Thus saith the Lord God unto the Shepheards of Israell that doe feed themselves: Should not the Shepheards feede the Flock? Yee eate the fat, and yee cloath you with the wooll, yee kill them that are fed, yee feede not the Flocke. The diseased have yee not strengthned, neither have yee healed that which was sicke, neither have yee bound up that which was broken, neither have yee brought againe that which was driven away, neither have yee sought that which was lost, but with force & with cruelty have you ruled them, &c. Therefore, O yee Shepheards, heare the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against the Shepheards, and will require my Flocke at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the Flocks, neither shall the Shepheards, feede themselves any more, for I will deliver my Flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Bernardus de Conversione Pauli Serm. 1. & super Cantic. Serm. 77.
Nunquam deest persecutio Christiano, Sed neque Christo. Et nunc quod gravius est, ipsi Christum persequuntur qui ab eo utique Christiani dicuntur. Amici tui …roximi adversum te appropinquaverunt & steterunt. Egressa est iniquitas à Senioribus judicibus Vicariis tuis, qui videntur regere populum tuum: non est jam dicere, ut populus, sic Sacerdos, quia nec sic populus ut Sacerdos. Heu heu Domine Deus, quia ipsi sunt in persecu…ione tua primi, qui videntur in Eccl…sia tua Primatum diligere gerere Principatum. Mi…era eorum conversatio, plebis tuae miserabilis subversio est: Atque utinam sola hac parte no…erunt. Iusta omninò quaerimonia, nec ad ullam justius quàm ad nostram referenda aetatem, Parum est nostris vigilibus quod non servant nos, nisi & perdant.
Published by W. HVNTLEY, Esquier. Edition 3. much enlarged.
In the Yeare 1637.