FPope Boni­facius 8. Ex­trauag. de Maiorit. & obed. c. Vnā. Or as much as it standeth vpō neces­site of saluation, for euery humane crea­ture to bee subiecte vnto me, the Pope of Rome, it shalbe therefore requisite and neces­sary for all men that will be saued to learne & knowe the dignitie of my sea, and excel­lencie of my domination, as here is set forth accordyng to the truth and very wordes of mine owne lawes, in style as foloweth. Distinct. 28 [...] ca. Decretis [...] First my institu­tion began in the old Testa­ment, & was consumate and finished in the newe: in that [Page] my pristhode was prefigured by Aaron: And other bish­shopes vnder me were prefi­gured by the sonnes of Aarō, y^t were vnder him. Pope pelagius Distinct. 21. c. Quāuis. Nether is it to be thought that my church of Rome hath ben preferred by any general coūsell, but obtained y^e primacie only by the voyce of the gospell, & the mouth of y^e sauiour.Pelagius ibi­dem. And hath in it neither spotte nor wrincle, nor any suche like thing. Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. Inferior. Wherefore as other seates be all inferiour to me, & as thei can not absolue me: so haue they no power to binde me, or to stand against me, no more thā the axe hath power [Page] to stād or presume aboue him that heaweth with it, or the sawe to presume against him y^t ruleth it. Pope Lucius 24. q. 1. cap. a. Recta.This is the holy & apostolike mother church of all other churches of Chryst, Pope Calixtus Dist. 12. cap. Non decet. From whose rules it is not mete that any person or per­sons should decline, but like as the sonne of God came to do the will of his Father, so muste you do the will of your mother, the church of Rome, y^e head whereof am I. Pope Innocē ­tius. Distinct. 11. cap. Quis.And if anye other person or per­sones shall erre from the said church, eyther let them be ad­monished, or els their names taken, to be knowē who they [Page] be that swarue from the cu­stomes of Rome. Pope Stephanus Distinct. 19. ca. Enim [...]ero. Thus thē for asmuch as y^e holy churche of Rome, wherof I am gouernour, is set vp to the whole worlde for a glasse or exāple, reasō wold, that what thing so euer the sayd church deter­myth or ordeneth, that to be receaued of all men for a ge­nerall & a perpetuall rule for euer. Pope Bonifa. 8. Extrauag. c. vnā sanctā. Item Pope Ioannes. 22. Extrau. cap. Super gētes. Wherevpon we se it now veryfide in this church, that was forprophesied by Ieremy, saing: behold I haue set thee vp ouer nations and kingdomes to plucke vp, and to breake down, to build, and to plante &c. Pope Innocē ­tiui 3. art. de maior & obe. c. Solitae. Who so vnder [Page] standeth not the prerogatiue of this my Priesthode let him loke vp to the Firmament, where he may see two great lightes, the sunne & the mone, one ruling ouer the daye, the other ouer y^e night. So in the firmament of the vniuersall churche. Pope Gelasi­us distinc. 96 cap. Duo. God hath set two great dignities, the autoritie of the Pope, and of the empe­rour. Of y^e whiche ij. this our dignitie is so muche more weightier, as we haue y^e greater charge to geue accompt to god, for kings of the earth & the lawes of men. Ibidem.Wher­fore be it knowne to you em­perours, which knowe it also [Page] right well, that you depende vpon the iudgemēt of vs, we muste not be brought and re­duced to your will. Innocentius De Maior. et obed. c. Solitae. For, as I sayd, loke what difference there is betwixt the Sunne and the Mone, so great is the power of the Pope ruling o­uer the daye, that is ouer the spiritualtie, aboue emperours and kinges rulinge ouer the nyght that is ouer the laitie. Glosa ibidē. Now seyng then the earth is seuē times bigger then the Moone, and the sunne eight times gretter than the earth, it foloweth that the Popes dignitie 47. times dothe sur­mounte the estate of Empe­rours. [Page] Ibidem.Upon consideracion wherof I saye therfore & pro­noūce, that Constantine the Emperour did naught, in set­ting the patriarch of Cōstan­tinople beneth him on his left hād. Innocētius Glosa ibidem. And although the said Emperour wrote to me alle­ging y^e wordes of saint Peter commaundyng vs to submit our selfs to euery humane creature, as to kings, dukes and other for the cause of God. &c. 1. Peter .2. yet in aunswering agayn in my decretall, I ex­pounded the minde and the wordes of s. Peter to pertain to his subiectes, and not his successors, willinge the saide [Page] emperour to consider the per­son of the speaker, & to whom it was spokē. For if the mind of Peter had ben there to de­base the order of pristhod and to make vs vnderlinges to e­uerye humane creature, than euery Iacke might haue do­minion ouer prelates whiche maketh against the example of Christ, setting vp the order of presthod to bere dominion ouer kinges, beyng said to Ie­remy the Prophet: beholde I haue set the vp ouer kinges & nations. &c. Pope Clemēs. 5. Clemēt. de iureiurando c. Romani.And as I feared not than to write this boldly to Cōstantine, so now I say to al other emperours, that thei [Page] receiuing of me there appro­bation, vnction, consecratiō, & croune imperiall, muste not disdaine to submit there hea­des vnder me, and swear vn­to me there allegeance. Pope Ioānes. Dist. 96. c. Nunquam.For so you reade in the decree of pope Iohn, howe that prin­ces heretofore haue bē wont to bowe and submitte there heades vnto bishops, and not to procede in Iudgement a­gainst the heades of bishops. Pope Clemēs. 5. clement. de Sentēt. & reiud, c. Paestos ralis.yf this reuerence & submis­sion was wont to begeuen to Bisshops, howe muche more ought they to submitte there heades to me beyng superior not only to kinges, but Em­perours, [Page] and that for two causes, firste for my title of successiō that I pope of Rome haue to y^e empire, the roume standinge vacant. Also for the fulnesse of power that Christe the kinge of Kinges, and lorde of Lordes hath ge­uen to me in the person of Peter. Pope Innocē ­tius 3. De iudiciis cap. No­uit.By reason where­of, seyng my power is not of man but of God, who by his celestiall prouidence, hath set me ouer his whole vniuersall Churche maister and gouer­nour, it belongeth therfore to my office to loke vpon euery mortal sinne of euery Christē [Page] man: Ibidem. Wherby all criminall causes as well of kinges, as all other, be subiecte to my censure, Pope Iulius. Caus. 2. q. 6. c. Ad Romanā. in suche sorte, that in all maner of pleadyng if any maner of person at any time eyther before the sen­tence giuen, or after shall ap­pele to me, it shalbe lawfulfor him so to do. Innocentius Ibidem. Nether must Kinges and Princes thinke it muche to submitte them­selfes to my Iudgement for so did Valentinianus the wor­thy Emperour, so did Theo­dosius, and also Carolus.

Bonifacius Dist. 40. cap. Si papa. Thus you see all muste be iudged by me, & I of no man, [Page] yea and thoughe I Pope of Rome, by my negligencie or euill demanner befound vn­profitable, or hurtfull other to my self, or to others, yea, if I should draw with me innu­merable soules by heapes to hell, yet no mortall manne so hardy, so bold, or presumptu­ous to reproue me, Glosa. Extra­uag. de sede vacant. Ad a­postolatus. or to say to me: Domine cur ita facis? Pope leo. cau. [...]. q. 7. c. No [...].for although you reade that Ba­laam was rebuked of his asse, by the whiche Asse our sub­iectes, by Balaam we prelates are signified: yet that ought to be no example to our sub­iectes to rebuke vs. Gregorius 2. q. 7. c. petr [...].And though we reade in the scrip­ture [Page] that Peter, who recea­ued the power of kyngdome, and beyng chiefe of the Apo­stels, might by vertue of his office controlle all other, was content to come, and giue an­swere before his inferiours, obiecting to him, his goyng to the gentiles, yet other in­feriours muste not learne by this example to be chekmate with their prelates, bycause that Peter so toke it at there handes, shewyng therby ra­ther a dispensation of humili­tie, than the power of his of­fice, by the whiche power he might haue saide to them a­gain in this wise, it becōmeth [Page] not shepe, nor belongeth to their office to accuse or carpe theyr sheapherd, &c. Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. In tantū. For els why was Dioscorus patriarch of Alexandria condemned and excōmunicate at Chalcedon? not for any cause of his faith, but only for that he durst stād against pope Leo, and durst excōmunicate the Bisshop of rome, for who is he that hath autoritie to accuse the seat of saint Peter.Hiero. Caus. 2 q. 7. cap. Pau­lus. Albeit I am not ignorāt what saint Hieromy writeth, that Paule would not haue reprehendid Peter, vnlesse he had thought him­selfe equale vnto him: Glosa Gra­tiani ibidem. yet Hieromy muste thus be ex­poundid [Page] by my interpreta­tion, that this equalitie be­twixt Peter and Paule con­sisteth not in like office of di­gnitie, but in purenes of con­uersation. Glosa. in Dist. 11. c. Quis.For who gaue Paule his licence to preache but Peter, and that by the autoritie of God, sayng, sepa­rate to me Paule and Bar­nabas. &c. Caus. 2. q. 7. [...]o beati. Wherefore be it knowen to all men that my Churche of Rome is prince & head of al nations, Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. c. oēs.the mo­ther of the faith,Pope Anacle­tus. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosācta. the funda­tion cardinall, wherupon all churches do depende as the dore dothe depende by the hinges: Pope pelagius Dist. 21. quā ­uis. the first of al other [Page] seates, without al spot or ble­mish: Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. Deni (que).Lady mistres and in­structor of all Churches. Pope Stepha­nus. Dist. 19. Enimuero. a glasse and spectacle to al men, to be folowed in all, what so euer she obseruith. Pope Lucius. 24. q. 1. Arect. Whiche was neuer founde yet to slide or decline from the pathe of apostolicke tradition, or to be intāgled with anye newnes of Heresy. Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. Oēs.Agaynst which church of Rome who so euer speaketh any euill, is forth­with an heritike: Pope Grego­rius. Dist. 81. cap. Siqui. yea a ve­ry pagane a witch and idola­ter or infidele. Pope Leo. Caus. 3. q. 6. cap. Multū. Hauinge ful­nesse of power onlye in her owne handes in rulyng,Dist. 20. De­cretales. de­sisinge, absoluinge, condem­ning, [Page] casting out, or receiuing in,Pope Iulius. Caus. 2. q. 6. Qui se. albeit I deny not but o­ther Churches be partakers with hyr in laboring and ca­ryng. Caus. 2. q. 6. Arguta. itē c. Ad Romanā.To the which church of Rome it is lawfull to ap­peale for remedy, frō al other Churches.Caus. 2. q. 6. cap. Placuit. Although it was otherwise concluded in the generall coūcell of Carthage, that no man shoulde appeale ouer the sea, vnder paine of ex communication, yet my glose commeth in here with an ex­ception,Glosa. Gratiani.¶ Nisi. Nisi forte Romanam se­dem appellauerint: 1. Except the appeale be to y^e sea of Rome, &c. Pope Gelasiꝰ. 25. q. 1. cap. Cōfidimus.By the autoritie of whi­che Churche of Rome, all si­nodes, [Page] and decrees of coun­sels stande confirmed. Pope Vrbanꝰ. 25. q. 1. c. Sūt. And hath alwaies full autoritie in hyr handes to make newe Lawes and decrementes:Pope Pelagi­us 25 q. 2. ca. posteaquam. And to alter statutes priuile­ges, rightes or Documentes of churches to separate thin­ges ioyned, & to ioyne things seperated vpon cōsideration eyther in whole or in parte, personally, or generally. Bulla Dona­tionis. Dist. 96. c. Cōstant.Of the whiche Church of Rome I am heade as a king is ouer his iudges, Pope paschalis Dist. 63. cap. Ego.the vicare of S. Peter. Pope Clemēs 5. Clemēt. c. Ro­mani. Glosa.yea not the vicare of Peter properly, but y^e vicare of Christ properly, and succes­sor [Page] of Peter. Pope Bonifacius 8. Sext. Decretal. cap. vbi. vicare of Iesus christ,Ibidem. Rec­tor of the vniuersall churche: Director of y^e Lorde his vniuersall flocke: Pope Bonifacius. pro­hem. Sext. Decretal. ib. Sacro sancta. Chiefe magi­strate of the whole worlde. Anacletus. Dist. 22. cap. Sacro sancta. 1. Cephas. i. caput, the head and chiefe of the Aposto­like Churche. Pope Bonifacius 4. Sext. Decret. de paenit. & re­miss. cap. 5. Glosa. Item Alexander 4. Sext. Decre. c. 4. in Glosa. vni­uersall Pope, And diocesane in all pla­ces exempt as well as euerye Bisshoppe is in places not exempt. Pope hilarius. 25. q. 1. Nulli. most mightie Priest. Sext. Decret. cap. Ab ar­bitris. Glosa. Lex animata in ter­ris. 1. Pope Bonifa­ciꝰ. Sext. Dec. De cōst. cap. licet. a liuing lawe [Page] lawe in the earth hauing all lawes in y^e chiste of my breste Pope Innocē ­tiꝰ. 3. De trāsl. c. Quanto. bering y^e person of no pure mā: Prohaem. Cle­mēt. Glosa. Papa Stupor mundi &c. Nec Deus es nec homo, qua­si neuter es in­ter vtrū (que).beyng nether God nor man, but the admiratiō of the world, and a midle thing be­twixte both: Pope Bonifa­cius. Extr. De Maiorit & obed. ca. vnā. Itē Dist. 22. c. Oēs. Hauing both swordes in my power bothe of y^e spirituall, & temporall iu­risdictiō, Sext. Decret. De sentēt. & re. c. Ad Apo­stolicae. itē in Glosa. ibidē.so far surmoūting y^e autoritie of the emperour, y^t I of mine owne power alone without a councell haue au­torite to depose him, to trans­ferre his kyngdome, and to giue a new election, as I did to Frederick & diuers other. Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. cap. Oēs.What power than or po­ [...]estate in al the world is cōpa­rable [Page] to me: who haue auto­ritie to binde and lose both in heauē & earth.Glosa. ibidē. That is, who haue power both of heauenly thinges, and also of temporal thinges?Pope Gelasi­us. Dist. 96. c. Duo. To whom Empe­rours and kinges be more in­feriour, thā leade is inferiour to Gold.Pope Gelasi­us. ibidem. For do you not see the neckes of great kinges & princes bēd vnder our knees, yea & thynke thēselfes happy & well defensid, if they maye kisse our hādes?Dist. 96. cap. Illud. Wherfore y^e sawsines of Honorius thēpe­rour is to be reprehēdid, & his constitutiō abolished, who w^t his laitie would take vpon him to intermedle not onl [...] [Page] with the temporall order, but also with matters ecclesias­tike, and elettion of the pope. Ex citatione Hier. Marij. But here percase some will obiect the examples & words of Christ, saing, that his kingdom is not of this world, and where he beyng required to deuide betwixt two brethren there hereditage, did refuse it but that ought to be no pre­iudice to my power. Pope Hilde brādus, called Gregorius 7. Ex platina, in Vita Grego­rii.For if Peter, and I in Peter, if we I saye, haue power to binde & loose in heauen, how much more thā is it to be thought, that we haue power in earth to loose and take awaye im­peres, Kyngdomes, Duke­domes, [Page] and what els so euer mortall men maye haue, and to giue them where we will? Hildebrandus ibidem.And if we haue autoritie o­uer Angels, which be the go­uernors of princes, what thē maye we do vpon theyr infe­riours and seruaūtes? Antonius in Tertia parte Sūmae maiori [...]. And for that you shall not meruel, that I say, Angels be subiect to vs, you shal here what my blessed clerke Antoninus, wry­teth of that matter, saying, y^t our power, of Peter & me, is greater then the Angels in .4 thynges: In iurisdiction, 2. in administration of sacramēts: 3. in knowlege, 4. and in re­ward. &c. Bulla Clemē [...]And again in Bulla [Page] Clementis, do not I there com­maunde in my Bull, the an­gels of Paradise to absolue the soule of man oute of pur­gatory and to bringe it into the glory of Paradise? Pope Innocē ­tius. De ele­ctione c. Ve­ [...]erabilem.And now besides my heauē by po­wer to speake of mine earth­ly iurisdiction, who did first translate the Empeire from the Grekes, to the Almanes, but I?Extrauagan. De praeben. et dig. c. Execra­bilis. And not only in the Empyre am Emperour, the place being emptie, but in all ecclesiasticall benefices haue full right and power to giue, to translate, and to dispose af­ter my arbitremēt. Pope Zacha­ [...]ias. Caus. 15 q. 6. c. Ali [...]. Did not I Zacharias put downe Hilde­ricke [Page] the olde king of Fraūce, and set vp Pipinus? Pope Hilde­brand. called Gregorius. 7. Clemēt. c. pa­storalis.Did not I Gregorius sept. set vp Robert VVysarde and made him kyng of Sicilia & Duke of Capua? &c. Ex Gestis Hildebrandi [...] Did not I the same Grego­rius also sette vp Rodulphus a­gainst Henricus themperour? Baptista Eg­natius. And thoughe this Henricus was an Emperour of moste stoute courage, who stoode, 62. times in opē fielde against his enemies. Platina Benno. Nauclerus [...]yet did not I Gregorius bring him, coram no­bis, and made him stande at my gate three dayes and iij. nightes barefote & barelegge with his Wife and Childe, in the depe of winter, bothe in [Page] froste and snowe entreating for his absolucion and after did excōmunicate him again, so was he twise excommuni­cate in my daies?Platina Egnatius. Benno. Again did not I Paschalis after Gregory, set vp the Sonne of the said Henricus, against his Father in warre, to possesse the Em­pere, and to put down his fa­ther, and so he did? Polido. Virgi­lius. Historia Iornalensis de rebus Anglo­rum. Itē did not I pope Alexander brynge vnder Henry the second king of England, for the death of Thomas Becket, and caused him to goe barefote to his tombe at Canterburie with bleding feete? Chronica ver­ [...]acula. Did not I Innocentius the thirde, cause kinge Iohn to [Page] knele downe at y^e fete of Pan­dolfus my legate, and offer vp his crowne to his handes? al­so to kisse the fete of Steuen Lāghton bishop of Cāterbury, and besides marsid him in a M. Markes by yeare? Pope Vrbanꝰ. Caus. 15. q. 6. cap. Iuratos. Did not I Vrbanus 2. put downe Hugo erle in Italy, discharging his subiectes from their othe and obedience to him? Pope Pasch [...] ­lis. Carsulani [...] Platina. Vincentius. Stella. Antoninus. Matheus pari [...]siensis. Did not I Paschalis excōmunicate also his Sonne Henricus 5. and gate out of his handes al his right and title of electiōs, and donacions of spirituall promotions? Did not I Gela­sius .2. bring the captaine Cin­tius vnder,Pope Gelasi­us . [...]. vnto the kissing of [Page] my fete? And after Gelasius, Pope Calix­tus [...]2. did not I Calixtus 2. quale the for said emperour Henricus 5. & also did bring in subiection Gregorie whom the sayd Em­perour had set vp against me to be Pope,Platina de vitis pontifi­cū. bringing him in­to Rome vpon a Camell, his face to the horse taile, making him to hold the horse taile in his hāde in steade of a bridle? Pope Innocē ­tius .2. Platina. Further did not I Innocen­tius 2. set vp and made Lotha­rius to be Emperour for dri­uing out Pope Anacletus out of Rome. Nauclerus.Dyd not I the said Innocētius take the Duke­dome of Sicile from the Em­pere, & made Roger to be king [Page] thereof, wherby afterwarde the kingdome became the pa­trimonie of s. Peter? Pope Alexā ­der .3. De spō ­sal. & matr. c. Non e [...]t. Did not I Alexander .3. suspende al the realme and Churches of En­glande for the Kinges mari­age. Anno 1159. Nauclerus. Acta. Rom. pontificum.But what do I speake of kings? did not the said Alexander bringe the valiant Emperour Fredericke the firste to Venece, by reason of his sonne Otho there taken prisoner, and there in s. Marke his Churche made him fall downe flat vpon the ground, while I set my fote vpon his necke, sayng the verse of the Psalme. Super a [...]pidem & basi­liscum ambulabis &c. Pope Adria­nus. Vitae Ro. pontificum.Did not [Page] I Hadrianus pope and an En­glish man borne excommuni­cate William King of Sicile, and refused his peace, which he offerid. And had not he o­uercome me in plaine fielde, I would haue shaked him out of his kingdom of Sicile and Dukedome of Apulia? Ex A [...]entino. Also did not I the saide Adrianus, controlle and correct the for­saide Fridericus emperour for holding the lea [...]te sturrup of my horse whā he should haue holdē the right? [...]ulla Adriani [...]ōtr [...] Caesarē. And after­warde did excomunicate and curse him, for that he was so sawsie, to set his owne name in writing before mine? Acta Rom. pontifi. And [Page] although a pore flie after­warde ouercame & strangled me, yet I made kynges and Emperours to stope. Pope Innocē ­tius 3. Ex vi­tis & Actis Rom. pontifi [...]cū. Dyd not I Innocentius .3. deiect Phi­lippus brother to Fridericus frō the emperiall crowne beyng electid withoute my leaue, and after set him vp agayne? And also set vp Otho of Brūs­wicke,Ex Abbate Vrspergense. and after did excōmu­nicate & also depose the same 4. yeares, setting vp the frēch kyng to warre against hym? Ex eodem. Then was Fridericus .2. by me sette vp and reigned .37. yeares, and yet fiue yeares before he died. Pope Honoriꝰ 3. Ex Mario. Did not I Honorius interdicte him, for [Page] not restoring certaine to their possessions at my requeste? Pope Grego­rius. 9. Ex eo­dem. Whom also Gregorius .9. dyd excommunicate twise toge­ther, and raised vp the Vene­tians agaynst him. Pope Innocē ­tius .4. Hieronimus Mariꝰ Petrus de Vi­neis. And at length Innocentius spoiled him of his empere, after that cau­sed hym to be poysoned, at length to be strangled by one Manfredus, and did excommu­nicate his sonne Conradus af­ter him, not only depreuing him of his right inheritaūce, but also caused him, with Fri­derick Duke of Austria to be beheaded. Ex Chronic. Car [...]onis. Thus then dyd not I excōmunicate and de­pose all these Emperours in [Page] order. Henricus .4. Henricus .5. Fridericus .1. Philippus Otho .4. Fridericus .2. and Conradus his sonne? Historia An [...]glorū.Did not I interdicte kyng Henry the eyght? Ibi­dem. And all his kingdome of Englād? Ibi­dem.And had not his prudence and power preuētid my prac­tise, I had displaced him frō his kingdome also? briefly who is able to comprehend the greatnesse of my power & of my seat? Pope Mar­cellus. Dist. 17 cap. Synodū.for by me only generall councels take theyr force and cōfirmation, Dist. 20 [...] De­cret [...]les.and the interpretacion of the said consels, and of al other causes hard and doubtfull ought to be referred and stande to my [Page] determination. Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 19. Si Romanorū. By me the workes of all wryters what so euer they be, eyther be re­proued or allowed. Ibidem. Then howe muche more ought my wrytinges and decrees to be preferrid before al other?Dist. 20. De­cretales. In so muche that my letters and epistels decretall be equiua­lent with generall councels. Symmachus Pope. 9. q. 3. Aliorū.And wher as God hath or­denid all causes of men, to be iudged by men, he hath only reseruid me, that is, the Pope of Rome, without all questiō of men, vnto his own iudge­ment. Pope Innocē ­tius. 6. q. 3. c. Nemo.And therfore where all other creatures be vnder theyr iudge, only I which in [Page] earth am the iudge of all can be iudged of none, nether of Emperour, nor the whole Clergye, nor of Kynges, nor yet of the people. Ibidem. For who hath power to iudge vpō his Iudge? Pope Gelasiꝰ .9. q. 3. cap. Cuncta. This iudge am I, & that alone, without anye o­ther assistance of any [...]ouncel ioyned to me. For I haue po­wer vpon councels, councels haue no power vpō me. But yf the coūcell determe amisse, it is in my autoritie alone to infringe it, or to condemne whome I luste without any councell. Ibidem.And all for the pre­minēce of my predecessor bles­sed saint Peter, which by the [Page] voyce of the lord, he receuid, and euer shall retene. Anastasius patriarch. D. q. 3. c. Antiquis Item. 1 [...]. q. 3. cap. Quamuis. Far­thermore and where as al o­ther sentences and iudgmēts both of coūcels person or per­sones maye and oughte to be examined,Pope Grego­rius .2. q. 3. c. Quatuor. for that, thei may be corrupted foure wayes, by feare, by giftes, by hatred, by fauoure: only my sentēce and iudgement muste stande, Pope Agatho. Dist. 19. cap. Sic oēs.as gyuen out of Heauen by the mouth of Peter himself whi­che no manne must, Pope Nicola­us .9. q. 3. cap. Patet.breake, nor retract.

Pope Innocentius 2. Art. 17. q. 4 [...] Si quis.No man muste dis­pute or doubt of. Dist. 19. cap. In me­moriam. yea & if my iudgment statute or yock seame scarsly tolera­ble, [Page] yet for remēbrāce of s. Pe­ter it must be humbly obeyd. Sextꝰ Decret. Tit. 7. De re­nunciat. Quo­niā. Glosa.yea and moreouer obediēce is to be geuē not only to such decrees sette forthe by me in time of my Popedome, but also to suche as I do foresey & commit to writing, before I be Pope.Of [...]ic. l. 1. And although it be thought by some writers, to be giuen to all men to ere, and to be deceauid, Glosa. Extra. De verb. sig­nif. cap. Ad. yet nether am I a pure man, Pope Grego­rius. Caus. 35. q. 9. Aposto­licae.and again the sentence of my Apostolike seat is alwaies cōceauid with such moderation, is concocte and digestid with suche paci­ence, and rypenes, and deliue­red out with such grauitie of [Page] deliberation, that nothing is thought in it necessary to bee alterid or retractid. Pope Symma­chus. Caus. 9. q. 3. Aliorū. Where­fore it is manifest, & testified by the voyce of holy bishops, that the dignitie of this my seat is to be reuerenced tho­row the whole world, in that all the faithfull submit them­selfes to it, as to the head of the whole body: Ibidem. Wherof it is spoken to me by the Pro­phet, speaking of the arche: if this bee humiled, whether shall you runne for succour, & wher shal your glory become? Seyng then this is so, that so holy Bishops & scriptures do witnesse with me, what [Page] shall we saye then to suche as wil take vpon them to iudge of my doynges, to reprehend my procedinges, or to require homage and tribute of me, to whome all other be subiecte: Pope Grego [...]rius. 6. q. 3. Scriptu est. Againste the firste sorte the Scripture speaketh Deutero. thou ought not to putte thy sithe in an other mans corne. Whiche thinge to attempt a­gainst me what is it but plain sacrilege. Caus. 17. q. 4. Sacrileg. Glo­sa. Accordinge to my canonists, which thus define sacrilege to consiste in three thinges, eyther when a man iudgeth of his princes iudge­ment: or whan the holy daye is prophaned, or when reue­rence [Page] is not giuen to Lawes and Canons. 2. q. 7. cap. Plarū (que) Glo­sema Gratia­ni. ¶. Item.Agaynste the second sort maketh the place of the boke of kinges, where we reade, y^e arch of God was brought from Gabaa to Hie­rusalem, and in the waye the Arch inclinyng by reason of the vnruly oxen, Ozias the Le­uite put to his hand to help, and therefore was stroken of the Lord. By this Arch is si­gnified the Prelates, by the inclination therof, the fall of Prelates,Ibidem. whiche also be si­gnified by the Angels, that Iacob did see goyng vp & com­ming doune the lader. Ibidem. Also by y^e Prophet, wher he saith: [Page] He bowyd down the Heauēs and came down &c: By Ozias, and by the vnruly Oxen are mente our subiectes. Ibidem. Then like as Ozias was strucken for putting his hand to the Arch inclining, no more must sub­iectes rebuke there Prelates, goynge awry, Ibidem. ¶. His itae. Albeit here may be answered again, that all be not Prelates whiche so be called, for it is not y^e name that maketh a bishop, but his life. Pope Vrbanꝰ. 23. q. Tribu­tū.Agaynst the thirde sort of suche as would brynge vs vnder the tribute and exac­tions of seculare men, maketh the newe Testament, where Peter was bid to giue y^e grot [Page] in the Fishes mouthe but not the head, nor the body of the fishe: No more is the heade or body of the Churche subduid to Kings, but only that, whi­che is in the mouthe, that is, the externe things of y^e church And yet nor they nether: Ibidem. ¶ Quamuis. For so we reade in the booke of Genesis, that Pharao in time of darth subduyd all the land of thegiptians, but yet he mi­nistred to the Priestes, so that he toke nether there possessi­ons from them, nor there li­bertie. If then the prelates of the Churche muste be nether iudged, nor reprehendid, nor exacted, howe muche more [Page] ought I to be free from the same,Pope Bene­dictus. Extr. De aut. et. vs [...] pallij. c. Sāsta. which am the Bishop of bishops, & head of prelates For it is not to bee thought that the case betwixt me and other prelates, betwixte my sea,Pope Stepha­nus. Dist. 19. Enimuero. & other churches be like. Pope Pelagi­us. Dist. 21. Quamuis.Although the whole catho­like and apostolike Churche make one brydechamber of christ: yet the cathol. & Apost. church of Rome, had the pre­eminence giuen ouer al other, by the mouth of the lord him self sayng to Peter: Thou art Peter. &c?Dist. 21. De [...] cretis. Thus a discretion and difference must be had in the church, as it was betwixt Aaron and his Children,Pope Anaclo­tus. Dist. 21. in non [...]. be­twixt [Page] 72. disciples, & the 12. Apostels: betwixt thother a­postels and Peter.Pope Bonifa­cius & Greg. Dist. 89. Ad [...]oc. Wherfore it is to be cōcludid, that their must be an order & difference of degrees in the Churche be­twixt powers, superiour and inferiour, without which or­der, the vniuersite of y^e whole can not consist.

Ibidem.For as amongst the An­gelicall creatures aboue in heauen there is set a differēce and inequalitie of powers & orders, some be Angels, some Archangels, some Cherubin Seraphines:Dist. 89. cap. Singula. So in the Ec­clesiasticall Hierarchie of the Church militant in the earth [Page] priestes must not be equall w^t Bishops. Bishops must not be like in order with Arche­bishops with Patriarches or Primates.Ex Citatione Bull. Decr. 5. Ser. 3. Who cōteyne vn­der them three Archbishops, as a Kynge conteineth three Dukes vnder him. In the whiche nūber of patriarches cometh in the state also of De officio Archipres­by [...]. in Glosa. Cardinals or Principales, so called bicause as the dore tur­neth by his hinges, so the v­niuersall churche ought to be ruled by them. [...] The nexte and hiest order aboue these is mine, whiche am Pope, diffe­ryng in power and maiorite, and honor reuerentiall from [Page] these and al other degrees of men.Ex 3. Parte. Sūmae maio­ris. b. Anto­nini. For the better declara­tion whereof, my Canonistes make 3. kindes or power in earth, Immediata, whyche is mine immediatly from God. Deriuata, which belongeth to to other inferiour prelates frō me. Pope Innocēt. 3. De sacra vnctione. Qui venisset. Ministralis, belongyng to Emperours and Princes to minister for me, for y^e which cause the anointing of princes and my cōsecration doth dif­fer: for they are anoynted on­ly in the arme or shoulders, & in the head to signify the dif­ferēce of power betwixt prin­ces and me.Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. cap. Oēs. This order therfore of Priestes, Bishoppes, [Page] Archbishops, Patriarches & other, as a thyng moste con­uenient, my churche of Rome hath set, & institute through all churches folowing therin not onlye the example of the Angelicall army in Heauen, but also of the Apostels.Pope Clemēt. Dist. 80. cap. In illis. For amongst them also ther was not an vniforme equalite or institution of one degree, Pope Anacle­tꝰ. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta. But a diuersitie or distinctiō of autorite and power, albeit they were all Apostels toge­ther, yet it was graunted not withstanding to Peter, (thē ­selfes also agreyng to y^e same) that he should beare dominiō and superioritie ouer all the [Page] other apostels.Ibidem. Quasi vero Petrꝰ nō a Petra, sed [...] ducatur. And therfore had his name giuen him Ce­phas, that is, head or begin­ning of y^e apostelhode.Dist. 21. cap. In nouo. wher vpon the order of Priesthod first in the newe Testament began in Peter, to whome it was said, Thou arte Peter, & vpon thee I will builde my church. Ibidem.And I will giue the keys of the kingdome of hea­uen. And thou beyng conuer­tid confirme thy brethern. Dist. 21. cap. Decretis. I haue prayed sor thee, that thy faith shal not fayle. Wherfore seyng such power is geuen to Peter, Pope Leo. Dist. 19. c. Ita Dominus. and to me in Peter, beyng his successor,Pope Nicolaꝰ In tātū. Dist. 22. who is he then in all the world, that [Page] ought not to be subiect to my decrees, which haue such po­wer in heauē, in hell, in earth, with the quicke and also the dead,Pope Clemēs. in Bulla Viē ­nae, in scruiiis priuilegiorū. cōmanding and graū ­ting in my Bulle of leade sent to Vienna, vnto all suche as died in there peregrinatiō to Rome, that the payne of hell should not touche them: And also that all suche as toke the holy crosse vpon them should euery one at his requeste not only be deliuerid himself, but also deliuer three or iiij. soules whome so would, out of pur­gatory. Dist. 21. cap. Decretis.Agayn hauing such promise and asserance, that my faith shall not fayle, who [Page] then wil not beleaue my doc­trine? For did not Christ him selfe firste pray for Peter that his faithe shoulde not fayle. Pope Anacle­tꝰ. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta. Scripture well aplied, and like a Clerke.Also haue not I a sure pro­mise of Paul his own mouth, writinge to my Churche by these wordes. God is my witnes whom I serue in my [...]pi­rit, in the gospel of his sonne, that without ceasing I make mention of you alwayes in my prayers? Rom. 1. Pope Dama­sus. 25. q. 1. c. Omnia. Item, Pope Gregor. Dist. 19. Nulli.Where­fore as I condemne all suche worthely, whiche will not obey my decrees, to be dispo­sessid of al their honour with out restitution: Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. cap. Oēs. So all they that beleue not my doctrine, [Page] or stand agaynst the priuilege of the church especially of the Church of Rome, I pronoūce them heretikes. Ibidem.And as the other before is to be called vniust, so this mā is to be called an heretike. Ibidem.For why he go­eth against the faith, whiche goeth against hyr, who is the mother of faith.

Dist. 20. De­cretales.But here may rise percase a doubt or scruple, that if my faith and knowlege stand so sure by the promise of Christ, and by the continuall prayer of s. Paul: whether is it trew, or is to be graunted, that any other shuld excel me in know­lege or interpretation of holy [Page] scripture. Ibidem.For looke whose knowlege is groūdid of most reason, his wordes shoulde seame to be of more autorite. Ibidem.Wherunto I aunswere, and graunt, that manye there be and haue ben more abundāt­ly indued with fuller grace of the holy gost, and greater ex­cellence of knowlege, And therfore that the tractationes of Augustine, Hierome & others ought to be preferrid before y^e constitutiōs of diuerse popes: yet I saye in determinatiō of causes, bicause they haue not y^e vertue & height of that au­toritie, which is giuen to me, therfore in expoūding of scri­ptures [Page] they are to be prefer­red, but in dissising of matters they stād inferiour to my au­toritie. By vertue of whiche autoritie, Dist. 19. Si Romanorū. bothe they them­selfes be alowed for doctors, and there workes approued, and also all other matters be ruled, through the power of the keyes whiche be giuen to me immediatly of Christ. Al­though I denye not but the same keyes be also cōmitted to other Prelates, as they were to other Apostels, besi­des Peter:Gabriel Biel. li. 4. Dist. 19. yet it is one thing to haue the keyes, an other thing to haue the vse of the keyes. Petrus de Palude. Wherefore here is to [Page] be noted, a distinctiō of keys, after the mind of my Schole-doctors, one key which is called Clauis ordinis, hauing auto­ritie to bind & lose, but not o­uer the persones whom they binde & lose, & this autoritie they take not immediatly of Christ, but mediatly by me y^e vicare of Christ. The other keye is called Clauis iurisdictio­nis, which I y^e vicare of Christ take immediatly of him, ha­uinge not onlye autoritie to bind & lose, but also Dominiō ouer thē on whom this keye is exercised. By y^e Iurisdictiō of whiche key, the fulnesse of my power is so greate, that [Page] where as all other are subie­ctes, Dist. 96. cap. Si Imperator. yea and Emperours themselfes oughte to subdue there executions to me. Only I am a subiect to no creature, Gabriel. lib. 4. Dist. 19. no not to me self, except if I liste, In foro paenitentiae, to my Gostlyfather submitting me selfe as a sinner, but not as Pope, so that my Papall ma­iestie euer remayneth vnmi­nished, Superior to all men, Pope Nicolaus. Dist. 19. cap. Si Romano­rū in Glosa. whome all persones ought to obey, Item. 24. q. [...]. Hae [...] est. and folowe, Dist. 40. cap. Si Papa. no mā must iudge, nor accuse of any crime ey­ther of Murder, Adul­tery, Symone, or suche like. 2. q. 7. Nos si. in Glosa. No man depose [Page] but I me selfe. Extrau. De e­lect. Innotuit. No man can excōmunicate me, yea though I cōmunicate with the excō ­municate, for no Canon bin­deth me. Whom no man must ley to. De penitētia. Dist. i. c. Ser­pēs in Glosa.For he that leyth to me is a churchrobber. Dist. 19. cap. Nulli. And who obeyth not me is an he­retike, and an excōmunicate persō.August. de Ancho. For like as al Iewes were commandid to obey the hey priest of Leuiticall order, of what state or condition so euer they were: So are all Christen men more and lesse bounde to obeye me Christes Leauetenant in earth concer­ning the obedience of whom or disobedience we haue in [Page] Deuter. 17. Glosa Ordi­naria. Where the com­men glose saieth that he who denieth to the hey priest Obe­dientiam, leyth vnder the sen­tence of condēnation, as much as he that denieth God his Omnipotentiam. Thus then ap­peareth the greatnesse of my Priesthod, Antoninus.begon in Melchi­sedech, solemnized in Aaron. Continued in the Children of Aarō: perfectionated in Christ: Representid in Peter: Exalted in vniuersall iurisdictiō, And manifestid in Syluester. &c? So that throughe this Praee­miance of my pristhod, hauing all thinges subiect to me, Antoninus.it maye seame well verified in [Page] me, that was spokē of Christ.Summae Ma­ [...]ris. 3. part. [...]ist. 22. Psal. 8. Omnia subiecisti sub pedi­bus eius, oues, & boues, & vniuer­sa pecora campi. Volucres caeli & pisces Maris. &c. i. Thou haste subduyd all things vnder his feete, Sheape and Oxen, and all cattell of the fielde: The birdes of Heauen, and Fish of the sea &c. Ibidem.Where it is to be noted, that by oxen Iewes and Heretikes, by Cattell of the fielde, Paganes, be si­gnified. For although as yet they be oute of the vse of my keyes of binding and losing, yet they be not out of the iu­risdiction of my keyes, but yf they returne, I maye absolue [Page] them.Ibidem. By sheape and all ca­tell, are ment al Christen men both great and lesse, whether thei be Emperours, Princes, Prelates or other. By byrdes of the ayer you maye vnder­stande the Angels and pote­states of Heauen, who be all subiecte to me, in that I am greater than the Angels, and that in foure thinges as is a­fore declared, & haue power to binde & lose in heauē,23. q. 5. cap. Omnium. and to giue heauē to them y^t fight in my warres. Idē Antoni­nus mi [...]i.Lastly by the Fishes of the sea are signified the soules departid in peyne or in purgatory, as Gregory by his prayer deliuered the soule [Page] of Traianus out of hell, and I haue power to deliuer out of purgatory whome I please. Ibidem.Lastly by the Fisshes of the sea are signified suche as be in purgatory. In asmuche that they stande in neade and ne­cessitie of other mens helpe, & yet be in their iorney Viatores, & de foro papae, i. passingers, & belong to the court of y^e pope, therfore they may be relieued out of the storehouse of the church, by the participatiō of indulgēs.Antoninus. August. de Ancho. Thomas. Parte. 4. And for asmuch as some do obiect, y^t my pardons cā not extende to thē that be departed, for that it was said to Peter: what so euer thou [Page] shalt lose vpō earth, & therfor seyng thei are not vpō earth, they can not be losed of me. Here I aunswere agayne by my Doctors, that this worde Super terram, i. vpon the earth may be referred two manner of wayes, first to him that is the loser, so that he whiche shal lose shal be vpon y^e earth. And so I graūt that the pope beyng dead can loose no mā. Also it may be referrid to him that is losed, so that who so euer is loosed must be vpō the earth or about the earth. And so the soules in Purgatorye maye be losed whiche albeit they are not vpon the earth [Page] yet they are about the earth, at lest they be not in heauen. And bycause oft times one question may rise vpon an o­ther,August. de Ancho. and heades of men now a dayes are curious, a manne hearyng nowe that I can de­liuer out of Purgatory, will aske here a question,An papa pos­sit totum pur­gatorium ex­poliare. whether I be able also to emptie all purgatory at once, or not? To whom my Canonist August. de Ancho. doth answer by a triple distinction, Quantum ad absolu­tā meam iurisdictionem, quantum ad ordinatam executionem, quantū ad diuinam acceptationem:Ibidem. Absoluta Iu­risdictio. Firste touchyng my absolute iuris­diction he saith I am able to [Page] ride out all purgatory toge­ther, for as many as be vn­der my iurisdiction, as be all, except only infantes vnbap­tised In limbo, And menne de­parted only cum baptismo flami­nis. That is with y^e Baptisme of spirit. And such as haue no frendes, to do for them that, wherfore pardones be giuen. These only exceptid, for all o­ther besides, the pope, he say­eth, hath power to release all purgatory at once, as tou­ching his absolute iurisdictiō. Albeit Thomas Aquine part .4. denieth the same, for asmuche as Christ him selfe, he sayth, when he came downe did not [Page] vtterly at once release al pur­gatory.Doctors dis­agre in pur­gatory. As touching my ordi­nary execution this they hold that I maye if I will,August. De Ancho. Antoninus. Or [...]nata ex [...] Diuina ac­ceptatio. but I ought not to do it. Thirdly as concernyng the diuine ac­ceptation, that is, how God wold accept it if I did it, that they say, is vnknown to thē, and to euery creature, yea & to the pope himself.

Antoninus in Summulis. Augustinus de Ancho. in Decret. Astesanus Minorita.And to the intent I wold all men to se and vnderstand that I lack not witnesis moo besides these, if I liste bringe them out,Baptista de Salis. in sua Batistiniana. Bonauetura. you shall heare the whole queare of my diuine Clergy broughte out with a full voice testifiyng in my be­half, [Page] in theyr bokes, tractati­ons, Distinctions, Titles, Gloses, and Sūmares,Campēsis. lib. Cōtrouersiarū Coclaeus. as by theyr owne wordes here fo­loweth. The Pope, say they, beyng y^e vicare of Iesu Christ thorow out the whole world,Durandus, in Speculo. Dreido, de ec­cles. Scriptu­ris & Dog­mat. in y^e steade of the liuing God, hath that Dominiō and lord­shippe, whiche Christ here in earth woulde not haue, al­though he had in habitu, but gaue item to Peter in Actu Edoardus Po [...]uellus, Anglꝰ cōtra Lutherū Ecchius i [...] Enchirid. that is the vniuersal iurisdictiō both of spirituall thinges and also of temporall, which doble iu­risdictiō was signified by the two swordes in the Gospell: And also by offering of the [Page] wisemē,Franciscus. Fulgo. who offered not on­ly Incense, but also God, to signify not only the spirituall Dominion,Gabriel Biel. ex Spica. Gaspar. Gratianus in Decr [...]tis. Gerson doctor Illuminatissi­mꝰ. De ecclesi­astica pote­state. but also y^e tēporal to belōg to Christ & to his vi­care. For as we reade, y^e earth is the Lordes, and the fulnes therof, and as Christ sayth al power is giuē to him both in heauen, and earth, so it is to be affirmed, Inclusiuè, that the vicare of Christ hath power on things celestiall,Hugo Cardi­nalis in postil­la. Hostiensis. Holkot. Hosius. terrestial, and infernall. Which he toke immediatly of Christ, al other take mediatly by Peter and the Pope. Wherfore suche as saye that the Pope hath Do­minion onlye on Spirituall [Page] thinges in the world,Ioannes An­dreae. Innocentius. Ioā. de Turr [...] Cremata de ecclesia S [...] ̄ma. and not of temporall, may be likened to the counsellors of the king of Syria .3. Reg. 20. Which said, The Godes of the mountāce be theyr Godes, and therfore they haue ouercome vs,Lanfrancu [...] cōtra Wiclef. Li [...]ius Histo­ricus. Anglus. Lapus. Laurentius. but let vs fighte agaynst them in the lowe medowes, and in valles, where they haue no power, & so we shall preuaile ouer them: So euill counsel­lors nowe a dayes throughe there pestiferous flattery de­ceaue Kinges and Princes of the earth, sayng:Magister Sen [...]tētiarū. Popes & pre­lates be Gods of Montance, that is, of spirituall thinges only, but they be not Godes [Page] of valles, that is, they haue no dominion ouer temporall thinges,Nicolaus. And therefore let vs fight with them in the valles that is, in the power of tem­porall possessions, and so we shall preuaile ouer them.Okam in Dia­logo, parte. 1. lib. 5. Oytanus. But what sayeth the sentence of God to them let vs heare. Bi­cause, sayth he, the Syrians say, that the God of Moun­tance is there God, and not the God of valles,Petrus de Palude. Petrus de Tharam. Petrus de Aliaco. Panormitanꝰ. therfore I will giue all this multitude into your hande, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde. What can be more effectually spoken to set forthe the maie­stie of my iurisdiction whiche [Page] I receaued immediatly of the Lord, of the Lord I saye, and of no mā.Alexander de A [...]es. For where as Con­stantine themperour gaue to Siluester, induyng him with this possession and patrimo­nie,Raymūdus in Sūma de Ca [...]sibus. Richardus. Rabanus su­per Math. cap. 16. Rupertus Tu [...]itiensis. that is so to be expoundid and taken not so muche for a Donatiō, as to be coūted for a restitution made of y^t, which tyrānously was takē frō him before. And agayn where as I haue giuen at sondry times to Ludouicus and other Empe­rours of my temporall landes and possessions, yet that was donne, not so muche for anye recognising of homage to thē as for keping peace with thē. [Page] For I owe to Emperours no dewe obediance that they cā cleame,Scotus Doctor Subtilis. but they owe to me as to theyr superiour. And therefore for a diuersitie be­twixt there degree and mine, in theyr consecratiō they take theyr vnction on the arme, I on the head.Thomas A­quin. And as I am su­periour to them, so am I su­perior to all Lawes, and fre from all constitutions. Which am able of my self, and by my interpretation to preferre e­quite beyng not wryten, be­fore the lawe wryten.Vlricus. Waldemꝰ cō ­fessionate, & De Sacramē ­tis. Ha­uinge all lawes within the chiest of my breste, as is aforesayd. And what so euer this [Page] my sea shal inacte, approue or disproue all men ought to ap­proue or reproue the same, w^t out either iudging, disputing, doubting, or retracting. Such is the priuilege giuē of Christ in behalf of Peter to y^e church of Rome, Ioan. Dreido. De Dogmati­bus va [...]iis, lib. 4. y^t what Countre so euer, kingdom or prouince, cheusing to them selfes Bis­shops & ministers, although they agree with al other chri­stes faithful people in y^e name of Iesu, that is, in faith and charitie, beleuing in the same God, and in Christ his trewe sonne, and in the holy gost, hauyng also the same Crede, the same Euangelistes and [Page] scriptures of the Apostels, yet not withstāding vnlesse their Bishops and Ministers take theyr origine and ordination from this Apostolike seate, they are to be counted not of the Churche. So that succes­sion of fayth only is not suffi­cient to make a church, except the Ministers take theyr or­dination by thē, whiche haue there successiō from the Apo­stels. So theyr fayth, supre­macie, the chayre of Peter, keyes of heauē, power to bind and loose, all these be insepe­rable to the church of Rome, so that it is to bee presumed, that God always prouiding, [Page] and sainct Peter helpyng the bishoprike & diocese of Rome shal neuer defayle from faith. And likewise it is to be pre­sumed & presupposed that the bishop of that Churche is al­wayes good and holy. yea & though he be not alwayes good, or destitute of his owne merites, yet the merites of S. Peter predecessor of y^t place be sufficient for him, who hath bequethed and lefte a perpe­tuall dewrie of merites, with inheritance of innocencye to his posteritie. Hugo. in Glo­sa. Dist. 40. c. Non Nos. yea & though he fall into Homicide or adul­tery, he may sinne, but yet he can not be accused, but rather [Page] excused by the Murders of Sampson, the theftes of the Haebrues, the adultery of Iacob. Glos. in Caus. 11. q. 3. cap. Ab sit. And likewise if any of his clergy should be foūd embra­sing a woman, it muste be ex­poūdid and presupposed that he doth it to blesse hyr.

Furthermore the Pope, say they, hath all the dignities & all power of all Patriarches. In his primacie he is Abell, In gouermente the Arche of Noe, In Patriarchdō Abra­ham, In order Melchisedech, In dignitie Aaron, In auto­ritie Moses, In seat iudiciall Samuel. In zeale Helias, In mekenes Dauid, In power [Page] Peter, In vnction Christ. (Du bist das Antichrist.) My power they saye is greater than all the sainctes. For whome I confirme no manne maye in­firme. I maye fauour & spare whome I please,Glosa. in c. 11. q. 3. Si inimi­cus. to take frō one, and to giue to an other. And if I be ennemy to anye man, al men ought to eschew that person forthewith, and not to tary and loke whyle I bid them so to do. All y^e earth is my diocese, and I the ordi­narie of al meune, hauing the autoritie of the Kinge of all kinges vpon subiectes. I am all in all & aboue all, Hostiensis in cap. Quāto. D [...] trāsl. praeb. so that God him selfe & I the vicare [Page] of God haue both one Consi­storie, Ex summa ca­suum fratris Baptistae.and am able to do al­moste all that God can doe, Claue non errāte. Ex Citatione Hen. Bulling. De fine seculi. Orat. Prima. Item ex cita­tione Iacobi Andreae, ad­uersus Hosiū. lib. 5. Item ex cita­tione Hierom. Marij. in A­ctis 2. Diei. Itē it is said of me, that I haue an heauē ­ly arbitrement, and therfore am able to chaunge nature of thinges, Substantialia vnius ap­plicando alteri. And of nothing to make thinges to be, and of a sentence that is nothing, to make it stande in effect. In all thinges that I liste, my wyll to stand for reason. For I am able by the lawe, to dispense aboue the lawe,De cōcessione praeb. ca. Pro­posuit. and of wrōg to make Iustice, in correcting Lawes, & chaūgyng thē. You haue herd hytherto sufficiēt­ly [Page] out of my Doctors, nowe you shal heare greater things oute of mine owne decrees. Pope Nicol [...] ­us [...] Dist. 96. c. Satis. Reade there Dist. 96. c. Satis. 11. q. 1. Sacer­dotibus. also, Caus 11. q. 1. ca Sacerdoti­bus. 12. q. 1. c. Fu­turam.Also, 12. q. 1. cap. Futurā. Do not you finde there ex­pressed how Constātinus the Emperour sitting in the ge­nerall Councel of Nice, called vs Prelates of the Churche all Gods. Decretal. De Transl. episc [...] cap. Quanto.Agayn reade my Canon Decretal. De transl. episc. cap. Quanto. Doe you not see theyr manifestlye expressed, howe not manne, but God alone separateth that which the Bisshoppe of Rome doth dissolue & separate. Wherfore [Page] if those thinges that I do be said to be done not of manne, but of God, what canne you make of me but God? Agayn if Prelates of the Churche be called and counted of Constā ­tinus for Gods, I then beyng aboue all Prelates,Thus ye may se i [...] ve­ri [...]ide that s. Paul pro­phesieth of y^• aduersarye settyng in y^e temple as God, & bo­styng him a­boue al that is named God. &c. 2. Thess. 2. seame by this reason to bee aboue all Gods. Wherefore no meruell, if it be in my power to chaūge time and times, to alter and abrogate Lawes, to dispense with al thinges yea with the precepts of Christ. For where Christ biddeth Peter put vp his sworde, monishyng his disciples not to vse any out­ward force in reuēging them­selues, [Page] Pope Nicolaꝰ Caus. 15. q. 6. c. Autoritatē. do not I pope Nico­laus wryting to the Bishops of Fraunce, exhorte them to drawe oute there materiall swordes in persuyng theyr e­nemies, and recouering theyr possessions, setting agaynste the precept of Christ, the pro­phet sayng:The Pro­phets minde well expoū ­did. Dissolue colligatio­nes impietatis &c? Item where Christ was present himself at y^t mariage in Cana Galileae, Pope Marti­nus. Dist. 34. cap. Lector. do not I Pope Martinus in my distinctions inhibite the spi­rituall clergye to be present at mariage feastes, and also to mary thēselues? Item where matrimonie by Christ cā not be losed but only for horedom [Page] Pope Grego­rius Iunior. 32. q. 7. cap. Quod propo­suisti. Do not I Pope Gregorius Iu­nior, wrytynge ad Bonifacium, permitte the same to be bro­ken for impotēcie or infirmite of bodye? Pope Innocē ­tius. 4. Sext. Decretal. De sentētia excō. cap. Dilecto.Item against the expresse caution of the Gospel doth not Innocētius 4. permitte vim vi repellere? Pope Alexander. 3. De Decimis. cap. Ex parte. Likewise a­gainst the olde testament I do dispense in not gy­uing tithes.Pope Nicolaus. 15. q. 6. Autoritatem. Itē against the newe Testament in swearing, & that in these sixe causes:

Wherin two kindes of othes [Page] is to be noted whereof some be promissoria, some be asserto­ria. &c? Baptista de Salis. in Sū ­ma casuum ex PauormitanoItem in voues & that ex toto voto. Where as other Prelates can not dispense ex toto a voto, but I can deliuer ex toto a voto, like God himselfe. Pope Innocē ­tius. 4. De e­lect. Venera­bilem.Item in periury if I absolue my absolutiō stādith. Ext. De Iure iurando. cap. Venientes. Itē. De Elect. Significasti [...] in Glosa. Where also note that in al swearing, alwayes the autoritie of the superiour is excepted. Pope Martin [...] 5. Extra. cap [...] Regimini V­niuersalis ec­cl [...]siae.More ouer where Christ biddeth to lende without hope of gaine, do not I pope Martinus giue dispensation for the same, not withstanding the councell of Thuron enactid the cōtrary, yet with two Bulles I disa­millid [Page] that decremēt. Pope Vrbanꝰ 2. Caus. 23. q. 5. c. Excōmu­nicatorum. What shoulde I speake of Murder makynge it no Murder nor homicide, to s [...]aye them that be excōmunicate. Pope Nicolaꝰ Caus. 15. q. 6. Autoritatē. Likewise againste the lawe of nature, Ibidem.Item agaynste the Apostle, Distinct. 82. c. Presbyter.also againste the canones of the Apostels I can and do di­spēse. For where they in their Canō cōmaūd a priest for for­nication to be deposed, I tho­row y^e autoritie of Siluester alter y^t rygor of y^e constitutiō. Pope Pelagiꝰ. Dist. 34. cap. Fraternitatis. Considering the mindes & bodies also of men now to be weaker than thei were then. Baptista de Salis. fol. 184. Briefly against the vniuer­sall state of y^e Church I haue [Page] dispensation, sc [...] quando status ecclesiae non decoloratur. Ibidem. And for mariage in the second degree of consanguinite and affinite, In collateralibus aequali linea, that is betwixt brethern children: although not inaequali linea, so that the vncle may not mary his nice, vnles for an vrgēt & weyght cause. As for all such cōtractes betwixt party and party, where that matrimo­nie is not yet consummate by carnall copulation, it is but a small matter for me to dispēse with all. In summa, if ye liste briefly to here the whole nū ­ber of al such cases as proper­ly apperteine to my Papall [Page] dispensation, whiche come to the number of one and fiftie pointes, that no manne maye meddle with all, but onlye I my selfe alone, I will receite them firste in Latin, then in English, as they be set forthe in my Canonicall Doctors.