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 Papal Tyranny : 
 
 O R, 
 
 A DISCOURSE 
 
 SHEWING 
 
 What tyranny thVofes have exercifed over England for fome 
 i^w, under colour of Mfolutton and iatisfaBion, ^nd 
 from "Ufhat horrible Bondage England "Jb^w delivered by the 
 Light (f the Qofpel, 
 
 Incc the end of Cardinal du perrons Book was to fliake 
 the Conftancy of His Majefty of Great BrUain,' iiM 
 to indace Him to fubmit His Crown to the Papal See ; 
 1 think it expedient, yea and necelTary, to llicw what was 
 the condition of the Enghdi, and what the ignominy and 
 bondage of the Royal Crown, under th^ Empire of the 
 Roman Prelate. This matter of Satisfadlions leads us to 
 that Difcourfe : for it was a principal Engine of the Pope 
 to bring Kings under his Feet, for him to tread upon cheir 
 Necks, and to prey upon England with the higheft Infolcncy, 
 
 The Difpute about Inveftitures and Collation of Bcneficcs,is that for which mod 
 blood hath been fpilt in Eurnpe, fince Chriftian Religion was planted in it. Up- 
 on that Quarrel above an hundred Battels were fought fince Cr'^ory the Vlf. be- 
 fidcs Sieges of Towns, and wafting and ranfacking of Provinces. As in the 
 fourth and fifth Ages, the word Confuhfiantial was the Mark of the Orthodox, 
 and in our days^oi«g to m^fj is the mark of Roman Catholicks ; fo in the eleventh 
 and cwclfch Agts, to maintain that the Right of Inveftitures and Collation of Bi- 
 lliopricks and Abbeys belonged not unto Kings and Princes, but to the Pope, went 
 fotthc markof a true Chrift an ; and they that fuflfered for the defence of the 
 Pope3 Claim, were called Martyrs, and put in the Lift of Saints, and v\ ere fare to 
 do Mirncles after their Death, 
 
 In old time Popes wcic created by the Authority of the Emperours> who alio 
 
 B punitlicd 
 
punifherf SJ\^ depnffd Popc% They cmpif>yc(i thcmfomerimestbout EmbaflTifstftd 
 o'her Servicr, as a Sovcraign Prince will fend his Subjcd^s and Seivancs onhis 
 Krrand. 
 
 The Kings of //k/j* resale of the Biiliops of Romt tWee thoufajid Crowns for 
 iheir InvcflicuiEj ascf rhc Archbil1ioT> of C^'^iUn^ aiui ','nac of Ravenna^ two 
 (a) Ciffioi, '^'^oufand for theirs, accordi'^g to the cxprcfs Law of King ^th^Uriei** in {a) 
 var.1.9. C'^iffiodornt. Thar Liw wa^ made about the year cf Chrift 535. 
 
 Ep. I ?. TheEmpcrourJ«/?J»i.^» having flvDrcIy afcci- recovered Rome z\\^ It a: y^ coim- 
 
 ib) Novel, nued the fame Lay(» commanding that the Patriarchs fhould pay (and tiie R^man 
 ^'b^^'bt 3S well as the others) to the Emperoars Coffers twenty pounds weight of Gold, 
 tijjims Archi- ^^'^'^'^ '^^^^^ to about three thoufand French Crowns. This is tt be fccn in the {b) 
 epifcopos (iT **? N ivel of J<»/?/»uw, in the third Chapter. 
 
 Putriarchif, But the Roman Empire being pulled down in the VVeft^ and luly being fallen 
 
 l^oce/i.feniorcs into the hands of thcFiench, the Pope was inriched by the immenfe Liberalities 
 a'ntirml^^^' °^ ^'f^*^ "id fharhmai£n, and Lnvu the Meek, and from a Bilhop wasfuddenly 
 2r AlfxunirU made a Temporal Prince. Being thusraifed, he took advantage,after the death of 
 t^Tbeopokos Le^vts^ of the dulncfs of his Succcflors, diftra^^cd with great Wars, to make his 
 C^^fr jol)/m«~ Keys to clink with a great noifc, and to terrific the Princes and Nations on this fide 
 raw, fi ?"'^<^^ of the Alps, wiith the Thunder of his Excoramunicaticns. ( For as for the Gre- 
 hnEpHcopk'^^ cians his Neighbours, who at that time held ftill part of Italy, they nevw cared 
 AutckrLUnon. ^o^ ^^i^ roaring of his Balls.) By little and litde the Papal Empire did fo increafe, 
 uirm(iudm. lo that in the end the Popes made bold to ftrike at the Crowns of Emperours and 
 librat 4uri di- Kings, and Hioot /^/j.j/)^f«;/t'/ againfl them, giving and taking away Kingdoms, 
 ?\^xtra U- P""^"S Interdi-cTs upon their Provinces, and expofing ihcm for a Prey to the next 
 nam Sanftara Conquerour. Yea they came to Cc) bear themfelves for Lords of the whole tem« 
 deMajoritate poralof the World, noltfs thzn of the fpiritual, becaufe- it is written, Beholdtm 
 ^ obedi;ntia. StfordsyScc, thatis the Spiritual and the Temporal Sword. 
 
 The height ofthe Popes Power and Glory, and together the depth, and ask were 
 the midnight of the darkeft ignorance, was from the year 1073. "P^" which 
 Gregory the VIL cntred into the Papal Sec, and the year i J J7. when Leo the X. 
 having pabliflied great PardcnsoverallthePapal Empire, began to fell Heaven for 
 ready money, and put to fale rcmilfion of fins, and deliverance of Souls from Pur- 
 gatory. This moved the people to fearch the Scriptures, to know what Ground 
 luch an infamous Traffick might pretend in the Word of God. In all that Inter- 
 val, which was of four hundred fourty four years, Holy Scripture was a Book 
 fliut up unto the Princes and Nations of the Weft, and their w hole Religion con- 
 fiftcd in Adoration of Rcliqaes and New Saints doing Miracles, in Pilgrimages, in 
 Service of Images, in Vifions of Souls returning from Pargarory, in running to 
 get Pardons, in founding of Abbeys for Satisfaction and Redemption of the fins 
 of the Founders, in making Cr<3//<»</'?'s for Expedition into the Holy Land, and 
 in trembling under the Popes Thunderbolts. Hardly was Chrift acknowledg- 
 ed among the Saints. Till in the end they bethought themfelves to give him 
 his Feaft, which they call Gods Feaflj, that Chrift might not be alone with- 
 oi\t »ho!y day, 
 
 Tliac 
 
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T^iTit GregdrythtVU. was the firft Pope that made bold (d) to pronounce a W'^^ waste 
 Sentence oF Depofition from the Empire againfl: ffenry the IV. a wife and valorous ^^^^ *°^^* 
 Emperour, tranfporting the Kmpirc to Rodolphus Duke of Sttahen, But that 
 bold attempt turned to the confufion both of ^regory^ and of his Creature i^e- 
 dolphftf : For Rodolphuf was defeated and uounded co death by Hetryj who alfo 
 degraded G^^'^or^, asguilryof High Treafon, making him flee to .frf/frwo, where , v ^. , 
 foon after he died for p.ricf. AUo Henry bcfie^ed Rome, and rook ir» (e) Sigehgrt Xnn los/f' 
 who lived then, and Matth:w ParU, almoft his Contemporary, and Cardinal confejfut tifl 
 Penno, a Domcftick of ihac Pope, write that when he law himfclf near his Death, DetO'Sanlft 
 he called a Cardinal, ihc moft confiding of all his Friend?, to whom he confeft,-i*err(»(i7'/oto 
 zha^he had greatly ( fended in the Pafiord Charge committed unto himy 4ni h^d EuUfia^e yal-. 
 drawn the Wr^th of God upon Mankind by th Devils Inflig^tion. ^ piftlraltcura^ 
 
 This Quarrel began, becaufc the Emperours after the Canonical Ele<9io«of the ^^^ f^ ^^ ,g. ^ 
 Biihopsand Abboisofthtir Empire, ufed to inve^^them with the Lands and Lord- gendamcom^ 
 (liips belonging unto the Bifhoptickor Abbey, putting a Ring and a. Staff in their rni{fieraty(3* 
 hand, and to receive the Oarh of Allegiance from them. For the faid Prelates hold- {"jf^^^r* tw J 
 ing many Noble Lands in the Empire by thcConcellion of the Empercurs,and ha- „dnumgenu$ ' 
 ving a Vote in their Elcftion and in the greatcft bufinefsof the Empire, the Em- od'tun O' irAm 
 pcrours thought it juft and necefTary that the faid Prelates thould make fomc ac- commie. 
 knowledgment of it, and Hiould nor be received into a degree fo important to the 
 State, without the States confenr, and withoue acknowledging the Emperour to be 
 their Lord and Mafter. Befides, the Emperours according to the cuflom of the 
 ancient Emperours which I reprefented before, would take fome Prefent in money 
 from the faid Prelates, (which yet was a fmall thing in coraparifon of that which the 
 Popes took fince, and take (till for the Annat, now that they have deprived the 
 Emperour of his Right.) And herein the Emperours thought themfelves groun- 
 ded in right. For befides that the Churches, Abbeys, and Priories were founded 
 by thcLiberah'ty of Emperours and Princes of the Empire, the Emperour main- 
 tained Armies for the Defence and Security of the faid Prelates, wherefore it was 
 rcafonable that they (liould contribute towards the Charges. 
 
 The Kings of England had the fame Right in their Kingdom. So at the fame 
 time that Popes difpuecd thofe Inveftiturcs againfl Emperours, they laboirred alfo 
 in £»^/W to pluck that Flower from the Kings Crown, and to draw theprofit to 
 themfelves. The firft that fli-red that Qjarrel in England was %4nfelm Archbi- 
 fliop of C^nterlnry \ for when the Kings of England needy and greedy of money, 
 borrowed of the Clergy great loans never to pay again, he to exempt himfelf from 
 the fubjeftion of Kings, laboured to make his Archbillioprick to depend mcerly on 
 the Pope, not on the King, although he had got it by the free Gift and Concelfion 
 of the King. 
 
 That An/elm then being promoted in the year 109 2. to the Archbifho prick by 
 King MRiam-RufHSy the King having given him freely that Great and Rich 
 Place, foon after would extort from him a great fum of money for the exigence 
 of hisbufineffes, as claimingaRecompencefor hisGifr. /f«/<r/w refufcd to give 
 it, and ftcaUng privately out of England^ went to Pope Vrhan the H. who at that 
 
 B 2 time 
 
i^apai %mmf. 
 
 (f) Matth. 
 Paris ill Gu- 
 iielmo Rufo. 
 S^onius. 
 
 rime was violently profecutins, againft the Emperour Henry the Fourth, the Qua.-, 
 rel of Invtftirure, begun by his Predeceflor Gregory the Scvench. This Vrban 
 liking the Prudence and Dexterity of Anfelmy made ul'e of his Counfcl, and gave 
 him the ArchbilliopsPall, thereby voiding the Invcftiture which he had received 
 from King JViUiam^ and obHging him thereafter to depend on him, as alfo he 
 did ; fo behaving himfelf ever fince, as holding his Archbillicprick by the Popes 
 Ordination, not by the Kings Conceflion. Whereby the King incenfed, interdi- 
 £{cdio j^nfelmiht entry into his Kingdom, confifcated the Lands and Eftateof 
 the Archbidioprick, and declared by an exprefs Edift that his Biiliops held their 
 Places and Eflarcs mecrly from him, and were not fabje^unto the Pope for the* 
 fame,* And that he had the fame Rights in his Kingdom as the Emperor had in the 
 Empire. Tovvhich all the Bidiops of England fubfcribed. Neither did any of 
 them contradift it, but onely the Billiop of Rochejier, as a Suffragant to the Arch- 
 bidiop of Canterbury, 
 
 By the Intervention of Fricnds) ft/^/»/(?/«i> made his Peace ; But being returned 
 homRome^ and keeping a ftrift league with the Pope, he began again foon after 
 ro difTwade the Clergy from receiving Invcftitures from theKing, wherefore he was 
 conftrained to fly the fecond time out of the Kingdom, and his Eftate was again 
 feized upon, and confifcated, of which Be had obtained Reftitution at his 
 return. 
 
 He came then to PopcVrhaoy who received him with honour, as a Confeflbr 
 fufferingfor the Caufeof Chrift. The year after, Vrhan kept a Council ac Cler- 
 mont in ^uvergne where he granted full pardon of all fins to all that lliould con- 
 tribute for the Expedition into the Holy Land, {f) and to them that fhould go in 
 p«fon, he prom ifcd a particular degree of Glory, and a preheminence in Para- 
 difc above the vulgar fort of Saints. In the fame Council lie decreed that thence- 
 forth it fhould not be lawful for any Prelate or Ecdefiaftical Perfon to receive the 
 Inveftiture or Collation of a Benefice or Church-Dignity from the hand of any 
 Lay- perfon. But the Princes laught at thefe Decrees, and retained the poflcllion of 
 thcfe Invcftitures. 
 
 In the lopp. K'mfLffillifim and Pops Vrhan d'\td. Henry the I. fucceeded 
 Jj/iShtmi and Pafchal the II. fucceeded Urban. This King Henry finding his 
 Confcience charged with many Crimes, among other things, with taking the 
 Kingdom from his Elder Brother Robert^ vowed unto God for Satisfaction for 
 his Sins to found an Abbey, and together fought to be reconciled with An- 
 felm, and called him again. But Anfelm being obliged with an Oath to 
 the Pope , prevailed with the King that a Council fiiould be gathered ac 
 London^ Where he declared the Order he had from the Pope, that no Lay- 
 man fhould have the Power to confer any Inveftiture, and began to degrade 
 the Billiops promoted by the Kings Nomination > and refufed to confecrate 
 fome Bifiiops namedby the King. Ifhe Kmg angry, banilli'd him out; of . his 
 Kingdom prefcntlyj and CQufifcaccd his Eftate, 
 
 White' 
 
while thefe things pad in Ew^W'^^P^^^A*'' profecutcd the Quarrel cf 
 h;.Prec1ecefl'orsagainfttheEniperoar(^) ^.«r^ the IV. and (eeing tlm J^^ ^^e (gj The L u 
 Enemies whom the Pope had raikdagainft him had been overcome anddefea'ed, '^^^^^J^ 
 hedidfo wor"k upon the Emperoursown Son, tiiathemade him rebel againlt ms ^^^^^ the IV. 
 Faher anddiat'Son coming upcn hisFatheracuna\vares, with an Army Uirpri- to P/;/7/pKing 
 ffd him at Confluence, cook the Crown, the Scepter, and Imperial Robe from ojFurct, are 
 him, and degraded him from the Empire. This broke the heart of the Vcne -f -^^f;^; 
 rableoldman charged with fo many Viaones, who died Coon afcer ^iriigneh, ^^^^ ^^^^^ 
 fo forfaken, that Pope P^fchal would not faftcr him fo much as to be bu- ThisHidory 
 •J is related at 
 
 That new Emperour Henry the Fifth having flain his Facher, paft prefcncly ^^^f ^y h./^ 
 i.nto n.ly, where the Pope hoping to be recompenfed for helpmg b,m in h.s ^^^«J_i^^>^ ^^^ 
 Confpiracy againft his Father, found himfelf deceived : For when he prcll him b^^j, intituled 
 to renounce the Rights of Inveftiture which his Anceftors (as5/^e/crKa.th) had chronicaSda- , 
 enioved above three hundred years, the Emperour grew very angry , and laying vmm.Scc z\to, 
 hold of this Pope PafM, committed him to a cbfe Prifon : Neither would he B^^ronn.. m 
 releafe him, till he had renounced his Claim to the InveQiturcs and Collations ot ^ 
 Benefices, laying to him in fcornthat which J.^to^ faid to the Angel wreftlingwuh 
 him, InillmtlettheegQ, before thou h^.Jl given mt thy Blejfir>g, ^.tfehA then 
 to redeem himfelf outof Captivity, granted loHenry that both he and the Popes 
 after him, fhould leave unco the Emperours the peaceable enjoying of the Inveth- 
 tures of Ecclefiaftical Dignities by die Ring and the Staff. Alio that none could 
 beconfecnted Billiop with ou an Inveftiture by the Emperour. And to make this 
 agreement more Authentical, the Emperour and the Pope mutually obliged them- 
 felvcs by Oath upon the Hoft of the Mafs , which they received together. But 
 becaufe that Oath wasextoned, the Pope did not think himfdf obliged to keep it. 
 So he broke that Agreement, and excommunicated Henry, and all Princes ufurping 
 
 Inveftitures. 
 
 That accident confirmed Henry the I. King of England in a relolution to retain 
 the Inveftitures of his Kingdom, And that Order was keptin England for a long. 
 ti'--ne. Onely the Popes, that they might not wrong their pretences by a long pre- 
 fcription, would fend the Pall to fomc Prelates inverted by the King, confirming 
 that which they could not alter, and giving an A pprobation which was not defircd 
 
 In thcyear 1 142 Pope £«ge»/Vi came to Paru^ where that he might ufurp 
 tlw Right of Inveftiture, and deprive the Kng of it, he gave the Archbilhoprick 
 of Bourges to one of his Domtfticks, Chancellor of the Apoftohcal Chancery, na- 
 med Peter Aimtry, without the confenc of King Lewis, a Prince very muchgiycn to ^^^^^^^^ 
 obedience unco the Papal See. {h) Yet the Kmg was fo angry at it, that he Iwore p^^j, -^^ h^,, 
 . upon the holy Rdiques, that rever fo long as he lived, ^imery fhould fet his foot ricQ I. 
 in BBHrgef. But the Pope knowing the Kings timerous nature, cxcommunicaced 
 him, put his Perfon in interdict, and gave order that \u France, in all places 
 where the King came. Divine Service ihotild ceafe, and all his Court was deprived 
 of the Communion, This lafted three whole years, till the famous Bernard^ Ab- , 
 
 bot i 
 
 Kwf^- 
 
botof C/f^w^^AT came to the King, and perfwaded him to receive the faid Arcjibi- 
 
 rhop. Blu becaufe by fo doing the King brake his Oath made upon the holy Rc- 
 
 liques, he wasenjoyncd for Sacisfadion ro rake a Journey tO the holy Sepulchre in 
 
 Syrh, to fighr againft the Saracens. In w hicli Journey, the King mifcrably loft 
 
 the flower of his Nobility, and returned afflicted and full of Confufion. 
 
 -- tth Pa- ^'^ Aboutchac time died Henry ArchbiHiop of T^rl^y being poifoned in the 
 
 tIs, an,uj4." ^'^^^'^^°^ ^^^ Sacrament. Andu wasnofmall qucftion, Whether the Blood of 
 
 p.88. ' Chrift might be poifoned. 
 
 Cum Arehi- After Henry the I. ot England cumc Stephen, and after Stephen^ Htnry the II. a 
 
 epifccpta divi- potent Prince, yx\\ohzC^x\ts England y hdd NcrmaodyyAnjoUi Poitoff, Saintong, and 
 j7a cdebrATit^^^ C7«/V««f •• That King fo potent, was weakened with an inward Combatc of 
 ftoiniph Ca: contrary dcfires ; for being very fupeiftitious and ferupulous, yet he was vC- 
 liccy utaiunt,' ry ambitious and extraordinarily eager to maintain his Rights, that of Inveflitures 
 vexeno obiit cfpecially. 
 
 CJO Helmoldi (^^ In j^g y^ar 1 1 ^5. (the year in which Frederick^ BArharoJfa held the Popes 
 
 (/VMatth?' ftiffupi ^^^ ^^^^ inftead of the right, to abufe him, but the nexr day was forced to 
 
 Paris, in Hen- ^0^^' f he Right) King Henry i\\z\\, dcfiroas to invade Ireland ^ and having no 
 
 xico II. p.91 . juft Tide to it, writ to Pope Adrian to defirc his leave to fubdue Ireland, to reduce 
 
 itintothe way of Salvation. Not but that the Irilli were Chriftians, but they 
 
 yielded little Obedience to the Pope, who got no money from that Ifland. The 
 
 Popes Letters in anfwer to Henry^ are related by Matthew Parity whereby that Pope 
 
 giveth him leave to make thatCorqiieft, upon Condition that he fhould impofea 
 
 Tax of a penny a year upon-every houfc of Irelandy to the profit of the Papal See ; 
 
 and that he fhould hold that Kingdom by the Popes Grant, as a Fee of the Roman 
 
 tmS Sine om- Church, (w) For (faith he) there u no doubt hut that the JJlands upon which Chrifl 
 
 nes'infHlaiy the Son of Righteoufnefs is rifeny and that have received the Infirudinns of the Chri' 
 
 quihuA Sol ju- j^j^fj p^ith, belong to S. Peter's Right, and to the holy Roman Chntch. And upon 
 
 JlitiachriftM jj^^j. \^^ exhorteth Henry to inftrudt that Nation in 20od manners, and in obedience 
 
 Chriftian/e [uf- In the lame year at Argentueil near Partly was 1-ound our Saviours Coat without 
 ceperuntai jvA feams, made for him by his Mother in his Infancy, and grown with him. There 
 '^AnSiiPetrKs' was found fome Writing upon it, which made that to be known which had not 
 mmlEcd^x ^"" pciceived in 1 1 54 yedrs. 
 
 *ion eftdubium Then alfo was burnt at /Jew? one Arnonldy who preached with great applaufe 
 fertinere. Ba- that the Pope had nothing to do to meddle with temporal things. And he was 
 ton. burnt by the Command of Pope Adrian^ who (oon after was fuftocated by a Flic 
 
 which he (wallowed with his Drink. A wonder, that he that was God on Earth, 
 Cn)Ufpergen- ^^d whom Things worOiipped, could be (») fuffocatcd by a Flie. Alexander the 
 *^* III. fucceedcd him, who Sainted King Edward the Conkffor, dead above a hun- 
 
 dred years before. 
 (•)Matth.Pa- (0) In the year 1162. King Henry the II. of England preferred his Chan- 
 Hh Baronjps^ celjour 7/»ow<w j?ffi^f « to the Archbifhoprlck of C^interluryy a prudent and indu- 
 ftrious man, and learned, asthetime was, but fufficicntly ftored with Ambicion, 
 He received that preferment from the King , without any Invcftuuie or Confchr 
 
 from 
 
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from the Pope. Yet the Pope not long after fent him the Archbi/Tiops Pall. This 
 difpleafcd the King, who foon after affcmbled a Council at CUrence , where all 
 appeals to Rome were forbidden , and all the Prelates declared that they held their 
 Offices and Benefices from the King, and from noneelfcj to which Orders the 
 faid ArchbilLop r^ew^ was alfo confenting. 
 
 But a while after this Prtlatc changed his Opinion, and protcfted that he was 
 forry tohaveconfented to the Kings Ordinances, and to the Condufions of the 
 Council, and to fhcw his Repencance, he cut off himfeUTrom the Communion. 
 Then he ftoleaway into Flanders, and from thence to Rome, to Pope Akxmdfr 
 the III. Whereupon the King renewed the fame Laws, and decreed that every 
 rcifon,' whether ofthe Clergy or Laity, that lliould appeal to the Pope, ilwuld 
 be committed to Prifon , and proceeded agamrt : The Goods of Thom.ti he cauled 
 to be feized , and bania^ed both him and his kindred. Clergy-men were forbid- 
 den CO go beyond the Seas without leave , and fiirety for their return. A Itria 
 Order was made, that no Mandate from the Pope ihould be received into the 
 Kingdom of England: And that Petns?tv\c^ , which the Pope vailed by the ^ 
 
 VcW'iti BngUnd every year, lliould be feized into the hands of his Majelhes 
 
 BatThomoi being come into Fr^wc^ excommunicated with burning Cancfles 
 andringofBelh, all that under pretenceof maintaining the Kings Right, did hin- 
 der the Profits of his Holinels J then herctiicdto SuColemb of Jf«/, where King 
 Lervii did liberally entertain him. But King Henry angry that Pope tA^exm- 
 der maintained 7*f.w/», whom he called his rebellious Subjea, ( p ) forbad all (p) Matth., 
 hisSubjcastoyicldanySubjeaiontothcPope. t-ans-pag. 
 
 In the year 1170. King ff^nrjcaufed his eldcft Son f/"<r»r)/ to be crowned King ^°i- 
 oi England, by the Hands of the Archbifhop of Tark^. Which ThomM , though 
 banillied , took very heavily, and excommunicated the faid Archbilhop andaU 
 his adherents in that A^ion ; for he pretended that the right of Crowning Kings -^ 
 belonged to him. 
 
 King Henry, after the Crowning of his Son, pafTed into Normandy, where 
 King Levfi6 by his Interven'tion fo prevailed , that King Henry and Tho- 
 mtu met and fpake together. And when it was required that Thoma4 iLould kifs 
 King f/fwrjy in fign of Reconciliation: T^ow<«,coming near to theKing,faid tohim, 
 / k^ls joufor the Honour of god, or for Godtfak;. At which the King, ofl:ended , 
 would not receive the Kils; as if Thomas had given him to underf^and, that 
 he kiflfed him not for his own fake. So nothing was done for that time Buc Mattb' 
 foon after, Kmg Htnry, ((\) perfwadcd by fome Prelates, met again with Tho'tfOi J^^ri/i,, Hch-- 
 zxFroncet4Aftx,znA did that which no man would have believed. For twice he held ^j^,^ jj p^g^ ' 
 the Bridle of r/jswiW hisHoife. For that Prelate was not contented to have re- 1,7. 
 ceived that Honour once, but he alighted again , that the Kmg fhould do him Cum autem ' 
 that fubmiflicn once more, as healfo did. Thus that Prieft praaifed Apcftolick ^'^'j.^J^lf"'^ 
 Humility. fartem ft- 
 
 (effljfm, bif^ue defandiifcnt c bk afcfn.UJfint , bh hikum AMpiftcpi Rex muii cum c^Hum^ 
 
 After 
 
After this Triuhiph, Thomas returned into England fall of Glory. Where in- 
 ftead of bringing and keeping Peace, he was the Bearer and Prcclaimer of an Ex- 
 ccnimunication and Sentence of Dcpcfitionagainft the Archbi('hopof21i>ri^ and bis 
 Adherents, M-hohad taken upon them to Crown the young King in his abfence. 
 But thcKinghindred the Execution of that Sentence. Such was then the Power 
 of the Keys, fuch was the abominable Pride of the Popes Slaves. 
 
 The next yea' after, the fame Thomoi excommunicated folemnly the Lord Sack- 
 villy appointed by the King Vicar of the Church at Cmttrhitry ; becaufe he did 
 (rj Matth.Pa- derogate from the Rites of the Church, to pleafe the King. ( r ) He excommuni- 
 rij, p.19. catedalfo ox\t Robert ^rooi^forciirtaihng a Horfe that carried Viftuals to tiie Arch- 
 Ribcrumqm- bi(]-,ops Houfc. For which reafon the King, being then in Normandy^ fentovcr four 
 Vam^^^^^^ ^'" °f h's Servants to the Archbidiop, to command him to abfolve thofe whom he had 
 dim iffm Ar- unjuftly excommunicated, and take off his Sufpenfions from others. WhicH com- 
 chiepjfcopi vi- mand, when the Archbi(liopdefpi(ed to obey, the King began to grieve very fore 
 cfuaiu defer en- before his Servants, and to lament his condition. This moved the fame four men, 
 tern^i dedecm ^^hom the King had fcnt before, to return into England to the fame Archbifliop, 
 'niaTdauna- '^^'^°'^' ^^^V ^^^"^ *" ^^^ Church of Canttrlfiry at three a clock in the after-noon , 
 I'erAt, foUnni- and calling him Tray tor to the King, they flew him, and dafhed his Brains upon 
 ter excommuni- the floor. HisUdwordswhtnhQ dycdwerCil commend wyfelf and Gods Caufeun" 
 '^"^"^ fo God, and to the hlejfed Mavy, and to the Saints^ Patrons bf thin Charch^ and to 
 
 Saint Dennis. 
 
 Here the lightnefs of the peoples minds appeared. For the fame men that dc- 
 tefled the Pride of that Thomas^ began to worfliip him after his death , compaf- 
 /ion moving them to Devotion. King Henry himfclf fhewed a deep forrow for ic, 
 and th ugh he protefted himfclt innocen.J'of that Fa£^, yet hefenc Embafladors 
 to the Pope to make fatisfa£tion about it, and to undergo fuch a penance as the 
 Pope would impofe. But the Pope would not fo much as receive his EmbafTadors- 
 tokifshis Feet, and would not fee them : And in great wrath fpakc of excom- 
 municating the whole Kingdom of England, and putting an Interdid^ upon it, 
 which ( in his account ) was fending all the EyghOi into Hell. As long as that 
 Kingiuade Edidts, whereby he forbad his Subjects to yield any Obedience to the 
 Pope, or to receive any Bullsor Mandates from Remey the Pope did not trouble 
 him, and ufed no threatning. But as foon as he be^an to himblehimfelf, the 
 Pope trod under his feet, the Majcfly of fuch a great King. And he made theKuig 
 to buy his Abfolution at a dear rate. He enjoyned him to fufter appeals from Eng- 
 land to Kcme, To quit his Rights and .Claim againft the Liberties of the Church, 
 that is, to the Inveflitures, To keep two hundred men of Arras in pay for the 
 Holy War: of which Pay , the Popes Affigns were to be the Receivers, And 
 that in England they fliould celebrate the Feafl of the glorious Martyr Saint 
 ( f )DtJin^c -J ^^^^ ^^ Canterbury. The Words of the Bull arc thefe. {i) ff'e firiaiy charge 
 vatalemThomic )0i* , that yon foemnly celebrate every year the btrth day ef the gUriotu Martyr 
 Murtyris glori- 
 
 Ji C inximitnjhim olim Archiepifcapi , diem videlicet pajftonis ejus, f»^nmt(r fub amis ^ngiiVucckhrctifj (^ 
 ^^piidenrnvouviioratiombKs [atagntis peccatorum viHtam promcrcri. 
 
 Thomas 
 
mi thM ij d,vo»t Tr,]<r, to him , 7'« """ 
 
 Sin<. , , . , „. . „ „;_. ^/f„„ paffech from Wrm^W^ into 
 
 f».;«J, ftayech »t Unt'rhp ^^^^f^^^^^ Z^ lal\,e,,(ome ch.ee. Of which 
 coS,p.nyof Monks, ^^ "■'•-VT/r„r iw*./ tpeaks elms m che fitft f,,t, w, 
 
 i/,, ««M fc f ^'"•'' '»/"'-";' ''Zht'olT hZ Ir h.,ni I which h. laith . be- ^ /^^^ f ^ S» • 
 
 ,A., *.,« A"^ 9-'" '^'•Z'K'JrJ'.^AVA th. Pope out of the Cuy wuh ^^j;^^, »„,,,- 
 caufe at the fame time the OtiicnsotRo«ee!.xii«i „„h„,priv«« 
 
 dlferace.fcornins hisExto.nmunication. , • , infomuch that King ^«,g,j-.a«H'= 
 
 Then beejn the Rchcks of Saint ThomM to do tn "^'" • '" , . ^^ ,^01 1'hii' (M,mnu4 > 
 J' Saentertainedrt.^^ at 5.»,,rafl^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 him , and madehis devotions tu his R^ qt . J^" «><" ' ^^ ^|^_^ ,^^^_ „ , *« ^P_ ^ 
 
 Saint', and the O mmandmc-u ■^f-^/.^'jrirt Article of ,he Chriftian ',, A, r „. 
 „a, m ve,y great credit. Yet it ' "^ W^',,„, .,„, only for InvUlitures ^4' """"^ 
 Fauh .his Martyr fuffered, feeing .hat his ban mme, > p„,„.ir,on tho 
 
 and Collations of Benifices, -d pecm.ar ma^^-^ Thus by_^__ ^^^^P^^ ^^^ ^^,^^^, 
 
 mvdeivofmiquitywasgrowing. "^'"RVVb . ,nH fa^ins. that toctofsihe Anno 1.79. 
 roughh,spa(iage\vas bat ftom-D^r <«C.ft«. »nd Ja^ ng^ ^^^^ I,.i„/.„ „»;, 
 
 Se« was a thing more .han humane, prayed to S-. 7A,,».« the Al.ry ^„,. 
 
 'h«::;me none Luld (uffcr dr-pwraek .n that paOage. ^^..^irT";!^"^' 
 
 (,,,. that time Pope ...^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 SgloX\har te^^^^^ Ch.',J, ,ho.d comcnt them- , 
 [elves CO ride with an attendance of fi^'V Hor^"; r ^^„,^„j ^ycd. His Son Ri- 
 . In the year 1189 King H^nry the fe<»nd o\^"^'\,J „f h,s Reign 
 
 .A.rd firnamed U'.r4, ^>»" '''««'';ly 'Ted b a ute the K ng was fortfymg (z) Weft, an: 
 (O lf„;.,r Archbilhop ol &«•" , d'fpl»^d ° J^= '^^j, oVme Serv,« to u.^. Ma.tb. 
 he Came of AMi, put whole W.r«WT " '»^ f^^^^^"^^^ ^„ ^, ,„^ , f e,Us • I>a.i>. p. .75. 
 ceafeover all the Cou.it.y. T^ut up C^^'"* \ff '^',';'„„™,,,,,,cated the whole peo- 
 a„d for aquarrel between the Kmg and him' J' /.f^" ^„,,„y „|,e part aRainft .he 
 plcfo.hatno Noimanentiedin.oParadie unletsh w,uM ^^ p I ^^ ^^^ (a)Ma«l,.Pa. 
 
 EviUni wl,h a tra.n o( n f,„„,„„/„ /ir>f«'«». w'er,, /..errf/fli. Jjc=ia< «rf.r* 
 
t^o years, the affli^lcd people were in prcat confufion,becaufe tlicy faw themfelves 
 deprived of the Divine Service, and caft our of the Communion df the Church 
 for a quarrel in ^vhich they had no hanM, the burying places lluit up , the dead 
 BjcIics cnfl cut in the ftrccts, lending forth fuch a ft ink that the whole Councrey 
 M3sinfe6ied wirhit. 
 
 In the end King Richard was neccffi arcd to fend EmbafTadors to Rim' to 
 plead his Caufe againft die Archbilliop. The Agreement was made with thtle 
 Conditions. That the King might fortific the Caftleof Andeli ^ becaufe it wasa 
 frontier near the French. But that toappcafethe Archbilliop, and make him take 
 off the Inrcrdidrl from the Countrey, iheKing iliould give to the Archbillnp 
 a^Ithe Mills of Rouen^zo enjoy them as his own, both he and his SuccefTors; alfo 
 all the Kings demains at 'Z)/>/>f,and at Loftvitrs^znd the Forrtft of Haliermint ^wnh 
 all thcappertcnancesof the fame. That being done, they began again to (ing 
 Mafsin Nurmandy^ and by the Popes order Paradife was opened again unto the 
 Normans. Then alfo the Order of the Dominicans firft appeared, which was 
 approved and confirmed by Innocent the HI, With that Order, and that of the 
 Francifcans^ England was prefcntly filled. 
 
 The fear cf the Interdict in thofe days kept Princes and Nitions in fuch fear, 
 that there wasnothing that the Pope could not obtain of the Sovetaigns, as foonas 
 (c) Matth. he threatncd their Land with an Interdi^. 
 
 Pans, in Jo- ]„ j^^, ^^^^ li^p. King PhU'tf i/iHgujl of Trance (a) imprifoned Peter de 
 P J J ^ ' 2)o«4)i elected Billiop of C^w/t^;. And at the fame time King Jo^n of £»^//?«<^ 
 Xept theBifhop of BeauHAts prifoner, whom hehad taken in Battel armed c-pa 
 pe. But both thefe Kings were conftrained to releafc their Prifoners by the 
 threatning of Innocent the I II. to put France and England in Interdict. Which 
 if he had done, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Border o^ Scotlond DivineSer- 
 (i^ *■ vice had ceafed, Churches and Church- yards had been fliut up, all thepcopfe had 
 a«7 * ^^^" excommunicated. It was that fame year that Breafts of Flerti grew upon an 
 
 Imageof the Virgin Mary in T>amafcWy as (d) Matthetv /><!r/if relatcth, . In the 
 fame time one Thurical an Englifhman was in a rapture carried in the night to 
 Purgatory, of whidi St. A^/Vo/<w is Governor ; Where alfo he faw ihc mouth of 
 Hell, whencea ftinkingfmoak iffacdouf, which^asit wasrevealed to him, came 
 putofTyths detained or ill paid, becaufe there thofe men were horribly punifht 
 who had ill paid the Tyths due to the Church. There alfo he faw the Souls for 
 which no Maffcs were fung, put to a longer and forer torment^ and thofe poor Souls 
 werebarcfoot,and had their Beiles flayed and raw. He faw alfo ihe Souls diat came 
 out of that fire befprinkled by St, Michael with holy Water. This is exaiftlyrclated by 
 Mat.PiirisTi Monk of St. y4/^o»i,fapeif^irious according to the age he lived in. Then 
 alfo came the Minorite Fryers into iEngUnd^t\\i:'\x Order being but lately inftituted. 
 This King John was unfortunate in War, and ill beloved of his own Sabje<ih, 
 King Philif AHgt4ft of France took from him Normandy^ Anjoff, ToHr4n^ PoitoH , 
 and part of GuUnne. After thefe lofles> being retired into England-, be began to 
 opprefsthe Englifh, and tyrannically to rob the (ubftance oi the Nobles and the 
 Clergy, V/hsreby he gave fair play to Pope Innocent II I. a man as crafty, and, 
 
 ftirring 
 
VVhichNvosfpecdilycxccutecl. Ana| ^ ^ ^^ „^, only .he ^ "f ^ ^^^ merdmum 
 Z veavs, and chiee months ,=^'^d. V^^' . V, had noihing to d^ w.ch that q ar ^^_ 
 
 Court but aUo all ihe peopk of f .^^^"f;^^^^ How ti^^ny d.oufands of men d d ^. ,^ 
 
 (s) 7Af»(l3«n ^•'" .L„„hceM m England. I'^'j'"' .r j /,„/, hanne, p.-..7. 
 .„i the Commmim cf the Hoft "• "" 'I "r ,,,, rcmi, mi «>f'l"y «■_« -"^.^ „„„,.^ 
 
 oque d<ffitnclo^ 
 bin <f {mrd^z 
 
(h)Weflmon. abfnlved cHe Fng'iiT) fnmtheOaih of heir Allegiance , ^h) and commanded 
 an. liii & pfjilip y^»j«y?, King ot France , that for the icmilHon ofh^s Sins, he Hioiild 
 pV's ■ To- J"*'3deil e Kingdom of England with /orceof Arm?, g ving to ihofe that lliould 
 hanne. Jd follow flic King m that Coiiqutftj the remilfion of all th.ir Sins,and the lame Gra- 
 bujus fententia ces and Pardons, as to them that vifit the Holv Sepulchre. Whereupon the faid 
 exccutionem King Philip, pzn\y to obtain the rem H'un ot his Sins , partly to make himfclf 
 fcripfit D»mt- MaOer ot £/if /dn<i, raifcd a miehry Army A'hilft /naofrw^ was labounne to make 
 tijftmo Rtii ^"^ Enghlh to rjfe agauill their King. 
 Frtncorum 
 
 Philifpo 5 quitenus in remijjiontm omnium faorum peccaTorum bunc Uborem sjfumerct , O' Re^e Anghrum 
 c [olio expulfo, ipfe (ff" juccejfores fui ngnum Anglin perpetuo jure pojfidncnc, &c. Statuit praterex.ut quicun- 
 ^ue ad expiignxndum Kegtm ilium centumdecm opcT impenderir,t vcl auxilium , ficut illi qui fepuUhrum Vomiiti 
 xifitint , tim in rebm quam inperfonif (^ Animarum fuffntgiii in pue Ecdefia fecitre ptrrmnetint. Weftmo- 
 naft. an. 1115. Matth. Paris in Johanne. ^ohtnms Dti Gratia Rex Anglije, &c. volertes nos ipfos humi- 
 Hare pro iUo qui ft pre rtobit humiliavit ufque ai mortem , gmia Spirnm injpirjntei non vi interdict necti^ 
 more coaSfi, fed nojira bona jpontan^aque voluraatet ac communi confilio Bxronum ntfirorum, confer imtuzs'U-' 
 here concedimui '^eo'tr fan^ii ejus Apofljlis Pctr» (^ FxuLo & finSin Romam EccUji^e mixri nojirx ac 
 Demino Papx Innecentio cjiifque Catkolicii fuccefforibus tttum regnum Anglix CT totum regnum Hibemit , 
 turn omni jure ac pertinimiis \uis pro remiffione omnium pec cat 6r urn nojirorum (j' totiia^ generis nojiri tarn pro 
 vivii quam pro difunciii , ^ a modo ilia ab eo tjf ab EccUfia Romana tanquam fiCundarivA recipientes gt re- 
 Tientes , in prtijer.tia prudentii viri Paniulfi Domini Papx Subdiaconi (jr familiarit : Exinde prtediSio Domi- 
 no Papa Innecentio ejufque Cathditif fuccefforibus, fjf Eakfia Romance f cundum fermam fubjcriptam fccimtts 
 Cr juravimut homagium ligium m prajertia Panduifi. Si coram Domino Pupa effe pote, imut , idem faciemm , 
 &c. Ad indicium autem hujus noflrx perpetuus obligationis <^ concefjionii volumui (^ flahilimui , m de pro- 
 friii ^ jpecidlibsa reditibui noftris prxdiHoru>n r<:gnorum pro omni jervitio Z^ confuetuiine qu* pro ipfis 
 facere d(bemus, fahU fir omnia denariif beati Petri, Ecclejia. Romaaam iUc rnarcas ejireling^orum percipiat 
 
 Mnuatmi Sec. 
 
 This moved Ki!H» J{;^*i to hutnlilehimMf under the Pope, and co receive fuch. 
 Conditicnsas weie btft plcafino to his Holinefs. The Conditions wcic, that the. 
 X'ng (Tiould yield unto the Pope the whole right of Patronage of all the Benefices 
 of his Kmgdcm. That roobcain abfolucion of hisSins> he ihoulJ pay to tfie. 
 Clergy of- Canterhnry^ and toother Prelates, the fum of eight thoufand p)unds 
 ftcrling. That he thould fatisfie for the damages done-to the Churcii, according, 
 ro the judgment of the. Popes Lcgat or Vicclegar. Thar the (aid jfoi&rt fhould 
 refign his Crown into the Popes hands, with his Kingdoms of England and IreUnei: 
 tor which Letters were formed, and given to PandnlftM \.\\t Popes Legar. T'ne. 
 words were theft. / John hj the Grace of God King, &c. freely grant unto Cjod and 
 to the htly Apofites Peicr <3»<iPau], and to the holy Roman Church our Alother, and ti*- 
 the Lord P«f>e Innocent, anito ht4Catholick.Sticeiffors^ the vnho'.e Kingdom ofEn^- 
 land and th- rvhole Kingdim «f Ireland , tvith all the rights and all the appertenan- 
 ces of the fam;^ for the remiJJi,Tnf oar Sins^ and of all ourGineration^ buibfur the 
 living and the de^d-^ that fnm this time f or-^vard we nuy receive and hiyld them of, 
 Jj^Mf and of the Roman Ch(4rchjM ftcond after him. Sec, ffe have fivorn ^ and fvear 
 unto the faid Lord Pope Innocent, and to his Catholick^ Sticcfjfjrs , and to the Rom:in. 
 churchy a litge homage in the prtfence ej^Pandulfu', Jfwe can he in the prefence. 
 tfthe Lard Popt m vfiU do the Jame^ <tnd to ihis wt oblige our Sftccejjorj and Heirs fur 
 
 tv.ry 
 
ever^tcc. And for the Jign of tbu our ptrpetftnl ohligatinn and conceJJl^^xpewiU and 
 ord.iin^ that out of omr proper and efpecial Rtvenuet from thefaid Kingdoms , for aU 
 ot4rfervice and c» flow which we onght to render^ the Rumtn (^hurch receive a thou- 
 f<ind Mar kj J^t^r'ing yearly, tfithout diminution of St. PctQis Pence ; that u five hun- 
 dred Marks at the Feafl of St. Michael, and five hundred at Eafter, C^r, And if rve 
 or any of our fuccfffors pre fume to attempt againji th fe things, let him forfeit his right 
 to the Kingdom^ Sec. 
 
 Alrhough the King Hid this moft unwillingly, and with a heart Fallot rage and 
 angaiflijyec hcfwaie (and it is inferred m the Lcrccrs ) that he did th\switha 
 ^o)d vfiU-, of his own motion^ and by the infpiration of the Holy Ghofi. And ac the 
 iamc inftaiu he did homage to the Pope, as a VaiTtl to his Liege Lord in the perfon 
 ot Pandulfui the Legar, and pat at the feet of that Lcgac a fam of money which (0 Matth; 
 (i) the faid Legartrod upon with his foot in fign of fubjcition. All this was M"* '" J'*" 
 done juxtaquod Romd-fueratfententiatum, at it had been ordained at Rome, (k^ as pa,niuli ^\f' 
 L^Attheiv ?«r;i faith, that one may a^c think that King John did this with his cuniam , quan 
 o\\ n motion, and unconQrained, although they made him fwear that he had done in arcsm fub- 
 it of his good will, and by the infpiration of the Holy Ghoft. ;eff/on» Rex 
 
 All that being done, yer the Lcgat went tway without taking off the rntcrdi(^, contuleratjiub 
 and without abfolving the Kingfrom his Excommunication, which hemighthave cavil, '^Archie'-- 
 removed with fpeakir.gonc word. But he returned bryond the Sea, czrry'u)^ pi jc«po detents 
 with him a mafs of Tieafiirc fqueezcd out of the Puifes of the poor Fngli li. <^ recUmante. 
 And being come to the Cnaft of A'o>'w.W7, he found Kmo Philip Augufi \\i\[\\ a (k) Id.p.117. - 
 great Aimy, and a Fleet of a thoufand Ships, flaying only for the Wind to pafs 
 into England to conquer it. To whom the Legat declared from the Pope, that 
 he Hiould not bringhis Army over , norundtrrake any thing againfl England; 
 becau'^e it belonged to the Pope , the Kmg of England being now become the 
 Popes Vaflal, and England the Patrimony of St. Peter. At which Philip cxpreft 
 a great indignation , fecinghimfelf thus affronted by the Pope , who had made 
 him fpcnd a vaft fum of money, to raife a great Arn\y to conquer England , pro- 
 m.fing him the remillion of all his Sins, and now difappointed him, and after he 
 had given him England^ forbad him to enter into it. Wherefore notwithftjnding 
 thcLcgars prohibiiions, the King would have continued his Dchgn , had not the 
 E>rl of Flanders fcrfaken him, returning with his Troops into his Countrcy , be- 
 caufchewou'd not offend the Pope. Whence followed a bloody War between 
 Eruncez^^A FUndirs. 
 
 {\) But King Jo^rt full of confufion and arguiHi , cafl himfclf down on his fU^^^^h.Pa- 
 knc?5 before the Archbilhopand other Englifh Prelates , begging with tears to be ^^^' ^" Johan-- 
 atTolved from the Excommunication ; which in the end,oat of their fatherly com- "'^^ P-^^^- 
 pafllon, they granted. Yet was not the Interdict taken otf. 
 
 At the fame time Innocent the IIL publulied the Croifada againft thofc that » 
 were reproachfully called Abigtoii and ^rf«i/oi/, becaule they did not acknowledg 
 the Pope, called upon none but God alone,had ao Images,ciid n* i go to Mal',de- 
 tiycd Purgatory, and read the Scripture. The Pope gave the fame Graces to them 
 that fhould fpill the Blood of thefc poor Chnftiani, as to them that crofled thcm- 
 
 Iclvcs . 
 
 \ 
 
14 ^mA%Vi6nny>> 
 
 felvCi to go to the holy Scpalchrc and fi?,ht againft the Saracens. The chief promo- 
 ter of that War was Dominicl^y the Author of the Order of Dominicans, who put 
 above two hundred thcufand of them to death. 
 
 In theme n while, Kin^ John was ftormingand earing his own heart with for- 
 row, feeing his Crown thus mifcrably enflaved. And his Barons fotfook him, bc- 
 (m) Matth. j,^^ an;;ry that he had fubjefted his Crown to a forrain Power, ( m ) He then 
 Pans, an. findini^ no help from any Chnftian , was brought to fuch a dcfpair, that hcfent 
 i 113- P-^ai- jTmbaffadors to a Mahumetan Prince, Amirttl Adftrmelin or UHiravtolin King of 
 Barbery znd Granata^ o&tnn^hnn the Kingdom cf England , and promiling to 
 be his Vaf[al , if he would deliver him from his (i.bjcdlion tothe Pope. But that 
 ^ frtff barbarous King wculd not accept of the gift, and dcfpifed King Johny who now 
 (^ mulJplici ^^^ his lail refuge had recourfe to the Pope, (n) King John O'aith C^latiher* 
 dUictnt cxpe- V^ris ) had learned by many experiences that the Pope fPOi tibcve allmtnof themrld 
 rientiif quoi fimbiliom^ and proud , infatiably thirjiy of money., fl':xihle and prone to any rtic 
 Fxpi li'per om- l^fdnefs for recowp'.nces either given or promif.d. He Icnc to him then a great fum 
 ^^^hitioiuA cut <^^""o"yi bc(eeching him ro excommunicate the Aichbilliop and the Barons of 
 ^ (uperbtaps- ^^'s Kingdc m. Ac his requeft, Innocent fcnt into England a Legate called 'Nicolas 
 cuni*qaefititor Bifliop of Thufctilo ; into whofe hands John rehgned his Crown, and did homage 
 inUtUbilis is' to him, as reprefenting the Popes perfon, whom he acknowledged his temporal 
 ai omnia jcde- Lq,.(J ^ ^^^ SoveraJgn cf the Kingdom. This was done before the great Altar 
 ^djis m *'ro- "^ ^"^^'-f Church at London, (o) And the Deed whereby that rchgnationofthc 
 mijfiscercmis' Kingdom was made unto the Pope; was renewed and fealed with Gold, where- 
 proclivits. as the former was fealed with Lead only. And the faid Lcgat aflumed then a full 
 (o) Matth. power to dil'pofe ci the Ecclefiaftical Offices of England^ without the confent either 
 ^*'" P-yJ'^^ of the Archb'illiop, or the Biihops of the places. Whereby ( fauh M^ihew Pa- 
 ^innovitu il- ^^ ) ^^ ^^^ (he Ind<gnatlen j>nd Curfe of m.iny, inflead tf ths ^lejjing. And Pa'%- 
 la non formoU duiftu icnz to Rime co exalt King Johns Goodntfsand Humility to the Pope , and 
 [li fimo^n \ub- to aggravate the Pride and Infolency of the Archbilhop, Billiops, and Batons of 
 ;ec7/o , ?M« /« £;,^/^;,^ jliacoppofed him. 
 
 ^'^^p7t>x dloAc' P'"^^ly> i'^ flic y^^i" 1 2 14. the LiterdiiSl was taken off by the legate, the Mafs 
 fnate cuiar-:^- jcflorcd > the Chuiches and Church-yards opened, and tJK people reconciled by 
 norefigrntotam the Popes O nceffion, upon condition that the King. liould give to the Archbilhop 
 domintHm Hi- and Billiops, that had the charge of taking off the Interdict, forty thoui'and 
 berni'' qi'dm _ \iai-]^s. ^ 
 
 ^MiUcimim. But the Barons oi England y fore grieved to fee the Crown of EngUniio de- 
 baled, asked of the King the enjoying of fome liberties ond piiviledges which he 
 had Iwcrn unto them.. Thefe demands having caufed a great d ficntion between 
 the King and the Barons, the King referred thewholeunto the Pope, as unto his 
 rpN \$^.^x p.l-i^S^» of whcm he held the Crown, (p) The Pope having lieard the Kings 
 j.(<. Complaints by his Embafladors , faid with an 3n:^ry countenance, fi^ill the Barons 
 
 0/ England put down from the Royal Seat aero (fed King^ whn hathpnt h. m ft, f under 
 the ProteBion of the Ap ftolick^ See ? ff'ill thty tramfer the D main of the Rtman 
 Church to (Another } By Saint Peter / c.innot le.ive that injury unpuni/bed. VVhere- 
 fo;eby cxprefs Bulls, he took away all the piiviledges of chcEngUlh Nobility, and 
 
 (lifptnftd 
 
|gtapai x^mtiv '5 
 
 a Domino 
 
 f^^^^^'l^^'f^l'l'"^^^^^^^^ And by ocherLcicevs he commanded clKP;!;rer^^ 
 
 W to thro. dn^n. te ^'^ '^J^'^";^ ^^- ^ . ;,„ jj, i^lfiU, of chat he had fworn ft'tu. te fupcr ^ 
 Barons hke a King, noc to exaa or ivi i^ j b ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ 
 
 nnrnrhem ... 1 r 1 nj,ut (V( llof ^ 
 
 Bm he Borons ^,(1 not c.rr for tl,e Popes Mandate, xvhacfore .hey were ,^^„^_ ^^ 
 »U e" mmun,catccl by chePox. and .heir Lan.'s and Lorddnps put >" * O- 
 
 ;,. J vich t^ n nRCat;ai«. and r.ngw.g of Bel r. Ac the fame cme. Ok ore 
 leIdcdV.«. A-5'w. AKl,bilhop of nr(; from us place, a, ,he rcq«(» o 
 Shn Andh,sio,l.et5«pA'»t.»|«nl,kew,(e A worthy recompcnfe 
 fotLirluipina of thePopetotriaketheK.ngthe Popes fubjea. Ihecaufco the.r ^ ^,^„^ 
 a p nto V "'<l"t they had rcfnied <o pubh* the facom;n„n,cat,o„ of the Ra- p J, 
 onsof he K,:.gdom, but it was publ,(he<^_by others appo.nted for that purpofc feauuO^ 
 by P.»A/f«., whovvasjoynedn, Ccmm.lhonuMththc Le^at » fZ-c^ 
 
 The^rCN.- year, which was the year IM 5- Pope J«nmm the ill. 1"' S'*" , /^„;, 
 a roun-.l'of the n hole Papal Empire at R.w, m the Church otL.l<r;,«^.n wluch f,jMu,<UiU 
 the're was neuher deliberating, nor conful.ing wi.h tlie AlTcmbly (r) bt,t only „y.6,„,„.«,- 
 
 Ibove others, was .romifed unto chem chat ll^oald perto.mchat Journey hi their Conc.Lateraa 
 own perfons To ihem thac would not oo, but on'y concr.bute to the J xirney no ^„ ^.^^^ 
 Tore was ,iven, but the remiff.on of all the.r fins, and by consequent ecernal L.fe 
 Thefe laft; having a fmaller lliare, were to content themfclves with the Kingdom of 
 Heaven B.'.t as forchofe that would neither go aor contncutc, /««Of.«f decla- 
 red uiuothcm. That they muft anf>ycr him for it before God m the day ot ^^^ j^i^^.^V 
 J , Pirisjiti Jo- 
 
 S' ri'fo was chc perfccution doubled againft the r.udou and ^/W|r«« And hanne, p.^^jj 
 Ihenall.uasme.e. 5 ArchbilLop of r^, who obtained Ep(copus me- 
 
 the Clergy ot Tcrkj, namea iM/ffr as yjraj i r^a w Sa Uir^r^lP ft- \ rr. rnorxm redtit 
 
 his luv^a'zurc a, Rome: Whence he parted^ having fiift obliged himfclf (tj ro .„^,^^.,^,,fc. 
 pay untoche Pope ten thouland pounds aeding, which in ihofe days was enough ^y^,,„, ,„^,,,-^ 
 
 *"^a;'\;\s ^he End for wl,ich the Pope had been fo long dcbat.ng .bat ^^^.L 
 the R,ght of InvellKures. That was the fru.t of the Martyrdom of Thon^M ^;''"-,^^^;. 
 Sukft. By the fame way the Pope extorted from the Prelates of EngU-d ^^^.^J,^ g^. 
 
 an incredible (urn cf Monty. , , „ r u- r^- j hr. \,,A T''"'"""7 
 
 Thf Kns obtained from the Pope, diat the Barons of his Kingdom, who had fintum p«"«: 
 bcel e.^ru" oidy by tfre' great, and in general. ,l,oald be -o- p »;;,». 
 ■nunicated by name, by a (econd Excommunication. But the Baro.b aiidJ^P*"- 
 
1(5 l&apal1Ci??ann?. 
 
 tht Citiicns'-of London laughed at thac Excommunicacion j faying, (\i) 
 ( u ) Ibid. j^^^ 1^ belonged not to the Pofe to rule fecular afAirsy feeing thAt tht Lord had 
 pag 1^7. ^r^ ^^ ^^^ jg pg^gp ^^ fjij Succfjfurj , bfit thi dtfpofithn of EcclcftafiicAl thingt, 
 unit 17 p1- ^hy doth the mad Ccvetoufnfjs efthe Romans extend to m? PVhat have j4j)oJiolick^ 
 pxm criimtio Bifhofstodo vith our Knighthood r Thrfe are the Sttcceffors f/ Conftantine, m^ 
 return Laid- ofi^QitXy&c. O (hame I (femmate ribalds ^ that k^ovf not what belongs to Arms or 
 
 ru m , &c. Hononrl will domineer $ver aO the world h) their Sxcommmicatlons, 
 
 Prob Pudor ' . 
 
 marcidi ribalU qui de armis vel Ubirditite mimme fiorunt , tots munio prtpter Excommunieation(s 
 
 [uK volunt dominxri. 
 
 Bat tlie Barons feeing the King too ftrong for them , fent to Lewif^ Son to 
 Philid Atigtifi King of Frmce , to befecch him to pafs with aa army into 
 England y promifing to put the Crown of SngUnd upon his Head. And for 
 aflurance, they fent to King Philip four and twenty of the nobkft of the Land 
 forHoftagcs. 
 
 While that Zfwft^ made himfelf ready to pafs into England ^ a Lcgat , called 
 Wale , came from the Pope to King Philip , to befeech him from the Pope not to 
 fiiffer his Son to come into England ^ becaufc John was a Vaffal of the Roman 
 Church , and England was the Popes demain. That crafty Pope [pake to Kmg 
 Philip with refpc6t, becaufe he faw him beloved of his Subjeds , and becaufe he 
 knew his Power and Courage. And although Philip not.withftanding the Popes 
 defirc, fent his Son over with an Army to take EngUad from the Pope,, and expel 
 the Popes VsfTalfrom his polTelTion , yet the Pope (hoc no Excommunication a- 
 gainfl him. Yea, when the Legate called England the Patrimony of Saint Peter^ 
 ^x) Wcftmo- pfjiii^ anfwcred to the Legat in high (corn, (x) Thnt the Kingdom of England had 
 naft. Ann. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^/^ ^^ ^^^ Patrimony ofSHnt Pettr. tA^id that if 
 
 l^jjlf^f^"^. the Pope would arrogantly defend that err oar , being drawn to it by the greedy dejire 
 moniwH Petri of a pew domin:ition , he (hmld give a mnfl perniciom example mto all Kingdoms, 
 vel Ecclefi* To which all the Fiench Lords there prefent added , Thac they would fland till 
 Romartanun- ^j^ath for the defence of that Article. 
 
 V(i,nec erit, &c. EtfiPapAhunc errorem tueri aUcSiia novx dominitiems Ubidine contumaciter dmtr. 
 vtr'it, exemplum omnibus regnii dibit pernicitjum. 
 
 Yet when Lewis wzs come into England , and had taken from John the moft 
 part of his Kingdom, the Legate commg into fn^/^W , excommunicated Lewis 
 with Candles burning.and Bells ringing,and all his adherents. The dcach of King 
 John having appealed the wrath of the Barons, and cooled their affedtions to Lewis, 
 made Lewis to return into France. 
 
 Joi^w being dead, hisSon Benry the IIL faccceded , and almoft at fhc fame 
 Cy^^'^Pf*!^^"' time frf«/r^ attained to the Empire , who Ty) obliged himfclf by Oath unto 
 nus Blondus' t^^ Pope to pafs into Syria to conquer the Holy Land. Two years after his pro- 
 Matth. Paris! mife , he embarqued himfelf at ^r/Wij^m ^^/^^tm tago into Syria ^ but being 
 CoUenutius. conftramed to return to Land, by reafon ot the indifpofition of his Body, Gregory 
 the IX. excommunicated him, accufing him of Perjury. Yet foon after he nn- 
 
 barqucd 
 
barqucdhimfcif again, and happily arrived into Syria^ where he archlevcd many 
 great exploits againft the Saracens, and conquered 7^r«r/4/fi(w. But the Pope did 
 not for all that take oflf the Excommunication. And in the very day of the tri- 
 umph, when thanks were given to God for that glorious Conqueft, and the am- 
 plification of Chriftian Religion, the Clergy, by the Popesorder,would nor ad- 
 mit him to the Communion , but turned their backs to him as to an execrable 
 man. But the Pope made it foon known for what rcafon he had been fo urgent 
 to fend him away. For, as foon as the Pope faw him cn£;Hged in a difficult War , 
 far from home , he invaded the Lands of Fred rlck^ in PuglU , and went about to 
 take Z/(3«!>fW<^/ from him : N?iiherdidhecare to free him from the Excommani- , » Matth 
 cation, alchough hehadaccomplilliedhis Vow. (z) Yea the Knights Templets, i> 3,^5 ;„ Hen^ 
 the Popes Creatures, that werefcnt by him intothe L'.VAntj knowing that the Em- rico j. p.5+6. 
 perour would go to Jordan to wafh himfelf, advcrtifcd the Soldan of the Saracens 
 of It, that he might take /r<'<i'fr/Vj(^. Bat the 5'o/<i>?n abhorring thar perfidiouf- 
 nefs, fcnt the Letters of the Templers to Frederkk^y to warn him to look to him- 
 felf. The Pope himfelf hindred the Auxiliary Forces of the Croifaia that were go- 
 ing to help FrederickAnA would not {uflxr them to advance. This forced Frederick^ 
 to abandon the Holy Land, and to return into Italy to reconquer hi« own Country, 
 which the Pope had taken from him. The Pope frighted, took off the Excommu- 
 nication piefcnclyjyet upon condition that the Emperour iliould pay him two hun- 
 dred thoufand Ounces of Gold. 
 
 Yet he continued to fet on the Princes and Commons of Germany to rebel a- 
 fflinU Frederic!^ : And fo great was his hatred againft Fredericl^y that Cnffinun 
 and (a) Crowf^iw write, that he fent Letters to the ^w/f^n of the Saracens , to ('a)Cront7ius 
 pcrfwadc that Mshametan to make war againft him. B.tt God gave victory to '" ^"' *" '^^ • 
 Frf</fr/f4. every where; for he defeated, in many combates, all the entmies which '" 
 
 the Pope raifed againft him. So great was his animofitfagair.ft that Hmpercur, 
 that when Forces of the Q-oifaia came out of France , or England , or other 
 parts, to fail into ijri**, to defend ^fr«/rf/fw and the Holy Sepulchre againft the ... ^ ^^j, 
 Saracens, (b ) ht ftopt them, and gave them the fame Graces and Indulgences., Paiisin Hcn- 
 as if they had performed the Journy info the Holy Land, upon condition tha they ric 3. 
 fliould turn their Arms againft Frederick,^ whofe power lay heavy upon him, be- 
 caufe he ftifly maintained the Rights of the Empire. The Pope came fo far, as to 
 give the Empire to Roberty Brother of Letvia the IX. King o( France , upon con- 
 dition that he n-iould conquer it» (c) But Robert km back to the Pope his Pre fc)I«iempagJ 
 fcnc , both becaufe he fcnc him no money to furnilli him f )r that Conqucft , and 5<^o. 
 becaufehe found it very ftrange, that the Pope would g ve that which was none of 
 his; Alfo becaufehe lliewed himfelf an enemy to a great and vettuaus Prir.cc , 
 who had done and fuft'cscd fo much , bravely fighting for the Caufe of the Chn- 
 ftians againft the Infidels. Then he added, that the Popes are lavilli of the blood 
 cf others, and that their end is to tread all the Princes of the world imdcr their 
 ice , and to pur on the horns of pride. 
 
 In the mean while, peifeciition grew fore aga'nft hofe whom they called /^^«- 
 do'^ aw*'' 'ilM^eofiy^^iinii whom the Pope caufed the C-uifad.t to be preached, 
 
 D and 
 
 J 
 
and an Infinite nuaibcr of clumto be mairacred. Then »Uo Saint France and 
 Ssant Dominick^w ex t making Miracles, ami preaching obedience to the Papal Sec. 
 id) Id. Hen- fd) And as Pope Innocent the III. an Renter uas carrying in proctfllon the face 
 179 ^ ^^^ °^ Chrift printed in a Lmnen Cloch, that face turned it fclf with rhe Beard up- 
 wards, as Matthew Paru relateth. Which moved Ittnoctnt to compofc a Prayer 
 to the fame Image, and to give ten days of Indulgence to all that would adore the 
 Sa Ida no/hi ^^age, Jayiug that Prayer. Thcfe are the Words of it, f/) Mail thou holy 
 ReJemptortSy^ /^<?f^o//i&f Redeemer y In vthich (kintth the Appearance of Divine Bemty ; Prin- 
 in qui nitit tedttpon a Cloth of Snorvy Whitenefj, andgiven to Veronica m a Teken of Love ; Purge 
 [pedes divini us from »tlfpot of f^iccs^ andjoyn us to the company of Saints, Hail thou Face of tht 
 (pletioris; int L^j-d ! Blejfed Im -ge / LeA ui to that nhich u thine ^ O h^ppy Fignre / Pi fet the- 
 hmva}pien'~ ^*^^ ^^^' "^ ChriJ}. The whole prayer fpeaks to the Image as if it heard the prayer. 
 dorisi Ddtique 
 
 Veronica fignnm obamoris. See. Nos ab omnimaculd purg/i vitiorum ; Atque not confortio jurtge beiterum. 
 Sulve vultus Domini imugi beatXt &c. Nos deduc «i prepriA., felix fgura i Ai videndutn fadem 
 qufi fji Cbrifii pura. 
 
 But in England the Popes Tyranny grew forer every day, For Henry the III. 
 being come to the Crown, gavethe homage of his Kingdom to the Pope, and re- 
 newed the Oath of Fidelity and Subje6lion, and the promifc of paying a thou- 
 fand marks yearly to the Pope. 
 
 /»«ocf»uhelII. being dead, in the year ill 9. Monorttts the III. fuccceded 
 (f) Mattb. \iim^ and (f) at his entry to the Papacy made an Engliih Saint called HughfWwh 
 ans, n ^ command to pray to him, and to celebrate his Feaft. 
 
 iizo. p. 199, t ■' ' 
 
 San^orum Ca^ 
 
 talogo gfcripfmus, univerJitAKm vtfirm mtnemus O' exhortamur in Vominot qHHtenus cjusupud Veum pAtroci" 
 
 nikm devote imploretis. 
 
 In the year 1225. King Henry being yet very young, the Pope, as his Sovcraign 
 in Temporal Things, declared him Aiajory and capable to condu(5t his own Bu- 
 fincffes. 
 
 In the year 1225. the Pope fcnt Otho his Nuntio into England, who cxarted of 
 
 every Conventual Church two Marks of Silver, The next year after, a Counc-.l 
 
 was held at Weftminfier, where ihe faid Nuntio read in full Allembly the Popet- 
 
 (gVMattb. Letters, in which the Pope faid) |^) That a fcandal was caft upon the Roman 
 
 Paris, p. 3 M, Church : And that the ancient reproach and difgrace ef the Court of Rome, tvm the 
 
 3i6. Covetoufnefs of Richesy which is the Root of aU Evils. Ejpf dally becaufe none could 
 
 git any hujinefs done in the Roman Courts hat with many Prefents^ an^ with g^eafing 
 
 ihe Offcert with money* But beeaufe the Poverty of the Romans was the caufe of 
 
 ihattvily itwMthedutyof theEnglijhf oi natural Sim, to relieve the poverty of 
 
 their Mother, beeaufe without their Liberality, the Roman Court could not preferve 
 
 her 'Dignity. That the way to remedy that reproach, was, that the F.ope fhouldhnve 
 
 i» every Cathedral Church, and in every Ahbey and CMonaJlery of England, twa 
 
 Preieads, of which htfhoiild enjoy the Fruits* And in the 'ame ysar. 'h< fame. 
 
 Pope. 
 
Pope called a Council at Bo«r^w, whtre he made the fame motion by his Lc- 
 gar. But h-c found Contradidion from the Clergy of Prance^ and could not com- 
 pafs if. 
 
 Afcer Honoriwy Gregory the IX. was Pope. It was he that complied the De- 
 cretals, and the fame whom the ^ow.w/ expelled out of Rome, for the Citizens 
 of Rome never cared much for the Popes Excommunications. 
 
 This Pope needing money for his War againfl the Erapercur Frederkk^^ fcHt a 
 Lcs^ac into England named Stephtn , who exacted of the people of En^Uni 
 the Tenth part of all their moveable Goods, that is, of all their Flo:ks, Rents, 
 Fruits, Wares, Offerings, and Gifts to the Church ; (h) Andthefaid Legat had (j^\ idp ,4*. 
 power to excommunicate all that rtiould refufc to pay, and to put the Chut- Habuit ex iif- 
 ches in Intcrdi£^, The Prelates he enjoyned upon pain cf Excommunication, dcm IhcritM' 
 to make that Colleftion fpeedily, and without delay. All that ("hould crofs ^^ofitatemc^nr- 
 fuch an holy Work, he declared excommunicated, ipfo fa^o. He would be ^^^'^^^*\" 'J^' 
 paid m new Com, and ot good weighr. He took the Tythe, even of the (^EccUfiMtni 
 Corn in the fiift Blade , that is , of the Crop of the year after. In thefe teriifendif 
 Exactions he was to Urgent and fo griping) that the Paridies were forced to 
 engage the Chalices and Church-plate to fatibfie his Covetoufnefs. And he 
 had certain Ufurers with him, who lent money upon double ufe, to thofe that had 
 no ready money. This caufed a great Clamour and Lamentation over all the 
 Countrey, but without cffc6l. That money was employed by the Pope to invade 
 many Towns belonging to the Emperour in Italy. And the Emperour could not 
 defend them, becaufe he was engaged againft the .S^rrff^n/ in the Levant^ where 
 he took Jerufalem, and put the affairs of the Chriftians in a flourilliing ftate. And 
 he had utterly dcftroyed the ^^r^ffrt/, if the mjurics which he received from the 
 Pope had not recalled him, 
 
 0) fhen the Benefices of England were polTefTed by Italians, and other (0 Matth. 
 Creatures of the Pope, to the great gnef of the Englifli. To the Billiop of P^ris, p. 3583J 
 Rochcfiir ic was levealcd in Vifion, Tliat King Richard^ and Stephen Ar^h 559« 
 bi(hop of Canterl'Wy^ with a Chaplain of his, were come out of Purgatory all 
 in one day. 
 
 Scarce was the Colleflion ended , made by Stephen the Legate , when the 
 Pope made peace with the Emperour, bat the money was nor reftored. 
 And another AV«7/»(j came from Pope Gregory, who (as (k,) Af^tthevo Paris ^^^ ?«33^. 
 faith) Argum<JAtefM extor/ionej excogitans , inventing exH^rti.ns grounitd upon 
 fair reafonsf I'du Nmtios with power of Legates, who by Sermons, Exhor- 
 tations, and Excommunications, (/) brought an infinite number of Englifli- CO ^^«'^- J^fJ» 
 men to Mendicity, and turned them out of their Houfes. This was done ^fS"'*,'^ ^>^i^j* 
 under a pretence of contributing to the Expencc of the Holy War, of which ^rumeZrVe't 
 himfelf hindred tile fucccfs, and yet he promifed to them that fhould contri- (^ mcndicet. 
 butc money for it, the rcraiffion of all their fins, and to them that fhould go 
 in perfon an augmentation of Glory. 
 
 (w) By 
 
 I 
 
(ffl)7bid. Si fg,) By thcfameBulls, every man that was indebted, was exempted, and 
 iHipreficifeen- ^^^^^ ^^^ t>g arretted or fucd by his Creditors, as long as he had a Crofs upon his- 
 iTJfiATJui nioulders, which was the mark of chofe that were affociatcd into the Croif^da : 
 rJiuramcnto' And the reafon given for that exemption, was, that fuch a man was become the 
 tenentur ajlri. Popes man, and had put himfelF m the proteaionot the Church.. By the fan-e 
 Hi, creditorer ^^;^\\^ ^\(o^ power was given co i he T^wwfio*/ or Lf^/ffe/, todifpenfewich the Vow 
 eorum p,r Ec- ^^^ ,^oncy. So that he chat had crofled himfelf for the Voyage ro the holy Land, 
 ''/^oslTrl'mh might redeem himfclf from the Vow, paying to the Legate, that which he ihould 
 unt iii pr*fti- have fpent in the Journey, and lo ftay at home, and enjoy the fame rpintual gra- 
 turn jHramen- ccsy as if he had performed the whole Voyage. The Bull ended with this Exhor- 
 *w»zcir'at«/M- facion, (n) C erne then, and let the Children of Divine ^doptinn prepare themfdves 
 ^f'rn'^^'^'P^ to yield ohtdience unto Chrifl, changing their Quarrels into Bonds- o'' Love, believ 
 P^iipfmTd? ing that being trnly confejfed and contrite ; by an h.ppy Tr.ficl^ and by their Labours 
 firiH^ne cm- which do hut p^fs, they [haU purchafe eternal Refi. Ciwn at Spoleto the third c/ 
 fdli. September, the eighth year of our Pontificate, 
 
 ^n) AcciTigan- 
 
 fliiddoftionii divina4d ohfequium ^c[u ChriJU> &c Fdiu commtrcio UUubm fuu qui ctto tranfeum , eter- 
 TiAm requiem mcrcAbuntur. 
 
 (©; Ibid^/i- The Exa^ors and Collegers of that money, were the Fr<!acijcaH/ and DominU 
 hut dxta fuit g^„f ^,^0 would to day put the Crofs upon a mans Shoulder, and oblige him 
 p^teftas cruce ^^^^ ^^ q^^^ ^^ ^^^ Voyage, (oj and:to morrow rcleafe him from his Oath foe 
 
 pgnxndt (s' vO" 
 
 turn data pecu- money. 
 
 TJardixandi, n ' n. 
 
 &c . signatos hodii crof dita pecunia k-crucU veto ahfolvfhant. Wcftmonalt. an. 1 140. jibfvlvebamur pt^r fner 
 
 diUtoref Ct minor es, pccunii inttrvtnieme multi cruce ftgnati in fcanddum EccUJta. 
 
 Reafon and Right did require, that thefe great fums of mcmy fhould have been 
 employed to defray ihe Princes that raifcd Armies fcr the deliverance of the holy 
 Land», Among whom, he that moft freely cxpofed his Life, and that of his Sub- 
 jef^s, with an incredible Expenfe, wasLcwii the IX. o( France, who reigned then j 
 A Prince worthy to have beenborn in a bettei Age, being a rare Example of Mcek- 
 nefs and Juftice, and one that partly dlfcerned the Errors, and lighed under the 
 Popes Tyranny, That Great Prince foon after undertook that Voyage, bur to his 
 great ruinc, confufion of the Chrifttans> and deftruftioni of his Kingdom. Yet 
 the Pope never gave him any part of the money raif-ed for that Expedition, nor to 
 the Emperour, nor to any Prince that paid Armies, and fought for that Qu^rrcL 
 All was poured into the Popes Coffers, as into a Gulf, and by him employed to 
 make War againft Frederick^, for he broke rrefently the Covenant fworn to him. 
 So in cffe6t, all the moiKy contributed by devout Souls, for the Conqucft of the 
 Holy Lands was employed to hinder it, and fo find other work for Frederick^ who 
 alone w as mor€ able to promote that Conqucft, than all the icft together, 
 
 Wliilc 
 
:■ it- 
 
 While the Pope cxcrcifcd that horrible Tyranny over EngJ^nd, (p) the Senate C^) Matth; 
 and Citizens of ^o»e were maftcring the Pope, and were fo far from giving him Pans,p.3y44 
 money, that they would have money from the Pope, pretending an old Right for 
 it. The difference was about fome Lands which the Roman Senate claimed, as be- 
 longing to the Roman County, but the Pope faid th ac they belonged to his BiQiop- 
 rick; alleadglng foi himfelf Chrifts words, whohad promifed, \\\^i the gates cf 
 Hill (J-otild not prevail againft )he Church • Whence he inferred, that in 
 that Quarrel, the Senate and the Roman People might not hope to prevail 
 againft him. For all his Inferences, they turned him our, and burnt his 
 Houfes, and called the Emp«rour Fredericl^ - Who being one of the Wilcft 
 and Meekeft Princes that ever were in the World , inftead of helping them, 
 corre(5ted their infolcncc» and would refeat none of the injuries which Greg(,ry had 
 done him. At the fame time that good Emperour demanded the Sjftcr oi Henrj 
 the III. o( England y forhisWife, and had her. 
 
 C^) At that time alio certain Ufureisfet up m England, aHcd Caftr/^nfy who (tf) Id p 40?; 
 by Ufuries and ftran^e Arts devifcd in Italyf ate up the poor people and the Cler- 4^4, 40J .' 
 gy. The King himfelf was moft deeply in their debt. The Billiop of London 
 would have reprcft them, but becaufethey were maintained by the Pope, hecculd- 
 not cffccft it. The Proncifc^ns and Dominicans were preaching up the Popes pow- 
 er, anddrawingallthe Confcrtionstothemfclves, and every day obtained Privi- 
 ledges to the prejudice of the Parochial Prieft?, who became almoft ufclels. The 
 Stateof £;i^/4n<iwas deplorable, for hungry /rWi^nj of the ba^er fort, with Bulls 
 and Warrants from the Pope, came daily to fleece the people, and to raife fuch 
 fumsof money as they would demand upon the Clergy. If any denied what 
 they demanded, hewasprefently excommunicated. And they that held the great 
 Benefices, were ftrangcrs that were but the Popes Farmers, this made Mauhet9 
 
 Paris ^ I 
 
 •/ Sion 
 
 went Q L.. y ., ^,.., ,..^. -„ *^y^vw.»t »» '"'^"j «««♦ « t^ranj to ao Faifaefi flU 
 
 The above-mentioned Legat 0/»o came agam mto EngUnd, {f) King Henry retrixefrons 
 went to meet him, even to theSea'lidCj and, as the Popes Vaflal, Colihimfcif down "^^'■''^I'ersru'^ 
 before the Legat, touching the Legates Knees with his Head, bererr.ilttotUie' 
 
 ° vilijjtma perf^ 
 
 huUn Romtnti armau in rmna ftatm erumpentes, &c. (f) Id. p. n^. Rex a u^que ad cenftnlun marit «c6urriu . 
 G" inclinuto a.l genua eJM apite uj'jaii aX interior a regni deiuxii o^eiofe. 
 
 In the year 1283. the Archbilliop of Anticcb would nor acknowledge the 
 Pope his Saperiour,and preferring himfelf before him, (?)excoiiimunicated thcPopc, 
 and the Papal Court, and the Roman Church, being fct on to do that by Germain c^\ j », 
 Archbilhopof CotjLntinepUy who called himfelf UniverfalBilliop. Tiie fame png 46? J* 
 year the peifccation was very fore againiVthe true Chiiftians, which were orprc- 
 brioudy called t/^Uigecis, Fattdousy Paterinsy Biigferarsy in the fame manner as 
 I hey call us now Hugenots and C^'vinifts,,. Great numbers of them wcreburut in 
 FJandirfj at the Infligaticn.of a DomirikM called Rahert Bf*^gcrar* 
 
 The. 
 
 I 
 
The Opprelft^n and Extorfions of kome growing every day in England , the 
 Biliops m€t ac London^ and the Lcgat wjth them, who propounded new devices 
 to get money , »nd a new way ofexai^lor. The Bilhops anCwcrcd him, that the 
 Roman Court had quite exhauftcd SngUnd , and that it was impo(fjl>lc for 
 them CO furnill^ any more. So the Aflembly was broken without concluding any 
 thing. 
 
 The Legat putting cff his plot till another time , took his way towards 5r»*- 
 . V T 1 lani^ to rake all die money cut of ir, as h; had done in England, ( u ) The Kijig 
 
 Henr UI P. of 5'^ot/^rj(i hearing of it, came to meet him upon the borders, and forbad him to 
 481. " yinte- * come further mto his Kingdom , faying, that he was the firft Lcgat that ever cn- 
 quim Legitus f^c^] )moSc6tlandi and chat Scotland had no need of any, fince without that Chri* 
 regnum Scot'u ^:^^^ Religion flourilhed, and the Church profpered in the Kingdom. The Legat 
 intrhj[et^ ^^oc- ^^^^ ^^^^^^ back,and returning through(*)£«g/W,did fo order the bufincffcs of the 
 TcltiJnon ac- Church, that he got no (mall fum of money. 
 
 ceptans ingrcf- . . , . -. 
 
 ium (uMm. Dixit enim quod nunqusm Aliquis Legttus excepto illo jolo tn Scotum intravtt. Non enim, ut ajfe- 
 ruit, opmerdt. Chriflianim ibi fltruit , EcclepA prtfpere fc hxbcbAt. (* ) Ibid. Kcbm Ecckfiiflids fTo 
 libiti oriinitis pecunfsm mn minimim co^endo. 
 
 Then was brought into England a Mandate of the Pope, to publilL In all the 
 Churchesj with Bells ringing and Candles burning, the Excommunication of the 
 Emperour Frederick, Which was executed, though with the Kings gr^at grief, 
 becaufc the Emperour had married his Sifter. And the people of Milan rebelled 
 againft the Emperour , and facked the neighbouring Cities belonging to him with 
 cruelty almoft unparallell'd, having for their head a Legate whom the Pope had 
 fent to them. Upon which ^Matthew Paru exprclfethj what the fenfe of the world 
 was at that time. Fear and horrettr fiSed the hearts of men, heeaufe the Pafal party 
 eared neither for *PrayerSj ncrfgr (^ajfej^ nor for Procejfisnt, &c. Btttput all their 
 h$pe in treufHres of Momyy And in Rapine; and with (hamelefs impudence ran t» the 
 ffvord and revenge. 
 
 The beft Benefices of EnglandhQing poffelTedby Italians, and Romans efpeci- 
 ally, bafe in Birth and Conditions , and promoted to thofe places by the Popes 
 Agents, that were fent thither with a full power to do all things ac their pleafurc, 
 . ., and to take from the Englifh Prelates the Power of conierring Livings, the faid 
 (x^ id. 1 .p. pj.gijfg5 ^jj) writ to Pope Gregory i Letters full of Lamentations; being juft- 
 ^^^* ly punilhcd. For having helped the Popes to bring down the Power of their 
 
 Kings , under a pretence of maintaining the Liberties of the Church, they had put 
 the Popes Fetters about their own Legs, and drawn a hard bondage upon them- 
 felves. While Kings were in power , the Pope called them Simoniacks that gave 
 fomc little prefent to the King, when they received the Inveftiture. But after that 
 thcPopehad taken that Power from the King, he took an hundred times more 
 from them than ever the King did. 
 
 This Pope by his Bulls full of fervent Exhortations, had publirtied the Crolfada 
 over all France ^ Germany and England , exhorting by the compaflTions of God 9 
 smd by the zeal of Chriftian Religion , and by the hope of Salvation , all good 
 
 Chfjftiafis, 
 
I&apai xv^mitt?; ^ 
 
 Chriftians, to go to the help of Chnftians opprcft in Syriay and t& deliver JerufA- 
 
 hm , and the place of the Crofs , and the holy Sepulchre, cue of the hand of the 
 
 Infidel Saracens, promifing the rcmiffionof all Sins, and an Augmentation of 
 
 Glory in Paradife, to all that Oiould die rhac Voyage, Upon thefe Exhortations 
 
 a great number of Pilgrims ciolTed themfelvcs , ( y ) and having appointed their Cy) \fatth. 
 
 Rendevoui at LyonSymtt there well armed, and farnifhed, and full of courage. Paris, p. 497; 
 
 As they were ready to march, a Legat came from the Pope , who forbad them co 
 
 go further,and commanded them to return every one to their own home. A t which 
 
 they grew fo angry, that much ado there was to keep (hem from killing the Lcgat 
 
 and his men. For (faid they) to obey the Pope, and for the Caulc of the Crucifix, 
 
 we have undertaken this Voyage: We have fold or pawned our Lands, we have 
 
 borrowed Money upon great ufe, and now we are fent back to our houfej. This 
 
 happened in the year 1 242. 
 
 In the mean while, England was fore troubled with new cxatflions r and the 
 Pope fent Letters to all the Siibjefls of the Em';>irc, to abfolve them from 
 the Oath of Fidelity and Obedience , (worn to Frederick, tlieir Lord , com- 
 manding them to be faithful in unfaithfu'nefs , and obedient by difobedience , as 
 fz ) LMattherv Parui^kh. But (faith the fame Author) the wick^dnrfs of the 
 Roman Church execrable »nto all vfOi the cattfethat none or ferv cared to obey the Papal \'^f, ^- ^^^.^ 
 Authority. The Emperour writ to the King of Englandylm Brother in Law,ro ex- ' ^'^^ntin^Mi-^ 
 poftulate with himbecaufe he fuffercdhim to be excommunicated, and with fuch ItUtAte fide- 
 difgrace in his Kingdom , and that Moneys lliould be raifed in £w^Am<^ continu- Us t in inobe- 
 ally by the Pope, to make war againft him. The Kings anfwer was, that being the dicntis obedi- 
 Popes Vaffal and Homager, neceffitv did lye upon him to yield all obedience to e^f^^- S^^*'"'' 
 
 fitt improbitas tmnihuA exeerandx j quod (i nullis vtl iL puucii meruit P^tpalk Author it Ai exuudiru 
 
 Yet upon thefe Letters from the Emperor, King Henry defired the Legate Oths 
 to ^0 o\it of S'ngl and y but the Lcgat would not doit, and found new wnys to get 
 Money for his Mafter. The Englifli Lords and Gentlemen were fellmg their 
 Lands and Mannors to the Clergy to perform that Voyage into the Holy Land, to 
 which they had bound thcmfelvesby Vow, upon the Popes Command, (a) But (a) Td.p.yo?. 
 the Dominicans and Francifcans received Power from the Pope to difpence thofc Incocperunt ipp 
 that had eroded themfelves from their Vow , taking (o much Money from them Pritdicattres 
 as they ihould have fpent in their Journey. a/'^"''^' % »i 
 
 ce ftgnitos abfolvere «J veto fuo , acceptu tamcn prcurtia , qturtta fn^icere videbatur mieuique ai viAtisttm 
 ultrannriKum. Et faHim (]t in populo fcAnddttm cum fchifm&tc. 
 
 And at the fame time the Pope who had crammed many Italians and Ro- 
 mans with the bifl Benefices of JtAigUndyhcgin to fquecze thefe Spunges, and 
 got from them the fifth part of their revenue, towards the charges of his War 
 againfl the Emperor. 
 
 Then lomeEnglilh,f(cingfomuch Morfy go cut of £«g/4«<i continually jCanic 
 
14 i^apai Xmnnf* 
 
 (b) Dtmine to the Kinp, and told him , ( b ) MoJ^ Illnfiriotu Privge, why io yanfMJfer Engtmd 
 Princefs new/- to be brought to defoUtlon^ 4nd to become the prey of them that go by, like a vine vfith^ 
 rMiJJime quire o,^ ^^Q ^ exp fed to travellers, and left to he deflroyed by the wild boars? &c. To 
 ^Uumfr 'In' ^^°'^ ^^' ^'"^ arfwered. J mil mty I dare not contram My Lird the Pope in a- 
 ^raTamO' 'de- "7 thing. H hence the people was broMght to d m<^ft deplorable defpair. But the Lc- 
 foUtionem Rat having got the fifch part of all the revenues of ftrangcrs , did the fame co the 
 trin\cuntium , Engtilh, and the Archbilhop led the dance , paying eight hundred marks to the 
 quxfl vine Am Legat for the firft- payment j the reft was cxaftcd from him, and from all others 
 
 pre mucoie 1 ..,• l -ii • t - 
 ' wicn all violence, 
 
 emni commu- ' 
 
 nemviittri, ah ipris extcrmirtAndsm ? &c. ilnihus tdii perfKAientibus ait, Ntevoloy ntc xudeo Dmin§ 
 
 Pap* in aUfiitta contniiare. Et fsBa. eji in pepulo defperxtio nimk deploranda. 
 
 (c)Id. p.^i^. Scarce was that exaftion done, v^hcn or\Q Peter de la Ronfe czmt f torn Rome, 
 Per eofiiem dt' ^^^ Of him A/atlh, P^ru an eyc-witnefsfpcaks thus. In thefe days came int9 
 fliAm novA ' E^fi'^nd a new exMion of money unheard of in all ages and execrable. Far our ho- 
 quddAm pecu- h Pother the Pope fent a certain exMor into England called Petrus Rubeus [ or 
 niaexiUioom- Peter oi the. Bryar'\ n>ho huvlng invented a certain kjnd of mmfe'trap did learnedly 
 mbtu faculis catch an infinite fum sf money from the m'tferable Englifh-men. He would come into 
 ^^cf"bl^ the Chapters of Monks and Prebends, and made them believe that fuch and fuch 
 Mifiienim Pa- ^ Prelat'had fecreily promifed fuch a fum of Money, and by promifes and threac- 
 pA Piur nofter nings extorced money from them, making them fwear that in fix months they would 
 S^ncfKs qu*n- not tell it to any body : without faying to them thecaufe why the Pope had fuch 
 dAm (xiciorem ^ fucl^JaJn need ofmMieyjbut leaving them to prefumc that there was feme great C 
 uum^Rubeum ^ufinefs concealed from them. Upon that the Prelatsand Abbots came to tht King 
 qui cxcogitatA and told him, (A) Sir. ^e are leiten, and we are notfuffcred to cry ; They cut our 
 mulapuUiione ThroatSy and we cannot lament, A thing impojftblt is enjoined us by the Pope, and an 
 infinitita pecu- exaction den J} able unto all the world, &c. Bat the King turning himfelf to the Lc- 
 ^An^l^s "/'ff^"^8atthtreprefcnf, toIdhim,/^>L.rf/, f^fAw//fr4/'/fyf</«ff^^ the Popes fc 
 
 ^r^f lL,!JrrT crets ; They detraEi, and will not obey your mil. Do with them what you think good, 
 (d)lbid. pc- I give you one of my beji C^fjtles to put them tn a jure hold. So they were forced to 
 mine Rex fug- pay all, that the Lc^at was pleafcd to demand of tliem. 
 
 gillamur, nee The fame year Earl Richard the King of Englands Brother, as valiant and ge- 
 
 ^rniure^'^'u ut' n^f^usashis Brother wasbafcand low fpirited, wtnt out of England, carrying 
 
 n'ur!nec'p"jfu'- ^^"'^ ^'i'" the flower of the Englifh Nobility, and made the more haft becaufc 
 
 ruti'ejuUre. news was come of the miferable cafe of the Chr.ftians in the Levant, uhere 
 
 the Chnftian party was finking apace. Being come to St. Giles in low Lzngue- 
 
 dock^ to go to Marfeilley a Legat met him, who forbad him from the Pope to go 
 
 further, difpcnfigthe faid Earl frcm his Vow. The Earl highly difcuntented 
 
 fe'ilcl p <iS anfwered , / h(.vs taken leave (f my friends , / fent my Money and my tyirms 
 
 j)eteftaL'Ro-' btfore'^ Nuw t^at I am re^dy to take {hip, I amftrlidden to go. He refoJved 
 
 nun* Ecclcfia! then, nocwithftanding the Popes prohibition, to peiform his Voyage, and imbar- 
 
 dupLiatattm c^\\^AW\v[\{t\i{t)diteJiing the double and treacherous dealing of the Roman Church 
 
 cummAgnx yfnhagreatbiiterncjsoffpirit. 
 
 ^Hiile '''^*^^~ '^^^^ ^^^*^ ^^ ^^ ^'"/^ ^^Ving not the Title of Legat get into Scotland^ and did 
 
 that 
 
f apal Xv?ann^^ iy 
 
 that which none ever did before him, for he carried away three thoufand pounds 
 out of ScotUndio put into the coffers of his HoUnefs. 
 
 While the Pope was plundering EngUndy he was raifing an immenfe fum of 
 money in France by a Legat fcnt purpolely. Which {um exceeding the Popes ex- 
 pectation, he repented to have made nuce with the Emperour Fredericl^ feeing that 
 he had got fo much of the fine ws of War, and commanded Cardinal John (^'olou- 
 na to bring word to the Emperour that he would not keep the truce. Which 
 TV hen that Cardinal, whofe Family was potent in //^i/j', refafcd to do, and ex- (O ^*^P.f**'_ 
 changed fome injurious words with the Pope upon that fubjecS, ((J King Letvu ^°dcumKrgi 
 the IX. hearing of that paffage, prohibited that the money (which was yet in jtetuiffit pr^. 
 France) fhould be delivered to the Popes Alfigns, or tranfported out of the crpit pnunum 
 Kingdom. tetam quam in 
 
 The fame Pope perceiving that whenfceycr he demanded money of the body ^(frttluimcUi' 
 of the Englidi Clergy oppofitions were formed againft it, (g) writ to his Legat J/JJ^^^V 
 that he fhould deal with the Clergy- men one by one, and fleece them one after a- //^^ commina- 
 nother. And he fped that way, tionibus mcfl'u- 
 
 It was about this time namely in the year 1240. that 'Baldwin keeping by f-^^ -^^ eoiem 
 force the Empire of Confiantinof.e which the French and other Pilgrims of Syria ^^&^*^ extor-- 
 had furprized , and held i: by right of convcniency , (h) being in great want (twatth'pi 
 of money, writ to the K\n^o( France Lewis che IX. that the hofy Crown ofthoins ris, p.-yii. 
 of our Saviour was found) and that if he would help him wiiha fum of money , Papidepecuni^ 
 he would fend it tohiin. This meek King, and of cade belief treated jvith the a. coningnndx 
 faid Emperor for a great fum of money, and bought that Crown which -w^s pur ''"^'^ Z*"*^'"" 
 in the Holy Chappel of Paris with great folemnity. Shortly after the Venetians 1^^^^ Lez^tout 
 having bought a piece of the true Crofs for two thoufand and five hundred pounds, non ftcat priut 
 fold it again to the fame King Z/f»r« for double the price. The King himfeU car- omnctn cUru.n 
 ried it bare- head andbare foot to our Lady of Paria, And the Pope gave to it forty convcnire at- 
 days of true pardon. 17/' '/i/«t^' ' 
 
 (1) In the year 1241 King Henry the Ill.of England made a great Ftaft in Wffi- guUtim^iem- 
 minfier AW/ upon Chrlflmoj day. In the midft of ihc table was the Kings Chair un- libeteorum,Si.c. 
 dcr the Canopy of State, accordmg to the cuftome. ' It wasa thing wichour exam- C h ) Ibid, , 
 pie that any but the King dnrft fit in that Royal Chair, efpecially upon a day of ex- P^S- ^-7* . ; 
 traordinary folemnity. Yet the Kng acknowledging himfelf the Popes Vaffal, ^^'^^JP^*^^ '»• 
 and no Soveraign, yielded ihat place to the Legat Oiho., to the great heart-breaking f^,^,/ earcHtia 
 of all that, were piefcnr, and tothedifgraceof the Englilh Nation. SccfigKiffcavn 
 
 Shortly after, the Lcgac returned to Rome ; Matiherv Paris beareth him this te- Kegi Franco- . 
 flimony,thic f ATCr^fir/^ theChurch fUites^And Ornaments of the Churchestthere remai- '"''■" ^Pl^ Impe- 
 ncd not fo much money in Engbud as Otho h)id exterted ^nd th.U he h^d conferred '^'^^/^ ^^, jf^.' . 
 partly byhi4 oun, partly by the Popes nill^akove thee hundred of the btfi Pretends and rumpecuniidc* 
 RcSories if the Kingdom. V[ hereby the Kingdom was U ft hngni/hing and defol.ite as ftitiitum vclltt 
 4 Vine expofed to th'/e that pa fj by, and deftroyed by the wild boar of the woods. dc thcjauro e§- 
 
 CiCiKr juvare 
 ipfi Regi pro antiqao diUSiionit (^ cenfunguivitatis fxdere ccnferret caronam Voviini. (ij Ibid. p. 5 3i,& 5 30. 
 RexiuAmpliori Rc/^ia JVcJlmonjjUrJi pranjurns LegAtum, quern ai pr indium invit.tv:rah in fmivcntiori loco 
 mcnjay jcilket infdi Regalia quit in medio mivl* ejf, non fine muUo. um obtiquar.tiktu teulis colloiavit. 
 
 E Tlie 
 
The fame year, thcConvenr of Bttrg in EngbndnaWcd an Aportolick man- 
 date from Pope ^yfgtry ihe IX. that they (Vioald give to a certain man whom 
 the Pope would iccompenfe a Benefice of a hundred Marks a year, a ^reu reve- 
 (k) Matth. nue in rhofe day5. And certain lliarks coming from ^owf, went (Vom Church 
 Paris, p. •)},(. to Church, and from Convent to Convent , and taking the fevcral Monks apart 
 yecm'quc Mo^ col 1 tbem,(k) Brethren and friends y you have porPfr in your hand^ to receive a great 
 
 tres'(^amici, rAth bended hnees and ]jined h^nds in all humility. The fummary of the m-)fion 
 imminet v.hif was thar h.. asked them feme money as an orfering of fwect favour. Upon which • 
 aims.mvi',n(i^ (J^f^i/^^jy P.?r/^, an eyc wicnefsof thcfe doings, fpcaks thus; (I) In this ttrjte by 
 TiUn FapiiU be- ^/,, permijfun and frrcurfwent vf Pope Gregory , the infatiable greedinefs of the 
 mjieiutn-, Po- ^.,^^1 Church got fuch firerjg:hy confounding right and wrong y that putting off all 
 vobi! q^oi vox (J^^^'i (ke became acommortmd impudent ftrumpet, felling and profiituting her felf 
 dihretis jiixis ^''te all , holding Vfury to be a fmall thing , and Simony to be no inconvenience. 
 gcnibui<^jun- fm) At the fame time the Bones of Edmund Archbifliop of Canterbury were 
 ^/j M^nifciM tffc vvorking abundance of miracles. The Emperor had fix mighty Armies to refift 
 
 eohumilime ^^^ Enemies which the Pope by his Practices railed aeainft him in fcveral 
 
 poftuUre. , '^ ■' ° 
 
 (Hlbid.p.n? P^^"^' , r ■ ■ 
 
 Meo in-jdttit New Dimlnicant and Francifcans came from Rome into England in great num- 
 
 K^ornxm Eccle- hers f to preach the Croifada , which they did fo eftcdually that many crofTed 
 fa inJAtitibiUs themfelves for the voyage of the Holy Land; And the fame Preachers granted to 
 cupiditaa (on- ^^^^^ ^^^^ rcmi(Tion of all their fins. Bat three days after they releafed them from 
 f"ra«f flMoi!rfel ^^^^^ Vow and gave them leave not to flir out of England. S3 they changed the 
 fofto rubore corporal fatisfa6tion into a pecuniary punifliment. By which means even women 
 velut meretrix and children, that they might have rcmiiTlon ofall their fins, took the Crofs and 
 vulgaris ^ ef- die Vow of the Croifada, and then redeemed their Vow with Money. Thus the 
 frons omnibui pj-yg^s collefled vaft fums of money. And what became of it , Matthew Paris 
 pofitA ufuram faith that it was not known. 
 
 pro farvo,fm9- This Legat Otho (n) had left two Vice-Legats with power of exaf^ing , in- 
 Tilam fronullo terdid^ing, and excommunicating> who daily committed a thoufand extorfions. . 
 iAcenvenichti One of them named Petru* de Supino took a turn into Ireland. Out cf which 
 V^^)'\w'a ( though money was thin fown there ) he raked in few days fifteen hundred 
 CnVMatth Marks. Then returning with a Mandate from the Pope , he exadicd the twenti- 
 Parisin Henr. ech part cf the Goods of the whole Ifland , and his fellow Petriu Ruhem did the 
 m.p. 547,8t famejn 5roi//?«<^. Thcnhcaring that Pope Crf^ory was very fick they croft the 
 554. fea in haft, and went towards Kome Laden with wealth. But in their journey 
 
 ^^N J 1 they were taken by the Emperor, fo) who made ufe of their money , andcom- 
 
 * mittcd tlicm to clofc prifon and beficged a place in Campania where the Pope had 
 pat his Money and his Nephews. The Emperor having made himfelf Mafter of 
 the place, hanged the Popes Nephews as Rebels to his Majefty. The Pope hear- 
 ing of it, was oppreft with fuch grief that he died. The Emperor kept many 
 Cardinals prifoners, among others Otho) the plague of E»^/W , bccaufc they 
 would have alTembkd themfelves. in Coanal by the Popes Authority withoiat 
 his leave, . 
 
 Afxcr 
 
AFcermany quarrels among the Cardinals, GMfrii Aichbllliop of tJiiiUn 
 teas chbfen Pope , who did not laft long , and died having been Pope but fixtcen 
 days. ThcCar-dinals were 21 months before they could agree abouc rhcele6ti- 
 on of a Sncceflor. The Emperor, angry at ir, behegcd them at Rnme, and the 
 K-ngof Fr<i«cf fent them Emb-Hadors to declare to dicm , diat (p) if they did (pj Ibid. p. 
 not chonfe a Pope, the French iroii'd eU^ one for them, ^rcunded upon their ancient 5'^^- Hec an- 
 priviledg granted by St. Clement Mnto St. Denis, whom he effdlifhed e/ipofiie o- ^^^^J*^ ^"^J?' 
 ver the We/fern people. The Cardinals frighted , in the end chofe one Car- 'dcdntilTotri- 
 dinal Sinebald , who leaving his name of Baptifm called himfclf ^nnccent i^i^gio ^^q p^^ 
 the IV. [inaum Cle- 
 
 The Orders of Dominicans and Mendicant Fryers liad been but 24 years in fne»tem beata 
 Envlmds and already hui builc magnificent Convcnrs over all the Kingdom , and JfW" ^<'«~ 
 governed all che houlcs ot great perl'ns, get great Legacies diciv to tnemlcives to\quic9rtceht 
 all the ConfeOions , aixl many b^Iie eci that Salvation could r,o:be had with- j^pojioUtum 
 out chem. They were Fa<f>ors, Solliciters, and Executors of Apcrtolick Man- eidem Disnyfia 
 daces, and bearers of Pardons; they had theKmg^ ear, nnd debafed ihz O . ckn f"P^^ g^n^ent 
 ol" S . BrnediR and St. Aft/fin':, Doing to other Orders , and to Parochial P. lefts ^'^^i<i<^»tden. 
 that wh'ch the Je'uits do now ni^ro them. Yet between thefe two new Orders there 
 was a great deal of envy, the Francifcans calling themftives /W/nor/, and bv^ con- 
 fcqucncmbre holy ; and the Dominicans cilling themfelvcs (J^f.v;■(?r/, and thert- 
 foie frefcrrable. 
 
 In die year i 244 one M.^rtia came into EngLmd with full pcvcr fromhij. Ho- 
 
 liiefs to cxafl money, co (ulpend,io )ntcrdi6t,and .o excommanicace all that fliould 
 
 any way oppofe him. Hs would command this Abbot or that Prior ((\) that they (q)Pracipicns 
 
 » mid fend him horfes fuch dt rvnefii for an efpecial Clark^ of the Lord Pope to r'ldi- on. fcr litter iH di" 
 
 \\ they allcadgcd any cxcifc, he fafpcndcd them from their Benefices. Tlic Chur- /f'''^f 'wfjf.t'' - 
 
 chc5 and Prebends rhat fell void , he kept in his ou n hands, till lie was pleafcd to -'^^^^ '■'•'* •'- 
 \ n. u I XT 1 J /- ,- * i,iuei eqiw.T 
 
 belt 5w them upon luv N.phews and Codn'^, qmlts detcbj 
 
 And whereas DfiviiPrnKecH Nurtl-fi^^u'es wasVaflal co due King n( England ^paiilem Vu- 
 
 (r) Pope Innoc nt the IV. debo'dirhm from the Alkagiancef^om to H<nry chc rnini clericiod 
 
 III. his Lord, and midchimhis V.ilT^l, obliging him to pay five hundred marks a ^'>''^'"^' ^''-t"]' 
 
 year to the Ap^ft )lick See in fignof Subj'6^ion. So ^D^tvid by the Popes inftigy ,j jj ' 
 
 tion (h)ok (fVdie K'ngs yoke, and put his country. U'^lcr the Popes fubjed^ioifi 6o^,'8c6o^. 
 
 prumifin; to hold his whelc Cviuntrey fr:m che Pojc. Whence long Wart Du-jid volcns 
 
 followed. lolLnnfianndi 
 
 T.ic miracles or E immd of '^^nterl ttry bti: g daily jriulcinliuli Conim (Ti mi: s /'''■'^".^^ pdcU- 
 1 I ! I r» r I / I J • I I I T 1 r tutis Donini 
 
 were deputed by che Pope tocnq ure otchole m racks, and to inrovm his H linels ^^^ -^ cxcutc- 
 
 about them, to know whehcr he ought to be canoi i7.e(l and I fted among liit rf, aduUf P>i'. ' 
 Saifi s: bui t'le Commillionersmade a n-lation to the dili'dvnncage o|- ih f nd Ed- pxlis proticiia^ 
 «w<^<^ as unworthy lobe Sainred. Wherefore it was eon Jaded that he ihoull noi "'■*" (omfugit 
 b.'cnoirzcd, and thereq-.itftof d;cMonksof /*i;«;'/e''i>> wl.cre the laid Edmund ^^^"^'^'"^ ^^^^' 
 lay buried, w. cs t e;eCUd as unjult. ^r^Uix etm 
 
 contingenie»T 
 , AbipfoFapn. Cui favit PapaiO' confx Rcge^i rd'elLnttfintvn afCiuic, 
 
 La The 
 
 y 
 
 u 
 
a8 l^apal 5Cf ?ann^; 
 
 '•")It islik; The forcmcntioned Martin ( whom the Engl ilh called A^a/fy , (s) becaufe 
 ti.n thcEng. ofhisinfatiabk j^tceclincfs ( t) received an unheard cf po-^cr trom the Pope , 
 iiih in thole ^^^^j ^^^g ^^,^^^ "^1^2,^ j„y tj(.t;,,g ^ of which he had feveial Letteis, and produced 
 t^ILdo-\' fomctimesone, (omcrimcs anodncr, according to die exigence of che caf.*, and ma- 
 Ar<tj;/nas1he ny Scroles of Parthnienc fca'ed with Lead , in which nothing was written, and 
 French do thofc blanks he filled according to his own pleafutc. He made hri addrefs unto the 
 now, and that j^.j^^. b-fccclvn!' him in the Popes Name to help him to g(C tm thoufand marks 
 ihcy madean ^^^^^^'^ hand of "the En^lilli Ckrgy. And he brought forth Letters of Pope /««o-, 
 fih l^ixh zilr- cent to the Ckrgy of EngLmd, where thcfc words are found. -Bting conflrained by 
 tin. nec-JJity, ne have rfcoftrfc to you cor^fidently^ find by the Cof*"f ^ ff our Brethren , rve 
 
 (t) Mat Paris (je/f,e end exprt/l) rJm'.mjh pur gerKralitjy and by Jpo/foHcl^ Writings wt exhor- 
 librolupradi. ^- c'.mmf.nd ,ind comm.indmg exhort you y that you relieve the Rnmin Church 
 £iep/ii. n^iih fuch cjHAntity and fum of money tu our dear Son Martin, CUrl^of our Cham- 
 ber ^ (hall di dare unto you, 8cc. And that you fo accompHfh th^it which we de/ire 
 of yo^ > '^^^ ire may commendyo'tr Devotieny and that we be not conftraimd to pro- 
 ceed othirwife ag.tir.ftjou about that matter. Thus in cafe of denyal he thrcatned 
 (u) MArtiWA tQ fojce them toitby ExcoTimanication, And that'i^«2rf;';i was grown fo inlc- 
 ^dmVi^f^'^ ^^"^ » 2*^^ ^^^^'^ ^ ^^^'•'^ exaflor that he would fend , now to an Abbot , now to 
 rJ". JiJir^wj a Prior , commanding him to fend him fo many great Horl'es, fo tnuch prcvifi- 
 snfu^citntin , on for his hoiife, fuch a,qaaniity of curious ftaftes for his train. (^ u ) And when 
 t^prxcepit eis ^^ ^^^^ received ivhjt they fenty he would fend it bacl^ with contempt , faying that it 
 7/» »:c//or^ £i/ ^y^ „oi nood emuzhy and commanded them to fend better upon pnin of Sufpenfion and 
 fon^Ji'lnl ExcomLnic.tior,. And he fuff ended all the Prelates from the Collation of Livingr 
 thenutU tr^nf- (,f thirty mark/ a year and above, till they had fati'fied hijgreedinef. f^herefore the 
 mittcnnt. Suf- ^jftrable Englifh complained th.it they were under a harder bund.'tge than ever the 
 
 '^"'Y "y?7e War ^"i"8 happened between the Englilli and ihe Scots, .they made peace upon 
 Turn, II mlr- certain conditions. But becaufe a Vaflal ought not to conclude peace or war with- 
 cxi vik'mium out the confent of his liege Lord, peace could not be made without the approbati- 
 CiT'/ttprd, iowdc (,„ an j ratifieanon cf, Pope /nnocfrtf the IV. 
 
 /?f^ jatisfaBam j^^ j-^^^ ^,^^^. ^^^ Pnnce of N^nh- ff^ales continuing in his Rebellion againft- 
 iT'uSmihr'i f/f«r>ihein.Kmgof £»^/^«^, obtained of the Pope with money, and with the 
 Jrrglici acerbic renewing of his promifc, of paying five hundred marksa year unto the Pope, tobe 
 *remt^«4tjc/mab{c)lvedand difpcnfed from the Oath of Allcagiance which he had made unto 
 faburnnt filii fjgf^ry, faying, that it was en extorted Ojth. 
 
 ijrad, fe dUii-^ j^^ ^j^^ ^^^ 124 5- the Pope caufed the Excommunication of the Emperor Frc 
 TjPtv Bri^i- dtrick^io be publilhed again in all the Churches oi France. That Excommunica- 
 tl toUme tion beinggivcn to a Parochial Pncft of Parh to publilh it, he pronounced n in 
 ji:rvimcm, thefe tcrm^. Hearken all of you, J am commanded to pronounce an txcommunicAtion 
 with Candles burning and Belts ringing ag^injh the Emptror Frederick. Not know- 
 ing thecaufewhy , iMnovo only that there u an irreconcileable cjuarrel and hatred be- 
 tween him and the Pope-, 1 know alfoy that the one doth wrong to the othir^yet which of 
 the two is in the wrong, I cannot tell. But him that doth wrong to the other, J exc9m- 
 fxunJcate at far m my power extends. The poor Pneli was puniflied by the Pope,buc 
 the Emperor fent him prefcnts, . ^ iic 
 
The Pope had a defire to come into SngUnd, and pafs through "Brancty but the 
 pofTagc through France was denied him. And the King of England was advifcd 
 not to let him come inro his Kingdom. In the mean while, Martin was continu- 
 ing to waft poor England, fucking die fu': (lance of the people and the Clergy, and 
 moft part of the Benefices of England were held by Icalians. In the end, the 
 Nobles of the Land were forced by the heavy opprellion to aflcmble thcmfclvcs, 
 and to give order that all the Papal Letters which daily came into England WK«h 
 new Tricks to carch money fliould be ftopt. A bearer of thole Trumperies was 
 taken, and all his Bulls and Leaden Seals were taken from him, and he laid up in 
 clofe Prifon. About the fame time, in Rogation week, the Popes Wardrobe ac 
 Lions wasburnt with an accidciral fire, and there the Letters of Homage and Sub- 
 miili n made to the Pope by King John^ were confumed, as Mutthiw ParU (x) (x) P. 538.' 
 relateth. 
 
 Inthcendj the King feeing his Kingdom cxhauftcd by the Extortions of the 
 Roman Court, although he trembled under the Papal power, yet he commanded 
 iJHurtin to depart out of the Kmgdom, and for a farewcl told him, fy) The (y) Diabelttt 
 'Devil lead theCy and bring thee into Hell. But Martin going away, left one Mr. te ad infernos 
 Philips CO whom he refigned the power he had from the Pope. Being come to the i»ducat ir peri 
 Popes prefence, who was then at the Council of Lions, he complained of the Kmg '*"^'*^' 
 of England. Tlic Pope then remembring that both the King of France and the 
 King ot England had denied him the entry into their Kingdoms, faid in great 
 wrath, and with an angry countenance, (z,) It u expedient that yee compound (^*\-p^„ ^.^ - 
 n it h jfOHr Prince Frederick, thatwe may erufh thefepnty Kings that kick, againfi Expedit m 
 M : for nhen the Dragon is once Lrnifed or appeafed , we (hall foon tread upoa thefi ompsTixmui 
 /mail Serpents. ^""^ Principe 
 
 In that (^ncil the Canonization of Edmund Archbidiop of Canterbury was ^f ,</'J*/*^ ^ 
 moved again with great inftance, but wasrcjeaedthefecond time by the Pope, and rimwsrlulcZ''' 
 that Saint wanting the Popes favour, loft his caufc for this time alfo, andwasjudg- tmntes.centri- 
 cd unworthy to be a Saint. to (nimvclpi- 
 
 red his Sorrows to the five Wounds of Chrift ; The fiift was, The inundation of 
 tht Tartars 'j the fecond, ThcSchifmof the Grecians', the third, The Herefie of 
 thofe that wcie called P/ifffrfn/, Buggerars,Jovlnians, 2\\Al^audou'y the fourth. 
 The dcfolation of the holy Land ; the fifth and the moft fmarting, The Emperour 
 Frederick^, the Churches Enemy and Pcrfecutor, whole Herefies and Sacnledges 
 he fee out at large*. 
 
 In that Council the people and Clergy of England, complained by Deputies of 
 the Extortions and Robberies of the Roman Court j but their Complaints were 
 not regarded,. 
 
 There a Sentence of De'pofition againft the Emperour fr^^fr/fj^ was pronoun-, 
 ced by the Pope, whereby he was declared fain from th.e Imperial power, and a.'l 
 the Subjeftsof thcEmpiie, as well in girmany^ 2iin Italy^ Sicilyy and Province^ . 
 
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JO ^aip^ii^v?att»?: 
 
 \ver? abfolved from the Oaih of Allcgianc€ fwornumothe faid Empcrour, with a 
 prohibition hy Apoftolical Authorlcy, to yield any obedience unro him, or to lend 
 him any alTiftance, upon pain of Excommunicacion. The Elejflcrs alio were com- 
 manded to clc 61 another Em perouri the Pope keeping the powcrtoliimfclf to pro- 
 vide for the Kingdoms ofN.plet and Sicilyy pretending that the difpofitionof thofc 
 Kingdoms did particularly belong to him. 
 
 There alio an Order was taken for the Voyage of theHolyLand, ihc Pope tax* 
 jnghimfelf to pay the tenth part of his Revenue , and conxlcmuing the whole 
 Clergy to pay the twentieth part of theii s for thi ee years. He appointed ihe Apo- 
 ftolick Officers to be receivers of that Contribution. He made an order , that 
 all that ihould enter into the Croip.day fliould be exempted from all Tributes, Ta» 
 xcs, and fubjeftion due to fecular Lords, becaufe by eroding thcmfelves they put 
 themfelves under the proteflion of the Apcftolick Sec. By this means the Kmgs 
 left as many Subje(5\s as there weie rnen'that would put a Crcfs upon their Shoul- 
 der, for then they claimed themfelves to be che Popes Subjedls. Creditors were 
 prohibited to exad any thing of thofethat were croiTcd, becaufe they were under 
 ^^-^ ^^^"1^^* the ptote£tion of tht- Church, (a) And to ihofecrclVcd men was piomifed, be- 
 ^"^ ^b^^auUx- fides the remifTicn of all their fin§, an augmentation of Glory in Paradife. To thofe 
 bTitniftm in chatQiould not go in perfon , but contribute with their means, defraying ochers 
 propriisperfo- chat would go for them, no more was promifed but the rcmillion of all their tins. 
 nis [ubierint, -f^ofe that iTiould go in perfon defrayed by others , if th?y died in that Voyage> 
 O* cxpc'^fisy ^^^^ Order aftured them that they (hould not go into Purgatory, but they were to 
 iuTZ iium^e commtzhm-\{d\cs\viihEz€rm^ and might not pretend to a degree of Glory 
 
 quibui fuerunt in Paradife above the common fort. 
 
 Tontrhitt orf conjep, vcnia-n induLgemtn. (^ in retribtitioue jitjlorun fdutis aterva: poUicemur ai^unenum. Eis 
 Mutctn qui noninpirfonit propriis ilLiic ncce^crint, fed in \uis iunux.it cxptnfis juxta facultate^fr' qujlititem 
 (um viros tdonios difiimvtrir.t, iT ilUs fmilhcr, qui licet in diinis expcnfis in prcpriis tamtn per^onis dccejfe-, 
 rmh fkninjuorumpeccatorumfonctdimuivenim. 
 
 Many other Laws were made and publidicd by the Pope ficiing in that Council. 
 For CxnccGrf^ory the V1L» it was no mere the Popes Cuflcm toaflemblc Councils 
 to deliberate with the Bilhops , but onely that the BiOiops Ihould receive Laws 
 from the Pope, and approve them by their filencc. Wherefore a'fo Matthew Park 
 ib") r.^58. faith, diat of the things decreed, (A) Some ixere decreed lefcre the Co/trcil, fome tin- 
 il^ctiirn ec- ri'i?the Council, fome lifter the Couacil. Upon tlic d.flolurion cf cheCo.rncil, aPrc- 
 rumante Con- i^ie made a Scrm n for a fartwtl to (he City of Z-Zotj/, whtuinhetcld ihe people 
 dliH»i,quaidan ^^^^ ^^^ Council had madeagrcat Reformation in the City, for wheieastheie were 
 ihZxdMve'- many Brothel houfes m die Town befoieihe fating of the Council, now (faid he) 
 ro po/f Cone///- wc leave but one, reaching from one end of the; Town to the oihcf. (c) That ihc 
 Jim, funtjUtu- Popes OfHc^rs were appointed Col'c(5tois of the money to be raifed for die Voyage 
 '*' , . , of the H.;ly Land, was difplealing unro many, whokhew that it vvas ufujl with 
 
 CO ^^^^' the Popes Officers topucall fuchCon ributions in:o ihei^opcs Cof^Vrs, whocon- 
 vencd'chem to another uff, and indeed tohisown. The Pope ient into England. 
 a Copy of the Letters Patent of K^ng John, '■ whereby he ii\pj(:^cd tne Crown of 
 EngUadio the Papal See, and prelcnted it to all rhcP^larcs( f £w_^/^«rf to fign 5 
 which they did, all but the Ardibilhop of Cantsrl urjj w ho 1 efuled it. The 
 
The fame year King terns the IX. gave the Pope leave to come into France, as 
 fat-aiC/«?>j/, but n© fkrchcr. The Kin^ greatly dcfired a Reconciliation between 
 the Pope and the Emperour, becaufehimfclf was preparing for the Expedition in- 
 to the Lfz/^»^ and had need of the help of Frederick^ a warlike, prudeti', and 
 meek Prince, as ever any was in the world, formidable to the SaracenSy and one 
 thatmighc ftop the palTagecf the French, becaufe he held Cor/tca, Sardiniay and 
 thelCtngdom of Naples and Sicily : ^m the good King could obtain nothing of x^» p^^^^. ^ 
 Pope /htioce fit* t^MAtthew Pari^ (^\ihy ihit Innocent laboured to in^cc Lervti to ' ' 
 
 make War with Henry Kw^ oi En^l and ^ whom he called in contempt a petty King. 
 And though there was a fworn Tiuce between the two Kings, yet the Pope would 
 have King Letvii to break it. Bat Levfii would never condcfcend to it,being a Prince 
 that rcligioufly kept his word. 
 
 There was a fecond interview between the King and the Pope , being then ic 
 LionSi where the King ufcd his litmofl: endeavour to appeafe rhe Pope, and recon- 
 cile him with the Emperour. The Emperour defirous of peace (although the De- 
 pofition fulminared by the Pope was without eft"c6t, ind had wrought no diminu- 
 tion o( his po^er) offered unto the Pope to pafs into Syri.iy and reconquer the 
 Kingdom of Jfr«/^/f»» with his own ftrength and coft, and never to return, but 
 die there ; asking no more but his Abfolucion from the Pope. And the King re- 
 prefentedunto the Pope the Commandment of Chrift, who will have us to for- 
 give fcventy times (even rimes, and faith that the finncr that converteth and hum- 
 blethhimfelf, muft not be rejected. He protefted againft the Pope, faying, that 
 bythisObftinacy hclliouldbe thecaufe of the Raines which Chrif^ian Religion / vw . „ . 
 rtiould fuffcr. But the gopd King lofi: his labour, and (f) returned »*'^^^''f'«* /^rfsm Henrico 
 dignatloff^tCAufe he had not foftnd in the Servant of Servants the httmility which he m. p,6T6. 
 look} for. * Rfx Franco-, 
 
 The fame year, which was r24^. A Parliament wasafTembledat Londony where f"'" ^^^^Uj' , 
 in the Kings prefence fome Articles were made, called CrAvaminA Regni Anglittf ^^^^^^^^*^^. 
 The Grievances of the Kingdom of England'.) where the opprc(fions ot the Popes, humiUutem 
 and the grinding of the Kmgdom by the Court of i^owf were reprefented , and quxm jperave^- 
 how Italians fucceeded other Italians in Church-Livings : And that by the new rat in fervt _ 
 claufe, non objlante^ Scriptures were enervated, the Obligation of Oaths broken, /cfi'o/"'»» f"/* 
 all Laws and Cuftoms abrogated, and that the Englilli were conftrained to go Vtl'-a^^^'^!^' 
 plead in the Court of RomCy whence they returned ill handled, after they had a 
 long time confamed themfelves in expenfes. (f) That Letters came from Romcy 
 which not onely taxed fuch and fuch men info much money, bat enjoyned them 
 alfotofind andcatc'rtainconftantly a certain number of men at Arms to ferve the 
 Roman Church in the Wars with Men artd Arms, according to the Will of his 
 Holintfs. It was alfo reprefented, that once the Pope conlidering fome rich fluffs 
 of Chuich Ornaments of fome Englifh Clergy-men, had adeiire to have them : 
 And that when he enquired where they were made, he was anfwered that they 
 were made in England • and how upon that the Pope faid, England is the Garden 
 of our Delights, a (Jarden trttly infxhanfiible. 
 
 The Pope writ to the Ciftercian Monks, that they (hould buy for him fome 
 
 {g) Cloth • 
 « 
 
'fif^ ^"'^^"' ^^) ^1^^** of curled Gold ; which was done at the Charges of thofc Monks i 
 (*j P.tfSj: |;^»'»^^ ^^}^^ Matthew Paris, (h) many had the covetotqnefs of the Church of Rome 
 in execration. The fame Author relates, that three of the wcalchieft Clergymen 
 of f/J^/rfwri being dead, without making a Will, and having left a great fum of 
 money, arrd much precious Stuff, Pope Imoceut fent Dominican and Francifcau 
 Fryars into England, to preach and make it pafs for a Law, That the Goods of eve- 
 ry Clark dying intcftare, belonged unto the Pope. 
 
 When the King was going to oppofe both this and the Levies and Impofitions 
 (i) Pag 6i6 ur f^^^}^^^ ^3f^^y ^2i^ upo" fhe Land, Letters came from the Pope contain- 
 
 ^ ^ 5- • ing an abfolute (i) Command to raife a great Turn of Money out of EngUnd, and 
 that within twenty days, without further delay ; appointing certain Englilli Prc- 
 lares to be Colledors of the fame, and giving them power to' proceed againft thofc 
 chat fhould refufe to pay, with Ecciefiaftical Ccnfurcs. Such was then the ufe of 
 St. Peters Keys. 
 
 The King, though ufed to bondage, was nettled at this, and prohibited chat 
 
 txcortion of His People. The Pope angry at it, mifufed the Englilh that were in 
 
 (k) P-<^87, n»s Court, faying to them, ({J The King of England kjck^s again/I m, and hts 
 
 €U,6i^. Council hathareliih of Frederick, I alf have my Council, r^hich 1 mil foil orp. And 
 
 he writ to the Engl idi- Prelates, that upon pain of Excommunication and Sufpen- 
 
 iion, they (liould befoiethe Feaft of the AHumption, brmg the fum which he had 
 
 H^'i ""^° hisNuntio refident at London, The King was frighted uiih this, 
 
 and the Pofej Command was executed without delay. The Popes Fadorsand 
 
 (/; Pag.^94. i fomotcrs were the Francifcans and Dominicansy who gave the RemifHon of fins 
 
 Paris D"^ ^°Vc°"^^* releafcd the Excommunications for a certain rate, and made Ulurcrs 
 
 60,. '^^ 2nd Extortioners to bring tothemall their ill.gotten Goods, inftead #refloring 
 
 Negotium a- ^"^^"^"^rjght Owners. By their means alfo the /'/j;??, befidesthe-maciimonial 
 
 pert: fe genre <^a^'«> (0 drew to himfelf all Teftamertary Caufes, and the Cafes of Terjury, as 
 
 Rmxv<sMatrU "far'y concerning the Confcience. And ftill thefe Favors of Rcme alleadged lome 
 
 Vt^ntlVtr'Idf ^^^'°"^ "^^"''^ ' ^^y/ng» that the money which they exafted was to defend the Ein- 
 
 xlxmortUac ' \^^^^]}^^ ^onjlantinople, or tofcfift the^oW^w of D^mas. But whatsoever it was 
 
 exhtireditAtio- ^. 4; ^^^ P"?*^ ^^' ^s the Receiver. 
 
 aw nojlrx jum~ ^^ ["^ fame rime the Pope gave leave to King Lewis the IX to take the tenth 
 mMmPontifi. part ot the Ecclcfiaftical Revenue of Frame, the King in exchange gave lum leave 
 rlZimnto-' ^° Th ^^^ '"''"^'"^ P^" o^ '^^^ ^^me Revenue, and that for three years. 
 rem. Hccipfum ^"^J^^?^ feeing tha: he could r.cr pull down the Emperour, and that the Vcr- 
 tiptivi prafati ^^^^"0 Power of Frederick^ turned the edge of his Spiritual Sword , fought to 
 injpentanea^' ^^ke hjm away by Treachery, and fuborncd four oi Frediricl^s Scr^iims,Jjmes de 
 extrmi con~^Morra, Theobald Fr^rcifco, Pandulph de Phafmdles ^ and IViUi^m oi Saint 
 quZlmmiri T'''"' ^^ ^^b their Mofter. (m) Two of them, 7 heobMtindmiii.m, bcmg 
 nefariiimexi- ^^'^^^"> confeflcd publickly when they were brought to the Execution, that they 
 ftimant, mori- ^ver efet on by X^i^v^ Innocent to do that deed. The whole Story is rtlaced at large, 
 enus coram in Letters written'by the Emperour himfelf to Henry the III. of £ngland his Bro- 
 
 coM ^^" '" ^*^'' ^"^ ^y *^^^^" ^"^^^^ °^ ^^'*^'^^ '^"^^''^ ^^^ Empcrours Clark*, written 
 
 '■^ * to the fame King. 
 
 Scarce 
 
Scarce was the laft Extortion ended, when a new one began: (n) And the M ^' ^^3' 
 King gave way that fix thoufand marks (hould be raided upon En^Unk^ becaufethe 
 Pcpe had need of ir. That money was fent to the LAntgrave^ whom the Pope had 
 named Emperour inftead of Fred^rictf^: Thac Emperour admired the bafenefs of 
 the tnghlli, who fufifercd the Popes to ftrip them : whereas the Popes ((aid he) fn- 
 gantfftgientes & ffigiunt fugantej ; The /'c/'f j opprefs thofe that fear them, and 
 ^^'Cmble before them that rt lift them. 
 
 The King having made feme demonftration that he bore that yoak impatiently, 
 and let fall feme words of Difconteni which were related unto the Pope, the Pope 
 wasfo incenfcd, that he would prefencly have puranlntcrdiif^iipon the whole Na- 
 tion of EngUnd. Upon ^hichagraveRcmoi.ftiance was made to him by Cardinal 
 John^ an En2,lillimanby b:rth,and a C//?ir£-i4;i M^nk, who reprefentcd to him. 
 That the Holy Land was in danger ; That the Greek Church had made a Schifm 
 from the Roman Church ; Thac the Tartars \\t\z pillag ng Hangary ; That the 
 Emperour was an Enemy to his Holincfs ; That France had a grudge agamft him, 
 as being impoveriOicd by fo many Exaftions, upon pretence of the Holy War; 
 That the very people of Romehzd expelled him out of Rome ; Therefore that his 
 Holinefs having Enemies enough, he needed not to create more, left he ihould fee 
 in a ftiort time a general Revolt : And that it was no wonder if EngUnd, like ^4- 
 Uawf A(Si being fore laid on with blows, had fpoken fomc words. But all this 
 goodcounfel did not mitigate him. And to confirm hin in his violent courfes, 
 prcfcntly HmbafTadorscame to him out of England with deep fubmilfions from the 
 King, and a prcmife of greater obedience for the time to come. The Pope grown 
 more arrogant with ihat humiliiy, commanded all Prelates and beneficed men of 
 England redding in thc'r Liv'.igs, to fend him the third part of their yearly Reve- 
 nue, and the Non-refidcnt the half : With the Addition of the claufe, Non oh' 
 fiantey which derogated from all Cuftoms, abrogated all Promifes and Oahs, and 
 revoked all forts of Privilcdges. 
 
 Jn the end, after many denials about the Canonization of Edmund Archbilliop 
 of Canterbury ^ the Pope to ftroak the Engiilh, Canonized hm, and made him 
 a Saint fcven years after his Death. The Bull of the Canonization is cxpreft in 
 arrogant terms and are worthy to be reprefentcd for their cxiravagnnc pride, (o) (o) Weftmon, 
 We announce-unto ycu the Joy of our CMother the Chnrch by the Celebrity of a new ^nn-'M^- _ 
 Saint '^ and the Heavenly Cofkjge kfepi Holy day for the Society if a New Com- ^ca'^L^audi- 
 panion, 7 he Church rfjoyceth 'to be illufirated with fuch a cle^ir Race^ which rught „^ ^,,^1 <;^n- 
 to be exalted by all with cmdgn Praifes, and mujl be ftrv:d with a devout Vvnera- [iicilebritme 
 tion. y^nd openly dechtreih, that thuft mufi le rueived to the participation of f/;f 7wtM«i.«/em/<e 
 Eternal Inkritance, that prifefs the Mother- Church by Word and PP'orl^y andth.<t 'p'^'f-^^Jf^S^,^' 
 none can enter into the Glory that u nbovcy but by her^ as the Bearer of the Keys of coUc^io de col- 
 the Kingdom of Heaven. By that Mother- Church, he undeiftands the Chuich oi lege' ncvi coa- 
 Rome J to diftinguilli her from the other Churches thac arc fubjed unto her. And hrtio agi ft- 
 
 jliim exultdnti 
 4C(Hm6nufitiamt$a, &c. Lataturnitnirum fe tarn cUmfobole ilLujlrjtam, qua dignoab omnibus attolUndaprtfcniOy 
 O" dcvotAvencntione colejiiiji nanifejle di cUratad haredintis a:tern:tparti(ipium dlmittendit. qui ipLtmmaJran 
 Ecclcfiam fide uc open prof temur, C;' niiUii/n in lupcrnim^ojfc gioriumi ni[t p(.r tamtin^uAm rcgnicxbrum cU- 
 yigerm, intreirc, p he 
 
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34 t^itpal %ntai«fi 
 
 he faith, that (inci the fame Mother-Church bcareth the Keys of the Kingdom of 
 Heaven, none can er.ter into Pai adife, nor be made a Saint, but by her means. Of 
 that new Saint he fpeaks as if he had begun to be a Saint in his Canonization, al- 
 ilicughhe was dead many years bcfoic. And to abufe the Chriftian Woild, he 
 icUsthfm that piece of cood News, That the Saints of Pnradife keep Holyday, 
 bccaufe a new Companion is come to them. Thac Monfter bchc/cd that the Saints 
 of Paradife took it kindly at his hands, that he had given them a new Companion. 
 Vi/hercforc he CAhortet h the Chriftian Nations in thefe words , Rfjnyce with great 
 joyy that a litsv Patron lefgreGod u accrea>ed unto you, one that (l^ndi lefore him to 
 he a j^r.^ci(M intercejfourfor yur S^h'Uion, This was received as a Gnfpel- Truth ; 
 And itwould have been abominable Hcrcfie to make a queftion whether fuch a 
 man was a Sain', and ought to be ferved and called upon, fince the Pope who had 
 all power on earth, had commanded tliat he ihould be. The EngUih had this for 
 their money, after fo many l:xcortions of the Court of Rome ; That Court fciu 
 them a new Enehlli Saint for their comforr^ 
 
 Soon af:er5/4«c/> Qj_cc-n Regent of Fraace, came over ro worlliip thac Sainr, 
 reprcfenting to him, that he had found lefuge for his Exile in France, and befeech- 
 (p)Weftmon. jn^him not to be ungrateful. She [aid then. (/?) Mj Lord, m'fi holy Fathtry 
 anno^ii47. Edm,'.ind Confejfor, Sec, I befeech thee t« confirm that nhich thcu haft tjtrcifully 
 Ungual tua '^cne to\v:;rds ttt : Cor.fi'-m the Kingdom of France in a peaceable and triumph jnt Soli- 
 noningntatibi dity, nniUt not thy Molinefsle ungrateful, but remember nhat we have done to thee,,, 
 h^c cr tuo Tho- ^fjd (0 Thomas exiled and poor. 
 
 7VX fecijfi pro-^ j^^ ,1^^ y^^^ 1.H7- ^^e French Nbbility, made a Eeague againft the opprelHon of 
 
 ManT'pari'' the Pope and Cleray,to maintain their Anticnt Rightsaud Prtv)ledgcs,whjch were 
 
 p. 6^3! * daily uCurped by them. The Pope, brought to great fear, )a(1c-ad of punilhing th.c 
 
 Leaguers, greafed the Heads of them with fat Benefices, and gave them all knid of 
 
 Indulgences. 
 
 He fped better in England, for at the feme time two Francifcans, John and 
 Alexander, being come jnto £'^ '<;?«« with power of Legates, the King gave them 
 leave to tnakc a Collection over all the King.dom ; They had poaer of excommu- 
 nicating all thac would rcfufe to pay.. They were riding upon great Horfcs,ivuh. 
 euilded Saddles, ar>d magnificent Clothes,. txa(^ing money with excream rigour. 
 Thconely Bilhoprick of Liflfo/» they. taxed in hx.thoufand marks, (he Abbey^f^ 
 Sr. Albans in the likefum. • 
 
 To the fame end, in the fame year the. Pope difpatched divers Nuncio's over all 
 (?.) P.7fo. the Provinces of Franc^, to gather money by way of Loan. But (q) (faith 
 ^oicumKe- Matlherp PariiJ the good King Lqv^'\% fuf peeling the t/fvurice of the Rom^nCfiHrt^ 
 gi t-nnotni^it forbad that any Prelate of his Kingdom ff ould thus imp v^rijk hu Land upon pain i^f- 
 (ujpeaimbA- conBfcation of all ms Goods,, Thus. thefe Sr^phi/itcal Legats returned empty, bii»g 
 
 Curia avATiti- H<"^ '*°'^ ^^^'^^ ^J' '^^^^ 
 
 4m prohihuit, 
 
 nequH PraUtta regni fub pam amijfioms omnium hanorum [uorum txliter ierrAm faxm depau'erAnt, Et fic cum 
 
 fi^ilo.ar dirifmt nmniiim Pap^a Le^nti fsphiftiei intnes (n" vAiti Aregiu ncejjcrum. 
 
 But 
 
Bnr£«/W. .hough twice more fleeced then other Lands, duift not kick a- 
 «inft the Pope, becaufe the Pope preteodecl that £»jW belonged to h.m. .,yA 
 fh heKlngwashUVaflal. Tl,c Pope fent into En^Und another <JK.r,«,hs 
 rlTn IvX Authority of a Le(;at, thoui^h h.' t»as not d.gmficd w,th that name, 
 f;£?tir:e™,a:,tof .Lmone^of the K.ngdom and - M'^;^^^- '- 
 IrfunJ, who returned from it with fix thoufand marit<. To the lame end, one 
 r-,Ilr^(7»Jf«Ta Roman, was fcnt into 5«(/«»''- • n. j c 
 
 inthe me an wh,le ll.tgrave, whom the Pope had ckaed Empcrour .nftead of 
 
 Fj^rk^a h"wem aitha mighty Army tohisCoronacon, was met witha»- 
 
 ^^ F:!r::Vvvlrodefeafcd^he faiS L.r..,r^e • "e fe. aysa .r 
 
 out of fortow of that overthrow. //«7 another Son of rrtJeruk^ hav '"g "^f " 
 rAXrof the Popcin /u/,hansed hfm, and vvas for ,t c..ommmncated by the 
 
 Po4 wkh the moft horrible Rrdireful Execrations that h.s Hohnefs couM de»,.c 
 Th.'^e\:SeThe Pope fend mto £,,^/Wfor new Lcv.esom^^^^^^^^^ 
 (r-) tothe Colleaots to excommunicate all rcfufers without appeal and delay, ann i. J 5 
 without eTceping any. The Abbot of St. ^Ihn, (of wh^ch Monaftery M-^l- 
 :^P^^ZmJ) refuted to pay, and appealed to -he Pope, and icnuo ^»« 
 to Dlead his cauf.-. But his Deputies ttaid very long m the Covrt of Rome bet. re 
 he7could geca iudgment. t.ll m the end having brtbed (ome Officers they ob„„- 
 eda hearing, and «ere condemned to pay twohutrdred '«"^'"''l"'^'^,'^^''% r,. p„ ,., 
 fides other a^fts amounting <o an hundred marks ';!r/ J.tJZut^ r«]/«V.ci. 
 
 In he fame daj s, at the inftante of the Popes M.n.fters, a (urn of «!'«" <hou.. f . ;, c„„.,„. 
 fandmarkswasgraitedtoihePopebytheParliamcmanembled >x OxM S and n.m..&c,n. 
 befit:hrf:r::^en:ioned fum of ,0^0 riurks. the Abb. of St. ^^^^^ 
 
 in 800. Alfo S-<rl Richard the K.ngs Brother, and WM^m ^' W;'' °'^^"^ '„, P.p,^ „ i,. 
 they belonged to the Croi/aia, obtained the Popes licenfe to laife a CoUeaion from ^^Z^,,;,, 
 
 iheoconle r^ V fi im« & 
 
 Tocom'fortthepeopleof £«rp/^'i'<inthatoppreir.on, inthe year 1250. a Oy- ,xp„/;, omm- 
 naSiuUoft'h\Lodof!:hr,ftwasfcntfromtheHoyand,,,.^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 The Kmg received that Prefent with great ,oy, and earthed that ^o'-^'^'JJr Curi.cl,.r,i' 
 his two Eye barefoot, in a Beggars Habit from />„»/ Chtirch ^° ^^^'"•"/'2 iU inW<Mk 
 with great pomp antl fad apparel. It is nor known ,n EngUnd now »l>> b- '■"^ rr.«„^ Hc^^ 
 of tliat Blood Thuswe etheChrtfttan Nations amt, eciand ab.ited, = >d =ccu- «. 
 t'ned tobondage. To all that lliculd vfit the (aid Bottle was given an indulgence 
 of fix ytars, and an hundred and forty days. r-. ^;,„l„f Sr T^-/, ('ilPa' 7of; 
 
 The fame year (<) the Pope fent a Ltgat into A7 r«^ the Caidmalof S . J^«, »- ° • 
 ,0 celeb ate the Cerem.ny ot the Coronation of King M-«, who in than.fti iicfs ">^A 
 for the honour which the Pope did him, (em him hheen thoufand ma,«oH,lv . 
 Th s Legat returning m.de LgUni h.s way : And as if .t had been to fe. due 
 Rapine is the indelible Charadter of the Roman Court mthree months that he (o- 
 lourned in EngUnd, he got four thoufand Marks, with many git s, then went on („) ^^,^. 
 
 his ioutncvloadenviith booty. , , , , . r 1,. n, r ""'•''• ^"^ 
 
 (•Tltwasintluscimc that King Um> thelX. imbarked h.mfelt at CH^rfi-v^.,.,. . 
 
ilia with the flower of h-s Nobility,Gentry, and fttength of his Kingdom to reco- 
 ver the Holy Land. The crowd was fo great that many could gee no room in 
 -the fleet, and came to the Pope to cfl-cr him theirfervice. But the Pope con- 
 tented himfeff to unload ih:m of ihcir money, md to empty their purfcs, nnd co 
 fend them home uich di'psnlnirn and abl'ohiri. n. In the mean wliile Dcm'ni- 
 cans and Francjfcans 'cnt by the Pope were preaching the Croifada in England with 
 C )Idcm pag. great vchcmency, and with fuch ctRa thac (*) g?eat number of Englilh , yea the 
 740. Vrxii-. f,(-|< and the women crciTed thcm'elves for the voyage, and tew days after, yea ac 
 c^jites^rom^t- ^^^ j-gj^^ ^jj^^ tj^e fame Fryers difpenfcd rhem with their vow for a certain fum of 
 
 lio CruiU k- c 1' got a grent booty, (x) Then alfo by the Popes auth:riiy lUeicrs 
 
 mines cujncun- "^'^^^'-y- . , < ^r- i j 
 que £UtU, je- wcretftablilncm£w^/-«rf. 
 
 vii vdvalorii, immo num vdetudirurios vd vxktudinarns , (^ agrotantes <s' fenio defictentes cruce ftgnave^ 
 Tant^O- in CYdflino.C^ etiam in continUr.ti fro quocnr.qnt pntio cruccm a cruce fignatu d^foncnttt. fx) Wcft.an. 
 liSOi PtrmijIumejimAngluJAmquxfi Uciu.ut lubiurtni Cbrijiunt ujur^ii inter chrijhanos, Papipro- 
 tegemej cum Jit ufun in utroque Teftjmento condtmnxti. 
 
 The bufinefs of the French n the Levant going to wrack , K'ng Lcrvia wanting 
 (y) Matth. relcf was writir.g with great urgency i^cr he'p of men and money. Wh ch mo- 
 Pans,p.759. ved many Er.glifh Lords and Gentlemen to {e!l or pawn their Land, and having 
 ^''A^ ff'' ^"«" prepared themiclves with great coft , they would be^Mn their Jouney. (y) 
 '^^ Tr x"!r ButuponKing K^wrif j fclic tatit n, Papal Letters came to forbid ihem to go, up.m 
 wbA-ixr.pino' pam of Excommunicanon, Thus poor King LcwU havmg more generolity than 
 fadijiridc iub fucccfs wasforiaken and finally taken by the Saracens, andhis Army confutncd by 
 fcenaexcommu. Pamineand the Sword. The Emperor Fre^fnVi^defired the Popes Abfolution of-^ 
 nicaiionis inhi- f^^,^^ ^^^o ni pcrbn into Syria to rcleve the F.iench, but the Pope never would 
 buit,neqiiiieo- ,' » « . ' 
 
 rum ccntrx Re- hearken to it. ' j 1 1 ■ 
 
 £« voluntAxm France was then mourn-ng for this fad news , yet did not the Pope abate-any 
 \uAlccunquc thing of the money covcnaTitcd before , between the K ng and him coberaifed ouc 
 ftruulum Rix ^^ Prance when FrAnce was in- prcf-fcrit-y ; but he cock over all chc Kmgdora 
 FraHcorum ^^^ Tythe'of all thugs even of die lealL Of whi'ch Mattheiv PHrU (x) lelatesan 
 ^Y^mtn ^"^ example. One of thelc Colledtors-fenr by the Pope met with a pecry, Clark csrry- 
 *'uM^\rttxrn. ingholy Water with an W/;><r^ex toa Vtllage, and fome pieces of Bread; He as- 
 (z; Idem, ked himwhat he go: yearly by chat labour. The poor Clark anfwered that the whcife 
 pag.771. proficwasnocaboveiwensy lous a year. Then (faid ihc CoUcdlor) two feus cf it 
 
 ^^ •^^^h'll belong to me, and extorted the (ame of him, although his principal trade was 
 wt*^*^ Htu'l Begging. The people of Fr-^flCc- irritated with fuch exoilions, anci efpecially be- 
 Ainu mala, eaufe ; he Pope h ndrcd the Kings relief, fpake thus, (a) AUi^ alat / hoiv many evils 
 Ttobii PaplU dah the Pi-p.'s pride bring upon hi , fo indolently rtfiftlng Frederick kt^f^'^lfd before 
 {upahij. pxrtu- ^^^^ refuftng to receive ony fatufdlionfrom him , bm rather provoking him to hit- 
 rit, qux tarn ^^^^^^^ ofhtart ! &c. O ntfry Hovf much L hrifiian BloU ii (hed in the Holy L.iad ! 
 Tr7cTreJt>t?r' Hm much in Germany ! Ihvt much in I taly i &c. Oh thAt thu Pope jtm born in 
 bmilidtfi S;ic. (tn ill hour ! tzc. _ . • j r 1 • 
 
 i .1 King Letfh having yielded D^mietta, and given the lecunties required for Hjs 
 
 (b) ou Aae; ranfom, returned to (b; t4f.mi whence he fenc his Bfothers intp Francfi^ Atblph 
 
 Count 
 
Count o( Poitiers i znd Charles Count of Provence ^ and the Dakc oi Burgundy 
 with them, with a command tocxpdl the Popcout of Z-/r.»^, as a man that cook no 
 careof ChridianFairh, if heconriuucdto hinder the Emperor rrf</frrVi(^ to come 
 to his help, bccaufc Fredcrick^wss he only that could remedy (o many evil*, (c) FrUr^HunJ^* 
 
 li-j this general adverfiry ofChr-ftcndom yet the Pope continued to tread Eng- qtd folki intir 
 l,iad under his feet. VVh'ch made the King (choun,h patient even to Rapidity ) chrijlurcsun- 
 (o bold as to write Lecters full ofeLibercy to the Pope : Wherein he rcprcfented to tUpoffetmcleri 
 hiai-how" the Englilh being driven out by the Popes Authority, bafc and wicked periciitK,adpi- 
 men, chat undciflood not the Language , :ind by confeqaent incapable of preaching llypcanshumi- 
 and feeding the flock wcreinflalled in the bcft Churches and Benefices. That the u^tn'n ipfitn 
 Pope difpofcd ot allche vacant Churches, and die Patrons were deprived cf their ad boc Mace- 
 right. Then having fct forth all the extortions and violences nhich the Pope made '"^^j »t ipfi Re- 
 theFnghlhcoruticr,heaclded. (d)7'Ao« Pope, Father of Fathers, '^^J /'^ ^^7^ ^^ j-'J^ ^f "/^f^J 
 thou the dimwits ef Chnfieans tohefo contaminated ? Jm/IH then art thou trtrnedfut j^^'^ col^iter.s 
 ofthjTojDmmdSeey ^nd art thrufi into exile like amther Cam. Thine cnfmies confcrat <^ fe- 
 Frcdeucks folloppirs profpir y hut than fly^ ft it fore th mth't fnrfue theCy and they llinnm. /Hit- 
 that ^ur[ue thee /ire fa if t and mighty. Thy EhUs ca/I forth lightnirt^t again fi theft ?""« }^t\ -^''* 
 iiiH fulmit thtmfelves to tMlfy butlofe their ftrength ag.^infi rebels. Every where the ^" Somites 
 Pre'ats being fufpended froht the CoH.tti n rf BenrfceSy the provi/iens are made un .^^ ta.rKiuiniiii 
 toperfons Hmvorlhyy barb<^rotUy and »nkrioivn^ nh" under pretence of fe t^Jng the milk 9.iiv objtinatum 
 ef the En's of the Lords foldt t^l^^ thrjie!hy (hear thcfl'eece^ jl ly^ t^ks '^ffthe sliin, and (^ de honore 
 • pull out the guts, &c. (Jhrijiinruxfi- 
 
 Thc Popewho iiad fulminated , and put Kn.igdims under in^erdirt for lefs of- tllt'l^^H^' 
 fcnfes, aniwercd not one word, and fupt up this affront , bccaufe he was expelled remveun 
 outcf R^jme) and ftood in fear of Frederick;^; AiH the French Kings Brothers that Lj/j^/rtTjCH/?,' -i 
 were returned trom the Holy Land had declared to him that they liked not his be- (^0 P- 77^. 
 ingat Lions^ fcj Becwfe f faid theyj the Pope by his Cavetoufnffsyvojsthe canfe of ^^^ ^^- P-777. 
 all the miif.rmnes that h.;pp?urd to the King; 1 hat hf being corrupted m:h money ^^P^.^'^b^nt lUz 
 had hindredths crjfcd men to come to the Kingt help ■, atfcving th(m fnm their trey auf J per a*- 
 f'owy fkc^ For thele caufes Jnmcnt preparing to change his abode, dehred the King vmrjiam Pap* 
 oi England to receive him it to his City of Bordeaux, But the King would neither ^"^""^ (vemt 
 refufe nor grant, but p\ic oft his anfwcr. infertunhm 
 
 a 
 ma 
 
 caufed the Croifadrro be preacht again!} him, ( f ) giving to thofc rliat lliould 1"^ ^'^i' •^'^ 
 take arms againft Conrad rcmilTion of &11 their iins , and more Graces than to '^^""''"'"j pef'i- 
 thofe that made the voyage of the Holy Land. For not only lie that crc (fed himfelf, YmpJZ^t^^'^^ 
 but his Fatlur and Mother obcained the remilfi ^n of a'l their fins. Many French- ( t) Id.ps^- 
 men bewitched with Superftition crolTcd themlclves for the Popes War ngainft boo. st.iuiens 
 Conrad, But (g) Queen 5/^^ei& the Kings Mother and Regent in his abl'ence, ''^^''^^^'<'"«^'» 
 • /r . . .... " . . , rnrrabilem, sm- 
 
 mttnpeccatoruit rcmtfjioncm mpltonm videlicet . qium froferegnniuone in terrain fjncfam fdcknd.t. Nam Q^ 
 quis contra Conradumfi^nir(t;ir,pgnAtiii<tirfi^nAthp^tir(^mmr, omnium pccmorum {uonun vtnim csnkoaa-^ 
 retur^ (g ) Ibid. ' 
 
 by 
 
by tUeCounfel of chc 'Nobles Ceized upon the eftaces of thofc eroded men. For 
 they faid, This Pope to encreafe hii dominhn raifeth w^r againfi the Chrifiians, and 
 forfakeththe King oftr Lord vcho undirgotth f) ntAny aiverfities for the ChrifiUm 
 faith. And the Queen faid, Let them be paid by the Pope that fight for the Pefe, 
 Alio the mendicant Fryers that preacht that Croifada, and were the Popes Re- 
 ceivers andCoUe5tors were roughly dealt with. The Pope not fpceding that way, 
 and Conrad ftrengthening himfdf daily, that young Prince beloved and honou- 
 red of all was (oon after poisoned, yec by the ifpeedy help of Phyficians he re- 
 covered, 
 r p) An. Chr. Then (h) lived in England a good Prelat Bidiop of Linceln, who among 
 115 1. /he darknefs of that age had a glimmering fight of the errors of Popery ^ and main- 
 
 tained that for promoting unworthy perfons to Eccl.fiaftical Charges, and for the 
 horrible abufe of Excommunications and the ill ufeof the Keys, the Pope was an 
 Heretick. He faid that the Pope made no confcicnce to dcftroy Souls, and thcrc- 
 , fore that he was the Antichnft. That Bifhrp ( faith f ij iM^tthetv Paru ) 
 Paris m Hen. grieving for the lofs •/ Souls by the covetoufaefs of the Papal Court', would Jigh and 
 III. p. 847, & fay , Chrifl came into the world to gain SoPtls , Then he that feareth not to defiroy 
 848. Ei>i[coppA Souls , ought he not jufily to be call.d the Antichrifl ? |/Vnd he dctefted the Popes 
 iolensdejiHu- g^^^j ^^ which this claufe was contained, ijHod infubjidlum Terra finHa impenden- 
 ra. unimArum ^^^^ tantundem recipient indttlgentia, (juantum pecunu largi ntur. 7 hat they that con' 
 VilTl'itUm tribute f,r the relit f of the Holy L.md, (hall receive at much indulgence^ as they fhall 
 fufpirans ait , give money. He deteftcd alfo that iliameful traffick, whereby the Pope bcftowed 
 chrijlu* venit j Billioprick upon an ignorant man, and never made him Billaop , calling him 
 in muninm ut ^,^^ only j (k) And in general &iQ covetoufnefsj the ufury, the fmony,the rapine, 
 tf)i/w!4j/ttcr<i»-^e^ ^^^ /a;t«7 ofallfurts, the impudicity, the gluttony , the mgnficence in clothes that 
 ^animMperTfre reigned in the p.^pd Court, Such were the difcourfes of that P. elat on his death- 
 non formidst , bed, and he forerold that the Church (houldmt be delivered from the tAgyptian bon- 
 ronne Anti' dMge^butmth the point of ^Jje fvord. So died that Pi elat. 
 thrifiui merito q^^ ^^^^^^^ |^^ ^j^^^^ \^^ ^^,j.i^ Letters full of admonitions unto the Pope ; Which 
 
 fkTlbid ^^'i^" ^^^ ^OP^ ^^^^ *'^^'^' ^^^ ^^'^» ^'^^ ^ ghaftly fquint look, and in tarible anger 
 OwTie genma- {\) who is that o'd doting deaf and abfurd fellorv.whothmboUly andrafhly givs hii 
 variti*u\urm, judgment of our anions ? By Peter and Paul, did not our natural ingenuity move *«, 
 fimoniam (^ / would c^Ji down the m.in into fuch a confujion , that he (hould be a fable^ an afio- 
 rApinAnty omne. „^/;.^^^^^ ^„ ex.iWple^ and a prodigy unto all the world. Is not the King of England 
 fibUiMm'ti- '^^^ '^^fal, or rather our Jl .ve ? He mty imprifonhimby our commandment^ and 
 Urn er orm- bri'g him to the lew f ignominy. Some Cardinals there prefent laboured to appeafe 
 tum,qu(t inCu- his Holinels. But the d^ath of that Prelat put him out of (he Popes power. Ic 
 riiillA rtg- was not put to the queftion at Rome whether he lliould be canonized after his 
 "''"'» ^^'^^^' death. 
 
 fctur. 
 
 844- -^'w 5' if^^ [^"^^ ddimy furdui, 6r AhfurJuiy qui JacIa AudAx imo temerAriof judicAt ? Per Pctrnm 
 is' Paulum , nifi r^overct nos vmata ingcmita/s^ ipjurn in t Ant Am corfufionempracipitarem, ut tui ramio fabulA 
 fsrctjiupur,'cxempliimy & prodigium. Nonns R«k Anglmm ncfier efi VAJfilvA) CiT vtplvA dieam, mAncipinm f 
 
 But 
 
But when the Pope had a mind to command the Dean and Chapter of L;W» to 
 offtlKBdnes ofth'^sPrelatout of the Church w,ch. ham: , (-) ■^^"^. ^-'^ ("^l.^' '^^» 
 fauh,ihat he appeared by night unto the^r, and rcouked h,m wuh feartal word.^ 
 Ac wh,ch :hc P^^pe became in a manner halt dead : And diey that wa.ted on him 
 In his Ci^amb^r had much ado ro brino h m to himleU a^ain. Rut he hved bat 
 . Irtle while after this accidenr, and died of a plennnc, fore prcfted wuh a pain of 
 his Vide in the fame place whsre he faid that the Billiop ol- Lincoln hid hit hun 
 
 witli the end of his ftaft- t-n-u n^ r j c . 
 
 KngO«r^^bcinodead in the flower rf Ins age,. h,s Brother M.mfred fuc- 
 cecdedhim in the K-ngdcm oijWrpesznd Sicily. And Pope e^.^W.r, aha- 
 tcr by inhcrirarcc of the poftevity ot fre^-r..^, fent nn A.my oi thrccfcorc ehou- 
 iand men a.au ft h m. But his Army was bcaren, and the Popes Forces received 
 many defeat^. H s lemedy was to fend Francifcsn and D, :m.n;can Fr ^rs aboar, 
 to preach the Croifada o^ainft Mu»,fred, and promiled to ah that mould help 
 the Pone in that War the like graces and pardons as to thofe that (hoidd crofs 
 thcmfcivesaoa.nft the Saracens. ThatCro.fada bem^ prcacly ^^ff^f'> ^^^^V . 
 
 (u) were oftended that the like giace w.s s'ven tothofe that Inould lliedCIinft.an ^n) I^- Pff. 
 BlocdastothofethataiouldfightagainlhhelnfidcU u. U U, 1 ..A Mir,b,ntur\ 
 
 King M-m-j the I I I. "bad eroded himfelt a htde cefore for the Holy Land, ^^^^^ p^^^ ^^^^. 
 and had voucd wuh an Oath to go in pcrfor. Bu- Pope ^ cxander \^ o } t^rnds promt- 
 gave power to his Lcgats to dilpcnfe him hem Keeping h-s Oath, fo that he tcrctpro fan- 
 fvould come nuo lulle, to make war in pe. Ion a.amfi UH.r.frrH enemy of the ^-- ^^^ij'- 
 
 Roman Chu. ch. Not that M-Mr^'i -^^ ^""^^'^ ^^ ^"V "\^^i^^> ^^' ^'''^^'^'; T^Lr^r. 
 ingviaonovisin war, he ran to the very Gates ot i^cwr- (y) In the mean while ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^-^ 
 nePopc taxed cvcTV Billioprick, Abbey, and Priory of Lr,gUr,d\x\ fumms that umdiqiundo, 
 exceeded their whole revenue •, And the rem-.mon of hns was (old to the people for {o)Dcincis 
 
 pctiftitcn dp- 
 xeady money. . . , ., n- j n u u iolveniiDomi- 
 
 T.ns King hler,ry the II I. heard three Mafles evejy .'ay. G^^^^ thorough 1,,^^,^,^ 
 Frar.ce (q)and d.fcourfing with rhe good Kmg Lfi^n. he co.c. \\ m ot his De^ cruce jlgm- 
 voti.^nand AHiduity toheav MalTcs : The good Kmg nb.iktd h,m tone, and told timivotofuo, 
 h;m that he needed not rohcar fo many MalTc^ ^nd tha: it had been far better to "^''^'^Jf" 
 hear Sermons; ihewing thereby thit he had no gveat devot;cn to the Mafs Bat "^^^^^Xr 
 King Henry anfwcred hin^ chat he had rathei fee his Fncnd than ro hear ot him. tamtn ut int 
 { rf It was that Kings cuflom to make Vows and Oaths according to the txi- /ipuliam. 
 "enceofhislxihncfles i then ro obtain a difpenfaticn from the Popeand pcrmiflTion rp),Matth: 
 robieakthcm. Whcrem the Pope did willingly gra-iliic hun, and never denied [^^^^^^'^J;;^^^^^^ 
 
 hiro a difpenlaiion . , , ns Sunpl. p. 
 
 (0 After fo much conftanc obedience to the Pope he was very near to nave ceen ^97. contigii 
 
 excommunicated, but he prevented that thunderbolt by. fending five ihoufand aliquMdo Lu~ 
 
 marks of Silver to the Pope. ^^^'"'^^ ^';'' 
 
 cum Henrico iupcr hoc conferentem dicer e, qttod non frmprr miffis ffd fr(q:tsntiuifcrmorjibu^ audicrJis ill vatxn- 
 dum- cui fjcaaurbaniute reipordens dit,senalle amicum juiimviiercqudm de eoloquentcm mdire. (rJMat. 
 Paris p. 95 ft. Ilex juraveratprovif ones Oxonierftsfe invioUbiliur fcrvatitrum; (^ pemcufrxt cum juraffeulia, 
 netuins notm pcrjurii mifit ai F^pm jicreto ng.ins.nt&b bocje jHrmtnts ibfAvirct, qmdfxalimi impitrrMt. 
 (s) Maah.Parisj p. 9JO. ^his 
 
40 i^apai Xi^mnf, 
 
 This poor fpirited King being gone, a generous and valiant King J prudent 
 and beloved of his Subje<j>s came in his room. This was Edward the firft , 
 who feeing his Crown impoverillicd , and his people exhaufted by the Popes 
 cxtorfions , made to himlelf amends wich the Goods of the Clergy > and de- 
 fpifing the Popes Lcgats , and all his Mandates made ufc of the Revenue of Ab- 
 beys and Priories and other Benefices , and retained for himfclf all the mony 
 thatufed to be fent to Rome. The Popes fuflfcred it patiently, and durft not 
 offend that warlike King, well beloved of his people. And fo, under the fol- 
 lowing Kings, England was more o.: lefs fubjeft unto the Popes, according as 
 the Kings had more or lefs vigour. And the horrible Schifms and confufi- 
 ons , whereby the Roman See was torn foon after, gave other bufinefles to the 
 Popes, 
 
 This Narrative containing a Summary of the Ecdefiaftical Hiftory of Eoglaniy 
 from the beginning of the quarrels about the Invcflitures ( which began to grow 
 hot in the year 1094. until Alexander the IV. who was made Pope in the 
 year 1254.) will ferve as a fcanding to fhew the heavinefs of the yoak of the Pa- 
 pal dommation, how hard the bondage o( England was, and how (Lamefulthc 
 debafement of that illuftrious Crown, in the time when the holy Scriptures being 
 hidden unto the People, the Pope reigned in England wich abfolute power. The 
 Sun- fhineof the Gofpcl, w hich arofe in England about fcven-fcore years ago, hath 
 fcattered this darkncfs, and by deflroying the error, hath alfo defiroycd the fer- 
 vitude. So that in the Kingdom of £«^/<««</, which God was plcafed to favour 
 with incftimable gi aces, our Saviours faying was fulfilled. Tou (had kfiow the truth ^ 
 and the truth jh nil muke you free, Joh. 8. 
 
 In this relation, I have followed the Hiftory of (.Matthew ParUy both bccaufe 
 he was a fuperftitious Monk- not to be fufpe6)ed in this caufe, and bccaufe he writ 
 exaftly, the thmgs which he faw h:m(elt. Uiiatthetv oi Wefiminfier , another 
 EnglifliMonk, which was almofthiscontemporary, relates much the fame things. 
 And mod part of that which we have here related, is found in the Annals oiBa- 
 roniusy in the Chronicle of Genehrardy and in many Authors of the Roman 
 Church. 
 
 ADDI- 
 
i&apdi C^^ainn^: 41 
 
 ADDITION. 
 
 THis excellent Author truly obferveth that the cruel Tyranny of the 
 Popes over the Kings and People of England in the long Reigns of 
 weak Kings was in great meafure ftopt by the ftoutncfs of King Ed- 
 wW the firft. The Popctrycd hii mettle by crofling the Elcvftion 
 which the Monks of Canterhfsry by his content had made of Robert Burnell to 
 be Archbilliopof that See, elc6^ing JcAw Peckam y who got and kept the poflel- 
 fion. 
 
 The pope, encouraged with that fuccefs, fent a Bull to that Archbilliop Peck^ 
 <7w, whereby he exempted the Clergy from paying Taxes to the King. The Ex Chron.' 
 Clergy accordingly, when the Parliament had granted Subfidies to the King , Rob. Gisbur-; 
 rcfufed to pay him any. Whereupon the Kingfeized upon all the Archbiiliops nsn^s. 
 Good? , forbad Annats and Peter Pence to be paid to the Pope, and put the 
 Clergy out of his protedlion, and the fafcguard of the Laws ; fo that if any would 
 pillage the houfe of a Clergy-min, or even take away his Life, there was no Law 
 againft the Otfender. This frighted the Clergy to their Duty. 
 
 The Statu-e of ^arlile made in that Kings Reign dcclareth,fA4f the HoIyChureh 3J. Edv. U, 
 of England xvas founded in the efiate of Prelacy^ within the Realm of England, by 
 the Kings and Peers thereof. And th^t the m.iny ZJ furcations of the Cenrt of 
 KomQjpt down in that%/i£}y did tend to the annuUation of the State oftde Charch^ 
 the difmhtriting of the King and the Peers ^ and to the dfflruBion of the Laws and 
 Rights of the Re ilm^ cmtrary to the Laws and Rights of the fi'fl Foftnders. 
 
 The laft daufe of that Statute fiieweth, that the King and the State of England 
 were deeply fenfible of the Popes Exroihon in difpohng of all the Ecclehafti- 
 cal benefices of the Land, ascontraiy to the intention of the fiift Founders, 
 which was to promote Gods^ervice by them, and to leave the patronage of them 
 to their Families , not to make a prey ready for the Ambition and Avarice of 
 a forrain Prcla-. 
 
 That Statute cf C^rlile did revive the acknowlcdgtnent of the Kings Rights, 
 and the Liberties of the Church oi EngUnd, by the Peers and Prclats of the ., . , 
 Realm , in f/if«rjr the Seconds time at Clarendon ; when the Pope by Thomas Be c- ^jft \>oat. 
 /(^ff/ means was moft bufie to invade them , and to gee all the Invcflitures of Bi- Ang.lib.x.pJ 
 fliopiicks and Abbeys to the Pope, contrary to the ancient Right of the Kings ^04. 
 of SngUnd \ for the Saxon Kings conferred BiHiopricks fleno jure , and withs 
 cut controll. Neither did the Popes offer to make any claim to the Patronage 
 oftheEnglilh Church before the time of //ip»r^ the Fnft. 
 
 In thatq'Janel the King and die Church of England having had the foyl in 
 the Reign ofH.'wr; thclL and more yec in that ot King J^hn, and that of his 
 
 G Sen 
 
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Sen Henry the Third • ihs Kings that followed ftood ftrongly to their defence a^ 
 cainft die Encroachments cf Rome. VVicnels ihe many Statures againft Papal Pro- 
 vifions and Collations, which the Popes had mulcipl.ec^ in this Realm, more than 
 in France, ci Spzirij ox Germ Any y by rcal'on of their peculiar pretence to a Tempo- 
 ral Supremacy over the Crown of England, 
 j.jE. j; In theSracure of Provifors, after alTerting the Kings Right to the Collation of 
 
 Archbifhopricks, and other Dignities, as granted by the Kings Progenitors, it is 
 ena6^ed, 
 
 Th;it the King oughts and it hcuad by hu O^th^ to remedy and remove the dama- 
 ges happtning to tke Realm ky the Opyrtffions cf the Ccurt of Rome, 
 i^E.i.c.f. And another Law, looking to the main Chance, fpeaks thus : The Crown of 
 
 England hath hen at all times fofree^ that it hath been in no earthly fnlje^iony httt 
 VfOi immediately fuhjecied to Gcdin all things touching its Regtlity^ and to no other ; 
 arul cught net to he ftthmitted to the Pope, 
 vj E»j. cirj By other Statutes k is enacted, That vthofoever fha'J dravr any of the Kings Sub' 
 
 jeUs CHt cf the Realm [that is to Romi\ in plea about any caufe vheregf the cog- 
 niz^Jince belongeih to the Kings Coff^ts, or (hall fete in any forreign Court to defeat 
 any judgment given in the Kings Court ^ (hall be put cut of the Kings Prote- 
 ilisn. 
 
 Since thofe Scatute^, the Popes forbore to meddle with die Inveftitureof Eng- 
 liQi Benefices and Dignities; till the Troubles about the Quanel of Tcri^ and 
 Lanca/ler, and the Weakncfs of Henry the Sixth , made him attempt fome- 
 %^'hat in that kind, butwitha ("hort-liv'd Succefs. And it may be truly faid 
 that thofe Starares have made one half of the Popes Ejectment, of which 
 Henry the Eighth made the other half; and that they gaA'C a furc footing to 
 the Reformation in his days. 
 
 But it is a wonder to me that it came not fonner, in a Nation fo long, 
 fo horribly opprtft, and fo infolently trampled under the Popes Feet : feeing 
 (if they had had Eyes to fee) that all thofe Outrages were committed under a. 
 pretencecf pennance, and promoting the Spiritual Good : For all the power- 
 which the Pope aflumeth is in ordine ad fpiritujlia; And he will have us to be- 
 lieve that Chrjfts faying to St. Petery Feed my Sheep^f^z\z power to the Pope to 
 worry them, whcnfcevfr his Holinefs ihall judge that it is'for their good. And 
 whereas the Kingdoms of France^ Spain^ and Pcrtugalj have alfo curbed the Ex- 
 crnitances of Romi, becaufe they have found up.n due Examination that the 
 Popes had no ground for them in Divine Authority, why will they not exa- 
 mine alfo whecher the Roman Dosflrines of Purgatory, Indulgences, Worship 
 cf Im2g€S, and Invocation cf Saints, which are fo lucrative to Rome, be bettCir 
 grounded than their incroachments on the Rights cf Kmgs and Scares ? And how 
 ail they but fee (out that a doom of blindnefs licth upon thefe laft corrupt Ages) 
 that thofe Doctrines are fpiritual Cheats to railk out the fubftancc of the people, and 
 plant tht Roman Monarchy in all Monarchies ? 
 
 Some perhaps will fay, That thofe Statutes and Preraunires before alledgcd, 
 have fo bioken the Popes pov/er, that if his Spiritual Auihcrity were adnow* 
 
 ledge 
 
Icdged again in EngUyti, tlicy wculd not or could not run into thofc inticnl Ex- 
 ctHzs. Thac thofc Exorbitances were fuira^le to the fierccnels and ftupidity of thac 
 Age; but that now thac old luft is rubbed cfFj and the Popes by fo many dek- 
 6lions (as they call chem) from the Roman See, have learned CiviUty and Mode- 
 ration. 
 
 But that thofc Leopards have not changed their fpots, and have abated nothing 
 of their fiercenefs, k was evidenced by the experience of 5;>.rt/i in our Age*, having 
 found Alexander i\it III. Innocent the III. and Inacccnt ihe IV. revived in Vr- 
 l.in the Vlll. who did zcaloufly imitate them with hisdevillil'h Pride and Extor- 
 tion. 
 
 ThcBook is exrant of the complaint of his Catholick Ma jcftyagainft him. That Memorial de 
 the Pope impofedPenfions upon Dignities and other Benefices Ecclcfia(\ical, even famageftad 
 thofe that had cure of Souls, in favour cf Stranger?, in an exceflivc proportion, to Catholica. 
 the third part of the full valae. Thatalchough Benefices wcrcdecaycd inmany C1iap. i. 
 places of 5"^/?/« two third paus of thefcrmervalue, yet the Court kept up the Pen- * 
 
 (ions at the full hcighth. That it was contrived fo that the Penfions did begin long 
 befoie the Beneficiaries entrcd into their profits J infomuch as they ivereindcbtcd 
 fomct'mes two years Penfions, before they themfelvesco aid taf^e of the Fruits of 
 their Benefices. And then the charge of Cenfares and other Proceedings in the 
 Court of Romgy fell fo heavy upon them, that they could never recover themfelves. 
 And further, that whereas all Trade was driven in current Silver, only the Court 
 c( RoMet which neither toils, nor fvveats, nor hazards any thing, will be paid all 
 inDuc!a:sof Gold; and thofe not after the current rates, bat according to the 
 old value. That to feck for a Remedy of thefe Abufes at Rome, was fuch an un- 
 fuppoitable chaige, by reafon of three Inf^ancesand three Sentences necellary to be 
 obtained, thac it was in vain to attempt any fuch thing. This they cried out up- 
 on as a moft grievous Yoak. 
 
 Thcycomplainedlikewifc of the Popes granting of Coadjatorlliips, withfu- Chap." 4; 
 tu»e fucccflion, whereby EcclehaflicalPrefeiments were made Hereditary, pcrfons 
 of Parts and Worth were exdudtd from all hopes, and 4* large gap was opened to 
 mo{\grcfs Simony. 
 
 They complained of the Popes Grants of Rcfignatlons withRefervationof the C'lap. yj 
 grcatcft pare of the Benefice ;*nnfcmuch that he left not above an hundred Duckats 
 } eai ly to the Incumbent out of a great Benefice. 
 
 They complained moft bitterly of the Extortions of the Roman Court in the Chap, t, 
 cafe of Difpeniaticns. Thae whereas no Difpenfaticu ought to be granted withoui 
 jufl caufe, now there was no caufe at all enquired after in the Court of Rof^e^ but 
 oncly the price. That a great price fupplied the want of a good caufe. That the 
 Gate was (hut to no man thac brought money. That their Difpenfations had no 
 Limits bur the Popes Will. That for a Matrimonial Difpenfacion under the fe- 
 cond degree, they took of great pcifonsScoo or 12OCO or 14000 Duckars. 
 
 They ccmpUined that the Pope being but the Churches Steward and Dlfpenfer, Chap. 7; 
 took upon him as Lord and Maftcr, to difpofe of all the Rights of Eccleliaftical 
 Pcrfons. That he with-held from Billiops, the true Owners, the fole difpofing 
 
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 of all Ecclcfiaftical Preferments for eight months in the year. That he ought not 
 to provide for his own profi'S, and the NccefTities of Ills Court, with fo great pre. 
 jadice to the right of Ordinarie.s and ccnfufion of the Ecclefiaftical Order, whi- 
 
 ^., , lefthefufteied not Bifliops to enjoy their own Patronages and Jurifdidtions. They 
 
 fid cap* 7°"" ^^^^^ ^' ^^^^^'^ telling Pope Ettgeniut, That the Reman Church {whereof he km 
 ' ntadeGoverniHrljGcd) ffOtthe ^Mother of Hhcr Churchesy hnt not the Lady er 
 
 Miftrcfs. ^nd that he himfelf was not the Lord or Mafitr ef other Bifhops, htit 
 one of them, 
 
 jCHap. 2. They complained that the Pope did challenge and nfurp to himfelf at the death 
 
 of Clergy-men all their Eftates that were raifed out of the Revenue of the Church: 
 That a rich Clergy-man could no fooncr fall fick, but the Popes CollccSlors were 
 gaping about him for his GoodS) and fet Guards prefently about his Houfe : That 
 by this means Billiops have been deferted upon their Death-beds, and familLed for 
 wantof meattoeat : That fome have not had before they were dead, a Cuplefc 
 to drink in, nor fo much as a Candlcftick of all their Goods. That by this means 
 Creditors were defrauded, PrccclTcs in Law multiplied , and great Eftates wafted 
 to nothing. 
 
 They complained that thePopesdidufurp as their own all the Revenues of Bi- 
 fliopricks during iheirvacancies, fomecimcs for divers years together , All which 
 time the Churches were unrepaired, the Poor unrelieved, not fo much as one Alms 
 given ; and the wealth of Spain exported into a forein Land which was richer than 
 it felf. They wiflied the Pope to take it as an argument of their rtfpedl to the See of 
 Romey that they did not go about forthwith to corre6t thefe Abufes by their own 
 Authority, in imitation of other Princes. So it was not the unwarrantablenefs of 
 the a<5l in it ftlf, but meerly their refpeft that did with-hold them. 
 
 ChapJ lo; 1\\ty reprefented the great Inconveniencies and Abufes in the exercife of the Nm* 
 
 tlos Office: That it was reckoned as a curfein Scripture to be governed by perfons 
 of a different Language. That the Fees of their Office were fo great that they alone 
 were a fufficient punirtiment for a grievous crime : They added that felf-intereft was 
 the Root of all thcfe evils : That luch abufes as thefe gave occafion to all the Refor- 
 mations and Schifms of the Church, That it was a work worthy of his Holinefs, 
 to turn all fuch Courtiers out of his Court, who did much harm by their perfwa- 
 fions, and no good by their example: adding this Diftich ; 
 
 Fiverg ^lii fanUe cupitis Aifcedite Roma. 
 Omnia cnm liceant non licet ejfe honum. 
 
 If the Catholick King and his SpaniOiSubjefls, the great Worfhippers of the 
 
 See of Romey were fo requited by the Pope, what ufage could England t%^tB. oi 
 
 him, if he got once the Maftery. over us, that have born fo little refpe6i to hisUn- 
 
 E. C*s Anfvver holinefs? Great promifes arc made to us in print, That the Catholicks of England 
 
 't/ C y"^7" ^^^^^ "^^ ^^^'^^ ^^' leafihairofa Prote/lants bead (were they in power j for their Con- 
 m( mjcoHrie, y^^^^^^ . g^^ j^Q^^ ^^^ jl^^y j^^l^g jj^ J J gQQ J J fegjjjg their Confcience is pinned upon 
 
 the' will of a Mafter whom they muft obey, when he commands them to dcftroy 
 Herefie, by cutting the Throat of Hereticks ? Of which the Popes have given us fuf- 
 ficient Caveats by the Butcheries of good Chriftians done by their order. But 
 
Bat (uppofing that which (we truft in God) fhall never be impofed upon 
 Enghndy that it lliould bee fubjed^cd again unto the Court of ^owf. Suppo(ing 
 2\{oth&t England [hould enjoy under the Pope as great Liberties as the GaUican 
 Church doth enjoy or challenge, SngUttd co\i\d not but pay to ^swe in her pro- 
 portion as much as France doth, and then the burden would lye moft, heavy 
 upon the Nation; for one would hardly believe what mailes of money are expor- 
 ted our oi France to Rcme continually. And who but the Proftflbrs of the trade 
 can fay how many ways the Rom'Hi Alchymifts have to excra(5^Gold out of all 
 things, from a people enflaved to their Superflificn ? Who can think without 
 horror what dcbafingoF our Kings Dignity would attend fuch a change? what 
 abatement of his Revenue? what impoverilliing of his Su^jef^s? if then they 
 might be called his Subjei^s. 
 
 But what! Thcfeand the lofl"es of all worldly intereffes arc but flcabits, com- 
 pared to the lofs of that Pearl of infinite value which to get and to keep every 
 perfcn muft part with all that he hath. All good Souls will undcrftand that ( 
 mean the precious faying Truth of God, of which this Nation hath bin, by Gods 
 unfpcakable mercy, the happy keeptrand depoluory the bcfl pare of two age'; 
 fometimcsunder,fomecimfs without the Crols: And which to preferve millions 
 ofgoodChnfliansin this Hand will lay down their lives, and muft : Bufitmufl 
 be in the way and fcnfe meant by our great Maftcr , Fear not them that can kjQ 
 the Body and cannot ki^ the Soul , hut fear him that can kill both Soul and -Body 
 in HeB, 
 
 That would be the proper meditation of our Englilli y/r»«f/,if wemuft haveno 
 other Paftors of of our Souls but as the Pontificale Remanum of Clement the VI 1 1. 
 defigneth />ro mo Orbe Chri{lianOy for the whole Chriftian World, over which 
 the Pope daimeth a foveraign Empire. Such Paftors as muft fwear in their pro- 
 motion to defend the Regalities ef St. Peter, that is, that pretended Papal Em- 
 pire over all the World j and to perfecute Hereticks , Schifmaticks and Rebels 
 againft his Holinefs. 
 
 I 
 
 This is the Oath. 
 
 N. eUBtothe Church of N. from thu day forward mil he faithful to St, Peter Pontificale 
 _ the Apojiley and the Holy Roman Churchy and to our Lord N. Pope N. and his Romanum 
 Succejftrs canmically entringy I will not ceneur by cmnfel y confent or deedy that ^'^"^•^^'■^^ 
 they lofe life or membery or be unjfifily talfen^ trth^t violent hands be laid upon them cratjone elefti 
 in any mannry or any injury done them under any pretence whatfoever. I »/// inEpifcopum, 
 not t^norfingly difcover to their prejudice any Counfel intrujled unto mey either by 
 themfelves, crbythtir Me^cngers or Letters* I rvillbe a helper unto them again)} 
 all men y to keep and defend the Roman Papacy y and the Regalities of St. P<;ter. 
 I mil treat the Legat of the Jpoflolick^See mith Honour y both in hi^ going and 
 coming , and ajfifi him in his necejfitiesy^ 1 will endeavour to preferve y defendy in- 
 cre^fe and promote the RightSy Honour Sy Priviledges and Authority sf the Holy Ro' 
 man church y of cur Lord the Pope y and of his Succejfors aforefaid. J iv ill not 
 join in Counfel j or Deed^ or Treaty^ in which any thing finifier and prejudicial to 
 
 theiif 
 
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 their ?(rfort, ^wht, Honour , Efiate And Former [bMl le ciefyned agmfl cur faU 
 Lord or iht Roman Church, ^ni if J M kp'^ thnt ^.ny fuch thing u treated or 
 attempied , / will hinder it td my fower ; and oi foon m ever I can I mil ^c^H4int 
 our faid Lord with it, orfomehodyelfehywh.m it may come to hu knowledg. / 
 will my felf ohftrve rvith allmyftrengh and cat* ft to he ehfervedthe Rules of the holy 
 Fathers, the Dfcrees y Ordinances or Difpo/itionj ^ Refrvations and Jp.folical 
 Mandates' I will to my power perfecute and impugne Hcretickt, Schifmatickj and 
 Rthels to cur f^id Lord or hU Succejfers afore fiid. If I be called to a Synod I tvill 
 come , un'efs I le hindered by f rrn Canonical impediment. Every three years J Mil 
 vi/it '[Limina] the Palaces of the Apojiles perfonally , and render account to our 
 Lcrd and his Succefors aforefaid of my whole Paftoral Ojfce , and of 4tll things be- 
 lon^i-£to thefiate of my Church , the Difcipline of the Clergy and people , and the 
 health of Souls intrujied unto me; and on the oihcrftdcmsfi humbly receive and 
 diligently perform the Apofiolical Commands, If I be detained by a lawful impediment 
 J will fulfil all the aforefaid by afpecial mejfenger having afpecial Mandate to that 
 tutpofe shofenfrom the bofam of my Chapter, or othgrmfe fume Eccleft^fiical Dignitary, 
 or having fome Ecclefafiical fai^fonagt ; or(Jn defeU of fuch)by fome Priefl Secular or 
 Regular of approved Virtue and Religion, fully inflru^ed of a/t matters afore faid. 
 And of fuch impediment I will make layvfulpreef to be fent by my faid Mejfenger to 
 the Cardinal prefidwg in the Congregation of the f^cred Council. I mil not fell 
 nor fawn nor m^rgage anew^ nor alieniate in any manner the poffejfions belonging to 
 my table , even with the confent of my Church , without confulting the 'Bi[kop of 
 Rome. And if I do proceed to any alienation I confrnt eo ipfo to incur all the pC' 
 naltiis contained in a certain conftitutionfet forth of this matter, 
 
 iftapite de In the fame Pontifical there is another form of Oath which the Itahan Bj'- 
 
 fcTutinit fcT9- fliof s cook in ihsir admiflion four hundred years ago ; in which the Bilhop eka 
 tino. f^vore obedience, not to the Pope, but to the Archbilliop or MetropoHtan, 
 
 Bat as the Papal tyranny increafeth from age to age the Oath of Obedience of 
 theBilljop is made now to the Pope alone. And the Oath, now ufed for the 
 whole Chriftian world is that which I have here fct down, and no other; al- 
 though a Gentleman hath pronounced lately out of the Coffee-houfe, that there is 
 no fuch Oath miniftied but perhaps in Italy , which is a bold untruth. For I 
 do more boldly, becaufe more truly, affirm that in all places of the Roman Profef- 
 fionthisOath'and no other is miniftred in the reception of Bilhops : And the 
 words of the Oath juftifie fo much, pre toto Orhe Chrifliano. Obi'ervc that in 
 thatOuth there is no mention of God, or ofChriO:, or of his Word, or of his 
 Glory ; bat the main thing that their Bifliops are (worn to is, to defend the Reman 
 
 Papacy and the Rega'ities of St. Peter to encre,^fe and promote the Rights, 
 
 Honours^ Priviledges .ind Authority of the Holy Roman Church, of our Lor i: the Pipe, 
 and of his Sucaffhrs : f. r fo much is with them the fammary of all Religion and 
 Piery. 
 
 By the fame OathalCo thePartors of the Church oblige themftlves, not to re- 
 duce but to perfeute the (Irayed fheep , and all whom they hold for Heretiekf, 
 
 Let 
 
Let all that poffefs their common fcnfe free from prejudices , judg what Tafcty 
 there may be in a Scare for the Rights of Kings and States, and for the Confcicnces 
 of all men that arc led by Paftors initiated in thofe principles , ajid fvvorn to them 
 in their reception. 
 
 The Papifl Gentleman aforementioned is fo afhamed of that Oich as to pro- 
 fcfsthat he would, not take it fur the hefi Bifhcprick. '« Chrifien^.fUy and thut it is dl- 
 reH: premunire, and perhaps wcrfe. Then he muft never be a Biihop in die RoruAn 
 Church, for there is none other for Romanifl; Bi(hops to take in their admiflion. 
 Tiilhefindanother, I hope,he will {land to his affertion , that the Popes can- 
 not impofe Oaths npon the S(tbje[}s ef other Princes without the confent of thcfe 
 Princes, 
 
 Bcforclpart with that Oath, I muft impeach the latter ritualifls of a bold at- 
 tempt, which beareth the face of a joculir Legerdemain, but is a deeply crimi- _ .- , J 
 nousforgcry. That whereas the old Pontifical bound the Bilhops to maintam ^^j. '•' *' ^^ 
 RegulM fan^erum Patrumy the Rnles ^f holy Fathers '^ the new Pontifical by z Po'ntifcale «»• 
 little alteration of Syllables oi Regtilai [Mn^ortim Pntrttm into Regalia funCli petri^ vua. 
 makes the Bifhops fwear that they (hall maintain the Royalties of St. Peterf thole 
 Royalties which rob Kings of their Crowns nnd Subjects of their Loyalty. 
 
 Certainly the large claim of thofe Regalities of St. Peter hath been for the laft 
 fix hundred years /«Wi ChriJIiani calamitas , the caufe of all the corruption of 
 Religion and of all the publick confufions and diftra»5ticns in this Weft of our 
 World. Sure we are in this Ifland by feeling experience that it is the great Wheel 
 that fets thofe mifchiefson going, wherewith the State hath bin fo many times iha- 
 ken, torn, and brought to the brink of utier ruinc. For when impetuous Zelots 
 arc once pcrfwaded that ic is (a) abfolntely necefjary /<,r Salvation to be fnljeCl mto ^)Bmfa9. 
 the Pope of Rome, that (b) there is but one Name in the world, viz. that of the Popfy j.^ ' /^a ''* 
 and that to make that prime Article of Faith received in the world, he hath power [ubeffi Romxnt 
 to dcpnfc Empereurs thitw'Alopipoit ir^ and ahfolve SttljeEis from their Allegiance to 'Pomifici omni 
 them i what attempt, be it never fo difficult or fo unjuft,will they leive mi ryed to buman.e crea- 
 bringthcirCountrey under the Popes Subjection, and to promote his Univcrfal ''''''* f^':^''*'''*r 
 Monarchy ? Or can it be expe6\ed from them? that they ihall defift from attemp- ^'"/'"J^lJ 
 tmg a convcrhon oUheir Country by the deltruction o!: the lame , as long as the «M„t/4>«j« (wa- 
 Pope, (whofe Haves they are ) ishimfclfa flave to his cruel and illimitcd Ambi- nimejje iene^ 
 tion, which to fatiateallthe Kingdoms and all the Blood of the world aie too <^jfttAte [xlutis, 
 little (^^ ^^^°^' 
 
 An ian6 S' 
 
 when the Fires of Queen ^/arif/ bloody Reign could not do his work, how ,^^ ' ' 
 many and manifold Plots were made againftthe Life of Qiicen Eliz,d-eth, that 
 glorious Defender of the Faith, and of her Royal Rights ^ VVhen neither the Dag- 
 ger nor tlie Poifon could reach her facred Pcifon , an invincible Army muft be 
 lent to invade England y three Popes having made way for the Sword by three 
 thundering Bulls, which dcpofed the Queen, and commanded her Subje^s to 
 rebell againft her. For \vhich(ifcuftom may jaftific injuftice^they were juftified by 
 the practice of their Predecefiors. And becaufe many have found it ftrange thac 
 Kings wetcufed more cruelly than private pcrfcns who ate nos diveftcd of their 
 
 Eftat«s 
 
 ^ 
 
i&apai %mmf. 
 
 Hift. Cone. 
 Trent , 
 Anno 1^38. 
 
 Delrio Dif- 
 quifit. Mag. 
 Lib.^.c. u. 
 §.i. 
 
 proceedings 
 againft the 
 late Traitors. 
 
 Eftatcs by the Pope for their Offences, that Objeftion is anfwercd by the Bull of 
 P^ul the III. againft Henry tlie VlII. for he not only deprived the King of hu 
 Kingdom^ but ^Shus Adh^renlt alfo ofwhatfoever they pffeji. Let both Kings and 
 Sub jcfts learn how they muft fare under the wrath of fuch a Maftcr, who will not 
 onely be Lord Paramount, bnt Proprietary of allEflates. 
 
 When the Invincible Arwy\ud loft that name, being defeated by the powerful 
 Arm of God, other Armies were poured from time to time into Ireland^ ever prone 
 to rebel. When all thefe Efforts were fraftratcd , God blcffing EngUnd becaufe 
 the Popes curfed it ; and EJiz^sibeth, full of days and glory, was received into the 
 Arms of her heavenly Father, her peaceful Sacceflbr, Defender of the fame holy 
 Faith, muft be welcomed to his Crown by a Mandate of Qement the VIII. de- 
 claring him incapable to wear it, asanHerecick,and forbidding his Subjcd^s to obty 
 him. When all that would not work the defired Deed, to make fhort work, a 
 fine Device is excogiraced ; The King and his Royal IfTue , Lords and Commons> 
 all the Court, and all the Flower and Vigour of the Kingdom, muft be blown 
 up to Heaven by a gallant new way. ; • 
 
 This Plot beareth its pedigree in \x.i Italian Garb, and fhewem it fclf defccndcd 
 from theCouiCof Rome and the Devil, as we may well judge, 'fince a forein Jcfa- 
 ite was acquainted with it before. For which nouce we arc obliged to the Judici" 
 oils and pregnant Author of the ^Tfrf/^wjWf D*oa'^-> w-ho in his Rcifonahle De» 
 fence of the fame givech us the \vht>le pafl'ageJiw of 7)elrir). For that Jefuicc (o 
 propounds it in the way of a fuppofedcafe, thatcomparingit tothe Gun powder- 
 Trcafor> it is made evident that the Plot was on fooi already. The Cafe he puts 
 is this : Whether if a Confederate difcover in conftffim that he or fume elfe have pla- 
 ced GuKporrdtr cr fuch- like m.itter, under fuch or fnch a Honfey and unlef it be re- 
 moved the Houfe will he blown up^the Prince defiroyed^and Oi many as are in or art going 
 eut of the City will fujiain great mifchiefy or run an (xtream haz^ard^ the Priefl 
 eught to reveal it y which t4 deter mine din the Negative, So this JefuifC preparcth 
 all the Pritfts confcicus oi the Confpiracy to hold their peace ; according to the 
 Doflrir.e of his Church, that it is better to let all the Princes of the World to pe- 
 ridi, than to reveal a Confcffion, Marry to reveal ir to the Pope they fcruple not. 
 Kv\^Garvet perfwadedthe Conrpiratcrs ro acqaainrhis Holincfs before they p^o^ 
 cecdcd, who accordingly difpaiched Sir Edmund B/^ynum on that Service. Viwi wlic- 
 iher (jarmt gave that Advice to inform the Popeof dvat which he knew noc before, 
 or for an argument that the Pope knew it nor* howfoever it remains conftanr that 
 the Pope was acquainted with the Plot, and that if he had difl ked it, he might 
 have hindred it : And how could he have found in his heart to have hindred iuch 
 an admirable piece of Service to the Regalities of Sr. Peter f 
 
 The Pope being not ufed to hinder or to cenfure Treafon, one may wonder why 
 he hath condemned Mr, Whites Book of Obedience and Government, feciiig that 
 it is full of rank Treafon. But (befides the indignation whxh that Writer had 
 ir.curiedof hisHolinefs by his other Books) the Pope could not but take offence at 
 his afcribing the power unto the people of altering the Government at their pleaiure, 
 a power which the Pope claims in all Kingdoms, and iti England more than in any 
 
 other. 
 
others. For the Pope doth not love Treafon but when it fcrvtch his ciirn , and 
 when he may have the managing of it. 
 
 The Popes Emiflaries are never more dangerous than when ihcy workTreafon 
 by the hands of their advcrfa; ics , transforming themfclvcs inco all llianes ;• 
 yet fo religious in their \vic-:cdcefs, that they will not u-ork the dcflruRion of 
 their King before they have gx the Popes leave, and armed thimfelv^ss \vich his 
 Apoftolical Bcnedi6^ion. 
 
 For a charge of that na;u;e, which llaid upon the Eiiglillijefuirs, I have bin 
 attacked by three adverfirics. 
 
 The fiift is commonly faid to be a pcrlon of Honour. In his two Books 
 I find no marcrial Objc6tion obliging mc to an Anfwcr ; only fome playing with 
 hisgallant Wit , of which I widi him much joy. Yet to all that he obje^.'^cth 
 he may find fatisfatf^ion in my Anfwcr to my two other Adverfariej ; for I 
 will not weary my Reader with Rcpcricions, and I will coniend as litde as 
 I can with a Nobleman of a Family which 1 love and honour in a very high 
 degree. Al.hough he dcaleth widi me fo unlike a Gentleman cr a Chri- 
 ftian as to point andreo mmcnd me to the fury of the people to be maflacred, 
 of which one would think that he is in greater danger dian I; cfpecial- 
 ly if he appear before them in his new Oiavcn Crownj and hiS Romiih Priefts 
 Habir. For all the ill words w hich he beftoweth upon mc I rccurn hearty pray- 
 ers that God lanciifie his good parts, and gracioufly rcc'aim him co his holy 
 Tiuth, from which he hath bin mifeiab'y leduccd. 
 
 My fecond Advcifary is Mr. Serenw Crrjfy. Doth he not knove ((uth heof mc) p ^ <, - r,- 
 hcrvofty and particfilarly how upon the ampUint of the Lite Oueen CJ^^-^^f^ <•/ Vindication 
 mofi precioM mcmcry he hah Inn fhrnmoned to mak^e good his forged calumny , l-$4t of his Church 
 all in vain? I defire the Reader to obfcrve the nimble juggling of Mr. Creffy^ from Fanati- 
 to make the woild believe that which himfe'f cffimethnor. I might in the ^^^"^ agJinft 
 fame Stile fay of an honcfl man, D th he not kno v how oft he ha-h robbed J^'"- •^'iif''^^' 
 upon the high ways, and particularly upon ^^octfr/ /;///? and yctnorafH m that 
 he hath dene fo. And I might fay of Mr. Cr^jf)-, D'ch he not iinow how oft he 
 hathdonedifTcrvice co the King in the Irilli Wars, and particularly in domj^ 
 his utmrfl co feduce his Bioiher from His Majcflics fcrvicc to chat of the 
 P.ipc ? and yet not affirm that he did fo , though if 1 c\\ affirm it , I lliould not 
 {peak, as he does.withoucany ground. 
 
 lanfuer then toMr. ^rCj//;^ Qjtflion, that I never knew of any fuch Sum- 
 mon? made to mcupon the Queen Moihcrs comp'ainc , or oi any Sammons at 
 all before his Book came fjrth, nor he neither, ^ll■. Crejfy might have faid with 
 truth , that a few days after the coming forth of my B.ok Her Majcfty dQ- 
 fiicd that I mjghc be forbidden to write any more , which was very far from fum- 
 moning me to bring my proofs. And feveral perlons of Honour and good Cre- 
 dit can remember what a difmil conflernaiion there was at Som^rft honfe when 
 my Book appeared. 
 
 Mr. Crcfji aifo being deeply ftjng with the Truth of that Chai§,e , as he Hicw- 
 
 H c.h 
 
echby the cxrrfmity of his cholcr , will fting me in revenge with a foul afpcr- 
 fionupon my Reverend Fathers memory; denying him co have bin a loyal Subjcd^, 
 and calling all France to witnefs forir. But the famoufeft Pen of France, ihzx. 
 of Monfieur 'BaU.ic aRcmm Catholick, giveih him a contrary Chara(5ter, in a 
 Letter to a him which is extant among his works. For after he hath extol- 
 led his high parts , and yielded to him the Garland of Wit and Eloquence , he 
 exaltcth him more yet for his eminent Loyalty and Love to his King, fhining in 
 all his Writings; For which alfohc had folcmn thanks given him by his King and 
 the Council of State. But of nothing muft wc expc6l any thing beyond its na- 
 ture. And Mr. Crejfy is much of the nature of Dogs, who will hft up their, 
 leg againft things that are higher than themfelvcs. 
 
 Mr. Crefy concludes his invc£tive againft my Father with a worfe againft the 
 Confeffion of Faith of the French Reformed Churches ; dyiu^'ythztitoi/H^eththem 
 to he Traitors and Rebels^ wheafoever the Hcnoar of God (that u the defence of their 
 execrable Religion ) u concerned. I pafs by that wicked abufe of their Religion , 
 and fay only that King Jjsmes of moft precious memory did not hold their Re- 
 ligion for execrable, when he employed one of their prime Divines , my Reve- 
 rend Father, to dcknd hii ConfeJ^on of Faith ^ and again to defend him againft 
 Cardinal Du Perron. But I forget that thefe Gentlemen make now an open 
 meek of King James y fo far that cneof their crew hath lately printed a Satyr, 
 where f peaking of that great and good King he hath the impudence to fay , 
 
 NonehutaPA- t / - l ' i \ 
 
 pifi in grain Since him fome Stories fprung »/>, who ^ might it be J 
 
 ivouli «r ctuli ff'rit even more impertinently than he* 
 
 bAveJfo^tn [9. 
 
 ^ 
 
 But I leave this digrcflion , and return to my matter. Ho\v unfaithfully doth 
 Mr. Crtf J allcdg the Article of rhe French Confcflion about Obedience? It is 
 the XL. Article , and runs thus. Wf hold that we ought to obey the Laws and 
 Statutes ef Siveraigns^ fay Tributes ^ Taxes ^ and other Duties ^ and bear the 
 yoke of fHhjfSiion with a free gaodwill^ though they be Infidels', fo that Cods So- 
 veraign Empire remain entire. So much good Chriftians and good Subjciks 
 might fay , not only to a perfecuting DiocUfian , but to a pious Conjlantine or 
 Thendojius-i Sir we wiU obey your Commands as Ung at they interfere not with ^ods 
 Comm/inds, There is great difference between not obeying and rebelling. If 
 »ot obeying for Confcience fake be Rebellion and Treafon , how many Roman 
 Catholicks in England have bin Rebels and Traytors thefc hundred years , for noc 
 obeying the Laws of the Land, which command them to refort to the publick 
 Service of God in their Parilh Churches ? It were tolerable if they had bin fuch 
 upon no other account. 
 
 Mr, Crri^'s Serenity is pleafed to call me A wretshed Serpent, difgergingmy 
 Poifon to the difiurbanseof thii Jfltnd. I hope that God will requite mc lilelTing for 
 his Reviling. The leatt of his infolencies is the traducing of mc as an Alien 
 warmed with Englifh Preferments, 1 have reafcn to ptaifc God that my conditi- 
 cn of Alien ir.adcmy Sccviccsto die King and the Church more oppoiiunc and 
 
 etfoflual 
 
isspati iCv^ainftY^ f% 
 
 eflFe(^uaI than if t had bin native oi EnaUnd. IF my Diminution n)ay be t 
 picafant hearing to Mr. Crtjly^ I will tell him, that of a Prebend and a Jint CttrSf 
 which the King my gracious Maftcr was plcafcd to give me, I had buC thcfirft, 
 chough I have ftill the Great Seal for both. And I might perhaps, \vith fomc 
 fjllicitation, have got fomewhat in lieu of the fccond, did I not make a qucftioa 
 whether I could get more eafe by getting more burden, 
 
 Quodfatis efl chI contingH nihil amflitu opiet. 
 
 But here comes in the rear a bold Champion who fends mca defiance out of 
 the CoflFec-houfe, to make the Charge good which I laid againft the Englifli Je- 
 (uiis. The Gendcman is unwilling toconfider that I have oftcred in my Vin- 
 dication of the Protcfljnt Religion to juftific it whenfoovcr Authority will re- 
 quire it. And therefore I ought not to anfwcr any Summons that ifiucs noe 
 from Authority. But his Friends the Jefuits were fo far from faing for fucll 
 a Summons , that when my Book came forth, after they had clamoured and ftor- 
 raed four or five days, they employed ihegreatcft ftrength they had in the Court 
 to ftopmy Pen by Authority, from writing any more. Tliis behaviour of the/rs 
 (for which I have undeniable proofs) is the grcatcft evidence thatcan beof theit 
 guilt; unlefs it be their filence, now well nigh eleven years. Whereas dicy 
 oughc to have fued their Accufer as foon as the Accufation came forth. And 
 would they not have done it had they bin innocent ? Had the like crime bin laid 
 to the charge of the poor Proteftant Miniftersof France^ as weak as thcy are, and 
 wanting friends in the Court, thcy would not have lycn one day under it, but 
 they would have made their way to a publick redrcfj. Neither would they have 
 learned of the Englifh Jefuits to allow time enough for wicncflcs to dye in, 
 while themfclves arc deliberating whether thcy fhallfue for a trial. 
 
 The palTage of the Pricft flourifliing with his Sword when die Kings Head wai 
 cut oflf(againft which the Gentleman of the Coffee houfc dedaimcth^ was prin* 
 ted thrice before I ventured upon it . twice by Mr# Prynne and once by Mr. Fottlttt 
 And upon Mr, Prynnei credit I aflcdged it. To him I did write (though a 
 (Granger to roc) upon the noife made about it ^ And ht confirmed it to me by 
 his Letters, which I keep. 
 
 Another paflagc which the fame Gentleman cxccpieth againfl as incredible is 
 pundually true in all the parts thereof. Jtii worth relating here again. An 
 undcrftanding Gentleman vifitingthe Vtitnof Dunkjrk^t who are Flcmmilli or 
 French, put them upon the Dlfcourfe of the Kings Death s and to pump ouf their 
 {ciifc of it, (aid, that (he Jefuits had laboured very much to compafs diat grrat 
 work. To which thcy anfwcrcd that the Jefuits would engrccc to themfelvei 
 the glory of all great and good deeds j whereas tliey had laboured as ddigenly snd 
 effcSually to advance it a» they^ So there was ftriving among the l^^pifts for 
 (he ^jioty of that atchievement j and the Fryets (hewed tnemfelve^ ai mvich Jekil^ 
 ttdai (he Jefuits. 
 
 IwUlsoitdidiii pifKage with another upofl min€ mn credit. Tiavetling in 
 
 H 1 ffafaitk^ 
 
 :j 
 
f^> l&apai ^v?^nnv: 
 
 jVarmck. f^i^f 1 was acccfted by a Traveller in my Line, who asked of mc whc^ 
 thcr I was a Catholick ; f told him I was. Whereupon he rraade unto mc a 
 palfionate Difcourfc of the Grievances of ihc Cacholicks. I told him that there 
 would have bin another woild with ihtra if the Powder had taken fire ac 
 Wfflminfitr. He with a deep flgh anfwcrcd, Ic was not God< plcsfure. I 
 knowing my felf not good at long diflembling parted from him fuddenly , 
 and v^ent on my Journey, iuU of abhorrency and compafllon ro:;ethcr of 
 fuch a zealous villany , bat nurc with thankfulncfs to God for rcfcuing his, 
 Jfrael from the claws and fangs of thofe bloody Tigers. 
 
 PAPAL 
 
Papal Tyranny : 
 
 TWO 
 
 SERMONS 
 
 UP ON 
 
 Rev. X VIII. 4-, 5. 
 
 [/^?id 1 heard another Voice from HeaVen, faying^ Qome out of 
 her, my Veople^ that ye he 7tot partakers of her Stns^ and that 
 ye'rcaiye not of her Tla^ues : For her fins haVe reached un^ 
 to Heaven^ And Qod hath remembred her Iniquities. 
 
 PREACHED 
 
 In the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury.. 
 
 The Firft, 
 
 Upon the Anniverfary Day of Thankfgiving: 
 
 For £2\{;^C7Z,y^//D's Deliverance from the 
 
 GU NP OW D t R - T R li ASC) N. 
 
 The Other a little after. 
 
 London, Printed for H. Bromej at the Sign of the Gun at th©" 
 Weft End of Su fauls^ 1674. 
 
BBW" 
 
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55 
 
 Papal Tyranny: 
 
 The Firft SERMON 
 
 Upon REV. XVIII. 4,?: 
 
 l4nd 1 heard another Voice from Heaven, faying^ Qome out of 
 her, my feople^ that ye be not partakers of her Sins^ and that 
 ye receive not of her J^la^ues : For her fins have reached uH" 
 to tieaven^ and Qod hath rememhred her Iniquities, 
 
 T H\s\\\m\\ IS czWcd another y dice f calls us to hear a former Voice, that 
 makes way for the undei ftanding of this. We have it in the beginning 
 of this Chapter, I faiv another syfngel come down from Heaven^ and light- 
 ning the Earth with hia glory > ^nd he eried mightily with ajlreng f^oice^ /'*}i»^t 
 Babylon the Great is fa/len, is fallen, and k become the Habitation of Devils^ and the 
 Held of tvtry foul Spirit^ and the Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird. For all 
 T^ations have drunl^of the Wine of the tVrath of her Fornication ^ And the Kings of 
 the Earth have committed fornication mth her : And the L^ier chants of the Earth 
 are waxed rich through the abundarce of her Delicacies. 
 
 Afier that other Voice of an Angel from Heaven, Balylon the Grejit is falleny is 
 fallen, twice over to exprefs the certainty of her doom, it was time, if ever, for a 
 fecond Voice to cry, Come ottt of her^ my People. 'Tis tri^e , the firft part of that 
 former Cry, Babylon the Great is faUeriy is a prophetical anticipation of Time, a 
 time yet to come; for to our great grief it ftands to this day. The reft of the 
 Prophecy, though it regard the final dcfolation of Babylon, looks as if it were al- 
 ready fulfilled : For Babylon is long fince become the Habitation of D(vih, the Hold 
 of every fof*l Spirit-, and the Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird. Thofe foul 
 Gucfts are prudent enough to prcferve their own Habitation ; Thofc unclean Birds 
 will not pulldown their Cage over their Head as we do : They are wifer in their ^ 
 Generation than we are : The Kingdom of the Devi! is not divided againftit felf. 
 God then himfclf will pull down that which they hold up lo wifely : He will de- 
 ft:rcy that building of Babylon fo well cemented : Humane Policy is too weak a Bul- 
 wari£ againft the Great Ordinance of Gods Jufticc, TIk deepcft my fterics of worldly -;■ 
 
 Y/iliioni -•' 
 
'^ wifdom keepher. up, bat her iniquities cry aga-nft her \ Ani Great Babylon it eome 
 
 in remembrance hefore God, tt give unto her the Cup of the ficrceaefj of bis rvrath; 
 yerfc ip. faith the fame Spirit, in the fixcccnth Chapter of this Prophecy : Wherebre, Come 
 out of btr, my People, faith God himfelf, that ye be not P^tahers ef htr fms, and. 
 thai you rfceive not ef htr plagues. For her /ins ItAVe reacht unto HtaViH, and God 
 hath rememhud her Iniquities, 
 
 This Voice of dd rccards a double fubje^ ; the fubjed of Gods Wrath, Bar 
 
 - j>^/«» with her fins i and the fubje«ft of Gods Mercy, Gods people in S.f^y-jn. The 
 
 firft muft be confidered in this order. Firft, what that Babylon is } Secondly, her 
 
 fins ; Thirdly, her plagues. Further we will not examine at this time. Of Gods 
 
 Command togo out of it, another time. 
 
 As for the name of Babylon^ it is borrowed from that famous City of i^efopo- 
 tamia, once the Seat of a mighty Empire? in which the Pcopk of Jfrael were kept 
 captive; and out of which Gcd took his Peopk before he poured his great Judg- 
 ments upon it. The Prophecies under the Gofpel delight to borrow the terms of the 
 Pi ophecics under the Law. In mcft of them there is this efpecial rcafon for ir, 
 that the places and paflagcs mentioned in the old Prophecies contain figures of thofc 
 that are mentioned in the Gofpel. That tru.h is exemplified in this Text, which 
 hath a great Analogy with that of Jeremy, fpeaking from God to /fmel dwelling 
 in Bahlony Chap.^l. vcrf.6. Flee vut of the midjl of Bubylen, ^nd deliver every 
 man hts Soul : Be not cut if in her Ini<jiiityy for this is the time of the Lirds Fen- 
 gcance: He will render unto her a recomperce. And m the next vetfc B^byUn is de- 
 Icribed with a Golden Cup, which made all the Nations o\ the Earth drunk and 
 mad. And again in verf.4^, C^y People go ye ont of the midfi of her, and deli- 
 ver ye tV!r) mm his Soul from the fierce anger of the Lord. 
 
 By c mp2ring die Ol:l and 'he New Prophecy, the Baby-on meant here may be 
 kno'AM by any one rharhatli Eyes ro fee, and Ears to hear w-hac the Spirit faith un- 
 to thcChuichesin this Chaptir, anci more in the Chapter before. There a Wo- 
 man is dtfcribcd fitting upon fcvcn Mountains, which he calls B^b)lony\.\\t M xher 
 of Hailv.srnd Abominajcnsrf the Earth, drunk with the Blood of Martyrs, and 
 Siintscf Jefns, making ihe Kings of the Earth drunk wuh her Cup of Abomi- 
 natvons^ ?nd fo bewitching thctn, that they voluntarily fubmitted their King- 
 dcmuintolier. And there thcholy Ghcft (xnoundshimlclf ; TheWvman which 
 ^ thou f^wcfi is the Great City, vihichrdgneth ovtr the Kings of the Earth : That 
 
 City with (even Mountains, where the chief WeaUh of the Woild rcforteth, and 
 which makes Merchandifc of So-ils of men. He that hath feme itadtn?. anctfome 
 Tcrtul.contra j^^o^ledge of the World, and fceth not the Court of /low? defcnbed there, either 
 Babylon ap^d ^^^^ "° ^y"» ^^ defcrveth to lofe his. 
 
 ^ohannem no- It was not Calvin nor Luther that found this out. TertulUan well nigh fifteen 
 firum Romtna hundred years ago cxp funded it fo : Babylon ( fai h he ) in our St. John'i 
 urbis fgurm ^Q'^k,. hearetb the Figure of the City of Rome. 
 
 ^l?"^^' Hierom alfo applieth to Rome that which is foretold in tlic Revelation of the Har- 
 
 Bi'irt. 17. ad ^°^ ''^ purple, and of the Name of BUfphemy written on her furchcad, and of the 
 Marfiw'lhra. dcftru6tionof Bd>jlcn, 
 
 To 
 
To this Sr, t//W?i»likewifcagrecth, faying thac Rome it /elf U m it »en a ft- ^"S-<j^CiWf» 
 
 . _ , I Dei, lib I 8. 
 
 conit Babylon. '^ j^ 
 
 All this is acknowledged by BetUrmln. It may he faid, (faith he ) and better, jj^^^ j«jj{ |^, 
 
 in my Judgment^ that hy the Harlot ^ Rome mufibt underfiood. Yea, but he will cunU BibjU- 
 
 haveitunderftoodof theold Pagan Rome, not of that of our days. But that «/« 
 
 agreeth not with the Charadcr which the Holy Ghoft giveth of this Bahjlony ex- Bcllarm.hb.j. 
 preft under a Womans figure, A Womsn which bewirchcth Kings, and makc^ ^^^^^"jjj,^^^ 
 them drunk 4 thatis,rhe befools hem with flattery and delufion ; Whereas the 1, Vicipoteft] 
 
 Pagan Rome dealt with Kings by Force and Aims. Babylon of the Revelation reign ef mc» judici* 
 ethovcr the Kings of the Earth. But the Pagan Rome deftroyed the Kin ^s of the welmper^ .\/e- 
 Earth. Neither was Pagan Rome dcftroyed, which is the Doom paft upon Bdy- y,^^'^^'"^^^^^''. 
 Ion in this Prophetical Vifion. Neither was Gods People commanded to go out of ^\,^ Xixi 
 the Pagan i^owf ; but Gods People flaid in it, and fo wrought upon it, chat by 
 Gods BlclTing,of pagan, they madeitChnflian. Wherefore this Command, Come 
 out of hert my People, and the Doom of Dcflru6tion upon her, regarded thefe 
 laft times, when the Chriftian R»me frtm a holy City is become a^ Harlot, the Per- 
 secutor of Chriftians and the Bane of Chriflianity. 
 
 For this Expofition, we have thieejefuiteson our fide: The f{\({ Riber4 , who ^"-^P^^*^- Hi 
 faith, T^at by Babylon we mufl under [i and Rome, fuch as it (hall be ia the end of the """'•'^** 
 PTor/d, The fccond ^/>^*, who faith, 7 hat the Name of Babylon mufl be tranf- ^ • t, 
 ferred to Rcme, fuch m it (hall be in the days of the Antichrifi, The third Snare:^, lo^m"^ 
 who faith the fame. 
 
 It is very obfcrvable, that in all Chriftian Ages all who had a juft Quarrel to gemard 
 Rome, would never fail to call her 54/7/ow, ortheBcsft, or the Great Harlot in Epift.ni. B^:: 
 Purple, of the Revelation. Thus Bernard : That Bea/} of the Revelation^ to which jiiA iU^ de Ap9% 
 VfOi given a mouth fpeaking hhfphemies, and power to mal^e War againfi the Saints, u ^^^^hpfi («i dd-, 
 fitting in St. Peter's Chair. *l'^jjl 'fJ^^^J^^ 
 
 Bcforchim-,^rn«';)A«« Bill^op of Or/f4««/ in a Council field at Rhemes fp^^^s i^y^ eertre eum 
 thus of the Pope to the Fathers of the Council : Riverend Fathers, whom do you SanHis 3 Petri 
 bold this man to be ^ fitting on a high Throne-) glittering ydih a Ro')e of Purple and Cdthcdram ocr 
 Cold f If he want Charity, and ii fuelled with Science onely, he is the Antic hrifi fit- ^^'^'• 
 ting in the Throne of God. A nd he addeth. That the Antichrifi was at handy and '^' "^"^ 
 the 14) fiery of Inicjuity wot advancing it felf. 
 
 Well, wc have the clear Texts of Scripture, the Teflimony of Fathers, and the 
 ConftfTion nf the principal Romanics, to perfwadc us that the Babylon of our , .., 
 
 Text is the Rome of our days. There being no other City sttVao?©*, with fcvcn -"-'' 
 
 Hills, clad in Parple, Mother of Harlots and Abominations, making Mi-'rchandize 
 of Souls, keeping the Kings of the Earth in fubjedion, and invading their Au- 
 thority and Revenues, byinchantingand inebriating them with cunning fedu(ftion. 
 
 From herN^meof Babylon, we pafs to her Sins, which will make good her II. 
 Name, thofe Sins which have reach 'd to Heaven. Thofe Sins arc of two forts, of 
 Doctrine and Pradice. 
 
 For the DoOrinc: As much of the true and fundamental Dof^ijae was kept as 
 they could not abolifli, and fo much as might ferve fc r their profit. That they did 
 
 I not 
 
notabjlidithc Ciecdi wc owe thttn no thanks ; It was fo generally receivM in all 
 the Churches of Eaft.-ni Weft, North and South, m ft of them having nothing 
 CO do with the Popes, that it was impodiblcfor them ro fupprtfsir. And that tiie 
 f^oly Scripture was not altogether rakcii out of the way, we are beholden ro the 
 Jews, who liavc carefully kept the Hebrew Originals of the Old Tcftamcnr • and 
 to the Greek Churches, who have faithfully prefcrved thofc of the New. But for 
 thefeimpedinientSv there would have been no holy Scripture kept whercfoevcr the 
 Pope hath any power. I iKall be cleared from making an Uncharitable Suppoli- 
 tion by all that will obferve wiiat care che Pope hath taken, and rakes ftill to hide 
 ... ^ the Scripture from the people. Why ? The Pope is afraid of ir, as much as a Night- 
 Jo n 111. 10. j|^j^£ feareth the Ligh*". For every one thr.t dolhivil IjAteih the Lights neither com* 
 ethio the Light, Icji his DeUr (houU le difcovered, faith Chrift : A Tex: upon 
 w hich the right Comment »vas made by the Billiops met at Bononi^y called by Pope 
 Paalihelll. to give the bcft Advice for rcftorjng the decaying Papal Dignity. 
 Confil. de fta- And that bcft advice which they ^^av^^WQiiThat it P:Df*!d not he permitted to ^ny mor- 
 bihenda Ro^ f^j ^^.^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^y ^/^^ Goff?lthan that little which u in the CMafj : for (laid 
 S^rthii ^mc're ^^^^ ) ^^ ^ ^^^-'^ Bo(.k,which hath rdfed thoftfi.rms r^bich we ar^ almofi carried aw,y 
 at Urge in Dr. Ti^lth. Ar.d in truth if any comp^reth it with tvh.it is done in our Churches, he mil find 
 Stillingfteet' s th.m very contrary to each other. This is fair play, and above-boaid. Thus Wifdom 
 Vifcourj'e tf is, net onelyjuftified by her Children , but by her very Adverfarics. 
 ^mUmfnthe ^^^^ becaufe in fpiceof the Devil and the Pope, the holy Scripture was tranflarcd 
 Church of in all che vulgar Languages of Chviftcndom, whereby the Abominations of that 
 Kome;p.i3i. Throne of Iniquiry, and its Tyranny over the Confcienccs, are laid open, no won- 
 der rhat they have declared open war againft the Word of God, (ince the Word of 
 God fights agnin.ft themi They have ro ihsir power imbezelled the Authority oF 
 Scripturr, and fubjeded it to thaf of. the Church,, thacJSj of the Pope. They 
 AnalyiMj.; have disgraced ir, and diargcd it with imperfetTic n. Scriptftreis not a fftf-^ 
 c, 3. ficient Rtt'eof Faith^ hn\\Gregr}riM6 de P'alenti^, The remnant of that revealed 
 
 or to be revealed Truth is not wrictcn, but lieth in the Popes Breft ro declare and 
 injoyn as he thinks. good- Thci'eafon why that remnant is not written, is given by 
 Salraeroii Salwtron iind Cofierus, Jefuites,. BecAu[e holy things mufl not he given unto 'Dogs, 
 70m.j3.Pifp. So in their account the Wrirten Word is for Dogs, the Unwritten for holy men or 
 8. §qointo. Angck It is crdiharywitluhePcpifl-i Writers toca'l Scripture ATrf/w^Cfr^^/ ^• 
 Sf EnchkiT ^'i'*^^^'^^^'^ aNofeof Wax and a Leaden Ruler, which may be turned 'any 
 'way. No Authority they allow to ir, but as much as ir gets from the Pope. With- 
 Hofius contra out which, ^js/Tajfaidi, that it hath no more Authority then £//>f Fables. And it 
 Brentiumj 1.3?^^ one of Pope NiCoUs his Canons, , That if the Old and Nnv Tejlament ntufi he re- 
 P ip! Nicol . ^'^'"^^^ '^^ '^ "^^ lecnnfe they Are in the Canm of Scripture, but bec^ufe of the Sentence 
 Dift. I y. Can. "f ^'P^ Innocenr, n-^i? h^th decreed th.Hihey (J-ouid be received* How could thcfe 
 Si Romano- men have taken a furcrcourfc to jnftifie that the Pope and his Champion^arc that 
 it'm«\ Jieafithathtith amoftth fpe>^i^ngbUfphemies ? Rev.xiii. 5. 
 
 Another great and reigning (in of tliar Babylon is , That it is neither Truth nor 
 Phtinam Right^ bur Intertft rhatiulethin if. The Pope bearing himfclf as infallible, and 
 jr-jiuio iu, h^y^ng all jj^.h and Righc llirined up in the Chtft of his Breft, as Pai^l the 11 r. 
 
 would 
 
•would fay of himfclf, one would think rhat he having no need of S.-ripmre , 
 Casbeine above it) would prefencly give a dcafion about emerj^ent dfccius m 
 points of Doarine. Buthe commonly takes time to examine die feveral fnrerc ts 
 of Princes in fuch a quairel , and which of the parries is more fataole to th.e 
 Inreieft of his Court. Thcfe, not the Scripture, nor the Fathers, nor the School- 
 men, (way the ballance of their judici^al Sentence r , r j 
 
 Ic isobfervable that thofe points oi Religion vvhich are not fie to be bowed to 
 temporal Profit or Greatnefs have fuftcred little alteration amono them in many 
 aces as the points of the Trinity, the Procelfion of the Holy Ghoft from the Fa- 
 ther and the Smi, the Incarnation of the Son of God , the unconfounded and 
 infeparable Unionofthe D;v,ne and Human Natures in his Pcrfor. Why r» A- 
 nanffm Eutyclrianifm and Neftorianifm would m<ike them neither greater nor 
 richer ' And I could ihe-w alio that by maintaining Gods Truth in thofe points 
 the Roman See hath got Credit and great Authority i and that their advanrage 
 invited diem to prote^ the Aflertors of thofe Trudis, But all Points in which 
 the Truth flood againft their advancement, or which might be dctorted to tha^ 
 cnd,havebin moll lliamcfully corrupted. 
 
 Thus about that principal Pomt , the f^t.sfaaion made by Jcfus drift for the 
 Sins of the world, which is the mam ground of Mans Salvation and the Comforc 
 ot Consciences, all the craft of diofc Iralian pates wasandis bent to oppofethat ^ 
 
 divine favin^ Truth , that the Blood of J^/m Chrift doth ckar^fe m from all Sm. i J oh. r. 
 Why ? we.ie .his generally believed, down would go the Pargatoiy, down vvou'd 
 eo Indulgences and all the foule traffick about the Rcmifllon of Sins, whereby 
 they get infinite Riches. D nvn would go the Merits of the Monks, and the 
 works of Supererogation , which being kept in the imaginary Treafure of the 
 Church are dillnbuccd mmm ^orrigentilus ^djutrices , (it is the burden of the 
 Son" in all die Pope> Granrs of Spiritual Graces) i. e, to them that want Merits 
 and will give Money to buy fome. The fame maxim holding for the Remifiion of 
 Sinsasindifpcnfation about Matrimonial Caufcs: of which the authenncal Book ^^^ ^^^^^^^j,, 
 of Taxes of tlic Roman Chancery givcth this fage warning. Nte diligently [}zvM the ^' '^^jj^^ '■ 
 Holy Comz)thut fnch Graces and 'Difpenfations are not granud unto the pMr.lrc wfe .g^ ^^^^ ^j^-^ 
 they have no momj tohny them , therefore they cann'it le omforleci. While we gey,ter qmi ^ 
 
 read (uch dun-s with honour ,*yet we thank them for their round deahng. iftiufmoAigra^ 
 They that wilfcomc to the Roman Court for Confolation , are Birly warned 'l^J^J'll'^' \ 
 what they muft cruft to. The Bank and Shop \. fet up openly m the Chuich to [^„^,i,,„,„, 
 { 11 S.oirituil Graces. . .pmpaihvA.quin 
 
 Whatavof^ profit do they make cf thcfiaionof Purgatory, a Fire ievcn times now fitnt,(^i- 
 hotterthan the Fire of Hell, in which the Souls of Sinners muft be frying ma- deonon pojjmt 
 jw hundreds of years, unlcfsthcy be redeemed with Money or Land : For,as tor «'"'/«^'*'''- 
 the Redemption by the Blood and Merit of Chrift, thcv make it Htrle worth 
 by their Doanncitcaching asaJ»'ft common fenfc,that the Blood of Chrift, though 
 

 Buf^'ocav, and undaft-nclin^iicicher Faith nor Repcntancej have given tineir bed 
 lands, yea tlicirv. lule F.Qatcs, to Monks, who arc fingin^ for their Souls, 
 n'h;!c their difmherired Children are weeping and bcg^ino their Bfead. Ih that 
 foul ccmnv:icc it is hard to fay what is more to be admred, the Knavery of the 
 Sillers or (hcBrucoliry 0/ the Bayers , or the deluding Power of Saran, or the 
 VVratli of God upon the wilful BUndnefs and D.fobcdiencc of the wicked 
 Woild. 
 
 What prodigious Gain is made by the Invocation of Saints, and the Multipli- 
 cation of them ! What concourfe of people is there to the Indulgences affixed to 
 the feveral places of their WorOiip ! A«d how do they hit the peoples humour, 
 lovers of variety and novelty ! for the new Saints are more courted, and do more 
 miracles than the old. Praying co others than God is fct brth by St. Paul as a 
 piece of ncnfenfc,in this interrogation of amazement, HorpfhaH they call on him in 
 ^om. ro.14. yfhom tb'y have not believed ? But if the truth were fcanned it would be found, thac 
 the people of the Roman Church believe more in the Virgin Mary than in God^. 
 and therefore ten times more Prayers are direded to the Mother than to the Son, 
 If is known what tranfes of Devotion (men efpecially) have to the Virgin MA" 
 ryj which intcUigeikt Travellers and wife Obfervcrs father upon Luftj The De- 
 votion which they have for (he Sex being far greater than that they have for GodT; . 
 And it is found that fuch men are enamoured with fomc beaucirul enticing Pi- 
 duresof the Virgin, which Painters will not fail to make as charming as they 
 can. It is C-^Jf^nders obfervation thac the beautiful Images are adored with more 
 veneration than the ugly; So eafie it is to juftifie thac moft wifely the Prophets 
 call Idolatry Whoredom , and thac fpiricual undcannefs hath much kindred with 
 the carnal. 
 
 So ftrong in the Church of Rome is the Reign of Idolatry, that it is patronized 
 
 by the greateft Scholars among them. The Images of Chrifi and the Saints faith 
 
 De Imagini- ^elhrmine) mtiji he venerated not only by accident or improperly , hut by themfelves 
 
 bus. c. zi. and properly , itautipfa? terminent vcncrationcm ut in fe confiderantur , fo that 
 
 they terminate the veneration as conftdered in themfelves ; & non folum ut viceni 
 
 ThoUT.part3. ggjuric cxcmplaris, and not only m they reprefent the original. e^^»/«^ himfelf 
 
 ^.ijoArt.j. ^^.^j^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ reverence is dne to the Image of Chriji m to Chrifi himfelf. 
 
 And foit is generally pra<5li fed among them boch by Clergy and Laity, It is 
 
 not credible, but to thole that have fecn it, how madly the Romifli Zelots are pro- 
 
 ftituted to that horrible fin of Idolatry jwhich God in his Word fo abhorreth, and' 
 
 calls it Adultery againfl him. Wliat f:ghs, what tears are poured before the 
 
 Images of Saints, fome that never were in the world, forac-that never were Saints, 
 
 and before Bones, Chips, and Clouts, molt of them Suppofititious? 
 
 And can we fpeakof Idolatry in this Church without remembring that which 
 was moft fuperlatively btftowed here upon the Body of a wicked man wickedly 
 flain ? What Prayers, what Vows were paid to him ? What Pilgrimages from all 
 Nations? What rich Gifts were poured upon his Shrine ? And was not this whole 
 ^M It.- Gity become (but for her deep Ignorance) like tAthens^ H^T^J^ah^, wholly given 
 
 to Jdolairy, the fole iraHick upon which it lived ? Blelled be our great and goo^, 
 
 Saviourj, 
 
Saviour, who hath drawn m ouc cf that darkne(s unto his marvellous light. 
 Be he pleafed to perfea that mrr^y, giving us Grace to walk m his hght as true 
 
 Children of Ight. . i • i » r n -. 
 
 No Saint being worH^ippcd^but by the Popes Authority ,. he was not fo ill a 
 Husband as to beftow norlliip upon others , and retain none tor himleU. He 
 hath then canonized himfelf in his life time, and beQo wed upon his own felf 
 a relioious adoration. And herein efpecially it is moft evident and moft eminent 
 that BabylonsSins have reacht up to Heaven. ^ "^^^^^J^'n' u^'?''? 
 the abominations of the Court of Rom , and that whicli Jeweth the Pope to 
 be that ma^n defaibed by the Apoftle St Paul , The man of Sinythe Son offjr- 
 dition , who opp^rth and ex^lteth himfelf Mve all that u called God, er that u ^^' ^'^i 
 «^S;prrf^^ he ^ GodfHUth in the Temple of God , Jhe.ins htmfclfthath, 
 
 ""TltpopeoppofechhimfelftoGodbycontradiftinghisholyTruthand^^^^ 
 
 ting the Profeflorsof the fame. He exaltethhimfelf above all that is called God by 
 
 mat gh mfclf KingofKings, who are called Gods in Scripture^ And he fees 
 
 ^p h mfelf as God by the adoration which he claimeth and receiveth. It is argued 
 
 "hit the kneelingl^efore him and kifTing his Slipper is a evil not a religious Wor- 
 
 n"ip Were that granted , the fame could not be faid ot the ^^.r-^/o^. beftow-- 
 
 ed uocnhi^ ,n. Jdutly aRer his Eleftion and the next day after. I befcech al 
 
 Chriftians to confer this without pafllon and prejudice. As foon as a Cardinal 
 
 is cleaed Pope, a Deacon faith aloud ^d ^dorationem. Then ^hf Cardi. 
 
 nalslead him from the Conclave into a Ghappel near hand , and with their hands 
 
 fet him up upon the Altar, the place where they pretend to facrifice Jefus Chntt: 
 
 in the Mafs: and there on their knees they btftow humble Adoration upon him, 
 
 in the fame manner as they adore the holy Sacrament of the A tar , whfch they 
 
 hold to be God. Could the-Pope better fulfil St. P.^/. Prophecy , and ll.evv 
 
 himfelfmorc evidently tobe that man of Sm who fitteth m the Temple of God, 
 
 and Hieweth himfelf that heisGod? Fori.not the A Ira r, ^V jhe GonfeiW 
 
 the PapiQs, the place belonging only to God , even to J^^^^s thrift God blefled 
 
 for vermoe? Do not all that have eyes fee St. ?.«/. Prophecy fulfilled lu that /. 
 
 abominable Ceremony ? This is indeed the height ^ ^bomuiation aivd^^^^^^^ 
 
 vifible charaaer of the man of Sin. All '"^« ^^^/;!^"f "^^^^f N^^^ 
 the more is our grief : But this fpot is not the fpot of Gods Chadren. None b. c 
 die rpp^faofGod and intruder into his Rights is capable of that facrileg.ous at- 
 
 "7rfS?m^he''p:S;cy further, by e:^lHn,^ himfelf fo.eall th.t u called 
 Gcdor .r^ word'ipped 1 In the folemn Proceflion next ^f^-'-^^eremony he 
 doth exalt himfelf openly above it, tmkmgthat whtchs^ call d God iob^c^rti^d 
 bei^re h' m upon a white Horfe with a Bell hanging at his Neck under a Canopy 
 ^rkd by four Roman Citi..ns. But himfelf is born upon theShouldersof^^^^^^^^ 
 aiddiegreateflof Men j the Emperour himleU , if he be P^^^^" >^^^^^^^^^ 
 Shoulder to thcChair. And a Canopy is earned over him by great Princes or 
 thcir.Embfladors, Witb". 
 
With the like modcfty Pope Sixtus the founrh ta-f«es for himfelf that 
 
 Cerem.Sacr; which we though: to bdcng unto Chng abne. ^11 power is given me both in 
 
 Cone Late*^r' ^^'^'^'" ""^ Earth. Which is no more than the lafl Lateran Council allowcth 
 
 SefT. 3, & ?. & ,^° ^\^ P°P^» ^^'^" fo ^^-^ f^^'^ "^'^ '•^^ '^^' F^^n^f Heaven and Earth. And 
 
 ,o. let the Angels and Archangels look to themfelves ; though likely the Pope will 
 
 fparcthem, aiui concert himfelf with that the fame Council allovveth him on 
 
 Earth. Mordhnt eunt ownes Re^es terra. All the Kings ot the Earth /hall 
 
 worlliip him , making no doubt but that D.ivid meant him in that Prophecy 
 
 ofihe 72 Pfa/m, And therefore he may not only ufeKuigs as his VaHals.buc 
 
 make hiS Cardinals rake place of them. • 
 
 To the Prideof the Popes their Avarice is fnitable; for thofe two Vkcs feed 
 
 :fraa.^. C.37. ^^^^ °^^^^' O^ t'^^»'' '"Variable grining Theol.rick^ Nihgw, a Secretary of the 
 
 Popes, fpeaks dius. The Jpn/^oHcal ChamUr is like the Se.-i into ivhkh ^11 Ri^ 
 
 vers flow and never w.^ke it over fl^^-^ for fire am s of goU from all parts of the 
 
 ^rJrunintoitbythouf^ndsyet it is never fnl'. Thereiiinit a Generation ^vhofe 
 
 Ufpergenfis Tf^^" ^^« Sfvords to devour the poor of the Enrth. 
 
 in vita Philip. The Abbot oi Vfperg givech the Ike account of the Papal Court, Remce 
 
 pi Iir Imp. (faith he) Rome our tMother , for the in^HUies ,f fins of men x,h\ch ,re Co in- 
 
 P- 3 ^- cr^tivenntothec. Rejoice at the difcordvphichishrrf^ntipfremthe infernal gnlf 
 
 to accHmnUte heaps if Treafnre upon thee. Thcu h^fi that Uuh thou h^(h a/^,fs del 
 
 fred. Sing and (hout fur joy, that by the mckednefs of men, not by thy Piety, thou 
 
 hajl overcome the World. 
 
 It might be helda hard cenfurcif for th: fins of a few Popes I called the Pa- 
 pal See the throne of ini^alie , and the Pope, the m\m of ftn. But a lon^ fc- 
 ries of m nOrous wicked men in that See cannot but leave tiuc brand to^that 
 place and Ofiice, From the year of our Lord 870. to the year 1050. ihcte was 
 none fnting in that See, but Necromancers, Adulterers, Murthcrersand infamoi:s 
 peifons,as B>ironifu and Genebrardtu acknowkd^^bozh furious enemies of the Pre- 
 tcftants. Neither was Rome much mended in C^faniu^ns time who calls the 
 fpift, uj. Papal Court the fink of^wickednefs: Romu'eai aras & Pontificilia tea.t, Collu- 
 vlcm fcelerum. ^ And is it grown better fince Sr. Bernird calledAhc Pope the 
 Beaji of the Revelation, to whom was given n Mouth fpe.-:ki>Jg Blafphemies, and tt 
 make tvar to the Saints, as a Lycn ready for the Prey ? 
 
 The Popes have iuftified that charaacr even upon thofe that were moft obedi- 
 ent to them , and becaufe they were foi fending the Chnf^ian Princes fo often 
 en their en and to reco-ver the Holy Land ; but it was only to fend them far from 
 home , while thcmfdves invaded their Land, and filled their CoffciS with a great 
 part of the money contributed for that fcrvice. Frauds and Robberies are then moft 
 crimtnal when Religion is made the ttalking horle for them. This makes the 
 iniquities ot^^/'^/ow, not only to reach to Heaven, but to knock and dare Heaven. 
 1 undertake not to dive intothofe depths of Satan, thofe profound myfterics 
 ot jniqaity , by which chat pretended fpiriiual State ftandf. A State which 
 haih no where any right, and yet planteth its dominion in allSrares,and fctch^ 
 eth trom them the. deareft money, and hcapech incaimable Treafurcs. So much 
 
 .s* 
 
vifibfe, that whereas in the Exercife of Civil Offices there is Impodare, the very 
 Conftiiutionof that Spiritual Power isitieer Impcftare. In Civil Offices, Cheat 
 is an Excrbitance ; but in the Papal Jurifdidion, Clicat is the very Office. And 
 who can wonder enough how between their Spiritual Ju^lia^ and the Stupi- 
 dity of the People, a real Subjedion of Nations, and. a real Grandeur of the 
 Papal Court is wrought upon falfeand imaginary Grounds ? 
 
 This is fo notorious that even ths Canonift Doctors , who have made the Glof-. 
 fcsof die Popes Decretals could not hold but they muft put this Glofs among the - 
 others, Th^ (4) Rc7»e founied by Robbers, keeps fiill the Cjeniut of her Orilim. (a) ji^^^ j 
 Two Popes, (b) Marcel the IL and Adrian the IV. were fo feniible of that wic- praionibtafun-- 
 kt(}i and conftant Genius of the Popedom, that they would lay they believed not '''^f^ '^•^'•'«c dc 
 that a Pope could be faved. And if we may believe pubbck Report, the laie Pope P'^"*">^{"'^reti- 
 Innocent the X. feeing himfcif eleded , wept, and cried out, That miv Hell Eieft hifexta 
 GaUs/iv^re open upon him. And how can any man that hath fime Rclique of cap. Funda- 
 Confcruice j but be frighted j feeing himfclf engaged by his Eledlion to the mema 
 popedom, to maintaiji the Satannical Pride, Rapacity, and Mifchievoufnefs of ^^^ ^^"^^ ^' 
 
 the Roman Court } Which to fatisfie all falfe and wicked Courfef, arc nor ""^^V"'" j'* 
 ,,,,,• J ^ "^ Marcel, . 
 
 onely aUowed but enjoyned. 
 
 En/oyned ? Here a Papift will ftartle, and ask, Where are thofe Papal In- 
 junftions to do evil f x^.ncoi Sylvius (who fmce was Pope Pltu the II.) had Hift. Auftri«' 
 found fo many of them, that he affirmech that there i? no great flaughcer, and no ' ^ 
 
 notorious Calamity that hath happened to the State or the Church , of which the 
 Billions of iJ'wf have not bin the Authors. And CM.ichiuVel in his Florentine 
 Hifrory faith no leff. 
 
 Wherefore let them fpare their pains that labour forauch to rcje6\ far from the 
 Court of ^owf the guilt of the Ganpovder-Trcafon, and to prove that it was a- 
 Plot oncly of a few Vnfortun :te Gentlemen, for io they flile them, very forry that 
 they were unfortunate ni their Entcrpnzc : But if it may be evidenced that by the 
 Popes Mandate they wereinftrui^ed and commanded to work any niifchief, yea, as 
 far as the total dcflru6lion of their King and Country, for* the Popes fcrvice, none' 
 muft put Ca!unmy to our charge, if we father that HcUilli Plot upon the 
 Pope. 
 
 Firftthen let itbeconfidered that the Pope will have the World to believe, That 
 Cjod hath made the Bifhop of Rome Prince over all People and all Kingdoms. So much 
 P/'«/theV. tcacheth the People of £^^/.<«/i in cxpre is words, in the Bull of De- • JKA 
 
 privation thundered againf^ Qaeen f/i^r/'f/^. *^™ 
 
 Let it be confidered dfo that the Englilli Papiftsare taught that £«^/*Wbelong- 
 cthto the Pope, by another Right behdeia Ri^htof efpecial Djminion. 'Somudi 
 Cardinal Belhrmin made bold to maintain ro King Jawes, and to plead that Enf- - 
 land and Ireland arc the Churches Dominion?, the Pope thedired Lord, and the 
 King his VaflaL This then being become an Article of Religion in wliich the 
 Englilli Pap fts are with great Care grounded by their fpiritual Fathers 5 chcy may . 
 wiih very li:tlc Losiek infer, That fiiice the Pope difalbweth the King, and the 
 King acknowlcdgcchnoc die Pope for his Lord, he is no more King oigngUodj but 
 
 au i 
 
^4 l^apal XviUxmf: 
 
 anUfurpet, and therefore chey may ufe him as an Ufurper, and deftroy both him 
 and all chat will aflift him in his Ufurpation. 
 
 I will come nearer to the bufinefsoF this day. ThePopein thclaftdays ofQaeeu 
 £//«,<ji'ef A, feeing that both the Right of the Sucaflion, and the Affctftion of the 
 people, called King James to the Crown, fcnc a Mandate into EngUniy whereby 
 "he excluded from the Trown all per Cons that did not embrace the Roman Catho- 
 lick Religion ; forbidding theEnglilli to receive any fuch for their King. Did he 
 pot by that Mandate put the Sword in the hand of the EngliQi Subje6^s, and com- 
 mand them to rebel ? In the examination of the Jefuite Garmt^ was not that Man- 
 dare found the main ground and motive of the Powder-Plot ? This ftand* upon 
 publick Records. 
 
 Well, therefore Garnet and Hatt^ who fuffercd for that Trcafon , were put m 
 the Lift of the Popes Martyrs. Why ? They did what they were bidden : They 
 might fay to the Pope, We did faithfully endeavour to fee up your HolincfTes Sove- 
 raignty in EngUndy by killing King, Peers, and Commons, with one blow : 5ix anJt*v 
 twenty Barrels of Powder, and great weights upon them, we laid in a Celht under 
 the Parliament-Houfe ; the Match and the Train of Powder were reacly, there 
 wanted nothing but giving fire, when the Houfes fhould fit : When we could n^ty 
 make our King and Country perifh, w^e periili'd our felves in your Holinfffes-Ser- 
 vice. If after fuch a meritorious Obedience to yoar Commands, and fucli con- 
 •ftant fufferings in our zeal for your Exaltation, your Holincfs keeps us burning in 
 the fire of Purgatory, iivftead of advancing us to an Aitreola in Heaven, and a Glo- 
 ry of Martyrs, we Hiall learn too late by your doing nothing for us, that wc have 
 done more for you than we lliould have done. 
 
 It is well for the Pope that Death is Rrgnnm Sikntum^- the Kingdom of Silence • 
 Elfe thefe Martyrs of his Holinefs who had undertaken fuch a gallant Villany for 
 his Service, and after a deferved ugly Death, are defervedly branded with perpetual 
 infamy ^ thefe, I fay, would fpeak to us from their Alhes under the Gallows, H'hy 
 doyoulayupentts ther^hole Infamy of the Ounpowder-Plot .? Did we do more than 
 we were hidden by the Father of oar Faith, the Pope ? Though thire had bin no efpeci- 
 ai Orierfor it from him^ Did he not by hit Mandate infirm^ and encourage us to do as 
 we did ? what were we but the Tools fet on fVork, hy hu H^nd f Vpon him then, up- 
 on that unwearied Enemy^ that ferpetual Vnderminer of your Cuhftfience , Uy the 
 greateji burden of the Infamy, Look to fhield your Heads from the Plots of the Li" 
 vingy and leave the Dead in the Hands of Gods Jujlice. 
 
 Ohad the Mine plaid and done the Deed ! What a ftore of Indulgences and 
 Spiritual Graces would have (liow'red down from the ^apitol upon the Doers and 
 Abettors'] What ringing of Bells ! What Bonfires! What magnificent Procef- 
 iions at Rome ! You may judge what they would have done, by that they did af- 
 ter the Great Maflacreof the French Proteftants, in which the Roman Court was 
 lefs concerned than in the Succefs of the Gun powder- Treafon. 
 
 That Plot of ihe French Maffacre, (though inferiour to the Englifh Plot for the 
 Villany and the Confcqucnce) had thcprehemincnceof it, becaufe it was execu- 
 ted. That fearful Execution was wrought by a Marriage of Henry Prince of Na- 
 
 varre^ 
 
-varre^ theH alof theProteftant Party, with the Sifter oi ChdtU f t\\t \X. of 
 JFr<?»f^ .* A Marriage which Pope ?/«/ the V. would never confcnc unto, by rca- 
 fon of their difference in Religion. Bat when hisSuccelTor ^rsgirry the XIII. was 
 told by the Cardinal of Lorrain th#t the Marriage was intended for a Trap to dc- 
 ftroyfffwr^andhirProteftants, he readily gave his Difpenfation for the celebra- 
 ting of it, and encouraged the Defign. That horrible Maflfacre of above a hun- 
 dred thoufand perfons flain in cold Blood, which (without Hyperbole) made the 
 Kennels of Paris to run in Blood, attended the Jollity of the Marriage, and was 
 received at Rome with all the Triumphant Exprelfions of Publick Joy, Soon after 
 Cardinal Vf/in was fcnt Lcgat into Frxnct, to praife the Kings Piety and Wifdom 
 in that Great A6lion, and to pour Treafures of Blelfingsand Spiritual Graces up- 
 on the King, and all the Ai^ors of that HelliHi Tragedy. 
 
 Joyn to thcfc the Ma(Tacre of Protcftants in /reUnd, where two huiidrcd thou- 
 fand Proteftants were flain in cold blood. And foon afcer the Popes Standard was 
 fct up to re- conquer Ireland for the Pope : for no other King would thcfc Irilli have, 
 that were Papifis in grain. In fuch Sacrifices the Pope delighteth, and in thefehc 
 and his Senate of Cardinals dye their Scarlet. 
 
 TheDukJeof ^/t/.», outof his CatholickZeal for the Pope, killed Thoufands 
 and Thoufands of Men in Flanders ^ and the adjacent Provinces j which to requite, 
 the Pope f*nr him 3 halloweH Sword, andconfccrated Gloves. 
 , of cWer<fate, •by^rofp^/t/Vraifed^y The Pope, four hundred'thoufand^^T^J- 
 j^f»y>/ were flain. By the Popes inftigation the Remains of them at C airier s ztid 
 Merindol were cruelly butchered. And by the Popes means again fomc more of 
 thofeRemainsin ?ifWc»Mvcre but lately put to the Sword. It is not to be forgot* 
 tcn> that when Lewis the XU. of France was follicited and importuned tomaffa- 
 cre thofe of Provence, the good King would fee their ConfcfTlon of Faith : And 
 having fecn it, hefaid, and with an Oath, that they Were betrer Chriftians than 
 he ahd his People, That King neither loved nor feared the Pope, But Francis the 
 Firft, his Succefl'or, being engaged in his Wars of //^/jr with the Pope, didforhis 
 fiake give way that they and many other good Chriftians fhould be mafla- 
 cred. 
 
 Having aid fo much of the Iniquities reaching up to Heaven of wicked B^hylony 
 of which rone reach higher or cry louder than fins of Blood, the order of the 
 Text would require that I lliould fpeak of her plagues. But becaufe Gods Venice 
 fpeaks of her fins m the prcfenr, and of her plagues in the future, which depends 
 oncly upon Gods knowledge and will, it is enough for us to reft upon this Sentence 
 pronounced by God himfdf, God hath rememhred her Iniquities : That's enough, 
 God will never foreet the fuflferings of his People, nor the i.iiquity of their Op- 
 prcffors. It is a righteeus thing xtith God to recompenfe tribulation to them that trot*- iThcf.T.*, 
 ile you^ (faith St. Paul to the perfecutcd Thejfalonians) And to you that are trouhled 
 peace with usy when the Lord Jefus jhall he revealed with his mighty Angels. As the 
 Great Harlot hath her fnll Cup of Abominations, God hath for her the full Cup 
 cf his Wrath, and the Vials of his Judgments lo pour upon the Scat of the Beaft, 
 It is a fcarfuhhing to be rcmcmbredof God in that notion, ^od hath rfms^nhrei 
 ♦ K her 
 
her iaiejHities. Lord grant us the Grace ro forfakc our Inlqfulries, that thou may- 
 eft forget them. Remember not our manifold Tranlgrcffions, but ^ccordingto thy 
 f^ercy remrmher thoti hs, for thy Gojdn fs fikf-> O Lord. 
 
 . There is a main part of the Tcxc yet untouched : Gods Call from Heaven to his 
 people to come cut of BAhykra and ihe danger that Gods people runsinroj of be- 
 ing partakers of her fins, and receiving of her pUgues by ftaying within her. This 
 is work for another Exhortation. 
 
 Bleded be God who hath delivered our Confcienccs from her Tyranny, and our 
 King, Church, and State?, from the utter Defolation which llie had plotted agairft 
 us, and brought fo near to the Execution. 
 
 Ldrd^ Convert and forgive our Enemies : Be the faving Strength of thine Anoint' 
 td : Save thy PeepU, and hlefs thine Jnhiritance : Feed them alfo, and lift them 
 up for evsr. 
 
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 » PAPAIi 
 
 '^^r^ iwr'v-to^ 
 
67 
 
 Papal Tyranny : 
 
 The Second SERMON 
 
 Upon REV. XVni.4,5- 
 
 l4ni 1 heard another J^oice from Heaven, faying^ Qcme out of 
 her, my People ^ that ye be not partakers of her Sins^ and that 
 ye receive net of her i^lagues : For her fins have reached un" 
 to Heaven^ and Qod hath remembred her Iniciuitits, 
 
 THc forme*: Voice from Heaven, going before this, pronouncethaDoom 
 of Deftru£lion upon Babylon the Great, and the Wicked. Whereby 
 St. ?/!«// Sentence is confirmed , that the IVrath of God U revealed Rqm.Tixj. 
 from He^wen again]} ^U HngatHinefs and unrighteoufnefs of men. But 
 in this other y lice frtm Heaven the Mercy of God is revealed from 
 Heaven to his people being in Babylon^ in which God hath yet% remnant according 
 to the EIe<5^ion of ©race. He bids his people co cortje ouc of her to avoid a double 
 danger, partaking of her fins, and receiving of her Plagues : The one 'will draw 
 the other by a neccfTary Confequence. So if we will fay witlj ^David^ Lord gather not 
 mx Soul vfith Sinners^ nor my life with bloody men^ and have our prayer heard, we Pfal.X^.^. 
 muft put on D^M^^'j- refolutiofl, by him cxprcft before in the fame Pl'alm,and makcic 
 good, / have h^ted th- Congregation of evil docrs^ and wiflnot (it rvith the Wicked, 
 
 I haveendeavouied in my laft Exhortation co reprefcnt uno you the Iniquities 
 of Babylon, which have reached up to Heaven. Should I now for that reafon urge 
 upon you this Call from Heaven, Come out of her-, my people ', you might tell mc 
 that this Call is not addrcft to you, bccaufe you arc not in Babyhn^ and need not 
 tx> be called out of it. 
 
 To them I might reply, That of this great Audience Gme may be in Bahyhn 
 ftill. And that for thofe that are come out of it indeed, this Call will call co their 
 Mind the Heavenly Benefit of God to have called their Anccftorsout of Bahyki^ 
 and given them the grace to hear and to follow his Call, fo that themfelves their 
 Pcftcrity, were born out of it, and reckoned Citizens of 5io« from their infancy : 
 Alfo that there is neither Piety nor Reafon on their fide that would bring ihcra to 
 
 K 2 Babylon 
 
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Balylon again ; which is the jjreat Work that Rome hath been labouring for, and is 
 hammering flill, ever fincc £»^/.iw</ harhOiaken ofFher Yoak. 
 
 We will not have the prefumption to fay with St. Panly Thar iv&are mHgnorant 
 sf nH the wiles of Satan : As that Great Apoftlc dived deep in the Myftcry ofGod- 
 lincfs, fo hedid ill thatof Ungodhncfj, far beyond our reach. . Yet we are noc 
 igOt^rant of feme of the wiles of Satan, they have been fo pertinacious and fo pal- 
 pable for the bringing back of this Nation to the old flavery , labouring fomctimej 
 to divide, fometimcstoflMter, fometimej to threaten, but always tc^rvertand 
 dtflroy us. Wherefore to us who by the infinite Mercy of God arc free from the 
 flavery under ^^Mo", thisDoiftrineof Sc. P^«/ ought to be carefully recommen- 
 Gal. J.I. ded, Stand yefujl in the Liber tywherehy Chrifi hath made usfrte, and ht mtentAng- 
 led again with the Toak, of B'OKda^e. 
 
 But becaufe our coming out of Babylon is by the Children of Bdjlon branded 
 with Schi(m, as if wchad rent our felvcs afunder from that Mother-Church one 
 of vvhofe Communion there is no Salvation ; yea as if wc had committed Rebel* 
 lion againft our pi ccended Soveraig^ the Pope j Wc have need to dear four Propo- 
 fitions. 
 
 Thefirft, That thofc Great A£lors in the Reformation ow«d no Obcd fence to 
 Kome^ and the Englifh leis than any ; fince England was no part of her Church, - 
 and fo it was no Schifm for them to Reform ihemfclvcs. 
 
 The fccond, That if there was a Schifm in that Separation, the whole guilt" of 
 it lieth upon the Pope and his Court many ways. 
 
 The ih^rd, That if the Roman Church hold damnable Hcrcftes, andr«pilrc 
 Ghriftians to own them, it is no Schifm to depart from her. 
 
 The fourth, That we have not departed -from the Church, but from Babylon^ 
 and hold ftill the fdund DoArinc remaining in the Church captivated by Babylon^ 
 and hold f^iUCommunionv/Jth that Church as far: as (he holds that found Do- 
 
 flrine. | 
 
 As for the firft Propofitton, That the Reformers, the' Englifhcfpecially, could 
 not juftly be taxed with Schifm by the Roman Court, becaufe they owed no' obedi- 
 ence to if, it is of a mofl nccciTary confideration. For the Church of Romi^ 
 which I have fliewed to be that Bdylen^ out of which Gods People muft 
 come, bearethit fclfas our Soveraign, and the Unirerfal Church, out of which 
 there is no Salvation ; And therefore chargeth us with damnable Schifm for noc 
 acknowledging her Authority, and for reforming our felves without her leave. 
 It will be therefore to very good purpofe . to ■ fhew that Rome had never, any 
 right Authority over £«^/^W, whether the Pope claim it by the Canons of the 
 Churchy as our BiHiop and Patriarch; Or by Divine Right, as Vicar-General of 
 Chnff. And therefore theEnglifh cannot be Sdiifmaticks for reforming them- 
 felves without him. 
 
 I fay he hath no Authority over us by the Canons of the Church asc7ur Billiop.* 
 ^ujfinHs, aRomanPriefl, confines the Bifhop of Rome's Jarifdi6lipn to part of 
 Italy^ and three Iflands adjoyning, Sicily^ Sardinia^ and (^orJicA* Great pare 
 €>i ItA^j acknowledged the Archbilhop oi Milan for theu" Ecckliaftical Head. 
 
 ■ The 
 
TKe Council of Ephffui gave eiiis Sentence in the cafe of Cjbrw \ No 'Bi(hep 
 is tolccupy another Province rrhkh formerly and from the heginm.g wxs not 
 under the Porfcr of him and hu Predecejfirs. ... ^ ^ . - 
 
 Wherefore all the Power which the Pope daimeth over Trance, Spain y 
 Germany and England is meer Ufurpation , for thefe were not from the be- 
 S u'^derh.tEpilcopal Power, and £«^/.W ^.r^^^ than any For the 
 bXps of Rome had not the leaft conimun-cation with the Bmannic< 
 Churches for near fix hundred years after Chr.ft : And there were Churches 
 hi this inand above five hundred ye.rs of thole ^x hundred. And where- 
 Z Ibout fix hundred years after Chnft ^^/}^n the Monk who was fenc from 
 ^Urhad ahappy h/nd in converting the Engbll. Saxons, that ,wes the Pope 
 fo mor ri,htov7r England than the preachin, of Germ.n^ a French B.H.op 
 to TeBr'tains^iveth power to the French over Br^n.tn or the preach.ng of 
 n 2 r»;. Areonacite-to the French (if that Tradition be true) gives power 
 ^X Ach''enbf.:';ver F:L. Wherefore when the old Br.t,(h Chr.f^.ans 
 vhom ^ufiin found in this iHand , were fummoned by h.m to fubm.t to 
 he Roman Bill.op, they anfwered by the Mouth of D;../^«.. the Reverend 
 Abbot of Banger, Lt they knew no Obedience due to h,m whom they cal- 
 iVd Pope , but th t of Love. And that under God they were to be g.ver- 
 ncd b/'h. D;n,,p of c^I^.. But the poor Souls paid dear for refufing 
 Obedience to the Pope s for fhortly after, at the inftigation of ^u^n, the 
 Kme of Mrfi^«w/'fr/^«^, a Pagan Prince, put twelve hundred innocent Mon^s 
 of Banger to death; Bangor being then an Univerfity and Semmary ot Prea- 
 chers of Gods Word. Rome was ever built in Blood. 
 
 But what, the Pope himfclf waves that Title; for he chims not the Obedi- 
 ence of fo many Nations out of /^4/> by the Canons of the Church, as other Pa- 
 triarks do in their feveral Provinces ; but by particular divme Right, as Unr- 
 verfalVicarof Chnft, having the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven committed to 
 him, to the exdufionof of all others. The fi.ft that devifed that Title was Leo 
 the i. about the year ^60. of Chnft. But at the firft the Popes did but mutter 
 it,and durft not fpeak it out. And although they built ever fi nee upon that ground, 
 medling with thcbufinefies of remote Churches (to ^ijuch they were nor called) 
 as Univerfal Vicars of Chriftj yet fix hundred years part before the Chur- 
 ches of the Roman Provinces would underftand their meaning. G regoryO^c ML 
 in the vear 1075. being the firft that offered to tcrnfie the whole Chriltian 
 world with the clinking of his Keys , and that made bold to depofe an Empe- 
 
 '"^All that power being without ground, a meer ^"^,/^^^."^"f^^^ ^^J"IP,''^^^^^^ • 
 «onc that would fhake oflf that tyrannicall yoak could be juftly taxed of Schifm 
 and R be lion. For who hath given the Pope that Authority ? Or why (hould 
 anv Soul redeemed with Chrifts Blood , fufter thft new Creed to be impo. ^ 
 kd u on h[m , that it is of abfolute necefTuy for Salvation to be jubjea to the 
 Roman Bill^op > And that if the Pope Ihou d err by corumanding- fins and 
 Sdding v^r^cucs j ycc.the Church were bound to belKV^ cl^t wcs jr. 
 
DeRom; good and virtues evil? They are the very words of Bellannin] words of the 
 Pont.l.4.c.j. moft dcvilliili abomination , and the horridcft tyranny over confcicnccs that 
 the Devil himfelf could have invented. 
 
 We believe all godly Fathers and Paftors of the Church to be Vicars of 
 Joh. lo.ii: Chrift. e/f/ my Father liAth fent me fo h^ve 1 fent you^ faid Chrift to his Apoftles. 
 And his Apoftles have fenc Labourers into Chrifts Vineyard , even as Chrift 
 hath fent them. But for an Uuniverfal Vicardiip over the Church we fee no Au- 
 thority from Chrift; Neither hath he imparted to any that Charter which the 
 Pope moft blafphemoufly and facrilegioufly affameth, All Power is given mt in 
 Heavc-n and Earth. Whofoevcr aflumeth chac power which belongeih to 
 none but Chrift isan Antichrift. Shaking off his power and flying out of his 
 Bahylon is obeying the Voice from Heaven , Ceme out of htr^ my people , Ujl yoti 
 he partaker of her Sins and receive if her PUgaes. So I have made good 
 the firft Propoficion , That they that embraced Reformation in our fore-fathers 
 time ought no Obedience to the Pope and his Roman Court , and the EngliOi 
 lefs than any. And therefore thcre\could be no Schifm ( on their part ) in 
 that reparation, 
 II. We will prove now the fecond , That if there was a Schifm in that fepa- 
 
 ration , the Pope and his Court and EmilTaries were the Schifmaticks, not they 
 that forfcok their abominations. 
 
 In this matter I will begin by that which is peculiar to England* For 
 this is worthy of efpccial notice , that in the point of the Popes Supremacy 
 both in the spiritual and the temporal ( which is the grand Article of the 
 RomiQi Faith ) not the Protcftant but the Popilli BiQiops were they 
 that made the feparation from the Pope , denying to him that Sapreraacy 
 which he claime.h to be his by Divine Right , and ack^o»!edging the 
 Xing fttprcme Governonr , under Gsdy within his Dominions in all Caufes , ani 
 ever all Per fonSf both Seclejiajl leal and Civil. Let it never be forgotten that this 
 was done before the Reformation , and by thofc that proved afterwards the 
 greateft oppofers of ir. That being the main point of the Roman Creed, 
 which before they part with they will yield the whole Religion ; Is it notc- 
 vident that they broke dpwn that chief Bulwork of their Subfiftance , opened 
 that great Floodgate in tbe Papal Monarchy, at which Reformation prefent- 
 ly rulh'd in ; and that they led the way to bringing Pope and Popery to the 
 teft ? And what did the Reformers foon after but what they were taught 
 hy the Prelats and Univerficies of the Kingdom ? Then indeed was the 
 feparation made from Rome when the Papal Power was put down in Eng- 
 land. Let that great and miraculous Work of Gods Providence, promo- 
 ting his Tiuth by the greateft Oppofers of it, be admired and praifed in 
 all Generations. 
 
 But what ! The Pope %as a Sufferer not an A6ior in that Breach. Yet fo 
 much is proved , that the Proteftants were not the doers of ir. But fee where 
 the Poyc was the immediate A6tor of the Schifm. They that rook in 
 hand the grtat and blefled Work cf Reformation , took fuch a wife and pi- 
 ous 
 
cms care to leave no juft reafon of Schifm that rlicy kept in the publick Li' 
 turgy all that was ancien- and orthodox j fo agiceing with the Catholick Faith) 
 that to this day the mod zealous Romanifts do not charge it with any Errour, 
 And fo well did all the £11011111 Chnftians like to have the publick Service 
 performed in a Language which t'hey underf^ood j tliat they bore eafily with 
 the wantof the Litanies of Saints, and of the fuperfticicus Rites, which were 
 weeded out of the Roman Service. So that for fome years of Qaeen Eliz.a- 
 Uths Reign Papifls and Protefranrs reported to the Church together, and joi- 
 ned in the publick Devotions. Till there came a Bull from Rome prohibiting" 
 all Roman Catholicks to joyn with the Protfftantsin publick Prayer? • which 
 Prohibition was obeyed and is to this day. By this true Relation it is ju- 
 ftified that we have done our bed fo to avoid the Etrours of the Ro- 
 man Church , as to keep a Chriftian and Catholick Union with them, 
 and that the lamentable Difunion and Rent in the Church is the Popes 
 work. 
 
 But he did wOrfc; For he did a>5^ually dii/c us out of his Comtuunion , 
 and (as far as in him was ) from the Church of God and eternal Salvati- 
 on by his thundering Excommunications. It was time for us to come out of 5^- - 
 hylon vi\\zi\ Babylon thruft us our. 
 
 Indeed it England had given juft caufes for his Excommunications , the 
 Charge of the Schifm would lie at our door. BatiJiw? excommunicues Eng- 
 land for denying the fpiritual and temporal Supiemacy of the Pope by Di- 
 vine Right, and for rejei^ing the erroneous Novelties wherewith he had dcfa. 
 ced and defiled the ancient Holy Chnftian Religion. 
 
 Buc this is the cafe, not of England only , but of the Reformation in ge- 
 neral, wherefoever God hadi made his Light to lliine in the darknefs of Pope- 
 ry. For this we may let down as a true and fafe maxim ; Thofe that corrupt 
 Religion in the Edcntials , not they that reje6l the Corruptions are the Schifmac 
 ticks. Thofe that make new Creeds, nor they that keep to the old only. Thofe 
 that tranfgrefs the Commandments of God by their Tradition, not they that • 
 rcjefl all human Traditions contrary to the Commandments of God. 
 
 I fpcak after the Lord Jcfus. The Phavifecs feeing his Difciples caring with un» , 
 wafhen hands told him, H'ky do thy Difciples tranfgrep the Tradition of the El' 
 derj ? Bi*t he anfniered and (aid unto them , ^^% ds you alfo tr.wfgrefs the Com- 
 mandment of Cod by your Tradition ? ThePharifces charged Chiifts Dfciples with 
 Separation for not obferving a fupcrftitious Jcwilli Tradition. And Chrifl char- 
 gcththem with Separation for tranfgrc.Tmg the Commandments of God by their 
 Xraditipns, which they obferMcd more rcligioufly than Gods Laws. It is eafie to > 
 judg upon which the guilt of Sfiparation rcfVed. It is as eaiie to judg whether the 
 llomanifls who have brought u\ Traditions befides and*againft the Goipel, or 
 the Protcftants who have rejected them, be guilty of the Separation. 
 
 This will juflifie our third Prop jfu ion , That if the Roman Church hold-^ III*'- 
 any damnabl&Herefie,aiMi i;equ^r^ allhcr Members to own it, it is no Schifm to de- ■ 
 part from her, though it were gran:ed that all ClilriftianS are fabie6l unco her. 
 
 IwiU- 
 
7i #dpai %n^mf, 
 
 I Will do to the Romanifts that right, not to charge their whole Church 
 with the hard fayings of particular Writers, unlefs they be authentically al- 
 lowed. I will only objeft unto them the Roman Councels, the Popes Decrees 
 and publicic A<9ions, and the common Praflice. 
 
 I put in the firft place the Popes encroaching upon the Titles and Au- 
 thority of God, as the Title of Divine CM-aj^flyy afcribed to Leo the Tench 
 in the lafl: Lateran C<"uncil. And that horrible Decree of the fame Coun- 
 Sfff.^.&To. cil, That the Pcpe mufi he ddored hj all Nations, and that he u mofi Ul>e un- 
 rCi t tVd '^ ^^'^* ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^'^^^ *" ^^^ ^^"^^ place, That he mufl: be adored with 
 dortiniiu (s' ^^^ Adoration enjoyned Pf^l. Ixxii. All the Kings of iht EAtth [hall werfhip 
 Veefimillimui, him ; in which Text the Soveraign Adoration due to the Son of God is un- 
 derflood, and fo it is taken by Tertullian, That Do^lrine being authorized 
 by a Council, no wonder that this lufcription is feen on the Gate of 7*0- 
 X. 9. contra ifnlir.o in Italj/i Paulo III, Opt* Max. In Terris Deo : To Paul the Third, 
 Marc. C.7. themojl Good and mofi Gre^ty God upon Earth, Who would have fuffered fuch a 
 Title to begivenhimin a publick Jnfcription, or permitted it to (land one day, 
 but the Man of Sin, forelliewn 2 Thef. ii. Whooppofttb andexalteth himfelf ahovc 
 allthatu called God^fhtmng hi?7)fe!f th^t he 16 God? And who but a very Anti- 
 chr ft would have received chat Prayer and Adoration made thrice over to Pope 
 'JgnuiJ>ei,iim L^artintUclV. by chcEmbaffadorsof ^/ci/)', O L^»»,l> t,f Ho^, ^A*' '"4.'/^ ^«"»> 
 . tollU pecuti the fins of the World, Grant ut thy Peace. And Oiall Bifhops, that take to chem- 
 Miindi, denj, ^^^^^^ ^j^^fg blaf phemous Tides, call chofe Schifraaticks that feparatc from them, and 
 nobis picem. ti 1 ' i r l • r ^ 
 
 PauliEinil Will not be partakers ot their hns? 
 
 . Hift. Franc. What if that See which hath born more Monfters of the blacked vill-ny than 
 inPhilippo the whole Lift cf the Pagan Emperours, yetboaftethof.Infallibilicy, and will be 
 J^i* the unccncroulablc Rule cf Faith ; Muft wefofar blind our Reafon, as to fay afcer 
 
 BeBarmin, that if the Pope will fay that Vertue is Vice, and Vice Vertuc, we muft 
 without farther inquiry believe it? What if he extol himfelf above the Word of 
 God, and fay that he can difpenfe ah Evangelio & t/fpofiok, from the Gofpcl, and 
 the Apcftle, and declare that no Scripture is Canonical without his Approbation ? 
 What if he command us to rebel againft our Kings, and to kill them when he hath 
 'i; excommunicated and depofed them? What if he command us to break Gods 
 
 Commandments, and kneel before an Idol, and oftcr our Invocation .unto 
 others than God ? What if he appoint us other Redeemers than Chrift, 
 and ether Merits for our Propitiation than thofe of his Obedience i'n the Death 
 of the Crofs ? What if contrary to the Apoftle he tell us that the Blood of 
 Chrift clcanfeth us not from all fins, and will fend us to be cleanfed in an ima- 
 ginary Fire of Purgatory , and fright our Confcicnces to drain cur Purfes? 
 Muft we to pleafe the unmarchable pride and infatiable griping of thatTyrafnt, 
 hoodwink our Rc-alon, fejcfool our Confciences, niake fhipwrack of our faith, 
 and blindly and wilfully inflave our felves under the Yoke of the Romilh 
 Bondage? Nay to run away from it is both Obedience to God, and Pru- 
 dence for our fafety. 
 
 It is obedience 10 this percmptgrv Voice from.Htavcn* Have wc knjwn 
 
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once Popery to be BaibyUn^ and the Mother of Abominations? Then, Come 
 tnt of her, my People ^ faith God himfclf to us. JR ye thst love the Lerd^ 
 i/ite evil, what Concord hath Chrifi with BflU f Wh^t Agreement hath 
 the Temple of God with Idols f 2 Cor. vi. 16. Hear whac followeth .• For 
 yoft are the Temples of the Living God : As God hath ptd , / will dwe& in 
 thnfy and 1 will le their God ^ and they (hall he my People. fVhfref<jre come 
 ye from amdn£ them^ and he ye ftparate, faith the Lord^ and touch not the ftrf 
 clean thing, and I will receive you. A Majeftical Text relating to another, 
 /fa. lii. II, Depart yt^ depart ye, gs out from thence ^ touch no unclean thing, 
 Co ye cut of the midjl of her. 
 
 None is tuvther than I from making a Rent in the Church. Bat when a particu- 
 lar Church from being iheSpoufv of Chrifl turns a Harlot, and will compel us to 
 joyn with her in all her abominations,then indeed it is time to break company with 
 her ^ then is the Voice of Heaven crying ro as, Comeout of her, my People. 
 
 It is objected that the Roman Church hath kept the Fundamental points of Chri^ 
 ftian Religion^ the /4^oJlles Creed and the DecMoguc. But if ihe hath built upon 
 ihofe Foundations luchSupcrftru6\ures asdcftroy the Fojndations, and obtrude 
 thofe as C^tholick^ Dodlrines necefTary to be received : If (lie impofe new Creeds up- 
 on us, unknown to them that made the old one, and new Commandments which 
 cWp or contraAiB-Goch Commandments., then it is not reciting the old Crff^i and 
 the old Decalogue, that will juftifie their keeping the foundation, when that Creed 
 iscontradi(i'"led by Additional Do6irincs, and the Decalogtte is curtailed of one of 
 the Commandments y and when Traditions take place ot Gods Law, If keeping 
 thole old Foundations which they pretend to keep, could ingratiate us with them, 
 ne might d aell together in one common Faith. But when they will have none of 
 our Society unlefs we admit of all theErroniousSupeiftrui^ions inconfiftent with 
 the Foundation 5 What is left to U5, reje(5^ed and caft away by them, bac to keep 
 oir fdves without them in that antient true Faith and pure Worllup, cf which we 
 fee the prefcripc m Gods Word , and the pra6iilc in the purtft primitive 
 Church ? 
 
 As that Voice from Heaven calls upon our confcience to obey, 'Cowf out of hery 
 my People ^ It calls alfo upon our prudence to look to our fafey , That' rve he nt 
 partakers of her /ins, <ind that we receive not of her plagu s: A d Hiblc dani?cr tO be 
 avoided, the firft as much greater than the (econd , as our duty ro God ought to be 
 more precious to us than our prefervation. 
 
 That fi ft danger fecmsto be proclaimed to prevent the lazy txcufe cf Flelh and 
 Blood tolby in B^'^bylony though one know her abominations. For too many, to 
 keep their lempoial Ccnvenicncies where i?^/'j /on reigneth, will (ay, Though Iftay 
 in that Church, Itienot my belief and pradilcro that ll.c belicvctli and pr«(5\ilcth, 
 but to that llic ought to believe and pradife. 1 call upon none but God, I worlliip 
 ireithfr Sainsnor linages, I acknowledge no Mediator between God and Men but 
 Chrift, 1 look for no other purgation but his Blood for the remiflnn cf my fins. 
 But fuch a pcrfon cannot live long in Babylon without being partaker of htv iins, 
 Either he muft not come to the pubhque VVorihip, or he muft worlliip as others do, 
 
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 and bo w bcFotc i\icIdol, and beftow more Honour and Service upon the Holy Vir- 
 cin iban unonGod. Befidesorhcr fws wherein helliall be engaged by his Profcr- 
 fion and Ccnvevfation. Whercfoicas a Clir-ftian loveth God and himfelf, let him 
 ccme our ot Bahylon, IcQ he be partaker of her fins. 
 
 And what f. llowcth? And ibat )cm receive not of hir Plagnes. Thai'5 the fe* 
 cond danger flicking clofc to the fiiO. Your very ftanding with them makes you 
 lyableto be partakers of her plagues. If a vi6lorious Royal Army find you in the 
 Rebels Camp, whatfoQ^er yoa think or fay agaiiiftcheir canfc, you fliallbcput to 
 thcSwovd. Let our Travellers think of this, when they are come to the plaas 
 where ^^t^/ew fits on the Throne, prafentcs Ht alfentesfnt '-, than they (o behold her 
 fins, fls not to be partakers of tlitm by compliance and carnal indiffcrency , which 
 wilUorn dcgcneva'C into Coiifciu and Approbation. Takcheed, God looks upon 
 you, while ycu make your Confcience to wink. He wid^draweth his GracQ^from 
 them that forfakc his Fear ; and will in his own rime pour his plagues prepared for 
 TJj/'^/on upon, them that were partakeisof her fins, whether dicy were m carntft or 
 
 in jeft. 
 
 Such as arc unfettled in their R ligion, having given too much esr to die flatter- 
 ing infinuations of the Em'flariesof ^cwf, I bcfecch as they love God, as they love 
 thcmlclves, that they look feriouflyand impartially intoher fins; how fhcgullech 
 the World, getting good Land and good Mv)ney for falfc wares ; how fhc'domi- 
 
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 ncers over it with infafferable tyranny, without the leaft ground of any right , 
 
 her Agents amufc the Fyes and pickthe Purfesof the fimple^ how they creep into 
 thebofomof great perfons wicK a counterfeit zeal and humility, very fcduloiis to 
 conquer ConfcidrJ.es, where Power and Treafure are the price of the Conqucft % 
 What fuperftitious folly, inftead of true piety, they inftil into their Converts j 
 What alienation from their Allegiance) and what dependance from forein Power 
 they frame them to. And that they may know what Rome is, when in her full 
 power, Let the Enghlli but read the Hiftory of their own Countrey; there they 
 ihall fee Riime in her colonrSyBahylonthe Great,the Mother of Harlots and Abomina- 
 tions of the E^rth^ dmnk, vfith the Blood vfCjods Saints. And then on Gods Name ". 
 let them obey this Voice from Heaven, and Ipeedily, Come cutof her, my People, leji 
 J0I4 he tiftakcrs of her fins, and th^H yoa receive of hcrplagms : for her fmt have 
 reached up to Heavrny and God knh rememlred htr Initjtiities, 
 
 By the greatncfs of her iniquities heaped up through the continuance of her un-. 
 
 godly profperity for fo rhany l^gz^^ uW they have reached up to Heaven, you may 
 
 judge of. the greatnefs of her plagues, but you may better judge of them by the full 
 
 and pregnant cxprcffions from the beginning to the end ofthis long Chapter, which 
 
 I recomcnend to your reading. There you may fee the profound indignation of 
 
 God a^ainft her, and the moft horrible plagues prepared for her, after Gods long 
 
 patience. Believe thofe terrible and unavoidable threatnings; and if any of Gods 
 
 people are yet in Bahylon, let them come out ; they that arc come our,letthfm ftand 
 
 far from ir, far from her fins, that they be not involved in her plagues. 
 
 But there is a word in this Call from Heaven which we muft nor pafs by, My 
 J^fopU : God hath a People in Bdyloffo True j but that Pcoplf of his is commanded 
 
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tocomedutof of her. Howfoevcr a people of Goci is there with whom we 
 have not broken and muft not break Communion. And this is my fourth Pro- 
 pofition , That we have not departed from the Church but from Ba'ylon^zwd hold 
 ftill the found Doi^rlne remaining in the Church captive in Bthlon , and keep 
 ftill communion with that Church as far as (lie holds that found Dotlrinr. 
 
 I was telling you before that in the Roman Church the Fundamentals of Chri- 
 ftian Religion are kept. There you have the Word of God , though hidden 
 and forbidden. There you have the Apoflles Creed , though co.uradivf^ed 
 by new Articles. There you have Gods Commandments, though maimed and puc 
 behind mens Traditions. Howfoever all thefe Foundations are in the Roman 
 Church, and there we found them. N.ither do we doubt but that even in ^ow^, 
 diere are good people, and Gods people, that ft ck tothofe favin^ Foundations. 
 
 Befidcs we make fome difference, if n^t in k)nd, yet in degree, between the 
 Court of Rome and the Church under "her Tyranny. The Court ok' Rom^ is pro- 
 perly the ^rf/^/ow of my Text, the great Sh.^p of all fniquity, the Seat of Satans 
 Tyranny, the great Witch that bewitcheth and inebriateth the world with the 
 Wine of her Fornication. To her primarily, and her too faithful Eiinflaries, belong 
 thofe terrible plagues mentioned in this Text and Chapter, The Church of .^f-wf is 
 the people bewitched by ihat Roman Court into a ftupid and damnable Subjcdion* 
 Tliei* -b«*ti« foi-'ar partakers of the fins of 5rf/';/o;» (liallalfo receive of her plagucs> 
 unlefs God in mercy open their eyes, and turn their hearts to come out of her. 
 
 That Grace God givech to fome of them every day. Every day feme of Gods 
 people come cut of Bh^on. And there are numbers even irh the darkcfl places 
 cfthePapai Reign, hghing under the Tyranny and afpiring to the light and li- 
 berty of h. Gofpel. With them we keep communion, and with all every wheic 
 thatlcve the Lord J(.fjsChrift with fincerity. With them we are grounded upon 
 ihit Foundationer the Prophets and the Apoflle^, J.-fusChrift himfelf being the 
 chief coiner-ftone. With them ue keep bfl to thofe Divine and Apoft tlick Truths 
 I u hich in the Roman Church are flill kept, though much abufed. God forbid wc 
 
 ^ ♦ ihculd break Communion with any member of Chiifls m^ft;cal B^dy, wherefo- 
 * ever he be ; or forbear to take up and keep caicfally any of the Gofpels Pearls , 
 though we find them trodden under by fwir.e. ' » 
 
 »• This ufe \*emufl make of this Meditation. 
 
 1. Upon that hor: i )le profpc6\ of the Iniquiciesof Bahylon reaching up to Hea- 
 ven, Ice uspraife God who hath bi ought us out ofch.it darkncfs unrohis marvel- 
 lous light. Ltf us thank him that we ate none of thofe many bl.nd Zealots, whole 
 great Devotions arc great Iniquities, w hich make them liable to Gods Plag.ies pre- 
 pared for BA'ylon. For which great Deliverance the grea;tft duty of our Thankful- 
 nes confifleth in living in this Light cf God like children ot Light, foberly, rigli- 
 teoufl/ and godly ; that it may appear by cur converfation that wc aie pafl trcm 
 Balylon to ihc Jirufnltm which is frcm above. 
 
 2. Next, let us pray for Gods people that are in Babylon ftill, that they may 
 come out of it ■, And for the people of Babylon that they may become Gods people, 
 that by their conveilion Bdjhn may tall, and Chrift have h s Kingdom wlicrc 
 the Seat of Satan is. L 2 3. Lee 
 
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3. Let not our charity make us look back to return to them or consider the dlf» 
 fcrcnts between us and them as inconfidcrable. As foon fhall God agree with the 
 Devil, as the Truth of God and the Purity of his Worfhip with bowing before I- 
 mage.sor praying to others than God , or cxpc6ting Salvation from other Merits 
 than thofe of Jefus Chrift , or ftyhng the Pope the Divine x^ajejij, or fubjeding 
 cur Faith to his determinations, the Holy Writ to his Bulls and Canons, aifd jhc 
 Crown of cur K'.ngs to his Tripple Crown. 
 
 Neither let his pretended Succclfion cnflavc our rcfpc6l to him as if we could 
 have no lawful calling without lifting our Miniftery under it. All the Sjlc- 
 ceflion that the Rcntan Clergy hath we have. And it afFc^ds us an in- 
 vincible argument dd hominem againft them. We doubt not but that a ^alid 
 Ordination may be conferred by an Heretical Church, if it retain tht fundamental 
 truths though much abufed. Yet God forbid that our Miniftery and our Chri- 
 ftianity lliould hang upon the rotten thred of their SuccefTion, fo defiled by mq^i- 
 Bcllar.l.3.de (^crsofwickednefs,fo many times broken,fo many waysinterruptcd. Andofwhich= 
 ■ ' Bellarmine himfelf confefleth that thtre can he but a miril certainty ^ which mo- 
 ral certainty he acknowledgcth to be but an opinion grounded upon the ap'^roba- 
 . ti^noftheirChurch, not upon any Hiftorical Truth. Many times the Succeflion 
 
 Platma, of the Popes hath bin broken. I willbringbut oneinftanccof it, £«^fAV'«i the 
 
 IV, who was ele(5ted in the year 1451 was dcpofcd in the year i^3p by th^ 
 Council of Bafil which himfcif had convocated, Amadem Duke of Savoy being 
 \ chofen in his place , and called Felix the V. Yet Eugenitu kept the Popedom 
 
 >^ by force all the days of his Life, -about eight years ; and created many Bifli^jpsamd 
 
 Cardinal?. Which Cardinals created by a dcpofed Pope aod an Llfurpcr crea- 
 ted the three Popes that followed, NicoJat the V. Calixtui the IlL and Rim the 
 IL who had bin Scribe in the Council of Bafily andhad^votcd the dfpofition of 
 Eugeniw^ Sr from that depofcd Pope,the Popes of thefe da'ys have then: Succcdion, 
 BlelfedbeGod, our Chiirch ftands upon a better Succeflion from theApo- 
 Stapletoii Qiej jhan that of the lift 0/ Popes , even the Succedion of the fame Tllith 
 Princip. fidei ^^^-^^^ ^j^^ Apoftles<^ght and left in Writing. Staplet9n very pofithely affjr- 
 VEakrV'i meth, that there-is no true SuccefHon of Chairs withoj^t the true Doarinc. Whe* 
 A arr I. * ther by that Alfertion he doth (ervice or diffcrvice to his Churchy- let ^the yorld 
 Epitaph. judg. l^o/oy'vuiMV )^ oij,o^^veY, (aith Gregory Nax,ianK,fn : ifwe fmve the iuO^ 
 Aihanaf. a //ton of the Apojfles 'Dc^rine^ m have alfo that of their Chair/, Afid comparing 
 
 j tlicfe two Succedions, the one of^the Pcrfons, the other of the Du^rine , he-«d- 
 
 J (Jctb i)p:'jT^rt^-)Ptmn'^dhh^ti<Ui)p'f <^Aibyjni,t\\zx. thijirft hath the*name ^ the 0- 
 
 Haerefi $ J. ^^^^ ]^^^^ ^^^ ^^^-^^^ ^y ]j^^ Succ-^jfim. And (o Epiphanitu^ We muji not Icol^ for the 
 De Prxfcr Succefion of the Pirfonf, hut for that of the DoHrine, And.fo Tertftllian much in 
 sedu. hsrefis. the fame words. But fo it is , that although we ai^e taught by Chnft, our great 
 Mafter, that his Kingdom is not of this world, yet men in all ages have bin 
 prcncto tye the Kingdom of Chnft to things of this world, Places, and PerfonSy 
 and Ctiairs, and to ftand more upon the bark and outfide than upon the fap and , 
 vital parts of Religion. 
 
 4, I have a fait to Gods people that arc- come out of Bahjflmt that they cake 
 
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heed of. making- buttrefles to hold up her crackc and ruinous walls. You will 
 wonder at the requcft , and tell rae that you dcfirc nothing fo much as to fee 
 her razed even to the ground. But lecme tell you, Separatifts, that by your re- 
 paration from your Mother the Church of EngUndt you are cementing again the 
 fliatiered walls of Babylon j for it is by our difunion that fhc (lands. Had ihey that 
 came om of 'Babylon, in that great jevolucion of the Reformation, bin fo wife 
 and To happy astohave ftood as aCity thatis compa6l togedier, and not to have 
 fallen out about circumftanccs and points of lefs moment, when they agreed in 
 the main fubftance ; Babylon that was fore fliaken with the Trumpet of the 
 Gofpel would have long fince fallen down , as Jerico at thofe cf the San6^uary. 
 ^But ("he (lands to this day by our divifions. For lazy and fupcrficial Wits (and 
 that's ilie great Herd of the world) being foreftalled with the Errours of Popery,- 
 vd feeing the difagreement of the Reformed about leffer points and outward 
 formis , will not take the pains to examine which party is in the right ," nor whe- 
 ther the differents among Proteftantsbe cflentialorcircumftantial, but will infer 
 from our difunion that both the contending parties are in the wrong, And fo they, 
 ftay in Babylon partake with her Sins, till in the end they receive of her 
 Plagues. Ibefeech the God of all mercy not to lay the guilt of their mifcarry 
 ing to our charge. 
 
 c'. Let ^e fay alfo to all bold finncrs among US , that by their fins they hin- 
 der much people from cpming out of Babylon. For when that people fhall be que- 
 ftioned by their great Judg? why they did not come out at the fummon of his 
 Voicefrooi Heaven i Me thinks I hear them anfwering , We faw fo much fin a- 
 mong.thofc that were $ome out of Babylon that we were dillieartened from em- 
 bracing their Reformed Dof^rine, which wrought no Reformation in their lives; 
 Among thcnt alfo we faw there was danger for us to be partakers of their fins, and: 
 to receive of their plagues. For among them we faw griping Covetoufnefs, un- 
 bridled Luftjejicefrwe. Intemperance, iniquity done with both hands, theGofpcI 
 made»a boulfter for carnal fecurity, Cheating made the grand myftery of corn- 
 fierce, the'Law from a haven. to the opprefled become a ihclve to vvrack them 
 ^nagct the fpcjil. We faw thofe truths for \v<hich tjie Reformed came out of 
 Babyloti neglciflcd, derided, and made Themes for the profane Wits of Athcifls. 
 We faw thole<har made nothing of Purgatory make nothing of Hell. We faw 
 thofe that hav^a Form of Godlinefs in their Devotions' deny the power thereof in 
 their converfatioA* We faw the pretenders to a further Reformation look a- 
 fquint withafa'crilcglous eye upon the fmal remnant of the Churches Patrimo- 
 ny, We faw perlons of all degrees and profeflions feek their own not the things of 
 the Lord Jefus, So we werelloptby their fins from coming out of Babylon. 
 
 Thefe allegations will not juftifie their ftay in Biihylon ; for they were cal- 
 led to have the F Ihof our Lord Jifta (^briji the Lord of (jlory mthout refpeEi of Jamlz:!^ 
 psrfom. But thefe reproaches are fo true that they will draw a juft and fearful 
 . doom upon us > unlefs we remove by our converfion the bar which we have fee 
 ygainft their coming one cf Babylon by ooiropen and crying fins. St. Pa»lh3L' 
 jng charged the Jews wuh grievous fins, brings this for the laft and ihegrea- 
 
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 Roin.i.J4. tcft exaggeration , that through them the name of god troi hhfphtmfd among jhe 
 ■ Gentile'.^ I am (orr y ihat cWjs needs na applicacion \ their ca{c ando»rs are [o like*; 
 I pray God ir prove not likcr yet , for ac that time* t\'hcn Sr. Paul laid chat re- 
 proach upon the Jews, moft of them were aft away out of Gods Covenant. • > , 
 
 GodmakcuslcnfiSle of his Goodnefs who hath called .Us out of the darkncfs 
 and llivety of BAhylon to dir light and liberty of his GoTpel. And of his^fcierity 
 which hath plagues ready for thofethat are partakers of the fins of ^B^/^^/t;;. And ^ 
 of cur duty to make our liohtfe) to limine before men that they {ccin^^ mw good*« 
 works may glorifie our Father 'which is in Heaven. And of his Rewards, who 
 to thofethat feek hif Kingdt)m and his Righteoufnefs will give liis Kingdom and i 
 all things together with it ; and will make thofe that turn many to Rigluopufnef/ 
 bright as the S:ars for ever and ever. .- ' * * - 
 
 One word more. God inviteth usthis day to the Divine rartiGJpatioi\ o^ih* 
 Sons Body and Blood. Let thisftir upourThankfulnefs to God that we ar^rtot 
 denied the Cup of Blc(Ting, whchis the Communion cf the Blood of Chrift^ 
 as the Roman Clergy deiiy it to the Laity. And that youarc not made bjre 
 beholders of a Prieft receiving alone in the Mafi, which is*a Communion widi^ut 
 , Communicants. But that you are admitted to the whole participation -and t>i^ 
 I Cor. 6. i7.( i^^ \izi\t^x. of thefe facrcd M) Herics. . . ^^^ ^ 
 
 May ye in this Sacrament of Love hejhyned unto th^ LerAy ^„<i l* vri^^irit with 
 him , aad withal joyncd aitoall Gods people , his members, and Be gne fpi-- 
 rit withthemj whether thcv be come out o^-Babylonox be yet in it. O Lord 
 T-fu gather, ptctea and (anaifie thy \VholcCath6lick'Church 5 and 0^nc that 
 wc be one Fleck under c'ue Sh;:pnerd ,^ thy fclf, O Cl)nft , the Authot'and 
 Finilher of our Faith. To whom with the Fat-hcr.and the* Holy ^§hoft be all 
 Honour and Glory now and for evermore, ^yimen^' ' ^ - "^ t» ,: 
 
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 ■- • the Dreadful Fire in London. 
 
 D;?. Wilh'am Lloyd'/ Serrnon before the King ^gainjl the Paplfls. 
 Hu Sermon at the Funeral of J jhn Lord Bijhop of Chcfter. 
 A Sf.^fonable DifcoHrfe ag.iinji PoPery. 
 l^r.-Wc^Xn mthe (^rted. Folio. 
 . ji Sermon at the /^JJlz.es-at Reading : By Jof. Saycr, {Jlf, ^, 
 C^r, StanhoppV Four Sermons on ftveral Occafions. 
 Air, Hare peon'/ AJJiz.('Sernim. 
 
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 7'he Anthews of the Church. \ 
 
 The Cftrcver(ial Letters, or Grjn.i tontrover/^e, concernhg the pretended Au^ 
 
 Popery CM^rn,fefl/d : OrtUp.pifi j .^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
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 The Gftide to Heavin^ nh a Brief Rule of Life. 
 't.Ux\\xA\^\oz^CcA\\mr a Guide to eternity Fvt^^n.J . r r 
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