A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Pope Zacharias deposed Childericus, as you calle him, or, as somme other cal him, Chilpericus, the Frenche Kinge. Therefore ye saie, wée muste néedes ac∣knowlege a Diuine Power in the Pope: seinge him hable, by his woorde, to place, and displace the mightiest Kinge in Europe. For can the Diuel, saie you, at his plea∣sure sette vp, and depose Kinges?

Verily,* 1.1 M. Harding, Christe him selfe calleth the Diuel the Prince of this worlde: & therefore woe maie imagine, he maie doo somewhat in y^• worlde. And y^• Diuel, if ye wi••beleeue his woorde, when he had sette Christe on highe vpō a Mounte, & shewed

him al the Kingedomes of the worlde,* 1.2 he saide vnto him, Al these thinges wil I geue thee,* 1.3 if thou wilte falle downe, and woorship me. This is that power, that S. Iohn saithe,* 1.4 shoulde be geuen to Antichriste: Reges terrae vires, & potestatem suam tra∣dent Bestiac: &c. vt consentiant, dent{que} Regnum suum Bestiae, donec compleantur Verba Dei: The Kinges of the Barthe shal geue their strength, and power vnto the Beaste, &c. that they maie agree togeather, and geue theire Kingedome vnto the Beaste, vntil the Woordes of God be fulfilled.* 1.5 Againe he saithe, Mulier ea, quam vidisti, est vrbs illa Magna, quae habet Regnum super Reges terrae: The Woman, that thou sawest, is that Greate Cittie, that hath a Kingedome ouer the Kinges of the Worlde. And againe he saith,* 1.6 Data est illi Potestas in omnē Tribum, & Gentem: & adorabunt eam (Bestiam) omnes incolae terrae, quorum nomina non sunt scripta in Libro Vi∣tae Agni: Power is geuen vnto that Beaste ouer euery Tribe, and Language, and Nation: and al the dwellers of the Earth shal woorship the same Beaste, (whiche is Antichriste) whose names be not written in the Lambes Booke of Life.

S. Augustine saithe,* 1.7 Quia Antichristus ad tantum culmen inanis gloriae ventu∣rus creditur, tanta ei licebit facere, & in omnes homines, & in Sanctos Dei, vt nonnulli infirmi arbitrentur, Deum res humanas negligere: For that wee beleue, that Anti∣christe shal comme vnto sutche a higth of vaine Glorie, it shalbe lawful for him to doo sutche thinges, bothe towardes al menne (Princes, and others) and also towardes the Sainctes of God, that many weake menne shal thinke, God hath foresaken the care of the worlde.

Againe he saithe,* 1.8 Ita traditur de Antichristo, quod omnes Reges superaturus sit, & solus Regnum obtenturus: Thus it is written of Antichriste, that he shal conquere al Kinges, and obteine the Kingedome him selfe alone.

So saith S. Gregorie,* 1.9 Antichristus veniens ipsas etiam summas huius Sae∣culi Potestates obtinebit: Antichriste, when he shal comme, shal conquere the highest Estates, and Powers of this worlde.

And al this shal comme to passe, as Chrysostome saithe, by the Dissolution of the Empiere, whereof wee haue spoken before. These be his woordes, Donec Im∣prij illius timor fuerit,* 1.10 nemo Antichristo statim subdetur. Quando verò istud Im∣perium destructum fuerit, vacantem Imperij Principatum inuadet, & tentabit ad se rapere & hominum, & Dei Imperium: As longe as the Empiere shalbe had in awe, noman shal streightwaie submitte him selfe to Antichriste: But after that the Em∣piere shalbe dissolued, Antichriste shal inuade the state of the Empiere standinge voide: and shal laboure to pulle vnto him selfe the Empiere bothe of Man, and God.

This,* 1.11 I trowe, it is, that the Pope proclaimeth him selfe the Heire Apparente of al Kingedomes: This it is, that Pope Nicolas saithe, Christus Beato Pe∣tro, Aeternae vitae Clauigero, Terreni simul, & Coelestis imperij iura commisit: Christe hath committed vnto Blessed Peter, the Keiebearer of Euerlastinge life, the righte bothe of the worldly, and also of the Heauenly Empiere: This is it, that somme are so bolde to saie,* 1.12 Papa totius Mundi obtinet Principatum: The Pope hath the Prince∣hoode of al the whole Worlde: And that somme others haue saide, Papa est Rex Regum, & Dominus Dominantium: The Pope is Kinge of Kinges, and Lorde of Lordes: And that Pope Adrian saithe of him selfe, as it is alleged before, Impe∣rator, quod habet, totum habet à nobis. Ecce in potestate nostra est, vt demus Imperium, cui volumus: What so euer the Emperoure hath, he hath it of vs. It is in our power to bestowe the Empiere vpon whom wee liste. This, M. Hardinge, is that Diuine Povver, that, as you saie, is geuen to the Pope. But as S. Iohn, S. Au∣gustine, S. Chrysostome, and S. Gregorie saie, the selfe same Diuine Povver is geuē also to Antichriste. And therefore it is wel noted in your owne Glose, Papa stupor Mundi:* 1.13 The Pope is the vvoondermente of the VVorlde: that is to saie, the Pope maketh al the worlde Fooles.

But if it séeme so greate a mater, for a Pope to depose a Kinge, I doubte not, but ye maie wel remember, that Emperours sommetimes haue deposed Popes. The Emperoure Constantius (an Arian,* 1.14 I graunte, but yet an Emperoure) de∣posed Pope Liberius: and afterwarde, restoringe Liberius, deposed Pope Foelix. The Emperoure Otho the firste deposed Pope Iohn. 13. The Emperoure Iusti∣nian deposed twoo Popes in order:* 1.15 firste Pope Syluerius, and afterwarde Pope Vigilius. And al this did they without leuieinge of armie, without raisinge of power, without disquiet, or trouble of the people. And a Doctoure of your owne, seeminge fully to determine the mater by a Booke case, saithe thus, Imperator, requisitus à Cardinalibus,* 1.16 debet procedere contra Papam: The Emperoure, beinge required by the Cardinalles, is bounde to procede (to depriuation) againste the Pope. An other saithe thus, Si quando Imperialis Legatus mitteretur à Principe, vt Ro∣manus Pontifex proficisceretur Constantinopolim ad Imperatorem,* 1.17 omni neglecta occasione, ibat, etiamsi pro certo sciret, se iturum in exilium: If at any time the Emperours Embassadoure had benne sente from his Prince, to wil the Pope to comme to Constantinople to the Emperoure, al occasions set aparte, he wente streight waie, notwith∣standinge he certainely knewe, he shoulde be bannished. Vrspergensis saithe, Henri∣cus Rex Italiam ingressus,* 1.18 tres Papas indigne constitutos synodaliter depo∣suit: Henry the Emperoure, comminge into Italie, deposed three Popes vnlawfully made, by order of Synode.

Now, M. Hardinge, if you, with your Rhetorical furniture, maie crie oute, O what a Diuine Povver had the Pope, that thus coulde depose a Kinge: why maie not wée likewise saie, O what a Diuine Power had the Emperoure, that thus could depose so many Popes?

But, that ye maie the better see this woonderful Diuinitie, and Heauenly povver, wherewith ye would so faine enfeaffe the Pope, a witnesse of your owne saith thus,* 1.19 Quod dicitur, Papam deposuisse Regem Francorū, & loco eius insti∣tuisse Pipinum, Glosa ordinaria exponit, Deposuit, id est, deponentibus con∣sensit. Non enim legitur, quòd Papa Zacharias Regem Franciae deposuerit: Where as it is saide, that the Pope deposed the Frenche Kinge, and placed Pipinus in his roume, The Ordinarie Glose expoundeth it thus: He deposed him, that is to saie, He con∣sented to them, that did depose him. For wee reade not, that Pope Zacharie in deede e∣uer deposed the Frenche Kinge.

The truthe of the Storie is this, For as mutche as Chilpericus the Kinge séemed voide of Princely grauitie, and had geuen him selfe ouer to pleasure, and wantonnesse, and Pipinus his Lorde Marshal, a man ful of Wisedome, and acti∣uttie, had the Gouernmente, and burthen of al the Realme, the Nobles of France hauinge agreed emongest them selues, to depose the one, and to set vp the other, sente vnto Pope Zacharie, as vnto a wise man, to haue his answeare to this que∣stion, VVhether vvere meeter to be Kinge,* 1.20 He that carried onely the name, and did nothinge: Or he, that bare the burthen of the vvhole. The Pope was soone persuaded, to geue sentence with Pipinus the Lorde Marshal, againste the Kinge. Whereupon the Kinge was shorne into an Abbie, & made a Moncke: Pipinus auanced vnto the state, gaue the Pope the Exarchate, or Princehoode of Rauenna, in parte of recompense of his good wil.

Whether the kinge hauinge niene yéeres ruled his Realme, were afterwarde depriued by right, or by wronge, I wil not reason. Fasciculus Temporum saithe, The kingedome was remoued from the right Heires.

The Line of Kinge Pipine endured, and florished a longe while: And that, ye saie, was no obscure argumente of Heauenly Approbation, and Diuine Prouidence. By sutche Approbation, and Prouidence, the Turke maie claime. For he hath bothe longer

continued, and mutche more floorished, and encreased his estate, then euer did the house of Pipine.* 1.21 But Cato was woonte to saie, Multum est caliginis in rebus Diuinis: There is greate darkenesse in Goddes maters.

Yet leste any man of ignorance happen herein to be deceiued, this was the ve∣ry true descente, and floorishinge Fortune of Kinge Pipines race:

The Firste thereof was Charles the Greate:* 1.22 In his time, saithe Benuenutus Imolensis, Laceratum est Imperium: The state of the Empiere was torne in sunder.

The Seconde was Ludouicus Pius: Againste him his owne Sonne Lotha∣rius arose,* 1.23 and caused him to be shorne as a Moncke, and to be thruste into an Abb••e, and his owne Mother the Empresse to be made a Nonne.

The Thirds was Lotharius: He oppressed his owne Brethren by violence: and afterwarde was deposed, and made a Monke.

The Fourthe was Ludouicus. 2: He was vnfortunate in al his dooinges: and was shamefully conquered by his Brother.

The Fifthe was Ludouicus 3:* 1.24 Whom, for his doughty déedes, they commonly calle Ludouicus Nihili: which is as mutche to saie, as Levves Nobody.

The Sixth was Carolus 2. named Caluus: as Benuenutus saithe, Vir le∣pore timidior: A man more feareful, and more cowardely, then a hare. He was shortly slaine with poison.

The Seuenthe was Carolus 3: as Benuenutus saithe, Vir deficiens & animo, & Corpore: A man wantinge bothe strength of Body, and wisedome of Minde: that is to saie, bothe a Cowarde, and a Foole.

The Eighth was Arnulphus:* 1.25 He was eaten vp with Life.

The Nienthe was Ludouicus 3. by the reporte of Benuenutus, a man of no better Fortune then his Father. In him that house had an ende. This is that Noble Pipines race,* 1.26 M. Hardinge, that coulde not so stande, and floorishe, as you saie, without special Heauenly Approbation, and Diuine Prouidence.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iohn. 12. 14. 16.
• * 1.2

  Depofinge of Kinge
• * 1.3

  Matthae. 4.
• * 1.4

  Apocalyp. 17.
• * 1.5

  In eodem Cap.
• * 1.6

  Apocalyp. 13.
• * 1.7

  Augustin. in Psalm. 9.
• * 1.8

  August. in eun∣dem. Psalm.
• * 1.9

  Gregor. in Iob. Ca. 41. Lib. 33. Ca. 22.
• * 1.10

  Chrysostom. In. 2. Thessaloni. 2. Homil. 4.
• * 1.11

  Clemen. Lib. 2. De Appellatio∣nib. Pastoralis. Distin. 22. Om∣nes
• * 1.12

  In Sexto. Li. 3. Ti. 16. De Statu Regularium. Antonius de Rosellis. Auentinus in Adriano. 4.
• * 1.13

  Clemen. in Pro∣••mi. In Glossa.
• * 1.14

  Platyna in Li∣berio.
• * 1.15

  2. Tomo. Conci∣liorum, In vita Syluerij, & Vi∣gilij.
• * 1.16

  Heruaeus De po∣test. Papae. ca. 13.
• * 1.17

  Appendix Eu∣tropij, in Sylue∣rio.
• * 1.18

  Vrspergen. An∣no. 1045.
• * 1.19

  Heruaeus De Po∣test. Papae, Ca. 13.
• * 1.20

  Paulus Aemyli∣us, Lib. 2. Gaguinus.
• * 1.21

  Plutarch. in Ca∣tone Vticen.
• * 1.22

  Benuenutus I∣molensis in Au∣gustali.
• * 1.23

  Paulus Aemyli∣us, Lib. 3.
• * 1.24

  Paul. Aemylius in Chronice.
• * 1.25

  Benuenutus I∣molen. in Augu∣stali.
• * 1.26

  Nihilo foelicior Patre. In eo de∣fecit Imperium in Gente Caro∣lorum.