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 Apologie, Cap. 4. Diuision. 2.

Pope Clement saithe, It is not lawful for a Bishop to deale with Bothe Swerdes: For if thou vvilt haue bothe, saith he, thou shalte deceiue bothe thee selfe, and those, that obeie the. Nowe a daies the Pope chalengeth to him selfe Bothe Swerdes, and vseth bothe. Wherefore it ought to seeme lesse marueile, if that haue folowed, whiche Clemente saithe, that is, that he hath deceiued bothe him selfe, and those, vvhiche haue geeuen eare vnto him.

M. Hardinge.

If these felowes had not sworne to belie al the worlde for maintenance of theire newe Gospel, they woulde at this time at leaste haue made a true reporte of S. Clementes woordes. S. Clement spea∣keth not of two swordes. The palace truely alleaged hath thus:* 1.1 Si mundialibus curis fueris occu∣patus, & teipsum decipies, & eos qui te audiunt. If thou be occupied in worldely cares, thou shalt bothe deceiue thy selfe, and those that listen to thee. The Authoure of this Apologie, hauinge spite at the Church, whiche is Christes folde, and at the Pope, the heade Shepherde, enuieing at his au∣ctoritie, forgeth a lie vpon S. Clement, making him to saie, Si vtrunque habere vis, if thou wilt haue bothe swordes, thou shalt bothe deceiue thy selfe, and those that obeie thee.‡ 1.2 VVhereas Clemente spea∣keth no word of the two swordes, but of worldly cares, where with what Bishop so euer is entangled, shal (as he saithe) deceiue both him selfe, and others that harken to him. For whiche cause these Defen∣ders

being coupled with yoke fellowes in pretensed wedlocke,* 1.3 which state wrappeth a man in world∣ly cares,* 1.4 because sutche a one* 1.5 careth for the thinges of the worlde, howe to please his wife, and is diuided, as S. Paule saithe: it must needes folowe, that hauing taken the office of superintendentes, and charge of Soules vpon them.‡ 1.6 they haue deceiued them selues, and dayly doo deceiue so many as heare them, and folow their false Doctrine.

The B. of Sarisburie.

O what a pleasante grace M. Hardinge hath, to talke of Lies? A man woulde thinke, it were somme good parte of his studie. In this place twoo sundrie Autho∣rities, the one of Clemens, the other of S. Bernarde, I knowe not, by what er∣roure, were ioined in one, and bothe alleged, and set foorthe vnder the name onely of Clements. I graunte, There was herein an ouersight: But Lie, or Falshedde there was none.

The woordes of Clemens are,* 1.7 as you reporte them. The woordes of S. Ber∣narde, written vnto Pope Eugenius, are these: Planum est, Apostolis interdici Do∣minatum. I ergo tu, & tibi vsurpate aude, aut Dominans Apostolatum: aut Apostolus Dominatum. Planè ab alterurto prohiberis. Si vtrun{que} similiter habere velis, per∣des vtrun{que}: It is plaine, that vnto the Apostles of Christe, Lordeship, or Temporal Princehoode is forebidden. Goe thou thy waie therefore (thus he saithe to the Pope) and dare thou to vsurpe, either the Apostleship, beinge a Lorde: or a Lordeship, beinge an A∣postle. From one of them vndoubtedly thou arte forebidden. If thou vvilt indifferently haue bothe, thou vvilt lose bothe.

Of sutche, S.* 1.8 Hierome writeth thus, Militantes Christo, obligant se negotijs Sae∣cularibus, & eandem imaginem offerunt Deo, & Caesari: Beinge the Souldiers of Christe, they binde them selues to worldly affaires, and offer vp one Image to God, and Caesar. In the Canons of the Apostles it is written thus,* 1.9 Non oportet Episcopum, aut Presbyterum, se Publicis Administrationibus immittere: sed vacare, & cōmodum se prae∣bere vsibus Ecclesiasticis. Nemo enim potest duobus Dominis seruire: A Bishop, or a Prieste maie not entangle him selfe with worldly Offices: but be at reaste, and shewe him selfe meete for the vse of the Churche. For noman can serue twoo Maisters. Yet the Pope this daie claimeth the righte of Bothe Svverdes,* 1.10 not onely of the Spiritual, but also of the Temporal. And Pope Bonifacius 8. in the Greate Iubilee, and in the open sighte of the worlde, when he had one daie shewed him selfe in his Pontifi∣calibus, apparelled in Procession as a Bishop, the nexte daie he put vpon him the Emperours Roabes of Maiestie, & had the Emperial Crovvne vpon his heade, and the Sw••rde naked. and glitteringe borne before him.

As for Pope Clemens, his Canon is easily shifted by a prety Prouiso. For thus saithe your Glose touchinge the same,* 1.11 Cessante causa, cessat effectus. Verbi causa, Prohibetur, ne Presbyteri gerant tutelas, hac causa, vt meliùs vacent Diuinis Offi∣ciis. Haec causa finalis est. Vnde, cessante hac causa, cessat effectus. Vnde, si non va∣cent Diuinis Officiis, poterunt gerere tutelas: The cause endinge, the Effecte endeth too. For example: The Lawe commaundeth, that a Prieste shal not be charged vvith the VVardeship of a Childe in his nonage. The cause hereof is this, that he maie the bet∣ter applie his Diuine Seruice. This is the Final Cause. This cause remoued, the Effecte gee∣ueth place. Therefore if the Prieste folowe not his Diuine Seruice, then he maie haue y^• Warde∣ship of a Childe. Euen so, if the Pope doo not the Office of a Bishop, then maie he be a Temporal Prince. But by these meanes it commeth to passe, euen as cle∣mens saithe, He deceiueth bothe him selfe, and also them that heare him.

Touchinge this vaine obiection of the charge,* 1.12 and cares of Marriage, it is ful∣ly answeared before, in a place more conueniente.

Notes

• * 1.1

  These vvordes are partely Cle∣mentes, partely S. Bernardes.
• ‡ 1.2

  Fonde and child ••he. As though a Bi∣shop maie haue the Tempord 〈◊〉〈◊〉, aud ••x∣ecute a Tempo∣ral office, vvith∣out vvo••ldly cates.
• * 1.3

  Bothe Svveerdes in one hande.
• * 1.4

  1. Cor. 7.
• * 1.5

  VVhat cares haue thei that keepe Concu∣bines?
• ‡ 1.6

  Eleuen of the Tvvelue Apo∣stles, and many Holy Fathers, and Bishoppes vvere Married: and yet decei∣ued not &c.
• * 1.7

  Bernard. De Cō∣sideration. Li. 2.
• * 1.8

  Hieronym. in Sophoniam. Ca. 1.
• * 1.9

  Canon. Aposto. Canon. 80. Mathae. 10.
• * 1.10

  De Maiorita. & Obedient. Vnam Sanctam. Paralipomena Vispergensis.
• * 1.11

  Extra de Iure∣iurando, Etsi Christus. In Glossa.
• * 1.12

  Part. 5. Cap. 3. Diuision. 7. And Part. 2. Cap. 8. Diuision. 2.