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. 6. Diuision. 2.

Whiche of the Anciente Fathers, or Doctours euer saide, that bothe the Svverdes are committed vnto you?

M. Hardinge.

Let S. Bernarde, Writinge to a Pope, answeare for the Pope.‡ 1.1 He is a sufficient witnesse. VVhere your selfe doo alleage him muche against the Pope, you can not by the lawe iustly refuse him, speaking

for the Pope.* 1.2 The spirituall swoorde you denie not, I trowe. Of the Temporall swoorde belonginge al∣so to the Pope,* 1.3 thus saithe S. Bernarde to Eugenius. He that denieth this swoorde to be thine, seemeth to me, not to consider sufficiently the woorde of our Lorde, saieinge thus (to Peter thy Predecessour) * 1.4 Put vp thy swoorde into the scaberde. The very same then is also thine to be drawen foorthe per∣haps at thy becke, though not with thy hande. Els if the same belonged in no wise vnto thee, where as the Apostles saide, Beholde there be twoo swoordes here: Our Lorde woulde not haue answeared, It is ynough, but, It is too muche. So bothe be the Churches, the spirituall swoorde, and the materiall. But this is to be exercised for the Churche, and that of the Churche. That by the hāde of the Prieste, this of the Souldier, but verily at the becke of the Prieste, and commaundement of the Emperoure. Thus. touchinge the Popes bothe swoordes, you are fully answered by S. Bernarde.

The B. of Sarisburie.

The Pope hath power to claime Authoritie without shame. Emongest others his vnaduised,* 1.5 and vaine Woordes, thus he saith: Christus Beato Petro, Vitae Aeter∣nae Clauigero, Terreni simul & Coelestis Imperij iura commisit: Christe hathe com∣mitted vnto Peter, the keiebearer of Euerlastinge Life, the right bothe of the VVorldly, and also of the Heauenly Empiere: That is to saie, The Pope is Emperoure bothe of Heauen,* 1.6 & of Earthe. And therefore Pope Bonifacius 8. as it is saide be∣fore, in the sight of the worlde, ware the Crovvne Emperial on his heade, & com∣maunded the naked svverde to be borne before him: & Proclamation to be made, Ecce duo Gladij hic: Beholde here are the twoo Swerdes. I meane the same Pope Bo∣nifacius, of whom it is written,* 1.7 He entred as a Foxe: He reigned as a Woulfe: he died as a Dogge. Hereof it is written in concilio Vangionum, Vtrun{que}, & Imperium, & Pontificatum,* 1.8 sicuti Decij, & Falsorum Deorum Cultores factitare cōsueuerunt, v∣surpat: The Pope wronge fully vsurpeth bothe togeather, as wel the VVorldly Empiere, as the Bishoprike, as Decius, and the woorshippers of False Goddes were woonte to doo.

Yet S. Bernarde saithe, The Pope hath Bothe Svverdes: But S. Bernardes Authoritie in this case is but simple. He liued Eleuen hūdred yéeres after Christes Ascension, in the time of Kinge Henry the Firste, the Kinge of Englande, in the middes of the Popes route, and Tyrannie. How be it, touchinge his Iudgemente, and Credite herein, let vs rather heare one of your owne Doctours. Herueus ther∣fore saithe thus,* 1.9 Bernardus ponit, quòd Papa habet Gladium Materialem in nu∣tu. Sed istud, cum hoc, quòd non est magnae Authoritatis, magis est cōtra eos, quàm pro eis: Bernarde saithe, that the Pope hath the Material, or Temporal Swerde at his commaundement. But this saieinge of Bernardes, bisides that it is of smal force, ma∣keth also more againste them,* 1.10 then with them. Againe he saithe, Vnum istorum Gla∣diorum Petrus non teugit, scilicet, Saecularem, qui suus non erat: The one of these tvvo Svverdes. Peter neuer touched: I meane the VVorldly, or Temporal Svverde: For that Swerde was none of his.

Likewise ye maie finde it written in your owne Decrees, vnder the name of S.* 1.11 Cyprian, Christus actibus proprijs, & dignitatibus distinctis, Officia Potestatis v∣trius{que} discreuit: Christe (hath not committed Bothe these Svverdes to one mannes hand, but) by seueral Dueties, and sundrie Dignities, hath seuered ye Offices of either Power. Whereupon your owne Glose saithe thus, Ergo, est Argumentum, quòd Papa non habet vtrun{que} Gladium: This therefore is a proufe, that the Pope hath not Bothe the svverdes.

Notes

• ‡ 1.1

  Vntruthe. For his Authoritie is not sufficient, as it shal ap∣peare.
• * 1.2

  Bothe Svverdes.
• * 1.3

  Bernard. De Considera. Lib. 4.
• * 1.4

  Put vp thy Svverde: Ergo, The Pope hathe bothe Svverdes: A simple Argu∣mente.
• * 1.5

  Dist. 22. Omnes.
• * 1.6

  Paralipom. Vr∣spergensis.
• * 1.7

  Carion.
• * 1.8

  Auentinus.
• * 1.9

  Herueus De Po∣testate Papae, Cap. 18.
• * 1.10

  Herueus De Po∣testate Papae, Cap. 18.
• * 1.11

  Dist. 10. Quoni∣am idem.